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A Confession

By Jaime Bedrin | May 21, 1998

With graduation so near, I have had the wonderful opportunity to attend several student thesis presentations this spring term.

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Smoking Column Made Unsubstantiated Claims About Smoking at Dartmouth

By J. Ryan Gilfoil | May 21, 1998

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Neil Resnick and Juan Carlos Serna's editorial "Butt Out of Dartmouth's Affairs" in the issue of The Dartmouth dated Monday, May 18. I have come to fully expect wild speculation in The Dartmouth's editorials, but Resnick and Serna's assertion that "four years ago, the prevalence of smoking was not what it is today" prompted me to write anyway.

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The Interview

By Carolyn Wachman | May 20, 1998

C Says: So, P, how did that interview go in New York last week? Have you found an internship yet for the summer? P Says: Well, C, it was kind of weird.

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Let's Rethink COSO

By Dave Gacioch | May 20, 1998

A few weeks ago, The Dartmouth reported that the Council on Student Organizations -- which many of us know simply as "COSO" -- was considering new standards for student publications, including a ban on anonymously printed submissions and warnings about article content.

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And Then There Were '02

By Rob Valey | May 19, 1998

Well, not to make anyone feel inferior, but it seems that -- surprise! -- once again the incoming freshmen are the smartest, most talented people Dartmouth has ever amalgamated into one class.

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High Standards

By Meylysa Tseng | May 14, 1998

It was my junior fall when I joined the Voices advisory board. I was eligible because I had attended three of the Voices events.

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Responsibility, Not Censorship

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 13, 1998

With last week's proposed guidelines for monitoring student publications, the Committee on Student Organizations is treading a fine line between censorship and responsible supervision. As Fall term's incidents involving Uncommon Threads and the Jack-O-Lantern illustrate, student outcry often reprimands publications after they have printed offensive material. However, these ex post facto calls for censorship are clearly not an effective means of monitoring student publications. In order to improve the quality and integrity of College-funded publications, COSO should work with them to promote accountability and responsibility without infringing upon rights to free speech. While COSO's proposals are a step toward holding publications to higher standards, not all of the restrictions are necessary, and some may result in more detriment than benefit. Clearly, student publications must adhere to federal obscenity standards. However, the proposal calling for warning labels prominently displayed on publications containing "questionable" material would be an insult to the average Dartmouth student's intelligence and maturity level.

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Of Mice and Men

By Abiola Lapite | May 13, 1998

There are essentially two schools of thought on how life is best lived. There are those who believe that the important thing in life is to have a steady, well-paying source of income, to have a nice home and family, to be liked by one's peers and neighbors and to live to old age in good health.

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Much Ado About Names

By Jaime Bedrin | May 13, 1998

Can you remember a time when you were younger and, oh, such a kid? Perhaps a time when you thought that you would never reach the seventh grade and that all of the eighth graders were the coolest kids in the hallways, their lockers towering over you like pillars of reverence.

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Figure It Out, People

By Scott E. Jacobs | May 13, 1998

Snapshot "Dartmouth students are racist." "He's a faggot." "Dartmouth is up in booneyville, New Hampshire -- totally out of touch with the rest of the world." "Chink!" Death threat with a star of David on a door to someone's home. We are in Hanover, New Hampshire, which indeed could qualify as booneyville.

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Bye-Bye, Love; Hello, Happiness

By Amanda Molk | May 12, 1998

Maybe it was springtime, with all the flowers in bloom filling the air with sweet, soft scents. Or maybe it was each of my girlfriends, one by one, becoming captured by her own springtime romance.

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An Apology

By Kenji Hosokawa | May 11, 1998

Several astute readers of my columns have observed that my opinions often waver between antithetical positions.

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