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April 9, 2026
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Right to Serve and Gay Rights Clash

By Jason Hartwig | November 11, 2005

At the most recent Student Assembly meeting, the Gay-Straight Alliance put forth a resolution to encourage the College to reject all support of the ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) on the Dartmouth campus.

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Hyper-sensitivity versus real discrimination

By Hunter Brooks | November 11, 2005

To the Editor: While the arguments that hyper-sensitive political correctness stifles intelligent debate on social issues are often compelling, they do not apply in the particular context of the "white trash" party ("Fair and balanced social activism," Nov.

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Clear Dialogue Needed

By Niral Shah | November 10, 2005

To the Editor: I applaud Sara del Nido '08's attempt to defend one of her friends and analyze the Greek system at Dartmouth.

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The Ethics of Sharing

By Michael Belinsky | November 10, 2005

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Grokster shut down its file-sharing client as part of a lawsuit settlement with the two giant Internet cops, the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Dealing with Danger

By Paul Heintz | November 10, 2005

To the Editor: Upon reading yesterday's police blotter, I was relieved to find that Safety and Security seems to have adopted a new "preemptive strike" protocol to locate, isolate and neutralize potential threats to the College before they have a chance to metastasize into a clear and present danger. Philip Salinger '08 relates to our humble reader a harrowing narrative of a "man who looked like a transient" getting off a bus and strolling the tranquil streets of our fair Hanover.

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Opposition to Alito is Unfounded

By Iden Sinai | November 10, 2005

Since my last column two weeks ago, President Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor, touching off heated debate and apocalyptic political rhetoric from coast to coast.

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So Much for Character

By Andrew Seal | November 10, 2005

The multiple responses to Sara del Nido '08's recent columns demonstrate very well the common retorts to any calls for sensitivity and communal awareness : resentment and irritation, with a dash of alternative ideas for how a society should be run. Frederick Meyer '08 believes in a "Fair and Balanced Social Activism," but he ends up not advocating activism of any sort but rather a laissez-faire passivity where we assume that all intentions are benign and thoughtlessness is no real fault ("Fair and Balanced Social Activism," Nov.

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Political Correctness, Revisited

By Kenan Yount | November 9, 2005

To the Editor: Sara del Nido '08's long-winded, 1200-word manifesto on what fraternities "should" and "should not" do fails to woo me towards the slightest inclination of supporting her stance ("Speaking Out, Standing Alone," Nov.

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Fair and Balanced Social Activism

By Frederick Meyer | November 9, 2005

I have read Sara del Nido '08's last two op-eds in the Dartmouth with growing dismay. Last week's op-ed detailed the insufficient consciousness of class disparities at Dartmouth ("Our classless campus," Nov.

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Beware of Financial Predators

By Ilya Feoktistov | November 9, 2005

Nurtured, fed and defended since hatching, there comes the time for every fledgling bird to leave the safety of its mother's nest and fly off on unsteady wings into the dangers of the hostile world.

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Part of a Trend

By Robert Baca | November 9, 2005

To the Editor: Given the historical interactions of the United States and the rest of the Americas and the colonial inequalities that persist today, is it any wonder that representatives from the United States are rarely given a cordial welcome in much of South America? What happened in Argentina was a transnational movement; all of South America came together to throw George W.

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Clearing up Alito's Record

By E. Brantley Webb | November 9, 2005

To the Editor: One of the most unfortunate aspects of the modern Supreme Court nomination process is the news media's tendency to jam complex legal rulings into a few sensationalist sound bites.

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Necessary Funding

By Habiba Musah | November 9, 2005

In a recent letter to the editor ("SA Shouldn't Fund Pet Projects, Regardless of Merit," Nov. 7), Tatyana Liskovich '08 recounts two main reasons why Student Assembly should not fund specific organizations or student groups, such as the KatrinaHelp or any other effort for Katrina Relief.

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Civil Unrest in Argentina

By Alejo Cabranes | November 8, 2005

Last Friday, thousands of anti-free trade demonstrators became an unruly mob and took to the streets of Argentina, burning banks and McDonald's restaurants, throwing Molotov cocktails at police, and thus creating general havoc and disarray.

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No World Reaction to a Reactionary Iran

By David Rothenberg | November 8, 2005

In a week when names such as Samuel Alito and Scooter Libby have leaked into the American consciousness and domestic political chaos dominated the media, I was struck hardest by a story originating from outside of the United States.

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Higher Standards for Justice

By Zach Hyatt | November 7, 2005

Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court was defeated by conservative ideologues not content with Miers' conservative credentials: she did not have a documented history of social conservatism and the White House was unable to convince its conservative base that she was "one of them." The White House's feeble attempts to quell the conservatives' doubts -- with winks, nods, and a declaration of her devout "Christian-ness" -- proved about as effective as the Bay of Pigs.

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Please Treat Your Frat Dogs Well

By Ruth Hupart | November 7, 2005

To the Editor: As one of the founders of the developing Dartmouth Animal Welfare Group, I speak for the group when I say that we took issue with Amanda Dobbins' representation of the life of a frat dog ("Mommy, If a Fratboy Can Have a Dog, So Can I," Nov.

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