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Greetings from... London

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So a girl walks into a bar in London. I mean, a pub. A girl walks into a pub. I mean, a girl tries to walk into a pub while also attempting T9 texting on a foreign phone and ends up walking into a glass door.



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Ask Miss Muffin Top

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Dear Miss Muffin Top, How do you know if you are dating at Dartmouth? Down to Settle Down Dear DTSD, When Miss Muffin Top was a wee cupcake, she would fall asleep listening to the story of how her parents met at Dartmouth at something called a "fraternity formal." At a mythical place called Whaleback Mountain, Miss Muffin Top imagined her mother regally descending a staircase like a Disney princess, with her husband-to-be clutching a glass slipper at the bottom of the stairs.


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Spotlight: Celia Chen '78

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Professor Celia Chen '78 of the biological sciences department has had the gift (or curse) of experiencing two different Dartmouths: the 51-percent female campus we know today, and the male-dominated campus of her undergraduate years.



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Overheards

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Rugby Girl 1: Theta Delt is the catalyst in my poor decision making. The elements that lead to bad decisions are always present but it takes Theta Delt to make it happen. '12 Guy: So you ended up getting with some other girl?


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Ask Miss Muffin Top

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Dear Miss Muffin Top, My best bro possesses none of the wit, confidence, charm or swagger of the senior males of yesteryears, but the younger set doesn't seem to mind.


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The Beginnings of Sorority Life

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In recent years, Dartmouth has repeatedly seen debates over social space at the College, as students have advocated for increased social spaces outside of the Greek system, or for equality between so-called "female-dominated" and "male-dominated" spaces at Dartmouth. In 1972, however, when women were first admitted to the College, the lay of Dartmouth's social land and the resulting debates were a bit different. In the years following coeducation, several unofficial female groups cropped up around campus, some of which referred to themselves as "sororities." One such group, XX Delta, was first formed in 1976.


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Different Strokes for Different Folks

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While slower than most colleges in the movement towards gender equality, Dartmouth finally began admitting female students in 1972. This important victory in women's rights has certainly led to many significant changes within campus culture, sex and otherwise. After countless hours of historical investigation and off-the-record interviews, I have compiled a thorough timeline of noteworthy events for our "sisters" at Dartmouth. Sept.



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Paving their Paths

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Although women only began graduating from the College slightly more than 25 years ago, some Daughters of Dartmouth have already reached prominence in a multitude of fields including entertainment, government and business (no pressure, '10s who have recently littered the corporate world with your resume droppings). After four years in this cutthroat, frozen wasteland, Dartmouth's alumnae seem to have had no trouble conquering the real world. In addition to the stress of normal Dartmouth life, some of the College's earliest female graduates faced even greater obstacles.


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Cohog Hums

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Actresses, chief executives, congresswomen and Olympic gold medalists: It's no exaggeration that many female alumni of Dartmouth are kind of a big deal nowadays. What you probably did not know is that 37 years ago at Dartmouth, these accomplished women may have received a welcome that went a little something like this: "Our cohogs, they play four/ They're a bunch of dirty whores/ With a knick knack baddy whack send the bitches home." In the spring of 1975, at the Hums singing competition during Green Key Weekend, then-Dean of the College Carroll Brewster declared "Our Cohogs" the winning song the most creative and original that he heard all weekend, according to records found in Rauner Special Collections Library. This song, "Our Cohogs" cohog being short for coed hog is one example of Dartmouth's history of the backlash that greeted the College's decision to become a coeducational institution.



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And the Music You're Missing

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I'm musically oblivious to the point that I'm often embarrassed to blitz out song requests to my sorority because it reveals just how behind the times I really am (I will categorically deny requesting "Party In The U.S.A.," um, yesterday). Given that this is my baseline level of awareness, it's possible that I've totally overlooked a sick Hanover-based music scene, but my band-geek-turned-art-school-hipster friends from home are full of stories about jamming to underground, alternative rock bands in trendy local clubs and grinding to recorded music in the sweaty Heorot basement doesn't exactly measure up. It's not like the College to fall short in any one area like that (forgive me if I sound like I swallowed a PR machine, but even the most cynical of us have to admit that our little bubble is chock full of opportunities, assuming one is sober and conscious enough to appreciate them). As a government major, I've been fortunate enough to let countless prospects slip through my fingers the bustling New Hampshire political scene provides all the schmoozing and thankless campaign work any aspiring government mogul could ever need. But what about our musically-minded intellectuals?


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Ask Miss Muffin Top

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Dear Miss Muffin Top, Who the hell are you? Bissell Babe Dear Bissell Babe, You may think Miss Muffin Top is some nobody, or worse, that I'm related to that dreadful cousin who sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. And you wouldn't be entirely wrong. Miss Muffin Top enjoys dairy almost as much as she enjoys fine wines.






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Music around the Block

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Let's face it: Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA" is stuck in your head 24/7 And, although you'd like to blame those oh-so-juvenile '13s for your Disney-starlet sweet-tooth, chances are you heard the hit at Heorot.