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William C. Dowling
The Setonian
Opinion

Ivy League 'Set Asides'

By William C. Dowling | October 4, 2002

Last August, alumni went to their mailboxesto find an issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine featuring an interview with Richard "Dick" Jaeger '59, retiring after 13 years as athletic director. To anyone aware of the controversy about Ivy athletics since the release of James L.

The Setonian
Opinion

Rising Reputation and Intellectual Mediocrity

By William C. Dowling | March 5, 1999

To the Editor: Having been at Dartmouth during the countercultural '60s, when fraternities were a negligible presence on campus, I've had no opinion about them one way or the other. In listening to the defenders of frats over the last few weeks, though, I've come to see that the controversy is masking a deeper issue. Dartmouth has always had -- we all know this is true: it's the wince in the night of every Dartmouth graduate -- a tradition of intellectual mediocrity.

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