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The Winter Carnival and Its Appeal

There was a time when the word “Dartmouth” would conjure up spell-binding images of the “Mardi Gras of the North”: our Winter Carnival tradition. Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker reflects on this tradition’s decline and its implications.


Against Ivy League Conservatism

Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker reflects on the limitations of out-and-proud, nationally-focused conservatism in the ivory tower.


An Illiterate College

Do books make a liberal-arts education? Or something else entirely? Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker examines the meaning of an increasingly bookless campus culture.



On Football Competition

What does the modern day’s diminished state of competition mean for Dartmouth today? Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker investigates.


Retreat is Not Enough

Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker responds to Senior Correspondent Jonathan G. Nicastro’s “Vox Clamantis in Keystone.”


The Stage of Tradition

Editor-in-Chief Jacob H. Parker reflects on the “ghost dance” of a modern Dartmouth Homecoming.