Kwame Griffith, Teach for America’s national director for diversity outreach, and education professor Kimberly Williams spoke at “Race Income and Education,” a panel to raise awareness about current racial and socioeconomic inequalities in education hosted by Student Assembly on Thursday evening in Brace Commons. More »
Though the regular season is months away, the Dartmouth baseball team is already in the midst of a crisis. So far this term six players have quit the team, leaving behind a thin roster already reeling from a slew of injuries. Two players quit prior to the start of winter practices and were followed by four others. With twenty-six players remaining on the roster, the six former players made up almost twenty percent of the team. More »
Dartmouth undergraduate advisors may be paid less than those holding comparable positions at several other institutions, but that hasn’t stopped a record number of students from applying for the position. More »
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, hundreds of Dartmouth students have made their way down to Louisiana and Mississippi to help communities that were completely wiped out by the massive storm. More »
Ken Bain, author of the best-selling book “What the Best College Teachers Do,” spoke to an audience composed mostly of professors in Filene Auditorium Thursday. Dartmouth’s Center for the Advancement of Learning hosted the event. More »
The wait to schedule counseling appointments at Dick’s House has improved since a College review in May 2005 called for a reduction in wait times. More »
Since the first Winter Carnival sculpture was constructed in 1925, the tradition of carving grandiose and intricate snow statues has captivated Dartmouth for decades. A huge figure on the center of the Green greets returning alumni each Carnival weekend, while students look forward to expressing the chosen theme each year with snow and ice. More »
FRIDAY ALL DAY: Come cheer on the Ski Team as they compete in the events that started Winter Carnival! More »
The fun-filled Winter Carnival weekend kicked off early on Thursday, with a series of new and traditional daytime events. Thanks to recent snowfall, it looks like all weather-dependent activities will be held as scheduled, and we will have a white winter holiday weekend after all. More »
By Allie Lowe The Dartmouth Staff It isn’t often that a letter to the Editor of The Dartmouth sparks a tradition that endures for some 97 years. But in 1910, the words of one impassioned note were enough to establish one of Dartmouth’s most storied occasions — an event marked by a celebration of the great outdoors, the occasional celebrity visit, consistently notable parties and an unusually high level of debauchery, even by college standards. More »
The sorority-sponsored events of this year’s Winter Carnival are a far cry from certain antiquated Carnival traditions, which in many ways embraced women themselves as the festivities. Decades ago, when Dartmouth was all male and even more isolated than it is today, the annual pilgrimage of thousands of high school and college girls to Hanover each winter caused quite the stir. More »
Recent snowfall and low temperatures have created enough ice on Occom Pond for the annual Polar Bear Swim to be held as planned. More »
After playing hard to get all through December, it seems Old Man Winter has finally decided to put out, and just in time for Winter Carnival. Phew. So, this being the Winter Carnival issue, this article is supposed to have something to do with winter, and, this being the sex column, this article is supposed to have something to do with sex. One would think that plunging temperatures would be a significant deterrent to the removal of ones clothes. Though there is some discord, many Dartmouth students take the cold in stride. As one male states, “More winter clothing to take off means hotter foreplay.” More »
Students’ Winter Carnival experience this year — which will include parties, concerts, movies and free food — will be a far cry from the protests and cancelled festivities that marked the Carnival eight years ago. More »
For decades the brothers of Chi Heorot fraternity have thrown their annual Winter Carnival Kountry Kwencher party, which even included the appearance of live farm animals, bales of hay and other festive decorations in the past. While the presence of pigs in the basement — literal ones, that is — has ended in recent years, the western-themed party has continued to be an important part of the Carnival’s events until this year. As a result of a keg violation in November, Heorot, which typically sees most of its party traffic during Winter term, will not be able to host its infamous carousal this weekend. More »
Throughout the 97-year history of Winter Carnival, the celebration’s hallmark events have evolved, with the weekend’s essence differing for each class of students. Some alumni, reflecting on the Carnivals they experienced, believe that the weekend in its current state lacks the level of student spirit and Greek involvement that they saw as students. While the weekend has always included social events, athletic competitions and entertainment, these various features have shifted since the occasion began. Many alumni lament over events which were discontinued due to safety reasons as well as other traditions which have simply died out. More »
By the time Winter Carnival rolls around, students have learned to reconcile fashion and sub-zero temperatures, removing flip-flops from their basement attire and finding that one perfect niche for their black North Face fleece. With an abundance of theme parties across campus this weekend, however, the celebration presents a unique fashion challenge for Dartmouth students: how to maximize appropriate costumage while minimizing frostbite. More »
While many local businesses are preparing for an increased level of traffic with the influx of thousands of alumni and visitors to Hanover this Winter Carnival, nearby residents will remain largely absent from the weekend’s festivities. More »
When Kari Cholnoky ‘10 volunteered as a guide at the Special Olympics one Saturday morning this winter, she never expected that her good deed would leave her unable to move her face for the rest of the day. Temperatures had dropped to -20 degrees Fahrenheit at the Skiway and after spending the majority of the day volunteering outside, she realized that the muscles in her cheeks stuck when she smiled. Kari had gotten a mild case of frostbite. More »
Winter Carnival weekend festivities at the Dartmouth Skiway include a 99 cent price for ski passes, Dartmouth ski team races and an intramural ski race. The Skiway is exceptionally geared-up for this year’s events in its 50th anniversary year. More »
Theme-picking is never an easy task. Winter Carnival is no exception; choosing a theme for such a nebulously defined festival is especially tricky. More »
Thanks to the beauty of the trimester system, Dartmouth’s calendar calls for three big festival weekends per year. (Apologies to Tubestock, the recently-defunct fourth celebration: you will be sorely missed.) While many colleges on a traditional semester hold their major weekends in the fall and spring, several nearby schools embrace the bone-chilling temperatures of a New England winter with their own annual incarnations of a winter carnival. More »
While some alumni and members of the Dartmouth Community hold on to the days of their Winter Carnivals simply through memories, others have gone the route of collecting more substantial memoirs such as classic Carnival posters. More »
While Dartmouth students look forward to Winter Carnival as a momentary escape from academia, Safety and Security and the Hanover Police see a need to gear up for a weekend traditionally made dangerous by heavy drinking and freezing temperatures. More »
FRIDAY ALL DAY: Come cheer on the Ski Team as they compete in the events that started Winter Carnival! More »
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