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April 9, 2026
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A Safer, Alcohol-Free

By Caroline Kaufmann | July 18, 2006

To the Editor: I am sorry to hear that Tubestock will not continue as a Dartmouth tradition ("Final town meeting drowns Tubestock," July 11). It was a very fun day for my friends and I in the summer of 1997.

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Women at Work

By Deborah Wassel | July 18, 2006

"What do you want to do when you grow up?" is a question to which I am not sure I know the answer, despite dangling my feet over the precipice of graduation.

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Pitfalls of Corporate Recruiting

By Evan Meyerson | July 13, 2006

The weather in Hanover is finally brilliant and "06X" is in full swing -- or so we thought. The bliss of summer took a frustrating turn for a significant portion of the Class of 2008 last week as July 5 came to mean much more than just a chance to recuperate after Independence Day festivities. Countless sophomores postponed river plans and pong dates to beat the July 5 corporate recruiting deadline set by the 10 financial leviathans that will grace the College next week for on-campus interviewing.

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Tubestock: A Casualty in the "War on Fun"

By Christopher Rubinate | July 13, 2006

To the Editor: Yet again Dartmouth College, the Town of Hanover and the State of New Hampshire have triumphed in their War on Fun. From the recent banning of Tubestock to the ban on playing pong outdoors to the repeated removal of the rope swing over the Connecticut River (and eventual cutting down of the tree from which the rope swing hung to forever remove any chance that the dastardly physical diversion would ever return) the Triumvirate in Charge has managed to ban and restrict many of the best ways to enjoy oneself in the beautiful environs which surround Dartmouth in the summer. Perhaps the paternalistic lifeguards of the Upper Valley will next move to ban horseplay or not waiting a half hour after eating before swimming. These "Powers That Be" need to realize that Dartmouth students are adults with the full mental capacity to make choices about their lives and how to live them, not little, confused toddlers who need instructions and to have their hands held all the day by Daddy Dartmouth or Mama Hanover. Do these parties really have nothing better to do than tell Dartmouth students how they can and can't peacefully enjoy themselves? I thought that New Hampshire's motto was still "Live Free or Die"

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Israel's Right to Self Defense

By Max Bryer | July 13, 2006

If you will, imagine the following situation. Using underground tunnels, terrorists infiltrate the American border and proceed to abduct an American GI and take him or her hostage.

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Correcting misconceptions

By Geoff Bronner | July 11, 2006

To the Editor: A letter on July 6 ("A Positive First Step") states that the Fall 2006 election of officers for the Association of Alumni has been canceled -- this has also been stated in other places, but it is not true.

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Ineffective sustainability efforts

The most recent step taken by Sustainability Coordinator Jim Merkel -- replacing plastic to-go boxes with biodegradable cardboard ones at Food Court -- is arguably a more substantial, or at least noticeable, effort than his previous endeavors. But the new boxes will not yield positive results without other changes.

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DOC Trips, Two Years Later

By Michael Kreicher | July 11, 2006

As I'm sure almost everyone knows, Sophomore Trips took place this past weekend. I had the opportunity to hike some 20 miles along the Appalachian Trail from our starting point to the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.

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The Path of Conspicuous Donation

By David Rothenberg | July 6, 2006

Last week, Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man, donated over 75 percent of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest endowed philanthropic organization even prior to the gift.

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A Positive First Step

By Tim Dreisbach | July 6, 2006

Yes, it's yet another guest editorial on "alumni governance" issues. Why care at all? Because College priorities are ultimately set by Dartmouth's trustees, and students are impacted in many ways, from rooming alternatives to course availability to resource allocations that impact your activities.

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Our "Wet Hot American Summer"

By Daniel Belkin | July 4, 2006

The fact that Hanover, the town with the long six-month winter that students eagerly wish away for warmer temperatures, becomes unbearably hot during the summer months proves that God does in fact have a sense of humor.

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Overzealous Hanover Police

By Daniel Rodgers | July 4, 2006

To the Editor: I read professor Robert Whitley's June 29 letter to the editor ("De-Sanitizing the Police Blotter") with great interest as one of the most striking changes since my days at Dartmouth is the overzealous behavior of the Hanover Police Department described in Whitley's letter.

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Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Affect Men, Too

By Nicolai Buhr | June 29, 2006

To the Editor: I must disagree with George McArdle '06's recent op-ed ("Every Man for Himself," June 22). He complains that the Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders Peer Advisor programs are "designed to help women at Dartmouth," and do not confront male issues.

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De-Sanitizing the Police Blotter

By Rob Whitley | June 29, 2006

To the Editor: The police blotter entry for June 17 elided several key factors that need further elaboration ("Police Blotter," June 27). As those who read the entry will remember, it summarizes a case where a jogger returned to her "home" on a Sunday morning to find it being "burgled." Only it was not her "home" but my home, in which my girlfriend and I were quietly having breakfast.

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Starving Sophomore Summer

By Maxwell Bryer | June 29, 2006

It is easy to fall into the trap of treating sophomore summer -- a Dartmouth tradition since the mid-1970s -- as something of a less-than-equal cousin of the Fall, Winter and Spring sessions.

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A Daughter of Dartmouth

By Severina Ostrovsky | June 27, 2006

To the Editor: In responding to "The Hill Winds Call Fifty Years Later," (June 10) I will not stoop so low as to explain why Dartmouth continues to be an amazing school or attempt to even begin to explain why the addition of women to Dartmouth has been one of its greatest accomplishments.

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A Political Microcosm

By Sara del Nido | June 27, 2006

Last Wednesday, Dartmouth made national news when The New York Times published an article covering the ongoing battle over the proposed alumni constitution.

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