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The Bucket List

By Lauren Vespoli | January 10, 2013

I think Winter term feels like more of a fresh start than Fall, particularly when we've been away from Hanover for over a month.

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Ready or Not

By Jack Boger | January 10, 2013

The frenzy over the alleged Mayan apocalypse on Dec 21 highlighted an interesting trend in American pop culture: a focus on the end of civilization and what might lay beyond.

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LGBT students anticipate advisor

By Iris Liu and Hannah Wang | January 9, 2013

After spending the Fall term searching for a new assistant dean and advisor to the LGBT community on campus, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership appointed Reese Kelly, an LGBT advisor at Middlebury College, to the position. The committee was composed of nine members, including students, alumni and College administrators, and focused its search on academic qualities and experience in social justice and LGBT issues, according to OPAL Director and search committee head Alysson Satterlund. Current assistant dean and LGBT advisor Pamela Misener announced, who announced in June that she would be leaving the College, will formally resign on Jan.

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Arts

Dartmouth Film Society kicks off historical series

By Caela Murphy | January 9, 2013

On Friday, the Dartmouth Film Society will kick off its winter series called "Historical Fiction," featuring 19 films that tell stories of notable important historical periods, events and people. DFS director Johanna Evans '10 said she hopes that viewers will leave with an interest in how individual perspectives can influence the ways in which stories even historical ones are portrayed. "I study literature, but I feel that in some ways, film is even better at showing that the way that you tell your story or the way that you read the world as a story is very particular to your camera and your point of view," Evans said. Because this film series features movies based on history, Evans expects that viewers will become even more self-conscious than usual about how the perspectives and decisions of the filmmakers influence the unfolding of a story on screen. Like past DFS series, this one features a wide variety of films including documentaries, foreign films and well-reviewed new releases. "The idea is that there will be a little bit of something for everybody, but also that it will be educational in some way and viewers will be able to see the progression of films on a certain theme," Evans said. The series will feature four foreign films, including "Farewell, My Queen" (2012; screening Jan.

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Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Wang | January 9, 2013

Because colleges are asked to host disaster relief efforts when natural calamities strike, insurance companies advise them to prepare by putting provisions in place to meet the relief needs of both the campus and the surrounding communities, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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Sports

Basketball breaks losing streak

By Henry Arndt | January 9, 2013

Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Coming off a skid of seven straight losses, the Dartmouth men's basketball team squared up against the United States Military Academy at West Point in Leede Arena Tuesday night and delivered head coach Paul Cormier's 100th win at Dartmouth. The Big Green (3-10, 0-0 Ivy League) won only one of its seven games in December and fell to Colgate University on Saturday, but the team showed no signs of frustration and dominated Army (7-8, 0-0 Conf.) for a final score of 75-58. "I know for me personally I just said,Tonight I want to go out and have fun,'" forward John Golden '15 said.

Opinion

Mehring: A Constitutional Crisis

By Adam Mehring | January 9, 2013

Is our government broken? If the question sounds dramatic, allow me to elucidate. The most recently adjourned Congressional body, steeped in fringe politics and partisan interests, could barely perform its most fundamental civic duty of voting on and passing laws.

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Dartmouth presidents over the years

By Kelsey Anspach | January 8, 2013

Erin O'Neil / The Dartmouth Senior Staff 1769-1779: Eleazar Wheelock-Our first president founded the College with a charter from King George III; he then proceeded to name the school after William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth, who opposed the college's establishment.

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