To be completely honest, I feel a little betrayed. Dartmouth always talks up how New Hampshire’s “first in the nation” primary status means that candidates are often stopping by (relative to other schools) and that as students, we get a great deal of access to them. Now, I know that Spaulding Auditorium has a fairly small capacity (and is the only real option for an on-campus debate), and due to media accommodations, there will only be about 700 seats in the hall. But what was originally advertised to me as a great benefit of the College, it turns out, is only available to a chosen few.
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Hanover became the center of the political universe Wednesday night as the 2008 Democratic presidential candidates sparred in an eight-way bout that left no single candidate particularly bruised and bloodied and the captive audience mildly amused and, unfortunately, underwhelmed.
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Jeff Immelt, Guest Columnist and the Chairman and CEO of General Electric
The word “governance” has many interpretations — and it has assumed additional shades of meaning in recent years. Thankfully, the meaning of governance at General Electric has always been clear: Investors own the company. The board’s and my job is to work every day to create value for them. In the end, strong governance forms the foundation for building a world-class organization.
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I could make you fat. Yep, I said it — coming into contact with me and befriending me could make you fat. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2007, “the obesity epidemic can spread like a virus through social networks. When a person becomes obese, his friends and siblings are likely to gain weight as well.” James Fowler, one of the study’s authors and a professor at the University of California San Diego commented: “We were stunned to find that friends who live hundreds of miles away have just as much impact as friends who are next door.”
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Niral Shah, Executive Editor, Dartmouth Free Press
To the Editor:
In Zachary Gottlieb ‘10’s most recent column (“The Gottlieb Roundup,” Sept. 26), a portion of his incoherent stream-of-conciousness refers to “mint julep-sipping, bow-tied conservatives like Niral Shah ‘08.” Now, while I tend not to be easily offended, and have in fact enjoyed sipping a good mint-julep from time to time, I have never, not once, worn a bow tie.
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To the Editor:
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “well Joe, there you go again.” In the winter of 2006, Joe Asch ‘79 wrote an op-ed for The Dartmouth calling for College President James Wright’s resignation (“Wright Must Be Replaced,” March 1, 2006). Clearly that screed gained no traction among the trustees and alumni of Dartmouth, so now Asch tries again (“Time for Wright to Step Down,” Sept. 26).
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