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Closer to Purple than Red

By Ali Kelley | November 8, 2004

To the Editor: The county-by-county depiction of the popular vote on the front page of November 4's issue of The Dartmouth (and many other national newspapers) over-represents Bush votes.

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Candy Bar Blues

By Deborah Wassel | November 8, 2004

When a second-grader makes a mistake on a math problem, we pat him on the back and tell him to try again.

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Keep an Open Mind

By Austine Kuder | November 8, 2004

To the Editor: As an employee at Topside during the peak dinner hours, I hear hundreds of conversations every day, concerning classes, drinking, sex and every topic imaginable.

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Ending On a High Note

By Robert Butts | November 5, 2004

A funny thing happened this Wednesday. An unexpected thing. An amazing thing, even. The 2004 presidential election ended well. I mean "well" in a sense that goes beyond the specific outcome.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | November 5, 2004

In Tuesday's aftermath, many students on Dartmouth's predominantly liberal campus have expressed anger and disappointment at the defeat of Massachusetts Sen.

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A Huge, Huge Tool

By Chris Barth | November 4, 2004

To the Editor: Everyone said that the bonfire was going to be amazing. That it was going to sum up the Dartmouth spirit in one night of crazy fun.

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To the Editor: I just got done reading the article about a Republican pamphlet that attempted to dissuade students from voting (The Dartmouth, "Pamphleteers dissuade students from voting," November 2). From the article, it appears that the pamphlet simply made it clear to students that the changing of a legal residence should not be taken lightly. I have another take on it.

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A Similar Sort of War

By Steven Swayne | November 4, 2004

Our ongoing culture war over marriage for gays and lesbians bears striking resemblances to America's culture war over interracial marriage (also known as miscegenation, or the mixing of races). Like all analogies, there are differences as well as similarities, but perhaps we have not pressed the analogy far enough.

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A Solid Strategy

By Michael Belinsky | November 3, 2004

Overprepared and ready. That's how I would compliment the efforts of the Young Democrats here at Dartmouth.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | November 3, 2004

Today, with any luck, the presidential election will be decided. To those who voted Tuesday -- wherever they voted and whomever they chose -- we offer our sincerest thanks.

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Nader Deserves a Chance

By Steve Conn | November 2, 2004

To the Editor: New Hampshire voters may wonder why Democrats gave up efforts to force Ralph Nader off of their state ballots.

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We Like to Rock the Vote

By Aaron Coles | November 2, 2004

To the Editor: I am writing to correct a mistake in your article ("Rock the Vote slams draft at rally," The Dartmouth, October 25) about Jehmu Greene's appearance at Dartmouth this past Saturday.

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Use Your Diction Faithfully

By Elana Bannerman | November 2, 2004

To the Editor: I think it is unfair for the anonymously quoted freshman in your article profiling Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray to assert that students choose to attend Chabad over Hillel because of its more "religious" environment ("Hasidic rabbi brings Jews closer to faith," The Dartmouth, October 22). "Religious," as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, connotes an entity pertaining to or connected with religion.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | November 2, 2004

It's Nov. 2 -- Get Up and Vote A last-minute effort to suppress the student vote at Dartmouth has left many people confused about their right to vote in today's historic election.

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Don't Ignore the Governor's Race

By Sarah Ayres | November 1, 2004

Republicans often argue that Dartmouth students should not be allowed to vote in New Hampshire because they have little knowledge about local issues and are not really New Hampshire residents.

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Chaos at Home, Chaos Abroad

By Caleb Powers | November 1, 2004

Not to be an alarmist, but the day of reckoning might finally be upon us. And I'm not just saying this because the Red Sox won the World Series, though that's definitely part of it.

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Everything They Say is True

By Amie Sugarman | October 29, 2004

The temperature actually drops into the 30-degree range at night, hordes of old people flock to watch dying leaves fall and more than two students can be seen studying in Novack on Saturday nights.

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Adam White's Column: Too Sweet For A Real Column

By Adam White | October 29, 2004

The editors of the Homecoming Issue of The Dartmouth have asked me to write a Homecoming column because this weekend is the one where everyone, you know, comes home.

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Rivalries Are Fun

By Andrew Dahl | October 28, 2004

Anyone who had a childhood knows that rivalries are fun. Whether it's a rivalry with that fat kid down the street that really isn't a rivalry at all because you can easily outrun him and pelt him with rocks, or whether it's a "rivalry" with that girl in first grade who you really want to kiss, rivalries are exciting and healthy. That is why it's really disheartening to see such a ripe opportunity for rivalry (an anti-Dartmouth article by Kwame Spearman in the Columbia student paper) get so bungled by us here at Dartmouth.

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Misplaying the Race Card

By Matthew Carrigan | October 28, 2004

During my time at Dartmouth, I have encountered a disturbing trend among many students -- especially hardcore Democrats -- to resort to name-calling when trying to make some political point.