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Overheard

By The Dartmouth | November 21, 2008

SAE Pledge: It's not a beer belly, it's a fuel tank for a sex machine. Chi Gam Pledge [to AD pledges]: Do you guys sleep with your dogs? AD Pledge: Uhh, I dunno. Chi Gam Pledge: Well you should -- they're adorable. Muslim 1: Where the heck are we gonna find a halal turkey? Muslim 2: We can fashion a turkey out of halal chicken nuggets! '10 Girl [passing Alpha Phi's bake sale]: Why aren't they selling pudding? '11 Girl 1: How did TriKap formal go? '11 Girl 2: Well I ended up at PhiDelt, so pretty well, I guess. '12 Girl: I feel like every time after a Heorot dance party, I don't want to wash my clothes, I want to burn them! Twin 1 [in Homeplate]: Tofu burritos? Twin 2: That goes against the fundamental nature of burritos! Twin 1: No Mexican eats tofu! '11 Guy: I had one thing that was good and pure in my life, and that was the pumpkin cheesecake ice cream! '12 Girl: Yeah, I haven't thrown up since I got here.

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Spotlight: Caroline Cima '10

By Emma Fidel | November 21, 2008

"Life means nothing without flair," Caroline Cima '10 proclaims. As a member of the rugby team and Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority, Caroline is always eager for flair-wear occasions.

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Reboot and Rally

By Luofei Deng | November 21, 2008

Although my job might seem fairly easy, it actually requires a great deal of creative thought and planning.

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Breaking Through: Financial Crisis

By Sandra Himen | November 21, 2008

I recently made a mistake while changing channels; somewhere between "Who Wants to Date my Grandmother?" and "True Life: I'm on MTV's True Life" -- I stumbled upon a Fox News briefing.

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Point: Dartmouth is Flair

By Carol Brown | November 21, 2008

While attempting to define the word "flair," I found that Urban Dictionary is plagued with references to the cult classic "Office Space"(1999), which, according to many internet sources, first introduced the phrase "flair" into mainstream culture.

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Pioneers of Flair

By Eve Ahearn | November 21, 2008

By Eve Ahearn "Unlatching a trunk, the 21-year-old freshman revealed bolts of colorful fabric that he said he planned to use for theatrical productions -- an utterly bizarre notion, at this rugged school intended to train missionaries.

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Editor's Note

By Caitlin Kelly | November 21, 2008

This is the last Mirror under my watchful eye, and what better topic to cover with my last little soapbox than the one I'm most passionate about -- flair (see below). It's been fun, Dartmouth.

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Overheard

By The Dartmouth | November 14, 2008

'11 Kappa: I saw some drunk idiot AD boy falling down the stairs last night only wearing a thong.

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The DM Manual of Style

By Stefanie Zychowski | November 14, 2008

Hello my name is Stefanie, and I'm a dork -- a total unabashed geek. I've been known to watch C-Span for fun, download Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus albums because I genuinely like them and tell painfully corny jokes at the most inappropriate times.

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Editor's Note

By Caitlin Kelly | November 14, 2008

The Election of 2008 was an epic one. I'm referring, of course, to its length. Here are the words that have been ruined -- maybe permanently -- by politicians and pundits over the past year: maverick, hope, change, hockey mom, lipstick.

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