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(06/26/14 9:00am)
This summer is sure to be full of great moments, and with lots of great moments come photos, and with lots of photos comes a Facebook album, inevitably. To, you know, prove that all of this happened. There’s more than a little bit of pressure to think of that perfect Facebook album name. We all know the name of a Facebook album says it all, yet we don’t all know just what we are going to do with that pesky letter “x.” Most of our friends will expect album names beginning with 14X, as is the traditional Dartmouth social media etiquette every other term. But worry not, for the “x” is deceivingly easy to work with. Here are some ideas for names beginning with “14X,” ranging from silly to risqué to stupid — but mostly stupid! Because in the end the name doesn’t reaalllyyy matter, does it?
(06/26/14 7:00am)
When sophomore summer rolls around, many students choose to round up a group of friends and brave the off-campus housing of Hanover for the first time. From paying rent to cleaning your own bathroom, living off campus comes with various new challenges that have introduced 16s to the real world this term. Here are six struggles you have to deal with when you decide to ditch the dorms.
(06/24/14 5:00pm)
One night this spring, while sitting in my bedroom in Buenos Aires, I made an integral academic decision that generations of Dartmouth students before me have made. “’Lest the old traditions fail,” I muttered to myself as I selected Astro 2 for a summer course. Although they may not appear on bucket lists as often as the Ledyard challenge or the “Dartmouth Seven,” certain classes have become time-honored traditions for sophomore summer. It’s nearly guaranteed that you are in at least one of the classes on this list, or everyone else you know is.
(06/23/14 7:30pm)
We have heard from many of our upperclassmen friends that sophomore summer is the best term we will experience at Dartmouth. The weather is beautiful, the lines for food are nonexistent, and the opportunities to try new things seem endless. Our bucket lists are filled with activities on and off-campus, big and small, for groups and for just ourselves. Here are a few new ideas to add to your bucket list that may otherwise slip away in this time of grand ambitions. Dig deep into that bucket of yours and kick-start your sophomore summer experience with a bang!
(06/20/14 10:00am)
14X is finally here, and ’16s are all heading back to campus for their sophomore summer. Thanks to many wise upperclassmen offering their takes on this notorious term, expectations for the next ten weeks have been forming since the first day we stepped on campus. As we prepared to drive back to campus for the beginning of 14X, we were asked to write an article about our thoughts on preparations for the upcoming term. What follows is a transcript of the conversation that ensued.
(06/06/14 1:00pm)
Hey '14s — what stories on The D's website were the most click-worthy since you matriculated? We scoured the analytics and found a few highlights. There are the expected (#lohsepocolypse) and the random (apparently we all deeply care about what our birth order says about us), the tragedies of the past year and the national news scandals.Take a look at the top 14 stories below.
(05/29/14 7:00am)
Once upon a time, there was a woman named Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, or “Madame de Pompadour.” She was the chief mistress to King Louis XV, which was apparently something to brag about in those days. France was embroiled in the Seven Years’ War, and in keeping with the “French military victories” Google bomb, it was not going well. In 1757, France and Austria suffered a catastrophic defeat to Prussia at the Battle of Rossbach. Madame de Pompadour is said to have comforted Louis with the now-famous words, “Au reste – après nous, le Déluge.”
(05/28/14 8:00am)
With summer right around the corner, everyone is dreaming of relaxing by the pool, sleeping in and relishing a homework-free environment for a few months before returning back to Hanover in the fall. However, such dreams only last so long before reality sets in and we realize that more is expected of us tireless Ivy League students during these upcoming months.
(05/28/14 7:00am)
Finals are upon us, and it’s time to crack open those readings you’ve put off all term and rework those problem sets. Naturally, week 10 is when the sun finally decides to make an appearance for extended periods of time, and on beautiful days it’s nearly impossible to stay indoors for hours on end. Luckily, there are spots outside that provide ample amounts of both study space and sunshine. Perhaps they’re not as conducive to work as the Tower Room, but at least they’re infinitely less gloomy. Happy studying!
(05/23/14 2:00pm)
It’s that time of the term again. Finals are approaching, but many people also seem to be struggling with something else – finding a formal date. It’s not quite “prama” level (prom-related drama), but formal always comes with an additional source of social anxiety. It’s all a game – you have to take into consideration what other formals might be happening the same night as yours that could make finding dates more competitive. But there will always be another formal, so ditching is always an option (unless you’re a senior and this actually is your last one…). It can all get a little silly, so are you tired of staring at the blank space next to your name on the Google spreadsheet of formal dates, trolling everyone else’s dates and writing “TBD” on formal contracts? Follow this flowchart to see who will end up being your formal date — not that I am in any way qualified to offer relationship advice.
(05/20/14 9:00am)
1. You feel like week nine just snuck up from nowhere.
(05/19/14 10:00am)
Even though our editors explicitly told us not to write another blog this term, we have made the decision to flat out reject their demands and give people not the blog they deserve, but the one they need right now. We also think it’s funny that our editors have literally no idea when they will receive a blog in the email from us. Despite their repeated attempts to extinguish the creative flames that burn so brightly in our young hearts, we will continue sending them blogs at all hours of the night, whenever possessed.
Thus far, Riding the Pine has been a mixture of fun and games. This week we’d like to start getting sentimental in honor of our blog’s milestone fourth entry (third under its current title) and in honor of the departure of the senior class. We view ourselves as in direct competition for page views with the ladies from “What Have We Done?” but we have to admit that their articles on senior spring have been good and ours on “sports” have been bad. Rather than admitting that the difference in quality is due to the writers, we decided to take the low road and blame the difference on our material. We haven’t learned much in our time with Riding the Pine, but we’d like to share the few truths we have discovered.
(05/19/14 9:00am)
Congratulations! You survived a week of drunken craziness, music and revelry, and now it's time to hit the books. But before you hole up in the library for finals, it's important to remember that Green Key is a time of remembrance — perhaps regretting some life choices, reliving the Lupe Fiasco concert, wishing you had done anything resembling work at some point in time… you get the point. Here to help with that reflection are Dartmouth students' texts from Green Key, documenting the last few days’ shenanigans. Happy Green Key 2014, everyone. See you in the library.
(05/19/14 7:00am)
Hi. You don’t know me, and we’re probably never going to meet. By the time you’re reading this I will have left Dartmouth (if I take my swim test in time), and you’ll be matriculated. Congratulations!
(05/16/14 11:00am)
(05/16/14 9:15am)
1. When you first saw you’ve been waitlisted, you couldn’t believe it.
(05/16/14 8:30am)
With Green Key upon us, campus is abuzz in anticipation of the wild, lively and largely unpredictable days ahead.
(05/14/14 11:30am)
1. When your friend keeps talking about Green Key “starting on Monday night” even though you have an exam on Wednesday
(05/14/14 8:00am)
Green Key is finally here (hopefully sunny weather will prevail!), so I’ve devised a game to help you keep track of all the shenanigans you will likely witness this weekend. If you manage to get five in a row, proudly declare “BINGO!” and give yourself a prize to keep the frolicking going (; Some people might be a bit confused by your behavior, but just chalk it up to Green Key. Enjoy this big spring weekend responsibly!
(05/13/14 8:00am)
Sometimes you want eggs just badly enough that you're willing to risk life and limb to find a table at Collis. We've all been there: the nervous glances scanning the room, the sinking feeling when you think you've spotted a table but someone's coat is hanging just out of sight on one of the plastic chairs, the awkward walk/jog when trying to beat someone to the last patio table. How does one go about finding a spot amidst the madness? Here's a flowchart that might help you out.
