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The Dartmouth
April 10, 2026
The Dartmouth
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Ledyard, According to Gifford

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When John Ledyard arrived at Dartmouth in the spring of 1772, he grabbed everybody's attention with his flashy clothes and his carriage -- the first to ever reach Dartmouth.


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Overheard

'09 Sigma Delt: I'll pee in a frat shower if I have to go, but I would NEVER go in the sink. Ew. '08 Kappa: Oh my God, I want a stick of meat! Christian 1: I'm going to go see "The Passion of the Christ," do you want to come? Christian 2: Nah, it's too bloody.



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The Friday Quickie: Dissective Behavior

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Senior spring is a wonderful time, particularly if you're not taking classes. Being at school without actually having to go to school has afforded me (and a handful of my similarly toolish former AP-scholar friends) a whole lot of free time.


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Alex Got in Trouble: Mash it up

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I am in the Dayton, Ohio airport waiting to fly back to Biloxi. My first eleven weeks on the Gulf Coast were like Natalie Portman's character in Garden State: challenging, strangely beautiful and likely to change my life. At the end of the movie, Zach Braff experiences a Natalie montage set to silly hipster music.


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The Power of Words

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I have never been much for lyrics. There are plenty of bands that I love. I may know only about five lyrics from their entire discographies but continue to recommend them to friends.




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Gadget Gripes

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Technology changes fast. Your brand spanking new computer will be archaic in less than one year. To have the newest iPod, you would have to buy one about every six months, on average.


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Overheard

'09 Guy: If Cohen and Little were connected, it would be Clittle. '09 Kappa: The moral of the story is, stop hooking up with Theta Delts. '06 Theta Delt (without irony): Then who would you hook up with? '08 Girl 1: Who is this girl? '08 Girl 2: She used to sell me Adderall.





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Mirror PicKs

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Book: "Einstein Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty that Causes Havoc" by Arthur I. Miller Is it merely coincidence that cubism and relativity, together defining modernity and renovating the arts and the sciences, appeared to the world within two years of one another?




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To publish or not to publish

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When the campus is already littered with countless copies of journals and newspapers capturing the pulse of student political thought, humour and artwork, it might seemsurprising that many students still feel the need to blog or post articles online.



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www.dartmouth-blogs.com

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When Time magazine recently named "You" -- the blogging, YouTube-ing public -- as its 2006 Person of the Year, it helped ring the death knell for articles that regard blogs as a fad or a novelty.


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Overheard

'08 Kappa: The work is for my black feminism class. '08 Psi U: Thats crazy. Can I take a white masculinity class? '08 Kappa: It's called econ 1. '08 Kappa in the SAE basement: I may or may not be wasted, but I can still pick up on brand names. '10 guy: Most guys are into swords and stuff. '10 girl: Really? '10 guy: Yeah, in high school I used to walk around with my friends with lightsabers when Episode 3 came out. '10 girl: Oh, cool. '10 girl: But don't get the wrong impression of me.