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April 13, 2026
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Home Sweet...Hanover?

By Mary Liza Hartong | August 7, 2014

Feeling a shiver of terror creep up your spine? Glimpsing tiny, shadowy figures? You’re not alone. Every few solstices a throng of menacing creatures appears, seemingly overnight, on campus, and we are powerless to stop them. We turn our heads and drop our FoCo to go boxes in fear as we watch these beings take flight, zero in on their targets and descend. Cicadas, you ask. Wasps? Alums? No, friends, I’m talking about your parents.

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A Day in the Life

By Amanda Winch | August 7, 2014

As the only Dartmouth term with a reputation for lighter course loads and “ample” free time, sophomore summer has proven distinctive, but perhaps not in the ways that one might have so eagerly expected while cruising down the road to 14X. Faced with an almost unhealthy number of opportunities for procrastination and inspired by a new sense of durability that undoubtedly only serves to help us justify our sluggish work habits, many in the ’16 class have finally reached the end of what might be referred to as an eight-week “adjustment period.”

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Trending @ Dartmouth

By The Dartmouth | August 7, 2014

The Fifty Through Hikers:You’ll smell them first, but regardless, they’re tough as nails. Fieldstock:Green Key 2.0 or just a normal weekend? 10-Year-Olds:High schoolers we can deal with, but since when did FoCo become an elementary school cafeteria? Tanks:If you haven’t receivedat least one this summer, you’re doing something wrong. Missing The Hop:It’s been too long since we’ve had a Christmas bacon wrap. Lingerie

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Overheards

August 7, 2014

’16 New Yorker: I really needed a cell phone in 7th grade so I could call my parents to pick me up after bar mitzvahs. ’16 Girl: Would it be bad if I wore my Masters tank to Diversions? ’16 Guy: I’m gonna make the Masters chess tournament a drinking event.

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Editor's Note

July 24, 2014

This issue of The Mirror sheds lights on ways to step over the sophomore slump, and encourages the reader to name their fears.

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Trending@Dartmouth

By The Dartmouth | July 24, 2014

ENGS 3 Midterms: They always catch us unaware. Corporate Recruiting: What is business casual again? Frolicking on the Green: With temperatures hovering over the 90s, we cannot resist. Visiting Parents: Be prepared to take a picture with the Dartmoose — like that's a thing. Badly themed parties: Can we please get more creative than "beach bums." Summertime naptime: Summer afternoons make for perfect naps.

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Overheards

July 24, 2014

Creative writing professor: You all are the horniest class I've ever taught. '16 Guy: Gender is a spectrum, but facial hair is not.

Introverts need, and thrive from, alone time.
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Solitary Strength

By Aimee Sung | July 24, 2014

In an environment that encourages extroversion as a vehicle of academic, career and social success, introverts are quietly overcoming hurdles and carving out their own paths to thrive.

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Surging from Sophomore Slump

By Josh Koenig | July 24, 2014

When I finally found a student to chat, he was quick to mention that the sophomore slump didn’t apply to him and that it might only be affecting his friends.

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Trending @ Dartmouth

By The Dartmouth | July 10, 2014

Tabard The Dark Sideof FoCo:When the athletes are away the mice will play. Dogson the Green:They love a good trough of Collis pasta just as much as you do. Nightly Rain Storms:Some people kiss in them, some fall asleep to them.

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Overheards

July 10, 2014

SEAD Mentor: If Teddy Grahams were sold as cereal rather than cookies, America would never emerge from its obesity epidemic and we would all be okay with that. Philosophy Prof: I never wipe.

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Dartmouth’s Secret Sistines

By Natalie Van Brunt | July 10, 2014

While we may be restrained enough not to tarnish the picturesque spots seen by the tour crowds, graffiti art still exists at the College, hidden behind the doors of our Greek houses. More than just places for pong and parties, these places act as our underground campus art museums.

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Behind The Mirror

By Maddie Brown and Maggie Shields | July 10, 2014

Here at the Mirror we like to write silly articles. We like to write about the campus blue lights, the different kinds of falafel at FoCo and even the dating dynamics on campus. While some of these fun ideas have blossomed into great articles, often stories in need of deeper thought remain on the shelf. Typically, when articles are pitched for the Mirror, the editors offer many different angles for the writers to take.

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The Incredible Journey

By Charlie Rafkin | July 10, 2014

The selection of a traveling companion is the essential step in preparing your trip to Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. You could bring someone with a vast reservoir of knowledge about American art in the late 1800s to help you appreciate the beauty in Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s impressive sculptures. An Upper Valley buff would be a wise choice, bringing along insight gleaned from years of tramping around the region’s hills and valleys. Maybe the site is best seen with a romantic interest or a quiet, introverted friend, the sort of person who will allow you to enjoy your thoughts as you survey the cozy historical center tucked into this hamlet in Cornish.

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Camp Dartmouth

By Katie Hake | July 10, 2014

My first encounter with summer camps at Dartmouth was through my younger brother, a tough-guy type who told me horror stories of his stay in a place called “French.” He and his rowing buddies did order close to $150 worth of Boloco smoothies, so it didn’t sound like the worst experience in the world, but I digress.

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Overheards

June 27, 2014

'16 Girl in Sugarplum: I'm an iceberg dancer. I just show you the tip. '16 Guy: "Turning up" is just a fact.

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Trending @ Dartmouth

By Luke McCann | June 27, 2014

ASTRO BBQ'S:Grill out, chill out. RUGBY PLAYERS:We're not really sure why they're here, but we aren't complaining. KAF: Now what will I carry in my left hand when I show up 10 minutes late to class?

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Editor's Note

By Luke McCann | June 26, 2014

My biggest pet peeve is when people pretend to be experts when they have no idea what they’re talking about. Luckily I took AP Literature and I’ve seen the “Pride and Prejudice” mini-series more times than I’m comfortable putting into print, so I feel like 19th century British literature is kind of my thing. This expertise is how I came across a quote from the English novelist, Henry James, where he described “summer afternoon” as the two most beautiful words in the English language.

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