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A Student's Best Friend

By Maggie Baird and Kate Hildreth | May 21, 2015

Frat dogs have long been the undisputed top dogs on campus, many sparking followings of their own, but there is another class of up-and-coming canine. This fall, Student Accessibility Services implemented a new support animal program, which now allows students to live with their support animals in campus dorms.

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National No More

By Maggie Shields | May 21, 2015

It’s 1976, and change is brewing in Hanover. A group of Dartmouth women feel that the College’s social scene does not fit their needs, so they contact the national sorority Sigma Kappa to discuss establishing a chapter on campus. That spring, the sorority’s first pledge class sees an immense turnout. Flash forward to 1988 and seven more national sororities have been established on campus. Still, some of them feel that the ideas and rituals of their national governing bodies do not match up with the social needs of women at Dartmouth. So what has happened when sororities decide to go local?

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Help Wanted

By Caroline Berens | May 21, 2015

In May 1992, Thomas Cormen, vying for a position in the mathematics and computer science department, had a lot on his mind.

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Finding Your People

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | May 21, 2015

There is a saying in Korea that one will make their life long friendships in high school or before — never in college.

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Arthur and Enid Come to Dartmouth

By Mary Liza Hartong and Andrew Kingsley | May 21, 2015

Enid: So sweet of you to invite us to grandparents weekend, Eliot. Our little Dartmouth kitten!

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Editors' Note

By Maddie Brown and Charlie Rafkin | May 21, 2015

If previous weeks were characterized by a surfeit of communication, Charlie and Maddie’s fourth issue of The Mirror was marked by a startling lack of any intra-Mirror editor discussion at all.

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The D Runs The Numbers

By Maddie Brown | May 21, 2015

579 — The total number of arts and sciences faculty in the fall of 2012

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | May 21, 2015

Of all the genres of music trending among the kids these days, it’s hip-hop and rap that present themselves as the most consistently engaged in enigmatic epistemic claims.

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Fridays With Marian

By Marian Lurio | May 21, 2015

T-Pain didn’t respond to any of the multiple tweets I sent him (and have since deleted), and I’m still heartbroken. Screw you, T-Pain! Sorry I’m not a stripper (yet… graduation is fast approaching). At least I think I can beat out Mama June, Honey Boo Boo’s mom, who has recently been heading out to perform at the strip club.

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If You Don't Know, Now You Do

By Maddie Brown | May 21, 2015

How does flitzing work?

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The Mirror: Class and Money

By The Dartmouth | May 14, 2015

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Greek organizations expand financial aid, discuss inclusivity

By Parker Richards | May 14, 2015

In recent years, both student groups and administrators have placed increased pressure on Greek organizations to provide financial aid for members. The “Greek Proposal” released last November included a statement of commitment from Greek organizations to increase financial inclusivity. 

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Athletics and socioeconomic status: NCAA and Ivy League rules complicate recruitment

By Kourtney Kawano | May 14, 2015

If you take a minute to survey the students around you, chances are you will spot more than a few who proudly sport green or black jackets embroidered with their respective sport team’s name. If you do not notice the jackets, maybe you spotted students wearing green Nike shoes or black Nike backpacks with their jersey numbers stitched on the back pocket.

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The invisibility of socioeconomic status: Low-income students discuss “culture shock”

By Sam Forstner | May 14, 2015

I sat across from Ilenna Jones ’15 at a high-top table by the stairs in the Collis Center, just talking for half an hour. From my vantage point I could see countless students going about their days — leaving with cardboard stir fry containers in hand, checking flyers on the bulletin board for job and lecture postings, exiting Collis Market with ample snacks for their Sunday in the library.

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Careers after Dartmouth: Does one’s major determine one’s financial future?

By Caroline Berens | May 14, 2015

Like many freshmen, Frank Uzzi ’15 entered college planning on a major that would both match his skill set and please his parents. Dead set on the engineering track, he immediately started taking the appropriate math and physics prerequisites his freshman fall, giving little deep thought to his plan.

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Undergraduate Finance Committee funding explained

By Lauren Budd | May 14, 2015

The Undergraduate Finance Committee found itself at the center of campus discussion when it sanctioned Student Assembly in the fall for misuse of funds, but few students fully understand how the UFC works.

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Through the Looking Glass: “Inevitably it comes up. ‘How is Dartmouth going?’”

By Hui Cheng | May 14, 2015

\n I avoid going home because I can’t avoid mealtimes. The scene plays out almost exactly the same way each time.

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Institutional support for low-income students fairly recent

By Noah Goldstein and Katie Rafter | May 14, 2015

Stinson said that many people are not aware of the potential impact that arriving at the College can have on students of lower socioeconomic class. These students often require more institutional support to help ease their transition.

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Experts and students discuss effect of socioeconomic class

By Estephanie Aquino and Kelsey Flower | May 14, 2015

A recent increase in the national dialogue regarding socioeconomic class offers common themes on the experiences of college students from traditionally underrepresented socioeconomic backgrounds, but does not always reflect the individual complexities expressed by students interviewed by The Dartmouth.

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Family situations, outside support affect financial aid

By Emilia Baldwin | May 14, 2015

Although 15 percent of the College’s undergraduates receive need-based financial aid, students’ experiences with aid — shaped by unique circumstances — still vary.

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