With Student Assembly elections settled, it is time for the organization’s newly elected president and vice president to focus and organize their agenda for the coming year. President-elect Molly Bode ‘09 will have to show that she can produce solutions, not just entertaining campaign videos, to successfully address student concerns such as social space. More »
Services or activism? Which of these things would you like to get out of your student government? In his most recent column (“Relegitimizing Student Assembly,” Apr. 7), Evan Meyerson ‘08 argued for the latter, stating, “The [SA] president must take positions on every important issue currently affecting Dartmouth students, understand the multifaceted social and political climate a student leader must navigate and become the ultimate student advocate.” This answer is indeed a popular one on campus. When asked during the last Elections Planning and Advisory Committee debate, a majority of the candidates agreed with it. Even a cursory look at SA’s structure and history, however, would reveal that of the few things the Assembly does well, student services — not activism — is paramount. More »
To the Editor: As I watch this spring’s Alumni Association election from the sidelines, I can’t help but observe that it is a contest between two political parties: a pro-College slate led by John Mathias ‘69 dedicated to ending the litigation launched by the current association’s executive committee against Dartmouth and a pro-lawsuit petition slate led by Michael Murphy ‘61. The petition candidates,supported by the Hanover Institute (an anti-administration political action committee whose directors include petition candidate Frank Gado ‘58) have expanded the alarmist rhetoric of trustee elections into association contests. More »
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