January 2005 Issue
Bush Term Two: Drill in Alaska
Adil W. Ahmad '05Kaktovik, Barter Island, is the only inhabited town on the Coastal Plain of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). It was established in 1923 by Tom Gordon as a fur trading post but the region has been inhabited by man for over ten millennia. Despite development in the rest of the world, Kaktovik has remained largely primitive. Its people, the Inupiat Eskimos, live a subsistence lifestyle. Few people hold permanent jobs, which are generally limited to low-income or menial positions. Their primary occupation is gathering food year round, which, given the arctic temperatures in the winters, becomes severely limited for a significant portion of the year. There are no proper health or educational facilities on the island...
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Dartmouth Democrats React to Election
Bruce Gago '05
At 6'9" and 340 pounds, Lucius Alexander '07 is the largest Dartmouth football player and bigger than Bush and Kerry combined. Unlike many of his teammates, Lucius is an avid video gamer and a computer science major. When not bashing helmets on the field or playing Xbox, Lucius enjoys discussing the latest political trends and ideas. He's one of many Dartmouth Democrats who expressed a palpable disappointment with the election outcome. "The results are understandable," he says, "and America still has a ways to go ... but life must go on."...
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Battling the Draft
Frank Gutierrez '07
The South Carolina Democratic Party wanted to make a statement in the 2004 election. Naturally, any such statement would flirt with the fringes of controversy. So the SC Democrats, in a get-out-the-vote effort, mailed a pamphlet with a fake draft notice and a voter registration card; printed inside the words: "Which would you rather fill out?"...
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When Liberals Attack Minorities
Amanda Morris '06
On September 28th, 2003, Rush Limbaugh appeared on the pre-game show on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown. The topic of discussion was Donovan McNabb, a black quarterback on the Philadelphia Eagles football team. During the course of a discussion regarding his abilities, Limbaugh made the following statement: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."...
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Tsunami Tsience
Editorial
One is obliged to chortle smugly when otherwise educated, respected environmental leaders begin to spew a barrage of incorrect basic scientific knowledge in response to a major event. The tsunami that devastated South Asia and East Africa prompted many leading environmentalists, scientists, and academicians to issue warnings of inevitable global demise due to the environmentally harmful actions of mankind. Not only are these warnings outrageous, they are detrimental to any sustainable poverty reduction in the undeveloped countries of the world...
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Letters to the Editor
Letters
Our readers respond.
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Why did President Bush Win the Election?
Face-Off
Niral Shah '08 vs. John Williamson '08