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The Dartmouth
October 16, 2026
The Dartmouth
Opinion




Opinion

Create a New Sorority

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The College should commit itself to establishing gender equity in its social system and creating a new sorority would be a good start. Dartmouth's social system, in particular the Greek system, currently offers more opportunities to men than women, while membership in sororities is bursting at the seams.


Opinion

The Spirit of an Age

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OnMay 21, 1921, at 10:22pm French time, in a plane called "The Spirit of St. Louis," Charles A. Lindbergh completed his groundbreaking flight across the Atlantic.



Opinion

Gorton Bill threatens biodiversity

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To the Editor: The Endangered Species Act (ESA), a battered cannon in the legislative arsenal of environmental protection, is being significantly challenged for the first time in its 22 year history.


Opinion

A Message That Graduates Should Hear

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Whilethe men and women of Dartmouth have yet to graduate, graduations have been taking place at many schools across the nation, accompanied by the usual exhortations to seize the day, make an impact and otherwise hit the world head on.



Opinion

The Morning Ritual

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At2:45 a.m. November 1, 1973, I was bornin Northshore Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Ever since that fateful day on which I disrupted my mother's sleep and permanently scarred her abdomen (i.e.


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Article stereotyped Hanover High students inaccurately

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To the Editor: In response to The Dartmouth's article, "Hanover High students: More than just baggy pants and skateboards," (May 18, 1995) the reporter stereotyped the students of Hanover High with the idea that [they] are "invading Dartmouth territory." The title of the article was supposed to define how Hanover High is "More than baggy jeans and skateboards," but the idea was not clearly illustrated when reading the first paragraph.


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Report on Asgard's becoming an undergraduate society is still in the works

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To the Editor: On behalf of the alcohol task force, I would like to clarify the situation surrounding the discussion about Asgard's becoming an undergraduate society ("Asgard may become an undergraduate society," May 18, 1995). At this point, the committee has not yet voted on any of the many proposed recommendations, and thus it is premature to say that the task force has "recommended" any specific action.


Opinion

ENGS professor should receive tenure

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To the Editor: We would like to take a few minutes and express our shock and distress with the Engineering department's decision not to recommend tenure for Professor Albert Henning. For us students, it came as a great surprise that Professor Henning was not recommended.





Opinion

Approve Assembly Reform

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TheStudent Assembly should pass the recommendations of the Student Assembly External Review Committee as a vital first step in bringing some legitimacy back to student government at Dartmouth. The committee's well-thought out and well-researched report, released Tuesday, is properly titled "Undergraduate Council: Toward a More Responsible Student Government." The word "Assembly" to students is synonymous with "infighting" and "incompetency." Changing the name would be a symbolic break from the Assembly's troubled past. But the recommendations are about more than just a name change -- they address several fundamental problems that have plagued the Assembly for years.



Opinion

Blood and Iron

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Thepast few weeks have seen the marking of the end of the Second World War. Thus it seems timely to examine one of the chief causes of this war, as well as of the Great War which preceded it: The creed of militarism. The word "militarism" has acquired in our age quite negative connotations, and its very mention is enough in some circles to bring on uncomfortable silence.