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More Than Character Matters

By Nina Mcadoo | May 11, 1994

In his column in The New York Times a couple of weeks ago,Russell Baker summed up quite well how the press of late has been reluctant to seize upon real issues and instead has indulged in feeding frenzies on whatever the trash of the day happens to be. Particularly in the case of the Clintons, he contended in "The Politics of Hate," the attacks have been quite vituperative and very often below the belt, both literally and figuratively. Bill Clinton's sexual life should not be a matter of public discourse; nor should any President's, for that matter. At any rate, plenty of presidents have indulged in extramarital affairs, including none other than Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom many have deemed a great president.

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Why a Transcript Change Can't Work

By Brian Sung | May 10, 1994

Over the past few decades, average grades at many colleges and universities have been steadily creeping up, causing alarm among educators who feel that students today are not learning the value of hard work.

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Stand Up For the Environment

By Haskins Hobson | May 6, 1994

Here at Dartmouth, there are recycling bins all around campus. But for some students, unless the bin is right in front of them, they will throw a soda can or piece of paper into the nearest trash can.

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First Year Folly

By Brandon Del Pozo | May 6, 1994

Late last month, The Dartmouth reported that the Committee on the First-YearExperience was planning to recommend changing the name of the entering class from "Freshmen" to "First-Year Students." Since then the committee has been silent. Unless this report was leaked, the committee needs to rethink its public relations strategy.

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What's In a Grade?

By Claire Unis | May 4, 1994

I want you to turn to the nearest senior and pat him or her on the back. And then I want you to ask, "How does it feel to have your transcript and resume scrutinized as though they contain every measure of your ability and potential to be 'successful' (whatever that means) in this world?" Now ask if there are any grades they wish they could erase, any classes they took out of curiosity that lowered their GPAs, any grades that just don't reflect the work they put into something. Then tell them that next to each grade assigned, recipients of that transcript -- graduate schools and future employers -- could see the number of students enrolled and the average grade in that course, as well as a "+" or "o" or "-" denoting whether the student's grade was better, the same as, or below the class average. For some students, this sounds like a Godsend.

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Condemn Caning Authoritarianism

By John Murray | May 4, 1994

To the Editor: There are several rather disturbing misperceptions in Won Joon Choe's '97 column "Judging Asia's Authoritarianism" (May 2). Amid his enthusiasm for what he identifies as that country's political and legal authoritarian underpinnings, he asserts that no government can rightly "claim that it is the best form of government in all cases and for all people." Curiously, this does not prevent Choe from prescribing that very system for the United States, whose crime and environmental problems he attributes to "the proliferation of individual rights." Yet the author fails to consider that Singapore, with its tiny and homogeneous population of 2.5 million, has largely escaped the societal problems posed by a multicultural population ten times its size. To conclude that the current difficulties in this country are the result of its commitment to individual rights is absurd.

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Judging Asia's Authoritarianism

By Won Joon Choe | May 2, 1994

The word "authoritarian" has a negative ring to Western ears. To set the record straight, "authoritarian" is innocuously defined in the New Webster's Dictionary as "favoring, or relating to, the theory that respect for authority is of greater importance than individual liberty." Authoritarianism has been the successful government of choice for many Asian countries, especially those seeking to quickly industrialize.

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Voting Record In Balance

By Brandon Del Pozo | April 29, 1994

Now that I have been elected to the Student Assembly, I can only assume that with my position comes a staggering power and a weighty responsibility - at any moment I could be called upon to impeach Danielle Moore '95 or boycott a cafeteria. Because of this, I have done much thinking about the issues that affect us, and for the benefit of my constituents - those six guys who have rifled through the recycling bin at the Hop for a D and are reading this as we speak - I present a clip-and-save version of my stance on the issues: Freshman dorms: This is a great idea.

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Remember Los Angeles, Aril 29

By John Ha | April 29, 1994

April 29, 1992 ... everyone remembers the controversial verdict in the case of Rodney King and the awful symbolism it represented to the black community. Everyone remembers the civil unrest and rioting that ensued in South-central Los Angeles as a result of the court decision.

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