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Letter to the Editor: Split Decision

By Frank Gado | April 28, 2008

To the Editor: The contention that the current mode of nomination and election "splits" the vote in trustee races has never been proved ("Elections could seal fate of AoA suit," April 28). In an approval voting system, the voters can vote for as many candidates as they wish -- hence there is no "splitting." Mr. Smith was named on a majority of the ballots; no other candidate in his race was.

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ACTAing Up

By Frank Gado | February 18, 2008

To the Editor: It is hardly news that the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) issued a statement critical of the Trustees' unilateral abrogation of the 1891 agreement in September ("Conservative Group Backs Alumni Suit," Feb.

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A Call for Real Democracy

By Frank Gado | July 6, 2007

To the Editor: At the May Alumni Council meeting, Rick Routhier, chairman of the nominating committee whose candidates lost the recent alumni trustee race, pronounced the electoral process broken.

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Lessons from Durham

By Frank Gado | April 20, 2007

To the Editor: Bravo, Michael Kreicher '08, for your reminder of the importance of the presumption of innocence ("By Clear and Convincing Evidence," April 17). I have just finished writing a letter to the Duke board of trustees chairman, in which I refused to accept his exculpation of the university for its injustice to the charged lacrosse players.

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'Creative tension' is undefined

By Frank Gado | March 30, 2007

To the Editor: To Joe Herring '55, "it is clear enough that what sets us apart from the Amhersts on one side and Harvards on the other is our singular capacity to live within the creative tension between the extremes" ("Dartmouth's identity reconciles the extremes," Mar.

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Lack of democracy

By Frank Gado | February 21, 2006

To the Editor: Please accept my thanks for your Verbum Ultimum regarding the outrageous conduct of presiding officer Al Collins '53 and his Executive Committee ("Alumni and democracy," Feb.

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Revisiting Alumni Guidelines

By Frank Gado | January 17, 2006

To the Editor: Those who have read Al Collins's letter explaining why he and the other members of the presumptive Executive Committee (the legality of that election is currently being challenged) should consider the following: Without much more time than it takes to have a cup of coffee after its election on Oct.

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Candidates Should be Neutral

By Frank Gado | October 12, 2005

To the Editor: Geoff Bronner advises "alumni to read the proposal themselves and not rely on someone else's interpretation," and I agree that "it deserves thoughtful consideration and an informed debate" ("Approaching the Alumni Constitution," Oct.

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Room for Improvement

By Frank Gado | September 21, 2005

To the Editor: I would like to see Dartmouth broadly recognized as the best college in America, but if we are ever to reach that goal, we need to think clearly about what we are and want to be. One area that calls for attention if Dartmouth were to be serious about climbing to the academic pinnacle is indicated by our lofty rank as a party school.

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Who's Alarmist Now?

By Frank Gado | May 26, 2005

To the Editor: I, too, was disturbed by the conduct of the recently concluded trustee election -- not by "the tenor of the debate" among the candidates, which was civil and proper, but by some of the outrageous statements hurled at the petition candidates by the Association for a Strong Dartmouth crowd.

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