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The Dartmouth
April 15, 2026
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In Case You Were Wondering

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In case you were wondering, daylight savings time, which ended last Sunday, was first proposed by Georges Vernon Hudson in 1896, not, according to popular belief, by our buddy Ben Franklin.


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This Is Just What I Look Like

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You know that person. You pass them on the street, you sit next to them in class, you see them in FoCo. You are scared of them. You have never actually talked to them, and you might not even know their name, but you sense they are an angry creature, possibly without a soul, who hates everyone.


Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?
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Loving the Distance

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It’s getting to that point in the year when ’17s are starting to think of Dartmouth as home. The longer we stay here, the less we think of our hometowns, and surely, for many ’17s, some ties to home have already started to slip away. Going back in three weeks almost seems a bit bittersweet.


There was a time when dressing up as a rabbit was the highlight of your year.
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Forever Hallowed

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There was a time when dressing up as a rabbit was the highlight of your year. You heard the final click of the sewing machine, put down your Pokemon cards, took your eyes off of PBS Kids and stared in awe at the fluffy white suit in your mother’s hands.





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You Are Where You Eat

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You would never use your backpack as a battering ram to get to the front of the line at KAF, or would you? While it might be okay to be a little more aggressive at FoCo, there are several unwritten rules to dining etiquette at Dartmouth.



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A Place to Call Home

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Proposals currently under review from the residential education director Michael Wooten would allow the Class of 2018 to live in housing clusters modeled off existing affinity housing but centered around STEM subjects, entrepreneurship and the arts.


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Overheards

'14 Girl: I love having tails on my costumes. I love fondling my tail. '14 Boy: Do you think if I start listening to white noise at the beginning of this pong game, Iíll be ready for bed right after? Government Prof: Hezbollah is a terrifically run organization.


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The Five Year Itch

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Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, clickhere.






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/ The Dartmouth Staff '15 Guy: I'm playing harbor tonight.'17 Girl: I didn't know you played a sport! '14 Girl: I'm just going to go to Psi U and let fate decide.'14 Girl 2: That should be written on someone's tombstone. Tuck Prof: It's the Miley Cyrus effect.




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Trending @ Dartmouth

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FAT TALK DARTMOUTH COMPLIMENTS: After an intermittent hiatus, the anonymous compliment option returns. COURSE SELECTION: Dartmouth does what it does best: forces us to think about the upcoming term when we hadn't even realized this one was halfway over.