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September 3, 2026
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Battling Obesity

By Andrew Lane | April 14, 2006

Americans need to put down the fork. Our country is becoming the most obese in the world. The overweight majority of our population is not only unsightly but expensive and unhealthy. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese.

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Live Up to Your Commitment

By Jon Wisniewski | April 13, 2006

The other day I was listening to Rush Limbaugh, and he mentioned the immigration debate. He said how one day back in the 1980s he talked to his grandfather about immigration, and his grandfather's response was "Oh, Lord, they're still talking about that?

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How Many "Zaps" Does It Take?

By Robert Butts | April 13, 2006

College is supposedly a place of learning. In the psychological sense, learning implies behavioral and cognitive modification, often as the result of experience and conditioning. Learning, in its simplest form, is not a particularly difficult thing.

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Safety and Security Strikes Out

By Will Rollins | April 12, 2006

Any of the Dartmouth fans who attended this weekend's double-header against Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania at Red Rolfe field will tell you that heckling at baseball games, also known as America's favorite pastime -- heckling, not baseball -- is on the verge of extermination. Safety and Security, that loveable institution that safeguards our well-being and constitutional rights while here at Dartmouth, has decided that the time has come to, yet again, destroy something that normal people find entertaining and innocuous.

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The Dartmouth misses out on unrecognized talent

By Kade Olsen | April 12, 2006

To the Editor: The Dartmouth recently identified "three academic teams" that have qualified to national tournaments ("Three academic teams make national comps.," April 6). However, this article failed to acknowledge the accomplishments of the other Dartmouth academic teams.

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Dartmouth is more than a degree

By David Kopec | April 12, 2006

To the Editor: Pattrick Mattimore '74's April 6 tirade sounded more like the upset parent of a denied applicant than a valid criticism of the value of Dartmouth's education ("High Demand, Unclear Quality," April 6). He offered little solid evidence to back up his argument that perhaps we (as in the collective field of applicants and parents, I suppose) should "...take our business elsewhere." Further, his analogies between Coca-Cola, the restaurant industry and a college education are shallow at best. They fail to acknowledge that the value of education at a selective institution like Dartmouth comes not only from the quality of college itself but from the quality of the students with which you share that education. And then there is the matter of the top tier professors, extensive resources, incomparable academics, the $492,000-per-student endowment, rich history, beautiful campus, famous speakers and more.

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There is No Joy in Hanover

By Max Bryer | April 12, 2006

When I woke up this morning I felt sure that I was living in America. There is so much uncertainty in the world these days, but, nonetheless, I felt confident about this.

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Cartoons are No Laughing Matter

By Fernando Austin | April 11, 2006

I do not watch TV very regularly. As a matter of fact, while at Dartmouth, the only occasions when I have stuck to watching the black boxes on a regular basis have been during my breaks at home in Mexico.

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Wearing Your Drink on Your Sleeve

By Zeke Turner | April 11, 2006

Dartmouth Medical School published a study in April's issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine linking ownership of alcohol-branded merchandise (ABM) to experimentation with alcohol among 10 to 14 year olds.

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Too Soon?

By Daniel Chiu | April 7, 2006

I've found over the years that the best movies are the ones that are effective at stirring the audience's emotions and inciting debate.

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Keeping Sunday School Separate

By Ben Selznick | April 6, 2006

Recently, the Georgia State Legislature proposed a popular bill (expected to pass any day now) that will allow for the teaching of two religion classes in its public schools: History and Literature of the Old Testament and History and Literature of the New Testament.

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Anchors Away for Couric?

By Julia Bernstein | April 5, 2006

One of the highlights (or lowlights) of my internship this past winter was seeing -- or perhaps almost not seeing -- Today Show high priestess Katie Couric outside Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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Quota expansion is not the solution

By Charles Gardner | April 4, 2006

To the Editor: Zak Moore '09 makes several good points about the need for better enforcement of our immigration laws with respect to illegal immigrants ("Chances For All, Safety From The Few," April 3), but I take issue with his contention that the United States must significantly expand quotas for legal immigration. The United States already maintains the most generous immigration policy of any country, admitting more than one million people annually in recent years, and few of these arrivals are admitted according to any standard set to benefit the nation (such as educational attainment). Remarkably, over two-thirds of immigrants are let in simply because they are immediate or sponsored relatives of U.S.

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Ozzie Harris will be missed

By Holly Sateia | April 4, 2006

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the article in Tuesday's Dartmouth regarding Ozzie Harris' departure from the College ("Diversity chief Harris unexpectedly resigns," March 28). I have known Ozzie for over 20 years, and during this time, we have worked together on numerous projects and initiatives.

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