Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Respect and Responsibility

By Daniel Chiu, Contributing Columnist

Occasionally missing class or falling asleep during lecture are minor infractions that all students have been guilty of at one point or another. Usually, it’s not a big deal and such incidents are put out of mind without a second thought. But what about walking out during the middle of a lecture or harassing a professor with rude, incessant e-mails? Is that going too far? More »

The Philosophy of Frat Free Friday

By Shannon Troutman, Guest columnist and president of the Panhellenic Council

There has been much confusion about the history, planning and execution of Frat Free Friday. I hope to be able to rectify the situation. More »

Sexual Assault: The Culture of Protection

By Ana Catalano, Guest Columnist

Recently a series of events and debates at Dartmouth — the Sex Fest, The Vagina Monologues, The Dartmouth’s three-part series on sexual abuse in February and Frat Free Friday — have brought questions of women’s sexuality, sexual assault and rape to the forefront of campus discussion. While it’s good that these dialogues are occurring, the one-sided discourse in which they are couched is problematic. This discourse encourages what I and others have come to call a “culture of protection.” More »