Special Issue
The Ultimate Fall Upper Valley Bucket List
By Anne Johnakin | September 7, 2021The best things to dine and do in the Upper Valley this term.
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Arts
Preview: Big Red Machine to feature various collaborators on new genre-fluid album
By Anne Johnakin | July 9, 2021Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner, in collaboration with a wide-range of artists, tell introspective stories of nostalgia and loneliness in ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?’
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Home Again: A Reflection on Being Back
By Anne Johnakin | February 3, 2021“Aren’t you so happy to be back?” my mom asked as we drove across the bridge to New Hampshire for the first time in nine months. It was dark, so she couldn’t see the tears I blinked away. They weren’t tears of joy. I was anything but happy to be back.
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Things in My Dartmouth Quarantine Meal that Just Make Sense
By Anne Johnakin | September 23, 2020If you’ve seen any college food review TikToks, you’ll recognize the title of this article. NYU went viral near the end of August for its particularly egregious meal options for students in quarantine, including a whole lemon as a side dish and the infamous watermelon chicken salads served to vegetarians.
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Dartmouth Dreams of COVID: The Science Behind Vivid Quarantine Dreams
By Anne Johnakin | April 29, 2020Right now, society is buzzing with talk of crazy dreams. Tales of “quarantine dreams” are all over Twitter, and “i dream of covid,” a blog that compiles submissions of strangers’ dreams, is gaining media attention. People all over the world are reporting more vivid and frequent dreams and nightmares, and Dartmouth students are no different.
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Balancing the Unbalanceable: Students Weigh Psychological Impacts of Following the News
By Anne Johnakin | April 8, 2020After trying to fall asleep for hours, plagued by the worried insomnia that living through a pandemic seems to cause, I rolled over to grab my phone and open the podcasts app — a last-ditch effort to soothe myself to sleep. I tried to find something mindless, searching for a calming voice talking ...
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Snackpass in Partnership with Local Businesses
By Anne Johnakin | February 26, 2020At the height of my Snackpass clout, I had 30 discounted entrees, 20 of them entirely free. When Snackpass launched on Dartmouth’s campus, I encouraged all my friends to use my referral code so we could both get discounts. And with the benefit of free food, it wasn’t too hard to convince most people. But ...
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Facts, Fiction and Inconvenience: The New Age of Information
By Anne Johnakin | January 29, 2020In the age of social media, the way young people consume media is changing quickly. In a study done by the Pew Research Center, only 16 percent of American 18-to 29-year-olds said they often get their news from TV. Not surprisingly, 36 percent said they often get their news from social media and 27 ...
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Women in Politics at Dartmouth and Beyond
By Anne Johnakin | January 15, 2020Dartmouth opened its doors to women in 1972 in a decision met with much resistance from both staff and male students. Since coeducation, Dartmouth has graduated 47 classes of women, many of whom have pursued careers in politics. 2020 is the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage. More than just ...
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DOC Members Engage in Conversations on Identity and Inclusivity
By Anne Johnakin | November 13, 2019The outdoors are an inherently expensive space, leading many people to associate outing clubs, like Dartmouth’s, with privilege. Today at 7:30 p.m. in One Wheelock, the Dartmouth Outing Club will be hosting an event called “Identity and the DOC” which aims to facilitate a conversation about privilege ...