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The Dartmouth
April 7, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion






Opinion

Edwards, Litterer-in-Chief

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To the Editors: We all value and are willing to die to protect our freedoms of speech and the press -- especially in an election year -- and speaking your mind and handing out pamphlets are traditional methods of political participation.



Opinion

Not Another MBA...

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To the Editors: I wish I had the time and energy to write more expansively in response to Mr. Bronner's letter (The Dartmouth, Jan.




Opinion

Do We Need Another Apartheid?

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Shanty-towns, vigorous demonstrations, demands for accountability -- this wasn't only the condition of South Africa in the 1980s, but the image of many college campuses across the United States as students rallied their respective administrations to not only make university investments public knowledge, but also divest any and all funds benefiting from the system of apartheid in South Africa.



Opinion

Optimism Over Rage

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As Howard Dean approached the podium two nights ago to address his political foot soldiers, a sense of perverse anxiety and curiosity must have resonated throughout the crowd -- anxiety over a distant third-place finish Dean suffered at the Iowa caucuses and curiosity over what steps the good doctor would take to revitalize his once promising, now plummeting, campaign. Meanwhile, somewhere else in this state of (as pre-caucus political analysts were more than willing to label) "independent people," John Edwards, a candidate whom filmmaker Michael Moore described as having "not much there, there," addressed a crowd of different psychological standing.



Opinion

Surprised and Saddened

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By Mohamad Bydon '01 To the Editor: I was surprised and saddened to hear that the history department may not be renewing Professor Ronald Edsforth's contract (The Dartmouth, Jan.


Opinion

An Open Letter to Edsforth

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Professor Edsforth, My friend and former roommate Jeff Kemnitz '03 left me a message yesterday telling me to look at The Dartmouth website to see that you will not be teaching at Dartmouth this coming year (The Dartmouth, Jan.


Opinion

Don't Run From the Past

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To the Editor, I applaud the Student Assembly's decision to uncover the stained glass windows in Rollins Chapel. As a campus minister who has been at Dartmouth for 14 years, I have always thought it odd that the windows were panelled over during a 1980's face lift.


Opinion

The Meaning of Diversity

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Diversity talks, diversity initiatives, diversity community dinners, retreats, conferences, diversity, diversity, diversity! We hear it all the time, it's the new buzzword at Dartmouth.


Opinion

Doctor: Out, General: In

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I'm not sure how many of you drive down Route 10 on a regular basis -- I myself am only lucky enough to make a Wal-Mart run on the occasions when I can successfully bribe a car owner to drive me there and back, so my familiarity with the sights in between here and West Lebanon is limited, at best.