Opinion

More Speech Classes Needed

By Lincoln Willis | February 20, 1998

When I was in high school, I took a course at the local college in oral communications. Most colleges and universities actually require their students to take one.

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Opinion

Don King's Remarks Demonstrated Insensitivity to Native Americans

By Aaron A. Akamu | February 20, 1998

To the Editor: I just wanted to express some of the concerns that myself and other Native Americans were discussing after the Don King lecture. Basically, we were totally shocked beyond belief and felt like walking out. It was obvious to me and other Native Americans at Dartmouth that King's remarks regarding native peoples were very stereotypical, one-sided and a "folly" at best.

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Opinion

The Failure of Higher Education

By Scott Brown | February 20, 1998

As observers point to the increasing disparity between rich and poor, between the lives of the hopeful and of the hopeless, those of us in higher education should wonder whether we contribute to the problem.

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Opinion

Debate on War in Iraq Did Not Address Important Issue of Potential Casualties

By James Dorsey | February 20, 1998

To the Editor: I attended "Flash Points: To Bomb or Not to Bomb" this afternoon in Collis Common Ground and found the discussion tremendously informative.

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Opinion

Students Were Hurt By Don King's Comments About Native American Traditions

By Michael Hanitchak | February 20, 1998

To the Editor: I am saddened by the report of Don King's comments Wednesday evening, and I have heard many expressions of dismay and hurt from the Native American community here at Dartmouth.

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Opinion

Anti-Semitic Vandalism Is Unacceptable in the Diverse Dartmouth Community

By Dartmouth Hillel | February 19, 1998

To the Editor: In response to an act of anti-Semitic vandalism which occurred on Feb. 17, we express our outrage that something of this nature occurred at Dartmouth, a community which values diversity and tolerance.

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Opinion

Finding Your Place at Dartmouth

By Lynn Murphy | February 19, 1998

As I prepare for my last term as a graduate student, I find myself reflecting on the things that have been important to me here at Dartmouth.

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Opinion

The Winter Mirage

By Aidan Marcuss | February 19, 1998

There are three big weekends at Dartmouth -- Homecoming, Winter Carnival and Green Key," explained my Undergraduate Advisor.

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Opinion

Critics of Student Assembly Should Get Involved in Accomplishing Goals

By Catherine Maxson | February 19, 1998

To the Editor: I'm writing in response to The Dartmouth Editorial Board's criticisms of the Student Assembly ["Less Talk, More Action," The Dartmouth, Feb.

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Opinion

I've Got Issues With Commitment

By Janelle A. Ruley | February 19, 1998

I've got issues with commitment. As do, I think, many other Dartmouth students. I'm not talking about relationship-type commitment.

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Opinion

Religion Has Been Used To Justify Both Good Deeds and Heinous Crimes

By Dan Mielcarz | February 19, 1998

To the Editor: Aaron Russo's editorial, "A Search for True Religion," [The Dartmouth, Feb.

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Opinion

Less Talk, More Action

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 18, 1998

Student Assembly Vice President Nahoko Kawakyu's resignation last night has brought the Assembly into the campus spotlight for the first time this year.

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Opinion

Column Contained Several Misconception s Concerning International Affairs

By Nathaniel C. Fick | February 18, 1998

To the Editor: I would like to clear up a few of Kenji Hosokawa's errors and misconceptions ("Clinton's Foreign Policy Blunders," The Dartmouth, Feb.

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Opinion

A Search for True Religion

By Aaron Russo | February 18, 1998

Two years ago on a boat bound for Dublin, my friend and I were debating John Lennon. I thought the song "Imagine" was idealism of the worst kind: founded on humanistic fallacies that attribute more innate goodness to people than they actually possess.

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Opinion

'Why I Love Guns' Failed to Explain Hill's Reason for Killing Animals

By Sydney Stowe | February 18, 1998

To the Editor: After reading Mark Hill's valentine to firearms ("Why I Love Guns," The Dartmouth, Feb.

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Opinion

A Message to Conservatives

By Seth Abramson | February 18, 1998

Over the years, Dartmouth has developed a reputation for patently self-serving conservatism. Here we cherish our time-worn institutions, even though the behavior they often engender runs contrary to the basic tenants of social conservatism.

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Opinion

A Time for Procrastination

By Margie DeWard | February 17, 1998

I'm warning you: this is kind of random. I usually like to write columns that have either a point, a purpose or some semblance of organization, but it is sort of hard to achieve these things during Carnival weekend.

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Opinion

Alumni Fund Supports Students

By Christopher Boffoli | February 17, 1998

An editorial recently appeared in The Dartmouth regarding the subject of giving to Dartmouth ["My 98 Cents Worth," Jan.

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Opinion

Clinton's Foreign Policy Blunders

By Kenji Hosokawa | February 16, 1998

As the possibility of U.S. air strikes against Iraq looms, it is becoming clear that Bill Clinton's foreign policy -- often derided as "photo-op" foreign policy -- is falling apart.

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Opinion

Rock Me Amadeus

By Julie Sloane | February 16, 1998

Ooh, rock me Amadeus." Every time the wispy female voice croons those four words to the tinny synthesizer backbeat, I scramble like Pavlov's dog.

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