Friday, November 21, 2008

Verbum Ultimum: The Anonymous Agenda

By THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD

On Nov. 9, a campus organization called The Honor Education Committee sent a mass-Blitz with the subject line "Free Donuts in Novak! [sic]," inviting students to "learn how it has become easier for you to uphold the Honor Principle with its new ANONYMOUS online reporting system!" In addition to being taken aback by the cavalier nature of the e-mail given the grave consequences that accompany Honor Principle violations at Dartmouth, we were left wondering, what, exactly, the Honor Education Committee does, what its "new" anonymous reporting feature entails, and why had we never heard of either. More »

Liberal Arts

By Yang Wei Neo, Contributing Columnist

What should a liberal education be? What disciplines should be emphasized? The Daniel Webster Project Conference, which begins tomorrow, examines these interesting and important questions in educational philosophy with respect to Socrates and Rousseau. More »

Vox Clamantis: Proving The Point

By Peter Blair, Contributing Columnist

To the Editor: I'm all for substanceless ad hominem argumentation every once and a while, but really Drew Lerman '10's comic ("The Still North," Nov. 19) did a remarkably good job at proving the point raised in my column ("Abstinence (Higher) Education," Nov.18). More »