October 2004 Issue
Are Negative Campaign Ads Obstacles to Democracy?
Face-OffTyler Stahl '05 vs. Ben Hunt '04
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Presidential Debates
In The News
Latest news from a conservative perspective.
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Inaugural Issue
Editorial
It gives me tremendous pleasure to inaugurate The Dartmouth Beacon. As our mission states, we intend to create a forum at Dartmouth for new, innovative ideas to better the standard of life of fellow students and global citizens - from an unabashedly conservative perspective...
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Students Attend Presidential Rally
Jesse Roisin '05
The Wednesday after Summer Term finals, I got an email from my contact in the Bush campaign that the President was going to give a speech in Derry, New Hampshire, in a few weeks, and that he had tickets for us College Republicans if we agreed to volunteer for a few hours after the event. Well, how could we miss such an awesome opportunity to hobnob with fellow Republicans and meet the President? I promptly emailed him back that we would love to help out...
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We Are What's Wrong With the World
Jim Throckmorton '06
Every so often, a question takes on a life of its own long after the conversation is lost in memory. "Is the Dartmouth social environment healthy?" has played around in my head for nearly a year, far outliving the conversation (great though it was) with Dean Richard Crocker, the College Chaplain. Unfortunately, this is a question that I could only answer by asking another - "Just what does a healthy society look like?"...
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Feminism: Not Just for Radicals
Amanda Morris '06
I arrived at Dartmouth my freshman year firm in my conservative beliefs, and absolutely certain that I was not a feminist. For me, feminism was a dirty word, signifying a militant, man-hating movement that had degenerated to Marxist goddess-worship. The movement seemed entirely irrelevant, a far cry from the worthy battles waged by first wave feminists like Susan B. Anthony and others who fought for suffrage. Contemporary feminism had forgotten women...
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Election 2004: High Stakes in American Politics
Torivio Fodder '05
The upcoming Presidential Election confronts Americans with some of the highest stakes since the Cold War. The days of soaring technological optimism characteristic of the 1990s are gone, as is the stock market bubble that buttressed our Information technology industry. The reality of terrorism encountered on a clear autumn morning has awoken the world, and engaged our sons and daughters in the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. In the mornings since September 11, 2001, Americans have become starkly aware that extremists, who detest freedom and the choices it affords, seek to harm our citizens and neighbors. The murderous actions of these groups underscore the point that in order for America to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, and insure domestic tranquility, we must first provide for the common defense. Indeed it is this issue of fighting the war on terror that is at stake in this election...