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The Dartmouth
April 17, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

The First Day in Hanover

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In the late winter of 1976, my mentor, Dr. Richard E. "Dick" Stoiber, asked my wife, Haidee, and me to accompany him on a trip to Montreal to pick up the new economic geologist, Dr. Half Zantop, his wife Susanne, and their two young daughters.


Opinion

Dealing with Death

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In a situation that requires solemnity, such as this one, people surround themselves with displays of emotion, just as I did when my grandfather died, just as anyone would.


Opinion

Junk Food is Cool

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Sometimes, all you need is a Devil Dog. Or a Suzy-Q. Or pizza. Or some peanut butter. I guess I'm not too picky; as long as it's junk food, it's pretty much great, and it can make a bad day so much better. It all seems so obvious, how great junk food is.



Opinion

New and Inclusive?

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It's okay to be a gay Republican, provided no one in the party knows about it. This was essentially the position endorsed by Republicans at an inaugural event designed to promote inclusion of gays in its ranks.


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Ashamed

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I am ashamed. I am ashamed that during my junior year of high school I bought one of the earliest 'N Sync singles (FYI, the song's "I Want You Back"). I am ashamed that I sometimes crave liver.


Opinion

Wake Up!

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There are people in Hanover who are starving. I'm not talking about poverty in the Upper Valley. No, I'm talking about eating disorders and disordered eating.


Opinion

Reduced to Rhetoric

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I'd like to share my thoughts on what it means to be President of the United States. A President should serve as an exemplar of dignity, integrity, honesty, and a lot of other Republican catch phrases that aren't in Article II of the Constitution. Oh heck, let's stop kidding ourselves once and for all: the office of the President has been an object of ridicule off and on since it was created, and nonstop since the early 1970s.


Opinion

Sell Yourself!

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The first official Dartmouth students began their studies in 1769. Four years later they were unleashed upon the world, ready and willing to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge they had acquired.


Opinion

Lock, Stock & Barrel

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To the Editor: The purpose of this letter is to inform you that The Dartmouth had verbal permission to take photos of our display case of handguns for your article "Do guns kill?


Opinion

Just Beyond

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I do love Dartmouth. I love seeing the tower above the treeline as I approach exit 13 on 91. I love the quiet reverence of the Tower Room.



Opinion

How America Failed

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To the Editor: Becca Freeman's column "Incensed" was logical and well written, though it missed the boat on the issue of abortion.


Opinion

Can you Spare $40K?

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Way back in my adolescent years in scenic Brockport, NY (population 10,013, or 10,014 once Darlene has her baby, assuming the Johnson boy survives that tractor accident), I recall hunting through the video store with one of my friends and finding a movie called "Hey brother, can you spare $10,000,000?" The plot of the movie was that this investor had lost the titular sum of money, and had to panhandle or something to get it back (after gathering this much from the box, I figured I understood the movie well enough to not actually bother renting it). I admit I haven't thought much about that movie in the intervening years, but somehow the picture on the cover depicting a Wall-street type dressed in a suit, holding out a change cup, keeps popping into my head lately.



Opinion

Incensed

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I am incensed by Conor Dugan's article, "The Devil Incarnate?" and would like to address some of his opinions.


Opinion

A Question of Security

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On January 16th, I read off the CNN.com website that, amid hyped up reports of a cancer-like "Balkans syndrome" among some residents of Kosovo, Vojislav Kostunica accused the NATO alliance of having a "depleted conscience" for its use of depleted uranium weapons in its 1999 air offensive.



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Pardon Me?

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Last Friday, in the waning hours of his tenure, Secretary of Defense William Cohen released a report effectively exonerating the Navy's chain of command, and the ship's commander, of responsibility in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole last October in Yemen.