Wednesday, March 10, 1999

Athletics and Academics Square Off

Two years ago, Ian McGinnis '01, Dartmouth's mammoth power forward who ended this year as the nation's second leading rebounder, received a letter of acceptance from Harvard College's Department of Admissions. That alone should come as no surprise — Harvard sent out over 2000 such letters that year. The caveat is that McGinnis, who had applied and been accepted early-decision to Dartmouth, never submitted an application to Harvard.

Question Authority, Already!

The College announced two weeks ago that it would no longer respect the choices that students have made in their private lives, that it would seek to regulate students' social lives according to its own ideological desire, that, for all intents and purposes, Dartmouth students would no longer have the right to freely associate with whomever they choose.

An '03 Speaks Out

I selected Dartmouth for many reasons, but I chose it in large part, over Stanford and Princeton, for the fabulous environment provided by its Greek system.

The Wright Man in 2000

An unnamed source from Parkhurst dropped this under the door of the office of The Dartmouth Review. We feel that it is our responsibility to the Dartmouth community — and the United States of America — to publish it in its entire.

Coming to America: Life on Main Street

Life began anew at dawn. We woke up to a sunless, almost mournful Leningrad sky. These would be our last moments here, and in a few hours later we would be on board an airplane to Vienna. Our final destination was America, but we had told our peers we were heading for my father's homeland of Armenia.

Letters to the Editor

I join the diverse chorus of voices objecting to the unilateral decision to end the Greek System. Unfortunately, I cannot say that I am shocked by this action. Since I have known Dartmouth, it has been a great enigma.