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Time for Dartmouth to Move On

By Doug Keare | September 27, 2006

I congratulate The Dartmouth's Editorial Board for its excellent editorial on the proposed new draft constitution which aims to restructure Dartmouth's alumni organizations to, among other matters, enable greater alumni participation in governance of the College (Verbum Ultimum, Sept.

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Intolerance of Difference

By T.J. Rodgers | September 26, 2006

Proponents of the new constitution have set aside arguments of merit, advancing instead two arguments: that we should adopt the new constitution because a task force worked hard on it for a long time and that a group of "radical dissidents," as Peter Fahey '68 wrote in The Dartmouth ("Five Reasons to Vote and Vote Yes," Sept.

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Why a "No" vote is best for Dartmouth

By Paul Leach | September 26, 2006

To the Editor: I take issue with Peter Fahey '68's opinions on the alumni constitution ("Five Reasons to Vote, and Vote 'Yes,'" Sept.

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Where is the pro-constitution student voice?

By Andrew Eastman | September 25, 2006

To the Editor: Much has been written lately about a "small cabal" of alumni and undergraduates creating the "illusion" of discontent with the proposed alumni constitution ("Five Reasons to Vote and Vote Yes," Sept.

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Productivity, not name-calling

By William T. Carney | September 25, 2006

To the Editor: Most of the discussion on the alumni constitution has spun off into name-calling and side issues.

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More balanced information on the AGTF panel

By Robert Conn | September 25, 2006

To the Editor: It seems strange that everyone in the audience who was quoted in the Alumni Governance Task Force article ("AGTF panel addresses student, alumni qualms," Sept.

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Midterm Election Madness

By Tina Praprotnik | September 25, 2006

For the past few weeks, the ongoing vote on the proposed Alumni Constitution has been the focus of political debate on our campus.

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A Battle for the Whole of Dartmouth

By Andrew Seal | September 22, 2006

Last spring, I collaborated with Dan Linsalata '07 on an op-ed opposing the constitution ("United Against the Constitution," May 31). I now wish very much I had reserved my judgment on the matter.

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Correcting misleading statements

By Peter Robinson | September 22, 2006

To the Editor: T.J. Rodgers '70 and Todd Zywicki '88 wish to join me in noting that your story on Sept.

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The Dartmouth endorses the proposed Alumni Association constitution

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 22, 2006

Despite all the attention given to the vote on the proposed Alumni Association constitution in the pages of this newspaper, very little of the discussion has been overly student-generated.

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Remembering Steve

By Zeke Turner | September 21, 2006

On Sept. 4, while shooting footage for his eight-year-old daughter's television show, Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter," was killed by a stingray, one of the ocean's most docile and harmless creatures.

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Five Reasons to Vote, and Vote "Yes"

By Peter Fahey | September 21, 2006

I've spoken with a lot of alumni friends about the upcoming vote on the revised constitution for alumni organizations.

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An Ill-Legal Philosophy

By Ben Selznick | September 21, 2006

When our country's fundamental laws were written based on the ideals of fairness and democracy, our founders could not have envisioned that there would one day be a president, the guarantor of these legal protections, who understood himself and his administration to be above and thus exempt from the very laws their elected and appointed positions require them to protect.

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Big Decision, Small Coalition

By Michael Amico | September 20, 2006

Every year, around 1,000 students choose to attend Dartmouth over other schools. For that reason alone, why is it not obvious that they might actually like it here?

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Considering the Amendments

By David Gale | September 20, 2006

Voting has begun on the proposed new constitution from the Alumni Governance Task Force, as well as on the four amendments to the current constitution that were proposed by petition (requiring 1 percent of the alumni body to sign for each). The Executive Committee of the Association has issued a recommendation of how to vote to all alumni.

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"All You Can Do is Fight"

By Saleha Waqar | August 22, 2006

I am always astounded by the level of voluntary political apathy that I encounter in a lot of students at Dartmouth.

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Elaborating on an Alumni Affair

By David P. Spalding | August 22, 2006

I was disappointed to read the story in The Dartmouth about a meeting I had with Nick Stork '06 in June ("Alumni Debate Reaches Students," Aug.

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Another Alumni Debacle

By THE DARTMOUTH SUMMER EDITORIAL BOARD | August 22, 2006

Last week, two vocal opponents of the proposed Alumni Association reforms accused senior College administrators -- who claim to be neutral in a contentious constitutional debate -- of using their positions to squelch criticisms of the document.

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Gado's Got It Wrong

By Kaja Fickes | August 22, 2006

To the Editor: In your Aug. 15 story, "Alumni election suit thrown out of court," Frank Gado '58 responds to the dismissal of the John MacGovern '80 lawsuit against the Association of Alumni with allegations of legal corruption in the New Hampshire court system and claims that the lawsuit was not really about proxy voting, but about alumni enfranchisement.

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How to Alienate People

By Sara del Nido | August 17, 2006

In the days following the foiled terrorist plots in airports across England, British Muslims have come under renewed scrutiny as a threat to security.