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Worst Day Ever

Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Hanover is the first hot day I can remember in months, the air sticking between my lacy white Free People undergarments. My feet hurt from my sparkly high heels. My eyes are puffy and exhausted from a lack of sleep.

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My Journey from Servative to Loberal

At some point, I came to see the world through different beer goggles.

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Sinking Into Anarchy

These excerpts from Leighton Rogers’ journal cover several days in December 1917—a few weeks before he fled Russia.

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Mutual Respect

Higher ed—including Dartmouth—could play a critical role in the cohesion of American society.

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Close to Home

An alumna returns to her native country and explores the lingering effects of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

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Playing with Fire

After 65 years, a prankster comes clean about a risky stunt.

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A Sense of Peace

An architect’s detective work takes him on a personal odyssey.

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Escape From New York

An excerpt from “West of Wheeling: How I Quit My Job, Broke the Law & Biked to a Better Place”

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Stall Tactics

An undergrad snaps his way through a wacky practice routine with hopes of landing a teaching assistant job.

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Lost and Found

A good Samaritan embarks on a remembrance of rings past.

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Dog House

How my family ended up living with 200 puppies.

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On the Watch

A young fire lookout learns to read the smoke.

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House Call

A cartoonist meets his muse—and is inspired to new “upwardses and onwardses.”

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