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Constitution Rejection in the News
It is an icy morning, this. But it is also the clearest in weeks. It’s a good day for Dartmouth. The constitution has been rejected overwhelmingly. It failed by eighteen percentage points in the largest College vote in history—the broadest and deepest expression of sentiment ever. It is no small wonder that the press is paying attention. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports here. (Or read the PDF here.) The New York Sun here. Inside Higher Ed here, The Dartmouth here, and The New Criterion here. Dartmouth’s press release, which contains the mitigating phrase-of-the-day on the constitution (which is that it wasn’t rejected; it merely “failed to achieve”) is here. The Dartmouth Review right here and some elements of the Free Press here.
Looking over that list, something strikes me. The Dartmouth, along with Dartmouth’s press releases, used to be the exclusive channels of information and debate about this school. Now, they are surrounded. Now, anyone can talk. The constitution’s backers lament this. Its opposers, and they are legion, celebrate it. Today, especially.
UPDATE: The New York Times is right here.
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