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Through the Looking Glass: Losing My Balance

By Alex Jones and ttlg | April 30, 2015

It would have been impossible to imagine what this place would be like, what it would mean to call Hanover home. The opportunity to attend a school like Dartmouth, as many will undoubtedly remind you, is an incredible thing. Yet, it seems students often fall into one of two traps — that of either relentless complaints aimed at the College or the unquestioned glorification of College tradition with no critique.

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Through the Looking Glass: Losing My Balance

By Alex Jones | April 30, 2015

And while our time here may be full of friendships, formals and seemingly endless midterm weeks, the true prize of the College is the strength it can give you to go out into the world and have confidence in your ability to make a difference.

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Drop the Bass

By Maggie Shields | April 30, 2015

The dance floor is crowded — it’s a Friday night after all. I wind my way around raised arms, shaking booties and that one person trying to twerk on the wall in the corner.

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The Upper Valley's "Other" AT

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | April 30, 2015

Just as I was assigned to write a piece on riding Advance Transit for three hours, I ran out of ramen noodles and had to send some important documents back to Seoul for my internship in the summer. How handy — I could work on my story and run the errands at the same time! I decided to go to the FedEx shipping center in Lebanon and then drop by Walmart in West Lebanon.

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Boots and Rallies

By Aaron Pellowski | April 30, 2015

At some point this weekend, I overheard Mikayla Delores-Burt — one of my associates — stumble over the last word of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s most famous line with hilarious results: “I like big butts, and I cannot die.”

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Editors' Note

By Maddie Brown and Charlie Rafkin | April 30, 2015

If last week Charlie and Maddie were just entering the delicate phase of a partnership, this week saw a gargantuan struggle for the reins of power in the back corner of Robinson Hall.

The graveyard is a spooky place to recite poetry with friends.
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The Graveyard Shift

’Twas the very witching hour of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes contagion into the world. No, we are not Prince Hamlet, but his words (and some gentle nudging from our editors) drove us into the Dartmouth College Cemetery like Young Goodman Browns to witness the debauchery of students in this labyrinth of death.

Marcus Reid ’18 encountered negativity after releasing a rap video.
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Fame in a Small Town

By Maggie Baird | April 23, 2015

Most of us enjoy at least some privacy at the College. We are not tied to a name, a past or a YouTube video. Others don’t have that freedom. It is difficult to have privacy when people associate ideas with your name.

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Private? Not for me.

By Lindsay Keare | April 23, 2015

This week, though, in the interest of writing a story on privacy, I decided to get into some of the most guarded spaces on campus — the more intimidating the sign on the door, the better.

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Fridays with Marian

By Marian Lurio | April 23, 2015

Netflix is releasing a new show called “Fuller House,” a “Full House” (1987) sequel set to feature the new American family. Whether this will include a same-sex marriage or obese individuals, I do not know.

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