The Right to Offend
By N. Alex Tonelli | November 4, 2005To the Editor: It seems that Michael Kreicher '08's latest op-ed ("Rampant Political Correctness," Nov.
To the Editor: It seems that Michael Kreicher '08's latest op-ed ("Rampant Political Correctness," Nov.
Alexandre Dumas once proclaimed, "I'm a Dumas." Dartmouth administrators have continued in this tradition to the point that this column is so saturated with topics to address that it can no longer attack just one egregious error in judgment.
The Student Assembly has proven to be an ineffective and oftentimes incompetent body. The new Assembly President is faced with the task of bringing relevance and influential power to an organization that has largely epitomized mediocrity.
Unlike Odysseus' tale, the most significant part of this odyssey is that it is not unique or remarkable in any way.
Dartmouth has forgotten its identity. Social engineering seems to be the paramount concern of this administration.
An article in The D titled "At Six Year Mark, SLI Impacts Less Drastic Than Expected" (Feb. 14) stated that "current student opinion is far from the outcry that resulted when the [Student Life] Initiative was announced in 1999." This column seeks to refute that point, and make very clear that the SLI is indeed despised on campus today, and to beg every person who has at one time been associated with Dartmouth not to give money to the College until a radical redirection has occurred.
In weeding through the opinion pieces over the last few weeks, it is easy to see that there are many areas at Dartmouth in need of better funding.
Several months ago a member of the College administration mentioned to me in passing that he was involved in the planning committee for Martin Luther King, Jr.
When John Lyons was fired as head football coach and Buddy Teevens was simultaneously let go from Stanford, I was fairly certain of the abilities of the Dartmouth administrative forces to screw things up.
Apparently 93 percent of Dartmouth students have not missed an academic deadline for alcohol-related reasons, and the typical Dartmouth student on a Friday night is reminiscent of a 12-year-old looking through a microscope.