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The Dartmouth
December 19, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Rick Routhier
The Setonian
Opinion

Rhetoric or Real Reform?

To the Editor: In his recent guest column Professor Stephen Smith decries the latest "establishment" challenge to alumni rights ("Countering Campaign Charge," July 17). Fortunately, Trustee Smith is now in an excellent position to make a real difference, if he chooses to focus on real issues. Whether he spent $20,000 or $200,000 is not the issue.

The Setonian
Opinion

A Better Board

Call me cynical, but I have watched in amazement the unfolding campaign of Stephen Smith's '88 as a petition candidate in the upcoming trustee election. As an alumnus, I have enormous respect for the petition system.

The Setonian
Opinion

In defense of the trustee nomination process

To the Editor: In his recent column, David Glovsky '08 compares the nomination of Dartmouth alumni trustee candidates to the election of political representatives and calls for greater democracy and transparency in the election of trustees to the Board ("More Democracy in Trustee Elections," Jan.

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