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The Rise of Grade Inflation

The growing number of high marks has many professors—and some students—worried academic excellence is being cheapened. Has Dartmouth reached a breaking point?

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Dolphin Training

Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Matt Burke ’98 travels the globe in search of adventure.

Updated on December 22, 2017

“I love the feeling of the unknown,” says Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Matt Burke ’98. “I’ve made flights to countries with no plans just to see what would happen. That’s led to bungee jumping, climbing mountains, skydiving and safaris. The Dolphins organization probably wishes I preferred bowling.”

Read more about Burke in our Nov/Dec 2017 issue.

Photos courtesy Matt Burke

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Hiking, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
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Ice climbing, New Zealand
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Bungee jumping, New Zealand
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Bungee jumping, New Zealand
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Hiking, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
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Lion petting, Zambia
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Lion petting, Zambia

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Dartmouth Women’s Rugby

Portraits from the pitch capture women’s rugby players as they prep for nationals.

Celestial Canvas

Denver-based artist Stella Maria Baer ’03 explores the mythology of the desert and the cosmology of space through her Southwest landscape photography and her paintings of celestial bodies.

Seats of Power

Eighteen presidents have served the College, but only after they retire do they attain a true seat of power at the president’s mansion.

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