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The Dartmouth
September 1, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Oasis

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


Opinion

The Case for Rick

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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.


Opinion

Dear Reader

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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.


Opinion

Drinking and Thinking

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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The Real World Glasgow

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This is the true story of 15 nut cases picked to live in a country that's sort of foreign, sort of domestic, sort of ancient and sort of modern.




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The Talking Box

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As with many people in America, I occasionally have the occasion to watch a little TV. This impressive device, found in living rooms, bedrooms and dorm rooms across the country, has often been maligned by mean-spirited critics, prompting them to dub it "the idiot box," "the boob tube" or "the goddamned television." Friends, I wish to occupy the opposite ground, and take a moment to laud the greatest invention since six-string guitars. There are some who profess that if they watch television, they can "feel" themselves "getting dumber." I argue that this is in fact a personal problem and in no way related to the television.


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Beware of National Polls

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As I examine the daily papers or log onto CNN.com, I am greeted with the news that George W. Bush has apparently recaptured the adoration of the American people and is once again running in a dead heat with Al Gore in the 2000 presidential race.


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Transformers and Decepticons

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Last spring when I saw the Transformers movie (yes, put this one alongside Vanilla Ice's "Cool as Ice" and GI Joe for retro Gen X-er appeal), I had no idea I would be using it as a bad way to start off this opinion article.