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The Dartmouth
February 11, 2026 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Opinion
Opinion

Words of Wisdom Past

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Dateline: April 12, 1994. Election day. In this very paper, a column by none other than yours truly is printed, entitled "Sugahara for President." In it, I stated: "[Danielle] Moore's middle name is politics and she is a walking controversy . . . I guarantee that if she were to be elected, the politics and infighting [in the Student Assembly] would increase exponentially." Funny how things turn out.


Opinion

Yes to First Year Plan

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To better the sense of community that is fundamental to Dartmouth's academic setting, the recommendations of the Committee on the First-Year Experience released last May should be approved by the Trustees for implementation. The report recommends that three residential clusters, including the River and the Choates, be dedicated to freshmen; that a senior faculty member reside near the freshmen clusters to "stimulate intellectual exchange;" residence assignment so that students in the same First-Year Seminars and English 2/3 and 5 classes live within the same cluster; that the seminar leader be the faculty adviser for students taking the seminar; and lastly, that 100 additional beds be constructed. Currently, freshmen and sophomores comprise over 70 percent of the dorm population -- interaction between juniors, seniors and freshmen is already minimal.


Opinion

Dissolve The Assembly

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The time has come to dissolve the Student Assembly. The events of the past few days are an appropriate culmination of the chicanery that has plagued SA for the past few years. It is a true pity that it has come to this point.


Opinion

Internal Possession an Issue of Law-making

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To the Editor: I am writing in response to your editorial ("A Cause For Outrage?," Oct. 26) which was quoted in the November 4 edition of the Manchester Union-Leader. Since I am in Oxford this term, I have regrettably not been able to obtain a copy of your full editorial and I only received the Union -Leader article.



Opinion

Davis Wrong on Issue of Women and Abortion

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It is not surprising or at all unusual that Angela Davis said some of the things that she said in her harangue on Saturday, but the reaction to many of the things which she said was unnerving to say the least. Rather than point out the many inflammatory remarks that were made and think about the positive reactions given by the audience, let us examine another issue that is problematic and deserving of attention. This is an issue that is unpopular to discuss, but is increasingly a non-issue on campus and within this country.


Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

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To the Editor: I feel that I must let you know what I think of the news that the Student Assembly was trying to eject John Honovich '97. All that he did was tell the students what was going on inside the Assembly.


Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

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To the Editor: As a member of the SA Executive committee, I would like to say that I have the upmost faith and trust in John Honovich '97 and his ability to serve as a student representative.


Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

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To the Editor: I think that the charges against John Honovich '97 are unfounded. I think that certain members of the SA Executive committee do not want a person who does not agree with their views.



Opinion

Moore, Honovich Elected; Stay the Course

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To the Editor: The resignation of Daniel Moore '95 and John Honovich '97 would only prove that partisan politics can rule the Student Assembly. The student body last spring elected Moore as president of the Assembly.


Opinion

Centrism in the Assembly

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Deep within the Student Assembly, there is the centrist. There is the dedicated woman or man who has no plans to marginalize groups with different ideas, different visions and different thoughts. There is this person who is at first a Dartmouth student before he or she is a liberal or a conservative, and who wants to better both the Assembly and the Dartmouth community not only for himself or herself, but for all of us who go to school here and who spend our incredibly important four years here. This centrist works not only on tangible products and services that the Assembly can provide, but devotes an equal amount of time to important social and community -based issues that affect the quality of life of each and every one of us. In other words, the centrist realizes the necessity of an accurate course guide, a dining guide and a student advantage card, but at the same time recognizes that there is more our student government can and should do. He or she knows the influence that the Assembly can wield in securing computers in the stacks of the library, in working with the College Procter to improve lighting and in convincing the gym to expand the weight room hours.


Opinion

Look Past Moore's Decision to the Issues

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To the Editor: As the adviser to the Student Assembly, I wanted to write in an attempt to refocus the conversation with regard to Danielle Moore '95's resignation. Many people have written challenging the rationale behind her decision, and yet the fact that other women leaders have not experienced the same treatment does not invalidate Moore's experience. It's easy to spend time second guessing her decision . It is harder to take on the challenge she presented and to look critically at the way leaders are supported on this campus. It saddens me that her situation is not unique.




Opinion

Honovich Deserves Support

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To the Editor: I will be the first to admit that I haven't been to a Student Assembly meeting yet (I'm only a '98), but the only reason I know it exists is because John Honovich '97 has tried to keep me informed.


Opinion

Empowerment of Women a Reason to Stay

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To the Editor: As a woman and a feminist I am disappointed with the reasons given by Danielle Moore '95 for her resignation of the Student Assembly presidency. I do not fault her for failing to stop infighting in the Assembly; that task seems superhuman.


Opinion

The Real Gender Problems Forgotten

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Student Assembly President Danielle Moore '95's resignation sparked predictable responses: outrage, criticism, confusion. The act of resignation is a controversial one -- a disappointing one, from the standpoint of the students who elected her with the expectation that she would serve as Assembly president for the whole year and try to put the Assembly back on course.


Opinion

Fighting Sexism an Unnecessary Sacrifice

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I am writing in order to support Danielle Moore '95's decision to resign as Student Assembly president, as well as to say something to those who have attacked her for doing so. Over the past 24 hours what I have heard most about her decision are loud proclamations from men that if Moore was not respected as a leader, it was not because she was a woman, but because she was a bad leader. I am not a part of the Assembly, nor do I know anyone involved in this organization, but as a woman and a student leader on campus, I have encountered both subtle and overt sexism and complete disrespect since the day I arrived on this campus. Making the problem worse are the men (most of the male students at Dartmouth I would say) who react violently to such a claim and refuse to listen to anything that Moore, or any woman making a similar complaint, has to say. Though I know that it will do no good, I demand that each and every man on this campus examine his behavior and ask himself whether he really has treated every woman with whom he has come into contact with the respect she deserves. For example, have you never made sexist comments, used sexist terms or cracked sexist jokes?


Opinion

In Resigning, Moore Failed As Activist

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I regret deeply that Danielle Moore '95 felt the need to resign as Student Assembly president. Although I did not always agree with the positions she took, she provided a good example of leadership, and I admired her conciliatory approach to Assembly politics which, over the past couple of years, have at times -- though not always, as some believe -- embodied all that is wrong with American politics today. She was having a hard time and I think that perhaps the poor attendance at Assembly meetings proved to be her biggest bane (and, indirectly, the cause of many problems), however she continued to stick to her beliefs.