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Teach for America Responds

By Monique Ayotte | May 20, 2005

To the Editor: I wish to thank Emily Chenel for her recent commentary ("Improving Teach For America," May 10). I welcome her thoughtful suggestions for improving our admissions process and I share much of the sentiment she expresses.

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Adding up Inaccuracies

By Kathy Paur | May 20, 2005

To the Editor: I am writing to correct a number of inaccuracies in an article published on May 16 about my talk sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender ("Paur questions stigmas, discusses Summers flap," May 16). The greatest idea that I hoped listeners would take away was the importance and usefulness of objectivity and careful evaluation of evidence, and thus I find these inaccuracies particularly disappointing. Contrary to the article's reporting, my claim is that Summers's speculation about intrinsic aptitude differences between the sexes has little basis in scientific evidence -- not that his assertions are contradicted by test score data.

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Thompson a Win for SAAP

By Sara del Nido | May 19, 2005

Ever since Abby Tassel's resignation as the coordinator of the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, the student body has been heavily pressuring the administration to be conscious not only of Abby's enormous and influential role in the preservation of the program, but also of the need to hire an equally committed and competent successor.

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Racism Persists at Dartmouth

By Ariel Rosa | May 19, 2005

The other day, a friend of mine showed me a Thefacebook.com profile of a sophomore at the College which I found to be particularly offensive and inflammatory, and which I felt compelled to write about.

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Maybe Summers was Right

By Alice Taubes | May 18, 2005

To the Editor: When I read the front page article describing Kathy Paur's talk about gender equality in the Harvard math department ("Paur questions stigmas, discusses Summers flap," May 16) I had to laugh out loud.

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Teaching and Research

By Meir Kohn | May 18, 2005

In two recent articles, Joseph Asch presented "11 Ideas for a Better Dartmouth" (May 11-12). Most were good ideas -- some were very good.

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Beyond Marriage

By Michael Amico | May 17, 2005

There is a generation gap in the gay rights movement and it is getting wider every day. This is because of the gay rights movement's increasingly single-minded focus on marriage equality. On the anniversary of the first legal same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts, all people, gay and straight, should celebrate the freedom of equality under the law. But for gay youth, the celebration is bittersweet. The elevation of marriage equality as the most important issue in the contemporary gay rights movement has obscured the fact that marriage is, for the most part, not even an issue for gay youth. Historically, the gay rights establishment has never asked gay youth for their opinion on any issue and the question of "gay marriage" is no different. The bottom line: the gay rights movement has never adequately addressed the needs of gay youth. My gay peers and I support equal rights for all. However, the issue of marriage equality has monopolized the gay and straight mainstream media's coverage of gay issues and effectively sidelined other issues in gay culture. As a gay male sophomore at Dartmouth College, I see many gay cultural and political issues that need to be addressed -- issues vital to the entire movement, not just gay youth. What are these issues?

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They Opened the Gate

By Alexander Talcott | May 17, 2005

To the Editor: The op-ed title and last sentence offered by Geoffrey Berlin '84 in his piece yesterday ("Tear Down These Rules," May 16) alludes to the famous Brandenburg Gate speech Peter Robinson '79 wrote for President Reagan in 1987.

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Broader Implications

By Ross Stevens | May 17, 2005

To the Editor: Congratulations to Dartmouth and to all those who grow tired of the tiresome politics of those who control politically correct universities in this country. As a University of Pennsylvania alumni, the issues behind the recent campaign / election resonate around the country with many frustrated by politicized universities. No doubt this will not be an isolated event.

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Preserve the Election's Integrity

By Geoff Bronner | May 17, 2005

To the Editor: Joe Malchow's column ("Savor the Victory," May 16) makes me believe that there is not much of anything to savor in the the recent trustee election. If Dartmouth has been reduced to one side "winning" over the other amidst triumphant rhetoric, then we have all lost. In debates like that, all that matters is winning and the real issues get lost in that pursuit.

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Savor the Victory

By Joe Malchow | May 16, 2005

There is, as Peggy Noonan is fond of saying, so much to savor. The College on the Hill has two new trustees, and they are something quite new.

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More Awareness Needed

By Ivy Pruss | May 16, 2005

To the Editor: In his recent column ("Fortnight in Review," May 9), N. Alex Tonelli raised the question, "Does anyone else feel that Dartmouth is a very safe environment for women compared to anywhere else in the world?" But I would answer his question with a NO!

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Teach for America Overrated

By PATRICK MATTIMORE | May 16, 2005

To the Editor: Emily Chenel's opinion about the Teach for America program ("Improving Teach for America," May 10) is more of a revelation about the programs' applicants than the program itself.

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Tear Down These Rules

By Geoffrey Berlin | May 16, 2005

Now that the 2005 alumni trustee election is over, Dartmouth's Association of Alumni should reassess its voting procedures and rules on campaigning. To the credit of the petition nominees, Peter Robinson '79 and Todd Zywicki '88, they ran vibrant campaigns and won.

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Green Key Deconstruction

By Kyle Parkinson | May 13, 2005

Ah, Green Key weekend. A time for the College's past and present student to come to together well, it's more like a time to celebrate Hanover's unique outdoorsy appeal okay I'll be honest, I don't know what the hell Green Key is all about despite several years of experiencing and almost remembering it.

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Editor's Note

By Jeewon Kim | May 13, 2005

Spring is here, and although there isn't an ice sculpture or an enormous bonfire adorning the Green, we have something else to signify our favorite weekend's return.

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11 Ideas for a Better Dartmouth (Part II)

By Joseph Asch | May 12, 2005

This brings to a conclusion my ideas, begun in Wednesday's issue of The Dartmouth ("11 Ideas for a Better Dartmouth," May 11). 6) Make an Off-campus Program obligatory: According to Provost Barry Scherr, each year only 600-700 undergraduates participate in off-campus academic programs.

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