Opinion

One Small Step for Bush

By Robert Butts | January 19, 2004

When President Bush unveiled his major space initiative last week -- including plans for NASA to return to the moon by 2020 and construct a lunar base that could function as a launchpad for future manned exploration of Mars and the solar system -- he invoked the words of astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon: "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return." In addition to proposing a literal return to the moon, Bush no doubt hopes for a more political return to the success of the Apollo program and the political dividends that the United States' first lunar landings paid for NASA and the presidency. But Bush's new vision also bears an uncanny resemblance to other, less glorious chapters of the space program's history.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 16, 2004

For nearly 40 years, some of Dartmouth's most prized works of art have been covered by wooden boards and left to gradually deteriorate.

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Opinion

Space Race

By Julia Bernstein | January 16, 2004

Move over Mr. Skywalker, there's a new hero in town. In the wake of the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it seems as if the defining trilogy du jour is not George Lucas's tale of galactic rebellion, but Peter Jackson's careful recreation of a beloved fantasy world.

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Opinion

Just Cover the Curtains

By Alex Jordan | January 15, 2004

To the Editors: In regard to the issue of the Rollins stained glass (The Dartmouth, Jan. 13), I think that we are ignoring the most obvious solution: remove the boards, restore the stained glass and put up some nice heavy curtains that can be closed to cover the windows.

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Opinion

The Trials of Pete Rose

By Sam Stein | January 15, 2004

In a peculiar twist of fate, Pete Rose, famed baseball star and gambling aficionado, admitted to a decade of sequential lies about his propensity for deleterious betting binges and actually lost the adoration of the baseball hierarchy.

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Opinion

Let Students In

By Judge Quentin L. Kopp | January 15, 2004

Dear Editor: Barring undergraduates from attending the Dec. 6, 2003, meeting of the Association of Alumni constitutes one of the more saddening and discouraging acts of administration authorities.

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Opinion

Lay Off the Doctor, Buddy

By Dan Olson | January 15, 2004

To the Editor: I felt the need to respond to some of the claims Benjamin Taylor made in his article (The Dartmouth, Jan.

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Opinion

Enough About Trains

By Janos Marton | January 14, 2004

To the Editors: Trevor Burgess' patronizing letter to the editor on Jan. 12 highlights the fundamental contradiction of the proposed changes to the Alumni Constitution.

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Opinion

Atrocities in Chechnya

By Ilya Feoktistov | January 14, 2004

The video showed a young man pleading in Russian as a Chechen kidnapper cut off his ear and repeatedly kicked at the stump. "I beg you to give them money, please.

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Opinion

Working for the Right Cause

By Skip Sturman | January 13, 2004

It may strike some as rather presumptuous that Career Services would launch a Careers for the Common Good (CFCG) program, as we did last fall.

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Opinion

A Muddled, Mixed Message

By Amie Sugarman | January 13, 2004

Upon consideration of President Bush's incredible track record in international relations, one might find it difficult to conceive that his new stance toward foreigners is muddled.

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Opinion

Check the Facts

By Sean Mann | January 12, 2004

To the Editors: Facts surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are almost universally contentious, with misleading and inaccurate information often used to present one side or the other in a favorable light.

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Opinion

It's Not Over for Kerry Yet

By Janos Marton | January 12, 2004

What is the point of holding the first-in-the-nation primary if the media and rabid Deaniacs are telling us that the election is already over? The media's relentless attacks on the John Kerry campaign as "flailing" or "failing" are very misleading.

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Opinion

Big Brother Operating out of Parkhurst

By Brendan Neff | January 12, 2004

To the Editors: Mark Herman's article describing President Wright's Five Year Report (The Dartmouth, Jan.

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Opinion

Rock On, Billary

By Michael Sarinsky | January 12, 2004

Many of you, I am sure, remember Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States. In fact, Clinton was one of the most memorable presidents in recent history, in large part due to his children's books on tape with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In addition, Clinton was also well-known for both his domestic and foreign politics in an age of much prosperity across the country.

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Opinion

At Least the Trains Always Ran on Time . . .

By Trevor R. Burgess | January 12, 2004

To the Editors: The article, "Alumni nix changes to Council structure," (The Dartmouth, Jan 5.) missed the fundamental point of the proposed constitutional change.

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Opinion

Verbum Ultimum

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 9, 2004

In 18 days, the people of New Hampshire will once again determine the Democratic presidential nominee for the rest of the nation.

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Opinion

The Year of the General

By Brian Martin | January 9, 2004

America must act as a leader, not a paranoid bully. After Sept. 11, America needed a different foreign policy and a new national security plan.

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Opinion

Search and Seizure

By Brian Henthorn | January 8, 2004

Imagine this scenario: you are in your apartment, Greek organization or other privately- owned building.

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Opinion

Dean's Credibility Gap

By Benjamin Taylor | January 8, 2004

On "Meet the Press," he said that the ouster of Saddam Hussein did nothing to improve the situation of the Iraqi people or American security.

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