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Editor's Note

By Erin Landau | October 9, 2014

This week, The Mirror is getting personal. I’m not really sure how it happened, but all of our writers this week added a little tinge of personal history to their stories.

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Anniversaries at Dartmouth

By Sam Forstner | October 2, 2014

When this article is published, the Class of 2018 will have been on campus for 25 days. To put that in broader historical perspective, if Dartmouth College’s span of existence was one day, the ’18s have been here not much more than 20 minutes.

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TTLG: Frat Enough or Nah?

By Prodhi Manisha | October 2, 2014

As I come upon my fifth term at Dartmouth, I have reached the status of what one would call a SWUG — “Sophomore Washed-Up Gender-nonconformer.” Despite the growing exhaustion, I have undergone an incredibly comprehensive process of self-discovery.

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Overheards

October 2, 2014

’15: “I just wear my clothes until the wrinkles go away.” ’16: “I kept looking at my notes to give him a hint.

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It’s Time for Dinner

By Caren Duane | October 2, 2014

Three years ago I left home, hiking pack on my back and stiff boots on my feet, for my first-year trip. After our first day of hiking, my trip and I arrived at our campsite where we encountered a thru-hiker. His trail name was Lazarus.

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Editor's Note

By Erin Landau | October 2, 2014

The topic of anniversaries — our centerfold this week — got me thinking about the importance of getting a little perspective, which is hard to do while burrowed in the stacks or, in my case, lurking in my off-campus apartment. There are so many people I could have met, clubs I could have joined, apples I could have picked. It’s a good thing I still have a little bit of that precious time left.

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Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | October 2, 2014

I could probably write this yearlong column exclusively about Robin Thicke’s personal and deep-seated emotional problems. But I won’t do that to you, Phil. For this week, at least, I’d like to focus on Thicke’s deposition testimony from April, which was just recently made public.

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | October 2, 2014

The topic of this article is sorority rush. My first introduction to the nightmare circus of sorority rush came when I was a sophomore, sitting in Collis and watching what I later learned were bids get handed out. I saw girls come up to the table where the Rogue Eyes were seated, open an envelope and proceed to either screech with glee, or to twitch a little and give an affected “Yay!”

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Guns, Germs and Steel: How to survive disasters at Dartmouth

By Maddie Brown and Luke McCann | September 25, 2014

We’ve been lucky that one of our community’s greatest disasters occurred over a century ago. Tucked away in the Upper Valley’s quiet hills, it’s easy to overlook the possibility of danger. Students abandon laptops at library desks for hours, and it’s common to leave dorm rooms unlocked. The wiring in Dartmouth Hall has been updated in recent years, so it’s unlikely that it will once again burst into flames on a winter morning. Here at The Mirror, however, preparing for the worst is second nature. While we certainly hope that none of the following situations ever occurs, students must understand just what to do when everything hits the fan at once.

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Overheards

September 25, 2014

’15: “Hanging out with you is like hanging out with a 5 year old with an immense libido.” ’18 at the activities fair: “I signed up for the mindfulness club — it smelled like weed so I signed up.” ’18: “Oh, how do you pronounce it?

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Editor's Note

By Erin Landau | September 25, 2014

I don’t know about all of you, but these first few weeks have been some of the most jam-packed and stressful of my Dartmouth career.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Dartmouth

By Mary Liza Hartong | September 25, 2014

Upon entering Dartmouth, students are bombarded with hordes of questions ranging from “What’s your major?” to “Where do you see yourself in five years?” to “How’d you get that wart?” For Joel Ash ’56 Th’58, the real question was “Do you believe in magic?”

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Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | September 25, 2014

As graduation looms closer, I need as much guidance as possible. Forget academic advisors and CDP — I’ve recently discovered that the sage wisdom provided through astrology is the way to go. Here’s what the New York Post’s “Postrology” section had to say to me and all the other Cancers out there: “The choices you make over the next few days will have a major impact on your social or professional reputation, so make them wisely. Above all don’t let other people rush you into cutting corners or cutting back on essentials. Do it right.”

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | September 25, 2014

“Son of a Gun” is a Dartmouth drinking song that’s managed to survive into the 21st century through the repertoires of a cappella groups and oddball enthusiasts. It’s also a favorite of mine, primarily because it’s basically a song about beer, which, along with my girlfriend and “Seinfeld,” constitute the only three things that give my wretched life any meaning. “Son of a Gun” is a joyful panegyric on fun and festivity — “Let every honest fellooooow / Drink his glass of hearty cheeeeeer! / For I’m a student of old Dartmouth and a son of a gun for beer!”

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Through the Looking Glass: Patience

By Mark Baum | September 25, 2014

Good job graduating from high school. I would say “congrats on getting in,” but you hear that enough already. How many times did orientation speakers describe you and your classmates as the smartest, most talented and most capable members of your graduating high school classes? Maybe you are, but there’s a word for people with grandiose views of themselves. So it’s time to start thinking about how to be happy at Dartmouth, instead of how great it is just to be here.

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