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Learning from The Dartmouth

By Zachary Goldstein | November 22, 2005

"Hello, I'm Zach Goldstein and I go to The Dartmouth." The words slipped unconsciously out of my mouth and even moments later I was unaware of the seemingly minor mistake I had just made.

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Staying Power Must be Recognized

By Maxwell Bryer | November 22, 2005

Several weeks ago, when Iran's new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, declared in a speech that "Israel must be wiped of the map," the world reeled in shock as if it expected more from the leader of a "civilized" government.

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"Potter" is Enjoyable, and Not Just for Buffs

By Marjorie Dunlap | November 22, 2005

To the Editor: Liz Ellison's review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire could have been wrapped up in two far less annoying and un-witty sentences: This movie won't make sense if you haven't read the book, or even seen the previous movies (although this would seem common sense) ("The Potter-Illiterate Should Avoid Goblet Like the Plague," Nov.

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The Harms of Categorization

By Jon Wisniewski | November 21, 2005

Humans are categorizing creatures. For whatever Darwinian reason, the ability to distinguish similar entities in our minds was a trait that contributed to our apparent victory in the survival of the fittest.

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Pong is not all Fun and Games

By PATRICK MATTIMORE | November 21, 2005

To the Editor: While I appreciated the trip down memory lane (or fraternity row, as it were) in your three-part series about beer pong, the denouement left me feeling a bit hungover. As a recovering alcoholic who developed a drug and alcohol habit during my days and nights in Hanover, I had hoped you might conclude with a look at the darker side of the college's "game." Although my life has turned out well (I've been clean and sober over 25 years), I look back on my college years with a sense of regret for lost opportunities, rather than nostalgia. Too many people I knew left the college after four years rather like the hollow men in T.S.

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Divestment Clarified

By Kelsey Noonan | November 21, 2005

To the Editor: In response to Yan Shurin's comment in The Dartmouth about the legitimacy of divestment, there seems to be some misunderstanding ("Disapproving of Divestment," Nov.

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Terrell Owens: Bigger than Football

By David Rothenberg | November 18, 2005

Terrell Owens, the controversially outspoken yet unquestionably talented wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, has once again found himself front and center in a debate that has quickly burgeoned beyond the scope of the NFL. On Nov.

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Disapproving of Divestment

By Yan Shurin | November 17, 2005

To the Editor: While I definitely applaud the sentiment and motivation behind all the efforts towards divestment from Sudan-related companies ("Trustees vote to divest from Sudan-related companies," Nov.

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Approving of Divestment

By Ben Elberger | November 17, 2005

To the Editor: I am writing to congratulate Dartmouth College, the Darfur Action Group and specifically Niral Shah '08, Janet Smith '08, Kelsey Noonan '08 and Anne Bellows '06 for their leadership on the issue of divestment . On Monday, the nation's most extensive university divestment effort culminated in a decision of historic proportions.

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Narrow-minded Criticism

By Mike Heslin | November 17, 2005

Iden Sinai '07's recent op-ed ("Opposition to Alito is unfounded," Nov. 10) carelessly dismisses any opposition to President Bush's latest nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito, without making any actual attempt to understand it. Calling arguments from the left "facile and ill-founded," Sinai first attacks critics for calling Alito unqualified for the Supreme Court.

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Amarna Deserves Recognition

By Meredith Cook | November 16, 2005

To the Editor: A recent Dartmouth Mirror article ("The Co-Eds," Nov. 11) contained a substantial omission, as it failed to include Amarna, one of Dartmouth's two undergraduate societies.

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Promoting Student Assembly

By Noah Riner | November 16, 2005

The role of Student Assembly at Dartmouth is pretty simple: to help improve life at Dartmouth and to convey student concerns to the administration.

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Biloxi Expense is Justified

By Kaelin Goulet | November 16, 2005

To the Editor: While I agree with the basic premise of the recent Verbum Ultimum (Nov. 11), you are mistaken to paint the sum of money allocated to the Katrina relief efforts with the same brush of criticism as you do many of Student Assembly's budgetary decisions. You write about the break in precedent.

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Playing Capture the Flag

By Ben Selznick | November 16, 2005

While conversing with me about his Democratic party canvassing work this past summer, my friend uttered something that struck me as highly interesting: "When I walked up to a house that had American flags prominently displayed, I assumed that it was a conservative house.

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Abraham Lincoln Hates America

By Daniel Belkin | November 15, 2005

The war was "unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President" and justified by the "sheerest deception." These are not the words of some liberal New England Democrat about the current Iraq war, but those of Congressman Abraham Lincoln in the U.S.

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The Wild West of Internet Media

By Robert Butts | November 15, 2005

Technology writers have likened the internet to the Wild West (it's an analogy I am not particularly fond of, for reasons that will become clear soon enough, but for the moment I will just run with it). Cyberspace, the argument goes, is a new and effectively boundless frontier that is open for expansion.

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