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Michigan's Engler shows what government can do

By Matthew Berry | October 4, 1993

With the Clinton administration firmly ensconced in Washington D.C. and the Freedman administration entrenched in Hanover, as a conservative columnist, it is very easy to lapse into a pattern of only complaining about what is wrong in our nation and at our College. Not eager to become, in former Vice President Spiro Agnew's words, "a nattering nebob of negativity," this week I wanted to let you know about a place where government is actually succeeding.

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'Rush terrorists' irresponsible

By Ryan Victor | October 4, 1993

Well, rush is over for the fall of 1993, and I couldn't be more relieved. I'm glad not so much because it is an exhausting experience, but because every year it seems to bring the worst out of Dartmouth students, just for a few days. During the days of rush, it is remarkable how little respect anti-Greeks show their fellow students and how poorly they regard the intelligence of their fellow students. I'm not talking about those (I apologize most sincerely for forgetting your name) who stand outside dining halls and attempt to engage students in informal dialogue about the pros and cons of the Greek system. I'm referring to the "rush terrorists," people who self-righteously proclaim the evils of the Greek system and then retreat into the shadows to congratulate each other's heroism in anonymity.

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Rush questions

By Christopher Carson | October 1, 1993

I have some questions about the fraternity system. I am addressing these questions to the Dartmouth community with the hope that they will not be taken as a cynical stream of challenge, but as a voice in the dialogue that must be continued. First and foremost at this time of rushing, I question the need for a social system of exclusion.

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Make weight room more accessible

By Tyler Newby | October 1, 1993

Physical fitness is becoming less accessible for the average Dartmouth student. A friend and I were recently on our way to the Kresge Fitness Center when we met two people returning from the fitness center.

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A new social experience

By Amiri Barksdale | September 30, 1993

How many of you Dartmouth men wish that there was more to the social life here than getting drunk with buddies and going to the same old fraternities and meeting the same old 115-pound waifs with trust funds? If you are the least bit like me, there must be quite a few of you who have just about reached your limit with these women.

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I depledged my sorority

By The Dartmouth | September 29, 1993

I depledged my sorority at the end of Summer term 1993. Although there a few other motivational forces, the reason I ended my membership was that as a woman of color I felt very uncomfortable in Dartmouth's mainstream sorority system.

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Deaf ears

By House Editorial Staff | September 28, 1993

Last night six senior women participated in a panel discussion on the Greek system, a valuable exercise in improving the sorority system. The women shared their personal experiences with audience members, but those women who would have benefited most from the speakers were, for the most part, not there. The audience was made up mostly of other senior women, who were eager to discuss their own impressions of the system and answer questions they had about the system while participating in it. But on the eve of the first day of sorority rush, the number of '96 women in theaudience was conspicuously low. The number of audience members and their eager questions after the event show the value of students advising each other about the benefits and pitfalls of the sorority system.

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An open letter to Jeffrey Hart

By Walter Stephens | September 28, 1993

Dear Professor Hart: I would like to correct what I believe are errors of substance in your letter published in The Dartmouth Monday. You state that "[Professor Thomas Luxon's] political correctness is so great that he has the arrogance in a public forum at Dartmouth to speak over a sophomore in the kid's [sic] mid-sentence, shouting his own views." To the best of my recollection, (a) Professor Luxon did not interrupt a student in order to shout his own views; (b) the professor who did interrupt one or more students was myself.

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Don't rest your future on the name 'Dartmouth'

By Tyler Newby | September 28, 1993

When I was in high school one of my more cynical friends told me that a college's name secures your first job, but not much else. However, I matriculated believing that a an Ivy League diploma would guarantee me a prosperous, high profile and meaningful career for the rest of my life.

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No Greek suicide

By House Editorial Staff | September 28, 1993

By adding a night of Wednesday rush, the Interfraternity Council has saved itself from doing a regrettable disservice. Until last night, this year's rush regulations only allowed one night of open rush, to be followed by two nights of invitation-only events.

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Peace will bring Israel security

By Michael Arad | September 27, 1993

Over this summer Israel's government demonstrated its commitment to security and peace. The retaliatory strikes that the Israel Defense Forces carried out in southern Lebanon against the Hizbollah terrorists made it clear that when issues of security arise the government would not hesitate to react promptly and with the required force. Less than two months after the events in Lebanon, Israel's government demonstrated that it was also committed to peace as it recognized the Palestine Liberation Organization as the representative of the Palestinian population, and cut a deal with it over limited self-rule. I believe Israel's security depends on peace.

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