Common Share 1.6
08 May 2001
he Power of Misinformation On April 12, columnist Nick Morinigo ‘01 wrote in The Dartmouth that the Right on campus is unfairly vilified while the Left gets away with offensive statements and acts. Morinigo outlined one of his charges, that a Leftist hangs a Mao poster in full view of all passing students. Morinigo wrote:“I walked [...]
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Why Race Still Matters
08 May 2001
ou are a New York City taxicab driver, a very dangerous profession in our society. You are hailed late at night by a young African American male. You observe the male’s clothing and decide that this may be trouble. Despite your obligation to pick him up, you drive on. Was your decision to racially discriminate [...]
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Another Downturn? Here We Go Again
08 May 2001
he economy is like gravity: what goes up must come down. “Downturn,” “slowdown,” “slump”: these are all common catchwords in the economist’s vernacular. It seems to be widely accepted by economists that the economy undergoes frequent fluctuations. The fact that these fluctuations take place is underscored by the importance of the Federal Reserve in the American [...]
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Juvenile Crime
08 May 2001
tudents are shooting up schools across the country. Kids as young as twelve and thirteen are being convicted of murdering their peers. Right here in Hanover, two teens have been charged with the murders of Dartmouth professors. Although juvenile crime across the country may not be on the rise, high publicity, headline-grabbing juvenile-perpetrated homicides certainly [...]
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Black Smoke and Mirrors
08 May 2001
ast week, just months after cutting government funding for research and development of new efficiency advances and renewable energy, Vice President Dick Cheney announced that he would solve America’s energy security crisis by building a fleet of new fossil-fuel driven electric power plants. “Without a clear, coherent energy strategy, all Americans could one day go [...]
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Jokes aside
08 May 2001
ormer Vice President Al Gore had a truly brilliant moment near the end of the 2000 presidential election campaign. It began November 2, when then Governor George W. Bush said the following to a group of supporters: “[Bureaucrats] want the Federal Government controlling Social Security, like it’s some kind of federal program. We understand differently, [...]
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FTAA
08 May 2001
ver the weekend of April’, people across the western hemisphere gathered together, often in violent confrontation with police and military forces, to voice their objections to the specter of free trade. I was one of them. The center of attention was Quebec City, where as many as 60,000 protesters gathered to protest the Summit of [...]
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Aly Rahim
08 May 2001
he Student Assembly has become irrelevant to almost every student on campus. This is a reality the current and past leadership of the SA refuse to acknowledge. Michael Sevi and I acknowledge this reality, and aim to embark on a process of significant and proactive change. Michael and I are not beholden to the status [...]
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Michael Newton
08 May 2001
very year, during Student Assembly elections, dialogue shifts to how students can be best served. Each candidate comes up with his or her own platform, whether it be 7 points or none, on how to accomplish this. Both Vice Presidential candidates, Rahim and Anand, present ideas that are misdirected for accomplishment of this goal. Rahim, along [...]
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Amit Anand
08 May 2001
ou all should run for VP one day. I’m serious $mdash; even if you couldn’t give a damn about the assembly, or institutional voice, or the administration, or even change for that matter. You should run just because of all of the interesting people you’ll get to meet and all of the viewpoints that you’ll [...]
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