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Kim: Breaking with Tradition
By
Yoo Jung Kim
| October 10, 2013
Don't be fooled; there's no correct Dartmouth track
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Football looks to rebound against perfect Yale
By
Josh Schiefelbein
| October 10, 2013
Margaret Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Yale comes to Dartmouth for Homecoming weekend as the teams square off for the 97th time Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field. The Bulldogs come to Hanover undefeated at 3-0 with a 1-0 Ivy League record after blowing out Cornell University in week two.
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Freshman ban in place for weekend
By
Josh Koenig
| October 10, 2013
Although Homecoming is traditionally seen as a weekend crafted by and wholly dedicated to first-year students, members of the Class of 2017 will be largely barred from attending fraternity and sorority parties over the weekend due to the new policy that prohibits freshman from entering Greek houses serving alcohol for the first six weeks of school. "I think that I will miss something during Homecoming," Julieta Feltrin '17 said.
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In Case You Were Wondering
By
Katie Sinclair
| October 10, 2013
In case you were wondering, the first game of football in the U.S. was played on Nov. 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University.
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Baer, Gerson discuss speech writing
By
Roshan Dutta
| October 10, 2013
Former presidential speech writers Don Baer and Michael Gerson spoke about their experiences working for former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.
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Freshman plan with time constraints
By
Zachary Hardwick
| October 10, 2013
The big weekend of the term for freshmen has arrived two weeks earlier than last year, giving first-year students less time to prepare for the festivities. Class council elections were held earlier and condensed planning time for the weekend.
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Students off-campus reflect on big weekend
By
Eric Buonanno
| October 10, 2013
Kassaundra Amann / The Dartmouth Staff For some students who are off campus this term or competing in athletic events over this the weekend, Homecoming is just a distant thought. Approximately 500 students are taking an off-term this fall, according to the Registrar.
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Peer institutions host unique fall festivals
By
Roshan Dutta
| October 10, 2013
Each year, Dartmouth's campus population swells to accommodate the influx of alumni young and old for Homecoming.
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College establishes innovation center
By
Kimberly Mei
| October 10, 2013
Students and administrators are collaborating to design the student-operated Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator slated to open after winter break on the first floor of 4 Currier Place, south of the Black Family Visual Arts Center.
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Homecoming tradition dates back over 100 years
By
Sejal Shah
| October 10, 2013
While the looming wooden rail architecture of today's Homecoming bonfire was carefully blueprinted by the Thayer School of Engineering in the 1970s, the original bonfire in 1888 consisted of nothing more than stray combustible materials, including mattresses and a rusty car bumper.
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Editor's Note
By
Sean Connolly and Jasmine Sachar
| October 10, 2013
Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff Human beings depend on connections.
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Some Like It Hot
By
Marian Lurio
| October 10, 2013
Why does our beloved tradition of Homecoming line up with the college's Official definition of hazing?
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Faculty, Hanover community express sense of isolation
By
Troy Palmer
| October 10, 2013
This year, as for decades, Homecoming will mark the construction of another doomed wooden edifice in the center of the Green.
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Ulrich: Between the Lines
By
Ashley Ulrich
| October 10, 2013
When my first grade teacher asked the class to share our role models, 20 or so nubby hands shot up and waved furiously in the air.
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Shanahan: Just another weekend?
By
Andrew Shanahan
| October 10, 2013
Let's talk history. In 1895, College President William Jewett Tucker established the creatively named "Dartmouth Night," an evening of speeches that celebrate the legacy of the College and her alumni.
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Alums reflect on change in campus culture
By
Michael Qian
| October 10, 2013
Originating in September 1895, Dartmouth Night and its iconic bonfire have remained a mainstay of campus culture, despite some changes from celebrations of the past. Described as an event that "disturbed the slumber of a peaceful town" and "illustrated the success and ability of Dartmouth graduates," Homecoming has always as its namesake implies welcomed the success and presence of alumni. "I would say a clear parallel is that Dartmouth Night and Homecoming were just as big a deal then as they are now," Dartmouth for Life director Daniel Parish '89 said.
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Daily Debriefing
By
Axel Hufford
| October 10, 2013
A recent study found that the number of English-speaking master's programs at European universities has increased, Inside Higher Ed reported yesterday.