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Back at Dartmouth, New to Campus
By Claire Callahan | September 29, 2021Members of the Class of 2024 look forward to their first term on Dartmouth's campus.
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The Flair That Binds Us
By Claire Callahan | May 12, 2021Dartmouth students reflect on the beloved and quirky tradition of bequests and how it fosters a sense of community within campus organizations.
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Katy Perry’s ‘Smile’: Can (and should) she deepen her pop?
By Claire Callahan | August 25, 2020Katy Perry’s fifth studio album, “Smile,” arrives on August 28. To generate buzz, she hosted a Zoom question and answer press conference with college reporters. I clicked out feeling underwhelmed, and I’m trying to pinpoint why.
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To Be or Not To Be (on Campus): Current Students Consider Gap Years
By Claire Callahan | July 31, 2020On June 29, Dartmouth announced its plan for a partial reopening in the coming terms, which includes a decreased student body in residence, a mix of virtual and in-person classes and restrictions on where students can and cannot go. Due to these limitations, some students are considering gap years, hoping to be on campus only when Dartmouth is closer to normal.
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Editors' Note
By Novi Zhukovsky and Claire Callahan | July 3, 2020We all know their names — Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner — and the list goes on for far too long. We mourn the loss of those whose lives were unjustly cut short, and condemn the systemic racism that riddles American culture, institutions and politics.
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Sophomores Obtain Internships In The Hopes Of Salvaging Their Summer
By Claire Callahan | May 27, 2020When the College announced that summer term would be remote, members of the Class of 2022 had to decide whether to have their sophomore summer online or push it off until next year. Three sophomores — Ronnie Ahlborn ’22, Lidia Balanovich ’22, and Ian Stiehl ’22 — settled on doing remote internships this summer instead of online classes.
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Hobbies at Home: Adjusting to Life In Quarantine
By Claire Callahan | April 8, 2020For Dartmouth students lucky enough to not have pressing safety and financial concerns, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unexpected surplus of free time spent at home. Many students are filling the newfound time with hobbies both old and new.
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The Shared Misery of Zoom: Making Memes in a Time of Crisis
By Claire Callahan | April 1, 2020People have always used humor as a response to current events, no matter how serious, and Dartmouth students' reactions to COVID-19 have been no different. Dartmouth's meme page, currently titled "Dartmouth Memes for Cold AF Teens," is chock-full of memes about the coronavirus and its effects on the ...
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Redesigning Success: Expectation vs. Reality
By Claire Callahan | April 10, 2019Going to college is scary. Being in college is scary. I combat this fear with planning. On the drive from Alexandria, VA to Hanover, I opened the Notes app on my phone and made a list of goals that would allow me to become the version of myself that would thrive at Dartmouth. I’ve stuck to some of ...
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Helping Hands: Engineering a Better Cot for the Haven
By Claire Callahan | April 3, 2019Being at Dartmouth can be all-consuming, as we worry about our own responsiblities and futures. Even walking into Hanover doesn’t really bring a lot of variety; it’s a small, wealthy town with many of its buildings owned by Dartmouth.