Dartmouth students had to be some of the best in high school to make it this far. Though for some just getting a diploma simply may be enough, most refuse to rest on their ivy-festooned laurels. takes a look at why, despite such institutions as a ragey Greek system and DOC trips, Dartmouth students still hear that nagging voice in their head to try harder and do better. More »
You check out the new photo albums on Facebook, and you read, "Created just a moment ago." You blitz yourself so that you'll have new mail the next time you check on a public terminal, which will be a maximum of two minutes later. More »
This week The Mirror crawled into the deepest darkest corners of campus looking for Dartmouth's most compulsive perfectionists. We didn't have to look too hard because they're f*cking everywhere. More »
"I have 32 folders set up in Blitz that I actively use to filter my e-mail." -- Luofei Deng '10 "Open doors -- I cannot begin to focus on anything if some door near me is left ajar." More »
As I lifted the dark-wash denim past my knees, I already felt the ideal amount of stretch in the fabric around my calves. Then, with the turn of a button I looked in the mirror. Twenty pant legs, ten zippers, five-pocket designs and one goal -- to find the perfect pair of jeans -- and there they were. Just as if buying a new pair of shoes, I wanted to ask, "Can I wear them home?" More »
Trends and movements can be synonyms, but in the music world the two couldn't sound any more different from each other. Divya Gunasekaran explains how, like highschool, following the trends mindlessly just results in really embarrassing pictures. More »
When I think of Officer David P. Hunt, I think of a mix between Rambo, Lance Armstrong and Denzel Washington: a supreme Alpha Male with charisma like none other, all while riding a bicycle. More »
Sometimes the pressure to be perfect is too much, and we crack. Not in a "Cuckoo's Nest" way, but more of in a drink a case, boot on the floor, hose the bed kind of way.. Jean Ellen explores how Dartmouth students perfect the art of being imperfect. More »
H i, my name is Katherine Gorman, and I am borderline Obsessive-Compulsive (self-diagnosed). Anal retentive and a perfectionist to the max. Anyone that knows anything about me knows this to be true. A quick run-down of some common OCD symptoms checklist will affirm my argument. More »
Janine Scheiner, visiting professor of psychology at the College and adjunct professor at Dartmouth Medical School, teaches the popular Abnormal Psychology class. asks how abnormal perfectionism really is. More »
America's poet laureate Hilary Duff (Sept. 28, 1987 – Dec. 25, 2011) once said in her magnum opus, "Haters": "Haters/ Traitors to the human race/ Haters/ What a drag, what a waste/ I'd like to see them disappear/ They don't belong anywhere/ Haters, haters" More »
At a time when men and women on campus are at each others' throats, it's best to take a step back and look to our roots. Sex columnist and goddess of lust Sandra Himen brings things back down to the evolutionary level. More »
Tucker, Occum, Wheelock, Thayer -- these are all monumental legacies of Dartmouth College, and their presence can be found everywhere on campus from the buildings to the artwork in the libraries. Honestly, then, why don't the powers that be name the next new dorm "Keystone Lite?"" More »
Binge drinking as I used to know it is dead to me. For much of my time at Dartmouth, it was an integral part of my life. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday -- I didn't even have to think twice. It wasn't a question of "Will I go out tonight?" It was a question of "where," of "how hard," of "how many apology blitzes will I need to send tomorrow morning." It was like a bad habit. And, yes, it got the best of me. I thought I was hitting rock bottom. More »
Sydney Kim '07, a studio art major and English minor, is currently a studio art teacher's assistant at Dartmouth. What are you doing now? I'm applying to art schools for my MFA -- master in fine arts. I'm looking at schools in urban cities like RISD, San Fran Art Institution, Chicago, MICA in Baltimore. More »
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