Opinion

Civil Discourse Committee Releases Report

By Scott Brown | May 21, 1999

To the Editor: The Committee on Civil Discourse was formed in November 1997 "to keep current in the community discussions and considerations of how we interact with each other through our speech and actions." The Committee has met each month during the past year to review and discuss the state of discourse on campus.

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Opinion

Our Only Hope

By Scott Jacobs | May 20, 1999

I'm really worried about our College now. Not that I haven't been in the past, but the composition of the Trustee Steering Committee has me concerned more than usual.

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Opinion

Poster of Hindu Goddess Not Offensive to All

By Nilanjan Banerjee | May 20, 1999

To the Editor: In response to Mr. Aly Rahim's violent protest to the use of the goddess Saraswati in a poster depicting a party, I would like to state that not all Hindus feel the same way.

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Opinion

Forwards Backwards?

By Jeff Deck | May 20, 1999

I love people. I think the single fact that would make love, truth, and God plausible is the existence of our fellow human beings, and our ability to have relationships and friendships with them extends this plausibility. However, sometimes I just wanna choke the life out of someone when they send me another ridiculous forward.

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Opinion

Teach Values, Not God

By Jason Rosenhouse | May 19, 1999

There is a famous story about a scientist who removes all of the legs from a frog and asks it to jump.

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Opinion

Hate Has No Place on My Door

By Alex Nazaryan | May 19, 1999

I am a victim of hate. Returning to my dorm on what was supposed to be a festive Green Key Saturday (I was admittedly inebriated after several rounds of herbal tea at the Green Bean Cafe) I stumbled onto a cesspool of hatred.

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Opinion

Due Consideration Must Be Used in Cultural References

By Aly Rahim | May 18, 1999

To the Editor: We write to you in response to a poster used by Panarchy to advertise their 'Spring Fresh' Party on Friday, May 14.

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Opinion

Stats All, Folks

By Eric Del Pozo | May 18, 1999

A friend recently told me that 75 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. I, in response, employing many valuable statistics of my own, called her a big stupid liar.

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Opinion

The Last Big Weekend

By Liam Kuhn | May 18, 1999

Fearing that this past weekend might be my last "big" weekend at Dartmouth due to the Social and Residential Initiative, I wanted to write a scathing column that mocked the Trustees and their illogical decisions while defending the Greek system that I wholeheartedly support.

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Opinion

Steering Committee Elections Failed Campus

By Nathan Chaney | May 17, 1999

I'm sure that I wasn't the only one who smelled the desperation in the air last week when an avalanche of Student Assembly blitzes filled my in-box pleading with me to vote.

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Opinion

Student Body Owes Thanks to SA Selection Committee

By Dave Gacioch | May 17, 1999

To the Editor: The student body would be inexcusably ungrateful if we failed in some way to recognize the efforts of the Student Assembly's Selection Committee for the Trustee Steering Committee.

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Opinion

A Service Break

By Emily Lesher | May 13, 1999

We are in the middle of what might come to be remembered as one of the most turbulent times in Dartmouth history, one of diverging student interests, and a widening gap between those associated with one group or another.

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Opinion

Peanut Butter Wars

By Abbye Meyer | May 13, 1999

After the events of this weekend, I believeI have found a way to combine the forces of good and evil into one amazingly beautiful, awesome event.

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Opinion

SA's Referendum was Clear on the Meaning of the Vote

By Alexander Wilson | May 13, 1999

To the Editor: Regarding, "SA: Campus must wait for Coke-Pepsi results" (May 11). I find the inference that the campus was misled by the Assembly when they referred to the vote as a referendum puzzling.

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Opinion

A Gift Beyond Price

By Jen Whitcomb | May 12, 1999

Sure, the money caught my eye. The ad in the classifieds under "Miscellaneous" shouts in bold letters, "$35,000 for your eggs." Flip the page and look - it's still there.

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Opinion

The Ethics of Egg Donation, or Journalism?

By Ronald Green | May 12, 1999

From the perspective of professional ethics, the reporter's conduct, as described by Jen Whitcomb, is doubly unfortunate.

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Opinion

I Blame the Barbies

By Rob Valet | May 12, 1999

Hello, my name is Robert and I am a drug addict. Actually, just kidding. But now that I finished my bio exam in one more or less intact piece, I must say that that Vivarin stuff is bad news.

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Opinion

Through 'Shmen Eyes

By Marcia Yablon | May 12, 1999

This past weekend I got to re-view Dartmouth through 'shmen eyes. Last Wednesday, my sister, who is a member of the incoming class of 2003, came up to visit me.

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Opinion

The Factory Floor

By Conor Dugan | May 11, 1999

Sweat, diesel fuel and tedious repetitious work. Those were the major components of my summer after freshman year.

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Opinion

Poor Planning

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 10, 1999

There is a very important vote on campus today:Coke or Pepsi. Oh wait, there's another vote that will decide the future of social life at the College, but no one knows what's going on with that because the electoral process for it is a disaster. Few people besides the candidates themselves know who is running for the position of Trustee Steering Committee representative, and even those who have seen the names likely don't know the candidates or for what they stand. There was a single, sparsely-attended, hour-long information session held last night, and there were no statements or platforms publicized to the student body until last night when the campus was blitzed a 15-page Word document they were expected to download and read to find out about the candidates.

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