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August 29, 2026
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The Romance of a Stone

By Abiola Lapite | April 28, 1995

Ona wall of the Bartlett Language Resource Center hangs a reproduction of the Rosetta Stone. As we blithely go about our respective affairs, it is difficult to remember the story that this black piece of basalt has to tell, and the exertions men have made to decipher it. The importance of the Rosetta Stone is in the crucial role it played in the decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script.

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Where is Our Moral Outrage?

By Rachel R. Gilliar | April 27, 1995

AsI walked across the Green on Tuesdaymorning, I noticed the details of the campus: The clear blue sky, the color of summer days or a baby's eyes, accented only by a few faint clouds; the mountains of New Hampshire peeking out from behind each building -- "God's country," as I've heard many alumni refer to it; Baker Tower, tall, strong, everlasting, set against this brilliant backdrop. And one more symbol among all these of nature and purity -- the American Flag flying, at full mast, higher than it has in the past few days.

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A More Realistic Nightmare

By Chris Carson | April 26, 1995

To the Editor: I'm glad that Dartmouth is coming to terms with its nightmares ("A Commencement Nightmare," April 19, 1995) because I was beginning to think I was the only one having them. Just last night I had this nightmare where everything I took for granted was being torn apart by our nation's leaders.

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Useless Body Parts

By Brian Deaner | April 26, 1995

Haveyou ever wondered why certain parts of the body haven't evolved out of existence? Well this past Tuesday, I stood pondering such a physiological question.

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Greek system is constantly evolving

By Jessica Adelman | April 26, 1995

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Dan Richman's column "Frats Must Change to Survive," (April 13, 1995). As a member of a Greek house and the Coed, Fraternity, Sorority Council, I think that we are all aware of the danger the Greek system faces.

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Make Your Own 'Dartmouth Experience'

By Kevin Walsh | April 25, 1995

Whatkind of school is Dartmouth? Is this the kind of place where I would like to spend the next four years of my life? These are the kinds of questions that the many prospectives who have flooded the campus this past week have been asking.

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Thanks to Collis custodian

By Bonnie G. Walsh | April 21, 1995

To the Editor: A couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter to this newspaper because I had lost my pocketbook during Winter Carnival weekend and it was returned by an unknown person with everything in it.

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Awareness Awareness Week

By Dan Richman | April 21, 1995

Here at Dartmouth, we are certainly not lacking in our "causes." One can begin to appreciate the plethora of advocacy by the very fact that we have certain days and weeks dedicated to the pursuit of particular causes (i.e.

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