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The Dartmouth
June 20, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Unique Jazz Artists Abound

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To the Editor: Although I did not witness the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra concert, I must take issue with Dylan Hume's assertion that "she is one of the few jazz composers today who creates a truly unique sound" ("Maria Schneider brings unique sound to the Hop," Jan.





Opinion

The Justice of Retaliation

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Steven Spielberg should be commended for his most recent film, the gripping "Munich." As we live in a world that is still very much held hostage to the type of insidious terror that underpins much of "Munich," the film and its message are especially poignant.


Opinion

Teaching All Viewpoints

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There exists this school of thought referred to as intelligent design. This view of the world, the universe, and "how we got here" claims that the complexity and beauty inherent in life is so amazing that it could only have been put into motion by an aforementioned intelligent designer.






Opinion

Seeking Security

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As college campuses go, Dartmouth is pretty laid-back. Our social lives do not revolve around nightclubs shared with non-Dartmouth residents.


Opinion

Read More, Write Better

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While a slew of recent op-eds have posed questions regarding the poor level of writing among Dartmouth students, it has occurred to me that there is perhaps one very important, yet thus far unaccounted reason for this.




Opinion

Education is Not the Problem

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To the editor: Justine Simon '06 ("The Other Side of the Story," Jan. 18) argues that "lack of access to education" is among "the conditions which lead to" Palestinian suicide bombings. However, according to a 2003 study by economist Alan Krueger, 57 percent of Palestinian suicide bombers have undertaken schooling beyond high school, compared to 15 percent of Palestinians in all.



Opinion

The Awkwardest Generation

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While our grandparents' generation has earned the epitaph of "The Greatest Generation" on the basis of everyday conversations between friends about our typical situations, it is quite likely that our generation will be deemed "The Awkwardest Generation." No longer used exclusively at Dartmouth to describe freshmen in fraternity basements, the word "awkward" has become strangely faddish, overheard everywhere across campus from Dartmouth Hall to the Hop to Baker Library.




Opinion

Requiem for Two Heavyweights

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Usually I use this space pithily to opine about politics or some arcane aspect of life here at Dartmouth, but today, I would like to opine about something far more important that happened over the past weekend.