Friday, May 09, 2008

Verbum Ultimum: Money Talks

Given the volume of dialogue that has raged in the pages of this and other publications for months over the Board of Trustees’ expansion plan, it is increasingly hard to believe that any lack of communication precipitated the current state of affairs. Central to the debate is the assertion by members of the petition slate in the Association of Alumni executive committee election that the lawsuit against the College was filed as a last resort after all other lines of communication between the two parties had failed — a dubious claim even in the particularly nebulous back-and-forth about who contacted whom and when. More »

Time For Candor

By J. Michael Murphy, Guest Columnist

John Mathias ‘69’s recent Opinion piece mentioned only once the key issue in the Association of Alumni election — maintenance of alumni parity on the Board of Trustees — but what he said was interesting: “Issues of alumni governance and ‘parity’ should be addressed in constructive dialogue with the trustees” (“Time For Alumni Unity,” May 6). More »

Vox Clamantis: Parity and the Presidential Search

By Alexander Abate, The Dartmouth Staff

To the Editor: With all due respect to John Mathias ‘69, his piece insults the intelligence of both students and alumni (“Time For Alumni Unity,” May 6). To be clear, I take issue with his motivation and reasoning, not with his love for Dartmouth. More »