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Opinion

Transcending Gender

By Ben Rifkin | April 13, 2000

Having been stuck in the confines of rural New England for the majority of my twenty-one years, and being even more strictly bound within the Upper Valley's limits for nearly the past four years, I have come to three conclusions: 1) People need to have more sex; 2) People need to have more sex in public spaces; and 3) Some places on this campus are better than others for dropping the proverbial kids off at the proverbial pool. Increased sex on this campus would ameliorate gender relations at least a hundredfold.

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Opinion

A Tale of Two Sculptures

By Ben Rifkin | February 11, 2000

Once upon a time, oh, I don't know, about four years ago, when I was but a wee freshman, there stood a sculpture, proud, gallant, and tall ... for about five hours.

The Setonian
Opinion

Announcing the Greek System

By Ben Rifkin | November 4, 1999

In an unprecedented and extremely controversial move yesterday five very uninfluencial seniors publicly announced the Greek system in an act of defiance to their former state of ignorance.

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Opinion

Exposing the Man

By Ben Rifkin | October 8, 1999

There is a traitor among us, dear friends. Something watches passively from a shadow where the wall meets the ceiling and slithers its way into our bedrooms, our stomachs, our minds, and our Visa statements (I don't think it takes American Express). It buys property and forces us to eat DDS, all the while supplementing our meager (besides the Cordon Bleu) but costly (cranberry juice has gone up thirty cents since I was a freshman) Hop rations with intermittent Steak Bombs, Original Bricks, Egg and Cheese Subs, ramen noodles, Easy Cheese, and other less healthy dining experiments.

The Setonian
Opinion

For The Kids

By Ben Rifkin | September 22, 1999

It's 4:20 and I have 40 minutes to write a 1000 word opinionated column for The Dartmouth, the nation's oldest (and most respected) college newspaper (I think) -- that's twenty five words per minute for the next forty minutes.

The Setonian
Opinion

The New American?

By Ben Rifkin | February 17, 1999

As much as I am interested in saving the Greek system on the Dartmouth campus, I am more curious about why this event has garnered so much attention nationally and from the media.

The Setonian
Opinion

1-800-DARDATE

By Ben Rifkin | February 3, 1999

So I'm sitting in my room, with an extra ticket to the orchestra, and I don't want to go alone. All of my friends are either at a late night practice or stuck in the library stacks.

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