RIAA Feeds the Wrong Musicians
To the Editor: RIAA President Cary Sherman describes the loads of "starving artists," if you will ("RIAA sues undergrads using i2hub," April 14) -- but does he even know who they are?
To the Editor: RIAA President Cary Sherman describes the loads of "starving artists," if you will ("RIAA sues undergrads using i2hub," April 14) -- but does he even know who they are?
To the Editor: Abby Tassel's expose of her working conditions at Dartmouth is a harsh indictment of the College's administration.
Last week, The Dartmouth published an article about my resignation but I declined to comment ("Tassel resigns, students cite frustration," April 6). It now seems important to clarify the conditions of my leaving Dartmouth in light of the various articles and many people who have expressed their dismay at my decision.
Despite the relative safety of Hanover, Dartmouth College suffers from a social scene that, while entertaining, can prove dangerous to women.
"Sending [John Bolton] to New York would be like sending Nixon to China it will be more like sending the bull into a China shop," Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del., said at the hearings of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding George Bush's nomination of Bolton to be the U.S.
Regardless of the Ford Foundation petition that President Wright recently signed, the leader of one of the world's most enduring academic institutions clearly does not understand how free speech works.
Last Thursday, General Motors announced that it would pull its advertising from The Los Angeles Times.
Go blue states, because red states are backward and suck! Gooooooo donkeys! One expects to hear this kind of banter while watching cable news, not while reading the written musings of a Dartmouth undergrad.
When the United States forms its foreign policy, we hope that we frame it around various just causes: freedom, human rights and economic opportunity.
Let me get this straight: The College is paying for EBA's to bring pizza to frat parties ("College-funded 'party packs' provide non-alcoholic alternative," April 8)? Oh, yeah, they provide sodas too?
Unlike Odysseus' tale, the most significant part of this odyssey is that it is not unique or remarkable in any way.
To the editor: In "Ivies confront free speech uproar," the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is described as "an organization that champions free speech on university campuses" (April 7). A noble calling, to be sure, and the organization sounds neutral and objective.
To the editor, Amid a series of recent controversial judicial decisions regarding the pledge of allegiance, gay rights and Terri Schiavo's life, opponents of various judicial rulings have branded members of the American judiciary with the new scarlet letter of "A," not for adulterer but "activist." Today, the independence of the judiciary, along with the principle of separation of powers and checks and balances that have endured Western political thought for centuries, is under assault. Opponents deride "activist" judges for "legislating from the bench," making laws that would otherwise not have been enacted due to weak public support.
By Mohamad Bydon '01 After the successful campaign of T.J. Rogers, many alumni feel emboldened to stand against the increasing emphasis on scholarly research at Dartmouth.
By the time I attended the Dimensions weekend at Dartmouth as a senior in high school, I was already aware that Dartmouth social life was defined by alcohol.
The Social Event Management Procedures Review Committee's recent proposal to revise alcohol policy is a step in the right direction.
Of course there is a liberal bias at Dartmouth. The vast majority of our campus faculty leans towards the left, as is true of universities around the country.
Your article on Abby Tassel's resignation ("Tassel Resigns, Students Cite Frustration," April 6) fails to give a concrete explanation of the "political" problems faced by sexual assault advocates, so allow me to spell it out.
I carry a little Swiss Army knife on my keychain -- I use it to open letters and packages and uncooperative shrink-wrapped consumer goods.
I am writing in response to Matt Nicholson's op-ed piece, "Breaking Down the Rumor Mill" (The Dartmouth, April 1). While I appreciate Mr. Nicholson's desire to repair the damage that a recent hazing violation has done to his fraternity's reputation, I take some offense at the general tone with which Mr. Nicholson addresses this incident. New Hampshire officials may have determined that "maybe there wasn't an incident to begin with," and some may fail to see that either house acted in the wrong. However, I feel that it is important for the brothers of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and the sisters of Delta Delta Delta sorority to shoulder their fair share of the blame for this violation. As a member of a sorority while at Dartmouth, I understand that new members are very eager to please their older brothers and sisters and that they will often design and carry out "pledge missions" based upon behavior that they believe is expected. These beliefs do not come out of nowhere; new members participate in these often-degrading and uncomfortable "missions" because they know of older members who have done so, or because they know their actions are likely to earn them respect and admiration within the house. If there is any way to stop incidents such as the one that occurred this fall, it is for brothers and sisters to take a more proactive approach and educate new members from the start on what behavior is and is not acceptable (or worthy of admiration) in their houses. The solution is certainly not to distance oneself from hazing behavior and take the stance that if you do not actively endorse hazing, it will not occur. Nor is the solution to downplay these instances by transferring blame, saying that members "only made poor decisions because they were given the leeway by [another house] to do so." It is only when Greek houses begin to take their fair share of the blame for hazing violations and adopt a more active approach to their eradication that such unfortunate instances may come to an end.