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Mirror

The Mirror Asks: When are you most neurotic?

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"I have 32 folders set up in Blitz that I actively use to filter my e-mail." -- Luofei Deng '10 "Open doors -- I cannot begin to focus on anything if some door near me is left ajar." -- Katherine Gorman '08 "Mine is, embarrassingly, footnotes in papers." -- Jean Luo '10 "Actually I think that my most obsessive-compulsive trait is checking Blitz and Facebook." -- Esther Ha '11 "I can't touch public door knobs!


Mirror

Hello Dartmouth!

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This week The Mirror crawled into the deepest darkest corners of campus looking for Dartmouth's most compulsive perfectionists.


Mirror

Warning Signs of Neurotic Perfectionist Tendencies

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You check out the new photo albums on Facebook, and you read, "Created just a moment ago." You blitz yourself so that you'll have new mail the next time you check on a public terminal, which will be a maximum of two minutes later. As you look over notes you took in class you read, "Professor takes 20 second pause and then sips a glass of water.



Sports

Around The League

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Men's hockey Dartmouth men's hockey (8-8-1, 3-7-1 ECAC) improved its overall record with two impressive wins against nationally-ranked Hockey East teams this week, but dropped to 11th place in the ECAC. The Big Green squad enters this weekend's competitions riding high on its second winning streak of the year.


Dartmouth hopes its winning streak will continue into Ivy League play
Sports

Men's hoops improves to 8-8 with 86-62 win over Maryland

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Kyle Betts / The Dartmouth Dartmouth's men's basketball team (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) has played with unparalleled confidence in its last three games, finishing its non-conference schedule Wednesday night with a win over an unmatched University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (2-17). The Big Green's 86-62 win signals that the team has hit its stride at the right time, and that it will be a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League. The Big Green's recent momentum has shown the rest of the Ancient Eight that this is a new Dartmouth basketball program.


Opinion

God Politick

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The Buddha was no politician, but he could offer some stability to the flux of this presidential primary season.



News

Political Debriefing

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In the 2008 presidential primary race, the past week was highlighted by a high-stakes Republican primary and a contentious Democratic debate.


News

New phone system helps students navigate library

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During freshman orientation, Lane Zimmerman '11 missed the tour of Dartmouth's libraries. So when it came time to use the resources in Baker-Berry Library, he found it difficult to navigate the building. "There are so many differently-named places in the library that it's hard to figure out where you need to go," Zimmerman said.


News

Past fraternities returned without conflict

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Although the potential return of a Greek organization sponsored by Dartmouth alumni of Beta Theta Pi fraternity has sparked controversy on campus, other fraternities derecognized by the College have previously returned to the College without significant controversy. On Jan.


News

Pricing stability helps region avoid loan crisis

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Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series examining the effect of the recent subprime loans crisis on the Upper Valley. While new residences sprang up and housing prices soared across the nation in recent years, the Upper Valley saw minimal development and moderate rises in housing prices.


Safety and Security officer Rebel Roberts will begin as interim coordinator of the Sexual Assault Awareness Program on Monday, replacing Leah Prescott.
News

Roberts temporarily heads SAAP

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Thomas Bukowski / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Rebel Roberts, a crime prevention specialist with Safety and Security, will assume the position of interim Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinator on Monday, and will continue in this position through June 1.


News

Daily Debriefing

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Text messaging while driving may soon be illegal in New Hampshire, according to the Valley News. Most state legislatures support the proposed bill because of the danger of driving with one or no hands on the steering wheel.