Friday, May 16, 2008

Verbum Ultimum: A Fresh Start for SAAP

This summer, Sexual Abuse Awareness Program interim coordinator Rebel Roberts will be replaced by Michelle de Sousa (“DeSousa named new coordinator of SAAP,” May 15). The new hire provides a convenient time to reassess SAAP’s tone in order to ensure it is effectively supporting the Dartmouth community. More »

The Rudder and The Rock

By Nathan Bruschi, Staff Columnist

David Shipler’s letter to the editor demonstrates a lot of what is wrong with the expansion plan for the Board of Trustees (“The Conservative Campaign,” May 5). He postulates that the motive behind the AoA lawsuit — designed to maintain parity between elected and appointed members on the Board — is “to allow inroads by a highly publicized and pervasively ideological brand of conservatism.” This encapsulates the perverse logic of those in opposition to the lawsuit — the assumption that we only support democracy insomuch as we agree with those who get elected. More »