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Although many other schools offer public speaking courses, according to Lindsay J. Whaley, Dartmouth’s associate dean for international and interdisciplinary programs, Dartmouth’s program is notable because it seeks to emphasize “the symbiosis between the speech and writing...
Carol L. Folt, Dartmouth’s dean of the faculty, told The Dartmouth—the college’s student newspaper—that exemptions have been allowed because of a lack of resources rather than the belief that some students do not actually need the classes...
...question remains, however, why keep any superdelegates? Why should Howard Dean, who will cast his vote as Chairman of the DNC for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton based on his own inclinations, have the same power as a delegate from California who represents thousands of Democratic voters...
...know that Howard Dean loves the Democratic Party, and that most other superdelegates only want the best for the Party. But what does it say when Party elites’ votes count so much more than the average voter’s? Moreover, I worry, maybe too cynically, about corruption in this process: What is to stop Senators Obama or Clinton from hinting at a Cabinet position in return for that last, tie-breaking superdelegate...
...their disappointment that this election could come down to the whims of superdelegates. There are many problems with this lengthy nominating process, but superdelegates are especially egregious, and more importantly, easily changeable. Democrats have until March 1 before the superdelegate selection process is finalized, and who knows, maybe Howard Dean will surprise the world again. Maybe he will further the Party’s move toward actually trusting “the people” in choosing its nominee and rid itself of superdelegates. That would be super...