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A Question of Civil Rights

By Dave Castleman | April 1, 2004

To the Editor: In his Letter to the Editor, Chris Langevin (The Dartmouth, March 31) notes that marriage laws are applied equally since all persons, gay or straight, can marry another so long as that person is NOT "underage, already married, consanguine, or of the same sex as his partner." I would wonder if we could add a fifth category to that list: of a different race than his partner.

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Gay Marriage

By Chris Langevin | March 31, 2004

To the Editor: News for John Olsen '05 ("Tyranny of the Majority," March 29): not being able to marry a person of the same sex doesn't mean you are a second-class citizen.

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On the Israeli Wall

By Adil Ahmad | March 31, 2004

When Robert Frost wrote in 1915 that "Good fences make good neighbors" he was not referring to any lofty ideals of privacy and individuality " he had, in fact, rejected all symbolic interpretations of his piece.

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Defending Kerry

By C. Darryl Mattison | March 31, 2004

To the Editor: In your article on John Kerry (The Dartmouth, March 5), you said "Kerry...criticized Nixon for trying to request the return of prisoners of war before the war ended.

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A Mixed Message on Iraq

By Ben Taylor | March 30, 2004

The Bush Administration committed a major blunder Sunday in the ongoing attempt to stabilize Iraq when American soldiers shut down production and padlocked the gates of Al Hawsa, a radical Shi'ite weekly newspaper in Baghdad. The move came in response the paper's rabidly anti-American stance and distortion of the truth regarding the American-led occupation.

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Right Move by Israel

By Dan Knecht | March 30, 2004

The targeted assassination of Hamas' leader Sheik Yassin by the Israeli Army invoked yet another flurry of criticism of Israel.

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Kerry vs. National Guard

By Edd Worley | March 29, 2004

To the Editor: Kerry's comparison of my Air Guard Service with draft dodgers (Kerry tried to dodge, but couldn't pull it off.) and COs really upsets me.

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Kerry vs. National Guard

By Joe McBride | March 29, 2004

To the Editor: Kerry's statement equating draft dodging, or going to Canada with joining the National Guard is a an insult to all former and current Guard members, some of whom are now in Iraq.

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Open or Closed?

By Harun Hassouni | March 29, 2004

To the Editor: In response to Sean Mann's column titled, "Keep the West Bank Open" (The Dartmouth, March 8) I have two points to make. First, who are we to tell the Israelis how to protect their civilians from daily barrage of suicide bombers and terrorist infiltrators?

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Kerry's Fuzzy Math, Etc.

By Mark Hammitt | March 29, 2004

To the Editor: In his article "In '72 speech, a different kind of Kerry" (The Dartmouth, March 5) Matthew Kelly reported the following: "In his 1972 speech, Kerry lashed at then-President Richard Nixon, claiming that he was personally responsible for over 130,000 Vietnam casualties a month." U.S.

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Kerry vs. National Guard

By Steve Eisele | March 29, 2004

To the Editor: Sen. Kerry asked to delay his four months of service in Vietnam for one year (The Dartmouth, March 5). This is not dishonorable, yet how many serving at that time even asked for such special treatment? Also, flying a fighter jet in the National Guard is not near to your description of "nearly draft dodging". Could there be a more inaccurate statement -- or was this a deliberate slant and prejudice of the writer? You allow the article to lose all significance by stretching to cover such a ludicrous hypothesis.

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Free Speech or Free Content?

By Yong Tao Adrian Ng | March 9, 2004

To the Editors: I don't think it is a matter of dispute that we do not allow a child to say everything that enters his mind, allow him to do anything he wants or grant to him everything he asks for.

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Bias Protocol, Not Judgment

By Tommy Lee Woon | March 9, 2004

The recent article "College grapples with meaning of 'bias'" (The Dartmouth, March 5) might lead some to draw inaccurate conclusions about the work that I and others have been doing.

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Keep the West Bank Open

By Sean Mann | March 8, 2004

Much attention has recently been paid to the construction of a separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, especially as the International Court of Justice at the Hague deliberates this week on its legality.

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Increased Pell Grants Needed

By Stella Treas | March 8, 2004

To the Editors: Harvard is again in the limelight (The Dartmouth, March 3). Its new financial aid policy promises that families earning under $40,000 a year won't have to pay for their children's undergraduate education.

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Adults Can Drink, Too

By Peter Simpson | March 8, 2004

To the Editors: Hanover Police's plan of stepping up patrols in areas of high risk for underage drinking has an unfortunate and incorrect focus.

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Power to Free Speech

By Kiran Parkhe | March 8, 2004

To the Editors: I was shocked and appalled at the things I read in the article "College Grapples With Meaning of 'Bias'" (The Dartmouth, March 5). In it, the reader learns that Tommy Woon, Dean of Student Life for Pluralism and Leadership, has a task force dedicated to fighting against offensive messages.

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