The details of Dartmouth's administrative overspending -- and where to cut waste from the budget -- are there for everyone to see, if you just know where to look.
Board of Trustees Chair Ed Haldeman '70 and presidential search committee head Al Mulley '70 have invited the entire faculty to meet with them this Friday to discuss the search for Dartmouth's next president.
To the Editor: In the 1950s, defenders of the status quo made it a practice on any number of issues (civil rights, colonialism, even fluoridated water!) to label reformers as Communist or anti-American.
Where do we go from here? With President Wright leaving office in 14 months, the procedure for choosing his replacement merits close scrutiny.
And you thought nothing could be more wrongheaded than Dartmouth's policy on alcohol? During the 2004-2006 period, the Dartmouth administration had 75 students charged with drug infractions.
All of these governance changes just to save one president's job... Rather than retiring gracefully after six votes of no confidence in his administration (the balloting for four trustees, the referendum on the constitution and the election of the Association of Alumni), College President James Wright is once again putting himself before the welfare of the College in dictating changes to Dartmouth's 116-year-old governance structure. Wright has been able to do this because he has built a fortress around himself by appointing unquestioning supporters to important positions. The current Board is as pliable as they come.
To the Editor: Though it is too early to write the history of the petition trustee insurgency, it is not too soon to nominate the top howlers in the debates about trustee elections and the constitution fight. My personal favorite remains Trustee Emeritus Peter Fahey '68's alarmist remark that if last year's constitution were not ratified, our 238-year-old College would enter a "downward death spiral" ("Five Reasons to Vote, and Vote 'Yes,'" Sept.
After last year's defeat of the anti-petition-trustee constitution, it was only a matter of time before another attempt would be made to stop the election of the College's popularly elected petitioners. After all, the alumni movement is gaining strength: Stephen Smith '88 won his seat on the Board with a greater number of votes (9,984) and a higher percentage of the voters (54.9 percent) than any previous petition candidate.
Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne's response ("Alcohol infraction numbers require more context," Feb.
The College's war on alcohol continues unabatedly; zero tolerance seems to be the order of the day. Over the past year, six Greek organizations have been put on probation for violating the cumbersome rules laid down by the Social Event Management Procedures bureaucracy, and hundreds of students have been picked up by Safety and Security or Hanover Police patrols and then disciplined by the College or the New Hampshire courts. However, does anyone seriously believe that the SEMP rules are limiting alcohol consumption on campus? Either today's students were specially selected for admission because they can get hammered on one cup of Keystone, or perhaps it's time to accept that Dartmouth students also focus their brilliance on getting around SEMP's regulations. This cat-and-mouse game would have humor value if Dartmouth's harsh policies did not do lasting harm to the lives of young men and women, and if enforcement weren't so painfully expensive.