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Verbum Ultimum: Advancing Study Abroad

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 28, 2013

This past month has seen exciting and much-needed developments in expanding study-abroad opportunities.

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Voces Clamantium: Foley, Nyman

By The Dartmouth | February 28, 2013

Give Admissions a Chance To the Editor: I founded the Dimensions show back in spring 2004.

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Boral: The Tinder Effect

By Austin Boral | February 27, 2013

Samantha Lindsay / The Dartmouth In today's world, there is an application for just about everything.

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Coffey: Undocumented at Dartmouth

By Kamiar Coffey | February 27, 2013

President Barack Obama's blueprint for immigration reform that leaked last weekend hinted at a future path to citizenship for aliens residing in the United States.

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Sellers: The Big, Green Disappointment

By Emily Sellers | February 26, 2013

When I think back to my senior year of high school, when every college was clamoring for attention, I remember finding Dartmouth particularly attractive.

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Miller: A Grand President's Day

By Jon Miller | February 26, 2013

As Dartmouth approached President's Day, I was startled that not a single event or speaker was planned.

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Ramesh: Dartmouth Insecure

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | February 25, 2013

Why do we have Dartmouth "Secure"? Why not just have a really fast public Internet connection that everyone can use?

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Chang: The Not-So-Lonely Island

By Lulu Chang | February 25, 2013

Dartmouth's dining facilities comprise some of the most interesting microcosms of community at the College.

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Voces Clamantium: Laskaris, McBride

By The Dartmouth | February 24, 2013

Dimensions: A Welcome to Dartmouth To the Editor: In light of last Friday's article ("Dimensions show to be canceled," Feb.

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McKay: Hail to the Humanities

By Katie McKay | February 24, 2013

As a first-year student, I have not officially declared my major, but I have certainly declared it to myself, countless times.

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Verbum Ultimum: A Lackluster Welcome

By The Dartmouth Editorial Board | February 21, 2013

As we move toward spring term and prepare to welcome prospective students from the Class of 2017 to Hanover, we are disappointed to hear that the admissions office is considering wholesale changes in programming for Dimensions weekend.

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Francfort: A Simple, But Fair, Carbon Tax

By Kevin Francfort | February 21, 2013

The United States faces many tough problems. Two of these are climate change and the federal tax code.

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Yang: Ineffective Incarceration

By Lorelei Yang | February 20, 2013

In social science and humanitarian circles, it is an oft-repeated fact that the United States, ostensibly the land of the free, has the world's highest incarceration rate.

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Decker: Too Good to Be True

By Luke Decker | February 20, 2013

Born without fibulas, his legs were amputated below the knee when he was only 11 months old. By age 17, he had the world record in the T44 (reduced function in lower limbs) 100-meter dash.

Why is it assumed that everyone has to conform to the same expectations of fitness and that failing to do shows a lack of character?

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Albrecht: Skipping the Gym

By Emily Albrecht | February 19, 2013

Samantha Lindsay The message is everywhere.

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Gil: Lost and Unfound

By Michelle Gil | February 19, 2013

The fact that Murphy's Law dictates my life was as clear to me as ever on the night last fall when my favorite sweatshirt was stolen.

The fast-paced quarter system has conditioned me and my fellow Dartmouth students to visualize work and play in chunks of weeks, a pattern that eclipses in-depth immersion in our activities.

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Sachdeva: Set a Watch

By Nikki Sachdeva | February 18, 2013

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Beechert: Thank You, Father

By Michael Beechert | February 18, 2013

While the Pope's advancing age is no secret, the resignation of Benedict XVI nonetheless came as a surprise to both followers and non-Catholics around the world.

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Rothfeld: An Untenable Paradigm

By Becca Rothfeld | February 17, 2013

Last week, the Associated Press released an internal memo advising its journalistic staff to refer to members of same-sex marriages as "partners" or "couples" rather than "husbands" or "wives." Ensuing criticism from LGBTQ rights groups prompted the A.P.'s editorial board to issue a revisionary statement clarifying the publication's stance: the terms "husband" and "wife" may be used to describe same-sex spouses only when "those involved have regularly used those terms," reads the missive. The A.P.'s decree is more than an isolated or publication-specific guideline.

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Alston: A Step in the Right Direction

By Will Alston | February 17, 2013

I do not often find myself praising President Barack Obama, particularly on education issues. However, during last Tuesday's State of the Union address, he outlined a sensible proposal to address the problem of college affordability.