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The Dartmouth
July 15, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Through The Looking Glass: Learning How to Remember

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Last week, when I learned that Philip Roth had died, I searched my Notes app for the line from “American Pastoral” that I’d copied down last spring: “And since we don’t just forget things because they don’t matter but also forget things because they matter too much ­... each of us remembers and forgets in a pattern whose labyrinthine windings are an identification mark no less distinctive than a fingerprint...” I was sitting on the grass outside of the River apartments on one of those first warm days of spring when being anywhere except in the sun felt like a sin, and I remember reading that line and thinking that it put into words something that I’d always known without knowing.






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The Waiting Game

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2:40 p.m. I step into the main line of King Arthur Flour, placing myself right behind the other three customers extending outside of the entrance.










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Diamonds In The Rough: Distribution Requirements

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Degree requirements at Dartmouth can sometimes be a pain. Students must fulfill 10 distributives, fulfill a language requirement, pass an English class, First-Year Seminar and three courses that satisfy World Culture Requirements, complete physical education courses, and pass a swim test.


Caroline Hsu, left, poses with a friend. 
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How Are You, Really?

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“How are you?” If I got a penny every time someone asked me this, I would be able to pursue my childhood dream career of being a professional McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets taste tester.


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Mirror Asks: Blessings In Disguise

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When has a blessing been disguised? Jake Maguire ’21: This year I had foot surgery over winter break, which forced me to move from one dorm to another because my previous room was not handicap accessible.




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Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

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In a world infatuated with photoshopped supermodels and airbrushed celebrities, many struggle with coming to terms with their own sense of beauty and style.