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The Dartmouth
April 8, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Sex-ploring the Sex Fest

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I immediately sympathized with the parents of heterosexual women at Dartmouth when I read, "It's not often that students attempt to cover model penises with condoms while wearing drunk-simulation goggles," in The Dartmouth ("Center for Women hosts Sex Festival," Feb.



Opinion

A Cry for Hope in 2008

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I love the New Hampshire primary and I love the political horse race that is the 2008 presidential election, but it has also left me with a strange sense of melancholy.


Opinion

The Curse of St. Valentine

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A friend once asked me, "James, if you had the chance, who would you love to take out back and pile-drive?" Upon first thought, many candidates came to mind -- Ryan Seacrest, Aaron Carter, perhaps Cody from Step by Step?







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Reemerging from the Rabbit Hole

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When I was little, "Alice in Wonderland" was a little too scary for me. Not scary in the traditional, monster-under-the-bed sort of way, but rather in a way that most people would describe as "psychedelic." Even a six year-old can pick up on the fact that Disney's customarily watered-down version of a classic tale is not just a funny dream that Alice has.




Opinion

Conscription isn't the answer

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To the Editor: In his Feb. 8 column on the war on terror ("Undemocratic War for Democracy"), Max Bryer '08 argues that the Bush administration should have "call[ed] on average Americans to bear the costs" of the war.


Opinion

Persistent Protest

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"Okay, now it's true, the majority of students these days are so cravenly PC they wouldn't know a good time if it was sitting on their face.


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Dartmouth Debut of Edwards '08

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"'If you had been elected vice president in 2004,'" asked The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, "'who would you have shot in the face?'" With that statement, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards opened his speech, which was held in Alumni Hall at the Hopkins Center last week.


Opinion

Responsible Excess?

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Winter Carnival is a weekend of excess. Students, chafed by the stress of midterms, take three or four days to bask in the warmth of carefree winter fun and gluttony.




Opinion

Undemocratic War for Democracy

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President Bush's recently announced plan to increase American troop strength in Iraq belies this administration's inadequacy in dealing with the challenges of the protracted struggle that America's war against terror has become.