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Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

According to IvyGate, graduating seniors with aspirations of making it on Wall Street should re-evaluate their short-term career goals–as soon as possible.

 

Speaking to an unidentified Ivy-Leaguer-turned-investment-banker, Dan Haley confirmed that, due to the current economic climate, internships at financial firms have become the unicorn of th...

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President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

Last week, the Nixon Library released over 198 hours of President Richard Nixon ranting and raving about--more or less--everything.

 

From the press to the Ivy League, Old Dick Nixon hated it all, and he wasn’t afraid to let everyone within an earshot know it—whether they cared to listen or not.

 

Thankfully, the mad ramblings of this presidenti...

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Dartmouth Professor Leaves Facebook Profile Open, Calls Herself a Fraud, Jokes That Colleagues Are Blowhards

Dartmouth Professor Leaves Facebook Profile Open, Calls Herself a Fraud, Jokes That Colleagues Are Blowhards

Facebook and MySpace ruin lives—well, at least the lives of those who foolishly post incriminating pictures and/or objectionable information on their own profiles.

 

Case and point: Reiko Ohnuma, an associate professor at Dartmouth specializing—and I use that term loosely—in the Buddhist tradition of South Asia, until recently had an open Facebo...

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Fire Started in Dartmouth Fraternity House Most Likely Arson

Fire Started in Dartmouth Fraternity House Most Likely Arson

On Saturday morning, a small fire broke out in the basement of the Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity house, and according to the Hanover Police Chief, it was not accidental.

 

According to the police report, the blaze erupted sometime around 6:00 a.m., but it was extinguished before any major damage could occur. While no one was injured, police disco...

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Obama to Tap Dartmouth Alumnus For Treasury Secretary Position

Obama to Tap Dartmouth Alumnus For Treasury Secretary Position

Yesterday, the ever-smug Princetonians patted themselves on the back after President-elect Barack Obama announced that two of their own would be joining his administration, and soon, Dartmouth is hoping to do the same.

 

According to several reports, Timothy Geithner ’83 has appeared at the top of Obama’s short list of Treasury secretary candida...

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County Treasurer Loses to Dartmouth Junior; Calls Her "Teeny-Bopper" and is Generally a Sore Loser

County Treasurer Loses to Dartmouth Junior; Calls Her "Teeny-Bopper" and is Generally a Sore Loser

Talk about being ungraceful.

 

Republican Carol Elliott lost her bid for her fourth term as country treasurer for Grafton County, MSNBC and The Dartmouth reports. What is remarkable is that she lost to a 20-year-old junior at Dartmouth from Big Sky, Montana. Vanessa Sievers, who is set to graduate with a degree in geography and history in 2010, ...

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Cornell Gets Airtime on The Office, Dwight Confirms Dartmouth is Better

Cornell Gets Airtime on The Office, Dwight Confirms Dartmouth is Better

Last night’s episode of NBC’s hit television series The Office focused on three distinct storylines: Pam meeting Jim’s brothers, Michael and Holly breaking up, and Dwight Schrute sporting Cornell apparel in order to upset Andy, the man currently engaged to his lost love, Angela.

 

Of the three, the latter narrative brought viewers and Ivy League...

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Craigslist Finds: The Gay Community at Dartmouth and the Angry Obama Supporter

Craigslist Finds: The Gay Community at Dartmouth and the Angry Obama Supporter

Periodically, I encourage everyone to sift through the Craigslist Personals for their hometown. The things you find in there will shock, amaze and appall you – all at the same time.

 

Hanover, the home of Dartmouth College, is no exception to this tried-and-true rule. Simply searching for the keyword “Dartmouth” returned a startling number of st...

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Kal Penn, Justin Long, and Olivia Wilde Visit Dartmouth; Everyone Orgasms at Their Holy Hotness

Kal Penn, Justin Long, and Olivia Wilde Visit Dartmouth; Everyone Orgasms at Their Holy Hotness

Kal Penn (Harold and KUMAR Go To White Castle), Justin Long (the Mac guy), and Olivia Wilde (House, the OC) made an appearance Sunday afternoon in Fahey-McLane to talk about how much they love Barack Obama and how students can make a difference.

 

For those who missed them, that's too bad because after all three gave their speeches, they strippe...

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Times Higher Education Releases World University Rankings, Ivy League and United States Clean House

Times Higher Education Releases World University Rankings, Ivy League and United States Clean House

Before viewing the rankings, let’s put things into perspective. Many Europeans have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to their education system, and they get offended when someone from the United States claims to have a larger one on theirs.

 

Case and point: On October 1st, an OTR editor declared that Harvard, Columbia and the University o...

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