Jacob Baron ‘10 stated that petition trustee candidate Stephen Smith ‘88 is “most in touch with student opinion” (“Vote the Issues on Trustee Ballot,” Feb. 13). Yet on Feb. 8, Smith attended the Afro-American Society’s general body meeting and clearly demonstrated otherwise. Smith’s answers to students’ questions not only reflected how out of touch he is with Dartmouth and the experiences of current students, but his responses also revealed a lack of research on the specific issues that his platform claims to promote. His responses to students directly contradicted views that he expresses on his blog, raising serious concerns about his sincerity.
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I immediately sympathized with the parents of heterosexual women at Dartmouth when I read, “It’s not often that students attempt to cover model penises with condoms while wearing drunk-simulation goggles,” in The Dartmouth (“Center for Women hosts Sex Festival,” Feb. 13). Your little princess is all grown up, and she may have become a promiscuous drunk. But don’t worry, she’ll be able to wield a condom skillfully now: “Look Pa, no hands!”
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I recently traveled to Washington D.C., for the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting. At this meeting, all 10 of the Democratic presidential candidates gave speeches and met attendees. I was able to meet all of the candidates except for Barack Obama and John Edwards. Being part of the New Hampshire delegation had its perks, allowing us access to the candidates that few other college students had. Here are my impressions of them.
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To the Editor:
It seems that Jon Appleton (“Keep the personal matter of a professor private,” Feb. 13) is proposing that notable but unpleasant matters involving Dartmouth professors should be stricken from newspaper pages.
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