Monday, May 7, 2001

Restricting the Greeks: A History of Derecognition

While many think that the College's attack on the Greek system is a recent phenomenon, it has been going on since the 1970s. As private institutions that own their physical plants, Greek houses were for a very long time mostly beyond the reach of the College. However, starting roughly thirty years ago, the College began to tighten its grip on the Greeks.

Condemning Private Obscenities, Sanctioning Public Porn

The discovery of and debate over the Zetemouth has raised a vitally important issue for our college community: the moral tone of our educational environment. College is where young people form intelligent and influential views on moral issues, from the treatment of women in society to questions of academic honesty and personal integrity.

Behind the 'Sigma Report'

Zeta Psi's weekly Sigma Report, the internal house newsletter over which the house has been protested and now faces College discipline, possibly derecognition, may not be quite so scandalous as initial reports made out.

Fix the Death Penalty

The rationale for the death penalty is clear enough. We administer the most severe penalty we have available to those who commit murder, and we do so because we place so high a value on the life of innocent people. The death penalty says an emphatic no to murder.

A Statistical Look at the Future '05 Clas

Tuesday, May 1, was the deadline for accepted students to accept or turn down their acceptances, and the preliminary results of the class of 2005 are somewhat alarming compared to the classes above them. While the number of students who applied declined, the number of students admitted has risen, bringing the acceptance rate up to nearly 23% from last year's rate of 21.4%.

Campus Crazies Across the Country

Dartmouth College is a unique place in many ways. But the College is not alone when it comes to occasional bursts of activist enthusiasm and disorganized protest.

Invigorating the Student Assembly: The Candidates, Reviewed

It's election time again at Dartmouth. Posters are hanging, of both the standard and inane varieties. Rhetoric is flying, some more blimpish in its hot-air capacity than others. Students, at least some of them, are actually thinking about the Student Assembly.

Affirmative Action Harms Black Colleges

In recent years, a debate has arisen over the role played by historically black colleges in higher education. Created during the days of segregation in the South, these institutions served a valuable purpose: they gave black youths an opportunity to advance in society at a time when the channels available to whites were not open to them.

Faculty Letter Bashes Greeks

English Professor Luxon is one of 101 faculty members who signed a full-page open letter that appeared in the Daily Dartmouth on May 3rd condemning President Wright and the Board of Trustees for failing to achieve some of the goals of the Student Life Initiative, and particularly for not reforming the Greek system.

Make a Run for the Border, Eh?

But, while students may be happy to improve their tans, others are not so eager. Could this unseasonable warmth be the result of global warming? Some students were curious. They went to Canada for answers.