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The 24 Hour Challenge
In addition to the 211th anniversary of the birth of John Keats, today is also the last day to vote on the proposed constitution for Dartmouth. Have you heard about this thing? I’ve mentioned it a few times. I strongly urge all Dartblog readers to cast a ‘no’ vote on the constitution, which appears as Amendment One on the ballot. But since all Dartblog readers have done so, here’s is my challenge:
Before the day is out and the tides turn in, call five friends from Dartmouth. Catch up, and then tell them how crucial it is that they call 603-646-2258 before 4:30 PM ET today, get their personal PIN number, and then call 866-620-4940 at any time before midnight tonight to cast their ballot. There are five items on the ballot. The first item they will hear about is the constitution. After the voice on the telephone, in a nod to Josef Stalin, urges a vote of ‘yes’, your friend will be allowed to cast his or her vote. He or she should vote ‘no’. Then continue following the prompts.
Can you do this? To five people? Grazie.
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October 18, 2009
When Love Beckoned in 52nd Street
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October 9, 2009
D Afraid of a Little Competish
So our colleague and Dartblog writer Joe Asch informed me that the D has rejected our cunning advertising campaign. Uh-oh. The Dartmouth is widely known as a breeding ground for instant New York Times successes,… -
September 4, 2009
How Regents Should Reign
As Dartmouth alumni proceed through the legal hoops necessary to defuse a Board-packing plan—which put in unhappy desuetude an historic 1891 Agreement between alumni and the College guaranteeing a half-democratically-elected Board of Trustees—it strikes one… -
August 29, 2009
Election Reform Study Committee
If you are an alum of the College on the Hill, you may have received a number of e-mails of late beseeching your input for a new arm of the College’s Alumni Control Apparatus called… -
August 23, 2009
Fare Thee Well, Tom Crady
And now Dean Tom Crady has precipitously announced his departure from the College after only 20 months on the job. How to read this? By way of background, prior to coming to Dartmouth, Crady had… -
May 31, 2009
Kangaroo Court, Indeed
In an interview with The Dartmouth, alumni-elected trustee T.J. Rodgers ‘70 explained his reasons for declining to participate in future evaluations of trustees up for “re-election,” namely the “kangaroo court” nature of such discussion in…