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Green: The Unofficial Student Guide to DartmouthCollege, a new satirical handbook edited by 'us Cyrus Akrami, Austin Bowers and Lyman Missimer IV, has taken its hits in The Dartmouth, but orders are still being fulfilled online (via Facebook and atAmazon.com). Cleverly priced at $17.69, the volume opens with an admission of bias "toward Greek Life, social life, fraternities, athletes, sex and drinking." Written with the help of 30 contributors, in tribute to a place they love, the editors say, Green contains a variety of reviews and rankings that invite debate. Should "Buy a Killington Ski Pass," which tops one of several lists included in the chapter on academics, be No. 1 among the "10 Things You Must Do"—ahead of "Close Down the 1902 Room" and "Open Lou's at 6 a.m."? Are Alpha Delta, Chi Gam and Theta Delt the only frats whose parties deserve an A rating? Are Russell Sage/Butterfield and McLaughlin the best freshman dorms? As Green proclaims, "Even if you disagree with what the authors have to say, it is still valuable to hear it."

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