Overheard
I'm going to Chi Gam tonight to get my penis licked. -Outside Chi Gam '09 girl 1: I see all these boys carrying around flowers in plastic coverings so they don't get wet.
No glove, no love: tips for staying std-free
With the combination of hormones, cold weather and less-than-thrilling entertainment venues in Hanover, it's no wonder that students are hopping into bed with each other.
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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.
The Friday Quickie
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.
Alex got in trouble
Ivy english majors: entitled to volunteer
Overheard
'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!
mtv, mtv2 and vh1:a music video lover's lament
During my usual ritual of veg time on the couch over winter break, I stumbled across a new cable channel.
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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.
Eat in: Cooking with keystone
On this campus there are few things we have a lot of: snow, people willing to rally against pretty much anything and Keystone.
Tthe Friday Quickie
Promiscuous or prude: A question of numbers
Adderall: a miracle drug?
The proof is in the powder
All-night rage: Adderall as a party drug
I sat at lunch and listened to a member of the Class of 2009, who asked to remain anonymous, describe his experiences snorting Adderall.
Winter chic: how to dress for less
You don't have to blow your savings to stay fashionable this winter. Shopping on Hanover's Main Street can cost a pretty penny, so try these online alternatives.
Overheard
'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.
The Friday quickie
Some of us just can't get no satisfaction
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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.
Money Matters: Class on campus
"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.
