Speech is Vital for a Campus Community
To the Editor: I believe that the ongoing conversation about Noah Riner's convocation speech is a good thing.
To the Editor: I believe that the ongoing conversation about Noah Riner's convocation speech is a good thing.
To the Editor: The Dartmouth always publishes the previous day's closing numbers of the Dow Jones, NASDAQ and S&P 500 stock market averages.
If our College is a research university in all but name, then why did research superstar Michael Gazzaniga leave us for UCSB?
Imagine for a moment that you have just finished your Psych class, it is 1:35 p.m. and you are famished.
As I watch newly empowered Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts begin his journey as an untouchable constitutional deliberator, I can't help but wonder what kind of legacy he will leave.
To the Editor: Before I published my article on hip-hop on Sept. 27 ("The Mixed Message of Hip-Hip"), I sent it to several black friends and asked for a critique.
To the Editor: Mr. Riner's speech pricked the conscience of a university. Dartmouth is an institution in which ideas should be introduced and examined for their validity. In light of this, it is interesting that so many faculty and students alike would lash out at the notion of holding up Jesus, the most influential man in human history, as an example for people to follow.
Watching four '09s simultaneously whip out their cell phones and exchange phone numbers, my friends and I chuckled as we ate dinner at Food Court the other week.
To the Editor: I hope that the letter byAndrew Getraer '86 ("Disingenuous Behavior," Oct. 3) does not represent how most alumni will approach the discussion and voting on the proposed new alumni constitution.Andrew seems to have made his mind up, but a few things need to be clarified for anyone else interested in this topic. First, "Changing the Rules" was not an article, it was an opinion piece byJoseph Asch '79.I would encourage alumni to read the proposal themselves and not rely on someone else's interpretation, it deserves thoughtful consideration and an informed debate. Second, the constitutional reform started by the Association of Alumni and the Alumni Council began before the recent election of petition candidates to the Board of Trustees.
To the Editor: It was reassuring to read that Daniel Chiu '09 ("Taking One Step Forward," Oct.
To the Editor: Lense, you wrote a good story ("Nobel laureate discusses development in Africa," Sept.
I'm going to start with a supposition that I think is eminently reasonable and work my way from there.
To the Editor: We find several incorrect assumptions in Ms. Gosse's letter to the editor, in which she laments the "trend towards motherhood among Ivy League Women" ("Women: Leave Home", Oct.
In his guest column of September 29, Joe Asch '79 suggests that the Alumni Governance Task Force (AGTF) is a pawn of the College administration, using it to manipulate alumni trustee election results.
The recent controversy over Noah Riner's convocation speech has inspired many Dartmouth students to raise their guard and insist that a speech defending absolute truth and encouraging a change of beliefs is inappropriate. Although we claim openness, we are actually deeply committed to a particular view of reality, which we affirm in others who share it and oppose in those who do not. William Willimon, the chaplain of Duke University, recently spoke to a group of Canadians who questioned his conviction that Christians should attempt to convert unbelievers to Christianity.
To the Editor: Noah Riner showed great courage in his convocation speech! Glad to see the First Amendment alive and well at Dartmouth.
As an '09 who's only been at Dartmouth for a mere three and a half weeks, I'm definitely still in my "take one step forward and two steps back" phase.
I am writing in response to the coverage of the trend towards motherhood among Ivy League Women (Sept.
After listening to Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate discuss Peace, Democracy, and Environmental Justice on Sept.
The effects of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita will be felt long after New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast are restored to their former conditions. The suffering of victims will surely linger, reconstruction costs will be felt for years and, as is the aftermath of all disasters whether man-made or natural, the government will enact long-term legislation -- and pour in billions of dollar -- aimed at deterring similar catastrophes in the future. In our efforts to improve what has been, by all admissions, an "inexcusable" disaster response capacity, we Americans would be wise to reexamine our foreign policy agenda as well.