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Through The Looking Glass: The X-Factor

By Madison McIlwain | May 9, 2018

Most of us have an ex — a significant other, a hookup or even a friend. But not every college student has experienced “the X.”  At Dartmouth, masked behind a laughable meme, there is a stereotyped system we call the X.

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Barking Beauties

By Jimmy Nguyen | May 9, 2018

Sometimes, when walking outside, the people in front of me walk really slowly and it makes me feel a bit agitated. Then I see a dog.

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Ten Word Etymologies You Probably Didn't Know

By Nikhita Hingorani | May 2, 2018

The word disaster stems from the French word “désastre,” which is derived from the Old Italian word “disastro.” All three variations of disaster evolved from the latin “dis” and ancient Greek “astron,” which together was interpreted as “bad star.” The ancient Greeks studied astronomy and the cosmos, so “disasters” are due to some unfavorable alignment of the universe.

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Hack Dartmouth: Hackers In Hanover For 24 Hours

By Cristian Cano | May 2, 2018

What does computer hacking mean? Today it can mean anything from using a computer to gain unauthorized access to information to simply accessing someone’s online credentials without permission, like when strangers “hack” Facebook accounts left logged in on public computers. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 9.5px Baskerville} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 9.5px Baskerville; min-height: 11.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} Hackers are often depicted as technological geniuses whose rapid-fire coding skills allow them to crack even the most secure of firewalls.

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Editor's Note

If a Cornell or University of Pennsylvania student were to stand in the middle of the Green on a sunny day, they might overhear comments containing foreign phrases such as “My English class is such a layup” or “He never responded to my flitz....” The visitor might scratch their head, shrug their shoulders and say, “It’s all Greek to me.” At Dartmouth, we have our very own language, reflecting our unique culture cultivated in the hills of New Hampshire.

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Through The Looking Glass: Thanks For Saying Hi

By Alma Wang | April 25, 2018

By some mishap I’ve ended up here: senior spring, less than seven weeks left until I lose student discounts and access to the Cube and the Onion — not to mention other trivial points, like lifelong friends and alumni connections and what not.

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A Fish Out of Water: A Word-Lover Takes On STEM

By Vanessa Smiley | April 25, 2018

Numbers confuse me, science eludes me, but fortunately I possess the “useless” ability to hear the rhythm between words and read too deeply into texts — to transform the female body into a gesture of capitalist resistance, a character’s mixed skin tone into the embodiment of hybridity, a spectral figure into the enduring presence of our past or — if I’m feeling particularly misanthropic — the nonhuman, neoliberal Other.  I have worried, of course, about finding a job, because I presume that not many companies are seeking to hire someone with my qualifications.

Courtesy of Julia Marino
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A Thoughtful Way to Live and Learn

By Cristian Cano | April 18, 2018

“Social Media in the Age of Terrorism and Hate.” “How Social Relationships Affect our Relationship to Food.” “Should We Abolish Marriage?” What do the above topics have in common?

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