Student dancers travel to New Zealand over break

It's a good thing the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble only recently learned how to handle a poi. A ball spun rapidly by an attached rope, this traditional object used for dance by the Maori -- the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand -- is sacrosanct ("tapu" in Maori) and must not be dropped.

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Short Answer: What is the most important issue in this year's Student Assembly elections?

Editor's Note: This is the first installment of Short Answer, a new item in which members of the Opinion staff respond to a question posed by the Opinion editors. Social space disparity between males and females.

Playing Hanoveropoly

Forget Dubai. Hanover is so hot right now. Recently, two leading national rags showcased Hanover in their broadsheets, painting the home of the College as a rustic oasis in the wilds of New Hampshire.

10 Things I Won't Miss About Spring Break

Spending Spring Break in sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, was one of the best decisions I've made in college.

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Four Thousand And One

Richard Hall was 21 when he died in France on Christmas Day, 1915. This fact is cast in raised bronze lettering on his marble monument in the basement of Baker Library.

Verbum Ultimum: The New Ledyard Challenge

A committee within the Vermont State Senate recently submitted for passage legislation that would create a task force to consider lowering the state's legal drinking age to 18 ("Vermont to reconsider drinking age," Mar.

Daily Debriefing

The probability that a college freshmen will withdraw from a university increases significantly when large, introductory courses are taught by part-time, adjunct professors, according to a study presented at this year's meeting of the American Education Research Association on Wednesday, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

Tuck student Chat explores Iran

Many Americans hold the common misconception that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats towards the United States and Israel represent Iran's final say in the matter, but the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei really has ultimate authority in the nation's policies, according to Saba Deyhim Tu'09. "Iranians don't take [Ahmadinejad] seriously," Deyhim said in her Country Chat about Iran at the Tuck School of Business on Thursday.

Overheard

'11 Girl 1: Are you going out tonight? '11 Girl 2: I don't even want to go out. I just want to go somewhere and be cute. '11 Girl 1: Your room has a strange cheesy smell to it. '11 Girl 2: Good.

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From togas to tackies, at Dartmouth we spend most of our social lives playing dress up. Strange? Maybe.

India Queen owner calls Hanover 'family'

Editor's Note: The following article is the first in a weekly series profiling different members of the Upper Valley community. When Bhavnesh Kaushik, owner of India Queen and honorary member of the Tabard co-ed fraternity, offers refreshments to guests at his establishment, a polite refusal is not permitted. "You have two choices " lassi or chai tea," said Kaushik, who sports long, feathered hair and six gold rings.

Reboot and Rally: The New Betas

Over the break, I was jamming away to the Bryan Adams -- the best thing to come from Canada since snow -- when I noticed something: I really wish iTunes would go back to putting artists that start with numbers first alphabetically instead of last.