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Civil Discourse

By Robinson Hall | August 17, 1999

Thursday night's reactions to Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity's and Delta Delta Delta sorority's plans for a "luau" party were entirely inappropriate. Whether or not the luau theme was actually offensive, the angry BlitzMail message sent to students and administrators accusing the Greek houses of being racist was unfair, considering that the houses had no conscious intention of being disrespectful and did not know their theme would offend anybody. Events such as the "ghetto" party last fall helped the College community take a positive step toward becoming more open to discussing sensitive issues.

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Hypersensitivity?

By Mark Hill | August 17, 1999

Upon graduating Dartmouth, and learning about all the sensitivities of every group represented at Dartmouth, I decided to throw a party.

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Grin and Bear It

By Rob Valet | August 13, 1999

Man, I'm glad the weather has cooled off these last couple of days. It's been pretty tough around here this summer without the air conditioning that you can find in any Denny's but, inscrutably, not in one of the finest colleges in the US. I am not sure who invented air conditioning, and if I were going to find out, I'd have to steer the mouse all over the place to open Netscape, so forget about that.

Opinion

No Place Like Home

By Linda Romano | August 13, 1999

Last weekend, some friends from home came to visit me. As I introduced them, with the tag line, "my friends from home," something about that bothered me.

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Abandoning the Crack House

By John Webb | August 11, 1999

Off-campus housing is a peculiar residential institution at Dartmouth. It is really the only place where the rights of the individual takes precedence over the rights of the group, whether it be the Dartmouth collective as a whole or smaller organizations with in it.

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'Bons Mots' and Other Wordplay

By Seun Peters | August 11, 1999

I'm too young to be a curmudgeon, but lately my life has been consumed by linguistic matters (the penalty for taking literature and language classes in the same term). Over the course of these few weeks I've racked up a list of new linguistic gripes and general observations.

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Freedom of Choice

By Robinson Hall | August 9, 1999

The decision of the College to purchase 15 off-campus under-graduate houses sparked suspicion and fear among students living in those apartments.

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Re-inventing the Balkans

By Chris Hummel | August 5, 1999

"Europe cannot live in true peace and prosperity if one of its parts is shaken by conflict and lawlessness," Bosnia's Muslim President, Alija Izetbegovic said. Within the very city that symbolized the dashed hopes of an entire region, Western leaders have gathered to discuss large-scale projects to rebuild the Balkans and insure its peace and stability.

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Keeping Secrets?

By Robinson Hall | August 3, 1999

Although the Trustee steering committee has an open-door policy for students to present ideas and opinions, the door remains firmly closed on the disclosure of any of those proceedings.

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Show Me the Money

By Rob Valet | August 3, 1999

For those of you who don't pay attention to the news (i.e. for all of you including me), on Friday the Senate passed a 10-year, $792 billion tax cut, the largest in history.

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Big Green Mentality

By Josh Warren | August 1, 1999

I'm in the uncomfortable position of giving you advice. I'm trying to find vague certainties that can connect with a large amount of people.

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Poli-tainment

By Lee Istrail | July 30, 1999

At this time of the year, people tend to think of huge blockbuster movies when they think of entertainment.

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On Being Half-Way Through

By Linda Romano | July 28, 1999

A long time ago, a very wise person told me that I would soon find a way to turn something I do every day, into an occupation. Actually, it wasn't that long ago; it was last Thursday.

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