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Debunking the Safety Myth

By Amie Sugarman | February 23, 2004

Dartmouth is truly a wonderland; a world completely apart from reality. An enormous snow sculpture of the Cat in the Hat sits in the middle of the Green, students participate in human dog sled races, laptops sit unattended in the library and dorm room doors remain perpetually unlocked.

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Not That Pill

By Michelle Hunscher | February 23, 2004

To the Editors: I'm writing in response to Chris Galiardo's op-ed, "Women's Choice: Beyond Abortion" on (The Dartmouth, Feb.

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Praise, and a Clarification

By Daniel Kagina | February 23, 2004

To the Editors: I want to thank you for the concern and publication on HIV/AIDS. It is a devastating epidemic that everyone should be aware of globally, it has left no corner of the earth safe.

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Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 20, 2004

In a week of unprecedented movement toward the legal recognition of same-sex unions, it was encouraging to see that, like San Francisco and Massachusetts, New Hampshire is beginning a long-overdue conversation on the controversial subject of gay marriage.

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On the Fence

By Dan Knecht | February 19, 2004

After a month of living in Israel only a few kilometers away from the West Bank, I finally caught a glimpse of the infamous "separation fence." I expected to see an ugly and menacing barrier snaking its way through Israel's rocky terrain. And I did. This barrier -- sometimes a towering concrete wall, in other places a mesh fence complete with razor wire, electronic sensors and guard posts -- scars the beautiful, rugged Judean Hills.

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The Good Doctor's Legacy

By Ben Taylor | February 19, 2004

It turns out Wisconsin was Howard Dean's last stand after all. Following his distant and disappointing finish in the Badger State Tuesday, Dean ended his run for the presidency, marking the end of a campaign that perhaps will go down as the most meteoric rise and catastrophic collapse in American political history. It may have been the media overplaying the "I Have a Scream" speech.

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In the Name of Progress

By Echo Brown | February 18, 2004

Shortly after the recent ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to legalize same-sex marriages, the state legislature unsuccessfully attempted to produce a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages.

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I Have a Scream ---- Not!

By Kabir Sehgal | February 17, 2004

Howard Dean's scream may well have been the beginning of the end for the candidate's candidacy. The vocal harangue helped prove two of his competitors' primary points: Dean is un-presidential, and Dean is not just a left-winged loony but a pied piper of hot air.

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Religion Isn't the Problem

By Justin Kreindel | February 17, 2004

To the Editor: Tanisha Keshava, in "Victory for Same-Sex Couples" (The Dartmouth, Feb. 12), raises a very key fact that has not been raised enough in the ongoing debate of same-sex marriage.

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Victory for Same-Sex Couples

By Tanisha Keshava | February 12, 2004

On February 4, 2004, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts declared that the state legislature may not offer "civil unions" instead of marriages for same-sex couples.

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Kudos to the Ski Patrol

By Michael Bayer | February 11, 2004

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the safety questions recently raised by the tragic ski accident of Christina Porter '06. As a certified emergency medical technician with over seven years of EMS experience and a former training officer of the Dartmouth Ski Patrol, I want to assure the skiers of the Dartmouth community that they are among the safest in New England. Under the leadership of Matthew H.T.

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But some are fairly shallow

By Lucie Foar | February 11, 2004

To the Editor: In regard to last Wednesday's review of "Monster," (The Dartmouth, Feb. 4) your reviewer is not only pretentious and shallow, he's silly.

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