After a term marked by freak snowstorms that lasted through April, this month it finally felt as though spring had arrived. It looks like we were all wrong. With rain predicted through the weekend, it looks as though this year’s Green Key might be a repeat of last year’s mud-soaked debauchery. More »
The national press hasn’t put it in so many words, but they have been tripping over themselves clamoring about what Wednesday’s New York Times called “the astonishing competitive crunch at the top.” Astonishing! More »
Now that Tubestock has tragically gone the way of the Tamagachi, CBGBs, scripted television and (shortly) Lindsay Lohan’s acting career, this weekend marks the arrival of Dartmouth’s undisputed Best Big Weekend. If only because of the weather, Green Key clearly beats out Homecoming and Winter Carnival for the title. Drinking outside during the daytime is wayyyy more fun than waiting for nightfall (or at least afternoon) to drink inside, and not having to wear five layers while traipsing from party to party makes Greenkizzle clearly superior (and no, that lameass Fieldstock BS doesn’t count). More »
Green Key is not known for its tradition of culinary fare. It’s not particularly known for much, actually, apart from drinking. Homecoming has a fire and football; Winter Carnival has skiing and snow; Tubestock had tubes and the chance of death; Green Key has beer and nice weather, but really only sometimes. But as I look back over my three Green Keys I can still, shockingly, remember the food that marked some poignant parts of the weekends. It’s an apt way to relive and rehash my years at Dartmouth and end my ever-so -illustrious career as a fairly inconsequential Mirror food columnist who isn’t even allowed to write about restaurants and is largely read by my parents. Hi Momma. Hi Daddy. More »
The bands have been booked, the kegs have been tagged and the grills have been cleaned as the College’s fraternities and sororities prepare for the 2007 Green Key weekend. The celebration kicked off Wednesday evening with Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority’s tri-annual Tackies costume party. More »
Although it will play only a minimal role in the upcoming weekend, current Green Key Society members will attempt to reunite the organization and the weekend, while simultaneously expanding the group’s reach on campus. More »
This weekend, you may find yourself waiting behind a group of people using real money in the line at FoCo. Later that night in a frat basement, you might even be paired up with someone who seems like they haven’t seen a paddle in more than a year. These mysterious events are all signs of the arrival of Green Key — which, like all of Dartmouth’s big weekends, sees a large influx of alumni visiting their old campus. More »
As local businesses and high school students prepare for Green Key Weekend, residents of the town of Hanover will not be as much of a presence on campus as they tend to be over Homecoming and Winter Carnival — a difference attributable to the insular focus of most of the weekend’s activities. More »
Sleepovers on the golf course, 40-piece orchestras, mayoral elections and piano smashing contests — just a few of the elements that have characterized Green Key weekend over its 108-year history. While this year’s Green Key may lack certain elements of vandalism and violence that mark the event’s past, the weekend still represents a time for revelry and release among Dartmouth students. More »
It’s just before midnight on the Friday of Green Key Weekend, and you’re feeling good. After weeks of practice, you’ve finally perfected the dance moves you’ve been saving up just for tonight. More »
Once bussed into Hanover for big-weekend dances in the years before co-education and now throwing parties in their own sorority houses, the role that women have played over Green Key Weekend has changed greatly throughout Dartmouth’s history. More »
Generally, after a night of big-weekend celebration, many students are faced with the decision of whether to skip their 10 a.m. class. However, while some students can look forward to a day off on the Friday of Green Key Weekend, with classes cancelled by their professors, this is often not the case. More »
Just as the number of partygoers in Dartmouth basements will be augmented by the visiting alumni during Green Key, security forces at the College also plan to bolster their efforts this weekend. According to College Proctor and Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne, Safety and Security is arranging for extra personnel to be on campus for the weekend. More »
To college students nationwide, spring is often less about April showers and May flowers than it is about hot weather, rock concerts and an abundance of alcohol. And while Green Key weekend may seem a phenomenon unique to Dartmouth, many college campuses across the country celebrated the season’s arrival weeks ago. More »
Free food and warm weather are the foundation for success of this year’s non-Greek Green Key events, according to Green Key Society President JeanCarlos Bonilla ‘08. More »
As Green Key weekend rolls around, excitement for the annual Alpha Phi Alpha Step Show is building once again. According to Kelvin Quezada ‘08, this year’s program coordinator and president of Alpha Phi Alpha, this year’s performance, scheduled to take place in the Leverone Field House on Saturday, will be even bigger and better than last year’s. More »
The 2006 bonfire embers have long since died, and the snow sculpture seems to have melted ages ago. Those of us lucky enough to have survived the Homecoming inferno and the Winter Carnival hot tub find ourselves anxiously anticipating the upcoming events of Green Key weekend. Without the pathetic drinking tolerances of Fall term and the winter’s subzero temperatures, Green Key seems harmless … right? Think again, party animals. Green Key injuries and illnesses are a dime a dozen. More »
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