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December 20, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Overheards

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'09 Guy: Yeah, usually I wear snowpants when I sled. '09 Girl: I don't even know what a snowpant is. '09 Guy: It's like a jacket for your butt. At "World, Hold On" Party: '10 KDE: OMG, I'm dancing my pants off! '09 Sigma Delt to herself (noting the girl wearing only leggings): Oh, thats where all the pants have gone. '09 Girl: Yeah, she's cute, but her personality is a little bland. '10 Theta Delt: Personality?


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Spotlight: Hugh Mellert

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Hugh Mellert, the director of the Fitness Center and the Fitness and Lifestyle Improvement Program (FLIP), has not had a desk chair in his office for over five years.


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Counterpoint: Elliptical or Treadmill?

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In life, some things are recognized as pure, unadulterated facts. For example, Princeton can't play hockey, UGGs will never go out of style at Dartmouth, a pong date here is equivalent to a first date everywhere else, and elliptical machines are for wimps.


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Point: Elliptical or Treadmill?

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The historic battle between the elliptical machine and the treadmill can be resolved by one quote from Marilyn Monroe: "I'd rather be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." There is no doubt that the elliptical machine is ridiculous -- some may go so far as to call it a joke.



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AMY Knows Everyone

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Each week, Amy examines a small group of students in order to understand the individual Dartmouth experience as part of a whole.


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How Some Dartmouth Students Choose to Stay in Shape

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I have poor blood circulation, or at least that's what I tell people when they ask why I spend 95 percent of my time curled up on my futon wrapped in a Snuggie (do not mock them until you've tried them). In the winter, I'm more likely to write a paper four days early than to cross the icy Green in pursuit of some quality time with People Magazine and the elliptical, which is why I am reduced to mentally including "times I ran extra quickly down to Novack from fourth floor Berry" and "walking backwards while giving a tour to freaked-out prospies" in my daily exercise count. When my editors told me that The Mirror this week would be about exercise at Dartmouth, I realized I should probably get some additional perspective on how the average Dartmouth student stays fit.



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The DM Manual of Style

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Seeing as we are now eight weeks into Winter term, you've probably noticed the round of illness plaguing the men and women of Dartmouth.


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I'm Having Some Issues

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Dear Katy, Okay, so there's this boy that I really like who I see at the gym every week (I guess we're just on the same schedule, but don't you think that's kind of a sign?). Last week, I even skipped an X-hour to make sure I wouldn't miss him.


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THIS, Sir, Is My Case!

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I saw seven stretch Hummer limousines in Hanover on Friday, so I figured there was some dignitary in town, or at the very least a B-side congresswoman (Shea-Porter). But nay.


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Editor's Note

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At a school that offers endless opportunities to stay physically active year-round, including running on the fitness center's treadmills with personal TV monitors, playing ice hockey on Occom Pond and kick-boxing for PE credit, you'll most likely find Jen and I hanging out in Collis, munching on our third breakfast sandwich of the day, or in FoCo, happily heading to the fro-yo toppings bar over and over again. Okay, so I guess working out isn't our thing.


Sports

Toe to Toe: Knapp versus Rose (Knapp)

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"Fifty years. That's all you need to know." Those were the words of Dartmouth men's basketball captain Jarrett Mathis '09 when I posed the question to him that my editors asked me to ttake on in this column.




Opinion

Free and Clear

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Self-promotion is a necessary skill in today's world. To get anywhere, whether at Dartmouth, in graduate school or in a leadership position in business, you need to be able to sell yourself and your strengths.



News

Daily Debriefing

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Three Dartmouth staff members demonstrated paperless office software that the computer science department will use as part of its new effort to reduce office waste and inefficiency.


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Crady holds forum to discuss AMP

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As part of an effort to collect student feedback about the proposed Alcohol Management Program, Dean of the College Tom Crady and special assistant to the Dean of the College Kate Burke held a question and answer session in Collis Center on Thursday night.