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More to Black Culture than Hip-Hop

By Alexandra Garrison | September 30, 2005

To the Editor: After reading Ilya Feoktistov's opinion, "The Mixed Message of Hip-Hop" (Sept.

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Observance without Consequence

By Julia Bernstein | September 30, 2005

The Israelites may have been slaves in Egypt, but at least they had Moses to part the waters of the Red Sea.

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On Logic

By Adrian Ng | September 29, 2005

Ben Selznick '07 needlessly reminded us that there are two realms of discourse " the public and the private ("On Religion," Sept.

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"When the people are unhappy with the government, in America they try to change the government; in the Soviet Union, the government tries to change the people." " Old Soviet joke. At Dartmouth, when the Administration is unhappy with election results, it tries to change the electoral rules. Having lost the last three trustee elections to anti-Administration candidates, the Wright Administration has now responded to these rebukes. However, rather than addressing the fundamental reasons why the petition candidates won their elections, a process has been set in motion to change the way the alumni vote for trustees. The Administration's first step was to look at the detailed results of the trustee elections.

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Character, Not Popular Ideas

By Iden Sinai | September 29, 2005

Despite all the discussion of President Bush's culpability in the wake of Katrina, most Dartmouth students have yet to blame deposed FEMA Director Michael Brown, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco or New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin for any of the storm's aftermath.

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On Religion

By Ben Selznick | September 28, 2005

There have always existed two realms of discourse--the public, where actions are presented for popular consumption, and the private, where individuals are allowed to more or less do as they please.

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An Improved Alcohol Policy

By Caleb Powers | September 28, 2005

Over the last week, many returning students have been pleasantly surprised by the presence of kegs in frat basements on nights when the fraternity is not registered.

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Sharon's Great Opportunity

By Michael Belinsky | September 28, 2005

This Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon narrowly defeated Likud rival Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu in a party vote.

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Dealing with Oversubscription

By T. A. Berry | September 27, 2005

To the Editor: Another new year at Dartmouth, more letters about class sizes, little change.

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Character, Not Popular Ideas

By Stacey Kourlis | September 27, 2005

Had Noah Riner opened his convocation speech with "I'm gay," this wouldn't be happening. That's not Noah, but if it were, no one would have resigned.

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Confusing Zeppelins

By Peggy Brubeck | September 27, 2005

To the Editor: Matt Hill's article on Led Zeppelin ("25 years later, Led Zeppelin's influence can still be felt," Sept.

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The Mixed Message of Hip-Hop

By Ilya Feoktistov | September 27, 2005

Sadly but luckily, my first awareness of black people and their culture came from hip-hop. Due to the persistent segregation of Southern neighborhoods and self-segregation in spite of forcible integration at southern schools, opportunities for meaningful relationships between white and black children remain low in Nashville, Tenn.

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Class of 2009, Take Heart in Campus Debate

By Todd Alden Young | September 27, 2005

To the Class of 2009: I just happened to click onto The Dartmouth's website and saw the controversy about Noah Riner's speech.

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The Moderate Mystique

By Jon Wisniewski | September 26, 2005

I was wasting time recently by doing one of my favorite things -- reading about anything that comes to mind on Wikipedia, a wonderful little (and by little I mean absolutely huge) free, open-source encyclopedia on the web.

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Unnatural Disasters

By Tom Glazer | September 26, 2005

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, finding a scapegoat is a tempting (and perhaps necessary) prospect.

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Carpe Diem

By Deborah Wassel | September 26, 2005

Now that orientation is over and classes have started, everything will calm down, right? Wrong. The most important skill I've learned at Dartmouth has been time-management.

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Happy with Heintz

By Jesse Moya | September 26, 2005

To the Editor: As a Christian and a friend I would like to respectfully disagree with John Stern's assertion (Sept.

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No Understanding in "Guy & Fellow"

By Rachel Zeile | September 26, 2005

To the Editor, While I am fully aware of the benefits of being able to step back and look objectively at what we hold sacred and sincere, I do not think that Friday's "Guy and Fellow" cartoon came even close to an excuse to blaspheme a figure who is, for many people on this campus and in this world, Lord and Savior.

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Against the Backlash

By Brian C. Chao | September 26, 2005

To the Editor: I am somewhat disturbed (though not surprised, hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area) at the backlash against Noah Riner '06.

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Conviction at Convocation

By Anne Kennedy | September 26, 2005

To the Editor: I am disappointed, but I can't say that I am surprised, at the overwhelmingly negative response to Noah Riner's recent Convocation address ("SA committee chair resigns after contentious speech," Sept.