1769 College Charter signed, establishing Dartmouth as the ninth college in the United States 1797 Geisel School of Medicine founded 1799 The Dartmouth publishes its first issue on August 27 by Moses Davis under the name the Dartmouth Gazette, establishing it as “America’s Oldest College Newspaper” 1819 ...
January 15, 2019 10:30pm
When we think of the milestones, most people think of birthdays, graduation, marriage — significant and recognizable turning points in our lives.
January 15, 2019 10:27pm
My older brother taught me many valuable life lessons: which words not to say in front of my parents, how to climb every tree in our backyard and the correct way to change lanes on a highway.
January 15, 2019 10:45pm
This year is all about celebrations on campus. With the 250th anniversary of our college, Dartmouth students and alumni are celebrating an event dear to their hearts.
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January 8, 2019 11:18pm
The wildly popular Netflix series on the ways technology can warp our lives, Black Mirror, came out with a new episode, “Bandersnatch,” over winter break.
January 8, 2019 11:24pm
Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten? Twenty? It’s not an unusual question to hear, though answering it is never easy. But what if you knew you weren’t going to live that long?
January 8, 2019 11:24pm
In an era filled with technological marvels and novelties, it can be difficult to figure out which innovations are fads and which will become ubiquitous.
January 8, 2019 11:23pm
When I first arrived at Dartmouth, I was the most undecided of all “undecided” majors. Freshman year, I spiraled through many options until I finally settled on English.
January 8, 2019 11:25pm
New Year’s Eve. Thousands brave the frigid temperatures of Times Square to remain in place for 12 hours and wait for the famous Waterford crystal ball to drop.
January 8, 2019 11:23pm
William Shakespeare wrote the words spoken in Juliet’s impassioned monologue centuries ago.
January 8, 2019 11:26pm
The butterfly effect is an idea originating from chaos theory. It states that even the flapping of a butterfly’s soft and small wings can lead to the winds shifting and preventing a terrible storm from happening in another continent.
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December 4, 2018 2:30pm
The last few weeks, and months, have been pretty crazy — news of mailed pipe bombs, an accusation of sexual assault by a Supreme Court nominee and yet another mass shooting driven by anti-Semitism have left many in this country reeling.
November 6, 2018 9:03pm
Last year, I spent my fall term as an exchange student at the University of Havana, around the same time that you may have been listening to Camila Cabello’s hit song, “Havana.” Cabello’s lyrics do not lie — I am also left longing to return.
November 6, 2018 9:44pm
When was the first time you realized that you had a voice? No, not the first time your mom recorded you speaking your very first words — when did you decide that those words held power, or that they were capable of having an impact?
November 6, 2018 8:45pm
We all have one — the crazy, radical, get-in-your-face uncle, the one you talk to only once a year at Thanksgiving because he makes sure to pull up a chair next to you, smile and ask how you’ve been. You know him — you spend the night trying to dodge any politically charged topic that might propel him into high gear.
November 6, 2018 9:34pm
From Kennedy to Obama, from Reagan to Bush, countless presidents have visited our campus while still just hopeful candidates, their eager eyes set on the Oval Office yet their immediate efforts focused on New Hampshire voters.
November 6, 2018 9:45pm
Over the past few months, it was difficult to miss the barrage of reminders regarding the importance of voting in this year’s midterm elections.
November 6, 2018 8:49pm
I’m a firm believer that astrology is complete nonsense. Still, I’ll admit, there are times when I’ve heard characteristics of an Aquarius, my zodiac sign, and thought to myself, “Oh my God, that’s so me.” The reason I, and so many others, are so susceptible to horoscopes is because we want to believe them.
November 8, 2018 10:49pm
Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. It’s rainy, it’s cold. I’m sitting in the basement of the Hanover Public Library — a personal first — with three women and men, all of whom are comfortably three times my age.
