Forum, Feb. 16: Dartmouth should drop Division I sports
Published: 2/15/2021 10:00:04 PM
Modified: 2/15/2021 10:00:03 PM
Dartmouth should drop Division I sports
Dartmouth College is a famed academic institution, one of the best. So it is odd and disturbing that much of the publicity about Dartmouth revolves around sports rather than academics.
Three recent cases in point:
■ The ruckus over dropping five Division I varsity teams, then reinstating them, including the Forum letter by Dick Bates (“Faculty, Hanlon are responsible for Dartmouth sports cut debacle,” Feb. 7) supporting such sports and criticizing faculty for “their snobbish attitude toward athletics.”
■ The recent article describing the extraordinary and certainly very expensive process by which coaches “recruit” so-called “student-athletes” (“Ivy recruiting operations shift amid pandemic,” Feb. 5), which smacks of professional, profit-seeking entities like the Patriots and Red Sox.
Forum, Feb. 12: Community power is the NH way
Published: 2/11/2021 10:00:05 PM
Modified: 2/11/2021 10:00:03 PM
Community power is the NH way
I believe that New Hampshire municipalities should be free to choose where they purchase their electricity. Right now, every municipality in the state is essentially limited to purchasing electricity from a public utility monopoly.
RSA 53-E, signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu, makes it possible for New Hampshire towns to aggregate their residential, municipal and business accounts, thereby creating a new buying entity with greater purchasing power and granting them access to a wide range of energy suppliers.
The Environmental Protection Agency states that community choice is “an attractive option for communities that want more local control over their electricity sources, more green power than is offered by the default utility, and/or lower electricity prices.”
Forum, Feb. 11: Opposed to Woodstock owning Faulkner Park
Published: 2/10/2021 10:00:31 PM
Modified: 2/10/2021 10:00:29 PM
Opposed to Woodstock owning Faulkner Park
As full-time residents in Woodstock Village we are incredibly grateful for the space that Faulkner Park offers for our family. We’re especially fond of the trail to Mount Tom, as that is where our 6-year-old transitioned from “How much longer?” to simply enjoying the hike, with an occasional “Can I have a snack?”.
We are strongly opposed to town ownership of the park. To us, it boils down to the fact that all of us get to enjoy the park now as a great natural resource with no financial or legal obligations thanks to Marianne Faulkner and her trust, administered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. If the town takes title to the park, all of us are taking on risk, most notably in higher taxes. The proposed $850,000 that the town would receive for management and maintenance may sound like a significant sum, but it i