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V for Terrorism

By Jon Wisniewski | March 28, 2006

I was never much of a comic book fan. I remember being in third grade and being moderately interested in Spiderman or the X-Men -- and let's be honest, they're pretty sweet -- but I never really read many or got into collecting them.

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Liberal Portrayal of Arabs

By Jon Wisniewski | March 8, 2006

I was really quite shocked when I checked the news several weeks ago to find a controversy blooming over the acquisition of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company by Dubai Ports World.

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Wright Deserves Respect and Praise

By Robert Burnham | March 7, 2006

To the Editor: I find the recent letter about President Wright totally out of line and thoroughly inaccurate ("Wright Must Be Replaced," (March 1). I conclude that the author merely dislikes Jim's style, and that he would prefer confrontation. I had a problem with the College as a money-contributing alumnus; I felt my money was not being managed well.

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Hypocrisy in Sexual Assault Law

By Matthew Carrigan | March 7, 2006

In a recent op-ed, "Sexual Assault: The Culture of Protection" (Feb. 28), the author describes a deficiency in campus-wide dialogue regarding sexual assault, namely that people tend to disregard the role of men (and the Greek system as a whole) in perpetrating crimes and instead focus on what women can do to protect themselves from assaults. While her point is ultimately correct, perhaps it would be useful to examine why some men tend to disregard vitriolic feminist rhetoric when it comes to the sensitive subject of sexual assault. Now, I will not claim to speak for all men, or even for all men who oppose views such as those that the author of last week's op-ed espouses; instead, I would like to present one masculine opinion about the state of affairs of sexual assault discussions at Dartmouth. First things first: the crime of "rape" no longer exists under New Hampshire.

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Racism and the Hovey Murals

By Cristina Duncan Evans | March 7, 2006

To the Editor: Michael Stroup's op-ed raises a number of interesting points about the future of the Hovey Murals ("What About the Hovey Murals?," March 6). While I agree with him that art should be contextualized and qualified rather than censored, I disagree with his assertion that the murals are not racist because they constitute art. Art can have -- and more often than not, does have -- an agenda and a voice.

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Too Much Sex

By John Leyba | March 7, 2006

I could not help but notice the recent articles and letters regarding sexual assault on campus. The op-ed contributors, letter writers and Dean Larimore all made great points regarding the need to change culture and behavior of all students, male and female, and put an end to sexual assault and rape everywhere.

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Wright a Responsible Leader

By John Engelman | March 7, 2006

To the Editor: I write in response to Joe Asch ['79]'s op-ed, "Wright Must Be Replaced" (March 1). Of course, Mr. Asch is entitled to his opinion, but I find it incredibly presumptuous of him to speak to what he believes "has become common wisdom among alums and most informed members of the College community: Jim Wright must leave the Dartmouth Presidency before any more long-term damage is done to the College." Where does he come up with this assertion?

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Never Again (Next Time)

By Syam Palakurthy | March 6, 2006

Almost 60 years ago, the world made a pledge: in the wake of one of the most horrific and systematic mass murders humanity had ever experienced, the world agreed, "Never Again." The notion that states could not be held accountable for their actions inside their border fell apart.

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New laws raise new questions

By Robert Baca | March 6, 2006

To the Editor: There is not going to be a law passed only for Tubestock. I realize our self-importance in the community, but the idea of this law raises serious questions reaching far beyond Tubestock; what would such a law mean for family barbecues on decks by the river or lakes?

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Proposed DDS Reforms Unfair to Some

By Laura Kamfonik | March 3, 2006

The campus's newest uproar -- the newly proposed Dartmouth Dining Services reforms -- has been discussed before in these pages, but I feel the need to speak up on behalf of the group that is traditionally most exploited by DDS: small eaters.

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Supporting our athletes

By Robert D. Harris M.D. | March 3, 2006

To the Editor: I want to commend the sports writer ("Apathy and complaints: the failure of Dartmouth sports fans," March 1) on his insightful comments re Dartmouth athletics. I, as a former two-sport varsity athlete (albeit at Middlebury) know all too well the sacrifices that college athletes must make.

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The Mission of the DSO

By Anthony Princiotti | March 3, 2006

A letter to the editor on Thursday, Feb. 23 ("Ringers for the Orchestra"), criticized the personnel policies of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra . To the extent that this letter was a criticism of my own work as conductor of the DSO, it could be easily ignored.

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