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In Theory

By Ana Bonnheim | October 7, 2002

The modern university plays an enormous role in civil society. The existence of an institution devoted to intellectual pursuits is an inspiring testament to the power of humanity.

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Last August, alumni went to their mailboxesto find an issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine featuring an interview with Richard "Dick" Jaeger '59, retiring after 13 years as athletic director. To anyone aware of the controversy about Ivy athletics since the release of James L.

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Great Expectations

By Ana Catalano | October 4, 2002

Here I am, Dartmouth. I am your future; an '06, a 'shmen. I don't know where I'm going half the time -- unless I follow the ever-present 'shmob.

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Hues of Dartmouth

By Tanisha Keshava | October 3, 2002

Multiculturalism and diversity at Dartmouth." Sound like key buzzwords thrown around in admissions brochures, don't they?

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A Sense of History

By Paul Cathcart | October 3, 2002

Today at 5 p.m., Professor Jere Daniell will be giving a Palaeopitus-sponsored lecture in 28 Silsby on the history of the College.

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The Price of a Discount

By Jonathan Eisenman | October 2, 2002

To the Editor: In response to Ray Hood, Jr.'s letter in September 26th's issue of The Dartmouth, "A Hop Divided" -- specifically the quip "Some could say we should be lucky to live next to an institution that has the means to attract national acts and recording artists, instead of having to travel to Boston or New York to see them, but why pass off the cost to just one segment of the audience?" I should like to point out to other community members of like mind that the "other" segment to which Mr. Hood refers pays over $30,000 a year for the "privilege" of purchasing discounted Hopkins Center tickets.

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The Inertia of Life

By Ryan Tan | October 2, 2002

The synonyms for inertia are numerous in the dictionary -- inertness, indisposition to motion, exertion, or action, want of energy and sluggishness.

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In Defense of Schroeder

By Bruce Duncan | October 2, 2002

To the Editor: Probably we should all be grateful to Daniel Knecht '05 for writing about Germany in his Sept.

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Speak No Evil

By Robert Butts | October 1, 2002

That public speakers in America will reference terrorism at every opportunity is now a given. It is a reflex reaction -- put any group of luminaries behind a podium, squeeze them and the words "September 11" will pop out. At the first meeting of the Class of 2006 and again at the Convocation ceremonies before Fall term, all the major speakers -- President James Wright, Dean of First Year Students Gail Zimmerman and Student Body President Janos Marton '04, to mention a few -- alluded to Sept.

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A Call to Duty

By Robert McCollum, M.D. | October 1, 2002

To the Editor: President George W. Bush is on the brink of making decisions that could affect every student in unwanted, even disastrous, ways.

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Behind the Music: The Hop

By Lewis Crickard | October 1, 2002

To the Editor: The coincidence of Dan Galemba '03's column, "A Shaker of Salt," and community member Ray Hood, Jr.'s letter, "A Hop Divided," appearing in The Dartmouth's Sept.

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Focusing on the Fundamentals

By Matt Soriano | October 1, 2002

See, Dad? I've got my digital camera. What do you think about that, Mr. You'll-Lose-That-Thing-In-A-Week?" I gestured to my father as I stepped off the airport shuttle, brandishing my digital camera.

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A Privileged Audience

By John Leyba | October 1, 2002

To the Editor: In response to Ray Hood, Jr.'s letter to the editor regarding student tickets at the Hopkins Center (Sept.

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Going Over the Top

By Sam Stein | September 30, 2002

Anger management is a problem for us all. And while our infuriated young souls can be contained at times, when frustration sets in even all our internal strength cannot control these emotional vehicles of devastation.

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Our Inadequate Education

By Chris Curran | September 30, 2002

Why do we study topics as distasteful as the Holocaust? It is so similar atrocities will never occur again.

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The Local Gods

By John Stevenson | September 27, 2002

In ancient times, every nation and tribe had a local god that they worshipped. The local gods were to be appeased and feared within their limited domains.

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This Week

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 27, 2002

Full Disclosure The ongoing debate over war with Iraq has not been a debate at all. In the absence of such discussion, the country must halt its current path toward a military campaign against Saddam Hussein. Part of the problem is that the Bush administration refuses to release specific information that might shed light on why Iraq poses an immediate threat.

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A Shaker of Salt

By Dan Galemba | September 26, 2002

The calendar may say autumn, but with wide-eyed '06s shmobbing their way around campus, full of excitement, wonder and anticipation, one could easily mistake it for spring: the same sense of rebirth and renewal that accompanies every new class is back and as strong as ever. The '06s (or, as I like to call them, fresh blood) have an aura of enthusiasm about them that appears to be invincible.

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

By Vaughn A. Carney | September 26, 2002

To the Editor: Elliot Olshansky (The Dartmouth, Sept. 25, "Football Doubters Still Smiling After Loss to Raiders") characterized Colgate as "lowly." What, I wonder, could he have meant?

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Rebuilding the Foundation

By Brian Hyde | September 26, 2002

To the Editor: I am a parent of a Dartmouth senior who participated in a service trip to Trinidad for Dartmouth's chapter of Habitat for Humanity last spring break.