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The Dartmouth
April 6, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion

Opinion

Hey Alumni, What About Us?

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On behalf of Palaeopitus Senior Society, I would like to voice our group's deep concern regarding the current debate over alumni governance, and especially the lack of interest in the sentiments of the most important constituency affected by this controversy: Dartmouth students themselves.


Opinion

Wenda Gu, Who are You?

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I have what might be some rather depressing news for Mr. Wenda Gu, if indeed he is the D reader I always suspected him to be: I have neither spoken to, nor heard of, or from a single person who enjoys your multi-million-dollar imposition into the middle of our library.






Opinion

Clarifying the AOA e-mail

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To the Editor: The Dartmouth's editorial staff should check with their own writers to get their facts straight before forming and presenting opinions ("An Old Tradition Fails, Again," Oct.


Opinion

Blog Wars: Alumni Lawsuit

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The College on the Hill is an idyllic setting for an education and for the formation of life-long bonds of friendship, but I and many others were ready to move on when we graduated.


Opinion

The Art of the Fratty Girl

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As this year's beloved Homecoming weekend approaches, in sync with perfect fall weather and visibly heightened anticipation, I can't help but feel nostalgic as I remember my own freshman Homecoming weekend, when I was so naive, and so utterly clueless.


Opinion

ExtraCurricular.

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Editor's Note: Professor Campbell's column is the second installment of ExtraCurricular, an occasional series of commentary by Dartmouth professors.


Opinion

Is AlcoholEdu Necessary?

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Did you know that mental blackouts result from trauma to the hippocampus in the brain? Following in the footsteps of their upperclass predecessors, members of the Class of 2011 learned this fun fact, along with countless others, as they fulfilled their summer-before-college rite of passage and began AlcoholEdu, the three-hour online course that teaches freshmen about drinking and personal safety.



Opinion

Parental Control

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I recently saw a silly article in the New York Times about a New Jersey high school English teacher who has begun requiring parents to do homework.


Opinion

Debunking Rush Myths - 2

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To the Editor: As a woman who has been on both sides of the Panhellenic recruitment process -- both as a Potential New Member and an affiliated woman -- I was appalled by the blatant factual inaccuracies that formed the "foundation" of Michael Kreicher '08's "Fixing the Rush Process" (Oct.


Opinion

Debunking Rush Myths - 1

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To the Editor: In Michael Kreicher '08's article "Fixing the Rush Process" (Oct. 12), I agree with him on a few points: The fraternity recruitment process does exist "in stark contrast" to its female counterpart, the sorority recruitment process is "grueling," and, yes, there is reasoning behind the more formal sorority process, namely that women need a chance to familiarize themselves with houses they typically have not been given the opportunity to visit before.


Opinion

Rely on China?

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Rely on China for American foreign policy initiatives? Really? The recent New York Times Week in Review column, "Look Who's Mr. Fixit for a Fraught Age," written by Steven Lee Myers, points to China as the most important partner in American international relations today.



Opinion

A Time for Priorities

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In his speech to the faculty on Monday, College President James Wright identified three goals for the College to pursue in the future: moving toward need-blind admissions for international students; providing one leave term where there are no earning expectations for students; and providing that, for financial aid students studying abroad, the incremental expenses will be covered by scholarship rather than by loan.