Identity impedes change

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.

A difficult decision to make

I have not graduated, but that has not stopped the Office of Alumni Relations from treating me as though I have.

Here's to Goodbye

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.

On Dartmouth Branding

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.

As Long as We're Separate...

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.

... And Proud of It!

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.

The Halliburton Amendment

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives just aren't tactful when it comes to foreign affairs.

Compromised Standards

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?

Rebooting the Matrix

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.

The Kashmiri Situation

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.

Missile Defense in Today's World

Ever since the attacks of Sept. 11, some commentators have suggested that the United States has seen its perceived sense of invincibility shattered.

A New Angle on the Mascot

May Madness

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.

A Little Bit of Everything

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.

Town-Gown Tensions

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.

Thanks for the Support

To the Editor: It has been an amazing year for the Men's Lacrosse program. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Dartmouth community for its support during our Ivy Championship season.

Road Maps and Road Blocks

In another chapter in what may be one of the sadder stories of human history, it appears that the latest attempt at peace in the Middle East is doomed to failure.

A Clear Paradox

To the Editor: I find these three items incongruous; I wonder if anyone else would: 1) From The Dartmouth, May 14: "[Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Karl] Furstenberg said that as 'we are approaching 40 percent non-whites on campus' it 'represents real progress.'" 2) From the U.S.

Journos Gone Bad

In retrospect, all the news wasn't fit to print -- but at least The New York Times admits that.

An Unclear Bias...

To the Editor: Having read Mr. Curran's comments on French foreign policy in his column "A Gap in the Generations," on May 12, 2003, and being myself a French citizen, I would like to provide your readers with the following remarks: When Germany invaded Poland in Sept.