Wednesday, May 31, 2006

United Against the Constitution

By Andrew Seal, Guest Columnist

During their three-day meeting over Green Key Weekend, the Alumni Council — the representative body of sorts for the whole of the alumni — voted unanimously to endorse the new proposed Alumni Association Constitution. This unanimity can only imply one of two scenarios. First, that the numerous concerns alumni and students have about the Alumni Governance Task Force’s proposal have not been spelled out clearly enough, be it to the Council itself, the alumni community or even to the student body. The second scenario is that these concerns have been brought forth very loudly and very articulately, but were wantonly ignored. More »

For better or worse, vote on the new alumni constitution

By Beth P. Krakower

To the Editor: As The Dartmouth correctly reported on May 22, the Alumni Council has voted unanimously to endorse the new constitution (“Alumni Council endorses constitution”). So did the council’s Young Alumni Committee, which I chair. More »

Alumni elections

By Grant Bosse, Washington, D.C.

To the Editor: I read with disappointment of the Alumni Association’s decision to cancel this fall’s scheduled elections (“Association of Alumni halts imminent elections,” May 30). It would be disturbing enough for our elected representatives to nearly double their own terms, if it weren’t also a tactless attempt to muscle through the incoherent constitution they wish to foist upon all Dartmouth alums. More »