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September 11th and Beyond: from Hanover
by Adam E. Tanney

 On Wednesday, September 12, night spread its cloak upon our Green for the second time since darkness befell our nation. Our luminated clock saw our beloved Dartmouth Community gather beneath its spire—each soul holding candles and holding back the tide of nightfall.

English 5: Into the Heart of Darkness
by Barrett P. Thornhill

 It was an experience, not simply another course; the word “course” would indicate that the nine weeks of polemics through which I grumbled had some kind of academic merit.

Your Guide to the SLI
by Matthew J. Tokson

 On Wednesday, September 12, night spread its cloak upon our Green for the second time since darkness befell our nation. Our luminated clock saw our beloved Dartmouth Community gather beneath its spire—each soul holding candles and holding back the tide of nightfall.

Saturday Night: Revel in Structured Options
by Matthew J. Tokson

 Dartmouth has been undergoing something known as the "Student Life Initiative" (or SLI) for the past few years. The initiative, launched on February 9, 1999, is designed to promote new social/residential options and to discourage use of Dartmouth’s dominant social option, its fraternity and sorority system. The College has invested a great deal of time and effort towards changing these student lives, towards shaping students’ social behaviors into different forms than they had previously taken.

Orientation 2000: Thanks for Sharing
by J. Lawrence Scholer

  She hated Dartmouth. Her story began with the acceptance letter, and the anticipation of four incredible years at a prestigious Ivy League College in the woods of New Hampshire. Her anticipation would become despair soon after she arrived on campus.

The CIDE Report: Diversity or Bust
by J. Lawrence Scholer

 The Student Life Initiative Report proclaimed the "end of the Greek system as we know it" and heralded the arrival of a brave, new social system at Dartmouth. The Report, released in the winter of 2000, drew hundreds of student protesters and caused the cancellation of Winter Carnival.

Can Emo Go Pop? Two New Albums
by Stefan M. Beck

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win great triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

—Theodore Roosevelt