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June 23, 2025 | Latest Issue
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OVERHEARD

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"Dude, let's go on a road trip." "Yeah dude, let's go to Mexico." "No dude, let's go to France." "Dude, you can't drive across the Atlantic Ocean." Two dudes, hockey game, Saturday night, student section "I hate this weather; not good for anything except shoveling and freezing my nuts off." Hanover Police Officer, Dunkin' Donuts parking lot, 45 degree weather "Yeah, they're done, they even ended their Facebook relationship." '09 guy, Novack Cafe "And, like, I didn't even do it to be a sweet frat brother, man." '08 Heorot, on pledging, Baker-Berry (uh, sure buddy) "Berry Library.


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HAUTE HUFFT: Subtle Stalking

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I realize I have a problem. I am completely and utterly obsessed with celebrity gossip. My junk TV has moved from terrible, yet fabulous reality-based shows on MTV to terrible, yet fabulous "celebreality"-based shows on VH1.



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Alice The Madfratter: Awk-oholics Anonymous

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Last Thursday, Daniel Belkin '08 wrote an inspiring Op-Ed about our self-conscious student body's excessive use of the word "awkward." In his call-to-action, Belkin states: "as more students conform to the fad of being awkward, more unnecessary awkward situations will arise, convincing additional students that they are awkward themselves.


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THE CAPTAIN'S LOG: Safety and Security Fanfic

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I should lay my cards on the table straightaway: I think I am a fan of Safety and Security. And instead of meting out the usual dose of punishment, I'm going to take some space to, in a mildly twisted way, give them a thank you. Obviously, I don't mean that Safety and Security doesn't ever screw up -- they do, and it's good that people remind them.



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Matt the Movies

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In Hanover, there are only two places to rent movies -- the free, yet fine-friendly Jones Media Center, and Videostop, where your friend's girlfriend's friend from high school probably didn't return that copy of "Drowning Mona" -- so options are few.


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Alice The madfratter: Off and On

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I have a milk crate filled with books under my bed. I'm not talking about "The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System," "Dome the Works of Milton," or "Philosophy of Economics: Kill Yourself Now, Please." My milk crate is packed with the kinds of books that one would read during one's off term.


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The Captain's Log: Bubbleology

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Here are some lies about the Dartmouth Bubble: it's a microcosm of the real world; it's the natural result of being out in the middle of nowhere; it is one of many bubbles in God's champagne; it's an optical illusion caused by refraction of a thinning, viscous and soapy membrane. Rather, I think, the Dartmouth Bubble -- insofar as it's real at all, remains at its root a schema useful for dealing with the exigencies of our own D-plan-amplified self-absorption. And yet, thanks to our collegiate and careless use of language, the idea of "the Dartmouth Bubble" gets tossed around like it has all those mythic meanings and more.




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Overheard

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"Counting really depends on how you think about it. Like, if you believe that 2 + 2 is 5, then it is." "Wow, dude." Two teenage guys, Nugget Theater Lobby, mid-afternoon "There's a fine line between dancing and crying, and I walk that line." '06 male, The Red Barn "I hate these f-ing angels.