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I first heard about Green Key during First-Year Trips. Naturally, my trippees and I wanted to absorb as much information as possible about Dartmouth's traditions and big weekends. Upperclassmen mentioned Homecoming and the bonfire, as well as Winter Carnival and its ski races, but Green Key apparently lacked a central event. It seemed to remain a big weekend just as an excuse to kick back and take a break from school.
Students often change their minds about many aspects of Dartmouth throughout their timehere, but whether you are a freshman, senior or alumnus, it's unlikely that your perspective on Green Key will evolve.After experiencing the weekend last year, Chase Mertz '15 agreed with the enthusiastic freshmen.
Writing this column was incredibly difficult. What is there really to say about Green Key weekend? There are many parties. Some of them are outside, because the weather is often nice. Unlike Homecoming with its creepy rituals and Winter Carnival with its forced attempts at "being fun" instead of dogs pulling the sleds, we're using humans! to make you forget that it's colder than a well-digger's ass, as my dad would say, Green Key is not a weekend of many gimmicks. The arrival of spring requires little celebration beyond simply reveling in good weather with good company.
"Honestly, I'm most looking forward to finding out what the heck it is," Kathryn Waychoff '16 said.
In the 1950s, students crowned a Green Key Sweetheart at the prom, an honor bestowed upon the "prettiest lady" at the dance. The weekend inspired one Mt. Holyoke student to say, "Harvard men have the brains, Princeton men the clothes, Yalies the conversation but it's Dartmouth for the sex and stuff."
Saturday at 3 p.m. marked the kick-off of Relay for Life, an international overnight fundraiser where teams take laps around a track, raising both money and awareness for the American Cancer Society. This year marked the fifth year that the College has hosted the event for both students and the Hanover and Lebanon communities. This weekend saw close to 500 participants and raised over $55,000 for the ACS, according to the event's website.
In China, the Shared Grief of Losing a Single Child Like Lu Lingzi— Didi Kirsten Tatlow, IHT Rendezvous (The New York Times)The Death of Chinese student Lu Lingzi in the Boston Marathon attack and the earthquake in Sichuan Province on Saturday prompted the discussion about China’s “one child policy”. Until 2012, at least one million families lost their only child. Families who suffered the lost of their single child are referred as a “vulnerable social group” in China because parents in their old age lost their main source of income and therefore many face poverty.
One of the perks of living in the Middle of Nowhere, N.H., is that we have easy access to a variety of outdoor activities to take advantage of in our downtime. In the winter, many students venture to one place in particular — the Dartmouth Skiway. Located 20 minutes north of campus, the Skiway has four lifts and 31 trails spread out over two mountains.
While some peer institutions have had more success inviting major artists to campus each year, each university's ability to bring in performers varies based on venue options, location, budget and reputation.
As the onset of a new academic year nears, members of the Dartmouth community will have to adjust to a newly implemented term calendar designed to improve the continuity of the Fall term academic experience, according to College Registrar Meredith Braz. The change, voted on by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 9, has forced a number of College offices and activity organizers to adjust the timing of events.
Professors across campus have mixed views about the significance of Green Key weekend, for which many students miss Thursday and Friday classes in favor of drinking. While they encouraged students to take advantage of the clear weather, many interviewed by The Dartmouth emphasized that they would not excuse students for missing class. Professors also expressed their expectations that students bear responsibility for their chosen activities over the weekend.
As Green Key weekend arrives, students prepare to shake off the last remaining vestiges of winter and celebrate the sunshine with friends. Although the weekend is less steeped in history and tradition than Homecoming or Winter Carnival, it is one of the most beloved times at the College, students said.
While there are not many traditional activities associated with Green Key Weekend as there are with Homecoming and Winter Carnival, seniors interviewed by The Dartmouth reflected that the novelty of the weekend lies in the focus on being outside and having fun during the day.
While most Dartmouth freshmen are familiar with the history and traditions that distinguish the College's Homecoming and Winter Carnival weekends, Green Key's origins and purpose are more ambiguous, leaving many members of the Class of 2015 confused about what to expect from the weekend. Freshmen interviewed by the Dartmouth said they do not know what to anticipate but are excited nonetheless for a respite from school work, midterms and extracurricular activities.
Although Winter Carnival has earned a wild reputation and was once described as "The Mardi Gras of the North" in a Feb. 1920 issue of National Geographic, the weekend has become relatively tame in recent years.
In locales with long, severe winters, cities and universities worldwide revel in winter festivities similar to Dartmouth's Winter Carnival.
A century ago, the editor of The Dartmouth received a letter filled with ideas that would radically change the history of the College.
While Winter Carnival Weekend brings with it a multitude of snow-embracing events, it is the weekend's overall sense of relaxed inclusiveness, from the 99-cent ski day at The Dartmouth Skiway to the afternoon-long Occom Pond party, that draws all types of Dartmouth community members and all degrees of winter lovers out to celebrate the New Hampshire cold, according to members of the community interviewed by The Dartmouth.
Relatively high winter temperatures and a lack of significant snowfall are adversely impacting Dartmouth's traditional winter activities, including skiing at the Dartmouth Skiway, ice skating on Occom Pond and cross-country skiing on the Hanover Country Club golf course, according to Dartmouth students. Students said they are altering their participation in outdoor activities due to the mild winter.
"There's more to Cabin and Trail than cabins and trails," member Krystyna Oszkinis '14 said at the group's meeting on Monday night.