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A Sense of Comfort and Place

By Caroline Berens | March 5, 2015

It was a crisp day in fall 2013 and Joby Bernstein ’17 was heading to the Alumni Gym, an extra bounce in his step as he anticipated his first day of swim practice. \nUnlike most walk-ons to the varsity swim team, who often email the coaches over the summer to secure a spot on the roster, Bernstein hadn’t corresponded with the coaches until very recently. But he was unfazed. He decided that he wanted to pursue swimming at the College during his last high school meet, and he trained intensely over the summer to prepare.

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Editor's Note

By Charlie Rafkin | March 5, 2015

Three months ago, this campus’s media moguls asked me to rise to the challenge of writing a weekly Editor’s Note. I could only have flailed to the ground — uncoordinated, weeping and alone — faster if you’d had asked me to play limbo.

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The D Runs the Numbers

By Charlie Rafkin | March 5, 2015

7 -The price, in dollars, of Dirt Cowboy’s fox mustard. 23 -The number of College buildings with the word “House” in their titles. 98 -Length, in pages, of Hanover’s fiscal year 2015 budget documents.\n 162,800 - The money, in dollars, Hanover allocated in fiscal year 2015 to road salt. \n 6 - The number of people who attended this week’s town hall budget meeting.

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If you don't know, now you know

By Charlie Rafkin | March 5, 2015

How many times have you moved while at Dartmouth? \n Of all the frustrating and invented competitions on campus, the competition for “who has moved from place to place the most terms on a row” is the most infuriating.

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Bodies, Reimagined

By Victoria Nelsen | February 26, 2015

It is no secret that we are not always taught to love our bodies. Bombarded by the images of mass media, from magazine covers to children’s dolls, we often idolize a peculiar notion of beauty that elevates a figure that is slim — but not too slim — above all else.

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An "F" Word, But Not a Curse

By Sam Forstner | February 26, 2015

While many students may identify as feminists, there is certainly a discrepancy in how students define the term. This disparity is not limited to students at the College, however, as even within the feminist movement and feminist academic circles, the word seems to cover a broad spectrum of beliefs and ideas.

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Are Campus Spaces Gendered?

By Mary Liza Hartong | February 26, 2015

Like the illustrious David Guetta, you may look around this campus and wonder “Where them girls at?” You may also wonder “Where them guys at?” or “Where them people who fall somewhere else on the spectrum of gender at?”

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Sex? Identity? It's Complex

By James Jia | February 26, 2015

Slut, creep, tramp, player — these are all words that have been thrown around to describe students who engage in sexual activity at the College, often in conjunction with those who participate in the perceived hookup culture. For years, activists and students on college campuses across the nation have decried the double standard to which men and women are subjected in relation to their sexual activity — or lack thereof.

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | February 26, 2015

I’ve always illustrated my personal taxonomy of jerks with the example of the equestrian statue. The first tier of jerks — i.e. people who are not jerks at all — will simply holler, “Hey, look at that cool statue of a fellow riding a horse!”

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Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | February 26, 2015

Michael Phelps is also engaged to the former Miss California, but he’s a total freak so I really don’t want to waste column space talking about that.

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Editor's Note

By Charlie Rafkin | February 26, 2015

Writing about how gender infiltrates campus life requires nuance, empathy and a willingness to reconsider your most core beliefs. \n Thank heavens I am no longer a writer.

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The D Runs the Numbers

By Charlie Rafkin | February 26, 2015

4 -The number of panel discussions held under V-Feb.\n 37 - The number of synonyms for the word “vagina” that “The Vagina Monologues” mentions in the introduction for the 2008 version. \n 31 - The percent of female faculty members at Harvard University in fall 2011. \n 39 - The percent of the College’s total faculty who were female in fall 2013. \n 36 - The number of people who participated in this year’s “Voices” performance.

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Mirror: What is V-February?

By Alex Moushey | February 26, 2015

The Dartmouth Mirror sat down with some members of V-Feb's planning committee to discuss their aims, regrets and the most powerful moments from this year's programming so far.?

Undergraduate advisers, who act as both peers and mentors, hold regular floor meetings to help foster a sense of community among floormates.
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Changes That Run Deep

By Sam Forstner | February 19, 2015

The new undergraduate advisors packed into Brace Commons to begin their fourth day of training for an exercise called “behind closed doors.” Each of them must open a door without knowing what they will find behind it, and apply their knowledge of College regulations and protocol — as well as their own intuition — to respond to the scenario.

Anika Park, The Dartmouth Staff
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Inclusivity In Our Song

By Matthew Garvey | February 19, 2015

While the attention to including more than just two gender identities may be a newer consideration of the lyrics, her protest marks just one of many historical moments to change the alma mater since the song was officially composed by Harry Wellman of the Class of 1907 and adopted by the school in 1926.

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