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The Dartmouth
April 7, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

The Price of a Discount

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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.


Opinion

The Inertia of Life

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



Opinion

Speak No Evil

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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.


Opinion

A Call to Duty

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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

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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

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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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Going Over the Top

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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.



Opinion

The Local Gods

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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

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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

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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.


Opinion

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

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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?


Opinion

Rebuilding the Foundation

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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.


Opinion

A Hop Divided

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To the Editor: In regards to the editorial on overspending on events for college students, (The Dartmouth, Aug.


Opinion

Friendships and Fall

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That's how my first year was -- like a typical fall day. Foggy and overcast in the morning, the day would transform into a beauty, with individual rays of sunlight permeating the watery pallor hanging over the Green. It's probably fair to conclude that the people that go to school at Dartmouth love the place.



Opinion

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité?

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To the Editor: I've always felt that France has had an unfairly bad rap among Americans. Every time I've traveled to France my friends say they've heard that the French smell or that women there don't shave their armpits -- both statements are false, by the way.


Opinion

A Hypocritical

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To the Editor: Katie Greenwood's column in The Dartmouth's Freshman Issue, "Defining the Dartmyth," deserves more than merely passing attention for reasons of both style and -- more importantly -- substance.