Though Some Are More Vulnerable
Bigotry and Hatred Affects All
Bigotry and Hatred Affects All
The time is nigh for a new elitism. The elitism I speak of is not of the political or social variety, but an elitism of the mind.
In Wednesday night's second presidential debate, President Bill Clinton responded to several of Senator Bob Dole's policy challenges by saying "I don't have time in thirty seconds to fix all that." But Clinton could not explain the discrepancies in his own record if he had 30 minutes.
Today when you walk past the Environmental Studies Division of the Outing Club's voter registration drive in the Hopkins Center, consider that in 1994 a member of Congress won his seat by only 21 votes.
To the Editor: In light of the recent opinion piece dealing with the atmosphere and "mystique" at football games, I would like to make a few things known to the Dartmouth community about one of the groups mentioned that tries its best to make the football games fun and successful: the Dartmouth College Marching Band. As the columnist suggested, it is important to support fellow students in their efforts to contribute to the school and to represent it well while off campus.
The idealistic blood boiled in my veins when I read "Why Vote" by Joe Peters '99. Imagine a classmate of mine devoting an entire column to urging the Dartmouth Community not to vote! As it is, young people vote far less than any other group in this country.
To the Editor: Last spring, students were told that a decision on the future of the Department of Education would be announced this fall.
To the Editor: I read with mixed feelings the story on the Will to Excel's attainments, "Campaign hits most goals" (Oct.
I am writing this column on behalf of the Coed, Fraternity, and Sorority Council, which is formed by the presidents of the 27 Greek-organizations on campus.
It is not the absence of desire, as Buddha suggests, that leads to happiness. Rather, it is the presence of desires that we try to satisfy that makes us happy.
To the Editor: The column by Kenji Hosokawa ["Why Dole Should Win," The Dartmouth, Oct. 14] deserves to be replied to.
As a columnist, it brings me a great deal of satisfaction to meet strangers who inform me that they read my column.
To the Editor: It is not often that a column or article in The Dartmouth sufficiently angers me to publicly pen a response.
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.
In the next several weeks these pages will feature an enormous amount of material on the impending presidential elections.
I was sitting in Food Court the other day when a male friend of mine walked in and sat down across from me.
A Saturday afternoon in Hanover, New Hampshire. The air is crisp and fresh. The sun is out, washing over your face.
I know that you're probably expecting some querulous harangue in this week's column, but if you are, prepare to be relieved.
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.
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.