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September 1, 2026
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Don't Let the Fire Go Out

By Rob Valet | October 23, 2000

Do not go gentle into that good night," wrote Dylan Thomas. "... Rage, rage against the dying of the light." While the poem certainly has nothing whatsoever to do with the future of the Homecoming bonfire, I think it nicely frames the question I have been asking myself: why are students so quiet about the fate of what is arguably one of our oldest, most universally beloved traditions? After some 120 years, this year's bonfire, the College has announced, may well be the last.

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A Kookie Old Bat

By Jourdan Abel | October 20, 2000

I walk into a partially constructed pumpkin patch of green tissue paper and pipe cleaners. The pumpkins have yet to be made.

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Dartmouth's Assets

By Andy Edwards | October 19, 2000

During day after day of freshman orientation events, not only was I physically exhausted, but believe it or not, left thinking about a few things.

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Vouchers and Values

By Matt Soriano | October 19, 2000

Certain commentators in The Dartmouth seem to believe that vouchers for religiously based schools would introduce students to a reality that hadn't existed previously.

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Tolerance Issues

By Bonnie Tice | October 19, 2000

To the Editor: I read Latasha Boyd's column several times and the only opinion I could find was that atheists are intolerant folk.

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Deck's in the City

By Jeff Deck | October 18, 2000

Dear Reader: As I am residing in New York City for the term, and many Dartmouth students will experience an internship in a big city at some point, and/or work in the big city after graduation, I thought it appropriate and beneficial to offer a few pointers about city life.

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McCain's Camelot

By Andy Edwarads | October 18, 2000

As I stood in a packed room precariously balanced on a chair at nine o'clock on a Tuesday morning, listening to Senator John McCain speak, I had only one question: Why is this man not on the presidential ballot next month?

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The Next Step

By Jorge Miranda | October 17, 2000

What happened to the Student Life Initiative? What happened to greater student involvement in how decisions are made at this college? What happened is what always happens.

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The Debate

By Hemant Joshi | October 17, 2000

Me: Hello, and welcome to the first of the Hemant Joshi Debates. Our guests today are presidential candidates Governor George W.

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Rush Speculation

By Nilanjan Banerjee | October 17, 2000

To the Editor: Bones Gate Fraternity has a long-standing policy of not releasing rush numbers to The Dartmouth, or in fact to any other publication other than our own Alumni Newsletter.

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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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