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The Gospel According to Matthew

By Matt Ritger | January 14, 2010

Someone inserted the words "Grades at Dartmouth" into the 25-cent bauble vending machine otherwise known as my brain, and look what cheapo little plastic things popped out! THE LYRICS TO LADY GAGA'S NEW SINGLE, "CHEAT ON YOU." Flash cards, avant garde, Work so hard, mmm, so hard Professor Gaga's gonna grade you,Yeah, I will enslave you. Andy Warhol and Grace Jones: The class in Gaga's not for hos.

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I'm Tanner Than You

By Tanner Tananbaum | January 14, 2010

To many of my fellow seniors, the "G-word" stands for an imminent truth that we fight to reconcile with every day, while the other "G-word" is a biased measurement of our success here at Dartmouth.

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Editor's Note

By Eve Ahearn | January 14, 2010

If you were grading this Mirror on a letter scale, it would be right at the median: an A.

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The DDS Detective

By Priya Krishna | January 14, 2010

In these penny-pinching times, the DDS Detective is always on the lookout for delicious yet cost-effective meals and this week, she hit the jackpot.

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A lesson in learning: what do grades mean?

By Sydney Ribot | January 14, 2010

During my freshman spring, a Spanish professor tried to console me after giving me a 65 on a paper, by discounting grades as no more than "the language of the institution." It was a sneaky move, revealing her reservations about the grading process and giving the appearance of being anti-establishment, all while not agreeing to do anything about my grade.

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Reboot and Rally

By Luofei Deng | January 14, 2010

Now that it is 2010, all the '10s are starting to feel the ugly specter of the real world' creeping up on them; the little things in life Dartmouth students never deal with start surfacing.

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The DM Manual of Style

By Clark Moore and Auriell Towner | January 14, 2010

No, you're not seeing double because of your Thursday night rage. Meet Eric and John Finkelberg '13 identical twin brothers from San Diego who share as many similarities as the climate in Hanover and that of the lovely seaside city they call home.

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Popping the Bubble

By Kate Farley | January 14, 2010

My elementary school was fiercely competitive about grades, a phenomenon caused primarily by my fourth grade teacher and the Seriously Freaking Sweet supply of scratch-and-sniff stickers that she awarded for perfect scores on spelling tests.

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Popping the Bubble

By Kate Farley | January 7, 2010

I missed Dimensions weekend because I had to go to a national science competition in New Mexico, which is pretty much all you need to know to understand my freshmen fall self.

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Ask Miss Muffin Top

By Miss Muffin Top | January 7, 2010

Dear Poppets, Miss Muffin Top assumes that your winter break was filled with treats, hence the radio silence, the proverbial coal in Miss Muffin Top's gmail stocking.

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Our Expectations vs. Our Reality at Dartmouth

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | January 7, 2010

Before attending Dartmouth, I had the same conversation over and over, mostly with relative strangers while I was working as a waitress.It usually went something like this:"Where do you go to school?""I'm going to Dartmouth in the fall.""Oh man, you gotta like the cold.

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Editor's Note

By Eve Ahearn | January 7, 2010

Shirley Hu / The Dartmouth Staff Shirley Hu / The Dartmouth Staff This is the true story of seven students picked to live in a house, or yeah, I think I'm mixing my MTV metaphors too.

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