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Microcosm

By Dan Pollock | October 16, 2000

If the main event of fall 2000 is the fight for control of the White House, the contest for the House of Representatives may seem to some like more of a mundane side-show.

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It's All Greek to Me

By Liam Kuhn | October 13, 2000

Forgive me if I'm beating a dead horse here, but I'd like to talk about the fate of the Greeks at Dartmouth (if I were a little smarter, I'd come up with a clever mythology pun about Greeks and dead (or wooden) horses, but then again, if I were a little smarter, I'd probably be at Harvard, or at least someplace warmer than this God-forsaken patch of frozen tundra). As you loyal readers of America's oldest college newspaper know, I've been an outspoken supporter of the oft-maligned Greek system for quite some time now.

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The Language of Politcs

By Hemant Joshi | October 13, 2000

The greatest threat to American politics is neither the scarcity of worthy and electable candidates nor the frightening escalation of the politics of personal destruction.

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10 Reasons I Love W

By Matt Soriano | October 13, 2000

1His position on gun control. George W.Bush successfully interprets the second amendment and allows all citizens to have their firearms and use them safely while enforcing the ability of the government to prevent criminals from having them. Social Security reform.

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Oasis

By Dan Galemba | October 12, 2000

Have you ever participated in a Battle of the Stressed? It's certainly one of the most common conversational themes.

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The Case for Rick

By Brian Nick | October 12, 2000

In case you did not know, there's a rather interesting race going on in New York to fill the Senate seat that is about to be vacated by retiring Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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Dear Reader

By Nancy Lai | October 12, 2000

What to talk about? What shall I put to page at this ungodly hour? As per the instructions of the powers that be, I write of my internship this summer.

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Drinking and Thinking

By Paul "Bub" Cathcart | October 12, 2000

On average, Dartmouth students drink 1, 2, 3, or at most 4 drinks when they party." Statements like this have been plastered on bulletin boards all over campus since last fall.

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The Realities of War

By Matt Soriano | October 11, 2000

Before leaping to condemn Israel for "unnecessary" force against the new Palestinian Intifada, one ought to put oneself in the position of a scared soldier ordered to stop a riot.

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Going Beyond Dualism

By Christopher Moore | October 11, 2000

To the Editor: Your front-page article in Friday's The Dartmouth ("Candidates promote own education agendas") adopted the same dualistic, off-target rhetoric about education and the educational system as the presidential candidates have practiced. The article started with five divisive questions; it is on this type of self-limiting inquiry, devoid of critical analysis, that both Bush and Gore found their "ideological" differences and distract from authentic, concerned debate.

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A Frustrating Performance

By Lynn Vavreck | October 11, 2000

To the Editor: As a woman, as a woman with a graduate degree, as a professional who is keenly interested in politics, I am compelled to share my frustration with Laura Ingraham's ('85) performance at Dartmouth on Monday.

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Enabling Service

By Rob Valet | October 10, 2000

As I start to reflect on my Dartmouth career, one of the things I often think about was the wonderful experience I had a year ago in the fall.

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War No More

By Gary Weissman | October 9, 2000

I am first a human being; then a Jew; and finally, an American. Being Jewish has always meant and will always mean supporting Israel -- this has been implicit since I started Jewish pre-school at the age of two.I'm Jewish, and Israel is the Jewish state. What else is there?

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More than Trippees

By Jourdan Abel | October 6, 2000

It wasn't until last weekend that I considered them real Dartmouth students -- not prospective students and not trippees, but real Dartmouth students just like me.

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