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Responsibilities of a Trustee

By Christopher Springer | May 27, 2004

In T.J. Rodgers' recent op-ed, he accuses Professor Wilder of misrepresenting his perspective on diversity (The Dartmouth, "Popular Trustee Candidate Responds," May 12). He writes: "If Wilder had taken the trouble to read my trustee candidate statement on the Dartmouth website . . . he would have read the following introduction, which is followed by a statement that is obviously inconsistent with his claims." However, the quote he cites is not in the introduction to his candidate statement -- it is not in his candidate statement at all.

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Work-Study Is No Vacation

By Ryan Abraham | May 27, 2004

To the Editor: I feel it is important to dispel the myth that student employment at Baker-Berry is an "all-expenses-paid vacation." The Dartmouth staff approached "Library Jobs Long On Time For Studying" appearing in Wednesday's issue of The Dartmouth with a personal agenda (May 26), took my words out of context and misquoted me.

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Not a Superfan of the Coverage...

By Ben Wade | May 26, 2004

To the Editor: After reading Ben Zimmerman's article, "Ceremony celebrates athletic achievement," (The Dartmouth, May 25) one might be under the impression that the Celebration of Excellence was designed in large part to honor Elliot Olshansky for his dedication to Dartmouth athletics as both a fan and a sportswriter for the Dartmouth.

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No Stigma to Mental Illness

By Harold A. Maio | May 25, 2004

To the Editors: There is no "stigma" to mental illnesses (The Dartmouth, "Arthur '06 struggles with stigma of mental illness," May 18). Your employment of the term is unconscionable.

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For Spanish Democracy

By David Hankins | May 25, 2004

To the Editor: Peter Chen's column, "Cowardly Spain," (The Dartmouth, May 17) asserts that the Spanish pull-out from Iraq was an act of cowardice.

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"Tasteful" Pornography?

By Chris Langevin | May 25, 2004

To the Editor: Welton Chang ("Putting Pornography in Context," May 19) writes, "Pornography as depicted in magazines such as Playboy can be done in tasteful ways." It's good to know that there are "tasteful" ways to objectify a woman!

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School For the Gifted

By Gwendolyn Carroll | May 24, 2004

To the Editor: In the "Verbum Ultimum" of May 21, the editors write that "students at Dartmouth are generally intelligent and worldly enough to recognize the potential pitfalls of gambling and avoid them." Compulsive gambling, much like alcoholism or abuse of narcotics, is an addiction, and avoiding such addiction is not a matter of intelligence or worldliness.

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Work-Study Works

By Scott Silver | May 24, 2004

To the Editor: Your recent article on work-study opportunities in the Hopkins Center (The Dartmouth, May 20) neglected to include all of the opportunities available to interested students. The department of Theater also hires a large work-study force.

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Affirmative Action and the Challenge of Diversity

By Vernon Takeshita | May 24, 2004

I am disturbed by Mr. Rodgers' claim of expertise over diversity issues in The Dartmouth ("Popular Trustee Candidate Responds," May 12). He claims, "With 35-percent minority employment, my company, Cypress Semiconductor, is more diverse than Dartmouth has ever been.

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From a Full House to the Big House?

By Lawrence G. Walters, Esq | May 21, 2004

To the Editor: I read, with dismay, the article regarding the potential charges being considered based on participation in online poker betting (The Dartmouth, "Police consider pressing online gambling charges," May 19). As an attorney practicing in the area of online gambling, I can say that such charges are rare, and not well founded.

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Giving Greeks Credit

By Meredith Jones | May 21, 2004

To the Editor: While I believe in freedom of the press, I also believe that the press has a responsibility to provide the community it serves with fair, impartial and thorough coverage.

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Defending Affirmative Action

By Yuki Kondo-Shah | May 20, 2004

Some of the points Zachary Goldstein made in his recent article in "In admissions, many get 'special' attention" (The Dartmouth, May 13), on admit rates for students of color are off the mark.

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A Just Move

By Rene C. Moya | May 20, 2004

Prime ministers and presidents respond, in principle, to their electorate. As the Spanish saying goes, "son gajes del oficio" -- it comes with the job description.

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Putting Pornography In Context

By Welton Chang | May 19, 2004

As both Dartmouth students and adults, we have grown into the responsibility of choice. But most recently, a campus group started by two students, Matthew Nolan '07 and Marshall Smith '07 (The Dartmouth, "New student group combats pornography addiction," April 27), has stated as its mission, "trying to develop a help group for people who are addicted to pornography and would like to stop." While a noble mission that is -- helping students who cannot help themselves -- the two students' association with xxxchurch.com, an evangelical Christian anti-porn website, raised doubts as to whether or not the group named EndPorn had a religious agenda.

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