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SA politics will be interesting

By Andrew Smith | October 15, 1993

I swore I wouldn't do this. After last spring's Student Assembly presidential soap opera, in which my character was killed off after three blockbuster seasons, I swore that I would remain dutifully, commitedly, silently dead.

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Keep ROTC at Dartmouth

By Brandon Del Pozo | October 15, 1993

The U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at Dartmouth, in conjunction with the Norwich Military Academy, comprises one of the oldest vestiges of the ROTC itself, being formed early in this century between the two schools. However, recently, the Trustees of the College vote every year whether to end the program at Dartmouth since it conflicts with the theory of equal opportunity: acts of homosexuals and bisexuality are not permitted in the Army's ranks. I will not look at the role of homosexuals and bisexuals in the military, as that is a separate though related issue: as a student here, I am concerned with the very survival of the ROTC. First, the Army will not wait for Dartmouth The five or six officers that we produce yearly is not enough to make a three-million person institution turn around and say "Oh -- well ... it's Dartmouth we're talking about ... let's change our national policy!" The issue of homosexuals in the military will not be resolved at this level because we want it to be.

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NAD celebration embraces all

By Ethan Ostrow | October 13, 1993

In a time when cultural rifts plunge more people daily into abysmal depths of ignorance and hate, the College should be exceedingly grateful for the Native Americans at Dartmouth.

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Rethinking a hero

By Tyler Newby | October 13, 1993

Yet another Columbus Day has come and gone, and many of us are still unsure what to make of it. In fact, Columbus Day is the probably most paradoxical holiday in the United States. On one hand, Christopher Columbus symbolizes the type of boldness that has sent men and women into outer space and to the icy summits of mountains that have been deemed insurmountable.

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WDCR censors conservative opinions

By Matthew Berry | October 11, 1993

Two weeks ago, I was invited to appear on On Target, WDCR-AM's hour-long public affairs show which normally airs Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Other invited guests included Student Assembly President Nicole Artzer '94, SA Vice President Steve Costalas '94, Class of 1995 President Tim Rodenberger '95, former SA Executive Committee member Jesse Russell '96, and SA Representatives Grant Bosse '94 and Jeff Bell '96. Costalas and Bell were unable to attend the taping on Sunday afternoon so the show was set to take place with Artzer, Russell, Bosse, Rodenberger, myself and moderator Bill Hall '96. The topics for debate were to include the formation of the Student Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Procedure, the Student Assembly agenda for the year, and the future of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program on campus. At 12:30 p.m.

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All of our social ills cannot be blamed on frats

By Brandon Del Pozo | October 8, 1993

Well, the decision has been made: I am an official Frat Boy. I was almost deterred by those well-thought out posters that were hanging around campus, as there message was very clearly reasoned: "Rush -- and become another f**king Dartmouth frat boy." Wow -- with persuasive arguments like that, I was almost tempted to join the poster-hangers! I'm sure you're all wondering what secret ceremonies go on inside the hallowed halls of frat row.

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Early SA politicking is reprehensible

By Kishan Putta | October 8, 1993

After attending the most bureaucratic Student Assembly meeting I have yet to take part in this past Tuesday, my frustrations focused on two points. One involves the "ad hoc committee on procedure" which has been much publicized this past week in The Dartmouth.

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We have better things to do

By Leanne Armano | October 7, 1993

Women of Dartmouth, throw down your beers, renounce your trust funds. Starch those aprons your grandmother saved for your wedding trunks and dust off your copies of Joy of Cooking.

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Do not realign baseball

By Ethan Ostrow | October 6, 1993

Next year I suppose I will be waiting anxiously to see if my hometown baseball team can earn a wild card berth in the American League Central division.

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Extend finals library hours

By Tyler Newby | October 6, 1993

Although finals are not something to look forward to, try picturing this scenario: It's late, you are tucked far back in the stacks of Baker Library, and you are trying to cram 10 weeks of reading into one night.

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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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