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More Freedom, More Responsibility

By Kevin Hudak | May 30, 2007

As the search for the next Dean of the College nears completion, there is hope that the successor to Acting Dean Dan Nelson '79 will act on a series of administrative issues that for the past year have been the focus of forums, panels and student think tanks.

Opinion

Evaluating College Tradition

By Benjamin Selznick | May 30, 2007

A recent CNN.com article discussing Dartmouth's recent trustee election ended with this quote by College President James Wright: "For those people who don't like goals that include diversity, that don't include faculty doing scholarship, I'm sorry, but I think those are the best traditions of Dartmouth." What strikes me about this statement is Wright's invocation of tradition.

Opinion

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

By Nathan Bruschi | May 30, 2007

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then its gate is built from bad assumptions. It has become impossible to express an opinion without inciting outrage, and uncommon to react to one with reason. The demise of civility in public discourse is one of the much lamented aspects of modern life.

Opinion

The true scope of the Obama canvass

By Beau Trudel | May 29, 2007

To the Editor: As a member of Dartmouth Students for Barack Obama, I would like to clarify several points which I feel were not accurately presented in the May 21 article "Campaign canvassers pound the pavement." The article mentioned the canvassing activities of several other presidential candidates. It is important to note, however, that the May 19 Obama canvass was not a small, isolated event at Dartmouth.

Opinion

Proud of the College President

By Brian Chao | May 29, 2007

To the Editor: While I have not always agreed with the decisions and statements made by this College administration, the story of College President James Wright's aid to our wounded troops, as reported by the New York Times and by ABC News ("In the Wright Direction," May 25), is a heartening reminder that, beyond the disagreements and rancor that may arise on the Hanover plain, our mission as Dartmouth men and Dartmouth women is not to just improve the College which we share, but to contribute to the world in which we are merely a part.

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Women of Dartmouth deserve less objectivity, more emotion from The D

By Alyson Guillet | May 29, 2007

To the Editor: As a member of the audience of the Women of Dartmouth panel, I was incredibly disappointed by the reporting in The Dartmouth on the event (Senior women recount adjustment experiences, May 23). Never before had I seen such utter disrespect and disregard for speakers who seek to share something so personal of themselves with a room full of strangers.

Opinion

What Can Greeks Do For You?

By Michael Kreicher | May 28, 2007

Last week, the Interfraternity Council, in partnership with Mentors Against Violence, Sexual Assault Peer Advisors and Student Assembly, announced the launch of a new sexual assault education program that will be mandatory for all IFC houses beginning this fall.

Opinion

Help! I Need Somebody

By David Glovsky | May 25, 2007

When I was eight, my parents sent me to a child psychologist. I was an anxious little kid. Fast-forwarding years later, in high school and college, many of us were and are overbooked, overstressed and overworked.

Opinion

Dartmouth needs stewards, not ideologues

By Jonathan Hancock | May 24, 2007

To the Editor: Contrary to some letters to the editor that I've read in the last week, Stephen Smith '88's election was not a referendum on the leadership of College President James Wright but a reflection of the bitter partisanship that has seeped its way into recent trustee races. Certain alumni and students (the Hanover Institute, the Phrygian Secret Society and the trustees who refused participation in the drafting of a new constitution, among others) seem to have an emotional and financial investment in stoking divisiveness and negativity at Dartmouth.

Opinion

Mr. Smith Should Not Go To Hanover

By Mary Anna Sullivan | May 21, 2007

To the Editor: It is a sad day for progressive Dartmouth graduates who hope to see the College move into the 21st century ("Smith '88 wins trustee election," May 18). A possible creationist, who writes disparagingly of "radical feminists" and who would like to see a fraternity reinstated which was abolished for a controversial and offensive newsletter?

Opinion

COSO and Student Autonomy

By PHILIP KENOL | May 21, 2007

During my brief time at Dartmouth, I have been a part of many student organizations on campus. Yet I've never paused to think whether the College actually recognizes the organizations and what they do.

Opinion

A Redefining Movement

By Jacob Baron | May 21, 2007

After six weeks of voting, 44 relevant articles and opinions in this paper and extensive coverage in the national media, Stephen Smith '88 was elected last Thursday as Dartmouth's newest trustee.

Opinion

The alumni have spoken

By Steve Horvath | May 21, 2007

To the Editor: Have you given up on even the pretension of being serious? You're distressed because a trustee candidate was "tapped to run by current petition trustees," but also refused to "disclose the sources of his funding" ("Verbum Ultimum: Pull Back the Curtain," May 18)? Oh, please.

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