News

Coalition created to support Upper Valley refugees

By Frances Cohen | February 23, 2017

Two Dartmouth students, Veselin Nanov ’20 and Kasia Kready ’17, recently founded the Upper Valley Coalition for Immigrants and Refugees as an action group with the aim of supporting immigrants and refugees both in the Upper Valley community and abroad.

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News

Thayer celebrates its 150th year

By Racquel Lyn | February 23, 2017

A century and a half ago, the Thayer School of Engineering opened with only three students and five classrooms.

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News

DOC plans trips for spring break

By Anthony Robles | February 23, 2017

Many of the Dartmouth Outing Club’s sub-clubs will host trips this upcoming spring break, ranging from canoeing in Florida to canyoneering in Utah.

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Arts

Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra to play Brahms this Saturday

By Joyce Lee | February 23, 2017

After playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” last spring, the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra will be performing and paying tribute to the famed composer with a piece created by another beloved composer Johannes Brahms.

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Arts

Review: “Future” stuck in the past

By Jacob Meister | February 23, 2017

The beginning of 2017’s music landscape has been uncontestably dominated by rap artists from a city that has recently become a key niche of American popular culture: Atlanta, Georgia.

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Opinion

Miller: This is the Winter of Our Discontent

By Eliana Miller | February 23, 2017

Students and staff fight to help those struggling with mental health issues at Dartmouth, yet critical problems persist.

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Opinion

Brown: Walk That Veteran Talk

By Matthew Brown | February 23, 2017

Our civilians and military have never been more divided — but we still need respect. 

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Opinion

Ozel: Commedia dell’Politica

By Pelin Ozel | February 23, 2017

Political comedy is one of the defining cultural features of the Trump era.

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Opinion

Chun: Diversity’s Commodification

By Steven Chun | February 23, 2017

A story from Uber shows that progress can be stalled by perverse incentives.

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Opinion

Goldstein: The Iron Maiden is Next

By Matthew Goldstein | February 23, 2017

Cartoon of the day: the Trump administration shifts its tone to medieval defensive techniques.

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Mirror

Lots and lots of snow to throw!

By Cristian Cano | February 22, 2017

It was 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 when I first heard the rumors. In my floor’s GroupMe, someone had sent a picture of a poem, written in the familiar style of Dr. Seuss, announcing a midnight snowball fight on the Green.

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Mirror

Reliving Dartmouth past

By Morgan Sandhu | February 22, 2017

During First-Year Trips, like most Dartmouth students, I wrote myself a letter. Unlike many of my peers, I wrote this letter quite seriously, pouring my soul out to my future self who would receive it six months from then.

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Mirror

Guo: "100 nights" before graduation

By Clara Guo | February 22, 2017

We drive along the Hudson River, having already said goodbye to the privacy of a house rented by eight West Point “firsties” for the weekend.

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Mirror

Wien: Searching for the golden spike

By Elise Wien | February 22, 2017

In my geography class, we learn that geologists use golden spikes to demarcate the beginning of a new geologic epoch.

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Mirror

The biocultural impacts of rites of passage

By Andrew Sosanya | February 22, 2017

Everyone has gone through a rite of passage in their life, whether it be graduating high school, getting their first driver’s license or even just having their first kiss.

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Mirror

Lest the old traditions fail

By Alison Hagen | February 22, 2017

“Did you know the ‘Lou’s challenge’ isn’t free?” my friend asked as we passed by Lou’s restaurant. “Of course,” I replied, baffled.

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Mirror

Editor's Note

By Michaela Ledoux , Lucy Tantum and Alexandra Pattillo | February 22, 2017

We talk a lot about the quintessential Dartmouth “rites of passage” throughout this issue, like staying up all night to eat Lou’s, swimming across the river naked or jumping in freezing water over Carnival.

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News

OVIS hosts info session discussing travel ban

By Alex Fredman | February 21, 2017

On Monday, the Office of Visa and Immigration Services hosted an information session to address President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting entry to the U.S.

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News

Petition calls for elimination of application fees for low-income students

By Zachary Benjamin and Noah Goldstein | February 21, 2017

On Wednesday, 1vyG, an advocacy group for first-generation students, sent out a press release announcing its “No Apologies Initiative,” which calls for universities to eliminate application fees for low-income and first-generation college students by the 2017-18 application cycle.

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News

V-Feb events focus on sex-positivity

By Joyce Lee | February 21, 2017

Dialogues about gender equity and combating gender-based violence through exploration of sexuality and relationships were publicized this month through events associated with V-February.

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