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April 7, 2026
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Still Wrong

By Joe Asch | April 8, 2004

Barry Scherr's reply ("The Administration Strikes Back," April 6) to my column (The "Administrative Life Initiative," April 2) is a model of subtle dissimulation that merits an effort at deconstruction. For instance, Provost Scherr knows my background well enough to know that it has more intellectual and experiential depth than being the co-owner of the River Valley Club, one of my companies. The basis for my critique of the College's undisciplined administrative spending comes from my education at the Yale Law School, my years in London as a management consultant at Bain and Co. and my business relationships in 40 countries over the last two decades. That said, this kind of background is not necessary to recognize that Jim Wright's administrative spending growth of 57.5 percent over the past five years, in an environment that had inflation of only 11 percent, is an example of mismanagement. I would welcome an effort by Provost Scherr to deal directly with the substance of my criticism: He dismisses the almost $10 million increase in the administrative budget as inconsequential in the context of an overall College budget of more than $400 million, but he ignores Jim Wright's attempt to cut the swim team to save $200,000.

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Usurping the Porn King

By Noah Cook-Dubin | April 8, 2004

To the Editor: I was disappointed to read your article on the porn king (The Dartmouth, April 2). I found it especially ironic that this article was printed beside an article on the Panhellenic Council, a group which is, at least in theory, concerned with the promotion of women.

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Who is Watching You?

By Adil Ahmad | April 7, 2004

Late last week, I got on the 8:00 a.m. bus to go my office in downtown Seattle as usual. I sat down at my usual seat and starting reading my usual Harvard Business Review.

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Just For the Taste of It

By Kabir Sehgal | April 7, 2004

When did Diet Coke become a men's drink? When I was growing up, you didn't touch Diet Coke. It was a diet-conscious, weight-watching, Slim-Fast alternative.

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Criticism From the Right

By Matthew J. Tokson | April 6, 2004

At the beginning of 2004, President Bush was loudly scolded by an assortment of conservative institutions ranging from the Heritage Foundation to the National Review to Rush Limbaugh's radio show for his profligate domestic spending.

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The Administration Strikes Back

By Barry Scherr, | April 6, 2004

To the Editor: I have known Joe Asch ("The Administrative Life Initiative," April 2) for a long time, and I am sure he recognizes, as the owner of the River Valley Club, the difficulty of managing the finances of a complicated institution in a volatile economy.

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What's in a Name?

By John B. Daukas | April 6, 2004

To the Editor: Your article concerning Bill Asher ("At Dartmouth, porn king alumnus led 'ridiculous life,' April 2) contained an error.

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Network Failure

By Daniel Ng | April 5, 2004

At the end of last term, the College announced a $22 million donation from an alumnus to establish a new institute for computational science.

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Clarke Talks, Bush Balks

By Amie Sugarman | April 5, 2004

Lies. Stealth. Cover-ups. Refusal to admit wrongdoing. All of these closed-door tactics have come to quintessentially characterize the Bush administration over the past several months. Two weeks ago, Richard A.

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A Need for Common Sense

By Scott J. Callan | April 1, 2004

Gay marriage is an issue that merits discussion, and Chris Langevin's letter to the editor (The Dartmouth, March 31) represents an earnest attempt to address the issue.

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Freedom of the Press

By Peter Chen | April 1, 2004

To the Editor: While Ben Taylor, in his op-ed "Mixed Message on Iraq" (The Dartmouth, March 30), was right in calling for greater efforts to engage the hearts and minds of ordinary Muslims in the Middle East, his main assertion that it was a "blunder" to close down a radical newspaper in Baghdad was ridiculous. Let's review the reason why Al Hawza was ordered to halt its production for 60 days -- incitement of violence.

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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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