Dartmouth, as a whole, is supportive of gays
To the Editor: In response to recent publicity surrounding the "rash of homophobic activity" at the College, I would like to attempt to place these events in perspective.
To the Editor: In response to recent publicity surrounding the "rash of homophobic activity" at the College, I would like to attempt to place these events in perspective.
Dartmouth teaches us many things, but perhaps most importantly, it teaches us the ability to think and act as educated and informed human beings.
To the Editor: There are very few situations in which violent and abusive acts solve anything, and in countless cases, that violence usually ends up worsening any problems it endeavored to solve in the first place.
To the Editor: Although I had originally hoped not to be named, I feel compelled to correct a statement attributed to me in Friday's issue of The Dartmouth ("Rainbow Alliance plans response to rash of 'homophobic' activity," Oct.
To the Editor: I am writing in regard to the recent homophobic incident that has taken place on campus.
To the Editor: I was very disappointed to note that the article in Tuesday's edition ("Students celebrate Halloween early") which included a review of the Oct.
Undergraduate Advisor is a position that entails a great deal of power on this campus. Like teachers, professors and other mentors, we UGAs have the ability to have a positive impact on minds equally bright, though less experienced than our own.
I must admit that I hadn't been thinking much about foreign policy lately. But something I saw in the news last week made me stop and think.
To the Editor: Although I thought that the article, "With Canada remaining intact, students are happy," (Nov.
Last week The Dartmouth editorialized that Kappa Chi Kappa's decision to revert to its historical name of Kappa Kappa Kappa damages the Dartmouth community because of the name's initials ("Change to Tri-Kap is Insensitive," Oct.
Social protest at Dartmouth is a bit like a dandelion poking its yellow head up between the used condoms and McDonald's wrappers of an inner city gutter: It is so refreshing to see life's signature under such circumstances that the last thing you want to do is hold out for an orchid. Thus it is in the spirit of encouragement and constructive suggestion -- not criticism -- that I would like to address two of Dartmouth's more recent tempests-in-a-plastic-cup.
So, here's what you do: Put on a costume or scary mask; get a bag, pillowcase, or plastic pumpkin; join up with some friends and knock on people's doors; when they come to the door, hold out your carrying apparatus and wait as they deposit small pieces of candy in them.
What would you say if you found out that for $5 extra, someone could go directly to the front of the grill line in Food Court?
To the Editor: I couldn't help noticing that the headline having to do with the Dartmouth Night bonfire was incorrect.
To the Editor: How come when Marc McDonald '96 passes out in food court his picture is on the front page of The Dartmouth the very next day, but when he and his team sweep the Heptagonal Championships along with the women's team for the second straight year there is not even a single mentioning of it as late as three days later?
On my arrival at this college as a freshman, I was struck by a particular aspect of the culture of Dartmouth, namely, the emphasis on tradition.
To the Editor: I am writing in response to Sarah Johnston's editorial, "Years Later-Have Greeks Changed?" (Oct.
When I was younger, my father and granfather took me fishing in a forest that was filled with tall evergreen trees, oaks and maples, rolling hills, streams, lakes and deer.
Like the pond, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled." Thoreau's words from Walden danced through my head as I gazed through the pines at Storr's Pond.
To the Editor: There were a number of problems with quotations and statements attributed to me in Friday's article about the sexual assault petition ("Group gathers signatures for sexual assault petition," Oct.