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The Dartmouth
April 3, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

F.A.T.

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I could make you fat. Yep, I said it -- coming into contact with me and befriending me could make you fat.



Opinion

Clinton Wins ... By Not Losing

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Hanover became the center of the political universe Wednesday night as the 2008 Democratic presidential candidates sparred in an eight-way bout that left no single candidate particularly bruised and bloodied and the captive audience mildly amused and, unfortunately, underwhelmed. Entering the nationally-televised verbal jousting match, Illinois Sen.


Opinion

Golden Tickets for the Lucky Few

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To be completely honest, I feel a little betrayed. Dartmouth always talks up how New Hampshire's "first in the nation" primary status means that candidates are often stopping by (relative to other schools) and that as students, we get a great deal of access to them.



Opinion

Time for Wright to Step Down

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All of these governance changes just to save one president's job... Rather than retiring gracefully after six votes of no confidence in his administration (the balloting for four trustees, the referendum on the constitution and the election of the Association of Alumni), College President James Wright is once again putting himself before the welfare of the College in dictating changes to Dartmouth's 116-year-old governance structure. Wright has been able to do this because he has built a fortress around himself by appointing unquestioning supporters to important positions. The current Board is as pliable as they come.


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The Gottlieb Roundup

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It is nary fall, and this past summer's fiery feuds of gender-oriented frat combatants, demagogue trustees and a lottery for Democratic primary debate tickets are fresh in our hearts and minds. But perhaps a more light-hearted analysis of Dartmouth's battleground political scene will help temper the pugnacious mindsets of Her bra-burning liberals; mint julep-sipping, bow-tied conservatives like Niral Shah '08; and Tim Andreadis '07's ghost, which haunts the Dartmouth Hall lawn.


Opinion

Sociopathic Scripture

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Over the summer, I once found myself on the subway with a non-New Yorker friend of mine when one of those obnoxious subterranean sermonizers stumbled into our subway car and began to rant.


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Let there be a vote!

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Once again the whispers of discontent have spurred on drastic change. In my three-plus years at Dartmouth, hardly a term has passed without substantial criticism of the petition process to the College's Board of Trustees or the College's attempts to marginalize petition candidates in both the election and governance process. I must say that I am far from a supporter of the petition candidates most recently elected.


Opinion

An Old Tradition Fails

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Dartmouth's trial in organizational democracy is no longer in its best interest. But let us be clear, and don't let anyone fool you; the College's current structure of governance isn't really a democracy.




Opinion

Oh Silly Rankings

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The U.S. News & World Report issued the 2008 edition of its illustrious "America's Best Colleges" list Friday and Dartmouth dropped out of the top ten -- from a three-way tie for ninth to eleventh, behind the two with whom it had shared ninth.



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Defying the Nalgene

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The latest environmental craze is taking hold. We have already been told, inconveniently though perhaps of dubious truthiness, that driving, eating meat, non-local produce, flying, turning the lights on, etc.


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Women and men together

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To the Editor: In The Dartmouth's Editorial ("In Practice and In Words," Aug. 10) you write: "Now is the time for every Dartmouth student to examine the power they have as individuals to arouse change on a greater level." I whole-heartedly agree with your call to action; however, I wish you hadn't undermined it in the very next paragraph: "It is now the time for the women of Dartmouth to lead the campus in implementing change by discouraging these actions in practice as well as with words.


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A house in hiding

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To the Editor: In response to Sean Nicholson("Theta Delts, Not Theta Delt," Aug. 10), I'm both confused and I admit, a bit amused by his article.


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Until proven guilty

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To the Editor: In her guest column ("Questions for Theta Delt," Aug. 7), Laurel Peak asserts that to report Kappa's accusation of harassment by Theta Delt is deplorable because it shifts the onus of blame to Kappa, as the accuser, rather than to Theta Delt, as the alleged perpetrator.


Opinion

Out of Bounds

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Although Dartmouth does not allow students to take courses under a pass-fail option, the College offers the next best thing: the Non-Recording Option.