Over the past week, former student body president candidate David Zubricki ‘07 and I have been engaging in a private conversation regarding his recent op-ed (“Trusted Leadership,” April 25). In that article, Zubricki poked holes in the Student Assembly’s decision to allot $3,500 for the production of a video to raise awareness about the post-Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast. He advocated giving the money to the Red Cross and lambasted the project by declaring “FYI: the video has never been made and your money is gone.”
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If the events precipitated by the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran teach us anything, it is that democracy in the Arab Middle East is a catch-22. Unlike many of the other Arab countries in that part of the world, Iran has a substantiated semblance of democracy in a tiny part of its society. Sure, the unelected Supreme Leader lays down and supervises all laws, commands the armed forces, has the sole power to declare war, can appoint and dismiss members of the judiciary and controls state television and radio networks, but Iran still showcases the consequences of popular control in the area of presidential election.
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Yesterday, an individual proclaiming himself to be “proudly affiliated with The Review” employed a popular conservative argument tactic to garner legitimacy to his cause; he did not present a defense of why a banner, believed to be associated with The Dartmouth Review, said what it said, but rather defended the right to freedom of speech. Here, I wish to offer a few criticisms of his position.
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To the Editor:
In our selection of the 2006 Class Marshals, the Senior Executive Committee attempted to appoint individuals that represent a variety of perspectives in our community, have demonstrated leadership on and off campus and exemplify the spirit of Dartmouth (“Leading by Example to End Divisions,” April 28; “Senior class marshals announced; Five of eight positions filled by Senior Executive Committee members,” April 27).
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