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An Election Without Debate?

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 9, 1998

By scheduling student elections for next Wednesday, the Election Advisory Committee has made a judgment error which will have negative consequences. In past years, an interval of up to a month between the announcement of candidates and the date of elections gave the student body time to become acquainted with the candidate pool. Such a time period allowed candidates to reach out to the student body with more effective means than the posters currently decorating dormitory bulletin boards and last night's hastily planned, inadequately advertised and poorly attended Candidate Fair. Without this vital interval between announcements and elections, there is little time for true debate of the crucial issues facing students.

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Everything Matters

By Seth Abramson | April 8, 1998

In response to Adam Siegel's half-hearted attempt to justify academic elitism ["Intellectual Diversity Matters," April 6], I can only congratulate my fellow senior on his willingness to over-rate the educational processes of this country.

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Pelton's Last Call

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 8, 1998

Dean of the College Lee Pelton's new alcohol policies are both a demonstration of Pelton's willingness to compromise and a commendable vote of confidence in the Dartmouth student body. Although the policies may not be popular with all students, they provide the College with a reasonable means of complying with federal and state laws without seriously restricting students' social options. It is obvious that Pelton took student wishes to heart in considering the recommendations of both the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs and the Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council.

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A Logical Choice for President

By Jeffrey Beyer | April 7, 1998

As I walked into Spaulding Auditorium yesterday for the live closed-circuit announcement of the next president of the College, I was thinking that Bill Bradley or Robert Reich would be nice choices, but that James Wright would be the logical choice.

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The Wright Direction

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 7, 1998

The appointment of James Wright to succeed President James Freedman as the sixteenth president of Dartmouth College is both a sensible decision and a resounding endorsement of the College's current path. But the Presidential Search Committee's choice of Wright was not merely a safe and conservative decision, it was also an informed and intelligent one. Wright's selection may not be as exciting as the arrival of fresh blood in Parkhurst would have been, but the stability of an internal appointment provides welcome relief from the College's impending spate of administrative departures. In his 29 years at Dartmouth, Wright has witnessed the College's evolution, both before and during the Freedman era.

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Here's to Hoping

By Dave Gacioch | April 7, 1998

In the week following the announcement of James Freedman's resignation as President of Dartmouth College, I penned a column in these pages which, in the spirit of a more conducive environment to student influence in the decision-making processes of the College, expressed the hope that our current "Jimmy-O" would not be replaced by yet another "Jimmy." As yesterday's announcement seemed to jump-start my career as a "prophet of doom," perhaps a closer look at what we might expect from our President-designate is in order. Putting aside, for the moment, James Wright's mention that Dartmouth is, "a research university in all but name," his speech to the community may well have told all of us what the Wright presidency will hold for Dartmouth.

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Intellectual Diversity Matters

By Adam J. Siegel | April 6, 1998

What do you picture when you think of the word "diversity" as it relates to Dartmouth College? A pony-tailed Native American male and a Caucasian hermaphrodite with purple fingernails meeting for herbal tea in Sanborn?

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Commencement Disappoints

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 3, 1998

The announcement of this year's Commencement speaker, Doris Kearns Goodwin, has left manyDartmouthstudents surprised at both the speaker's identity and at the early date of the decision. The Council on Honorary Degrees should have tried to attract national attention to the College with a noteworthy Commencement speaker to celebrate the 25th anniversary of coeducation. Although Goodwin's merit as a speaker should not be judged according to her name recognition, the decision to have her speak at Commencement offers a weak conclusion to the College's mediocre celebration of coeducation. This year's anniversary festivities has fallen far short of expectations.

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Beer Olympics

By Rachel Gilliar | April 3, 1998

I spent one Saturday a long while back in the basement of Chi Heorot fraternity. Four of us -- a close female friend of mine and two guy friends -- were talking, just passing the time on an average Dartmouth night out. Suddenly, one of the guys noticed that a Pong table near us was unoccupied.

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Printing Errors

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | April 3, 1998

Kiewit's decision to collate documents from the public printers only on the half-hour is both unreasonable and unnecessary. The new policy is unfair to students, whose class schedules are hardly compatible with 30-minute intervals.

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A Time to Relax

By Amanda Molk | April 2, 1998

Burnout. This is not a word you really want to hear during the first week of classes. This term should be reserved for that horrible period of life called finals.

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Best for Whom?

By Skip Sturman | April 1, 1998

Why Not The Best?" is the title of a book by former President Jimmy Carter; it is also the rallying cry for an increasing number of students who inquire about "best" lists when seeking employment or applying to graduate schools.

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Spreading Government Propaganda

By Roy Lee | April 1, 1998

Propaganda is everywhere, brainwashing and conditioning our minds. It may be as benign as a commercial for the newest soda or it may be as malicious as governments conditioning the minds of children.

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