Friday, April 22, 2005
Volume 25, Issue 11

Office of Speech Shuttered

Dartmouth's administrative neglect has caused Dartmouth's lone professor of speech, Jim Kuypers, to accept a tenured position with Virginia Tech's Department of Communication.

Prof. Kuypers's Letter

How ironic, that at an institution which so prides itself on its liberal arts tradition, the study of rhetoric—one of the original Trivium—is so misunderstood, marginalized, ignored, and even reviled. I fear for our students when such illiberal attitudes prevail.

Fact-Check: James Wright

In recent weeks, College President James Wright has criss-crossed the country, speaking to alumni in an attempt to bolster the view that Dartmouth has done well under his administration. He has also used these speeches to indirectly campaign against alumni Trustee petition candidates Peter Robinson '79 and Todd Zywicki '88, seeking to undermine their charges of administrative mismanagement.

TDR Interview: Thaddeus Seymour

Seymour: I was grateful when Chris told me that I was not Dean Wormer and my wife was very grateful when he assured both of us that she was not Mrs. Wormer.

The Occupation of Parkhurst Hall

"Kent State could have just as easily happened here": Students protesting the presence of ROTC on campus occupied Parkhurst for 12 hours: from the afternoon of May 6, 1969 until the following morning when they were arrested with force but not violence.

TDR Interview: Newt Gingrich

Gingrich: I think we can shape the debate both for the Democrats and for the Republicans and really have a much higher level of questions being asked in 2008 than we normally get in a normal presidential race.

Recontracting with America

It is a shame that Newt Gingrich writes using assertions rather than arguments. Whatever your position on the conflation of religion and politics, this is hardly a policy one can breeze through without reflection or analysis. Winning the Future would be far more valuable were it less strident and more thoughtful.

God and Mr. Bush

One thing everyone can agree upon about Bush is that as president he has brought religion into politics in a way unknown to recent memory.

A Democrat's Take on the GOP for '08

It's always been my theory that the further away an election is, the more fun it is to speculate on the race. Working from that premise, a brief handicapping of the 2008 Republican presidential primary follows.

Whither the Speech Code?

The waters surrounding Dartmouth's speech restrictions have grown even murkier following recent ambiguous comments from President Wright.

John Ledyard's Insatiable Wanderlust

American Traveler is a first-rate tale, which achieves that rarest biographical accomplishment—it allows the readers to catch its subject's dreams. Ledyard's tale is told gleefully, in a way befitting his unique persona.

The Last Word

Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity.
—Antonin Scalia

Barrett's Mixology

Gimlet: 2 oz. Gin; 1/2 oz. Rose's lime juice
Stir with ice and strain into a pre-chilled cocktail glass.

Letters to the Editor

Big Green Bile; A Lack of Faculty Leadership