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December 25, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Mirror Mixtape

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Music has a weird way with time. A 30-minute song can seem like an instant, a two-minute snore-show can feel like watching Doctor Zhivago on repeat.



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Editor's Note

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/ The Dartmouth Staff / The Dartmouth Staff Wake up in the morning feeling like... A train wreck.



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Overheards

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'12 Tri Delt: My husband is gonna be so lucky because, like, I just love being domestic. '11 Girl: Wait, are they siblings or are they dating? '12 girl: I've been off blitz...actually, I just checked Blitz but no one blitzed me. '12 girl 1: she has broken seven blackberries since she got to dartmouth.'12 girl 2: she needs to stop getting blackberries.'12 girl 1: she needs to stop getting blacked out. '12 exchange student on phone with EBA's: do you guys take traveler's checks? '10 Phi Delt: the cuttings northside cafe cheeseburger calzone is actually really delicious.'12 girl: sounds like an envelope full of boot. '12 girl: a ginger could never be emperor, thats bullshit, gingers have never ruled anything.'12 girl 2: ....except my body.'12 girl 1: ew. '10 Alum: I got a new nose and I want to use it. '12 Girl to '12 Guy: Please don't confuse your attraction to me with my actions. '12 Sorority Philanthropy Chair: I HATE COMMUNITY SERVICE.


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Point: Gym

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Coming to Dartmouth from the West Coast certainly has its disadvantages. Never seeing your family or high school friends gets pretty old quick (oh hey, D-plan). But it has its advantages too.


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Tales from the basement

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Anyone who's stood too close to a fraternity can tell you: basements are where hygiene goes to die. "On my tour, a dad asked why the frats smelled so bad.


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Point: Gin

Okay, so the gym may be the best place on campus to snag facetime, and we do have an aggressively large number of varsity athletes per capita.



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Vanitas in Deserto

Dartmouth's social scene is one of a kind: pong, flair and blitz are unheard of outside our bubble, and the exclusivity of our social traditions often borders on vanity. To friends back home, a lot of our social conventions seem foreign.



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Editor's Note

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Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Dartmouth students, of course.





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Overheards

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'12 AD: This house is full of crazy people. SD 1: They took our outdoor futon.SD 2: WAIT, what?! Where are we gonna fu-tan?! XH to Girl: Are you a gypsy? '12 Guy: I have boob envy.


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Reboot and Rally

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My 10X goal: To single-handedly turn the label "tech geek" into a coveted social status. Let's be real: I want to make your new universal remote more exciting than Free Burrito Day at Bolocco. I am a geek, and I'm proud.


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Overheards

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'10's Dad: Who's Lady Gaga? '11 Former Rugby Player: What's deodorant? Prof in 10A: I found a search on my son's computer for "Flinstone Porn." '13 Redhead: Did you know that all of the world's most ultra orthodox religions believe that the messiah will be a redhead?


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Deciphering Dartmouth Debauchery: 10X is not the real world

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You're not yet ready to face the real world? Well, you're in luck: it's sophomore Summer! While some students are slaving away at desk jobs, dying in their impersonal cubicles, you are preparing for a summer of shameless shenanigans. Contrary to popular belief, sophomore Summer was originally instated by the College in order to reward students for their hard work during the year by awarding a term of academic credit in the absence of real schoolwork.