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Your Room, Your Style

By Auriell Towner | August 8, 2011

End of Spring term 2010: I am standing foolishly at the end of Tuck Mall on the verge of tears waiting for the Advance Transit bus (who even still uses that to get around campus?) with two huge boxes to go to True Value in downtown Hanover.

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The Dartmouth Mirror Manual of Style

By Clark Moore | August 8, 2011

College is still weeks away, and as your friends begin to pack up their cars to drive off to the "best years of their lives," you're stuck at home reading this in your pajamas hoping to catch a glimpse of what your college experience will be.

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The Mirror Asks: What do you wish you had known coming into Dartmouth?

By The Dartmouth Mirror Staff | August 8, 2011

"I wish I had known you can NRO three classes." Jack Boger "I wish I had known that Dartmouth makes going on an off-term finding an internship and getting housing seem a lot less stressful than it actually is." Lauren Vespoli "I wish someone had told me how to order an omelette in Collis.

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Worse Case Scenario: Survival Guide to Freshman Fall

By Emily Fletcher | August 8, 2011

Although Dartmouth alumnus Dr. Seuss promises that you're 98 and percent guaranteed to succeed (barring a drug scandal or getting Parkhursted), unexpected speed bumps may arise during your time at the College.

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A Walk Down Webster Ave.

By Jay Webster and Chidi Anyadike | August 8, 2011

As most of you probably know by now, the Dartmouth social scene is pretty Greek-centric. But fear not, 15s!

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Overheards on Facebook

By '15s | August 8, 2011

one of the very few questions the U.S. consul asked me during my visa interview was, "have you seen animal house?" So guys, I'm thinking about having 8 children, and they're each going to go to a different Ivy League what do you guys think?

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It ain't about the money

By Eliza Relman | July 28, 2011

During her 2008 Harvard Commencement address, J.K. Rowling told the graduating seniors, "Your intelligence, your capacity for hard work, the education you have earned and received give you unique status and unique responsibilities that is your privilege and your burden." Because this woman single-handedly rose from poverty to create literature that has changed the way most of us think about books, life and imagination, I think we should give her words a second thought. Privilege.

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Goals you should have but don't

July 28, 2011

Many Dartmouth students have figured out what they want to do with their lives. Many haven't. Either way, you shouldn't limit yourself to only one particular life goal.

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You're so cliche: Dartmouth Goal archetypes

By Lauren Vespoli | July 28, 2011

Despite the tone of this piece, I truly believe that all of the following are noble career paths, but it's just too easy (genders are mostly arbitrary). Without any further ado, let me introduce you to every Dartmouth student ever. The pre-med student This student is the child of two doctors.

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Delayed gratification: Working hard now for Later

By Yoo Jung Kim | July 28, 2011

Last June, New York Times writer David Brooks opined, "Most [college graduates] will spend a decade wandering from job to job and clique to clique, searching for a role." He paints recent graduates as restless vagabonds, unwilling to settle down and to fixate on a single niche.

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Overheards

July 28, 2011

'13 Guy in Montreal: There is nothing in the world that makes cute girls want to dance with me more than having 75 sketchy dudes from Quebec behind them. '13 Girl: I'm 98% sure I'm going to be a serial kidnapper. '13 Guy: Whenever I see the guy adding whipped cream to a drink at King Arthur, I assume he's doing whipits. '13 Guy: We met during pledge term.

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Tell me what you want

By Angie Yang | July 28, 2011

When I arrived at Dartmouth with my teddy bear in my arms (it's a coping mechanism, I was nervous), I had one goal: to make friends.

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DDS Detective

By Priya Krishna | July 28, 2011

Jay Webster / The Dartmouth Staff For many, one of the most welcome elements of summer is fresh fruit.

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The Gospel according to the Drunkest Girls at 3 a.m.

By Jay Webster | July 28, 2011

Correction appended As sophomores, most of us have no idea exactly what to expect after leaving the Dartmouth bubble.

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Letter from the editor

By Emily Fletcher | July 28, 2011

Eddie Zang / The Dartmouth Staff We are now halfway done with our time here, and I think it's safe to say we've all grown tremendously.

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Disorganized fun: Letting loose this summer

By Jack Boger | July 14, 2011

When I was in elementary and middle school, fun was organized play dates with friends, either at their house or mine.

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Advice for branching out 11X style

By Micah Peters | July 14, 2011

Early June came, and everyone crammed for exams that they suddenly realized were cumulative and simultaneously stuffed flimsy cardboard boxes teeming with things that should never be packed together in a frenzied scramble.

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Reality check: When does fun end?

By Jay Webster | July 14, 2011

Sophomore Summer, in many ways, is the apex of our time at Dartmouth. If your college years are supposed to be the four most fun years of your life, sophomore Summer is supposed to be the crown jewel of the experience.

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Summer plans: A guide to fun in moderation

By Emily Fletcher | July 14, 2011

We are supposedly at the pinnacle of our Dartmouth fun, the magical term when the stars align and NROs are rampant.

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What is fun?

By Lauren Vespoli | July 14, 2011

What is fun? A question rarely on our minds, but a business we pursue constantly. Its definition is hard to pin down because it is essentially subjective.