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Opinion

A Few Words of Gratitude

By Debbie Carbonaro | May 22, 1996

Junior spring. Here one minute, gone the next. In this whirlwind of a term that lacked a bit in the activism department from last term, but made up for it in the rain department, I had nearly forgotten that some of my best friends are leaving this place in only a few short weeks. Therefore, I would like my last column of their Dartmouth careers to pay a small tribute to some of the people who have impacted our campus and for me, have made this place easier to survive. Cassie Ehrenberg '96: A strong, dynamic and articulate woman, Cassie has been one of my main role models for the past two years.

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Opinion

Questioning the Status Quo

By Debbie Carbonaro | May 8, 1996

What is tradition? Webster's dictionary defines tradition in part as "a long-established custom or practice that has the effect of an unwritten law." Apparently, Dartmouth defines the same term as "an aversion to change." This unfortunate reluctance to disrupt the accepted order of the world has recently manifested itself in the decision not to allow the Pow-Wow to be held on the Green.

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Opinion

A Surreal Return to Planet Dartmouth

By Debbie Carbonaro | April 10, 1996

Staring wholly uninspired at a blank Microsoft Word screen is a writer's most dreaded nightmare. After spending seven months away from Planet Dartmouth, how could I have absolutely nothing to say? What happened to the amazing world perspective I took away from Rome?

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Opinion

Underground Adventures

By Debbie Carbonaro | March 26, 1996

I always liked those posters that read, "All I ever needed to know about life I learned..." Please insert poster of your choice here: from my cat, in kindergarten, etc.

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Opinion

Poem Debate Should Be Made Public

By Debbie Carbonaro | August 18, 1995

Mouth agape and stomach churning, my ears were assaulted with the racism and sexism that unfolded in the tale of Beta Theta Pi "Brother X." I listened to a brother follow a Native American woman down the Trail of Tears, pausing only to wonder about the consumption of his three beers.

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Opinion

Pause for Peace Day

By Debbie Carbonaro | August 2, 1995

Ineighth grade, I had a pen-pal. Her name was Tatjana and she lived in Zagreb, Croatia. Although she was a couple of years older than me, we wrote fairly regularly for a year or so.

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Opinion

Building Forts Teaches Lessons

By Debbie Carbonaro | July 19, 1995

Onceupon a sultry South Carolina summer morning, two 11-year-old girls decided to build a fort. One collected wood from her father's garage, and the two then proudly built what they thought was the biggest and best fort their side of the Mason-Dixon line. But the fort was lacking something.

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Opinion

Breaking the Silence Barrier

By Debbie Carbonaro | July 13, 1995

Webster's Dictionary first defines silence as "the state or fact of keeping silent; a refraining from speech or from making noise." The fifth and final definition of silence, however, leaps out of the newsprint page, screaming to be recognized: "oblivion or obscurity." But what does it actually mean to be trapped in the oblivion and obscurity of silence on this campus?

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