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July 4, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Putting Pornography In Context

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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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Legacy Advantage in Context

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To the Editor: I've enjoyed your series on higher education admissions (The Dartmouth, May 7-13). Clearly, five articles cannot exhaust the issues of a process that is becoming ever more competitive and expensive.


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In Defense of Masters and Slaves

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As I am sure all of you know, in late 2003 Los Angeles County officials declared unacceptable the current labeling of primary and secondary interoperable electronics components, most notably computer hard drives, as "master" and "slave" devices. Officials made the formal request to suppliers in response to a complaint filed by a worker after he saw the terms printed on video recording equipment and informed the Office of Affirmative Action Compliance. The terms were then officially deemed offensive, despite the cries of manufacturers eager to maintain the industry-standard labels, as well as those of vociferous free speech proponents. Well, it bears mentioning that this is not a case of freedom of speech.


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Why, After Foresight, Silence On Iraq?

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To the Editor: Fifteen months ago, many of us in the Dartmouth community raised our voices to oppose the invasion of Iraq. We raised objections about the certainty that there were weapons of mass destruction and asked for more time for international inspections; we predicted a long and continuing struggle that would cost many lives, both American and Iraqi; we deplored the Bush administration's brash unilateralism and disregard of world opinion. We argued that an invasion would not decrease terrorism but inflame it. We pointed out that Iraq had not been a source of international terrorism. We argued that such an invasion was a violation of international law that would severely compromise our nation's moral standing. Our voices did not prevail, but at least we raised them.


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To Name Or Not To Name?

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To the Editor: Ah, nothing like a little public shaming to brighten up your day! The article about the '07 who plead guilty to credit card fraud (The Dartmouth, May 12) was a sad, sad display.


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Cowardly Spain

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Winston Churchill once said of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Germany, "You were given the choice between war and dishonor.



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Playing Nice

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To the Editor: One of the things I enjoy the most about working with Dartmouth students is that so many contribute their time and energy to make the campus experience a positive one.


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Credit Fraud Caper

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To the Editor: I am appalled at The Dartmouth's treatment of the credit fraud case ("'07 Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud," May 11) -- a very sensitive and personal matter to all involved.


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Bringing Good Things to Dartmouth

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To the Editor: Regarding student complaints about the selection of Jeff Immelt '78 as commencement speaker ("Immelt tapped for commencement," May 10), this is a prime example of the ignorance of some of today's "top-notch" college students.


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Religion in the Public Forum

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Maybe I am combative or argumentative by nature, or just plain curious about what people believe, but in my conversations with my friends, I often cannot resist asking, "Why do you believe that?" Whether we are talking about the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, or the fight for fair trade, or the reproductive rights of women, or the battle against poverty, or the constitutionality of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance, or the pervasiveness of pornography, I try to probe and understand the fundamental assumptions that my friends hold.


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In Defense Of Disney

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Amie Sugarman's editorial, "Disney's Partisan Kingdom," (The Dartmouth, May 10) strangely reminded me of some of Michael Moore's fatally flawed works.


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Uncovered, Again

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To the Editor: It is unfortunate that two years in a row The Dartmouth has failed to mention Milan Culture Night without members of Milan, the South Asian group on campus, having to point out its omission.



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Too Little on Pow Wow

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To the Editor: The Dartmouth should have covered the annual Pow Wow this past Saturday. Why the newspaper thought that a photograph on the front page acted as sufficient coverage is beyond me (The Dartmouth, May 10). Frankly, to put a picture of a Pow Wow competitor in traditional dress on the cover of the newspaper and to not supplement that picture with any coverage or other information supports the stereotype that American Indians are spectacles to be gawked at and not people.


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Porn For

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To the Editor: It is difficult to know where to begin commenting on Kevin Arnold's column on EndPorn ("EndPorn Has An Agenda," April 30). I don't know very much about this debate, but I know that personally, as a woman, I find pornography degrading and disrespectful.


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Immelt '78: Only the CEO of GE

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To the Editor: It was a sad comment on the selection process for the 2004 commencement speaker in The Dartmouth on May 5 ("Immelt '78 tapped for commencement"). Is it an unflattering reflection on the decision process for commencement speakers by the Administration or an aberration that it omitted to mention salient facts?



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Tarnished Reputation

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Those horrifying photos of American soldiers humiliating Iraqi prisoners in Saddam's former jail of Abu Ghraib is the visual culmination of how much the world -- and especially the Arab world -- views our presence in the region.