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The Dartmouth
July 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Opinion

Opinion

Ready for summer?

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Well, it's summertime. The birds are chirping, the bugs are buzzing and the term is beginning. And since the term just began, I thought that I would make some predictions for this summer for all of you to ponder. Within the first month of the term, someone will find President Freedman in a can of Diet Pepsi.


Opinion

From hate to love, and learning all the way

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Before I matriculated at Dartmouth, I thought I knew the school pretty well. I thought either I would despise the rural environment and become completely bored with the College, or I would enjoy the serene country club lifestyle. Born and raised in New York City, I knew myself to be a subway rat and city-dweller.


Opinion

It's time for action

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Over our 20-odd years as students, I'm sure we've all been given (more than once) the advice of choosing a hero to model ourselves after: our mothers, our fathers, our teachers, our presidents, sometimes our peers.



Opinion

Academic honor first

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"Fundamental to the principle of independent learning are the requirements of honesty and integrity in the performance of academic assignments both in the classroom and outside." The academic honor principle is a pillar which upholds the basic educational mission of the College.


Opinion

Mugs keep the tradition

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The Class Day Committee, charged with choosing a ceremony to replace the century-old tradition of breaking clay pipes on the Lone Pine stump, came up with a new ritual that maintains all the symbolism of the old. This year, seniors will drink a toast to their class from clay mugs, and then break the mugs on the Lone Pine.







Opinion

Dartmouth and the closed-minded student

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A friend and I were chatting the other night at Food Court about some of the different classes we have taken this year and about the love of learning in general. He mentioned his Government 5 class, which changed his outlook on life.


Opinion

Moving sports team to Division III is a mistake

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The explanations for the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid's recommendation that Dartmouth change from NCAA Division I-AA to Division III are dubious and discriminatory. The report endorses the change because it would eliminate 100 recruited athletes, who average $2,525 more per year in financial aid than non-athletes.




Opinion

Fruit punch on Class Day

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Today's issue of The Dartmouth reports that a clay mugs and toast ceremony will replace the old clay pipe smashing ceremony at Class Day. I was instantly enraptured by this idea of participating in a toast with a clay mug and then smashing the mug on the stump of the Lone Pine.



Opinion

Time for maturity at The Review

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The time has come for me to join The Dartmouth Review debate. Why do the editors of The Review seem to think that it is fun to offend as many people as possible in order to prove their point that the First Amendment is unassailable? What I find frustrating about The Review is that I often agree with them on Dartmouth issues.