The Stages of Getting a Winter PE Credit

By Caela Murphy, The Dartmouth Staff | 1/15/14 3:00am

Winter’s here, and with below-zero temps and hidden ice patches everywhere, it feels a bit like it’s out to get you.

Your first instinct is to take shelter in your room and hibernate for the next few months…

And then you remember you still haven’t done your PE requirement.

Time to get to work.

You consider taking a beginner ski class, but rentals are at Leverone and it’s soooo far away.

You sign up for a Wakeup Workout class, then immediately drop out when you realize it’s at 6 a.m.

It’s going to take a group effort. You rally your friends together to take the intramural sports world by storm.

You start with hockey, expecting something like this:

But it ends up like this:

You’ve almost given up hope, but then…basketball!

By the end of the term you’ve mastered the sport and made some great teammates along the way.

And against all odds, you’ve finally gotten the PE credit!

…Only two more to go.


Caela Murphy, The Dartmouth Staff