Reboot and Rally
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ever notice that exactly 52 percent of dorm rooms at Dartmouth are singles? Or that the campus is made of 265 acres?
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.
In high-school I heard that if it were possible for places to fornicate, Dartmouth would be the love child of Disneyland and Hogwarts.
It's been a pretty long time since I formed my initial expectations of college, but I do remember a few clearly:1.
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.
In a town where the acronym "SEC'' calls to mind not the Securities and Exchange Commission but the Southeastern Conference, I began a long way from Hanover in both location and state of mind.
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.
They put enough sauce on Collis stir-fry to fill a small tub. The alfredo sauce in the pasta bar has a tendency to taste like Cheez-whiz.
My Expectations vs. the Reality of Dartmouth, an interpretive dance. Lights slowly rise.
Welcome to 2010! While you were slaving away in the corporate world over the summer, saving Africa during your off-term or just finishing up your last year of high school, you likely missed a beat or two of the campus drama over the past year so let's get you up to speed on a few of the biggest news stories at Dartmouth in 2009. President Kim.
As much as we would like to deny it, another Hanover winter is well on its way. Luckily for students unfortunate enough to have to stay in New Hampshire for the next three months, a plethora of new winter products will certainly make life and more specifically, sex life a little more bearable this winter season. North Face All-Weather Condoms This winter, North Face will be releasing its new line of gortex-insulated and fleece-lined condoms.
At the beginning of this term, I convinced myself that I was going to eat healthier and exercise more.
Edward Zhang / The Dartmouth Staff It's pretty hard to deny that Dartmouth has a stereotype of being the "conservative" member of the Ivy League the Fox News to Brown's MSNBC, some have said. But how does this stereotype play out where it is perhaps most important: in Dartmouth's classrooms? Several professors said that the view of the College as a conservative school is simply outdated, and noted that on the whole, the College's faculty is overwhelmingly liberal. "A lot of our reputations of schools are based on 20 years lag time," government professor John Carey said.
Edward Zhang / The Dartmouth Staff While neither of us would call ourselves especially political except for Amita, who is constantly "politically correct" we decided that an issue about conservatism at Dartmouth would be an inte resting way to end our tenure as editors of The Dartmouth Mirror.