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Hiding Behind Our Pink Spandex

Flair, like Homecoming or Winter Carnival, is a Dartmouth tradition. But part of what distinguishes this tradition from our termly festivals is the fact that flair is worn year-round it begins with Trips and ends, well, never. Whether worn as party attire, used as a costume to cheer on a team or donned just for fun, flair is about as ubiquitous on this campus as beer and snow. Even more than a tradition, it seems, flair has become a Dartmouth obsession.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

The United States prison system is as unsavory and misguided as David Bowie's 1972 mullet. With 7 million Americans in jail, on probation or on parole, the "land of the free" is host to nearly 25 percent of the world's prisoners, according to a CNN study. Over one in 100 Americans is incarcerated.

AS SEEN ON: Stay away from this Village

This past Sunday, AMC premiered a six-part miniseries, "The Prisoner," a remake of a 1960s series of the same name.

Classic rock nostalgia, stacked cast buoys ‘Pirate Radio'

The speaker-busting dance montage that accompanies the opening credits of "Pirate Radio" (2009) is a rousing tribute to the joy and liberation that rock and roll music brought to a generation in the 1960s.

Daily Debriefing

A study appearing in the Journal of American College Health found that students who live in coed housing engage in binge drinking more frequently than do those that live in single-sex housing, according to Inside Higher Ed. The study found that 42 percent of students living in coed housing engaged in binge drinking weekly, while only 18 percent of students living in single-sex housing engaged in the same behavior each week, Inside Higher Ed reported. The study involved more than 500 students from five separate colleges, according to Inside Higher Ed. Because most surveyed students who were living in coed housing did not specifically request this living situation, researchers did not attribute the discrepancy to the theory that students who frequently binge drink select to live in coed housing. The study was conducted by Brigham Young University professor Jason Carroll and Brian Willoughby, a visiting professor at Brigham Young.

Women discuss recovery through ‘Telling My Story'

When Katherine Briggs 10 stepped into Valley Vista Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Treatment Center, she was somewhat nervous about the idea of creating and performing theatrical skits with recovering drug addicts. Her anxiety was put to rest, however, when she and some of her classmates joined a group of women at Valley Vista performing a "ridiculous" West African dance, which Briggs said allowed her to quickly bond with the women. Briggs shared her experiences working for the "Telling My Story" program during a panel about the program at Zeta Psi fraternity on Tuesday.

Global temp. rising rapidly, expert says

After traveling to remote areas of the world, and even employing yaks to transport large blocks of ice down the Himalayan Mountains in his efforts to conduct research on climate change, Lonnie Thompson has concluded that temperatures on Earth have increased at a higher rate in the last century than they did during any other hundred year period in the last 800,000 years. Thompson presented the findings from his research in a lecture titled "Global Climate Change: A Paleoclimate Perspective from the World's Highest Mountains" to a crowded audience in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday.

House bill could help recent grads.

In the wake of the House of Representatives' narrow approval of a health care bill that Democratic leaders believe will extend coverage to 36 million previously uninsured Americans, several College and health policy experts told The Dartmouth that, although the bill would extend coverage to recently graduated students, the legislation is unlikely to have an immediate impact on health care coverage for undergraduate students at the College.

Rep.'s arrest derails state ‘Good Sam' bill

Following his Oct. 30 arrest for underage alcohol consumption, New Hampshire State Rep. Brian Poznanski, D-Hillsborough, has been dropped as the primary sponsor of the "Good Samaritan" legislation crafted by Dartmouth College Democrats and the New Hampshire House of Representatives will now not be able vote on the legislation this session, according to Ryan Tincher '12, the New Hampshire College Democrats communications director. The New Hampshire College Democrats were unable to find a replacement sponsor for the bill before the Nov. 12 deadline to introduce new legislation, Tincher said.

Re-Talibanization

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After three high-profile mixtapes, hip-hop artist Wale has released his major-label debut,

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Daily Debriefing

Dartmouth was ranked first in the Ivy League for study abroad participation in the Institute of International Education's 2009 "Open Doors" report. During the 2007-2008 academic year, 61 percent of Dartmouth students studied abroad, placing the College sixth in the ranking of all doctorate-granting institutions. A higher percentage of Dartmouth students have studied abroad annually over the past 32 years than at any other Ivy institution, according to historic data from the "Open Doors" report. Nationwide, the number of students studying abroad increased by 8.5 percent over last year.

Study investigates stock market crash, retirement

Contrary to recent reports in the media, the current recession will not significantly affect the age at which people retire, according to a study performed by a research team including two Dartmouth economists.

Adviser criticizes Afghanistan policy

The U.S. army enlisted the help of exiled Afghan warlords to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, operating under the principle that "the enemy of our enemy is our friend," Chayes said. The warlords' return to power, however, frustrated the Afghan people, who grew to resent the American involvement, she said.

CMC-clinic affiliation still sparks controversy

MANCHESTER, N.H. Community members voiced their concerns on Monday about the proposed affiliation between Catholic Medical Center and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic the multi-specialty group physician practice affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Art here during the third and final open forum on the issue. The proposed affiliation has come under fire due to the organizations' disparate policies on issues like abortion. The affiliation would allow CMC to access more specialists, and the clinic would gain a hospital presence in the Manchester area.

Kim talks budget in closed event

College President Jim Yong Kim addressed Dartmouth's impending budget cuts before a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Monday in Alumni Hall. Although originally slated to be public, Kim's presentation on the budget, which comprised the majority of the meeting, was restricted to faculty after Dean of Faculty Carol Folt moved to enter an executive session.

VOX CLAMANTIS: Not ‘Low-Level'

To the Editor: