Whether they realize it or not, all Dartmouth students have great interest vested in College policy — $190,000 worth of interest. Why then, are so many students so antagonistic toward the Dartmouth administration? Improving communication between students and the administration would go a long way toward ending the adversarial and unproductive attitude that often exists between the two groups.
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“Classism” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular socioeconomic class.” This College, in all of its endeavors to make itself a symbol of equality, with all of its tirades against the perceived epidemics of hate crimes, with all of its attempts to finally triumph over its sexism, has overlooked one of its most atrocious anathemas — its blatant classism.
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To the Editor:
Swim team head coach Jim Wilson blew a tongue-in-cheek one past The Dartmouth when he claimed his saintly academics priority excuses a 4:15 a.m. departure for the University of Pennsylvania meet or the too many years of swim team cellar finishes (“Swim team takes 4 a.m. trip to morning meet,” Jan. 25).
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