By Christian Kiely, Contributing Columnist
From gun charges to blood doping, it seems as if professional athletes are getting themselves into trouble more and more often these days. Just take the recent examples of cyclist Michael Rasmussen and NFL players Adam "Pacman" Jones and Michael Vick. They are all individuals who get paid -- the latter two rather handsomely -- to perform the duties of a professional athlete. For these and many other professional athletes however, the realization that they are paid millions of dollars to play sports is not enough incentive to keep them out of the kind of trouble unbecoming of individuals in their position.
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By Lee Cooper, Guest Columnist
In Friday's article concerning the alleged incidence of misogyny that occurred at Theta Delta Chi fraternity on Wednesday evening ("Kappas accuse Thata Delt of harassment," Aug. 3), Denise Hasson, Vice President of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, was quoted as saying, "[Members of the fraternity] lost all respect for women because they think it's okay, and the Greek system allows that and is conducive to it."
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By Laurel Peak, Guest Columnist
I am writing this in response to the incident between Theta Delta Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma last week and the article in last Friday's issue of The Dartmouth ("Kappas accuse Theta Delt of harassment," Aug. 3).
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By William Montgomery, Guest Columnist
Mr. Zywicki would have us believe, because he is "not only a lawyer but a professor who has taught contract law for over a decade" that, unless we can compete with his credentials, we ought to sit down and shut up ("Honoring the 1891 Agreement," Aug. 3). He might have added that he is also an amateur propagandist and a selective quoter who is attempting to take advantage of the fact that most readers are not only not lawyers, they also do not have the 1891 Agreement available to them. What he writes is not exactly the "big lie," but it comes close. Furthermore, like many lawyers, Mr. Zywicki loves a good argument. For confirmation you only need go to his weblog, The Volokh Conspiracy (www.volokh.com).
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By Lauren Bennett
To the Editor:
When an event occurs such as last weeks' between Kappa Kappa Gamma and Theta Delta Chi, it gives a publication the opportunity to turn a troublesome situation into impetus for change in guy-girl dynamics at Dartmouth ("Kappas accuse Theta Delt of harassment," Aug. 3). Instead, The Dartmouth squandered the opportunity to unite the campus over the issue.
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By Brent Kesler, Norwich, Vt.
To the Editor:
After Theta Delta Chi's inexcusable treatment of the women of Kappa
Kappa Gamma -- their own guests -- their president had one immediate responsibility: a courageous act of public contrition ("Kappas accuse Theta Delt of harassment," Aug. 3). He failed.
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