Both Bruce Gago '05 in "Freedom of Hate Speech?" (July 27, The Dartmouth) and College Chaplain Richard Crocker in "Faith Under Fire" (July 13, The Dartmouth) have written to the editor to comment on the debate concerning whether the College should censure Al-Nur for hosting/entertaining, on its website, anti-Semitic interpretations of the Quran.
In ancient times, every nation and tribe had a local god that they worshipped. The local gods were to be appeased and feared within their limited domains.
Mr. Frank Webb '03, in his recent letter to the editor on Monday, Aug. 6, entitled "Remarks of the South Offensive", wrote, "John Stevenson delivered a slight to all of the people south of the Mason-Dixon line.
One can easily drown in the convoluted rhetoric that floods the academic world today. However, I have discovered a life raft in which we can stay afloat on the deluge of unintelligible and meaningless words and phrases called "deprogramming." Deprogramming means dissecting and removing the buzzwords and buzzphrases that are not meant to illuminate but to obscure the truth through clever manipulation and polemical rhetoric.
I will take a pause from my usual philosophic speculations to address a local issue. In the recent weeks, there has been popular discontent with our favorite organization in the milieu of bureaucracy here at the College: the Council on Student Organizations. This body has perhaps one of the hardest jobs on campus: dispersing student funds to a motley group of organizations.
In my piece entitled "The Widow's Challenge, Part I", I critiqued the liberal side of the Christian faith that emphasizes social justice and community service over absolute devotion to a Person.
In part one of the Widow's Challenge, I spoke of the clash between liberal society and cultural relativism/ identity politic. The question I pose now is: Has education become a co-conspirator in the plot to assassinate the beliefs enunciated in the Declaration of Independence? To put it another way: Does our current societal values, which are reinforced by the mulitculuralistic and diversity-oriented programs and curriculum changes here at the College, help us to make the right decision vis-a-vis the widow?
By virtue of a science experiment gone wrong, you are transported to Britain in the late 19th century.
This recent July 4th, our Independence Day, was a strange one for us. For the first time in history, we had a taste of what it is like to live in many countries around the world, namely Israel.
The 2001-2002 academic year at Dartmouth raised many questions and brought many issues upon which we acted.