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Student, alum summit Kilimanjaro in annual Prouty hike

By Rose Wang | January 9, 2014

Hiking high above the Tanzanian plains, Anna Condino Med ’14 and Wes Chapman ’77, Tu’81 pushed forward, leading a group bearing yellow ribbons inscribed with the names of cancer survivors and victims. They stepped toward the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak at 19,340 feet. In the months leading up to the trip, which lasted from Dec. 26 to Jan. 6, the group of 11 raised nearly $50,000 to benefit research at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

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Editors' Note

By Erin Landau and Marina Shkuratov | January 9, 2014

As we attempt to adjust to the frozen tundra that is 14W, we’ve noticed a lot of changes at the College on the Hill. Daylight hours have dwindled, King Arthur Flour has reintroduced the brie-and-apple staple to our daily diets and overeager ’18s are wandering their soon-to-be alma mater. And of course, there’s us — your new Mirror editors. We know we have big shoes to fill, especially when it comes to giving you your weekly dose of Overheards and double entendres. Before we dive into the lives of others, we wanted to take a minute to introduce ourselves. After extensive research on OkCupid (online dating is legit, we promise), we’ve come up with profiles to give you a little insight into our deeply private personal lives.

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So Far Away From Me

By Andrew Zhu | January 9, 2014

Walking into my two-room triple this term to two barren, stripped beds stunned me. My home was missing my two best friends — there was no one there blasting music; the room wasn’t already a mess. I was forced to get ready to conquer my sophomore winter solo. I now have the most luxurious and spacious single on campus, but trying to fill up all the space by myself is going to be, well, a little lonely. The people whose clothes I would borrow, who hated waking up to my obnoxious sonic boom alarm and who enjoyed late night EBAs with me have left Hanover for Barcelona and Paris.

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It's Going Down (I'm Yelling Tinder)

By Luke McCann | January 9, 2014

In the darkest moments of my finals period last term, I looked for anything entertaining to distract me from the 10 pages I had to write in 12 hours. Bored of Facebook stalking and walking back and forth between KAF and Novack, I decided to create a Friendsy account. After attempting to navigate the maze of recognizable faces, I found myself looking at the top murmurs, a collection of the most popular anonymous shout-outs to Dartmouth students.

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Then & Now

January 9, 2014

With Dartmouth regular decision applications due today, Common Application essays are still very much on the minds of future freshmen. For graduating seniors however, applications are nothing but a relic of the past. We asked four seniors to review their Dartmouth application essays, and the results were striking, poignant and sometimes hilarious. For many, re-reading applications was a reminder of both how much they had changed and the opportunities Dartmouth had allowed them to pursue through the years.

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Taking Note of Accessibility at Dartmouth

By Marian Lurio | January 9, 2014

Within our increasingly medicalized society, information processing disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can easily be conflated with Adderall and similar “miracle drugs,” peddled nonchalantly across campus by students who don’t always understand the deep issues behind the disabilities. Due to a culture where legitimate treatment for learning disabilities can be marred by stereotypes of partying or cheating the system to get ahead, students utilizing a variety of accessibility services on Dartmouth’s campus are often misunderstood.

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Overheards

January 9, 2014

'15 Girl: I think I did poorly on the SATs because I started making patterns with my answers. '15 Girl on the hook up culture: It's just so weird that two strangers just get naked and touch each other. '16 Girl: I think I just broke up with him over Snapchat. '17 Girl: Bridgewater don't come close to the emotional abuse we put each other under. '17 Guy by grill: What's line for a burger? '14 Guy: I have no idea what a provost is. Blitz overheards to mirror@thedartmouth.com.

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What Have We Done

By Seanie Civale and Amanda Smith | January 9, 2014

Winterim was once only three weeks long, and those three weeks were completely torturous after freshman fall. Jan. 3, 2011, the day of our 11W reunion, seemed better than Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year all wrapped into one. We were hyper-aware of all the deficiencies of our home existence — no friends, no four-day-a-week sleepovers, no weird semi-intellectual conversations with strangers. We withered away without them, waiting for 11W like it was the only thing keeping us alive. Seanie often watched Dartmouth webcam’s live feed of the Green with a guarded secrecy that made her feel like she was doing something illegal rather than just pathetic. Amanda alternated between hibernating and eating ice cream.

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In Case You Were Wondering

By Katie Sinclair | January 9, 2014

In case you were wondering, we have now marked approximately 2,014 rotations of the earth around the sun since the birth of some guy in Bethlehem. I say “approximately” because evidence suggests that Jesus was born between 7 and 2 B.C., so the count’s a little off. We could just call it “Common Era,” satisfying all non-Christians, though I know Dionysius Exiguus, the monk who coined “anno Domini” in 525 A.D., would be just a tad disappointed.

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Men’s hockey upsets Boston University

By Josh Schiefelbein | January 9, 2014

After a six-year hiatus, Boston University and Dartmouth men’s hockey squared off on the ice at Agganis Arena in Boston Wednesday night. The Big Green (3-11-2, 2-8-0 ECAC) stunned the Terriers (7-10-2, 2-4-1 Hockey East) 4-2, the first time Dartmouth has won consecutive bouts against them in over 30 years.

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Pulse of the Sports World

By Dan Bornstein | January 9, 2014

Conference play opened in the Big East this past week, but the group that had long stood out as the nation’s premiere college basketball league has crumbled as part of the money-driven, corporate-minded shift in college athletics. The conference’s vaunted history and rivalry match-ups have all but disappeared as a consequence of the reshuffling. Schools’ zealous quest for higher-paying television contracts seems to have undermined their interest in being part of a conference once considered the mecca of college hoops. Realignment will bring an end to a long-celebrated basketball tradition.

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College picks Carolyn Dever as next provost

By Laura Weiss | January 9, 2014

Carolyn Dever, dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost, the College announced Thursday. Dever, who will begin on July 1, has served in administrative roles in higher education for over a decade.

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Public policy class to investigate environmental issues

By Jose Burnes Garza | January 8, 2014

Students in a new environmental policy workshop will learn the tools necessary to conduct research on environmental issues while preparing to present their findings to the Vermont and New Hampshire legislatures. The course, launched by the Rockefeller Center and the environmental studies department, will serve as a prerequisite for students hoping to continue their projects in the Policy Research Shop.

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SPCSA grows grant program for students

By Chris Leech and Michael Qian | January 8, 2014

After last year’s successful pilot program, the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault announced an expansion of a grant program that will fund research focused on reducing instances of sexual assault on college campuses. The SPCSA’s Elizabeth A. Hoffman grants will provide each recipient with $750 per term for up to two terms of research.

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Study finds middle-income students shoulder most debt

By Jessica Avitabile | January 8, 2014

A study by sociology professor Jason Houle found that students from middle-income families have higher average levels of student debt than their low- and high-income peers. Students just beyond typical financial aid cutoffs are saddled with a disproportionate amount of student loan debt, Houle said.

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