Opinion
Dartmouth needs stewards, not ideologues
By Jonathan Hancock | May 24, 2007To the Editor: Contrary to some letters to the editor that I've read in the last week, Stephen Smith '88's election was not a referendum on the leadership of College President James Wright but a reflection of the bitter partisanship that has seeped its way into recent trustee races. Certain alumni and students (the Hanover Institute, the Phrygian Secret Society and the trustees who refused participation in the drafting of a new constitution, among others) seem to have an emotional and financial investment in stoking divisiveness and negativity at Dartmouth.