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They’ve approached Dartboard’s desk many a time, equipped with flashlights and slick uniforms. At the first hint of menacing footsteps, Dartboard frantically scrambles her wrappers together, chucking soda bottles and sandwiches under her chair. But on those sad occasions when Dartboard is caught off guard, a somber patroller pulls out the dreaded paper copy of the library’s food and drink policy, sternly pointing to the illicit goods. They assume, optimistically, that after Dartboard reads those sacred words, she’ll remember to respect the library’s laws...
Perspective thinks the Dartboard by Luke Smith ’04 response to the recent Perspective Women’s Issue demonstrates exactly the unjustified generalizations and lack of nuanced debate which make such an issue necessary (“Perspective’s Girl Talk,” April 16). In addition to holding Perspective responsible for emasculating men (and, a fortiori, the popularity of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”), Smith misrepresents Perspective and misconstrues and trivializes the idea of gender equality...
...Dartboard wonders if this type of excuse would work here at Harvard. If ever asked why she missed a section or failed to turn an assignment in on time, she is determined to flash one of Bush’s glib smirks—always present at the most inappropriate of moments—and tell her TF that a good excuse just hasn’t “popped” into her head...
Harvard’s liberal newspaper, Perspective, recently published “The Women’s Issue.” The implication here, Dartboard supposes, is that devoting almost an entire issue of a newspaper to women promotes gender equality, because women are oppressed...
...realizing that the common humanity both genders share is a real basis for equality. As it stands, Perspective prefers to harp on differences between men and women. As Fawcett writes, “We want to recognize women as different from men.” In that case, Dartboard hopes that Perspective will live up to its mantra of equality and in its next issue serve up some more manly fare...