With summer in full swing, the layers of parkas, long underwear, and mile-long scarves that dominate campus nine months of the year have finally taken a hiatus. For the first time in recent memory, it’s warm enough to wear clothing that allows you to determine the sex of the person walking toward you. In some, this engenders thoughts of romance. But where do you take the cutie with the legs-for-days who’s been making eyes at you in ENGS3 for the past three weeks?
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It’s summer — the season of sunshine, sweat and skimpy clothing. Only this time around you’re at Dartmouth, land of hot hookups and quick goodbyes where connections are formed as fast as pong balls flying across the table. These bonds are often broken in the time it takes to chug a beer, but sometimes, with a role of dice, people fall for each other after falling on each other. But are these patterns of Dartmouth firmly cemented year-round into our culture, or do they change with the weather? Love is in the air — or is it?
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Ah yes, the infamous gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (queer, questioning, curious, fluid, etc.) dating scene at Dartmouth. While many may be so bold as to say that GBLT romance at Dartmouth is the same as heterosexual romance, I beg to differ. I have found many differences between the two worlds, and while my perspective is only from the “G” side, I have a feeling that it transcends to the rest of the anagram as well.
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Potter-mania has undeniably dominated the month of July. With the release of the seventh and final book of the series just a week away, the release of the newest Harry Potter film just eleven days prior to the novel was clearly a preemptive strike meant to titillate die-hard fans and keep Potter on the brain.
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