Editor's Note
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.
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.
'11 Kappa: I saw some drunk idiot AD boy falling down the stairs last night only wearing a thong.
In January, Vanessa Sievers '10 will take office as the youngest Grafton County Treasurer in history.
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.
Put some Taylor Swift on 'repeat' and settle down, because this week Rembert Browne writes an open letter to whomever has time for his broken heart. I didn't think it would be like this.
In the spirit of the recently ended election, Divya Gunasekaran writes about the politics of the pit.
By Luofei Deng November 4th has finally come to pass, and I could not be happier. The outcome of the election has nothing to do with my joy though.
Trust me, I get it. The Democrats, Republicans and every other organization under the sun drove me to the edge of my politesse.
DAVID SELIGER / The Dartmouth By Sydney Ribot "You never forget your first time," said Jessica Guthrie '10, president of Vox Clamantis.
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.
Eben Clattenburg '09 is the tobacco cessation intern for the College's Health Resources department and is a member of the Tobacco Task Force.
Spotted: Dartmouth students having a not-so-secret love affair with WASPy prep-school staples -- luxe tweeds, proper plaids and argyle sweaters.
Netbooks are the new craze in computing. Everybody and their mother seems to be making these very small, very low-cost laptops.
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.
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.
Our generation has been pounded with anti-drug, anti-smoking rhetoric for as long as we can remember.
'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.
Molly Davidson '09 and Jenna Manula '09 are two senior mentors in Link-Up, the network for Dartmouth women that connects freshmen and upperclassmen.
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.