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July 15, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Editor's Note

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This is the last Mirror under my watchful eye, and what better topic to cover with my last little soapbox than the one I'm most passionate about -- flair (see below). It's been fun, Dartmouth.


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Overheard

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'11 Kappa: I saw some drunk idiot AD boy falling down the stairs last night only wearing a thong.



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The DM Manual of Style

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Hello my name is Stefanie, and I'm a dork -- a total unabashed geek. I've been known to watch C-Span for fun, download Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus albums because I genuinely like them and tell painfully corny jokes at the most inappropriate times.







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Editor's Note

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The Election of 2008 was an epic one. I'm referring, of course, to its length. Here are the words that have been ruined -- maybe permanently -- by politicians and pundits over the past year: maverick, hope, change, hockey mom, lipstick.





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Counterpoint: Condemning smokers is hypocritical

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Dartmouth students are notorious for letting their "vices" meander into casual conversation. As long as they do not venture into "self-call" territory, nonchalant mentions of unprotected (or simply promiscuous) sex, binge-drinking, drugs and, for the less adventurous, procrastination, mean bonus points in the Dartmouth social arena.


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Point: A letter from mom

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I'm once again in the middle of midterms. I've got a cold; there's laundry piled up on my floor; I have no idea what classes I want to take next term and no time to write for The Mirror this week.



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Editor's Note

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Our generation has been pounded with anti-drug, anti-smoking rhetoric for as long as we can remember.


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Overheard

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'12 Girl: I'm such a classy chick! '12 Boy: I'm such a drunk chick! '10 Girl: Guess what my favorite phallic symbol is [holds up SmartWater bottle]. They're so long! '11 Girl: I just walk into class and think, 'Wow, these people don't know I have webcam sex...' '09 Guy, after doing a whippit: Oh man ... for a minute I forget how unhappy I was. '12 Girl 1[on Diwali]: The lights on the green look so nice! '12 Girl 2: Yeah, I didn't know this school went all out for Halloween! Girl 1: I don't know if people would get offended by that costume.



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The DM Manual of Style: Grunge

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In 1992, Marc Jacobs, then a young and largely unknown designer for Perry Ellis, shocked the fashion world with his landmark Grunge collection, a witty tribute to the youth culture of Seattle's emergent music scene.