By endorsing Jaromy Siporen ‘08 for Student Assembly president, The Dartmouth backed a losing candidate for the fourth straight year. It appears that like most newspaper endorsements, The Dartmouth’s endorsement does not really affect voters on campus (nor should it). But if nothing else, their priorities are different. The question then becomes, at least in my mind, what are we looking for from our student leaders? More »
Regarding “Regaining the Right Role” (May 9) by Doug Keare ‘56, responses by Association of Alumni petition candidates warrant consideration. Keare needs to be corrected on several points. Petition slate members have been active participants in alumni governance discussions. Indeed some were offered “if you care so much, stand for election” encouragement by the current head of the alumni Executive Committee, yet these same most-outspoken opponents of the incumbents were NOT asked to be among the “diverse” official nominees. More »
To the Editor: Shala Byers’s ‘07’s op-ed “The Merit of Meritocracy” (May 10) totally ignores the point of Amanda Rosenblum ‘07’s thoughtful and heartfelt questioning of the Senior Executive Committee’s choices for Class Day positions. Like Rosenblum, I too will be honored with a position at class day thanks to the SEC (not as a marshal but as a historian). More »
To the Editor: I want to clarify that, while Shala Byers ‘07 is a member of the Senior Executive Committee, her op-ed (“The Merit of Meritocracy,” May 10) does NOT represent the views of the SEC or its decision-making processes regarding class marshals, class historians and class orator as a whole. More »
In order to achieve any campus-wide goals, Student Body President-elect Travis Green must first fix the fatally flawed infrastructure of Student Assembly, which will require that he cede his power over the formation of the Assembly’s Executive Committee. More »
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