Monday, October 22, 2007

A Cry Heard from Burma

By Denise Hotta-Moung, Contributing Columnist

The protests in Burma are not going to have a direct effect on the Burmese military government. It would be naive of the demonstrators to believe that the government will be even remotely inclined to respond to the people’s requests. This is, after all, the same government that killed thousands of Burmese students and monks during the 1988 protests. This is the same government that refused to step down from their leadership in 1990, ignoring election results in which democratic candidate Aung San Suu Kyi won 392 out of the 489 seats. This is the same government that put Suu Kyi under house arrest in 1990, where she remains today. To think that a peaceful demonstration by itself could end 46 years of corrupt military rule would be unrealistic. More »

Throw the Bums Out

By Shaun Stewart, The Dartmouth Staff

It’s not often that I agree with Dan Linsalata ‘07, but he was correct in stating that the lawsuit filed against the College by members of the Association of Alumni Executive Committee will bring nothing but national embarrassment to the College (“Giving does not demonstrate approval,” Oct. 4). The lawsuit is foolish, likely to fail and for the good of the College must be dropped immediately. Beyond that, in order for the entire Dartmouth community to move forward, those executives who sued the College should resign. More »

Filling out the facts on Denmark

By David Ong

To the Editor: In condemning libertarian economic policies of low taxes and low spending, professor John Campbell is at best misguided, and at worst grossly negligent in his pseudo-economic analysis of America and Denmark (“ExtraCurricular,” Oct. 17). More »