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April 13, 2026
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The Voices in the Wilderness: Finding Meaning in Dartmouth's Motto

By Anuraag Girdhar | February 16, 2012

Our understanding of "Vox clamantis in deserto" is wrong. In English, the College's motto reads, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness." However, directly translated from the Book of Isaiah in the original Hebrew Masoretic text, the actual full phrase is, "A voice crieth: in the wilderness clear a way for the Lord." Indeed, the voice itself does not reside in the wilderness it merely decrees that a path be cleared through the wilderness.

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Censoring the Vox

By Sara Kassir | February 16, 2012

Let's face it: If there were a higher power capable of silencing everything controversial or provocative that the publication produced, there is no way that The Mirror, much less The Dartmouth, would even exist. Dartmouth students are lucky we have an administration that supports students finding and using their voices.

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Chicken and Waffles

By Peter Stein | February 16, 2012

This is the story of a voice. I've been worried about how I sound for a long time. I like to talk, and I feel like it'd be grating if I sounded dumb.

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Top 5 Lamest School Mottos

By The Dartmouth Mirror Staff | February 16, 2012

Cornell: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." Oh really? University of Rochester: "Better." It just goes to show you that shorter is not always, well, you know, better. Evergreen State College: "Let it all hang out." This is actually an accredited institution of higher learning. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: "Never tickle a sleeping dragon." You'd think that Rowena, Godric, Salazar and Helga would have come up with something slightly more spellbinding. Stephenson College: "One day I will rule the world." Noted alumni may include Mussolini, Hitler and Qadaffi.

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Letter from the Editor

By Priya Krishna | February 16, 2012

Laura Bryn Sisson / The Dartmouth Staff "Vox clamantis in deserto." You will read this phrase approximately a bajillion times in this issue.

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Femina Clamat in Deserto

By Kelsey Anspach | February 16, 2012

Women first arrived on campus in 1972 as full-time students and degree candidates to signs that read, "Co-hogs go home." At the outset of coeducation, women often found it difficult to feel comfortable at Dartmouth and even harder to voice their opinions and establish their presence on campus, according to religion professor Susan Ackerman '80, who attended the College in the late 1970s when women were still new and in the minority on campus. "Many of the organizations where women can speak as a collective didn't exist," she said. Ackerman currently serves as the chair of the religion department, and she is a member of the faculty of thewomen and gender studies program.

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Overheards

February 16, 2012

'13 Boy: How do you dress as a vagina? '12 Boy: I don't know. It's just a flap. '13 Girl 1: I think I'm going to switch to Timeline.'13 Girl 2: Ew.

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Through the Looking Glass: Similar, but different

By Chris O' Connell | February 16, 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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Warm weather affects spending for weekend

By Stephanie McFeeters | February 9, 2012

Although the snow purchased to build the cupcake sculpture weighed heavily on the 2012 Winter Carnival Council's $16,000 budget, the Council recouped an unforeseen $6,000 when it was unable to set off fireworks at the opening ceremony last night, Winter Carnival Council co-chair Mandy Bowers '14 said. The planned $6,000 firework show was canceled because cars were blocking the area in the Dewey parking lot where the fireworks were to be set off, according to Bowers.

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‘Winter Carnival' film disappoints

By Leslie Ye | February 9, 2012

My least favorite movie in the world sorry, cinephiles is "Citizen Kane" (1941). Maybe I'm not highbrow enough to enjoy it, but a two-hour tale about a man who pulls himself up by his bootstraps only to turn corrupt in his search for power is just not that interesting.

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Winter Carnival draws alumni back to campus

By Madison Pauly | February 9, 2012

Although Dartmouth's alumni truly do roam the girdled earth, Hanover's spell draws former students back to the College on the Hill for big weekends. Alumni return to Hanover for Winter Carnival to rejoin the Dartmouth community for the weekend and enjoy the winter celebrations, according to alumni interviewed by The Dartmouth. The Office of Alumni Relations does not track the number of alumni who return to campus for Carnival weekend but expects the weekend to be popular with alumni, as well as locals and students from other colleges in the region, Patricia Fisher, director of class activities and alumni relations, said. The Office of Alumni Relations plans its annual Club and Affiliated Group Officers Weekend to coincide with the Carnival festivities, according to Fisher. Between 150 and 200 alumni representing 85 regional, identity, career and related interest groups will participate in the conference, she said. Running parallel to Carnival activities from Friday to Sunday, the conference gives club officers the opportunity to network with each other as well as learn new skills for managing club activities, according to the Office of Alumni Relations website. Last year the Hanover Inn's 93 rooms were fully booked for Winter Carnival weekend, which general manager Tom List said signaled many alumni would return for the weekend. He estimated approximately 90 percent of those staying in the hotel last Winter Carnival were alumni. Since the Hanover Inn is closed for renovations this year, Six South Street will play host to many alumni, according to Don Bruce, Six South Street's general manager. Of the hotel's 69 rooms, 39 are reserved for alumni affiliated with the Club and Affiliated Group Officers Weekend, and he said he assumed that the rest of the reservations were Carnival-related. Ken Klemm '86, president of the Dartmouth Club of the Gulf Coast, said he is excited to catch up with old friends and take part in Carnival traditions over the weekend. "I was going to do the Polar Bear [Swim], but then I reconsidered," he said. Klemm reminisced about the ice sculptures of years past and said he used to stay up all night with his friends to make a sculpture in front of their dorm. He said he hopes he won't be disappointed with the ice sculpture this year.

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