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Special Feature: In Pursuit of a New President
The College is on the hunt for its seventeenth president after James Wright announced his June 2009 resignation. A search committee has been formed; its antecedental task is the resolution of this question: is this a time for steady-as-she-goes, or is there a mandate for fresh leadership? Updates here.
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Debate: College Democrats v. College Republicans
Here I am in 3 Rockefeller Hall, liveblogging the fourth and most important presidential debate of this election season: the one held right here, in this room, between the Dartmouth College Democrats and the Dartmouth College Republicans.
On the Republican side, we have two of Dartblog’s own: Zak Moore ‘09 and Jenn Bandy ‘09, who is the president of the Dartmouth College Republicans, as well as Greg Boguslavsky ‘09, chairman of the New Hampshire College Republicans. For the Democrats, we have the distinguished David Imamura ‘10, president of the Dartmouth College Democrats, Tay Stevenson ‘10, secretary of the College Democrats of America, and newcomer Deanna Portero ‘12.
First, Mr. Moore debated Ms. Portero with three six-minute segments on education, trade, and health care. Both debaters made solid points, Mr. Moore with his trademark peppering of sarcasm and wit, but the event really picked up in its second round, which pitted Ms. Bandy against Mr. Imamura on foreign policy leadership, global threats to the U.S., and Supreme Court nominations. Mr. Boguslavsky and Mr. Stevenson concluded the evening, with segments on economic philosophy, taxes, and climate change.
Jenn and Mr. Imamura on withdrawing from Iraq:
On implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report:
Zak debates Ms. Portero:
Messrs Boguslavsky and Stevenson:
The scene:
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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… -
March 23, 2009
Post Prop 8 Optimism
An interesting piece in the Washington Post today about the future direction of gay marriage in California vis-a-vis Prop 8. Dartblog has offered contrasting perspectives on the subject, see here and here, but agreed that… -
March 20, 2009
Faculty Politics in the Classroom
An article from Inside Higher Ed looks at a new study by Neil Gross, a researcher at the University of British Columbia on faculty politics, available here. This study and article raise a number of… -
March 5, 2009
Professors, Politics, and Purpose
An interesting article in Inside HigherEd reporting on survey data that shed interesting light on what university professors believe and how they conceptualize their role. Among some of the more interesting findings, there have been… -
March 2, 2009
A Template for College Governance
With the announcement of Dr. Jim Kim this afternoon, I thought that I would present a template for College governance. The humble points that follow are value-neutral; they do not mandate any specific course of… -
November 17, 2008
Reconsidering Prop 8
Dartblog has been covering and opining on the gay marriage debate, particular in reference to “Prop 8” California’s recent constitutional amendment to ban the practice. Some past thoughts here. I have been mulling the issue…