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The Dartmouth
July 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Opinion

Opinion

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

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In their sweeping indictment of the military-industrial complex, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Texas journalist Molly Ivins both want Americans to wake up to the nightmare of the presidency of George W.


Opinion

An Irrational Keg Policy

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For several years now, students have complained about Dartmouth's misguided alcohol policy, and the changes presented last January only exacerbated the administration's rift with reality.


Opinion

A New Traditional Mascot

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After decades of fierce and sometimes caustic debate, the controversy surrounding Dartmouth College's mascot -- or lack thereof -- reached a verdict Friday when the College announced the creation of a new official mascot.


Opinion

Swan Song

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I'm not one to dwell in nostalgia and sentimentality. Graduation shouldn't be about losing Dartmouth, but about carrying what we've learned from our school into the next stages of our life.


Opinion

Identity impedes change

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I remember a conversation I had four years ago with one of my favorite high school teachers. She regarded my personality as being somewhat brash and my general outlook on life as being at odds with the majority of people on an Ivy League campus.



Opinion

Here's to Goodbye

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And so the time has come. I look back at the year that has just passed and hope that in these months, I have become just a little wiser, just a little stronger, just a little older.


Opinion

On Dartmouth Branding

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HYP -- Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Like it or not, these three schools are generally considered the nation's top three schools, the most selective and elite.


Opinion

As Long as We're Separate...

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I want to get one thing clear before we start. I am one of "those" feminists. You know, the yelling, screaming, ugly, hairy, vegetarian, lesbian, pro-choice, women's studies, tampon-burning, pacifist, leftist, radical, communist-Nazi kind of feminist.


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... And Proud of It!

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I am a Republican. There, I said it! I share this identity with a majority of my fellow Americans, the majority of our elected representatives and our president.



Opinion

Compromised Standards

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You plagiarized a seminar paper, failed your final exam, walked out of the makeup exam and filed a lawsuit against your college, what would you get?


Opinion

Rebooting the Matrix

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There is a climactic car chase/fight scene/shootout in The Matrix: Reloaded that was one of the most relevant parts of the Wachowski brothers' film.


Opinion

The Kashmiri Situation

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he May 13 column "End the Occupation, India" by Adil Ahmad '04 baffled and offended us when we read it last week. Mr. Ahmad starts by saying, "Of course, with the Hindu nationalists in power in India, these discussions [on the Kashmir issue] will break down even before they have begun ..." He seems to be blaming these diplomatic breakdowns on India exclusively.




Opinion

May Madness

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It's that time of the year again. The sun is shining (when it's not raining or snowing). The Green is actually green again.


Opinion

A Little Bit of Everything

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More equivocating than Donald Rumsfeld at a press conference, more confusing than Michael Jackson naming his baby "Blanket," just a bit longer-lived than the average mayfly, Green Key is here again.


Opinion

Town-Gown Tensions

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To the Editor: A couple of points on your May 12 off-campus housing piece, "Tues. vote reflects strain in town-gown relations." Perverse '70s Federal tax policy had as much to do with town-gown friction as demand did.