Got Pride?
30 April 2010
Whether you’re Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Allied (LGBTQA) or anything else (XYZ), this week has certainly been a spectacle of sexuality: men dressed as women, women dressed as men, androgyny, genderbending. Once again Dartmouth has had an educational, fun-filled, and successful PRIDE Week. Our celebration here in Hanover was not a part of a national PRIDE holiday—Ally Week, Day of Silence, International Drag Day, and National Coming Out Day—so considering our independent effort, the full schedule of Dartmouth PRIDE Week was something of which we can all be proud. Despite the inopportune weather, our rainbow-spangled banners were still there looking better than ever. Can’t rain on this parade!
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Stigmatized Refrigerators
30 April 2010
New England is cold. But even so, saying ice was one of the region’s largest industries in the early twentieth century sounds more like a joke than reality. Truth is often stranger than fiction, however, and in truth, ice production in New England was not only a huge industry—it was a cross-country and sometimes international [...]
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A “No B.S. Attitude”
30 April 2010
Last week I visited my hometown of Burlington, VT to conduct an interview with Senator Bernie Sanders (I -VT). Seeing as he is the longest standing independent congressman in American history, and that I also consider myself independent on most political issues, I was excited to ask him about what I consider the most important progressive issues in politics right now.
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A Hopeless Hop?
30 April 2010
A recent sold-out concert for Jason Derulo—a second rate R&B singer—provided insight into the artistic interests of many Dartmouth students. On the same night, the theatre group Universes performed Ameriville at the Hop. Ameriville is a show based on the social injustices in post-Katrina New Orleans. However, the show’s attendance, quite predictably, did not rival [...]
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The Thought Police
16 April 2010
You’re in a foreign country. Water, food, and supplies are rationed. The Government deliberately starves people yet everyone is unquestionably loyal to the political party in power—the only party in power. This may seem like an Orwellian dystopia, but for those living in North Korea, it’s reality. On April 6th, 2010, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) and its Dartmouth chapter, the North Korea Project (NKP), hosted a screening of the documentary Inside North Korea. Inside North Korea differs from other documentaries in that it tries to vividly show the lives of North Koreans, albeit only the privileged ones, as opposed to Kim Jong Il’s craziness or the lives of the refugees. Considering the dearth of information about the most secretive nation in the world and its people, a peek into the lives of North Koreans was a rare chance to understand the political situation in North Korea.
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Invisible People
16 April 2010
April 1st is Census Day in the U.S., and as the US Census Bureau continues to collect data, some conservative politicians like Representatives Michelle Bachmann (R- Minn) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) are concerned that census questions may be “too personal” and “invasive.” They think the census counts as “government intrusion.” But their criticism is more likely aimed at how the census has changed over the past two centuries, and their claims are less substantiated by fact than by paranoia (C’mon, your telephone number is “too personal”? Yeah, right!) Though silent on the issue, these conservative politicians are probably more peeved by the increasingly LGBTQ-friendly policies adopted by the US Census Bureau in order to make sure that data on LGBTQ people is collected. Bachmann’s argument that the census isn’t private enough is in opposition to society’s push to do the right thing and “queer the census.”
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Gong
16 April 2010
We speak a dangerous language. Globalization has turned English into a linguistical monster, squashing indigenous languages untiltill the cultural knowledge that is embedded and transmitted through language quietly peters out. It used to be colonialism, now it’s globalization in the form of a rapidly increasing Western influence. And it’s not only English, but also Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Thai to name a few—; national languages are unfailingly the culprits. Of the world’s estimated 6,909 languages, half of these are endangered, and of the endangered, 473 languages are nearly extinct, with only a few elderly speakers still alive.
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Season of Change
16 April 2010
Winter is over, and the Green is green once again. The Olympians are back in their homes, and the tapping season has come to an end. Our pallid complexions are reverting to their tanner states, and our windows are left open so that our musty, dusty rooms can finally breathe in the aromas of Hanover. We at the DFP, with a new Editorial board and a cleansed critical palette, are excited for and committed to another term of keeping our eyes, ears, and noses open, following leads, and voicing our opinions. Whether or not you agree with us, we hope you, too, will share your voice with us and remain open to change.
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A Better Thayer
16 April 2010
You’re hungry. You and your friends decide to go to Thayer Dining Hall since Collis is crowded and chaotic, as usual. When you reach Thayer, you enter a large, emotionless abyss—a sea of chairs, fans and fancy TV screens, along with troops of tired, hollowed-eyed students trying to clock in their social time for the week. The fans are so loud that you usually are limited to small talk and niceties. Buying food and catching up with friends has never been so dull and boring. Thankfully, the college is planning on renovating Thayer beginning this summer, and will be renamed to the Class of 1953 Commons when it opens. That may mean that sophomores will not be able to eat at FoCo during their sophomore summer, but hold your groans, for Collis will remain open. Moreover, in the long run, this renovation can potentially reinvent the facetime rat-race that is the Dartmouth dining experience.
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Obamacare Victorious?
16 April 2010
Healthcare reform has become the law of the land. This is a momentous, yet tumultuous time in America’s history. A great victory has been won but like all great victories, health care reform is controversial. The great majority of Republicans have sworn to roll back healthcare. The Democrats have a huge struggle on their hands, but they have history on their side. Katrina Swett, wife of former Congressman Dick Swett and current Democratic candidate for Congress visited the Dartmouth College Democrats on Monday, April 13th. She believes healthcare reform is just one of the many aspects of a decent society. Democrats fought hard to erect socially progressive programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Civil Rights Equality throughout the twentieth century. All of these reforms, now sacrosanct in our society, met fierce backlash when they were first introduced. However, just like it is hard to imagine a United States of America without a commitment to racial equality or Social Security today, it will be hard to imagine a world without a better health care system tomorrow.
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