Remember the good old days of Napster? These were the days when a new technology called “file sharing” was being put to good use by people like you and me all around the country: downloading great music for free. These were the days when I, a 14-year-old budding musician, was using Napster to expand my musical horizons. These were also the days when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was apparently still in the dark. More »
While I strongly support the efforts of individuals such as Adam Platz ‘08 in their attempts to increase awareness about recycling in their respective Greek houses and the community-at-large (“Greens think green in recycling push,” March 29), I feel that these actions are a mediocre response to a problem that has a much simpler and even more environmentally sustainable solution. More »
While reading “Jacket stealers create ripple effect” (March 6), I came across jacket-theft-victim Noah Hall ‘07’s comments assuming that, “It’s likely a townie trying to cause mischief….” Being myself an ‘ex-townie,’ Hall’s opinion left me shaken and weak with long-buried guilt. It is in the spirit of this that I have decided to come clean and make a full confession. More »
In his March 29 op-ed (“Alcohol Policy: Seeking Answers”), Joseph Asch ‘79 misrepresents Yale’s position on alcohol violations as well as the situation at Dartmouth. Our colleagues at Yale have confirmed to us that, like other colleges and universities, they follow federal and state laws. And despite the reservations we share with other educators about the wisdom of an age 21 drinking law, Dartmouth also complies with the legal requirements, as it must. It might be helpful here to outline some of our legal constraints, at both the federal and state levels, and to reiterate what Dartmouth’s goals are for addressing alcohol use by undergraduates. More »
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