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The Dartmouth
April 18, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

No Place Like Home

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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.


Opinion

Abandoning the Crack House

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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.


Opinion

'Bons Mots' and Other Wordplay

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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.


Opinion

Freedom of Choice

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


Opinion

Re-inventing the Balkans

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"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.



Opinion

Keeping Secrets?

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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.


Opinion

Show Me the Money

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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.





Opinion

Big Green Mentality

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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.



Opinion

Poli-tainment

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



Opinion

On Being Half-Way Through

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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.


Opinion

A BlitzMail Special Report

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Sometimes a news item (ok, in this case, a cheesy forward) will come along that will make us D newshound columnists sit bolt upright and say, "Damn, I haven't written a column in a long time, and I have absolutely nothing to write about!




Opinion

Mourning a Tree

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Once upon a time, for a long time, a tree stood on the corner of College and Wentworth streets, just beside Webster Hall.