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Taboo @ Dartmouth Survey

By The Dartmouth | November 5, 2015

The Dartmouth received 243 responses to a survey about taboos on campus, including questions about sex, crime and hygiene.

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Baring it All

By Caroline Berens | November 5, 2015

After all, the Ledyard Challenge is just one of the College’s numerous nudity-focused traditions, along with streaking finals, the Dartmouth Seven and the blue light challenge. Although we consider these practices normal and acceptable, a closer examination may provide a different perspective — why do so many of our traditions require participants to be naked? Are we obsessed with nudity?

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There's No Place Like Home

By Lily Hines and Sarah Kovan | November 5, 2015

Aside from us, there are approximately 1,114 other ’19s at Dartmouth. They come from across the globe — from here in New Hampshire to Thailand to Kenya. And yet, we haven’t a heard a single one of them admit to being homesick.

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Never Have I Ever: The Mirror Asks Students about Taboo Topics

November 5, 2015

What are the most taboo topics at Dartmouth?

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Joe Kind, A Guy

By Joe Kind | November 5, 2015

I hate to admit it, but there is something special about going for a drive.

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Sam's Little Larks

By Sam Van Wetter | November 5, 2015

Man, only 11 days until classes are over. Where has this term gone? I don’t want to go home. I could stay here forever.

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The Colors of Loneliness

By Mary Liza Hartong | November 5, 2015

Close your eyes and take a moment to remember how you felt right after Trips ended. You were on top of the world, weren’t you?

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Editors' Note

By Maddie Brown and Maggie Shields | November 5, 2015

During Maddie and Maggie’s freshman year, they quickly formed a little crush on a senior boy.

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United States of Halloween

By Caroline Berens | October 29, 2015

Halloween is uniquely celebrated in the United States, and the same traditions do not hold necessarily hold true for international students. Without being accustomed to such traditions, one might see our enthusiastic celebrations as bizarre or even outlandish.

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Ghosts Galore

By Leina McDermott | October 29, 2015

“If you’re looking for the best place in Portsmouth to take a bathroom selfie, it is here, at the Music Hall,” Rosie says. Mental note made — I will return for a ghost selfie in near future.

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Sexy Costumes Strike Back

By Mary Liza Hartong and Andrew Kingsley | October 29, 2015

Since the very first Halloween, people around the globe have always found ways to sexify everyday costumes — nurse, cat, witch, what have you.

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A Ghoul at Our School?

By Parker Richards | October 29, 2015

Nine School Street is haunted. Residents of the 19th-century mansion today known as the Panarchy undergraduate society firmly believe that spiritual presences both malevolent and benign haunt the buildings behind its massive columns.

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Sam's Little Larks

By Sam Van Wetter | October 29, 2015

Fall is my favorite part of the year. Everything is dying. People drive up from Connecticut to celebrate death, taking pictures of the chlorophyll breaking down and the suicide plunges of hundreds of little leaves.

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Joe Kind, A Guy

By Joe Kind | October 29, 2015

I know what you’re all thinking— “FoCo Joe, if you can conjure up random desserts every other dinner, surely you must have some costume ideas?!!”

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Through the Looking Glass: Making Friends with the D-Plan

By Penelope Williams | October 29, 2015

After three years, I feel like I have networks — plural — of people to turn to and be with, and that’s a beautiful thing. Surprisingly, though, it’s not togetherness that’s fueled my happiness — it’s separation. It’s the D-Plan.

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Editors' Note

By Maddie Brown and Maggie Shields | October 29, 2015

’Twas the night before Halloween, when all through the dorm, many creatures were stirring for that was the norm.

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Joe Kind, A Guy

By Joe Kind | October 22, 2015

It is easy to joke that having no new friends is a bad thing, yet having a stable support system at all is a significant comfort in itself.

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Sam's Little Larks

By Sam Van Wetter | October 22, 2015

This is your homework, not some lukewarm beer you can half-finish and then drop.

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Frolicking Through Floren

By Sarah Kovan | October 22, 2015

I am probably the ultimate NARP. I’ve never seriously played on a sports team, and I tried to get away with only running 1.9 laps around the Homecoming bonfire.

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An Eye for Innovation

By Karen Hseuh | October 22, 2015

Go on that three-minute trek to the DEN innovation center, sit in one of their plush chairs, grab a Snapple from the drinks fridge, a bag of popcorn and just relax.

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