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Fusion co-president Carly Carlin’s ’15 favorite song to dance to is Bastille’s “Pompeii” (2013).
Arts

Student spotlight: Carly Carlin ’15, Fusion co-president

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When Carly Carlin ’15 first began taking dance lessons at five years old, she refused to take ballet classes because she “hated the color pink.” Now, the 21-year-old co-president of Fusion Dance Ensemble has 14 years of classical ballet training under her belt. This Sunday, she led Fusion in a “Your Space” performance at the Hopkins Center’s Bentley Theater.


The men’s tennis team beat Denver, but lost a tight 4-3 match to Indiana.
Sports

Tennis teams see mixed results

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The No. 46 Dartmouth men’s tennis experienced mixed results over the weekend, winning against the No. 66 University of Denver with a score of 5-2 before narrowly falling to No. 64 Indiana University, 4-3.



The English department, hosted in Sanborn House, is looking to hire three new professors.
News

English department seeks to fill new professor positions

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The English department is nearing the conclusion of three searches for assistant professor positions with a tenure track, an unusually high number of simultaneous recruiting efforts from the department, associate dean of the faculty and art history professor Adrian Randolph said in an email.



News

College rankings proposal met with mixed reactions

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The Obama administration recently proposed a new college performance ranking system, aiming to define the value and utility of different colleges based on a set of three key principles: access, affordability and outcomes, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Many college students and professionals have expressed critical opinions on the metrics of the proposed system.


Opinion

Yuan: A Word of Difference

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Connotations matter. We are continually reminded of the importance of word choice — by our English teachers who distinguish between “slender” and “skinny,” by our parents who scold us for cursing, by our friends whom we argue with over misunderstandings.





Sports

Squash teams score victories over Bates at home

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The men’s and women’s squash teams came out on top in the first matches of their four-game home stands, as they both scored victories over Bates College at the Berry Squash Courts on Sunday. With decisive 7-2 victories, the No. 7 women (4-4, 0-3) topped No. 15 Bates (6-8), and the No. 11 men (3-5, 0-3) overcame the No. 16 Bobcats (7-7).



Sports

One on One with Julienne Keong

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This week I sat down with women’s tennis player Julienne Keong ’16. Keong contributed a doubles win to Dartmouth’s victory over Brown University this weekend.


News

Sixty-four students handed sanctions for cheating

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A spectrum of sanctions have been imposed on the 64 students involved in the cheating incident in religion professor Randall Balmer’s “Sports, Ethics and Religion” course last fall. Punishments range from four terms of academic probation to two terms of suspension, with the differences attributable to the varying circumstances of the individual students involved.


News

Gender-inclusive fraternities accept winter members

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Eleven students have accepted bids at the Tabard, Phi Tau and Alpha Theta gender-inclusive fraternities this term, one more than the 10 students who joined during winter recruitment last year. Additionally, Amarna undergraduate society has had eight new members join so far for winter term.




Arts

Bookmaking workshop emphasizes veteran experience

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Dark pulpy water in giant plastic containers was transformed into sheets of off-white and grey paper — some left plain and some covered in bold blue, red and black prints — this weekend in the Hopkins Center as part of the Combat Paper Project.


Arts

“Into the Woods” belongs out of the theater

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The new Disney films are like bottled water — they repackage something classic, give it all these bells and whistles and come up with something no better than the original. We shell out our money nonetheless, consuming this trivial drivel as if we are expecting something new.