Reflection: Sophomore Year Turns Over A New Leaf
(11/01/24 7:20am)
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Reflection: The Ghosts of On-Nights Past
(10/30/24 7:30am)
A mob of ghosts crowd the street. Mummies shuffle forward with arms outstretched while autumn leaves crunch beneath their cloth-wrapped feet. They all march towards the same door, outlined by a white arch set in colonial brick.
Reflection: When Halloween Becomes Homework
(10/30/24 7:25am)
Last weekend, my sketch comedy group traveled to Yale University. Our three-hour drive down I-91 transported us from the nearly-bare trees of New Hampshire to the bright orange leaves of New Haven, Conn. When we arrived, towering Gothic buildings bathed in the early evening light cast shadows on cobblestone paths. Police and ambulance sirens echoed in the distance.
Editor’s Note
(10/30/24 7:00am)
“I’m only 21, aren’t I a little young for my knees to be hurting on a downhill hike?”
Reflection: Double Double, Toil and Tourist Traps
(10/30/24 7:20am)
Visiting Salem, Mass. in October feels like stepping into a cross between a history book and a Halloween carnival. Driving into the quaint town, your eyes are immediately drawn to the sheer force of crowds flooding the sidewalks. Cars line up bumper to bumper, and every turn reveals another wave of people bustling with excitement and anticipation. The town feels transformed, swept up in centuries-old mystique. Salem in October is undeniably larger than life — a place where history, spectacle and human fascination collide.
Spooky Season: Hanover’s Halloween Celebrations
(10/30/24 7:15am)
In a small town like Hanover, Halloween provides local businesses a chance to connect with community members and celebrate the fall season. Strolling down Main Street as Halloween nears, you might see skeletons or pumpkins adorning storefronts, or local residents dressed up for some spooky trick-or-treating.
Halloween Around the World: Global Traditions and Perspectives
(10/30/24 7:10am)
For most Americans, the word “Halloween” conjures images of costumes, candy and haunted decorations. At Dartmouth, it is a beloved and highly anticipated holiday, featuring festive activities: costume parties held in dorms or fraternities, group movie marathons and pumpkin carving contests.
Mirror Asks: Halloween Edition
(10/30/24 7:05am)
How strongly do you feel about Halloween?
Editor’s Note
(10/23/24 7:00am)
Italian plums, a hole forming in my favorite pair of Levi’s jeans, Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” Anthropologie candles, emails that begin with “Thank you for your interest” and end in disappointment, contact-safe eye drops, a warm Pacifico on a Thursday, Imogen Heap’s “Headlock” blasting through my Sony headphones as I do my skin care routine. The first fragments of my senior year.
Moosilauke Ravine Lodge: More Than Just First-Year Trips
(10/23/24 7:25am)
For many Dartmouth students, a mention of “the Lodge” might spark visions of First-Year Trips, flair and the chaos of hundreds of students after spending the previous three days isolated in the wilderness. But those two weeks in early September when the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge is bursting with nervous freshmen and covered in signs, streamers and balloons only represent a small portion of the Lodge’s character.
Tuck Business Bridge: Connecting Liberal Arts Students to the Business World
(10/23/24 7:15am)
Regardless of Dartmouth’s liberal arts approach to education, the Tuck School of Business’ presence on campus means that undergraduates have a resource to strengthen their pre-professional skills, particularly through the Tuck Business Bridge Program, also known as Tuck Bridge. During an intense three-week academic experience, top-ranked Tuck MBA faculty teach attendees a fundamental business curriculum and connect students to a cohesive network of peers and alumni.
Reaping the Upper Valley’s Harvest
(10/23/24 7:10am)
Following my First-Year Trip at Dartmouth’s Organic Farm, I considered myself a near-expert agriculturalist. In the handful of days I spent at the O Farm, pulling the occasional weed from the rows of squash — or more often snacking on ripe cherry tomatoes — I felt nature-bathed and rejuvenated before the start of the year.
Where Shall We Meet?
(10/23/24 7:05am)
In early September, the Class of 2028 arrived to a campus under renovation, with fewer spaces available to socialize than previous freshman cohorts had experienced. The two-year construction of the Fayerweather Halls, which began in June 2024, as well as the initial phase of renovations to the Collis Center porch, has eliminated two spots where past freshmen classes typically socialized.
Dealing with Distance at Dartmouth
(10/23/24 7:20am)
Fall in Hanover, much like the leaves, signals change — peak foliage season, exams in what seems like every other week and for some, perhaps the spark of a new romance. For students in long-distance relationships, though, the later weeks of the fall term might be the point at which distance and time spent apart start to sink in. The intensity of the quarter system — which leaves little time for travel — is far from ideal, making quick visits and sustained long-distance relationships challenging.
International Internships: Students Working Abroad on Their Off-Terms
(10/23/24 7:30am)
One of the virtues of the D-Plan, off-terms offer Dartmouth students 10 weeks of unbridled freedom to explore. That liberty, though, can double as a source of frustration. How exactly should you spend two-and-a-half months off campus during the school year? While many students choose to find employment domestically or relax at home, others take a more unique approach: working an internship abroad.
Editor’s Note
(10/16/24 7:00am)
Sunrise last Monday found me summiting Holt’s Ledge, drenched from a predawn rainstorm, shivering and about 37 miles into the Dartmouth Fifty — a 57-mile, 31 hour nonstop hike from Moosilauke Ravine Lodge to Hanover. A few minutes later, I sat on the side of the trail and closed my eyes, wishing fervently that when I opened them again I would find myself wrapped in a blanket in my bed, instead of sleep-deprived and with fifteen miles left to trudge.
Funding Transparency: Students Reflect on the Arthur L. Irving Institute
(10/16/24 7:05am)
At the end of Tuck Mall, nestled between the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business, stands the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. According to its website, the Irving Institute is committed to accelerating a clean energy transition. The Institute itself is one of the College’s three LEED-Platinum certified buildings, the highest rating for energy efficiency awarded by the Green Building Council. Despite the building’s environmentally-focused mission, however, Irving shares its name with a gas station down the road on Main Street.
Behind your Bibliography: Spotlight on Research Librarians
(10/16/24 7:10am)
During my freshman year, I was assigned an extensive research project for my upper-level history class. I struggled to find a topic and relevant sources, overwhelmed by the vast pool of knowledge Dartmouth libraries had to offer. Unsure of how to proceed, I confided in my professor, who advised me to make an appointment with a research librarian. It turned out to be the best advice I could have received.
Reflection: September Meditations
(10/09/24 7:20am)
Sept. 7, 2024
Editor's Note
(10/09/24 7:00am)
The leaves are changing, Dartmouth — welcome to week 4.