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August 31, 2026
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When are We Really Adults?

By Jaimie Paul | September 30, 1999

I still remember the feeling of being relegated to the "kids' table". It seemed that now matter how grown up I looked or felt, I was always turned gently away from adult conversations, presumably about things I didn't yet understand (like car payments and job promotions), to the small table on the side where talk turned instead to the latest playground incident.

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Into the Real World

By William Young | September 29, 1999

This is the true story true story of a thousand people picked to live together at a college to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being real." Does this introduction sound ghastly familiar to you?

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Discontentedmentness

By Eric Del Pozo | September 29, 1999

I don't mean to needlessly alarm the general public, but I am strongly convinced that having a job is an extremely hazardous profession that, for everyone's safety, should probably be against the law. In light of this long-awaited and as some insiders are already calling it, "completely asinine and economically crippling" view, after several hours of Playstation I have arrived at the following plan to make the standard workday much less harrowing: Take out all of the harrows. If that doesn't work, then 2.

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The Supercluster of the Future?

By James Lederer | September 28, 1999

Upon reading the "Update" that the trustees printed for the town meeting and intently listening to their slideshow and ideas for the future for residential life at Dartmouth, I have a couple of comments and suggestions. In the Update that was issued, the trustees put forth the both worthy and lofty goal that, "The quality of the out-of-classroom experience is an essential measure of our success in educating all of our students in the broadest manner possible." I agree wholeheartedly.

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A DOC Lesson for the Trustees

By Teddy Rice | September 28, 1999

Social life initiatives. "Structured" choices. The end of the Greek system "as we know it." These loaded phrases, so instantly recognizable on today's campus, have made the last nine months of my Dartmouth career ones of anger and frustration.

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Virtual Physical Education

By Abbye Meyer | September 28, 1999

Basically, we can do everything on the Internet. Particularly at this school, the great land of the Macintosh, our lives are shaped by the words of the web; we register online, receive class assignments online and hold conversations online. Certainly, I used to not only dread the emergence of this cold, impersonal cyber-world, but also used to fight it quite passionately.

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The Other Side of the Coverage

By Nell Boeschenstein | September 27, 1999

Regarding the recent slanted coverage of the Trustee Steering Committee developments, I feel the need provide your reading public with the opportunity to see in print a side of the issue other than the one presented by America's Oldest College Newspaper. I am prepared to hold the staff of The Dartmouth in part responsible if, when visiting the campus in five to 10 years, substantial and meaningful change has not occurred at the institution.

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Structuring Choice

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 24, 1999

Trustee Susan Dentzer's vision of student social life seems to be best embodied in her statement, "We want the students to have choices; we just want them to be very structured choices." This sentiment is little more than a thinly disguised way of informing the student body that it will choose from among one option.

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Fall Rituals

By Dan Pollock | September 24, 1999

Since Thursday was the official first day of autumn, we can now begin to enjoy all the traditional fall rituals.

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Structured Choices are Limited Choices

By Josh Marks | September 23, 1999

To the Editor: I note that in your coverage of the latest trustee meeting you quote Dentzer as saying, "We strongly believe in choices, but we want those to be very structured kinds of choices," I would just like to point out to Dentzer that this sentiment is exactly what leads to the myopic world of prejudice and ignorance.

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For The Kids

By Ben Rifkin | September 22, 1999

It's 4:20 and I have 40 minutes to write a 1000 word opinionated column for The Dartmouth, the nation's oldest (and most respected) college newspaper (I think) -- that's twenty five words per minute for the next forty minutes.

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What Discussion?

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 22, 1999

As last night's forum came to a close, the steering committee co-chairs assured the audience they were open to discussion as they complete their deliberations over the course of Fall term.

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