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Yang: Antagonists Anonymous

By Lorelei Yang | October 21, 2012

On Oct. 12, Gawker writer Adrian Chen published a lengthy article outing 49-year-old Michael Brutsch as the infamous Reddit troll and moderator Violentacrez, who created, contributed to or moderated threads such as "Chokeabitch," "Rapebait," "Hitler," "Jewmeria," "Beatingwomen" and "Jailbait." The last of these threads, which Brutsch and thousands of others used to share provocative photographs of underage girls, drew so much criticism last year that Reddit was forced to shut it down.

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Verbum Ultimum: A Rising Price Tag

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 18, 2012

This year, Dartmouth saw the highest return on its endowment of any member of the Ivy League to report its returns, doubling its benchmark growth rate ("Endowment sees 5.8 percent return," Oct.

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Chang: Just Say "No"

By Lulu Chang | October 18, 2012

Human beings are rational creatures. Dartmouth students are no exception. Driven by logic and motivated by common sense, we seem to be equipped with an inherent cost-benefit analysis mechanism that enables our decision-making process.

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Denton: Sex and Responsibility

By Richard Denton | October 17, 2012

My wife was recently walking in Hanover behind several Dartmouth students who were bragging about the sexually transmitted diseases they had collected. We are in the midst of an STD epidemic.

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Haynes: Student-Athletes Do Not Exist

By Campbell Haynes | October 17, 2012

In Tuesday night's presidential debate, both candidates espoused the virtues of the free market system.

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A Farce of a Prize

By Michael Beechert | October 16, 2012

The Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps at one time a universally admired achievement, has managed to take yet another step toward becoming a complete farce.

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Dispelling the Dartmouth Bubble

By Louis Wheatley | October 16, 2012

Every time I log on to Banner Student's DegreeWorks, I see a stark reminder of my "classification" at Dartmouth: junior.

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Hoyt: Plugging In Productively

By Hannah Hoyt | October 15, 2012

During the time it took to write this column, I've finished two class readings, posted to a course blog, transferred some money between bank accounts, emailed a half dozen people, checked the weather (twice) and looked at some cool infographics depicting the presidential race.

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Chalif: Pixar's Folly

By Eric Chalif | October 15, 2012

Remember the Pixar films of yore? Those sweet, innocent, simple productions free of convoluted plots and overly elaborate settings?

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Alston: Secondary Market Shutdown

By William Alston | October 14, 2012

While our modern economy may be complex, at its foundation much of it is intuitive especially the simple, everyday act of buying and selling.

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Wheeler: Perpetuating Patriarchy

By Katie Wheeler | October 14, 2012

As our Facebook news feeds have become flooded with countless statuses imbued with overstated love for mysterious "bigs" and house letters forced into corny puns, we know that pledge term is well underway.

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Rubin: Preserve Early Voting

By Alex Rubin | October 11, 2012

This election cycle, there has been a lot of talk about various election laws that have passed and will affect voters this coming November.

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Verbum Ultimum: A Missed Opportunity

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | October 11, 2012

In the spring, increased visibility of harmful hazing at Dartmouth prompted the College administration to announce the creation of the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, equally comprised of students, faculty and staff, to work toward decreasing the incidence of harmful initiation rituals performed by student organizations ("College forms safety committee," May 8). Despite Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson's strong rhetoric regarding the importance of an inclusive discourse on campus hazing practices and specifically the important role that this committee would play, the members of the committee of which she serves as co-chair have not met since the committee's initial meeting in the spring ("COSSA fails to meet since May," Oct.

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Francfort: Taking Ownership

By Kevin Francfort | October 10, 2012

In the aftermath of the recent hazing scandal, administrators have been working to change some of the common practices among Greek organizations and other student groups that fall under the College's definition of hazing.

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Wang: Getting Your Money's Worth

By Ethan Wang | October 10, 2012

Correction appended There is a scene in "Good Will Hunting" (1997) in which Matt Damon's character Will, an uneducated janitor, has an argument with a hotshot college student about some deep academic subject.

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Ramesh: Co-Opting Women's Rights

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | October 9, 2012

With the election just a few weeks away, internet political advertisements are out in full swing.

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McKay: Flirting With the Freshman 15

By Katie McKay | October 9, 2012

As the year begins, freshmen have had to adjust to various aspects of living away from home, in many cases for the first time.

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Kim: To What Degree?

By Yoo Jung Kim | October 8, 2012

Going to Dartmouth is a privilege. Thousands of other students were denied the seats that we currently hold, and virtually all of us will be graduating with shiny Ivy League degrees that many of us hope will give us an edge in landing lucrative and prestigious careers.

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Sellers: Beware of Brain Rot

By Emily Sellers | October 8, 2012

The perils of television-induced brain rot have been preached to us since the time we were young.

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Brooks: Don't Dimiss the NRO

By David Brooks | October 7, 2012

Whether it was through a game of harbor, a trip to the river or watching the Olympics, I found plenty of time during my Summer term for fun and distractions, and I ultimately had an amazing experience in part due to the NRO I used in one of my courses.