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October 18, 2026
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Leveling the Playing Field

By Miranda Johnson | May 10, 1996

In "Confronting Reverse Racism" [The Dartmouth, May 6], Adam Siegel '98 points to Ward Connerly, the man spearheading the drive to abolish affirmative action programs in California, as an example of why these programs are no longer necessary.

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College must commit to education

Abolishing the education department flies in the face of the College's aim to provide students with a well-rounded education and to equip them with an appreciation for the value of education. With the privilege of attending Dartmouth comes a responsibility to make a positive contribution to society.

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The Purpose of Education

By Theresa Ellis | May 9, 1996

One of the fundamental purposes of Dartmouth College is to educate men and women who have a high potential for making a significant positive impact on society -- so states the first sentence of the Dartmouth College Student Handbook.

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College must support community

The College has failed to live up to its commitment to fostering community at Dartmouth and to the College's Native American community by not allowing this year's annual pow-wow to take place on the Green. With an expected increase in attendance, it was necessary for this year's community celebration to be relocated from its usual site at the Bema.

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A Woman's Right to Choose has been Stigmatized by the Pro-Life Movement

By Amy L. Mclean | May 8, 1996

To the Editor: As a representative of the newly re-established Dartmouth Students for Choice group, I feel compelled to respond to Ellen Wight '97's column "Being Pro-choice and Anti-Abortion" [The Dartmouth, May 3]. I find it very unfortunate that somehow the term pro-choice has come to mean pro-death or pro-abortion in the minds of some of the "lost middle of Americans" that Wight refers to in her column, as the assumed antithesis of the term "pro-life." This has never been the case; the pro-choice movement has never advocated making abortion more widespread or less ethically serious.

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Questioning the Status Quo

By Debbie Carbonaro | May 8, 1996

What is tradition? Webster's dictionary defines tradition in part as "a long-established custom or practice that has the effect of an unwritten law." Apparently, Dartmouth defines the same term as "an aversion to change." This unfortunate reluctance to disrupt the accepted order of the world has recently manifested itself in the decision not to allow the Pow-Wow to be held on the Green.

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Honoring Out Obligations

By Andrew Garrod | May 7, 1996

"...Teachers superintend our intellectual and moral development and extend our capacity to lead humane and fruitful lives. Because the function of teachers is so fundamentally important, one of the great unfinished items on the agenda of this nation is the strengthening of the quality of teaching at all levels of education, and most especially in elementary and secondary schools.

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The Green is Common Social Space

By Kel | May 7, 1996

Last year's annual Pow-Wow, sponsored by Native Americans at Dartmouth successfully enriched the Dartmouth community as well as the Upper Valley community by increasing cultural diversity, heritage and education. As opposed to past Pow-Wows, the Pow-Wow was particularly successful in achieving its two goals: sharing Native culture, and providing an accurate depiction of Native American life.

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Being Pro-Life and Pro-Woman

By Jonathan R. Hurst | May 6, 1996

I am writing in response to Ellen Wight '97's column in The Dartmouth "Being Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion" (May 3 ). She brings up a number of insightful observations, and it is only necessary to clarify a few of her underlying assumptions to better unravel the quandary of abortion. The first problem centers on the condition of viability.

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To Sleep or Not to Sleep

By Sam Bonderoff | May 6, 1996

Friends, there is nothing quite like the experience of staying up all night, is there? We all have our reasons for the all-nighters, and sure, sometimes it's all about homework and sometimes it's all about midterms.

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Confronting Reverse Racism

By Adam J. Siegel | May 6, 1996

In California's race to become the first state in the nation to abolish all state-sponsored affirmative action programs which give preferential treatment to minorities and women in areas of education, contracting, and hiring, a single man is leading the crusade against these unjust practices.

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A Question of Purpose

By Abiola Lapite | May 3, 1996

The problem with Dartmouth College today is that the administration has not clearly and forcefully laid out exactly where it wishes the College to go.

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The Priveledged Position of Business

By Mattew Nisbet | May 3, 1996

Money in politics is not new. After John F. Kennedy won his first congressional election, Joseph Kennedy bragged that he could have elected a laborer off the street for the amount of money he had spent on his son's campaign.

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Being Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion

By Ellen Wight | May 3, 1996

I'm about to do the unthinkable. I'm about to write a pro-choice column ... against abortion. A few weeks ago, I went to see the pro-life documentary, "The Silent Scream." As I expected, I left the film horrified at the brutality it represented.

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