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The Tyranny of Tolerance

By Kevin Walsh | April 17, 1995

Howmany times do we hear of tolerance here at Dartmouth? There are many places where this word can be encountered, and we often use it without reflecting on exactly what we mean when we say it.

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Finding Unity Amongst Diversity

By Chris Houpt | April 14, 1995

Pascalwrote, "Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny." The tension between plurality and unity lies at the center of Dartmouth's multiculturalism debate.

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Many women have benefited from posing in Playboy

By Peter Ruprecht | April 14, 1995

To the Editor: Debbie Carbonaro '97 seems to think that Playboy "is contributing to an industry whose sole purpose is the sale of women's bodies," ("The Importance of Rejecting Playboy," April 12, 1995.) She fails to see other points, firstly, that every woman that has been a centerfold in the recent past has received large amounts of cash and has had many doors opened [to] the fashion and entertainment industries. She states that "it seems extremely difficult to view a woman as a commodity one day and then go to work or school the next day and treat her as an equal." Perhaps she might not see this as good because these women are relying on their bodies as opposed to their intellects in such situations to succeed.

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Is it Worth the Trouble?

By Joel Thornton | April 14, 1995

Matt Nisbet's column "Just Right of the Center" ("Playboy Opponents Face a Long Fight," April 13, 1995) should have been more appropriately titled, "Just Right Passed the Point." In a stupendous display of logical analysis Nisbet leads us to the quintessential Dartmouth view, "Is it worth the trouble?" I do not intend to try to explain the difference between art and pornography, which any intelligent person could discern for himself.

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Commencement relocation fails to honor Seniors

By Jeremy Katz | April 13, 1995

To the Editor: The Class of '95 has earned a wonderful distinction. We will be the first class whose Commencement exercises will be held in Memorial Stadium, breaking the 40-year-old tradition of commencement in front of Baker Library.

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Commencement should be held on Baker Lawn

By Jonathan G. Belk | April 13, 1995

To the Editor I have many reservations about holding Commencement at Memorial Field. It is my feeling that commencement should be held at Baker's Grand Lawn. First and foremost, I believe that holding Commencement at Memorial Field detracts from the ceremony.

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Harvard Bashing is Pointless

By Dan Hogins | April 13, 1995

As Experience Dartmouth (the College's week for introducing prospectives to our school) nears, I begin to wonder what qualities of Dartmouth will remain in the heads of prospectives.

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D'Amato's Racist 'Joke' is Inexcusable

By Gene J. Yao | April 12, 1995

New York's Republican Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato has managed to add Asian-Americans to the long list of groups he has offended during his 14-year tenure in the Senate. On April 4, D'Amato made a vain attempt at black humor on Don Imus' nationally syndicated radio broadcast.

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Take Care What You Say

By Abiola Lapite | April 12, 1995

Anotable feature ofDartmouth culture isthe tendency tosqueeze all manners ofviews and opinions into a restrictive set of categories, namely left, right or (least often) center.Speaking out for or against anything is enough to get one branded a "conservative" or (more often) a "liberal." Quite apart from whether these terms are as deserving of scorn as they are made out to be, are such terms of reference the only ones there are? Confucius once said, "The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow."These are wise words indeed, and most of us would like to believe that we live by such a maxim. But how can this be true if we come pre-equipped to see the world from an ideological stance?

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People You Should Avoid

By Brian Deaner | April 12, 1995

With only a few thousand people on the Dartmouth campus at any one time, you may find that you run into some of the same people on a regular basis.

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