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Student and faculty reactions to "Moving Dartmouth Forward" are mixed

By Noah Goldstein | January 29, 2015

Reactions to the announcement of a hard alcohol ban, new residential communities and increased academic rigor were mixed following President Hanlon’s unveiling of his Moving Dartmouth Forward policies Thursday morning. Faculty members interviewed generally supported the academic aspects while students were mixed on specific policies and the overall enforceability.

Opinion

Vox Clamantis: Residential Clusters

By Rebecca Goldberg | January 29, 2015

Thank you, College President Phil Hanlon, for allocating funds to residence hall clusters as part of your “Moving Dartmouth Forward Plan.” Back in 2010, I asked College President Emeritus Jim Kim to do the same.

Malcolm Salovaara ’17 has been organizing a number of permaculture gardens.
Mirror

A Student Dreams of Kiwis

By Caroline Berens | January 29, 2015

Although the windows reveal the icy, barren scene of a Hanover winter, thoughts of warmer weather and spring sunshine fill the air in the Collis second floor lounge. Six students sit together and ardently plan the extensive fruit-and-vegetable-producing garden that will be planted in a sorority’s yard this spring.

Mirror

Dartmouth, 2050

By Mary Liza Hartong | January 29, 2015

It’s the year 2050 and your mid-life crisis has brought you back to dear old Dartmouth, as you always knew it would. You may not remember all the words to the alma mater, but you’re ready to skate on Occom Pond, build a snowman and tear up the slopes with your bionic post-knee-replacement legs.

Mirror

Through The Looking Glass: Our World is Inherently Interconnected

By Leehi Yona | January 29, 2015

Working on climate issues is by far the most physically and psychologically exhausting and spiritually exasperating thing I could ever see myself doing. It offers very little rewards, almost consistently beating you down. And yet it’s filled with the most emotional, inspiring, empowering experiences I’ve ever had.

Mirror

Disbelief Amid Certainty

By Hannah Petrone | January 29, 2015

If you find the United States’ international rankings in health care, education and social mobility dismally low, don’t despair — you still have the top rank in climate change denial to keep you warm at night!

Mirror

Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | January 29, 2015

Dennis Rodman still hasn’t responded to any of my tweets, so I don’t want to spend too much time talking about him this week. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, amirite?

Mirror

Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | January 29, 2015

Just about all my attention was seized in this cluster headache of “right” and “wrong,” but not so much that I did not spy out of the corner of my eye something absolutely queer. Like fickle goblins fitted in parkas stealing across the lawn by the light of the moon, I spotted a pair of girls outside Butterfield holding a large rectangle of familiar proportions and walking at an unusually brisk pace.

Mirror

Editor's Note

By The Dartmouth | January 29, 2015

“To which subject will Charlie turn his unsharpened ‘thinking’ this week?” my readers mutter as they stream into lecture halls. “Will this week’s column be as devoid of interest or substance as previous weeks’?”

Mirror

The D Runs The Numbers

By Charlie Rafkin | January 29, 2015

12 - The number of principles, including “observe and interact” and “design from patterns to details,” invoked by permaculture advocates. 1,211, 600 - The number of signatures accrued on the Divest Dartmouth campaign’s online petition and the number of likes on its Facebook page, respectively. 35 - The percent of Americans who express skepticism about the science behind climate change. 2,155 - The number of pages of the latest IPCC report. 4.5 million - The number of gallons of Fuel 6 oil Dartmouth consumes annually.

Mirror

If You Don't Know, Now You Know

By Charlie Rafkin | January 29, 2015

But this winter is cold. Is global warming still real? Dang! Got ’em! It’s super hilarious and insightful to wonder aloud whether the snow dump we experienced invalidates of decades careful scientific reasoning.

Sports

Skiing places second of 16 teams at Vermont Carnival

By Kourtney Kawano | January 29, 2015

Continuing its successful run in its second carnival, the Dartmouth ski team placed second at the Vermont Carnival on Jan. 23-24. After a close race, the Big Green finished the two-day carnival only 56 points behind the University of Vermont — who dominated both slalom races — and 102 points ahead of the University of New Hampshire, which placed third. for a total of 884 team points.

Sports

Dartmouth ’15 captains team USA

By Gayne Kalustian | January 29, 2015

For the fourth time since the start of the HSBC Sevens World Series, Madison Hughes ’15 has been selected to captain the USA Eagles sevens squad. The Eagles embarked for Wellington, New Zealand for the fourth leg of the series, set to take place on Feb. 6 and 7.

Sports

The Big Green Weekend Primer

By Blaze Joel and Brett Drucker | January 29, 2015

This may be Super Bowl Sunday and the week before Winter Carnival, but that doesn’t mean that the big game (or planning ahead) should dominate your weekend schedule, as 14 Dartmouth teams are in action across the northeast this weekend as well. Here, we will refrain from making predictions on the Super Bowl, and instead offer our insight and analysis on three Big Green contests taking place this weekend.

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