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June 17, 2026
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'Creative tension' is undefined

By Frank Gado | March 30, 2007

To the Editor: To Joe Herring '55, "it is clear enough that what sets us apart from the Amhersts on one side and Harvards on the other is our singular capacity to live within the creative tension between the extremes" ("Dartmouth's identity reconciles the extremes," Mar.

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College loans are an investment for the future

By Joshua Marks | March 30, 2007

To the Editor: I applaud the op-ed on student loans ("Owing an Arm, a Leg and a Future," March 29) for its compelling arguments regarding the seriousness of the debt burdens many college graduates face upon receiving that mighty diploma, and the need for increased transparency to assure the best ethical compliance.

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Give Me A Break

By Zachary Gottlieb | March 29, 2007

A quick glance at yesterday's cover of The Dartmouth shows two East Wheelock students embraced in a heartfelt, tear-jerking reunion.

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Owing an Arm, a Leg and a Future

By Alfred Valrie Jr. | March 29, 2007

In Google, search for "davidson college loan," and you will find various articles having to do with Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., dropping the loan component from its financial aid packages on March 19.

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Trustees did not help Smith with monetary contributions

By T.J. Rodgers | March 28, 2007

To the Editor: Trustee candidate Sandy Alderson '69 speculates wrongly that there is a group of trustees funding the petition trustee process ("For the first time, money enters into Trustee race," March 7). For the record, neither I nor any entity that I control has contributed financially either directly or indirectly to the campaign of Stephen Smith '88. To be fully candid, I did interview Smith and sign his ballot petition because I thought he was both more independent and more issue-oriented than the only other candidate I interviewed -- Alderson. On the issue of Smith's independence, I advised him not to campaign on the basis of free speech on campus because of the great progress that has been made on that front in the last two years. Apparently, the law professor and former Supreme Court clerk, who more fully understands the Bill of Rights than I, disagrees with me and sees room for improvement in Dartmouth's free speech environment -- and even more room for improvement in its Committee on Standards disciplinary system.

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Dartmouth's identity reconciles the extremes

By Joe Herring | March 28, 2007

To the Editor: Tim Dreisbach '71's interesting piece on the College's continuing quest for its sense of identity left this reader a little seasick with maritime metaphors ("Behind the Trustees' Words," March 27). It should be clear enough that what sets us apart from the Amhersts on one side and Harvards on the other is our singular capacity to live within the creative tension between the extremes. Of course tension can be disorienting, and our continuing temptation is to escape it by choosing one extreme or the other.

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Guns and a Good Time

By Jon Wisniewski | March 28, 2007

Upon reading Nathan Bruschi's op-ed earlier this month ("An Assault on Assault Weapons," March 2), I was expecting an assault on the Second Amendment.

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The Hook-Up Myth

By Daniel Belkin | March 27, 2007

As the mercury begins to rise and snow banks recede, "spring fever" will begin to spread from the Green to Baker Library (well, at least the stacks) and beyond.

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Don't let loose the moose

By Dave Schaefer | March 7, 2007

To the Editor: What a bad, bad idea is Dartmoose ("Letting Loose the Dartmoose," Mar. 5). If you know anything about moose, you know they are big, dumb, clumsy animals.

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A Freedom of Information Act

By Tina Praprotnik | March 7, 2007

In contrast to the Middlebury College history department's ban on Wikipedia, other institutions of higher learning have responded to the public knowledge movement more commendably.

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