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December 16, 2025 | Latest Issue
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(Compact!) Overheards

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'16 Girl: You don't know me, but I'm a dancer, so I might be interesting to talk to. '16 on Trips: I feel sick.'13 Trip leader: Do you want water?'16: Actually, can you play "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together?" '16 discussing pong: so how many points do you need to win? '16 to group of '16s: Really sexual stuff, but too sexual for me to go into detail with you guys. Parent of a '16 to '13s: Do you know when "Dock Trips" come back?




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The Orientation 15

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So you're back on Robo lawn after four long days of outdoor shenanigans. You hear a low, daunting grumble and wonder if a grizzly moose has indeed followed you back to campus.





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So... What Classes Do I Take?

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Jamie Mercado / The Dartmouth Staff Probably the only thing you'll do during Orientation that is more important than learning to play pong (note the sarcasm) will be picking your classes.



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The Man of Your Dreams: Ryan Lochte

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Two words: Ryan Lochte. So much hotness we can't handle it. A sex symbol for the sport of swimming, Lochte finally catapulted into the media spotlight in the months leading up to the Olympics, taking advantage of Phelps' waning career to push himself forward as the next big swimmer.


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The Dartmouth Trials

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At Dartmouth, we like to win. It's no secret we were all the best in our high schools and we all want to be the best now.




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The Champions Among Us

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From the watch parties to the tails themes to the all-too-common Collis lunch debates over Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte (Team Lochte here, duh), it seems pretty obvious that campus has caught Olympic fever.


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Overheards

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'14 KKG: If this weather keeps up, I'm going to have an afro by 3 o'clock. '14 Mirror editor: Do you have any funny overheards? '14 Girl 1: God, I just wish I were alive in the '90s.'14 Girl 2: You were... '14 Guy 1: He asked you about that?


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Dartmouth's Secret Olympians

Underneath the Olympic hype sweeping Hanover, there are some among us who aren't always celebrated for their athletic prowess but should be.


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The Cover Letter

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Everyone knows that you only get one chance to make a first impression. From your GPA to your grammar to your suit if you even get to meet your potential employer everything you say and do and wear will be scrutinized.



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Finance and Banking and Everything Nice: That's What Dartmouth Kids Are Made Of

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Whether you overheard finance-related conversations in FoCo or watched flocks of suited students walking toward Career Services this week, it was hard to miss signs that corporate recruiting has taken hold of dozens of students' summers. For students who have always wanted to pursue careers in finance, corporate recruiting offers a convenient opportunity to secure an internship for an off-term.


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