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January 17, 2014

'16 Girl: I can't believe they tried to just stop rush. I mean, isn't that illegal? In the hallway outside the scholar studies offices in the stacks: Does it count for the Dartmouth Seven if I have sex with someone in your office? '14 Girl: I have this lifelong passion of making children's songs out of popular raps. Collis employee when the power went out: Don't worry, DDS can always take your money. '16 Guy: I don't even know this guy, I just hooked up with him. '14 Girl: I have never applauded in an X-hour before.

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Editors' Note

By Erin Landau and Marina Shkuratov | January 16, 2014

This week, we took a deeper look at social issues that Dartmouth has confronted (namely, Lohse-pocalypse) and how the College has handled and learned from them. As two juniors (?!) having lived through many less-than-flattering Dartmouth headlines, we have had a lot of time to reflect on our very own social problems and successes.

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Striking a Balance

By Maggie Shields | January 16, 2014

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has emerged once more a hot topic for the student body, but not all students believe the dialogue surrounding it is a diverse one.

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And the Oscar Goes To...

By Erin Landau and Michael Riordan | January 16, 2014

In light of yesterday’s Oscar nominations announcement, The Dartmouth’s resident awards experts, executive editor Michael Riordan ’15 and Mirror editor Erin Landau ’15, ruminated long and hard on who will win, who will be snubbed and who should claim a naked statuette on March 2.

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Dartmouth: An Evolution?

By Troy Palmer | January 16, 2014

The coming week will mark two years since Lohse published “Telling the Truth,” his op-ed in The Dartmouth that accused Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of widespread hazing and ignited the now-familiar firestorm surrounding Dartmouth’s social scene. The anniversary allows us to reflect on the two-year-long debate. What has changed? What hasn’t changed? Will Dartmouth continue to pursue solutions to hazing issues, or are Lohse and his controversy fading from the forefront of our preoccupations?

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Academic boycott of Israel contested

By Zac Hardwick | January 16, 2014

Every Ivy League university president has publicly opposed the association’s decision, many through statements sent to their respective campuses and others by signing the Association of American Universities’ anti-boycott response.

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In Case You Were Wondering

By Katie Sinclair | January 16, 2014

In case you were wondering, the coldest recorded temperature on Earth was minus 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 93.2 degrees Celsius for the metric folk among us. No, this was not in Hanover, though that may be hard to believe given our current state of affairs. It was on the East Antarctic Plateau on Aug. 10, 2010, which is the middle of winter down there in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Student center renovations reach final stage this term

By Chris Leech | January 16, 2014

One year and millions of dollars later, the newly renovated Collis Center for Student Involvement is seeing its finishing touches. The three-part process, which started with the center’s temporary closure last winter, has transformed its dining, studying and lounging spaces.

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Ramirez ’14 launches new Collis Consulting Group

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | January 16, 2014

With a student body that’s constantly in flux, campus organizations face leadership deficits each term. Andres Ramirez ’14 was working on a project for his Tuck School of Business undergraduate marketing course in the fall when he conceived a solution. His new student-run organization, the Collis Consulting Group, launched this term and aims to consult for other College groups.

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Pulse of the Sports World

By Dan Bornstein | January 16, 2014

As the Big Green men’s basketball team travels to St. John’s University tomorrow, players are part of a long history of teams eagerly descending on New York City to play at the center of college hoops. But as I wrote in last week’s column, the relationship between college basketball and New York has been dramatically altered in a tragic way.

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