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The Mirror: Conservatism at Dartmouth
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Conservatism in the Classroom

By Caroline Francis | November 19, 2009

Edward Zhang / The Dartmouth Staff It's pretty hard to deny that Dartmouth has a stereotype of being the "conservative" member of the Ivy League the Fox News to Brown's MSNBC, some have said. But how does this stereotype play out where it is perhaps most important: in Dartmouth's classrooms? Several professors said that the view of the College as a conservative school is simply outdated, and noted that on the whole, the College's faculty is overwhelmingly liberal. "A lot of our reputations of schools are based on 20 years lag time," government professor John Carey said.

The Mirror: Conservatism at Dartmouth
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Editors' Note

By Amita Kulkarni and Jennifer Argote | November 19, 2009

Edward Zhang / The Dartmouth Staff While neither of us would call ourselves especially political except for Amita, who is constantly "politically correct" we decided that an issue about conservatism at Dartmouth would be an inte resting way to end our tenure as editors of The Dartmouth Mirror.

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Spotlight: Josh Riddle '12 and David Rufful '12

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | November 19, 2009

Josh Riddle '12 and David Rufful '12 also known as "The Young Cons" never considered rap careers until their conservative rap songs, originally featured on YouTube, launched a series of national press coverage and television appearances, including "Fox and Friends" and "Huckabee." Now they may be changing their tune. What was your inspiration for making these conservative raps?Riddle: We had a group on Facebook that had like 300 people in it that we created, that was called Young Conservatives.

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Overheards

By The Dartmouth | November 19, 2009

'10 Guy: That girl has a longgg track record with guys.'10 Guy: Yeah, it's like Rainbow Road in Mario Kart, but longer. '12 Girl1: I'm not really sure I'm gonna go out tonight.'12 Girl 2: Really?

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Ask Miss Muffin Top

By Miss Muffin Top | November 19, 2009

Dear Miss Muffin Top, I'm so excited to get away this winter and escape the Hanover cold, but I'm really into the guy I've been seeing.

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Overheards

By The Dartmouth | November 12, 2009

'11 Guy: You know what i hate about warm weather? It brings out the Frisbee kids. '10 Psi U: Cooper!

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Different Strokes for Different Folks

By Will Stroker | November 12, 2009

After hours of in-depth research (the Wikipedia page on "Religion and sexuality" is really long), I have compiled a collection of many religions' stances on such topics as sex, pornography, birth control and masturbation.

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Overheards

By The Dartmouth | November 5, 2009

'13 Girl: Are you guys having the Dodecs show tonight?'11 Guy: No, that's Sigma Delt ... I'm not a Sigma Delt.'13 Girl: Oh!

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