Luke Montalbano ’27 is an opinion editor and writer. He is from Vancouver, Canada and is majoring in Government and minoring in History. On campus, Luke is a Dickey Center War and Peace Fellow, the Co-President of the Federalist Society of Dartmouth, the President of the American Conservation Coalition of Dartmouth and President of the John Quincy Adams Society.
The purpose of politics is to serve the public interest, not one’s own. However, it appears that increasingly in the West, fewer and fewer aspiring “leaders” have a respect or understanding for the offices that they seek. More often than not, they are blinded by raging partisanship, uncompromising ...
Dartmouth’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy needs expansion.
It is conservative to support the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
This article is featured in the 2025 Freshman Special Issue. You’ve made it. College at last. In high school you likely accumulated accolades, got great grades and studied hard for the SAT. Now, you’re at Dartmouth and ready to begin a new chapter of your life. However, too often, new ...
Has the world not learned its lesson?
The College puts its students at risk by failing to invest in air conditioning systems for dorms.
International students are crucial to the success of the United States. The Trump administration’s recent actions toward Harvard University are misguided.
Nuclear technology has clear economic, energy and innovation benefits — America should embrace it as the energy of the future.
Luke Montalbano ’27 argues that Trump’s tariff proposals will cost American jobs, strain its relations with allies and indirectly help U.S. adversaries advance their own interests.
Luke Montalbano ’27 argues that the College should take lessons from the Kalven Report and adopt a policy of institutional neutrality.