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Make New Friends but Ditch the Old

By Myrel Iturrey | April 19, 2012

She hands you a glossy yearbook and extends you a bold red Sharpie from her multicolored pack. She smiles.

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Finding Your College Identity

By Sara Kassir | April 19, 2012

There is a glaring flaw in the college admissions process. When admissions officers read the applications of thousands of high schoolers from around the country, they assume that each students' activities, recommendations and grades speak volumes about who that person will be once he or she is in college.

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From Freshman Year to Freshman Year

By Anuraag Girdhar | April 19, 2012

As a suburban ecologist, I often frequent the cul-de-sacs and supermarkets of America's middle-class neighborhoods to document the interactions between the prevalent fauna and their environments.

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Top 5 Things Dartmouth students do that makes them seem like high schoolers

By The Dartmouth Mirror Staff | April 19, 2012

Sending your research paper to your parents and demanding they correct it for you. Bragging about how much you drank last night.

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That's So High School

By Renee Gauthier | April 19, 2012

If we're going to take pop culture portrayals as any indication, high school tends to go one of two ways for most people.

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Letter from the Editors

By Casey Aylward and Priya Krishna | April 19, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Reese Ramponi / The Dartmouth Staff High school is a much more controversial theme than one might initially think.

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Being and Dartmouthness

By Kip Dooley | April 19, 2012

Through the low branches of the trees that line the road at the entrance to my high school lacrosse field, I see Aaron waiting for me on a patch of thick grass.

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Chicken and Waffles

By Peter Stein | April 19, 2012

This is the story of the blackout train. "I peed myself last night... Not really... Well, kinda." I love hearing stuff like that.

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When Athletics Run Your Life

By Blaze Joel | April 12, 2012

Almost every high school athlete faces a major decision sometime in his or her career: Do I want to be a collegiate athlete?

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Athlete Relationships: Seasons of Love

By Elizabeth Trager | April 12, 2012

It is no new phenomenon that athletes tend to stick together like glue. Of course, it makes sense with their demanding schedules, intense discipline and mutual understanding of what it means to be on a team.

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Being and Dartmouthness

By Kip Dooley | April 12, 2012

When my close friend and lacrosse teammate decided to try out for a play this past fall, I responded with earnest, if cautious, encouragement.

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Letter from the Editors

By Casey Aylward and Priya Krishna | April 12, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jamie Mercado / The Dartmouth As a whole, we would say that our student body is a pretty athletic group.

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LGBT: Out on the Field

By Reese Ramponi | April 12, 2012

If you frequent Dartmouth Gender Sexuality XYZ meetings, talk with an OUTreach Peer Mentor or visit the Rainbow Room in Robo, you will encounter a warm, welcoming atmosphere for LGBT students.

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The Sports We Should Be Playing

By Mackenzie Bohannon | April 12, 2012

While Dartmouth may not have gained its renown from its varsity teams, there is something to be said about athletics at Dartmouth.

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Through the Looking Glass: Transcending the Hyphen

By Garrett Wymore | April 12, 2012

Editor's Note: Through the Looking Glass is The Mirror's newest feature. We welcome submissions from all members of the community both past and present who wish to write about defining experiences, moments or relationships during their time at Dartmouth.

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The Athlete-Alcohol Relationship

By Lauren Vespoli | April 12, 2012

At Dartmouth, or really any and all colleges where socializing often involves drinking, student-athletes are confronted with balancing drinking habits and their athletic performance.

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The Mirror Asks...

By Reese Ramponi | April 12, 2012

Athletes on Non-Athletes: "What the hell do nonners do with their time during the day? Why do they need to pull all-nighters, ever?" --Christina Danosi '13, Women's Tennis "Society tells me I'm not an athlete because [fencing] is not a varsity' sport, but I feel like an athlete because I'm competing at a high level for the school.

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Throwing in the Towel

By Tyler Bradford | April 12, 2012

At a school where people throw themselves wholly into extracurricular activities and the average student is fairly active, varsity sports are bound to be a popular activity of choice.

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Chicken and Waffles

By Peter Stein | April 12, 2012

This is the story of playing in traffic. I have been working on the Internet for a long time.

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The Truth About the Swim Test

By Gina Greenwalt | April 12, 2012

Choosing my DOC Trip freshman year involved being honest with myself about my wilderness skill level.

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