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To Hanover... and Beyond!

By Eliza Relman | August 8, 2011

Geography lesson: Dartmouth sits in the quaint town of Hanover in the small but fierce state of New Hampshire, fondly referred to as "the middle of nowhere." Yes, you have agreed to spend the next four years of your life nestled in between the White Mountains and the Connecticut River at the crossroads of liberal arts and the Appalachian Trail.

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Dartspeak 101

By Gardner Davis | August 8, 2011

Learning to "speak Dartmouth" is a challenge. Drawing on both Latin and Germanic influences, our lingo endures despite a complete turnover in its native speakers every four to five years.

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Hello, fifteens!

By CASEY AYLWARD and ANGIE YANG | August 8, 2011

Catherine Treyz / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It's hard to imagine, but many moons ago, the two of us used to be in the very same place you are we know you are awkwardly sitting at home, on the cusp of reading the astoundingly wise and insightful words that these pages of The Mirror contain, as all your high school friends have already dispersed to their various colleges weeks ago and you're starting to become attached to your living room couch.

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The Dartmouth Mirror Guide to the Libraries

By Yoo Jung Kim | August 8, 2011

As you know, Dartmouth's 10-week terms allow students to take three classes at a time. What the folks in the admissions office don't advertise is that professors can (and will!) schedule midterms any time from Week 2 to Week 8, which means that you will have to take some time out of your ragey schedule to sit in the library and get your learning on.

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The DDS Detective: Freshman Issue Edition

By Priya Krishna | August 8, 2011

Dear '15s, you all hail from a whopping 49 states and 54 countries all with different cultures and ways of life (trust me, I Googled it). However, whether you are a sweater-vest-wearing polo player from Connecticut or a kangaroo-loving Sheila (that means girl, right?) from Australia, there is one common bond that you and your classmates will all share during your time at the College: you will all eat in a Dartmouth dining hall. Eating your first meals in college can be daunting no one wants to be stuck in the classic Cady-Herron-Mean-Girls scenario in which you end up eating on a toilet because you couldn't decide between the burnouts and plastics tables.

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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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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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