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April 8, 2026
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The Camp David Myth

By The Dartmouth | April 30, 2002

By Mohamad Bydon '01 In American media circles and across Israel, last summer's Camp David peace summit between Israel and the Palestinians is seen through a narrow lens, one which contends that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered Palestinians the moon (or 97 percent of the moon) and they rejected it because of their unwillingness to compromise. This narrative has been pushed most vigorously by Mr. Barak and his negotiating team as well as American officials like Dennis Ross and Martin Indyk (both of whom had previously been lobbyists for Israel in Washington, DC). Nearly a year later, we now know enough about the Camp David negotiations to realize that the story is not so simple. Mr. Barak made a significant and worthwhile offer at Camp David.

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A Misrepresentation

By Nilanjan Banerjee | April 30, 2002

To the Editor: In their April 25 column, "A&F: White Equals Right?" Michael Chan '04 and Hannah Kwon '02 ask the question, "Have you ever seen a non-white male wearing [a Dartmouth Indian shirt]?" The authors assume without question that minority males would never take the side of free speech over political correctness. Just for the record, I'm an Indian male, I'll take free speech any day of the week.

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Family-less in Hanover

By Ryan Tan | April 30, 2002

We have to get out of here, we can't just be walking around by ourselves. I don't want to meet just about everybody's parents on campus." "I'll probably just end up taking my computer over to Berry and just camp out over there.

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Sidestepping Travel Costs

By Rob Leathern | April 29, 2002

To the Editor: I would like to comment on the April 24 article entitled "Travel websites offer best deals." Although I can no longer access many student travel deals as a graduate, there are certainly a few interesting websites out there that enable a more time-effective search for the best airfare.

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One Nation Indivisible

By Geoffrey Bronner | April 29, 2002

To the Editor: It is not necessary for the Pledge of Allegiance to enforce an "ideological standard based on the Christian conception of 'one nation under God.'" When Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge in 1892, he did not include any references to God.

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A Terrible Shame

By Michael Kulyk | April 29, 2002

To the Editor: The Globe and Mail reported on April 20 that "Jonathan Lu, a Canadian studying at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., wrote to the Globe and Mail to express his rage at the way students at the college treated the news of the loss of Canadian lives in Afghanistan." "Although some have expressed sympathy and feel ashamed at the incompetence of the military, by far the more common reaction is to treat it as a joke," he wrote. "Moreover, there have been incidents where I have been met with hostility for bringing up the topic on one occasion I was simply told to shut up," he added. I am a Canadian citizen.

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The Week

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 26, 2002

Defrocking the Myth Many potential Abercrombie & Fitch customers were rightly disgusted with the company's release of a T-shirt line that featured derogatory stereotypes of Asian-American characters.

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A Leap of Faith

By Dan Rothfarb | April 26, 2002

Debate rages on in the Holy Land and at home as we look for answers to the ongoing violence. We have all heard endless repetitions of one-sided views of recent history, all of which have failed to unite us or help us to see the bigger picture.

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You Want to Read This

By Dan Galemba | April 25, 2002

Over prospective weekend we witnessed a proliferation of programmed events, put on by Dartmouth to entertain and amuse, to show all those kids just how much there is to do at this school.

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Land of the Free

By Tanisha Keshava | April 25, 2002

There are few things that truly surprise me. Maybe I'm jaded, or maybe I have simply developed the ability to predict people's behavior patterns to such an extent that nothing they say or do can surprise me anymore.

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Two Lives

By Andrew Hanauer | April 24, 2002

The following is the story of two men whose lives intersected tragically in time and space. When dissecting this story, it is crucial to understand that both of these men are important, in what they did, how they lived and where they ended up.

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New Policy Appalling

By Will Lockwood | April 24, 2002

To the editor: I'm pleased to see that the proposed new alcohol policy takes advantage of Dartmouth's status as a private institution in ignoring the spirit of the pesky First Amendment freedom of peaceable assembly.

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Recognition Please?

By Chris Curran | April 24, 2002

Since hordes of prospective '06s descended upon Hanover this past weekend, it is worth examining how the College was advertised to them in our admissions literature.

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International Madness

By Ryan Tan | April 24, 2002

Let me start out by stating for the record that the idea of limiting the majors of international students is simply absurd.

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A Case for Politics

By Brian Nick | April 23, 2002

It seems that as I forge my way through year after year of education, more and more people start to ask me what I plan to do after college.

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