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Debating Indian Mascots

By Michael Kreicher | August 9, 2005

It has been almost 40 years since Dartmouth changed its mascot from the Indian to the Big Green. In 1968, our dear old Dartmouth turned in its fierce Indian warrior in exchange for the intangible and ambiguous color of green. Although I have no problem with green as a school color, I'm sorry to say that it is a very lackluster mascot, if you can even call it that.

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Where Feminism Went Too Far

By Iden Sinai | August 4, 2005

Anyone who watches television or movies can tell you that the one member of the American citizenry who remains a safe punchline (or punching bag, to be more accurate) is the American man.

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Missing the Punchline

By Julia Bernstein | August 2, 2005

Karl Rove must be having a bad week. Not because of the Valerie Plame scandal, the allegations of ethically unsound behavior or even the danger to his job.

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Change the World

By Michael Belinsky | August 2, 2005

Everyone wants me to do it, and frankly I'd rather not! My teachers and mentors, my heroes and politicians, and now even the Rockefeller Center -- everyone keeps drumming the same message into my head.

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Orioles' Hitting Shines

By Maia Fedyszyn | August 2, 2005

To the Editor: Rob Esposito's column "AL East: Yankees, Red Sox and Orioles all in the hunt" (July 28) inaccurately portrays the Orioles as a weak-hitting team and Sammy Sosa as the O's "lone shining star." This could not be further from the truth: as of July 28th, the Orioles are tied for the second best batting average in baseball, possess the second best slugging percentage in the majors, and have hit more home runs than the Yankess or Red Sox.

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The Facebook Epidemic

By Michael Kreicher | July 28, 2005

I'm sure all of you have shared this experience: you are sitting in your dorm room watching your blitz mailbox religiously waiting for the cool upperclassman to reply to your inquiry about pong when all of the sudden you receive a message that someone on Thefacebook.com wants to be your friend.

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Hollywood Will Pass in Time

By Dan Grover | July 26, 2005

To the Editor: The editorial column "Planet Hollywood" (July 19) criticizes the "decadent and materialistic" society we live in and the unworthy attention given to celebrities.

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Responsibility Rests on the College

By Charles Gardner | July 26, 2005

To the Editor: The Hanover Police should be commended for apprehending the six illegal immigrant workers last week ("Officers Find Six Illegal Construction Workers," July 21), but the College's attempt to pin the blame for their presence solely on the subcontractor seems to me a flimsy excuse for poor oversight. If the College is truly against the hiring of illegals for work on its own construction projects, it should consider performing more rigorous checks of those construction firms that it contracts, rather than simply claiming ignorance and deflecting the blame once such workers are found. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the federal government to enforce labor laws, but if the College turns a blind eye to the hiring practices of those it contracts, there is little to prevent such a situation from occurring again.

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One Small Step in Stem Cell Research

By Don C. Reed | July 26, 2005

To the Editor: Professor Green is quite right about the importance of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act ("Professor Advises Senate on Stem Cells," July 21). Although a narrow window of opportunity, allowing funding for only frozen embryos already slated for destruction, it is still a substantial step forward. All of us know a person with an incurable illness or injury -- an estimated one hundred million Americans have such chronic conditions -- people like my son, paralyzed in a football accident, almost eleven years ago. California passed a small law named after our son, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act.

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A Senseless Crime

By Keith and Marian Conning | July 21, 2005

To the Editor: We are so saddened by the senseless killing of Meleia Willis-Starbuck '07 ("Willis-Starbuck murdered in off-campus shooting," July 19), such a wonderful Berkeley High School (2003) and Dartmouth College student. We sold our home at 2235 Browning Street near Bancroft Way in west Berkeley to the Willis-Starbucks in 1999.

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D-Plan Mentoring is a Bad Idea

By Adam Han | July 21, 2005

To the Editor: In a recent article, "Students Adopt Five Children, Remain Abroad," (June 30) the adopters of five underprivileged children are lauded for their efforts in making the orphan children's lives better... for three months. As an undergrad and participant of the Templeton READS program, where Dartmouth students acted as mentors to underprivelaged children, I found the D-Plan mentoring to be highly superficial and barely effective.

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SA Supports Consent Day

By Christopher Bertrand | July 21, 2005

To the Editor: Student Assembly's decision not to fund this summer's Consent Day reflects a policy rooted in clear precedent, not in the irresponsibility described by Dempewolf's accusatory and poorly researched column ("Blitz vs.

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Looking for Mr. Wright

By Brent Clayton | July 21, 2005

You know who I haven't seen walking around campus for a long time? President James Wright. This surprises me because, quite honestly, he is a large human being.

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