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Baseless Rhetoric Attacking Greeks Does Not Help

By David Parker | October 14, 1999

To the Editor: Although unaffiliated, I'd like to take issue with Josh Green's comments at the recent meeting with student representatives of the trustee committee: "no matter how few or many houses stay on campus, 'pong in the basements' is going to be the most popular social option" (The Dartmouth, 10/13/99). This statement is clearly yet another example of using emotion and poor reasoning to advocate the elimination of the Greek system. Let's do the math: there are about 20 basements around campus eligible for 'pong.' Assuming one can cram two tables into a basement, and that there are four people playing at a table, and that every basement and pong table is chock full at a given moment, that means that there are 160 people, or five percent of students, able to play pong at one time.

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Selling Out For Image

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 14, 1999

There was a tragic aspect to the information session offered Tuesday night. When debating the presence of the Greek system on campus, two steering committee members spoke of the Social and Residential Life Initiative as a chance for Dartmouth to repair what they said was the College's negative media image. Last winter when the initiative was first announced, ABC news came to Hanover to report on the change.

Opinion

A School for Some

By Liam Kuhn | October 13, 1999

Am I happy at Dartmouth? That's a question I found myself asking a lot last year as a freshman. I was a clueless, nave individual who hadn't really seen much of the world but was now committed to spending the next four years tucked away in some little, obscure, verdant corner of it.

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Rock Bottom

By Abbye Meyer | October 12, 1999

Julia Louise-Dreyfus, the goddess of primetime television and creative essence behind the great Elaine Benes, never made it through college.

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Self-Evaluation Indicates an Inclusive Rush Process

By Matt Frucci | October 12, 1999

To the Editor: In yesterday's lead article about fraternity rush ("IFC to discuss new rush option") there were a few very important points missing that deserve attention. First, this is the first time that statistics concerning how many men rushed and how many men received bids have ever been gathered and evaluated. Second, when we began this process no one knew what sort of results to expect.

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Rushin' the Field

By Teddy Rice | October 12, 1999

When considering topics for my column this week, I found myself wavering back-and-forth between a celebratory tribute to Bruce Springsteen on the one hand, and a discussion on the artistic merits of our new black-lit Green on the other.

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Sense of Place

By Phil Mone | October 12, 1999

Pushing through the back doors of Collis towards Robo and Thayer, a wispy gust greets me. As I descend the steps, my eyes adjust to the darkness of the cold winter evening and the orange glow from the flake filled night sky.

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Nuclear Politics

By Dan Pollock | October 11, 1999

The Dartmouth's October 5 article, "Students plan for 2000 New Year's," suggested that many Dartmouth students are opting out of a big gala affair for new year's eve, and instead are planning a celebration on a smaller scale.

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Exposing the Man

By Ben Rifkin | October 8, 1999

There is a traitor among us, dear friends. Something watches passively from a shadow where the wall meets the ceiling and slithers its way into our bedrooms, our stomachs, our minds, and our Visa statements (I don't think it takes American Express). It buys property and forces us to eat DDS, all the while supplementing our meager (besides the Cordon Bleu) but costly (cranberry juice has gone up thirty cents since I was a freshman) Hop rations with intermittent Steak Bombs, Original Bricks, Egg and Cheese Subs, ramen noodles, Easy Cheese, and other less healthy dining experiments.

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Life in a Green Bubble

By William Young | October 8, 1999

On the morning of September 9, 1999, I woke up at 3 a.m. after incessant poking on the part of my parents, stumbled blindly into the back seat of our rented van and forced my uncooperative eyelids to stay open so I could get just one last glimpse of my house. As the van backed out of the driveway where I spent hundreds of hours unsuccessfully honing my basketball skills, I could not help but thinking about all the things I was leaving behind: mom's delicious meals, my ancient 1988 Toyota Camry (hey, it got me from point A to point B), my private room, my dear PC computer (and the world of PCs), my friends (actually, they all left me gradually earlier in the month) and most importantly the sense of familiarity that I felt within my town.

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Want to be a Member?

By Marcia Yablon | October 7, 1999

According to the Bible, in the beginning God brought every living creature to Adam and whatever Adam called it, "that was the name thereof." Apparently, God gave this power to the Trustees too. Last winter when the new Residential Life initiative was announced there was a lot of name calling on both sides, but one of the names flung repeatedly from the Trustee side was "exclusive." Ironically, it was only after they called the Greek system exclusive that it became dramatically so. This year's sorority rush is over and although most girls who wanted to join a house are now members; over 50 are not.

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Gore Campaign Coverage Neglected by The Dartmouth

By Alexander Shartsis | October 7, 1999

To the Editor: In light of the thorough nature of your interviewing and coverage of the campaigns of Senators Bradley and McCain, I was both surprised and disheartened by the cursory and second-hand commentary you tried to pass off as news about the Democratic front-runner, Vice President Al Gore ("Candidates prepare for visit to College." October 4, 1999). You printed statistics about how many times Bradley and McCain have visited New Hampshire, as well as how many students Governor Bush has signed up in the past week.

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Senior Sentiments

By Margie DeWard | October 7, 1999

I'm a senior now. In theory, I guess that makes me the one who should have the wisdom, the words of advice that I am able to impart on the younger members of the Dartmouth community.

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Nothing is Final

By Eric Del Pozo | October 6, 1999

Sometimes I really feel like I am still an adolescent, and not just because I routinely show the maturity level of fabric softener.

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An Intimate Setting

By Linda Fowler | October 6, 1999

By now, every member of the Dartmouth community should have received a letter from me regarding the upcoming town meetings with the presidential candidates on October 27 and 28, 1999.

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Attention

By Rachel Ciprotti | October 6, 1999

I simply cannot get over the fact that I'm a student at Dartmouth College. I've been here for over a year now, but I still get chills when I hear the Alma Mater played on the Baker bells at 6 p.m.

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Art?

By Conor Dugan | October 6, 1999

Well, as this right-wing, 12th century, fascist columnist -- that is, according to one of his most ardent fans -- was ruminating on the topic of his next column a little flap in NY arose which he could hardly resist commenting upon.

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Harvard North

By Liam Kuhn | October 5, 1999

I really didn't want to start this year off with another column about the Trustees or their Initiative since it seems like that was all I wrote about for much of last year and there's only so many jokes you can make before getting hit with a libel suit.

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