Now that fall has arrived and students are firmly settled into the routine of campus life, there is only one thing left to do: build a large wooden tower on the Green, set it ablaze, and begin running in circles around the conflagration. More »
When Jim Adler '60 was visiting colleges in the fall of 1956, he and his father unknowingly came to visit Dartmouth on the Friday of Homecoming weekend. They decided to stay and watch the bonfire. More »
As members of the Class of 2011 run 111 times around the bonfire and alumni flock to campus to relive old traditions, it falls on Safety and Security to ensure that everyone stays safe in the process. More »
(Happy Homecoming. My Trouble story continues next Friday.) Freshmen, I've heard that the administration is trying to meddle with the tradition of rushing the field. Something about mandating that you powerwalk or encouraging you to reduce your field-rushing carbon footprint or requiring that SAPAs run alongside you. Whatever they're doing, I know that it is wrong. More »
Language says a lot about its surroundings. It's been said, for example, that Eskimos have over 24 words for snow. Back home in Minnesota, we have around 11 words for ice hockey and a remarkable 29 different words for milk toast. It is fitting, then, that Dartmouth has an estimated 77 ways to say frat party, and that is where we will turn our attention today. More »
In yet another attempt to deter students from illegally rushing the field during the Homecoming football game, the athletic department has unveiled what it hopes will become a new tradition: having the freshman class forms its class number on the field during halftime. More »
The big football game and the omnipresent display of school pride are staples of homecoming that any college can brag about. But what makes Dartmouth's homecoming so unique? Besides the gargantuan bonfire that freshmen are encouraged to touch (no, really, touch it), it has to be the banging dance parties. As a college that incorporates music and dance into every activity possible and that can incite over 4,000 students to perform the same set of synchronized moves by simply blaring "Blame It On the Boogie" or " The Salty Dog Rag," it wouldn't be a Dartmouth homecoming without dance parties. More »
Despite visions of Homecoming releasing hordes of drunken students upon the unsuspecting populace of Hanover, the town remains largely unconcerned with one of the three big weekends at Dartmouth. More »
While Homecoming weekend may conjure up images of out-of-control dance parties and heavy drinking, College health officials say that for them Homecoming is just an average weekend. Health officials say that the number of Good Sam calls they receive and the number of intoxicated students they care for over Homecoming weekend is comparable to other weekends. More »
As the Class of 2011 runs around the bonfire 111 times, continuing to create their own traditions at the College, the campus will be brimming with alumni who have returned to revel in the weekend's festivities and relive some of the best times of their lives. More »
As members of the freshman class run around the bonfire 111 times on Friday night amidst upperclassmen's cheers and taunts of "touch the fire," they will perpetuate what many consider to be one of Dartmouth's greatest traditions, Dartmouth Night. The Homecoming bonfire has been a Dartmouth mainstay since 1895, although it was not always the organized ritual that exists today. More »
Friday night's bonfire and Saturday's game against Columbia will undoubtedly be the highlight of this year's Homecoming weekend. Yet, multiple other events are planned for the enjoyment of students, alumni and community members during the three-day fall celebration. More »
Homecoming is the quintessential Dartmouth weekend. As Baker Tower shines its green light and alumni stream back to their old home, students put down their pens and laptops and run from the classrooms of Dartmouth Hall, the labs of Wilder and the stacks of Berry to the bonfire and the sunburn that comes with it. More »
Leaves are changing, pledges are in gear, breath begins to make a physical appearance at night Â-- fall is truly here, and with this season comes Homecoming, the weekend to end all weekends. The freshmen are dealing with their excitement by spending countless hours to build a pyre on the Green, only to watch it go up in flames tonight. So for those of you who are new to this whole "big weekend" thing, I hope that the stages outlined below, set to music, give you a more realistic -- or at least a more creative -- way to envision the next few days. More »
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