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As members of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society and the wider Dartmouth community, we are concerned about Irving Oil Ltd.’s lack of serious action to reduce its sizeable greenhouse gas emissions.
Today, I believe Dartmouth students can help shape the election outcome in New Hampshire and the country by voting for leaders committed to creating a more just, sustainable and inclusive future. As a Dartmouth student, you are a domiciled resident of New Hampshire, meaning the state is the principal place where you live. Therefore, you have a right to vote in New Hampshire, and what happens in New Hampshire politics directly affects your life on campus. Electing Democrats at every level of government means supporting candidates who will advocate for the issues students should care about — climate action, healthcare access, reproductive rights and social equity. For young people who want to make a difference, voting in this election is one of the most powerful ways to stand up for your values and ensure that our leadership reflects our vision for this country.
As a Jewish student, I worry about the upheaval of campus life arising from pro-Palestinian protests. I know I am not alone in my concerns — and my fears are not wholly unwarranted. Whether passing graffiti demanding “pigs off campus” — a seeming reference to the cops who arrested 89 individuals at a pro-Palestinian protest on May 1 and a phrase that recalls medieval antisemitic tropes — or being accused of complicity in genocide, Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus have dealt with months of hardship. While these actions have been painful for many students to see and hear, I believe the true damage of many protests lies in their broader illiberal, unwelcoming and coercive nature.
Dartmouth’s relationship to protest and dissent stands at a crossroads under Sian Leah Beilock’s presidency.
On July 7, my friend Won Jang ’26 was reported missing and later pronounced dead. He was last seen the previous night around 9:30 p.m. by the Connecticut River. His death was ultimately ruled an accidental drowning. Most days, I cannot help but wonder what might have happened if Won had been six feet tall and white. I cannot help but think that people would have reported him missing that night and stayed behind until he was found. Maybe he’d still be here today.
After Dartmouth removed Core Power shakes from most dining locations — a result of a switch from Coke to Pepsi products in August — a Change.org petition titled, “Bring Back Core Power to Dartmouth: We Need Our Protein!” began circulating on social media, garnering 23 signatures. The petition is meant to be comedic, but it reflects an underlying problem at Dartmouth — the College does not understand what students want.
On Sept. 14, College President Sian Leah Beilock published a piece in The Atlantic titled “Saving the Idea of the University.” In it, she claims that a university’s power is diminished when a particular student group or faculty body imposes a single viewpoint on campus. She stresses that universities must instead support “ideological diversity.”
Have you ever considered taking an interesting class, but stopped yourself because it might hurt your GPA?
I am writing to inform you of my intent to de-pledge Beta Alpha Omega fraternity. I can no longer be part of an institution that has contributed to so much physical and emotional harm, including death. I do not take this decision lightly and it was a difficult one for me to make, but I know that it is the correct decision.
Since graduating from Dartmouth in June, I have wondered: In the wake of the May 1 pro-Palestinian protest on the Green, what will the next few years and decades look like on Dartmouth’s campus? How will the College’s administration ensure adequate approaches and solutions to issues students have faced, from arrests to mental health challenges?
On July 8, three Dartmouth government professors — Jennifer Lind, Daryl Press and William Wohlforth — cosigned an open letter in The Guardian titled, “The NATO Alliance Should Not Invite Ukraine to Become a Member.” We, as members of the Dartmouth Student Alliance for Ukraine, express strong condemnation of the arguments the letter propagates. We fear Dartmouth faculty members may be echoing Russian propaganda talking points. Alarmingly, the letter has recently been translated and republished in multiple Russian news sources, from Komsomolskaya Pravda to Izvestia. We believe this demonstrates the palpability of the letter’s arguments to the Russian public.
We wrestled with this piece’s timing. We asked ourselves: Is this the right time? We honestly still do not know the answer, and that is because it depends in part on you.
It was heartening to read in the New York Times on May 20 the following:
We appreciate that our colleagues working on student well-being face incredible pressure and are constrained by Dartmouth’s definition of the problem. We were, nonetheless, stunned by the framing of the May 23 “Day for Community” as a “journey of reflection, connection and community building following the protest on the Green on May 1,” according to a message from the College’s chief health and wellness officer, Estevan Garcia. Last Thursday’s event was advertised as an opportunity for healing — healing, apparently, from the peaceful May 1 protest, but not from the mass arrests, physical injuries and collective harm inflicted on students, faculty and staff by the police response to that protest.
On May 23, the Dartmouth administration paid a company more than $8,500 to host a “Day for Community” in the Hinman Forum in the Rockefeller Center. Attendees were encouraged to write reflections suggesting how to rebuild our community and received a free burrito catered by Boloco. That same day, Dartmouth Student Government separately hosted a mental wellness event at Collis Common Ground, where they distributed free journals and desserts. DSG had previously discussed programming “related to engaging in dialogue across difference and addressing wellness and providing resources” during its May 12 weekly meeting.
To the Board of Trustees:
On May 1, the Graduate Organized Laborers of Dartmouth-United Electrical Workers — the College’s graduate student union — began its strike for a fair contract. Now, many of us graduate students are wondering why or how we should participate. I’m writing to say that I am striking, and my fellow graduate students should too. The cost of attending Dartmouth’s graduate programs has spiraled out of control. In the last five years, we have experienced an 83% increase in rent without a sufficient change in pay. Graduate workers currently have no paid medical or disability leave. International students face the extra burdens of immigration fees and precarity due to their visa status. Parents are especially financially burdened by insufficient childcare support. These barriers mean that higher education at Dartmouth is only truly accessible to the privileged few. These issues must be resolved for the sake of our workers and the future of our programs.
College President Sian Leah Beilock coordinated with police to preemptively suppress a nonviolent student protest on May 1, all in the name of campus safety and free speech for all. Her authorization of riot police, armored cars and violent arrests threatens to usher in a new era of authoritarian leadership on campus that upends decades of precedent. The College’s leadership, including faculty, has traditionally viewed peaceful protest as an opportunity to educate as well as to practice and model restraint, even in the presence of encampments. Restraint and education are particularly important when the world is on fire.
Re: College President Apologizes for Community Harm
As Dartmouth students and advocates for social justice, we are deeply disturbed by the recent events on our campus. On May 1, students gathered on the Green to peacefully protest Israel’s violence against Palestinians. College President Sian Leah Beilock’s administration chose to fight that peace with force, authorizing Hanover Police to take action against the protesters — which ultimately led to the presence of state troopers armed in riot gear and the arrests of 89 individuals. This response casts a shadow over the principles of free speech and student activism that we hold dear as members of the Dartmouth Rockapellas.