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One Year Later

By Hank Leukart | June 9, 2002

Upon graduating last year, I had everything all figured out. I planned to spend the summer working at a film studio in Santa Monica, then take a quick vacation traveling Europe, and finally start working for Microsoft in Seattle in the fall. Of course, the week after I threw my mortarboard into the air, I decided to skip out of the film internship, and I instead flew to New York City.

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What's Our Future?

By Jeff Deck | June 9, 2002

Ah, the solemnity of an Ivy League graduation. All the young Brahmins in their gown-hidden letter sweaters and navy suits and pleated skirts, nodding pleasantly at Mummy and Dad before they step onto the platform in orderly and dignified fashion to receive their diplomas and bid quietly regretful farewells to Jimmy Wright in person.

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Punishing Sexual Assault

By Dan Nelson | May 29, 2002

To the Editor: Your editorial on Friday, May 24, about changes in the sexual assault policy at Harvard was right on target when it observed that more rather than less student input is needed when changes to such a policy are contemplated.

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Still Fighting for Rights

By Allyson Wendt | May 29, 2002

To the Editor: In response to the May 22 letter, "On Homosexual Rights," by Steven Lulich '02, we would like to say that "homosexual rights," as he calls them, would have to be present in society before they could be considered endangered. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights are indeed nonexistent when one considers that members of our community are fired from jobs, attacked, beaten and raped because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.

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Keeping the Lens Broad

By The Dartmouth | May 29, 2002

By Mohamad Bydon '01 To the Editor: Michael Mello's attempt to disgust us into supporting Israel by describing the scenes of "puddles of blood ... human flesh and bones and brain matter" that would follow a fictional suicide bombing at 105 Dartmouth Hall is rather feeble.

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Drawing the Line

By Dan Rothfarb | May 29, 2002

When I first came here, I couldn't see myself writing columns for The D. What did I know? I was just a freshman with very little knowledge about Dartmouth, let alone the world at large.

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Democracy in Action

By Hannah Meyers | May 29, 2002

Gary Weissman's May 22 op-ed, "An Un-democratic Statement,"makes several mistakes. The most glaring are related to the process by which Hillel forms and passes resolutions and the relationship of the campus Hillel to the Hillel International organization. First, the steps taken by Hillel in passing last week's resolution to print "Wherever we stand, we stand with Israel" in The Dartmouth were the very definition of a democratic process.

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Home of the Cheese

By Abbye Meyer | May 28, 2002

It took me two years to find it, hidden away on the corner of West and Maple. It took me two years of aimless searching, dissatisfaction and complaining to walk up the stairs and onto the porch of Dartmouth's best little secret: Foley House.

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When Real Life Enters

By Samantha Miller | May 28, 2002

To the Editor: Brent Kesler's unwillingness to take a walk from his desk to his dorm's front door for a pizza (The Dartmouth, May 15, "New Locks, New Problems") exhibits a laziness and navet that is quite worrisome. As the sister of a Dartmouth student who has been the victim of two thefts since she arrived on campus, I would hope that the entire community has gotten more mindful of public safety issues, particularly since the Zantop tragedy. Kesler bristles at the suggestion that college be anything like the "real world"(gasp!). But why is that such a radical idea? College life shelters students from many harsh realities of the world, which many us were privileged enough to enjoy for four years.

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Lost In The Viscera

By Richard Harvell | May 28, 2002

To the Editor: It seems like Michael Mello (May 22, "What if Dartmouth were in Tel Aviv") was a little too occupied fantasizing about blood and guts in Dartmouth Hall to pay attention to the excellent speech being delivered in front of him by Chris Hedges. Mr. Hedges did not say that "Israelis are racist" (he said that settlers building settlements in violation of the Oslo accords are racist -- a hard claim to disagree with). Mr. Hedges did not say that "Israel should not exist." Instead he claimed that Israel's and Jewish history should not be a blank check for violence and repression -- again, I doubt Mr. Mello would disagree. Lastly, Mr. Mello seemed to miss Mr. Hedges' most powerful point.

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Typical Last Column

By Jeff Deck | May 28, 2002

Okay, it's the last time you'll have your column run in a college paper. This is your exit, man. What do you write about?

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Countering Specious Logic

By Lauren Foley | May 28, 2002

To the Editor: Steven Lulich's May 22 response ("On Homosexual Rights") to Chris Curran's May 20 column "The Right Thing for the Right Wing" is an exercise in misguided rhetoric.

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Criticize What You Know

By Josh Marks | May 28, 2002

To the Editor: In response to Meredith Liu '04's May 22 letter, "Embracing Compromise, I would like to point out two inconsistencies in her arguments. Her assertion that Hillel is "blindly" supporting Israel would be more compelling if she had indicated that she attends Hillel meetings.

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On the Perils of Polarizing Opinion

By Yousuf Haque | May 28, 2002

Not so long ago, Gary Weissman '02, a Jewish friend, voiced his concern to me regarding the camp mentality that tends to prevail in our respective communities when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian situation.

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A Dangerous Strategy

By Paul Gulezian | May 28, 2002

To the Editor: I want to commend Steven Lulich '02 (May 22, "On Homosexual Rights") for his grasp of "common-sense biology" in arguing against homosexual rights by way of analogy to race and ethnicity.

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Questions Waiting to be Asked

By Elise Berman | May 24, 2002

As an active member of Hillel I feel, unfortunately, that I have no choice but to criticize the resolution to print the statement, "Wherever We stand, We Stand With Israel," by Dartmouth Hillel.

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