Friday, January 11, 2008

Verbum Ultimum: Primary Privilege

The uncertainty and unpredictability of the impending presidential election made this year’s New Hampshire primary more important than usual. For the vast majority of Dartmouth students, casting our first primary ballot made our trips to the polls even more significant and memorable. More »

Ashes, Asches

By Caleb Ballou, Contributing Columnist

In Tuesday’s issue, The Dartmouth featured another piece from one of our esteemed alumni — that strange, arcane population that seems intent on achieving some sense of maintained relevancy (“Zero Tolerance on Drugs, Too,” Jan. 7). Amazingly, this time the argument did not involve any trustees, but instead amounted to an impassioned plea for a more lenient drug policy from Dartmouth’s administration. The article cited facts, figures and straight-up ’70s style in posing the question, “why does the Wright administration come down so hard on students for an activity that is benevolently accepted at every other school in the Ivy League?” More »