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April 14, 2026
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The Know-Everythings

By Matthew Lubin | October 16, 1996

This is an analysis of that class of people called the "Know-Everythings." We all recognize this sort; these are the people who would rather die than admit that they are ever ignorant in any way. They take a particular delight in referring to the neuroethnomusicology of New Guinean tribes, to Nigerian poets with whose names the four corners of the globe would ring had their brilliant careers not been cut short in Biafra and to obscure European film journals. (Here we at Dartmouth can really one-up the competition: "But of course you know Wenders' comments in the April '73 Cahiers du Cinema?" "Oh come now, darling, don't you know he recanted all that in the Spring '95 Cahiers du Dartma?") But mere accumulation of knowledge for superficial purposes is not the Know-Everythings only distinguishing feature.

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Dog Misidentified

By J. Ryan Gilfoil | October 14, 1996

To the Editor: On behalf of the Zeta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, we would like to point out an error in the October 10 issue of The Dartmouth.

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Why Vote?

By Joe Peters | October 14, 1996

Does anyone out there have a good reason to vote? All year, we've been deluged with campaign propaganda and slogans like "Choose or Lose." They all somehow conclude that voting is a good thing since we have the power to do so.

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Family Ties

By Julie Sloane | October 11, 1996

Alex: Gee Mallory, I see you've been putting in your quality time at the mall. Mallory: Yeah?

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Learn to Listen

By Jaime Bedrin | October 11, 1996

I have a plea for my fellow students. It is a result of a lesson I learned this week from a helpful professor, Paul Gaffney, who is the new chair of the drama department.

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Locals and Nationals Work Together to Create Fair Sorority Rush Process

By Cai Boldt | October 11, 1996

To the Editor: In response to both Tuesday's editorial and the letter to the editor from Alison Hodges which suggested a local sorority rush lottery, I would like to set the record straight on the debate over local and national rush rules and the logistics of a rush lottery. First and foremost let it be established that the 28 Coed Fraternity Sorority Council organizations, and perhaps to an even greater degree the six Panhellenic sororities, work together in as many different contexts as are feasible at Dartmouth.

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The Look

By Matt Mcdonald | October 11, 1996

What look, you say? I mean THE look. You all know what I'm taking about. It's that moment when you and that certain someone are face to face; you're in close proximity in a dimly lit room or some similarly amorous environment.

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Keeping An Open Mind

By Lauren Brenner | October 10, 1996

After a frantic dinner at Home Plate one night last week my friends and I ran down the steps of Thayer to the women's rest room at the bottom level.

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The Age of Subtle Directness

By Mulei Nthenge | October 10, 1996

In "The Age of the Obvious," [The Dartmouth, Oct. 10] Abiola Lapite '98, an esteemed columnist, raises some very valid points, the kind of which may go fairly unnoticed from now on, since the preoccupation of these pages will decidedly lean towards the impending presidential elections. Let me point out from the outset that I neither agree nor disagree with the main thesis of his column, namely, that society has become inexorably mundane in its perceptions of love, specifically, romantic love.

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