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A Needed State Personality

By Chris Curran | February 24, 2003

The Capitol is plagued by Senators who are afraid to articulate their positions on issues, who are slaves to the media spotlight and who disingenuously attempt to create a image as ordinary "men of the people." The citizens of the State of New Hampshire are fortunate to have a junior Senator who suffers from none of these faults: John Sununu.

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A Call for Change at Hillel

By Ariel Rubin | February 24, 2003

Dartmouth Hillel, the College's only Jewish student organization and one that purports to represent Jewish students, has failed in its mission and currently alienates both current and potential students.

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Take Me Out of the Hockey Game

By Hemant Joshi | February 21, 2003

The College announced today that all clapping, cheering, talking and any other sort of "audible sound" will from now on be prohibited at all men's and women's home hockey games.

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The Heist

By Kabir Sehgal | February 21, 2003

It was supposed to be the "merger of the century." There were $106 billion reasons to believe in success.

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Affirmative Admissions

By Dan Knecht | February 20, 2003

Once again, Dartmouth finds itself in the national limelight. This time, the College joined seven other prestigious schools in filing a brief imploring the Supreme Court to allow schools to consider race or ethnicity in the college application process.

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A False Justification

By Brennan Mallonee | February 20, 2003

To the Editor: Graham Roth's op-ed "A Humanitarian Side to War?" (The Dartmouth, Feb. 5) was very interesting and drove home what is a really important point as we hurtle towards war: the United States didn't care about the Iraqi people until Americans died.

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Sex on the Beach

By Dan Galemba | February 20, 2003

With another foot or so of snow dumped upon Hanover, many of us have been wondering why we ever came to this godforsaken place and even more of us are looking longingly toward the haven of spring break that lies only a few short weeks away to save us from this misery.

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The Real Motivation for War

By Clint Hendler | February 20, 2003

To the Editor: I'm writing to express my disagreement with two statements that were attributed to me in your article "Students sound off on conflict with Iraq" (The Dartmouth, Feb.

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On War, Part II

By Ryan Tan | February 19, 2003

Make no mistake about it, the costs of war in Iraq will be huge. Iraqi armed forces are better prepared this time around -- in the Gulf War their Soviet-era tanks stood no chance against the technological superiority of the American M1A2 Abraham Tank.

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Let's Play Pretend

By Andrew Arthur Schmidt | February 19, 2003

Let's evaluate the following statement: War is evil and should be avoided, but in extreme cases it is necessary. The situation in Iraq is too fraught with emotion to serve as a sufficient analytical example.

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On War, Part I

By Ryan Tan | February 18, 2003

Last Friday, I was walking back from the Dartmouth bookstore at two in the afternoon when I ran into a "mini-demonstration" of protesters.

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A Toe in the Water

By Brian Nick | February 18, 2003

The current anti-war demonstrations in several European capitals notwithstanding, America is on a path to war in Iraq.

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Take Me Off This Blix List

By Robert Butts | February 17, 2003

There will be war in Iraq. Barring a stunning, last-minute reversal -- a complete coup in Baghdad that ousts not just Saddam Hussein but his entire loathsome regime -- the United States and a coalition of allies will disarm Iraq by force.

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Therapeutic Insurrection

By Sam Stein | February 17, 2003

For all the talk of weapons of mass destruction, political regimes, oil and military technology, the success of the U.S.'s proposed regime change in Iraq will depend upon ideology the most.

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The French Disconnection

By Rene Joya | February 14, 2003

Dan Knecht's article "Bete Noire France" (The Dartmouth, Feb. 13) includes erroneous information regarding France's position on the Iraqi issue.

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Bete Noire France

By Dan Knecht | February 13, 2003

On my weekly promenade down Main Street, a throng of Hanoverians heartily greeted me. At first, I believed them to be overzealous Winter Carnival enthusiasts.

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