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September 3, 2026
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Pride and congratulations

By Susi Kandel | May 14, 2007

To the Editor: On behalf of DGALA, the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association, I write to commend Jamal Brown '08, Raymond Rodriguez '09, Dina Warren '10 and Rigel Cable '10 on their tremendous efforts to develop PRIDE 2007.

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The Rumbling Bear

By Zachary Hyatt | May 14, 2007

The image in Saturday's New York Times is simple: on the left is President Berdymuhammedov of Turkmenistan, the greatest producer of oil in the former Soviet bloc second only to Russia; on the right, President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.

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Compliments: A Dying Art

By Zachary Gottlieb | May 14, 2007

A certain culture of complimentary impossibility has impressed me with a deep sense of disappointment, for which I cannot help but remonstrate my common man and woman.

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Green's First Task

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 11, 2007

In order to achieve any campus-wide goals, Student Body President-elect Travis Green must first fix the fatally flawed infrastructure of Student Assembly, which will require that he cede his power over the formation of the Assembly's Executive Committee. The charge of the Executive Committee includes setting the Assembly's year-long agenda and the agenda for the weekly general meetings.

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SEC clarifies its position

By Luke Antal | May 10, 2007

To the Editor: I want to clarify that, while Shala Byers '07 is a member of the Senior Executive Committee, her op-ed ("The Merit of Meritocracy," May 10) does NOT represent the views of the SEC or its decision-making processes regarding class marshals, class historians and class orator as a whole. Byers' idea that only "[t]hose who were chosen for the positions of class marshals, historians and orator were chosen because their merits, skills and contributions to the College deserved recognition" is her own and not how the SEC functions: We do not advocate for a color-blind meritocracy. The various and diverse ways people "represent" and "contribute" to the College were a focal point of our internal discussions.

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Stick to the Issues

By Tim Dreisbach | May 10, 2007

Regarding "Regaining the Right Role" (May 9) by Doug Keare '56, responses by Association of Alumni petition candidates warrant consideration.

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Worth Risking It

By Kathleen Onufer | May 10, 2007

As we carry around the aftermath of Dartmouth's Alcohol Screening Day and its attendant social norm-displaying Nalgenes, I am forced to report some sad news.

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A True Competitor

By Harry Norton | May 10, 2007

When I was a junior in high school, I went to the New England High School Track and Field Championships held in Plymouth, Mass.

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The Merit of a Meritocracy

By Shala Byers | May 10, 2007

I would like to thank Amanda Rosenblum '07 for her positive, negative and abstract feedback on the SEC slate for class marshals, historians and orator ("Gratitude and Curiosity," May 8). I have to, however, respectfully disagree with her close-minded approach to the holistic process and penchant to destroy entire traditions that have been around for hundreds of years in one fell swoop. Though it is nice to see that the system is continually questioned, its ultimate destruction is not the solution and Rosenblum's suggestion of such raises a greater issue that affects Dartmouth and even the United States.

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Transfer Tales

By Daniel Belkin | May 10, 2007

For giddy high school seniors across the country, years of stressful schoolhouse preparation and anticipation for the "best years of their lives" recently culminated as prospies signed on the dotted line of an admissions offer and sealed their collegiate destiny, marking their most momentous decision to date.

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Criticism requires solutions

By Kenan Yount | May 9, 2007

To the Editor: Jacob Baron '10's suggestion that students write-in Stephen Colbert as a choice for Student Assembly president is completely off-base ("Colbert for SA President," May 8). I think it's fair to criticize the SA as a "nonentity" and a joke of an organization; however, if you're going to criticize something you have to offer a solution that amounts to something better than "mockery is change so vote for Stephen Colbert." If Baron has such contempt for the current slate of Student Assembly candidates, then perhaps he should have considered getting some guts and using his op-ed to offer himself as a write-in candidate to reform the organization.

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Regaining the Right Role

By Doug Keare | May 9, 2007

Perhaps Churchill's best observation was that democracy was the very worst system of government imaginable -- except for all the others that had ever been tried.

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Mockery is Not the Answer

By Shaun Stewart | May 9, 2007

I had a completely different column written for today. It was a satirical piece poking fun at the platforms of a number of the Student Assembly presidential campaigns, and was probably my favorite piece I've written all year.

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