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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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Scenes from the Backyard

Photographer Nils Ericson ’00 shares an intimate glimpse of life back home in Iowa.

Updated on November 30, 2017

Portland, Oregon-based sports photographer Nils Ericson ’00 returns to his childhood home in Iowa every summer to document the life of his family. Here he shares a selection of his highly cinematic backyard portraits.

Read more about Ericson in our Nov/Dec 2017 profile

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Eyes on the Prize

Beginning with the Munich Games of 1972, Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier ’65, Th’66, captured the essence of the Summer Olympics.

Through the Ages: Winter Carnival Snow Sculptures

During the past century, there’s hardly been a winter without a snow sculpture rising up from the center of the Green.

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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