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Primary Values

By Jaime Bedrin | April 17, 1998

Kudos to James Wright for recognizing Dartmouth's value as a research institution. What a way to credit the students and faculty here at Dartmouth who are currently spending their time in excellent research: medicine, science, drama, history, gay and lesbian studies, history, psychology etc.

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A Moderate Mandate

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 17, 1998

The discouragingly low voter turnout in this year's Student Assembly elections reveals the degree to which the Assembly has failed in its purpose of representing Dartmouth students. Only 1,259 students, the lowest turnout since 1989, took the time to vote -- a number too low to be attributed to sheer laziness. When the majority of students on campus demonstrate such unmistakable apathy toward the Assembly's actions and its elections, it is obvious that the Assembly is not doing enough to attract the attention of the students it claims to represent. This voter indifference is a reflection of both the Assembly's failure to produce substantial results in the past year and the Election Advisory Committee's ill-conceived decision to speed up the election process. This year's shortened campaign period led to an election almost without voters.

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SPARC's Purpose

By Kyle Teamey | April 16, 1998

This spring, a new energy conservation program called SPARC (Save Power and Reduce Costs) was implemented at Dartmouth.

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Admissions Tour Guides Welcome Prospectives to Dartmouth Every Day

By Simone Swink | April 16, 1998

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Monday's article "Admissions tours are prospectives' window on College" [The Dartmouth, April 13]. The basis for the article seemed slight -- the reporter observed a couple of tours on Thursday and Saturday and skimmed through the manual before writing the piece on admissions tours.

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Vote for Service

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 15, 1998

Although Student Assembly elections begin today, students' apparent ignorance of and apathy toward the election process demonstrate the hazards of an inadequate campaign period. At the end of a campaign week characterized by a lack of debate and a small number of poorly publicized candidates, voter turnout will fall short of previous years.

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A Rite of Passage

By Jaime Bedrin | April 15, 1998

When my father turned 13, he celebrated his Bar-Mitzvah. It was just days after the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Think Before You Vote

By Amanda Molk | April 14, 1998

It's been pretty tough to walk anywhere on this campus recently and not notice the campaign posters plastered on walls in just about every building.

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Ogling Men

By Courtney Henning | April 10, 1998

Men check women out, and having discussed this truth with several friends, I have yet to find one male or female willing to say, "Yes, I agree that men like to observe the female body, but I do not think men get condemned for that." Yeah, right -- men are notorious for ogling anything with two breasts, two legs and hips (although hips are not always crucial). You would think from such negativity that every male was a Bill Clinton or hooting construction worker, and since women do not have such a bad reputation, every female must be a Sister Chastity. I hate to admit this, but I check men out.

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The College's Celebration of 25 Years of Coeducation Has Been Rich and Varied

By Ivy Schweitzer | April 10, 1998

To the Editor: I am writing in response to The Dartmouth's erroneous statement that the College's commemoration of the 25th anniversary of coeducation consisted only of publishing a listing of already planned events [The Dartmouth, "Commencement Disappoints," April 3]. In fact, the commemoration began in the fall of 1996 with a number of programs marking the 25th anniversary of the decision to admit women to the College.

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Farewell to a Voice for Students

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 10, 1998

With the departure of Dean of Residential Life Mary Turco today, Dartmouth students are losing one of their most fervent advocates in the administration. Turco's involvement with the College began when she was a graduate student in the early years of Dartmouth's coeducation.

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Publishing the Article on McMahon's Arrest Did Not Accomplish Anything

By Jason Docheff | April 10, 1998

To the Editor: I would challenge The Dartmouth to explain the purpose of printing Monday's article on freshman James McMahon's arrest [The Dartmouth, "Freshman faces child pornography charge," April 6]. While I understand that it is your right to print such a piece, I question what the article accomplished -- and how our community was served -- other than to potentially make miserable the life of a fellow student.

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People are Racists

By Roy Lee | April 9, 1998

People are racists. Yup, it's true. Even you, the person reading this, are one. It's kind of scary when you think about it -- every time you meet somebody of a different race, you can't help wondering if the other person is seeing a representative of a race or actually you, the person.

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