Opinion

Menna: Dartmouth Got it Right with Rachel Dratch. Now Make it the Rule.

By Caroline Menna | May 5, 2026

By choosing a Dartmouth alumna for the fiftieth anniversary of the first co-education class, the College made exactly the kind of Commencement choice it should make more often.

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Letter to the Editor: ‘They Have Put Up Many Flags / to Make Us Think That They’re Happy’

By Ramsey Alsheikh | May 1, 2026

I cannot help but wonder if there isn’t a better way to mourn, one that isn’t blind to the intrinsic violence of occupation.

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Opinion

Alahyari: A Tale of Two Methodologies

By Ryan Alahyari | May 1, 2026

Academia and journalism take different paths to find different truths. They need to do more to learn from each other’s approaches.

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Opinion

Hofmann-Carr: Trump’s Undoing

By Brendan Hofmann-Carr | May 1, 2026

The President is on the losing side that threatens to cut his final act short.

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Opinion

Mendonça and Richardson: Why Aren’t We Protesting?

By Harper Richardson and Felipe Mendonça | April 30, 2026

May 1 is Friday — here’s why you should show out.

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Opinion

Moyse: A Wrinkle in Dartmouth Time

By Eli Moyse | April 30, 2026

Dartmouth students should try wasting time.

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Opinion

Taneja: Let’s Demand More From Palaeopitus

By Rohan Taneja | April 28, 2026

Palaeopitus exists to hold Dartmouth accountable. It’s time we return the favor. 

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Menna: Dartmouth Needs a Clearer AI Policy

By Caroline Menna | April 28, 2026

Students face inconsistent standards from course to course as Dartmouth leaves rules governing in-class artificial intelligence use largely up to individual professors to decide. The College should adopt a clearer framework that preserves faculty discretion while providing baseline expectations.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Vote ‘Yes’ on Article 7

By Janice Fischel | April 28, 2026

Last year’s iteration of Article 7 went too far, but the new version merits support from students and Hanover residents alike. 

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A Response from the Dartmouth Volleyball Class of 2029

By Zori Brown , Elle McCreery and Riley Imamura | April 24, 2026

We want to make our voices heard.

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Opinion

Tavaslı: For Enzo and Everyone This Silence Has Cost

By Asli Tavasli | April 24, 2026

Since Enzo La Hoz Calassara ’27 passed away earlier this year, Aslı Tavaslı ’27 has experienced a whirlwind of emotions. She is now working to raise awareness about hypoxic blackout, which took Enzo’s life.

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Opinion

Arzoumanidis: The Missing Piece

By Ana Arzoumanidis | April 23, 2026

Religious exploration is important — keep asking questions.

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Opinion

Lest the Old Traditions Fail the Daughters of Dartmouth: Remove the Predators and Rename the Visual Arts Center

By Gina Lam , Elena Bazina and Bernardine Wu | April 21, 2026

Dartmouth must remove the names of people whose actions are antithetical to its values from its buildings and programs, including that of Leon Black ’73, Women of Dartmouth leadership writes. Community members should honor survivors and take action. 

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Menna: What Explains the Young Conservative Mind?

By Caroline Menna | April 21, 2026

After Donald Trump’s Turning Point USA rally in Phoenix last Friday, a question comes into focus: Most college students lean left, yet a minority still turns right, for reasons more complicated than grievance and more revealing than caricature.

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Opinion

Mattox: How Dartmouth Athletics Failed Me

By Ellie Mattox | April 17, 2026

I was abruptly dismissed from Dartmouth’s volleyball team after years of mistreatment. Dartmouth Athletics knew about the toxic environment and did not help.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum: An Open Letter to Leon Black, President Beilock and the Board of Trustees

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 17, 2026

The Black Family Visual Arts Center is a monument to an alleged child sex offender. It must be renamed.

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Opinion

Letter From The Editors: The Editorial Board is Restructured

By Kelsey Wang , Annabelle Zhang , Vidushi Sharma and Elizabeth Ray | April 17, 2026

The Dartmouth’s Editorial Board will now be composed solely of members of The Dartmouth’s Opinion section.

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Alahyari: The Confused Nostalgia of Generation Z

By Ryan Alahyari | April 17, 2026

There’s a lot to appreciate in how young people are remembering the technology of the past, but we also need to be cautious in how we romanticize it.

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Moyse: Beilock’s PR Pawn

By Eli Moyse | April 16, 2026

College President Sian Leah Beilock’s near decade-long history with public relations firm BerlinRosen merits further consideration.

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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Student Votes Make a Difference

By Becca Davis | April 16, 2026

Banning the use of student IDs for voter identification is a partisan and antidemocratic policy choice.

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