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April 17, 2026
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A Victimized Culture

By Bety Terry Bonifacio | September 20, 1999

I am a Hawaiian living in Hawaii, and I am deeply offended by Aaron Akamu's characterization of our families as representing "poverty, unemployment, poor health, depression, poor education and welfare." Many of the members of my family, too, are trained in hula, and are deeply spiritual and dedicated to the concept of "Ohana" -- family and "Aloha" -- deep spiritual love. Obviously the Akamu boy has not been home lately, or he is influenced by the small handful of sovereignty activists who want to make every Hawaiian feel victimized.

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A Dean's First Term

By James Larimore | August 25, 1999

Thank you. Those words might strike some as an odd way to begin a column, but they are the first words that come to mind as I look back upon my first term as dean of the College.

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Crying Wolf Again

By Emmett Hogan | August 25, 1999

They're back. And crying wolf ... again. So many of us had hoped for a summer free from the strife of relentless protesting and endless bickering which seems to have plagued the Dartmouth campus in recent terms.

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Where Is the Aloha Spirit?

By Sarah Dahl | August 23, 1999

Being 'off' this term, and spending a few weeks here at home in Hawaii, I heard of the unfortunate events surrounding the planning of a 'Hawaiian party' through the grapevine.

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Buying Solutions

By Craig Colfelt | August 23, 1999

I thought for more than a moment that it was the joke issue of The Dartmouth. But Jen Taylor's comprehensive article, "Architects Present Proposals" (8/19/99), was all too real. Apparently, some outfit called Centerbrook Architects has been hired by the Trustees to turn the notorious Social and Residential Life Initiative into lots of new recreational buildings for students.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent?

By M. Ryan Clark | August 19, 1999

The problems with the luau party protests were very well explained by Chris Relyea ' 01 and Mark Hill '00 in their Tuesday editorials.However, what bothers me most is the totally gutless reaction of Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, Delta Delta Delta sorority, and the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council.

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Reaction piece was example of biased journalism

By Jessica Marshall | August 19, 1999

To the Editor: I can't explain how amazed I was at the completely biased nature of the article in the last edition of The Dartmouth titled "Most say luau party is not offensive." Not only was is it irresponsible to print something so one-sided, it seemed to be very uninterested in truly reflecting the diversity of student opinion on the subject.

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Having My Say

By Aaron | August 19, 1999

The road to hell is paved with good intentions." According to Tuesday's The Dartmouth, "most people on campus" felt that the lu'au party was not offensive, or intended to be.

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Here We Go Again

By Jorge Miranda | August 17, 1999

Thursday night (or I should say Friday morning), I was on my way to the golf course to watch the meteor shower when I bumped into some friends.

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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.

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