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The Dartmouth
October 17, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Women's Future: Who Will Decide?

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Women's Future: Who Decides?" That was the title of the program sponsored last Saturday by the Institute for Women & Social Change, an event which called a group of women from the Upper Valley together to participate in an exiting, thought-provoking discussion about the challenges facing women today.


Opinion

Douglas isn't the best candidate, even in fantasy

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To the Editor: As long as we are happy to blur the lines between fantasy and real life, I offer a few reasons why Laura Zachman might want to reconsider her write-in vote for Michael Douglas as president. In "Wall Street," Michael Douglas played capitalist from hell Gordon Gekko, happily pronouncing that "greed, for the lack of a better word, is good.


Opinion

Dartmouth on a Different Plain?

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As the senior class comes one term closer to its final date with graduation, and the snow begins to blanket our home on the hill, I sat back during one long, sleepless/study-filled night last week.



Opinion

'Erotica' and 'Pornography'

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Whenever I talk to someone about a Dartmouth Film Society movie in the "Sex in the Cinema" series, there is an attempt to divide it up into erotica or pornography.






Opinion

Misogyny Via E-mail

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Last week more than 300 women (mostly students) at Dartmouth received a copy of an extraordinarily misogynistic electronic-mail message that had been written by a group of men at another Ivy League college.




Opinion

Coverage focused on Greek negatives, not positives

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To the Editor: I'm writing to you about an article that appeared in the Nov. 14 edition of The Dartmouth titled "Greek Houses Win Awards." The Awards Banquet served as a formal closing and a means of recognizing the 1996 leadership within the Greek System.



Opinion

A Culture of Apathy

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Dinesh D'Souza '83 spoke on campus recently. Does anybody remember? Just a few weeks ago there was a big controversy as Kappa Chi Kappa fraternity changed their name to Kappa Kappa Kappa.



Opinion

A Martyr for Peace

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It seems that all the most crushing news, the kind of news you want to be sitting down for and holding a kind hand in order to receive, arrives over BlitzMail.



Opinion

Imagine 'Real' Hunger

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As many of you know, this week is designated as Hunger Awareness Week. I'm not an expert on hunger related issues, I'm not currently politically active nor have I personally experienced "real" hunger.