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A Glass Half-Full at Kyoto

By Kyle Teamey | January 29, 1998

Last December, representatives of 160 countries met in Kyoto, Japan to discuss the possibility of global climate change brought about by human activities.

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Put Evaluations to Use

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 29, 1998

The College's history of quality teaching has always distinguished it from larger universities which focus on research rather than on undergraduate eductions. In order to preserve this commitment to excellence in instruction, professors must remain accountable to those who know them best -- their students. Although the College has a system of teacher evaluations, the current procedures fail to solicit and implement student input sufficiently. Professors should attach greater importance to evaluations by giving them out at least a week before reading period, instead of haphazardly handing them out on the chaotic final day of classes. These evaluations should be incorporated into professors' syllabi for each class and should be utilized equally by all departments. Since they provide a direct source of student input into the process of deciding tenure, these evaluations should receive attention proportional to their value. No one is more familiar with professors' teaching styles, both good and bad, than their students.

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In Defense of COSO

By Christine Durocher | January 27, 1998

Many people are dissatisfied with some of the decisions the Committee on Student Organizations has made recently, and they are entitled to their opinion.

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Connect Us to the World

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 26, 1998

The College's Committee on Cable Television has announced the possibility of providing cable service to dorm rooms by next fall. Now is the time for the College to proceed with this and enter the twentieth century before the twenty-first begins. Considering Dartmouth's isolation, the growing importance of international events to students and the potential educational benefits of cable television, not to provide cable would leave students at a disadvantage. As one of few colleges that does not allow individual access to cable or at least to all three networks, Dartmouth is ignoring cable's potential benefits, which easily outweigh any associated costs or problems. In a world where news changes rapidly and watching CNN and Sportscenter have become national pastimes, students need more than ever to keep up with national and international events as they emerge. The two sub-par networks students can watch in their rooms fail to provide complete coverage of national and world events -- even on the rare occasions when reception is clear. At a time when Iraq is on the verge of war and Clinton is enmeshed in the biggest scandal of his presidency, Dartmouth students are in a media blackout. In addition, the academic benefits of cable television cannot be ignored.

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Cracking the Code

By Theodore Yuo | January 26, 1998

Why is a manhole cover round?" Never thought of that one before? Well, if you're reading this while the sun is up, I guarantee that there's at least one senior, dressed up in a suit and sitting in the Hanover Inn, sweating right now over that question or one like it.

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Sleeping the Day Away

By Roy Lee | January 26, 1998

I woke up with a feeling of trepidation and dread. Slowly, I turned to look at my alarm clock. It read 10:30 a.m.

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Advice for Pre-Meds

By Becky Liddicoat | January 23, 1998

I'm a '95, and I am currently attending Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. I'm writing to give a little advice to all you pre-meds out there.

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My 98 Cents' Worth

By Aaron Klein | January 23, 1998

Someday very soon, I know that Dartmouth College will begin to ask me to do something more important than fill out another pointless form or to change my dining card option before I get pillaged $770; they are going to ask me for money.

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I've Got Theories

By Janelle A. Ruley | January 22, 1998

Forgive me for this digression from my normal theme, but this time I've got theories. I have this theory on timing. My timing theory basically asserts that there are times in one's life when one is particularly open to someone or something, that there is a specific moment when you are most open to a person or an idea.

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Transcending Racism, Not Race

By Omar Rashid | January 21, 1998

Kenji Hosokawa's column "Interracial Relationships," January 19] has disturbed me in many ways. First of all, he falsely claims that race has been a problem in American society after "the demise of the 'evil empire.'" For when the first white northern European imperialists set foot on Plymouth Rock in the 17th century, racial diversity was imposed on North America and the natives living there. Then he proposes that in post-cold war America, "race may be the emerging definition of our identities." I suppose Hosokawa has neglected the fact that African-Americans were restricted by racism to the inhuman status of slaves for 100 years after the creation of our nation and then were only given the status of second-class citizens with the advent of apartheid from their emancipation for another 100 years -- c.

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