Opinion

First-Year Report Disappoints

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 8, 1995

Dean of the College Lee Pelton took the easy way out by watering down his recommendations in the "Final Report of the Committee on the First-Year Experience," hindering his goal of increasing the quality of the first-year experience.

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Opinion

Coalition is well-informed

By Yvonne Chiu | May 8, 1995

To the Editor: The members of The Dartmouth's editorial board need to once again unclog the foot from their collective mouth.

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Opinion

Give the 'gift of life'

By Nancy And Jerry Mitchell | May 8, 1995

To the Editor: You are invited to give the gift of life Wednesday, May 10 and Thursday May 11 when the Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to Alumni Hall in the Hopkins Center.

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Opinion

Students concerned with sexual assault and COS process are working together

By Emily Stephens | May 8, 1995

To the Editor: In The Dartmouth's May 5 issue, the editorial board criticized Rukmini Sichitiu '95 and Yvonne Chiu '95 ("Research Must Precede Reform") for forming a coalition of students who are attempting to take action on the current sexual assault/Committee On Standards debate without first adequately researching these issues. Ah, the irony is that much thicker. By expressing their views in the editorial, The Dartmouth became guilty of the same misinformed action they were condemning. The Dartmouth, by choosing to make this a "side" issue, is simply miring the concerns of students in a mass of political goo.

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Opinion

Sorting Out What Went Wrong in the Stephens Case

By John Strayer | May 5, 1995

The events in the last few weeks surrounding Emily Stephens '97 and her attempts to seek justice in a case of alleged sexual abuse have everybody talking and many students asking, "What the heck went wrong?" This question is completely justified, but the most frustrating thing about this case is the fact that we will probably never know the answer.

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Opinion

Earth First!and anarchists do not advocate violence

By Sean Donahue | May 5, 1995

To the Editor: In an otherwise excellent and insightful opinion piece ("The True Face of the New Right," May 3, 1995), Christopher Houpt '98 incorrectly characterized anarchists and Earth First!ers as advocates of violence.

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Opinion

Research Must Precede Reform

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | May 5, 1995

Studentsdemanding that the College improve the way it handles sexual abuse complaints have noble intentions.

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Opinion

Fooling With Fonts

By Suzanne Leonard | May 5, 1995

Afew weeks ago, I decided that I needed some sort of change. I was feeling stifled, stagnated and perhaps even stymied.

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Opinion

College should let courts handle nonacademic cases

By Gerald Martin | May 4, 1995

To the Editor: Senior Associate Dean of the College Daniel Nelson makes an astute and worthwhile observation in his letter to the Editor of The Dartmouth on May 2, 1995, when he writes that "Difficult matters are often difficult to discuss, but they deserve the benefit of accurate information, integrity and a willingness to learn from one another." However, even the therapeutic disciplinary process [Dean Nelson] describes is a pale imitation of the justice system as it exists outside sheltered campus communities.

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Opinion

Review Failed to Focus on Cover-up

By Dan Richman | May 4, 1995

There'sbeen a lot of talk in the past couple of weeks about The Dartmouth Review and their latest flirtation with what some have called "tabloid journalism." While such a label is little more than a knee-jerk reaction, one must certainly question the motivation behind The Review's most recent expose. In its now infamous April 19 issue, The Review sought to bring to light a supposed Parkhurst cover-up by exposing the "hidden stories" of four campus leaders: Hosea Harvey '95, Earl Plante '94, James Hunter '95, and Jim Brennan '96. Reaction to the story has been somewhat mixed; some have praised The Review for breaking the story and others have accused the off-campus weekly of mudslinging.

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Opinion

Web Surfers Face Perilous Waters

By Andy Schader | May 4, 1995

Thispast weekend my parents were in town for Freshman Parent's Weekend.One of the things I showed them was the variety of interesting sites I had found on the Internet.

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Opinion

The True Face of The New Right

By Christopher Houpt | May 3, 1995

Newspaperheadlines are usually a bit depressing. Recession, war, crime and other such topics are common fare.

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Opinion

The Space Race

By Aaron Klein | May 3, 1995

Ina letter to the Editor of The Dartmouth onApril 19, 1995 ("WRC relocation and housing crunch are separate issues") Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo and Admininstrator of the WRC Kathleen Karr discussed how the relocation of the WRC and the housing crunch were unrelated.

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Opinion

Resources regarding sexual abuse are available

By Liza Veto | May 3, 1995

To the Editor: Due to recent articles and columns in this student paper and others, and posters seen around campus, I feel that it is important for the Dartmouth community to understand what resources are available with regard to sexual abuse.

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Opinion

Greek Houses Have a Responsibility to Maintain Their Exteriors

By Kevin Walsh | May 2, 1995

Brokenwindows and grimy exteriors contribute to an impression of barely suppressed ugliness creeping out of the walls while randomly strewn trash highlights the surrounding grounds.

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Opinion

In sexual abuse cases

By Daniel M. Nelson and Daniel M. Nelson | May 2, 1995

College provides resources information and discretion

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Opinion

Dartmouth Needs a Diversity of Individuals

By Doug Shen | May 1, 1995

Sometimesit seems that Dartmouth is a breeding ground for doubles. How many times during the course of a day do we wave to someone, only to realize on closer inspection that we waved to the wrong person and then try to pretend that we were waving to someone off in the distance?

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Opinion

Deans Give Students Information, Not Ultimatums

By Peter Goldsmith | May 1, 1995

Ordinarily deans are prevented from commenting publicly about private conversations with students because of our professional and legal obligation to protect the rights of students to confidentiality.

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Opinion

Administration Discouraged COS Case

By Emily Stephens | April 28, 1995

Atthe end of Spring term 1994, I approached Dean of Freshmen Peter Goldsmith and recounted to him an incident that had occurred earlier in the quarter.

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Opinion

Blitzes to Beware of

By Suzanne Leonard | April 28, 1995

Thestory had all the makings of a juicy spy novel -- espionage, modern technology, national security and the impending visit of the President of the United States.

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