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In Defense Of Disney

By Peter G. L. Gray | May 12, 2004

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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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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Popular Trustee Candidate Responds

By T. J. Rodgers | May 12, 2004

To the Editor: With no valid basis for attacking my position, Professor Craig Steven Wilder ("The Passion of the CEO: T.J.

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Too Little on Pow Wow

By Abraham Clayman | May 12, 2004

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

By Claudia Rueda | May 11, 2004

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

By David Alskog | May 11, 2004

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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Give a Rouse For Mitzi

By Lisa Webb | May 11, 2004

To the Editor: I am writing to protest the dismissal of Mitzi from Dartmouth Dining Services.

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Tarnished Reputation

By Dan Knecht | May 11, 2004

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.

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Confessions of a Candidate

By James S. C. Baehr | May 10, 2004

I am a free man. Free from the inexplicable brutality that marks a student body election. Free from sidewalk chalk and stupid posters.

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Disney's Partisan Kingdom

By Amie Sugarman | May 10, 2004

Imagine a world in which the President of the United States pushes us to war with a country over invented claims of weapons of mass destruction and fabricated assertions of ties to terrorism.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 7, 2004

And so end the weeks of feverish campaigning, the hours of impassioned speeches and the closest Student Assembly election in recent memory. The first observation to make about this election season is that it motivated the largest voter turnout in over a decade.

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A Mandate for Change

By Ralph Davies | May 7, 2004

This election certainly is bittersweet for all involved. I don't think anyone feels completely satisfied about the process or even the end result. With this in mind, I think it is important first to thank every student on this campus for putting up with the incessant BlitzMails, posters, newspaper scandals and general controversy.

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Outlining the 'Porn Agenda'

By Meg Ciavarella | May 6, 2004

Kevin Arnold claims in his op-ed "EndPorn Has An Agenda" (The Dartmouth, April 30) that "the consumption of pornography may in fact be beneficial to sexual health, both for couples and for individuals." His entirely accurate and appropriate use of the word "consumption" exemplifies the problems of pornography.

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Blitz Sensitivity Check

By Julia Baxter | May 6, 2004

If there's anything that brings this college together, it is our tried and true e-mail program. Students and faculty monitor blitz as a second career because it is the main form of communication on campus, and it is made widely available.

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A Pre-Frosh On Grade Inflation

By Mike Milne | May 5, 2004

Over the past few weeks, Princeton students have had the ride of their lives as their administration took the elite private school into a new era: Grade Deflation.

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GE Outsourcing

By Kabir Sehgal | May 5, 2004

Years ago India and Pakistan declared themselves nuclear powers. At the time, Indian National Minister L.K.

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Parting Words As Dartmouth Heads to the Polls

By Janos Marton | May 4, 2004

Life really is full of surprises. For example, I didn't realize how insanely cold beach temperatures could get until I tried to spend spring break in Myrtle Beach last year sleeping under a boardwalk.

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Sexual Abuse Awareness Program

By Lavinia Weizel | May 4, 2004

To The Dartmouth Editorial Board: Your editorial "Verbum Ultimum" (April 23) raised central issues regarding sexual assault at Dartmouth and the complexities of initiating effective programming that does not additionally burden survivors but makes an immediate impact.

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False Claims

By Frank A. Roberts | May 3, 2004

To the Editor: Your April 29 article headlined "FO&M Workers Complain of Unfair Targeting" quotes an anonymous source as asserting that five employees within the department of Facilities Operations and Management are being laid off.

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Returning the Favor

By Sandeep Ramesh | May 3, 2004

The world can be a better place if we constantly remind ourselves of the immortal words spoken by former "Male Model of the Year," Derek Zoolander: "I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really good looking.