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(09/09/14 10:46pm)
’18s, your mere existence makes me feel old. And with that feeling comes the compulsion to convey something that I, like any old person, will preface by saying that you will only really understand it when you, too, are old. It’s cyclic and ironic — and a little sad, to be honest — but bear with me.
(04/17/14 8:09pm)
As Dartmouth students, we often become so entrenched in our ways that we forget to question the things around us. We function within institutions and participate in traditions, often without understanding their backgrounds. Occasionally, we may wonder about the absurdity of our ways, but we never bother to seek out answers. In doing so, we remain uneducated on a very deep and problematic level.
(04/03/14 9:07pm)
Last week, when I introduced myself to Collis employee Kathy McTaggart and asked her if she would be willing to tell me a little about herself, she blushed. She wasn’t sure if she was the right person to do an interview. Luckily for me, another Collis employee overheard our conversation, caught her eye and encouraged her to give me a chance to formally introduce her to campus.
(03/06/14 10:32pm)
I’m really jealous of Ben Affleck, and it isn’t even because he regularly gets to hang out with Matt Damon.
(02/20/14 11:00pm)
This is the article that I’ve wanted to write for almost a year.
(01/24/14 1:27am)
I couldn’t even tell you the number of times my editors cut out the Dartmouth cliches I used in my first Mirror articles during freshman year. References like #facetime, the weather being unbelievably cold and all forms of “so/too real” were akin to profanity. But for me, these were the easy jokes because as a freshman, I understood them. I could even execute them. And it never occurred to me how little insight they conveyed to the upperclassmen that had heard the punch lines thousands of times before I ever stepped on campus.
(08/14/13 2:00am)
Whether you go home for a week after your First-Year Trip or stick around campus until orientation officially begins, your first move is obvious a shower or maybe two. Don't hug anyone, don't touch anything, and don't even think about trying to make more new friends until you've rid yourself of the stench of five days in the woods. People more outdoorsy than me might claim that it's simply a communion with nature, but when you return to Hanover, you just aren't in nature any more. I loved my trip, and you will too, but a roll of toilet paper and a stick of deodorant are no substitute for hygiene.
(08/09/13 2:00am)
It was a funny, spontaneous and surprisingly informative experience but more than that, the tour was my first and most profound exposure to the unapologetic, incomprehensible, over-the-top love students often have for the College. It sounds a little too scripted and nostalgic now, but I remember how right before these soon-to-be graduates left to go to their African drumming class, they all looked at us for a minute.
(07/26/13 2:00am)
I've learned a bunch of my Facebook friends' middle names this month. Corporate recruiting is heating up, and changing online identities to thwart snoopy potential employers is the new trend. Nicknames are substituted for first names, middle names replace last names and spellings are distorted, all in the hopes of covering up any signs of scandal and maintaining a clean online presence.
(07/12/13 2:00am)
If this all sounds sinister and pessimsitic, lighten up. All I mean is that it's high time we start making moves to accomplish our lists of must-dos before the weather cools down and the schoolwork heats up. Even when our tans have faded and our shorts have been packed away, the memories and muploads will be well worth it. This week we delve into meeting new people, a 13X bucket list, a culture of stealing and the best burger spots in the Upper Valley.
(06/28/13 2:00am)
Whether students are trying to fulfill hard-to-get distributive requirements or spice up their major track, it's more than likely that you know at least a few '15s who are using this term to take classes that they wouldn't normally. After all, a liberal arts education encourages students to step outside comfort zones and approach learning from a diversified perspective and over sophomore summer, our definitions of what qualifies as "diversified" may extend even further. We have a propensity to embrace the offbeat during our term at "Camp Dartmouth," and the College and professors respond by giving us some academic opportunities to match.
(05/17/13 2:00am)
Students often change their minds about many aspects of Dartmouth throughout their timehere, but whether you are a freshman, senior or alumnus, it's unlikely that your perspective on Green Key will evolve.After experiencing the weekend last year, Chase Mertz '15 agreed with the enthusiastic freshmen.
(04/26/13 2:00am)
How much beer can you lift: a can, a case, a keg or a refrigerator?
(04/05/13 2:00am)
But then, before I knew it, freshman year went by in an instant. I was a sophomore, the weather got cold and my fifth term at Dartmouth was upon me. Many aggressive blitzes from the Deans Office and the Registrar later, I found myself miraculously declaring the same major that I had checked off on the Common App two years ago.
(03/08/13 4:00am)
Andrew Lohse's now infamous op-ed in The Dartmouth and the following Rolling Stone expose on the College's Greek life were published less than halfway through my freshman year. At the time, I couldn't have told you where Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was, or even how to pronounce the notorious '12's last name. I didn't know anything about pledge term or how the rush process worked, and had only a vague concept of the system's structure.
(02/22/13 4:00am)
I have yet to meet a Dartmouth student who can't find a way to keep busy. Regardless of course loads or extracurricular commitments, being at least a little bit in a rush a lot of the time seems to be the norm on this campus. We all have a tendency to walk just a little too fast and to have just one too many things on our plates. Yet somehow, we've come to accept perpetual activity as our normal state.
(01/25/13 4:00am)
For about six years, I dreamed of being an author and illustrator of children's books. Then I turned eight, had an existential crisis and dreamt a new dream I wanted to be a doctor. My goals for the future have changed upwards of a dozen times since the third grade. Maybe I'm fickle, but from what I know about my peers, it doesn't seem like I'm the only one. We all have aspirations, some of them more consistent than others, but also need paths to achieve them.
(01/18/13 4:00am)
Award winning play director and Dartmouth theatre professor Carol Dunne didn't always feel comfortable around the stage.
(01/11/13 4:00am)
There are aspects of Dartmouth and its culture that have so far endured the test of time. And then there are those that have faded away, even when they once seemed as permanent as the College itself. Those two centuries of all-maleness? Jim Yong Kim's long and illustrious tenure as College President? Old Blitz? (Disclaimer: this one was admittedly before my time, but ask a '13 about it and you'll likely suffocate in their nostalgia.) All proof that longevity isn't always so predictable.
(11/09/12 4:00am)
Most of you had no idea, although some of you got pretty close when you called it "a journal reflecting upon things" and "a newspaper". You're right, we should be a newspaper in ourselves because we're that awesome, and good for you for realizing that calling it "The Mirror" hints on some sort of reflection it may or may not have taken us three terms to figure that one out. But also, why are you answering this survey if you don't even know where your information is going? Whatever, we're happy that this campus is so trusting. Or maybe you saw the survey and were just dying to know the answers to these mysterious questions. Either way, we're happy you could bear with us.