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April 13, 2026
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Welcome to 1998

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | January 5, 1998

Welcome to another year of The Dartmouth. With this issue, a new group of editors takes the helm of America's oldest college newspaper. Although the news, sports, editorial and arts editors have changed, The Dartmouth will continue its commitment to covering campus events, while also providing our readers with more news analyses and other special features. For example, the Monday SportsExtra will still provide sports fans with a weekly in-depth look at Dartmouth's athletic teams and their performances over the weekend. While reading this year's inaugural issues of The Dartmouth, you will notice certain changes implemented by the new Directorate in hopes of making the newspaper more reader-friendly and targeted at the student body. After this Friday's special year-end wrap-up, the Weekend Gazette will debut a new page detailing weekend events and activities at the College and featuring other diversions. In addition to this change, you may notice minor stylistic, graphical and format changes as The Dartmouth seeks to improve its aesthetic design and its appeal to readers. The Dartmouth is produced by Dartmouth students for the Dartmouth community.

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Putting Your Values to Work

By Skip Sturman | January 5, 1998

I didn't know Lester J. Heath III '68, but I wish I had. Heath, who died recently of a brain tumor, was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Albany Ladder Company and First Chairman of the Vision of a Better World Foundation.

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How to Have a Long-lasting Relationship

By Kenji Hosokawa | January 5, 1998

Since my engagement last spring, a num-er of my friends have asked about my approach to relationships -- an approach which, I suppose, has been more fruitful than those of most 21-year olds. Because questions about relationships seem to occupy the minds of many Dartmouth students, I have decided to chip in my two cents by presenting my list of preconditions for a successful relationship.

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Sea Monkey World

By Matthew B. J. Delaney | January 5, 1998

Saving the planet is definitely becoming a popular cause to support. I was shaving the other day, and I noticed the can of shaving cream said: "Contains No CFCs, Which Deplete the Ozone Layer." Well, that's good to know.

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A Random Snowy Day

By Margie DeWard | November 26, 1997

I had a really random day last Friday. Some days, I feel like I need to take on the system, and other days just getting my laundry done is the only kind of moral victory I need.

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'Doorstop' Theory

By John Green | November 26, 1997

I went through an egocentric phase a few years ago. Friends might argue that my use of the past tense is a bit optimistic; however, with "foofie" hair like mine, I assure you that egocentrism is nearly impossible these days. In any case, when I was six, I argued quite a bit with my parents, and I usually got my way.

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Volunteering for Planned Parenthood

By Jonathan Hurst | November 25, 1997

On November 13, a bulletin was posted by the Women's Resource Center: a "Call for Volunteers" for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. I object to the posting of this bulletin, not on the grounds that the Women's Resource Center has acted wrongly per se, but rather because of the faulty and dangerous message which the bulletin (perhaps unwittingly) promulgates. To be sure, the WRC has every right to post a bulletin of this nature.

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Sophomore Slump

By Margie DeWard | November 24, 1997

Okay, all you 2000s, is this term killer, or is just me? Originally, I thought I was one of few who thought this term was not the greatest, but I have since revised my opinion.

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