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April 8, 2026
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What Not to Say

By Habiba Musah | October 12, 2005

In a recent broadcast of his "Morning in America," the radio talk show host and former Reagan Administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett went out on a limb and made a drastically inappropriate statement.

Opinion

Rice Would Dwarf the Competition

By Crystal Dueker | October 12, 2005

To the Editor: Regarding the Oct. 10 article about any possible change to the "first-in-the-nation" primary by Stuart Reid '08 ("NH already anticipating flurry of 2008 presidential primary"), it is important to remind your readers that a political action committee named americansforrice.com purchased a $4,000 TV ad on WMUR ABC on Sept.

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Candidates Should be Neutral

By Frank Gado | October 12, 2005

To the Editor: Geoff Bronner advises "alumni to read the proposal themselves and not rely on someone else's interpretation," and I agree that "it deserves thoughtful consideration and an informed debate" ("Approaching the Alumni Constitution," Oct.

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Cronyism Run Amok

By Jedidiah Sorokin-Altmann | October 11, 2005

"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." So said President George Bush to FEMA Director Michael Brown, shortly before Brown resigned in disgrace due to his agency's poor response to Hurricane Katrina.

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A Breach in Trust

By Marie B. Choi | October 11, 2005

To the Editor: We, Marie Choi '06, Tim Mok '08 and Shawn Zhou '06, found Caleb Powers' op-ed last Friday appalling ("The Door I Couldn't Open," Oct.

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Memories from Govy 10

By Frank Webb | October 11, 2005

To the Editor: Professor Ronald Edsforth in his Oct. 7 letter to the editor ("Some More Appropriate Statistics") provided some interesting numbers to consider.

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The Truth About Textbook Pricing

By Emma Sloan | October 10, 2005

As a Dartmouth alum, class of 2005, and the current general manager of Wheelock Books, I feel that students deserve to have some honest and concrete information regarding what The Dartmouth has called "exorbitant textbook prices" and "the local practice of overcharging students for used textbooks and offering minimal 'buyback' compensation" ("Used textbook exchange to begin in '06," Oct.

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Private Action for the Public Good

By Jon Wisniewski | October 10, 2005

It was President Clinton who said once upon a time that "the era of big government is over." I was stricken by the irony of the situation when, less than a month ago, current President George W.

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Rush Preparation

By Quig Bruning | October 10, 2005

To the Editor: As a rush chair for my house, I have spent considerable hours, days, months, recruiting potential members to my fraternity.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 7, 2005

Because of Dartmouth's reputation as a veritable "Animal House," dominated by modern-day Blutos and Otters, the sorority system is often neglected in descriptions of Greek life on campus.

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Blind Justice and Supreme Irony

By David Rothenberg | October 6, 2005

As I watch newly empowered Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts begin his journey as an untouchable constitutional deliberator, I can't help but wonder what kind of legacy he will leave.

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Testing our Conscience

By Damon Strom | October 5, 2005

To the Editor: Mr. Riner's speech pricked the conscience of a university. Dartmouth is an institution in which ideas should be introduced and examined for their validity. In light of this, it is interesting that so many faculty and students alike would lash out at the notion of holding up Jesus, the most influential man in human history, as an example for people to follow.

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Moans About Cell Phones

By Daniel Belkin | October 5, 2005

Watching four '09s simultaneously whip out their cell phones and exchange phone numbers, my friends and I chuckled as we ate dinner at Food Court the other week.

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