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The Notorious B.I.G. Green: Dartmouth's Most Infamous Alumni

By Patrick Chen | January 19, 2012

Dartmouth is well-known for producing truly outstanding alumni. To name a few, Dr. Seuss, Mindy Kaling '01 and Timothy Geithner '84 all represent the unique sense of individuality that the College on the Hill strives to instill in its students. Given the laundry list of successful Dartmouth alumni, it is difficult to imagine that any graduate would go on to pursue any sort of life of crime. Consequently, simply going on Google and searching "notorious Dartmouth alum" or "bad Dartmouth alumni" proved difficult.

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Dartmouth's Ivy Inferiority Complex

January 12, 2012

As a small college in rural New Hampshire with an unpretentious social atmosphere, Dartmouth does not enjoy the name recognition or engender the same elitist mentality as its internationally renowned competitors like Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Given these characteristics, it is little wonder that Conan O'Brien joked during his commencement address to the Class of 2011, "Dartmouth, you have an inferiority complex.

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Overheards

January 12, 2012

'13 Girl: Your face is smooth today!'13 Boy: Thanks, yours is too! I shaved this morning!'13 Girl: So did I... '12 Girl: I don't even want a job... I just want to be their slave. '14 Wreck: He's really nice, but my type is borderline emotionally abusive. '13 Lax Girl: It's a shame more people on our team don't hook up with each other. '12 Guy in the street with a case of Keystone: And then I said to the policeman, I thought this was a Live Free or Die State!' And then he arrested me. Psych Prof: Rabbits are better research subjects than you guys... They never binge drink before studies and then lie about it. '13 Guy 1: I hear they're Facebook official now.

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Letter from the Editor

By Priya Krishna | January 12, 2012

Marietta Smith / The Dartmouth In his speech to the Class of 2011, Conan O'Brien compared Dartmouth to its Ivy League peers by referring to it as the "cool, sexually confident lacrosse-playing younger sibling who knows how to throw a party and looks good in a down vest." Without a doubt, Dartmouth is a unique constituent in the Ivy League.

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Being and Dartmouthness

By Kip Dooley | January 12, 2012

Of all the benign questions I'm asked at holiday parties, the one I dread the most goes something like, "So tell me, how do you like Dartmouth?" I always feel obligated to talk about Dartmouth in terms of other schools in order to provide a frame of reference.

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Bringing Dartmouth Home

By Kelsey Anspach | January 5, 2012

Beginning with first moments on campus, new Dartmouth students are immediately embraced as members of the community, enabling them to truly feel that Dartmouth is their new home.

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Overheards

January 5, 2012

'14 Guy: It's a big turn on, girls with cold necks. '13 Guy in FoCo: People only like me in small doses.

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Letter from the Editor

By Priya Krishna | January 5, 2012

Jamie Mercado / The Dartmouth "Welcome Home." As a Dartmouth student, you hear and see that phrase almost constantly the residential life packet you receive in the mail before freshman Fall, that flashy banner that greets you when you arrive on Robo lawn for Trips.

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