Mirror

Editor's Note: Silence

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne and Carolyn Zhou | October 3, 2018

Our campus, though nestled in the white mountains of New Hampshire, hours away from the hustle and bustle of city life, is a thriving and pulsing center.

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Mirror

Transitioning From City Noise to Silence of Hanover

By Maggie Doyle | October 3, 2018

A month ago, I would have been sorely underqualified to write about silence, the theme of this week’s issue.

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Mirror

"Let's Get a Meal Sometime": Ghosting at Dartmouth

By Nelly Mendoza-Mendoza | October 3, 2018

Do you ever find yourself using your phone when walking to class to avoid making eye contact with the girl you met to last week, because you don’t know whether she will say ‘hi’ or not?

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Mirror

I'm Very Quiet. How About You?

By Maria Teresa Hidalgo | October 3, 2018

Ever since I was a young girl, my classmates described me as a “violeta timida” (timid violet). This meant that I was always the quiet one in every social circle, which at that time was composed of my family, school and neighbors.

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Mirror

In Silence, a Cry for Change

By Helen Horan | October 3, 2018

One of the most emblematic and accurate descriptions of our school can be found in its motto: “Vox Clamantis in Deserto,” or “a voice crying out in the wilderness.” Yet the phrase is rarely given much attention or thought, perhaps dismissed as an archaic Latin idiom that fails to inspire students.

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Mirror

Study in Silence: Quiet Study Spaces

By Devanshi Udeshi | October 3, 2018

Have you ever walked into an environment feeling awkward because you were not familiar with the social norms?

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Mirror

Speaking Up Gender Imbalance in the Classroom

By Novi Zhukovsky | October 3, 2018

“I raise up my voice not so I can shout,” said Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani advocate for women’s rights who won a Nobel Prize at age 17, “but so that those without a voice can be heard.

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News

October 2, 2018

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News

College to strongly curtail students running laps around Homecoming bonfire

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | October 2, 2018

The College has announced changes to the annual Homecoming bonfire, meant to assuage the town of Hanover’s concerns about safety and secure an outdoor activities permit for the event.

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News

Digital cloud system to protect and store Rauner materials

By Anthony Robles | October 2, 2018

Materials at the Rauner Special Collections Library will now have a permanent home in the cloud.

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News

Study finds link between arthritis and depression

By Berit Svenson | October 2, 2018

Arthritis in older adults may be linked to higher incidence of depression in these individuals. A recent study by a team of researchers from Cornell University, Dartmouth and the University of Michigan found a significant association between arthritis and varying degrees of depression in older adults.

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Opinion

Li Shen: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Sabrina Li Shen | October 2, 2018

There is a fine line between fitting in and losing oneself.

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Arts

Review: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ is eviscerating of contemporary America

By Willem Gerrish | October 2, 2018

Spike Lee’s latest film, “BlacKkKlansman” is very much a movie created for and about the current American political and racial environment.

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Arts

Review: ‘A Star is Born’ is a sparkling, devastating love story

By Jordan McDonald | October 2, 2018

Directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, and featuring pop supernova Lady Gaga, 2018’s “A Star is Born,” a remake of William Wellman’s 1937 film of the same name, breathes new life into the music drama genre.

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Arts

‘Blind Cinema’ offers new perspectives for adult audiences

By Macy Toppan | October 2, 2018

The lights go down on an audience sitting in silent anticipation, and white sparks rain down the black screen.

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News

Lawsuit alleges College unfairly expelled student

By Elizabeth Janowski | October 1, 2018

On Aug. 6, a former Dartmouth student filed a lawsuit against the College, alleging that he was wrongfully expelled last September following unfair disciplinary hearing procedures that breached the College’s contractual obligations to him and violated his Title IX rights.

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News

Director of FDA's Center for Tobacco Products speaks to Hanover community

By Anne George | October 1, 2018

“We are all playing catch-up with the tobacco industry — the regulators, general public, other policy makers and media,” director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products Mitchell Zeller ’79 said in his Sept.

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Sports

Into the Deep End: Dartmouth’s Swim Test

By Caitlyn McGovern , Baily Deeter and Jennifer Lee | October 1, 2018

Decades ago, many colleges required students to pass a swim test in order to graduate. Today, only a few cling to this tradition, Dartmouth being one of them.

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Opinion

Park: Kava-No-More

By Annika Park | October 1, 2018

Women of Dartmouth, it’s time we got a bit angry.

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Sports

​Sticking to Sports: Roughing the Passer, Targeting and the Future of Football

By Sam Stockton | October 1, 2018

The opening weeks of the National Football League season have been dominated by one storyline. It isn’t blossoming young quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff, it isn’t the Browns finally winning a game and it isn’t the slow start by the greatest franchise of the salary cap era.

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