From professional comedians to bone-chilling plunges, the next few days of Winter Carnival offer something for everyone.
Freezing waters await the approximately 150 polar bear swimmers who will jump into a frozen Occum Pond today at noon. The first 200 brave souls to participate in the event will receive commemorative polar bear buttons and Dartmouth Green towels, donated by Martha Stewart.
Last year, over 100 students participated in the cold swim. Brrr.
99c Ski Day at the Dartmouth Skiway, sponsored by 99 Rock and the Skiway, also takes place today.
Dartmouth students and employees with ID can soar down the mountain for a mere 99c.
In the tradition of winter sports during the Carnival weekend, numerous winter sports events are planned. At 9:30 a.m. today the first run of the Men's and Women's Giant Slalom will take place at the Dartmouth Skiway.
The Men's and Women's Classic Cross-Country Race begins at 10 a.m. at Oak Hill, Reservoir Road today as well.
The skiway will also feature an intramural ski race including Men's and Women's Recreational and Competitive divisions as well as an open snowboard division at noon and the second run of Men's and Women's Giant Slalom at 1 pm.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the men of Dartmouth basketball will battle the Columbia Lions in Leede Arena.
Anyone looking for a good laugh will get their fill.
Winter Carnival activities are not limited to the outdoors -- Programming Board provides comedy entertainment tonight in Collis Common Ground at 8 pm with Eleazar's Dungeon Comedy Club. Two comedians on the national comedy circuit, Tom Kotter and Melvin George, have come from the Big Apple to entertain Dartmouth students.
For students in the a capella mood, the Winter Whingding -- featuring the Dodecs, Aires, and the Brown Derbies -- will also begin at 8 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium.
At 10 p.m., a screening of "Winter Carnival," a 1939 film inspired by Dartmouth's Winter Carnival, will be held in Collis Common Ground.
Tomorrow will hold even more activities for students to enjoy in the outdoors.
At noon, Dartmouth students shouldn't miss the 17th Annual Psi Upsilon Keg Jump. Psi Upsilon fraternity brothers will strap on ice skates and attempt to jump over numerous kegs aligned on the rink in front of their fraternity house. Ouch.
From 4-7 p.m. tomorrow, the Hanover Parks and Recreation Department and the Dartmouth Outing Club will cosponsor an Outdoor Evening at Occom Pond.
Featured events include: a torch lighting and bonfire, hockey shoot and speed skating contest, a human dogsled, couch potato and Banathalon races, and a skating pageant and parade.
There is no shortage of activities for Saturday night.
Bring a Valentine to the Winter Carnival Swing Ball tomorrow night in Alumni Hall from 8p.m. to midnight. There will be a wait staff and food from the Hanover Inn in the Top of the Hop and a cash bar for those over 21.
The Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8p.m. as well in Spaulding Auditorium, and at 7 p.m., the film "Mondo" will be showing as part of the Loew Film Series.
If the munchies strike late, go to the Midnight Breakfast at Collis Cafe.
Saturday's athletic events include: Men's and Women's Slalom at the Skiway at 9:30 a.m., Men's and Women's Freestyle Cross Country Races at Oak Hill on Reservoir Rd. at 10:00 a.m., Men's Junior Varsity Squash v. Deerfield at the Berry Sports Center at 1:00, and Men's Basketball v. Cornell in Leede Arena at 7:30 p.m.
