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December 25, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Opinion

Opinion

Alpha Phi on campus

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To the Editor: I am writing in response to Thursday's article regarding Alpha Phi's rush ("Alpha Phi holds inaugural rush events," Oct.





Opinion

The Western Tradition of Trans Fat

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A friend of mine was recently quoted in the Generic Good Morning Message as saying, "It's like a Noah Riner speech just exploded all over my life." Not being particularly clever myself nor able to pass up a great mental image when I stumble upon it, I must paraphrase and adapt it to a feeling I got recently while getting my news junkie fix.


Opinion

Rebuttal to Misleading Claims

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I write to rebut Doug Keare's '56 letter ("Time for Dartmouth to move on," Sept. 27) that claims the petition trustees did not work cooperatively with the Alumni Governance Task Force on the new constitution, a statement also echoed in a story in The Dartmouth ("Trustees turn down requests for participation," Sept.


Opinion

Proper Placement

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We all know about the guy in German 1 who has taken six years of the language in high school, or the girl in Math 3 who has been taking college-level math courses since she was 12.




Opinion

Credit D-GALA

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To the Editor: Timothy Dreisbach '71's recent letter asserts, without any factual basis, that the recent upward trend in donor participation is somehow related to the election of petition trustees ("Petition Candidates and Alumni Participation," Sept.


Opinion

The Danger of Fear

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The opinion pages of this newspaper have recently been filled with arguments for and against the proposed alumni constitution.


Opinion

The Politics of Admissions

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With Harvard's decision on Sept. 12 to discontinue its Early Action program, college admissions issues have again come to the forefront of attention in the national education consciousness. Ostensibly, Harvard's decision stems from the allegations that early admission programs bring an inherent bias to the college admissions table.


Opinion

The Papal Insight

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Those who still doubt the intensity of the Western cultural and political conflict with radical Islam should take a closer look at the lecture delivered by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg, and the severe reaction it sparked among some Muslims. Pope Benedict, himself a professor emeritus at the University of Bonn, delivered an academic lecture this month about the role of reason in theological discussions.



Opinion

Moving Beyond the Constitution

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Over the past months, both sides in the alumni constitution controversy have drawn caricatures of each other for potential voters, obscuring the more diverse underlying position each actually represents.



Opinion

Petition candidates and alumni participation

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To the Editor: Peter Fahey '68's recent letter supporting the proposed constitution made several points, some which merit consideration and some of which are incorrect, such as the erroneous belief that the current trustee election rules force a splitting of votes across nominated candidates ("Five Reasons to Vote, and Vote "Yes,"" Sept.


Opinion

The "Promise" of Diversity

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The one term utilized ad nauseam more than any other throughout freshman orientation at Dartmouth is "diversity." The College preaches "diversity" almost to a point of overcompensation while trying its darndest to use this diluted word as a grand sales pitch for prospective students.