Give a Rouse For Mitzi
To the Editor: I am writing to protest the dismissal of Mitzi from Dartmouth Dining Services.
To the Editor: I am writing to protest the dismissal of Mitzi from Dartmouth Dining Services.
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.
I am a free man. Free from the inexplicable brutality that marks a student body election. Free from sidewalk chalk and stupid posters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Years ago India and Pakistan declared themselves nuclear powers. At the time, Indian National Minister L.K.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To the Editor: In the April 26 edition of The Dartmouth, Sheila Chithran '05 ("UNICEF Deserves Recognition") presents a problem within the Dartmouth bureaucracy that needs immediate attention or reconsideration: its failure to give recognition to a Dartmouth chapter of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
Contrary to popular belief, apparently even the opinions of porn consumers themselves, the use of pornography is not "a shameful thing" ("New Student Group Combats Pornography Addiction," April 27). Despite the claims of EndPorn as a support and awareness group, I see this organization as yet another extension of an apparatus seeking to regulate sexual behavior under a particular moral and cultural agenda, even when that agenda conflicts with the values and desires of those it is seeking to influence. EndPorn is a new student group that (apparently) targets "porn addicts" to help them with their perceived addiction and to raise awareness about pornography issues on campus.
My two friends and I joked that among the reasons we were grateful for each other's company at the March for Women's Lives was our mutual understanding that we were allowed to complain about the discomfort of spending 24 out of 36 hours on a bus.
To the Editor: I submit that the incident on the Connecticut may provide a way forward with the great mascot debate -- the Dartmouth Otters -- playful, tenacious and a little bit devilish.
Maroon 5 was given a rave review in "Maroon 5 hosts sold-out musical performance in Leede" (The Dartmouth, April 26), pointing out the sold-out crowd was well-entertained by the band.
To the Editor: Regarding the article, "Appeals judge urges liberal interpretations of the Constitution" (The Dartmouth, April 27), reporting Judge Noonan's Thurlow Weed Lecture, the article refers to Judge Noonan as a member of "the activist, San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals." The term "activist" is much en vogue today, and is not as a term of endearment.