Opinion

No More Mr. Nice Guy

By Eric Buchman | June 20, 1997

I used to be a very happy, optimistic person. I believed in such positive ideas as democracy, human kindness and salary caps.

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Opinion

Cyberpet Torture

By Julie Sloane | June 18, 1997

In 1984, I had a Cabbage Patch doll named Frederika Joanie. I also owned nine My Little Ponies and the Dream Stable.

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Opinion

Meeting Mr. Gephardt

By Lee Istrail | June 18, 1997

I was to meet U.S. House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt one Saturday last term in Durham, N.H., at a brief little Young Dems function ("join us for coffee and danish," the flyer said.

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Opinion

The Best and the Brightest

By Sam Bonderoff | May 27, 1997

Maybe, after all, it's not so bad going to Dartmouth. For four years (or as many as eight years for some of us) we are pampered, patted on our respective backs, told zillions of time that we are "the best and brightest." Time passes, and many of us begin to believe the ego-stroking.

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Opinion

LaValle: Apology Was Given For Use of the Word 'Colored'

By Dominic Lavalle | May 27, 1997

To the Editor: I don't like writing. Especially in the D. But I'm concerned about some recent coverage.

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Opinion

Tom Nichols: A Professor Deserving of Far More Than Tenure

By Tuni Bergey | May 27, 1997

I'm sure few of us missed the recent uproar when Dartmouth was ranked #1 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in the "Best Professors" category.

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Opinion

Action Against LaValle Should Have Been Earlier and More Forceful

By Marene Jennings | May 27, 1997

To the Editor: The Principle of Community states: "The life and work of a Dartmouth student should be based on integrity, responsibility and consideration.

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Opinion

A Wayward Glance

By Ryan Molde | May 27, 1997

Hale-Bopp comet is just an insignificant white speck in the sky, someone was quoted as saying in the Dartmouth.

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Opinion

Search Was Executed of a Room in Tabard, Not the Entire House

By Mario Martinus | May 26, 1997

To the Editor, In the May 23 issue of The Dartmouth, the bold, front-page headline read, "Police execute search of Tabard." The officers of the Tabard find the article not only in the poorest of taste, but also blatantly misleading and bad journalism.

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Opinion

Remember to Reflect on Memorial Day

By Brandon Del Pozo | May 26, 1997

To the Editor: In the courtyard leading to the Hinman boxes, there is a plaque listing the names of Dartmouth graduates killed in World War II and the Korean War; it is a long list.

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Opinion

Credit Where Credit is Due

By Unai Montes-Irueste | May 26, 1997

My first year at this school I anxiously attended graduation and said good-bye to a few good friends, but knew very well that life would go on without the Class of 1995.

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Opinion

Executive Board of the Student Assembly Shows Alarming Lack of Diversity

By Unai Montes-Irueste | May 23, 1997

To the Editor: I am deeply disturbed by the make-up of the executives selected by president-elect of the Student Assembly Frode Eilertsen '99. The power of the President to essentially pick anyone on this campus to fill the roles of chairs of vital committees such as Administration and Faculty Relations, Academic Affairs and Student Life, is very exiting and yet dangerous. The Student Assembly's executive board ought to be as diverse as the SA itself and the student body.

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Opinion

Student Assembly's Leaders Have Shown Unwillingness to Deal With Tough Issues

By William S. Kartalopoulos | May 23, 1997

To the Editor: Part of my growing uneasiness regarding the Student Assembly over the past two years stemmed from the leadership's adamant unwillingness to deal with difficult issues. When a leader is dedicated to being noncontroversial, that leader can only do two things in the face of a difficult situation.

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Opinion

Finland 101 Or Why Paavo Lipponen Really is An Important Speaker

By Cara Abercrombie | May 23, 1997

I was saddened by President Freedman's comment in the Tuesday issue of The Dartmouth that he withheld the announcement of our commencement speaker "so students would not protest for someone more famous." I was further dismayed to hear student reactions all day Tuesday.

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Opinion

Posters Were Mistaken

By Natasham Lam | May 22, 1997

'G-O G-R-E-E-N' Is Far Different From "S-A-V-E-B-E-T-A'

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Opinion

Focus Should Be On Sexual Assault, Not the Greek System

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 22, 1997

For the past two weeks, anonymous posters and chalk graffiti have highlighted the issue of sexual assault and alleged that Greek houses degrade women and protect rapists.

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Opinion

Class Day Speakers Should Reflect the Diversity of Experience at Dartmouth

By Miranda Johnson | May 22, 1997

In two and a half weeks, over a thousand '97s plus a few assorted relics from classes of yore will walk up to that structure being built on the Green, receive our diplomas, shake the hand of the Finnish Prime Minister, and then venture out into the world.

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Opinion

Focus Should Be On Sexual Assault, Not the Greek System

By Robert Z. Norman | May 22, 1997

To the Editor: Your interesting first article on student-athletes is subtitled "Academic, athletics and social life concerns often prove daunting for student-athletes at an Ivy-League College." You illustrate this theme with Sally Annis '97, "one of the small group of athletes whose excellence in the classroom is repeated in the gym." Not wishing to take any credit away from Sally, I would argue that she is more the norm than the exception. I have been privileged to know and to work with some outstanding students over the past several years and I find that at least half of them are seriously engaged in athletics.

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Opinion

Commencement Speaker

By Lea Kelley | May 22, 1997

President Freedman Underestimated Students

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Opinion

Cinderella Story

By Matt Mcdonald | May 22, 1997

This crowd has gone deadly silent. Cinderella story out of nowhere, a former greenskeeper now about to become ... picked up by the Hanover police.

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