To the Editor: In his editorial Tuesday ("Let Intellectualism Bloom," May 9, 1995), Abiola Lapite '98 claimed that "the debating club keeps such a low profile as to sometimes cast into doubt its existence." This is probably because there is no "debating club" at Dartmouth.
Ispent this past Saturday morning posting fliers with my name on them all over campus, but I'm not a late entrant into the Student Assembly elections.
In a controversial discussion last night addressing the role of gays in society, Dr. Ernest van den Haag attacked efforts to pass legislation protecting the civil rights of homosexuals. A divided audience gathered in 105 Dartmouth Hall to watch Van den Haag's speech, which was sponsored by the Hopkins Institute and the Dartmouth Speakers Union. Before the speech, students who support homosexual rights hung a huge pink triangle, the symbol of the gay rights movements, from the cupola atop Dartmouth Hall. Inside, the audience of about 75 people was split almost evenly in its reaction to van den Haag's speech.
Consul General of Japan Toshio Mochizuki described the current relationship between the United States and Japan and forecasted the path Japan will take in the future to a crowd of about 50 people last night. Mochizuki expressed concern that President Clinton's trade policies are beginning to reflect what he termed the "traditional Democratic party's inclination towards protectionist policies." He said the Japanese government is taking a more activist role in opening its markets by reducing customs duties and removing many unseen barriers to trade such as burdensome government regulations and weak enforcement of Japanese anti-trust law. Still, he said, the U.S.
Loucks' company accused of violating U.S. anti-Arab boycott