Coeducation
30 May 2001
n current brouhaha about the future of the Greek system, none of the factions seems to have taken into account something that Dean Larimore and President Wright clearly spelled out in their letters last month after the College’s derecognition of Zeta Psi fraternity: the Principle of Community. The College does not exist to ensure that each [...]
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In Defense of Exclusion
30 May 2001
have not in the past been a staunch defender of single-sex Greek houses. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that I do not wish to defend them now. Yet I would like to point out that single-sex organizations are not evil by virtue of their exclusivity alone; if they are evil it is a [...]
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Privilege and Exclusion
30 May 2001
want to speak this afternoon in support of the claim in the motion before us that exclusionary single-sex social organizations are opposed to Dartmouth’s mission to foster a diverse, egalitarian, co-educational student culture. Let me begin by pointing out that these organizations themselves are not as diverse as we want our community to be. The Committee [...]
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In Support of Derecognition
30 May 2001
his afternoon I would like to express my support for the motion under consideration on the basis that indeed single-sex exclusionary student social organizations at Dartmouth are fundamentally antithetical to the educational and intellectual mission of this College and opposed to the very principle of community by which we all should abide. I would [...]
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Letter from the Editorial Board
30 May 2001
s I sign my last editorial in The Dartmouth Free Press, I have a few last sentiments I would like to express. So many senior men here do not yet have jobs next year, so I would propose an alternative: this place is swimming with high powered women, who need a good man with which [...]
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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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