Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism. Support independent student journalism.
The Dartmouth
August 29, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Multimedia
Mirror

Overheards

March 29, 2012

'12 Girl 1: It was more like we were playing pong and he followed me to my room. Then we made out.'12 Girl 2: That's a flurk.

News

Wade discusses pitfalls of hook-ups

By Marina Shkuratov | March 29, 2012

The dissatisfaction with "hooking up" and the culture associated with it, not the act itself, is what causes social problems on college campuses, Occidental College sociology professor Lisa Wade said in a lecture to a packed audience on Thursday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center. Although modern media has increased its focus on hook-up culture recently, the practice has existed on campuses for a long time, Wade said. "Your generation did not invent casual sex," she said.

The College's new Visual Arts Center will be renamed in honor of Debra and Leon Black '73, who donated $48 million to fund its construction.
News

Black contributes $48 million to VAC

March 29, 2012

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Leon Black '73 and his wife Debra Black have donated $48 million for the new visual arts center, set to open in September 2012, the Office of Public Affairs announced in a press release on Thursday. The 105,000 square-foot Black Family Visual Arts Center will house the studio art department, film and media studies department and the recently established digital humanities program. "The Black Family Visual Arts Center will be a powerful force at Dartmouth for years to come," Provost Carol Folt said in the press release.

Mirror

The FOMO Phenomenon

By Patrick Chen | March 29, 2012

Over spring break, I turned 22. It was when I was blowing out the candles on my cake that I felt an odd sense of anxiety and nostalgia.

News

Dartmouth admits 9.4 percent of applicants

By Diana Ming | March 29, 2012

The College offered admission to 2,180 students for the Class of 2016 out of a pool of 23,110 applicants, signifying a record-low acceptance rate of 9.4 percent, according to a College press release.

News

Daily Debriefing

By Hannah Wang | March 29, 2012

Santa Monica College, a community college in California, has proposed instating a "two-tier" tuition structure that would charge a higher price for more popular classes, according to The New York Times.

Mirror

The DDS Depression

By Leslie Ye | March 29, 2012

It's week two of Winter term, and you're in the library finishing up your reading for the night. You realize you're hungry, but one look at Accuweather kills any desire you might have had to make the trek to Collis.

Opinion

Pollard: Muckraking for a Buck

By Lucy Pollard | March 29, 2012

I applaud Janet Reitman's recent Rolling Stone article on Dartmouth hazing for at least attempting to present a more nuanced picture of Dartmouth's "whistleblower" compared to other national publications.

This article appeared in a special issue of The Dartmouth examining College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination to head the World Bank.
News

Faculty show approval for choice

By Amanda Young | March 28, 2012

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff Faculty members interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed generally positive views of College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination for the World Bank presidency as well as the work Kim has done during his three years at Dartmouth.

The College's Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office dropped 24 of the 27 hazing charges against SAE members after obtaining new evidence.
News

UJAO drops 24 of 27 SAE charges

By Isobel Markham | March 28, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office has dropped 24 of the initial 27 hazing charges against members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the wake of hazing allegations by former SAE member Andrew Lohse '12, according to former SAE president Brendan Mahoney '12.

Trending