Notices sent to College regarding cyber piracy

Amid a nationwide campaign asking states to require colleges to police their networks for online piracy, Dartmouth experienced one of its highest known rates of illegal file sharing last April.

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I Feel Like... 2008-05-23

Unconventional Wisdom

Four years and 48 columns later, my time at Dartmouth and my tenure as an Opinion columnist have come to an end.

Verbum Ultimum: An Unsatisfactory Review

Last Friday's release of the Committee on Standards Review Committee recommendations to Dean of the College Tom Crady presented the opportunity to air misgivings about the troublesome flaws with our COS processes.

Point: Blind Dates Are the Only Way to Make it Out of Formal Season Alive

Notice the ties and heels running through campus at around 4 p.m. lately? How about the school buses departing around 5:30 p.m.

Counterpoint: Blind Dates Aren't Worth the Risk

By Amy Davis I am against blind dates for formals. Now, I know what you're thinking: Why not take the risk?

Overheard

'11 Boy [at the Hop]: I want to get Schroedinger's Equation tattooed on my back. '11 Friend: For what?

The DM Manual of Style

The days are growing longer, and the trees are growing fuller. Fenced lawns covered with that blue, chunky hydro-seed gunk are gradually welcoming grass.

Sound Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Yes, video killed the radio star, but the Internet killed copyright infringement laws and artist royalties. Back in the day, radio was the medium where new artists were discovered and bands made it big.

Rembert's Woulda' Coulda' Shoulda'

I know it's early to start thinking about this, but since it's May and the seniors are on the last leg of their Divas Live 2004-esque farewell tour, I have started to feel like an old man.

The Green Keys to my Heart

If love is a battlefield, then there is no better war zone than our beloved Green Key. This past Sunday, the warpath could be seen across campus, in trails of broken glass, crumpled beer cans and condom wrappers.

La Vie Dartmouth

Well friends, I'm not very good with the whole "later, 'tater" talk. I get all up in the mushiness like the sappy heroine of a Danielle Steele novel (the non-sexy sections). Or I brace myself against all emotion, devolving into awkward morning-after Blitz lingo: "So, um, that was fun.

What I Learned at College

About two weeks ago, the telltale signs started pouring in from my friends at other schools: Facebook status updates, phone calls, e-mails, all conveying the same message.

The Big Green Bucket List

So there I was, at a complete loss as to what to write about for my last Mirror column ever. I could have made it emotional and nostalgic, but that would be useless.

Editor's Note

Goodbyes are always hard, something I was reminded of when some this week's writers, namely the seniors on The Mirror staff, kept Blitzing me with their writer's block woes.

Shoemaker '04, Olympic triathelete, to appear on Wheaties box

Competing in possibly the most grueling sport around today, Jarrod Shoemaker '04 has, in all senses of the term, made it.