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December 14, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Book: "The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank" by David Plotz David Plotz uses his case study of The Repository for Germinal Choice (also known as The Nobel Prize Sperm Bank) to answer the question of how American society today has negotiated with the idea of selective breeding.


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The Friday Quickie

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After playing hard to get all through December, it seems Old Man Winter has finally decided to put out, and just in time for Winter Carnival.




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Overheard

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'07 Girl at breakfast: I'm not hungry, I just want something in me. Friend 1: I always masturbate to get over boys. Friend 2: I just learned how to masturbate last week! Friend 3: Oh my god, you just learned!



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Book: "Book of Sketches" by Jack Kerouac Many know Kerouac only as the author of "On the Road," but this book of story sketches in prose poem form reflects the man's brilliance still more clearly.







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Overheard

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'07 Girl, at a party: These days, my breakfast wrap and my vibrator ... they get me through the day. '10 Boy holding the door to TDX open for his friends: Welcome to Theta Delt. Other '10 Boy: The boom boom lodge, in the flesh. '10 Boy: Yep.



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Book: "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power" by Alexandra Robbins Yale's Order of the Skull and Bones, the main focus of this book, is a secret society steeped in myth, tradition and ambiguity.



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Money Matters: Class on campus

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" might well be the motto that embodies most discussions of class and its significance at Dartmouth. Amma Bofa '09 rushes out of Reed Hall and across the Green after her final class of the day dissolves.



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Gadgets & Games: Get addicted

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Nike + iPod If you own an iPod nano and jog frequently (or want to go running and need encouragement), then the Nike + iPod Sport Kit is worth a good, hard look.


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