Friday, February 15, 2008

Dating, Mating and Equating

By Eve Ahearn, The Dartmouth Staff

Didn’t have a date for Valentine’s Day? Imagine trying to get one before the school was coed, or in the late seventies when there was only one woman for every three men! And though that ratio may sound like it favored the ladies, it took awhile before Dartmouth daughters became ‘date-worthy.’ Eve Ahearn explores why. More »

Students say yes before senior year

By Joanna Patterson, The Dartmouth Staff

Two things come to die at Dartmouth — shoes and dating. Call me an upperclassman girl, but I suspect More »

In defense of emo

By Divya Gunasekaran, The Dartmouth Staff

In honor of Valentine’s Day, it would only be appropriate to talk about a musical style that Valentine’s Day brings out the best in, and that, of course, is emo. More »

Breaking Through

Pop quiz: What do all girls love more than chocolate, Grey’s Anatomy and gay best friends? If you answered More »

Point, Counterpoint: The Electronic Breakup

It’s true, breaking up is hard to do. There are so many different aspects of it that all fall somewhere short of pleasant. More »

Point, Counter-point: The Electronic Breakup

By Amy Davis, The Dartmouth Staff

Breakups are hard. There’s nothing worse than someone telling you that they don’t like you so More »

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something…Green?

The possibility of meeting your future spouse on the romance-intolerant Dartmouth campus seems ludicrous. The fact that this person might More »

A Dartmouth Valentine’s Day poem

By Jean Ellen Cowgill, The Dartmouth Staff

The key to understanding Valentine’s Day, as everyone knows, is the Hallmark card. And I think here’s where our problem begins; Dartmouth and Hallmark are living in completely different worlds — just try to find the “I’m sorry I peed on you” card or the “To my booty call, on this Valentine’s Day” card in CVS. More »

Scattered Questions, Scattered Subjects: Hey West Nile Virus!

By Rembert Browne, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth College does not have a long history of producing great bands, but there have been a few More »

Bite-sized

Valentine’s Day is about loving the one you’re with, whether it be that gentleman caller down the More »

Mirror Spotlight: Julissa Llosa

This week, the spotlight’s on Julissa Llosa ‘10, this year’s director for the always sold-out student performances of The Vagina Monologues. She’s also Programming Intern for the Center for Women & Gender. Warning: We aren’t using “vajayjay” or any other wacky terms; it’s called a vagina, 50% of the population has one, get over it. More »

The DM Manual of Style

Godiva, Lindt, Cadbury, Hershey’s, Nestle — all those politically correct, organic brands that pledge More »