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Off-campus group is in touch

By Margaret Darrow | April 9, 2007

To the Editor: The Committee on Off-Campus Activities is a standing - i.e., permanent - committee created by Dartmouth faculty to oversee Foreign Study Programs and to make recommendations for their improvement.

Opinion

For the love of music

By Steven Swayne | April 6, 2007

To the Editor: I read with great interest "RIAA Threatens Music Downloaders" (March 29) and Ben Selznick's op-ed, "The Responsibility of the RIAA" (April 3). Both pieces will be required reading when I teach a first-year writing seminar next spring.

Opinion

Filling Seats the Right Way

By PHILIP KENOL | April 6, 2007

Townies take over Dartmouth! While this might be an exaggeration, it almost felt this way last Thursday, when I tried to get into Filene Auditorium to attend former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer's speech.

Opinion

Smith's College ties

By John Engelman | April 6, 2007

To the Editor: I read with interest your editorial ("A Weak Consensus," March 30), in which you examined the policy positions and qualifications of the trustee candidates.

Opinion

Alcohol policy reveals out-of-touch administration

By Travis Mushett | April 5, 2007

To the Editor: In Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson's op-ed ("Dartmouth's Enforcement of Alcohol Laws," April 3), he claims that "the health, safety and well-being of Dartmouth students is always uppermost in our concerns." While I do not doubt that his intentions are noble, the current alcohol policy highlights the gulf between the administration and student life.

Opinion

The Rights of (Fresh)Men

By Zachary Gottlieb | April 5, 2007

After just recently acquiring the ability to read and write, I was finally able to comprehend David Glovsky's op-ed in Monday's paper ("Columnists With Nothing to Say," April 2). His point, which he concisely stated here but nonetheless took 700 words to clarify, was this: "I am sick of opinion columns and columnists with nothing to say and plenty of space given to them to say it," to which he amended, "After all, freshmen with just three weeks on the mean streets of Hanover know barely enough about the College to find their classes." I object to this crass and undeniably pompous accusation!

Opinion

Debating non-Western art at The Hood

By Lauren M. Smalligan | April 5, 2007

To the Editor: The Dartmouth's review of the Hood's current exhibition, "Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic," reflects an embarrassing lack of knowledge of non-Western art historical scholarship ("New Hood exhibits emphasize anthropology over aesthetics," April 2). Before criticizing the Hood's current exhibition by writing that the show "seems more artifact than art," the review should have considered the possibility that the exhibit is intentionally challenging the rigid distinction between "art" and "artifact." The work of scholars like Susan Vogel has explored why artistic objects produced by non-Western cultures are often viewed as "just" artifacts, as if they are inferior to art simply because they are functional.

Opinion

Art versus Artifact

By Caitlin Roberts | April 4, 2007

My response to the review of the Hood's new exhibitions ("New Hood exhibits emphasize anthropology over aesthetics," April 2) may be influenced by my own involvement with the Hood Museum of Art.

Opinion

The Responsibility of the RIAA

By Ben Selznick | April 3, 2007

Remember the good old days of Napster? These were the days when a new technology called "file sharing" was being put to good use by people like you and me all around the country: downloading great music for free.

Opinion

Confessions of a Townie

By Saul Lelchuk | April 3, 2007

While reading "Jacket stealers create ripple effect" (March 6), I came across jacket-theft-victim Noah Hall '07's comments assuming that, "It's likely a townie trying to cause mischief...." Being myself an 'ex-townie,' Hall's opinion left me shaken and weak with long-buried guilt.

Opinion

Remaining Green

By Evan Chriss | April 3, 2007

While I strongly support the efforts of individuals such as Adam Platz '08 in their attempts to increase awareness about recycling in their respective Greek houses and the community-at-large ("Greens think green in recycling push," March 29), I feel that these actions are a mediocre response to a problem that has a much simpler and even more environmentally sustainable solution. Despite the administration's increasing emphasis on the environment through programs such as the Sustainability Initiative and the creation of sustainable dining kits, Jim Merkel et al.

Opinion

Financial aid for low-income students at Dartmouth

By Karl Furstenberg | April 2, 2007

To The Editor: Alfred Valrie '01 raises the important issue of student loans and the burden on students from low income families ("Owing an Arm, a Leg and a Future," March 29). We share this concern, which is precisely why Dartmouth has made dramatic reductions to loan expectations for students and increased scholarship amounts commensurately. These changes have reduced the average total loan for Dartmouth financial aid recipients by 20 percent and increased annual scholarship support for students by approximately $4 million. The following chart (below) indicates the loan expectations for the 2006-07 academic year. Valrie also raises the question of the relationship between colleges and universities and various loan processing agencies. Dartmouth's association with New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation has been closely scrutinized.

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Columnists With Nothing to Say

By David Glovsky | April 2, 2007

People always complain about The Dartmouth (myself included, which might be a bit hypocritical since I wrote last summer, "Today marks the last day I will ever complain about The Dartmouth"). However, there are very few sections that are criticized as frequently as the opinion section.

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