Monday, April 24, 2000

Profs Fight Censorship in Court

On March 30, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for a lawsuit by tenured English professor Michael A. Hollister of Portland State University alleging that the university violated his free speech rights when it retaliated against him for comments he made ridiculing feminist literary criticism.

A Victory for Truth

In a decision last week, a British court rejected a libel suit by American historian David Irving against an American academic critic of his work, Professor Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University. There were many levels of importance in this suit. In its largest sense, it involved the duty of historians to approach as closely as possible to historical fact—to guard "memory" as a vital part of our history of who we are.

Jobs Leave 3rd World, Radicals Cheer

The Workers Rights Consortium will have only one effect on the Third-World workers it claims to represent, and that is far from a humanitarian one: it will cost them their jobs. For the Ivy League protestors, that may be a reasonable price to pay to ensure the security of their own consciences. But it certainly isn't worth it for the workers.

The Trustees Rule Against Students

The April 15, 2000 Statement by the Board of Trustees, released at a Trustee breakfast, supports the major principles of the Student Life Initiative Report despite the overwhelming opposition of Dartmouth's students and alumni to most of its reforms.

Development Bankruptcy

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are outdated, unnecessary institutions whose strategies often work counter to those of the peoples they are trying to 'develop.' We have the opportunity to put an end to their fruitless policies; we should take it.

Congress Needs a Flush

Have you ever been forced to engage in the putrid task of plunging a fully loaded toilet? Believe it or not, the federal government and the environmental lobby may be to blame for this common misery shared by millions of Americans.

Finding Destiny in Ascutney, Vermont

Stalwart students push the frontiers of entertainment. "Under my roommate's direction, we found a place at the bar. By this time in the evening, it was pushing midnight, getting very late by my standards, and I'd gotten up very early for class. In any case, the opening band was Whirlwind, a Metallica cover band meant to serve as a counterpoint to Believer. They were fairly impressive, but loud. Very loud."

Indian Baseball: Scalping the Ivy League

Dartmouth Baseball. "This year, the turning point for Dartmouth baseball, it is possible to say, came before the season really began. On an early season tour of Florida, the Indians turned in a brilliant 6-5 win over the defending NCAA champions, the powerhouse program at the University of Miami."