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Bequests: Threads of Legacy at Dartmouth

By Amanda Chen | February 21, 2018

While well-known traditions such as running around the bonfire during Homecoming or participating in the polar bear plunge during Winter Carnival contribute significantly to Dartmouth’s legacy, smaller traditions such as bequests help shape the College’s legacy on a more personal level.  Bequests, which are items that are cyclically passed from a senior to an underclassman, typically within an organization, are usually clothing items, but they can be just about anything that the senior wishes to pass down.

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Celebrating Heritage on Campus

By Tina Lin | February 21, 2018

Dartmouth, small and isolated as it is, has a rich abundance of different cultures, and students celebrate a multitude of different holidays.

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Editor's Note

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne and Carolyn Zhou | February 21, 2018

Dartmouth is a college with a long history and strong traditions, known for building even longer and stronger bonds between the ones that call it home.

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Meet Dartmouth's Sexperts

By Jacob Maguire | February 14, 2018

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Dartmouth’s Sexual Health Peer Educators, more commonly known as Sexperts, have been busy.

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A Co-Constructed Cultural Identity: Best Friend Love

By Vanessa Smiley | February 14, 2018

We all know the pain of leaving a close friend. In fact, I daresay that most of us were embroiled in a ruthless game of tug-of-war before coming to Dartmouth, torn between the excitement of reinvention and the sorrow of shedding our old self, complete with its crushes, its follies and foibles and, more importantly, all those people who reified if not constructed the person we once were.

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The Beginning of Something New

By Nikhita Hingorani | February 14, 2018

Valentine’s Day is officially upon us. As the one day entirely dedicated to love, the 14th of February is highly anticipated around the world, and Dartmouth’s campus is no exception.

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Mirror Asks: Valentine's Day Edition

By The Mirror Staff | February 14, 2018

Do you believe in love at first sight?

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Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

By Zachary Gorman | February 14, 2018

When you attend a college in the middle of nowhere, it might be difficult to maintain a romantic relationship with someone back home.

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A Love Letter to Dartmouth

By Laura Jeliazkov | February 14, 2018

Dear Old Dartmouth, You school us, you shelter us, you feed us and you clothe us.

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Editor's Note

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne and Carolyn Zhou | February 14, 2018

February 14th, more famously known as “Singles Awareness Day.” Two days ago, you were probably frantically searching online for overnight flower delivery or wandering the aisles of CVS for chocolate fancier than Kit Kat bars.

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Winter Carnival Issue

Juuling at Dartmouth: Addiction renewed and reimagined

By Gigi Grigorian | February 9, 2018

With the increasingly common use of Juul e-cigarettes at the College, Dartmouth students have bought into a trend that is spreading across college campuses. Juuls are small, sleek-looking electronic devices, and users purchase and place disposable, nicotine-filled Juul pods inside their devices.

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Dating at Dartmouth: Shifting norms and blurred lines

By Jaden Young | February 9, 2018

Jordan Bustabad ’21 said there’s only one way to truly learn how to navigate hookup culture. “I feel like the only way you will know the ins and outs of it is if you actually experience it,” he said.

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Editors' Note

By Eliza Jane Schaeffer and Alex Fredman | February 9, 2018

The shortest distance between two points, as the saying goes, is a straight line. But if everyone followed the short and easy paths in their lives, would innovation ever occur?

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A Legacy: The Dartmouth Ski Team

By Kylee Sibilia | February 7, 2018

At this point, many have heard the statistics: including the 2018 contingent of athletes, Dartmouth athletes will have earned nearly 150 spots on Winter Olympics teams.

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Athletics: A Workout for the Mind

By Amanda Chen | February 7, 2018

We admire athletes for their physical strength, grace and agility, but what we often overlook is the mental strength that is reqired from athletes under high pressure situations.

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A Spotlight on Dartmouth's Sports Rivalries

By Vanessa Smiley | February 7, 2018

We often equate sports rivalries with divide; they can create tension between teams and incite conflict among fans.

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Peters: To My Fellow Floridians

February 7, 2018

In Florida, the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” also known as “Amendment 4,” has successfully been put on the ballot for this coming November.

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Bump: Aaron Lit ’19, saving the ocean one blazer at a time

By Jacob Maguire | February 7, 2018

For many Dartmouth students, articles of clothing are items of practicality, convenience and self-expression.

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Editor's Note

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne and Carolyn Zhou | February 7, 2018

It’s February, and there’s a chill in the air. A chill that only blows every four years. February will be a month of competition, a month of rivalry and of victories.

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You Are What You Eat: DDS and KAF

By Tina Lin | January 31, 2018

Before King Arthur Flour and Novack Café opened as dining options in Baker-Berry Library, only Baker existed on Dartmouth’s campus.

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