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Teach Me How to Rap
By Sam Forstner | October 1, 2015Just like any performance art, freestyle — and more generally, rapping — requires a combination of innate talent and learned skill.
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The invisibility of socioeconomic status: Low-income students discuss “culture shock”
By Sam Forstner | May 14, 2015I sat across from Ilenna Jones ’15 at a high-top table by the stairs in the Collis Center, just talking for half an hour. From my vantage point I could see countless students going about their days — leaving with cardboard stir fry containers in hand, checking flyers on the bulletin board for job and lecture postings, exiting Collis Market with ample snacks for their Sunday in the library.
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The Art of Email
By Sam Forstner | May 7, 2015This is an age of brevity. Mounting time pressures shorten the day, and communication has become increasingly instantaneous and concise. In-person meetings become email threads, email threads become texting conversations and even written text often devolves into Emoji soup. On this campus, even the world “email” is clearly one syllable too long.
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The Pizzas They Carried
By Sam Forstner | April 2, 2015It’s midnight on a Tuesday — chicken sandwich night at Everything But Anchovies.
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An "F" Word, But Not a Curse
By Sam Forstner | February 26, 2015While many students may identify as feminists, there is certainly a discrepancy in how students define the term. This disparity is not limited to students at the College, however, as even within the feminist movement and feminist academic circles, the word seems to cover a broad spectrum of beliefs and ideas.
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Changes That Run Deep
By Sam Forstner | February 19, 2015The new undergraduate advisors packed into Brace Commons to begin their fourth day of training for an exercise called “behind closed doors.” Each of them must open a door without knowing what they will find behind it, and apply their knowledge of College regulations and protocol — as well as their own intuition — to respond to the scenario.
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Is Divestment Worth It?
By Sam Forstner | January 29, 2015Advocates make a convincing case, but is the statement worth the financial hit?
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Mirror Exclusive Video: Inside Dartmouth's Secret Tunnels
By Sam Forstner | January 22, 2015What's inside the utility tunnels of Dartmouth College? Videographer Sam Forstner '18 takes us for a tour.
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The Rise and Fall of the FSP
By Sam Forstner | January 15, 2015Yet after just 535 students enrolled in off-campus programs in 2012-2013 — the latest year data is available — participation in off-campus programs has dropped 10 percent from the almost 600 students who studied abroad in 2008.
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Through the Decades
By Sam Forstner | October 16, 2014With all of the passion, history and testosterone that come with the fraternity debate at Dartmouth, it’s hard to remain impartial and not be swept up in the issue’s politics and intricacies. Although for me, I suppose it’s a little easier not to generate too many opinions when I’m not actually allowed in.