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New Member Education is no Laughing Matter

By Dan Epstein | July 25, 1997

To the Editor: On Monday Posy Evans '99 was quoted as saying she had heard fraternities' New Member Education series was "a joke" ["SAGE focuses on gender interaction," The Dartmouth, July 17, 1997]. She never justified this remark.

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Invasion of the 'Rents

By Justin Carrino | July 25, 1997

On the heel of midterms, just as half the campus is ready to jump off the bridge and the other half is ready to drink itself into oblivion, the College has played a nasty scheduling trick.

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Wrong Jemison Institute Cited in Camper Story

By Connie Cole | July 23, 1997

To the Editor: Your article in The Dartmouth [Camper drowns in tragic accident; July 9, 1997] contained inaccurate information in the first two and the last paragraphs of your article.

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A Brave New World: No Fetus Can Beat Us

By Brian Reilly | July 23, 1997

Here'sthe scene: A man of typical college years impregnates a woman the same age. He wants her to have an abortion, his being of sound mind.

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Even Moms Have Concerns About DDS and DarTalk

By Margaret Jason | July 23, 1997

To the Editor: As a bewildered parent of a non-communicative member of the great Class of 2000, I wish to thank The Dartmouth staff for enlightening me on many issues during the past year.

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Initially Speaking

By Eric Del Pozo | July 21, 1997

E says: Cranking out article after article to meet deadlines can be pretty tough, especially on those days when good ideas are as hard to squeeze out as that last bit of toothpaste at the bottom of the tube.

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We Want Our DarTV

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | July 21, 1997

The College should proceed with providing cable televi-sion installation to all residence hall rooms.

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Tobacco Wars: Who'll Get Smoked?

By Lee Istrail | July 17, 1997

These days in the U.S., it seems like the government has declared open war on tobacco companies. Recent national laws have forbidden tobacco billboards within 1,000 feet of schools, free gifts with tobacco purchases, and at the center of it all ... lawmakers have raised prospects of increased cigarette taxes, and a new tobacco settlement may soon be reached.

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A Call to the Pen

By Kevin Findlan | July 17, 1997

This term, in addition to fumbling through columns for this newspaper, I've been working on writing short stories for English 82, the fiction course.

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Tucker discussion: a step in the right direction

By Karen Mangold | July 15, 1997

To the Editor: Last Wednesday, thirty Dartmouth students attended a unique event sponsored by the Tucker Foundation.

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Aaron Klein '98's column inappropriate for an Ivy League paper

By J. Ryan Gilfoil | July 15, 1997

To the Editor: I should no longer be shocked by The Dartmouth's lack of editorial standards, but as I progressed through Aaron Klein '98's atrocious column, "No More Lies About Dating at Dartmouth" [July 11, 1997] (which I read via the World Wide Web), my jaw slowly dropped.

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On Elitism at Dartmouth

By Justin Carrino | July 15, 1997

Close your eyes and pretend that you are someone who is unaffiliated with Dartmouth. And then imagine what would be the first images to come to your mind when the name Dartmouth College was mentioned.

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No More Lies About Dating at Dartmouth

By Aaron Klein | July 11, 1997

I read C and P's column on Wednesday [The Dartmouth, June 9, 1997] concerning dating at Dartmouth and felt that someone needed to set the record straight.

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Of Careers, Courting and Cover Letters

By Julie Sloane | July 11, 1997

Dating at Dartmouth. Columnist love advice has become trendier than blue nail polish. Want to hear my theory on the psychological affects of the color green on Dartmouth dating habits?

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Summer Lovin'

By Polina Globerman | July 9, 1997

C Says: P, have you noticed that everyone seems to be obsessed with relationships this summer? P Says: Yeah, I don't think The Dartmouth has had an issue yet without some article about love, or lack of it.

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Affinity Housing Is a Joke

By Justin A. Carrino | July 9, 1997

One of the issues that I have found causes the greatest volume of debate among students at Dartmouth is affinity housing.

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Rollerblading Professional

By Scott Peach | July 7, 1997

Let's face it -- there's nothing quite like rollerblading. Although many people are frightened by crazy rollerbladers, I think that we should take kindly to this popular sport and its participants.

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Don't Call Me an Epsilon

By Eric Del Pozo | July 7, 1997

Just a few nights before I returned to sunny Hanover to spend my entire summer entrenched in the quagmire of academia, I was fortunate enough to be privy to something that I found both odd and quite normal at the same time.

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No Fear

By Chris Showalter | July 7, 1997

New and popular recreational sports, such as rollerblading, inevitably bring with them a number of beginners.

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The Real Asgard

By Lee Istrail | July 3, 1997

During Green Key weekend last term, I and some fellow Asgardians had been drumming up publicity for our Green Key Dance (especially me, for I am the Publicity Exec.) when we encountered an unkind response to one of the event blitzes.