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June 17, 2026
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Dartmouth owes success to President Wright

By John Engelman | September 27, 2007

To the Editor: To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, "well Joe, there you go again." In the winter of 2006, Joe Asch '79 wrote an op-ed for The Dartmouth calling for College President James Wright's resignation ("Wright Must Be Replaced," March 1, 2006). Clearly that screed gained no traction among the trustees and alumni of Dartmouth, so now Asch tries again ("Time for Wright to Step Down," Sept.

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F.A.T.

By Latria Graham | September 27, 2007

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

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Clinton Wins ... By Not Losing

By Daniel Belkin | September 27, 2007

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.

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Golden Tickets for the Lucky Few

By David Glovsky | September 27, 2007

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.

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Time for Wright to Step Down

By Joseph Asch | September 26, 2007

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

By Zachary Gottlieb | September 26, 2007

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.

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Sociopathic Scripture

By Jacob Baron | September 26, 2007

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!

By David Glovsky | September 19, 2007

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.

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An Old Tradition Fails

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 7, 2007

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.

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Oh Silly Rankings

By The Summer Editorial Board | August 21, 2007

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

By Zak Moore | August 17, 2007

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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