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Woods: Is This the Life You Want?
By Brendan Woods | August 8, 2011Class of 2015, we're not so different, you and I. We both start off the term with a familiar sense of nervous excitement.
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Recruiting Choice
By Brendan Woods | August 4, 2011It is my firm opinion that the Leading Voices in Politics and Policy lecture series will, if it continues, go down as one of President Kim's greatest achievements as Dartmouth's president.
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Woods: Cluster Continuity
By Brendan Woods | July 18, 2011Dartmouth is often slow to pick up on trends The College on the Hill is usually set in its ways, reluctant to pick up on crazy fads such as giving extra class credit for labs, Greek reform and a Board of Trustees that includes people other than MBAs.
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The Odd Coupling
By Brendan Woods | June 27, 2011As the news on Friday night made its way from Albany to blogs and news reports, New York City erupted in celebration.
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Woods: Laden with Questions
By Brendan Woods | May 4, 2011News that Osama bin Laden is finally dead was received at Dartmouth on Sunday with near-universal jubilation.
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Woods: A Credited Policy
By Brendan Woods | April 19, 2011It's an accepted reality that whenever budgets are cut, difficult decisions must be made. These decisions always upset some people take the recent staff layoffs or tuition increase as examples but most still see the necessity of making them.
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Woods: Voting With Our Feet
By Brendan Woods | April 5, 2011Anybody who has been following the news recently is aware that Yale University, that enclave of hipsters and liberalism, is being investigated by the U.S.
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Woods: Freedom Under FIRE
By Brendan Woods | January 5, 2011You don't have to be a founding father to appreciate the value of free speech. The First Amendment has been protecting blowhards and civil rights leaders alike since it was first written into the Constitution.
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It's Academic
By Brendan Woods | September 26, 2010The first day of class can be a dream crusher. After a few weeks away from school we find ourselves almost excited for the new course load.
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Supreme Qualifications
By Brendan Woods | May 24, 2010No matter how experienced, moderate or uncontroversial a Supreme Court nominee is, there will always be at least a few Senators and pundits who find something to disagree with.