Verbum Ultimum: Dear President Hanlon

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board

May 24 | 12:00 am

Welcome to Dartmouth! As you assume your new role, you will take the helm of an institution that is in a state of flux. Over the past few years, the College’s administration has seen significant turnover, and even more recently, the undergraduate student body has seen a dramatic split over campus issues. As you assume your new role, you will need to quickly get your administrative house in order to effectively pursue the goal of making Dartmouth have the best undergraduate experience in the country.

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Herbst: We Should All Be Listening

By Robert Herbst, Guest Columnist

May 24 | 12:00 am

This Saturday, Spaulding Auditorium will be full of students, professors and community members listening to the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra perform its final concert of the year. As a violinist in the orchestra, I hope that the crowd will be less gray than it normally is, but past trends indicate that community members will vastly outnumber my peers. I have long since learned to accept this unfortunate demographic inclination, though I still fight the good fight of guilting friends into showing up. However, I really struggle with the assumption that this trend is inevitable, that the elderly are better suited to “get” classical music. Stereotypes aside, I believe that classical music has an inherent and specific appeal to younger generations that is not represented in concert turnouts.

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Thursday | May 23, 2013

Ramesh: A Modest Proposal

By Chandrasekar Ramesh, Staff Columnist

May 23 | 12:00 am

It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great college when they see some of the most promising persons of the upcoming generation wasting their potential and dimming their intellectual capabilities every night. Sexual assault, hazing, binge drinking and intolerance are but a few of the consequences brought on by the prevalence of the fraternity system at the College. I think it is agreed by all parties that this male-dominated space has led to the exclusion of those who do not conform to the traditional gender norms of what society has decided constitutes a male. But my intention is very far from alienating those involved with the Greek system, as I believe they can be the primary agents for change. Indeed, there is an opportunity here that has been missed by most of the campus.

Schneider: Investing With Foresight

By Ian Schneider, Guest Columnist

May 23 | 12:00 am

Last Monday, I attended a jam-packed “Dialogue on Divestment” with visiting Tuck School of Business professor Anant Sundaram, 350.org founder Bill McKibben and visiting environmental studies professor Terry Tempest Williams. 350.org’s [“Fossil Free”](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/energy-environment/to-fight-climate-change-college-students-take-aim-at-the-endowment-portfolio.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) movement has already succeded at encouraging six universities to divest their endowments from fossil fuel extraction companies. Dartmouth’s endowment is currently $3.5 billion, and its earnings help pay for scholarships, operations and more. In order for divestment to succeed, schools must experience minimal financial risk, results must help further environmental goals and there must be a strong argument for focusing on fossil fuel divestment.

Wednesday | May 22, 2013

Francfort: The Cost of Divestment

By Kevin Francfort, Staff Columnist

May 22 | 12:00 am

Over the last few weeks, there has been a growing call for environmental responsibility in Hanover. The Divest Dartmouth movement has called on the College to withdraw all of its investments in the 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies. This push carries enormous implications for the College’s ability to continue its financial aid offerings and general long-term financial stability.

Rendleman: Taking A Step Back

By Vivien Rendleman, Staff Columnist

May 22 | 12:00 am

I first heard about Green Key during First-Year Trips. Naturally, my trippees and I wanted to absorb as much information as possible about Dartmouth’s traditions and big weekends. Upperclassmen mentioned Homecoming and the bonfire, as well as Winter Carnival and its ski races, but Green Key apparently lacked a central event. It seemed to remain a big weekend just as an excuse to kick back and take a break from school.

Tuesday | May 21, 2013

Mehring: Theory and Knowledge

By Adam Mehring, Staff Columnist

May 21 | 12:00 am

With more than 1,400 undergraduate courses spread over 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs, Dartmouth provides access to an incredible wealth of learning opportunities. It would take 90 years of four-term, four-course loads to appraise Dartmouth’s full academic menu, assuming, that additional courses are not introduced in the meantime.

Miller: Are We Really Talking?

By Jon Miller, Staff Columnist

May 21 | 12:00 am

Dartmouth may be headed down a slippery slope. In a [recent op-ed](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324216004578483080076663720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ) in the Wall Street Journal, Swarthmore College junior Danielle Charette described the illiberal atmosphere that has overtaken Swarthmore, allowing for a group of students to take over a meeting of their board and monopolize the supposed “dialogue” to further their own goals. In the following days, administrators did not utter a single condemning word.

Monday | May 20, 2013

Kurz: Geoff Canada: Life Reformer

By Mitchell Kurz, Guest Columnist

May 20 | 12:00 am

An apocryphal eavesdropping at Collis: “Our Commencement speaker is Geoffrey Canada? Some education reformer guy? Didn’t we have a do-gooder last year? Why can’t we have someone like Conan again?”

Albrecht: A Failure of Values

By Emily Albrecht, Staff Columnist

May 20 | 12:00 am

On Mother’s Day, [19 people](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2013/05/12/nopd-hurt-new-orleans-parade-shooting/Uh7Jbnn3QoQwAb725j1c2L/story.html) were injured in a mass shooting in a New Orleans parade. The shooter was not apprehended until later that week, and his arrest was not made public until [Wednesday night.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/16/us-usa-shooting-neworleans-idUSBRE94F08320130516) By early Thursday morning, [five more suspects]( http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/16/184437804/suspect-apprehended-in-new-orleans-second-line-shooting) had been arrested, one as an additional shooter and the other four for harboring the shooters.

Vox Clamantis: Sexton

By Kristian Sexton, Guest Columnist

May 20 | 12:00 am

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Katie McKay’s [article](http://thedartmouth.com/2013/05/16/opinion/mckay) in the May 16 edition of The Dartmouth. While I will not waste anyone’s time rendering my own opinion on the matter, I would like to point out something that I think may be relevant when considering this opinion piece. The entire United States criminal justice system is based on the fact that society has collectively decided that it does believe there are in fact varying degrees of crimes including sexual assault and even murder. This type of system is not unique to the United States either; most societies in the modern world and throughout all of human history have defined varying degrees of essentially the same crimes.

Friday | May 17, 2013

Verbum Ultimum: Inconsistent Programming

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board

May 17 | 12:00 am

Tonight’s Green Key concert, featuring Shaggy and ASAP Rocky, represents the culmination of a dramatic year for Programming Board. Dating back to the controversial location and ticket sales for Avicii last winter, the last large concert it sponsored, the group’s record in planning and running music events is far from sterling. Programming Board’s operations have been marked by a lack of organization and transparency, and are in dire need of improvement.

Gil: No Shame

By Michelle Gil, Staff Columnist

May 17 | 12:00 am

We hear it from girls and guys alike: “Real girls have curves.” “I would rather date someone with some meat than a twig.” “Oh, she looks anorexic. It is better to be overweight than look starved like her.” These comments are usually meant to ameliorate the effects of fat-shaming, to make larger women feel better about themselves, to prove that being a bigger size does not mean someone is any less of a woman. But why must we put down one group of people to make another feel better? Why strip away the title of “real woman” from someone who is skinny to reaffirm that title for someone larger? Fat-shaming is indeed unacceptable and should be stopped, but trying to shame any other body type is not the way to go about this.

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