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1-800-DARDATE

By Ben Rifkin | February 3, 1999

So I'm sitting in my room, with an extra ticket to the orchestra, and I don't want to go alone. All of my friends are either at a late night practice or stuck in the library stacks.

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Our Cultural Symptoms

By Conor Dugan | February 3, 1999

I sometimes remark to people that I think I might be called to the Catholic priesthood or that if I were to be blessed with a wife that I would love to have six to eight children.

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Why are Good Discussions so Hard to Find?

By Nicholas Van Amburg | February 2, 1999

So there I sat in Loew auditorium, as required by my introductory art class, and lo and behold, I was subjected to a lecture I found both compelling and thought provoking.

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Affirmative Action Belittles the Achievements of Minorities

By Matthew Wilkens | February 2, 1999

To the Editor: Last week, a Washington-based Conservative group ran a full page ad in The Dartmouth claiming a number of schools are in violation of affirmative action laws.

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Is Affirmative Action Fair? Yes

By Joseph Harrison | February 2, 1999

I am aware that affirmative action is a relatively volatile issue. These days, it is very difficult to get away with public racial preference of any kind.

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Is Affirmative Action Fair? No

By David Lincoln | February 2, 1999

Tuesday there was a full page advertise- ment in The Dartmouth regarding colleges which violate affirmative action laws in college admissions.

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Attitudes Toward Abuse of Alcohol Need Changing

By Robert Lendvai | February 1, 1999

To the Editor: Someone on my hall came home Friday night with the following frightening story of how students at Dartmouth deal with drinking "problems." After a student passed out, on the upper floor of a fraternity house, he was dealt with in the following manner.

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Student Responsibility is the Solution to Locking Doors

By Ted Hodgson | February 1, 1999

To The Editor: The safety of personal belongings should fall under the responsibility of individual students.

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Social Space Revisited

By Catherine Maxson | January 29, 1999

As Programming Board co-chair, I've thought a lot about social and programming spaces here at Dartmouth.

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Our Most Wasted Treasure

By Paul Holzer | January 29, 1999

By the nature of Dartmouth's Ivy League standard of excellence, we are all very busy students here.

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Don't Lock Us In

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 28, 1999

The only Ivy League institution that does not lock the doors of its dorms is Dartmouth. It is a virtue of our location that we can afford to do this.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

By Jaimie Paul | January 28, 1999

With the unofficial requirement of pre- freshman viewing of "Animal House", the incoming classes begin their time here at Dartmouth with the impression that the Greek system is an unregulated, uncontrolled alcohol haven.

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Betwixt and Between

By Margie DeWard | January 27, 1999

Lately I've been thinking about the ways that I've grown and changed since I've been at Dartmouth.

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Airing my Concerns

By Jeff Deck | January 27, 1999

The Book of Genesis: And then on the eighth day ... God created the laundry pile, and it was bad.

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It's Never Been For the Money

By Meredith Bryan | January 26, 1999

OK, OK, OK. I have had about as much of this Jordan-bashing as I can take. You have no idea what it has been like to be a Chicagoan during this past week, quietly enduring the disastrous ruin of your beloved hometown team from halfway across the country with a bunch of Knicks and Celtics fans.

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A Winter Escape

By Abbye Meyer | January 26, 1999

Sometimes the worst things in life can teach the best lessons. In my case, the thing that brought me a life-altering inspirational message was a movie -- a pretty bad movie, I think most would agree. Actually, I do believe "Joe Versus the Volcano" (a 1990 masterpiece starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan) was officially named one of the worst movies of all time.

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Lessons From my Grandmother

By Jacob Licht | January 26, 1999

What if Death is a vulture descending? For the first time in my life, I am trying to understand Death.

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Decision to Fire JAMA Editor Wrong

By Matt Nisbet | January 25, 1999

seventeen-year editor of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shocked the medical, science and media world.

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Everything's Just Super

By Eric Del Pozo | January 25, 1999

I reported to the public, in a shocking yet journalistically sound fashion, that love is all a big myth.

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No More Being Like Mike

By Kevan Higgins | January 22, 1999

Today I am bringing to you a subject which I am sure will be very poorly received. I am glad Michael Jordan retired.