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Kim: Let Academia Speak for Itself

By Yoo Jung Kim | September 24, 2012

Jonah Lehrer, the author of popular science nonfiction books such as "How We Think," first came under scrutiny following allegations of self-plagiarism in various web and print publications.

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Kim: The Fallacy of "Follow Your Passion"

By Yoo Jung Kim | September 23, 2012

A fair number of my now-graduated friends are struggling in the dismal job market, still trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives.

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Short Answer

By The Dartmouth Opinion Staff | September 23, 2012

Last week, The Dartmouth Editorial Board praised the College for investing greater resources in the arts and constructing the Black Family Visual Arts Center after focusing so heavily on the sciences and research in the previous few years.

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Verbum Ultimum: Embracing the Arts

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 20, 2012

Over the past several years, Dartmouth has put a great deal of emphasis on strengthening its graduate programs and research departments, particularly in the fields of health care and the sciences.

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Our Democratic Duty

By Lulu Chang | September 20, 2012

This past Friday, I was reminded of the strength and venerability of our extensive alumni network when I participated on the "Dartmouth Today Panel" as a member of the Hill Winds Society.

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Brooks: Correct Correlations

By David Brooks | September 19, 2012

Recently, I was reading a portion of Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Ghost Wars," which details the attack on the U.S.

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Wang: Looking for a Messiah

By Ethan Wang | September 19, 2012

In an attempt to relate to younger voters, Paul Ryan proclaimed at the Republican National Convention, "College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life." Too real? Given these troubled economic times, this nightmarish prospect has no doubt crossed the minds of many students here at Dartmouth especially my fellow '13s.

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Wheatley: Adding Insult to Initiation

By Louis Wheatley | September 18, 2012

I'm not the only one exhausted by the constant bickering between College administrators and students on the issues of drinking, sexual assault and hazing.

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Iturrey: Occupational Contradictions

By Alesy Iturrey | September 18, 2012

Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, and protestors celebrated the event with songs, parades and blockades around the island of Manhattan, a spectacle that resulted in approximately 180 arrests for disorderly conduct.

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Hoyt: An Imperfect System

By Hannah Hoyt | September 17, 2012

We're at that point in the year when sophomores begin nervously scurrying around campus in small groups.

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Wheeler: Touch the Fire... If You Want To

By Katie Wheeler | September 17, 2012

On Oct. 27, roughly 1,100 freshmen decked out in Dartmouth '16 shirts and green face paint will march toward the Green.

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Gorjifard: Testing Teachers

By SAYEH GORJIFARD | September 16, 2012

Last Monday, 25,000 Chicago public school teachers went on strike to protest the educational reform agenda proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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Kim: Culture of Escalation

By Brian Kim | September 16, 2012

With the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens still fresh amidst the growing wildfire of anti-American sentiment across the Middle East, a schlocky, roughly edited YouTube video has emerged as the alleged motive for the crimes.

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Verbum Ultimum: Destructive Distrust

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | September 13, 2012

Over the summer, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson introduced a number of new harm reduction policies with the stated goal of mitigating threats to the health and safety of the student body by addressing the problem of binge drinking.

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Casler: Alarmism in the Middle East

By Don Casler | September 13, 2012

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denounced President Barack Obama for failing to draw clear "red lines" around Iran's nuclear program and rebuked the United States' "moral right" to hold Israel back from independent military action.

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Schwartz: It's All About the Money

By Benjamin Schwartz | September 12, 2012

Before the camera is a formidable, rather pale white dude with long, frizzy hair, reminiscent of an American Girl doll dunked in water and then left out to dry in the sun.

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Ouellette: Feminism and the New Man

By Torrese Ouellette | September 12, 2012

Throughout history, some critics of feminism have claimed that the ideology espouses nothing less than the wholesale destruction of men.

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Kicking and Screaming, Sort Of

By Campbell Haynes | September 11, 2012

My coach ride up to Hanover last week was unusual for me. Usually, I'm anxiously excited to get back up to school.

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Fabricating at the Conventions

By Kevin Francfort | September 11, 2012

The recently concluded Republican and Democratic National Conventions have stirred up much interest in the presidential race.

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Michel: How to Learn More

By John Michel | September 10, 2012

Albert Einstein once mocked, "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." One might think that education, above all else, would embrace and benefit from new methodologies and technologies.