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Trustees must consider big picture before breaking ground

With the trustees’ decision to raze Milliken and build a new dorm in its stead, we have the unique chance to play with the look of the campus. The current problem with the social dorms and with Milliken is a disparity in building styles. So now, before settling on a

College need not be more liberal with conservative voices

The fact that conservative beliefs are underrepresented is not the issue-they are, without a doubt. A small Massachusetts liberal arts school is bound to be disproportionately liberal; students applying here take that into account, as do potential faculty members. The question is whether the administration should care and whether there

Spectator controversy frames scrutiny of SFC policy

When assigning a budget for an organization, the SFC takes into account its function on campus, its previous work and its future plans. However, when an organization decides, mid-term, to drastically change its mission statement, it undermines the SFC’s role. The SFC should have a consistent rule to deal

Scouts' Honor

Boy Scout officials on all levels of bureaucracy are giving us to believe that this is a happy compromise. Maybe in the short run-but the lurking fact remains that for all its chumminess, the BSA can exert firm control on the Great Trails Council in several meaningful ways; for example,

Doctoring Diversity

Irrespective of practical considerations, our ideal faculty would reflect the racial composition of the student body, which in turn would reflect that of the country. That our faculty’s racial diversity matches that of U.S. Ph.D.s only means we’re not behind the curve, and recent hiring