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December 8, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Trini-time in Hanover

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It's three in the afternoon, and I'm "liming" away. There's a midterm tomorrow? No worries, the night is young, and besides I'm tired -- I should go take a nap instead.


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Oscar the Grouch

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Thanks to the new Personal Video Recorder that came with our family's satellite TV system, I was able to watch this year's four-hour Academy Awards ceremony with a minimum of inconvenience and a maximum of efficiency and entertainment.



Opinion

Give the Details

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I too am troubled by the problems that Janis Hui raises in her commentary on Dick's House health care (The Dartmouth, Feb.


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A Dartmouth Sense of Humor

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I recognize that my columns typically have approximately the social significance of a Hanson album, but as my last contribution to The Dartmouth for this term, I wanted to touch on a more serious topic: "Our Generation's Sense of Humor," [cue the John Williams-style inspirational music]. In the March 1 edition of The Dartmouth, Jessica Leinwand and Kelly Swartz published a column entitled "Students Uncover Elusive Secret to Sense of Humor at Dartmouth." I felt that this article was well-written, even-handed and showed exemplary restraint except maybe for the part where they described humor writers at Dartmouth as "animosity-ridden social rejects -- disgruntled and depressed malcontents lurking in dark dorm hallways and the basement of Collis." As a humor writer on this campus I must admit that I'm somewhat offended.


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I Am Not a Journalist

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As I write this, I'm a little over three months away from graduation, and sometimes I feel as though I still haven't learned a damn thing.



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Can Democracy and Faith Coexist?

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Following President George W. Bush's State of the Union address and his "axis of evil" comment, many political commentators have criticized his insensitivity in grouping Iran, Iraq and North Korea together.


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Turning on the 'Axis of Evil'

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This is in response to Dan Rothfarb's March 1 column, "One Nation Under God," in which Rothfarb criticizes the Republican administration for making this "a nation guided by faith." Citing President George W.


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In Shock

To the Editor: In The Dartmouth I have never seen such a singling-out of a member of the community for humor's purpose as was contained in the March 4 "Zooperville" comic strip.





Opinion

Performing a Duty

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To the Editor: As an alumnus of The Dartmouth, I am writing to take issue with the letter to the editor from Garret Gil de Rubio '96 ("Losing Credibility," The Dartmouth, Feb.



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Olympic Wrap-up

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The 2002 Winter Olympics were officially brought to an end with last Sunday's closing ceremonies, concluding what many have called the most successful Olympics to date.



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Responsible Reporting

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Over the course of a recent weekend, Dartmouth hosted the biggest meeting of Ivy League student environmentalists that has ever taken place at the College, with the fourth-annual Greening of the Ivies conference.




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