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(02/02/11 4:00am)
The 2011 Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips directorate will focus on building ongoing relationships with members of the Class of 2015 by maintaining the "welcoming spirit" of Trips once trippees return to campus, according to Trips director Emily Unger '11. Unger, who announced the members of the 2011 Trips directorate in a campus-wide e-mail Tuesday afternoon, said she and Trips assistant director Andrew Purpura '11 searched for applicants who demonstrated leadership qualities and dedication to the Trips program in the past.
(02/01/11 5:29pm)
For many Dartmouth students, Winter term means spending time inside, and this January’s brutal temperature drops have been further encouragement to avoid the great outdoors.
That hibernation tendency is precisely why the Dartmouth Outing Club hosts its annual Winter Weekend, DOC President Alice Bradley ’11 told The Dartmouth.
“It’s about getting as many people outside as possible,” said Bradley and based on student response to the offering of weekend programs, the DOC is accomplishing their goal.
Sam Streeter ’13, of Saratoga, Wyo., was one of the students who filled busses out to the Dartmouth Skiway on Saturday for Winter Weekend programming.
“This was my first time at the Skiway,” Streeter, who is an avid kayaker and an active member of Ledyard Canoe Club, said. “I couldn’t believe how convenient it was. This was my first time skiing in the East and it showed me a whole new side of what kinds of fun winter in New England can hold.”
Streeter’s class, taught by Mike Wood ’10, was an introduction to Telemark style, or “Tele,” skiing, which uses bindings similar to those found on cross-country skis.
“I signed up with four of my friends,” Streeter said. “It was so much fun. When I had to turn in my skis at noon, I really wanted to keep going.”
The price for Streeter’s experience?
“Ten bucks,” he said. “That’s everything included. Rentals, transportation, and lesson. You really can’t beat that.”
Skiway manager Doug Holler said he was very pleased with the turnout this weekend.
“I think it’s a great thing”, he said. “We had a lot of smiling faces out there and our fair share of never-evers,” he said, referring to skiers who had “never ever” been to the Skiway.
“Winters can be cold, dark and nasty up here,” Holler said, adding that events like the DOC Winter Weekend “really take the nasty out of it.”
Other programs offered by the DOC this weekend included ice climbing, cross-country skiing and a trip to the Second College Grant for winter camping, dog sled trekking and snowshoeing. With the wide variety of programs offered, Winter Weekend programs have become an incredibly popular way for snowbound Dartmouth students to break up the monotony of the winter term.
“We really had an overwhelming response,” Bradley said. “Sign-ups opened at 2 p.m., and by 2:30 all the spots were gone.”
When asked if there was anything to be done about the shortage of spots on Winter Weekend trips, Bradley replied, “this is simply the biggest we can get with the resources we have at our disposal.”
Winter Weekend creates logistical challenges that make it a difficult balancing act for the DOC to pull off. Aside from the need for good weather conditions, the number of trips offered combined with DOC’s extensive coordination with both the P.E. department and the Dartmouth Skiway requires high levels of management.
“In most cases, we are able to rely on our own organization, student administrators and resources to get things done, but with this weekend we have to make sure many more people sign off on programming and equipment usage,” she said.
Permission is needed from the administrators of the Dartmouth Skiway, which is under independent management, as well as the Dartmouth College Athletic Department.
Bradley offered condolences to anyone unable to secure a spot on a trip by emphasizing that the DOC offers programming throughout the school year, including the winter months.
(01/07/11 4:00am)
The men and women's swim team trip to St. Croix and Puerto Rico served as a change of pace from harsh Hanover winters many team members went sunbathing, scuba diving, snorkeling and sightseeing. The team got the chance to live with each other and cook potluck dinners as a group.
(10/08/10 2:00am)
People at Dartmouth love to brag about funding opportunities at our college. How many times a day do you hear tour guides mention how much money is available for Dartmouth kids to do cool things with. It's one thing to know it exists though, but how, when and where can students apply?
(07/30/10 2:00am)
Coming to Dartmouth from the West Coast certainly has its disadvantages. Never seeing your family or high school friends gets pretty old quick (oh hey, D-plan). But it has its advantages too. Take Parents' Weekend, for example I get to eat with OTHER people's families on what I've dubbed the "parents circuit," a Christmas-Hannukah-all-you-can-eat bar on someone else's tab.
(07/30/10 2:00am)
Sargent recently joined nine professional skiers from across New England to participate in the Craftsbury Green Racing Project, a program in which members participate in various sustainability activities and community outreach intended to offset the environmental damage caused by ski training and racing.
(07/27/10 2:00am)
A student committee is in the process of drafting renovation proposals for the Ledyard Canoe Club that aim to physically separate the residential, rental and instructional programs within the facility, according to Brian Kunz, deputy director of the Outdoor Programs Office. The renovations which will include increased residential living space, handicap accessibility and a new boathouse will be entirely student-organized and are funded by donations from the Class of 1957 and College alumni who were active in Ledyard, Kunz said.
(06/11/10 2:00am)
Freshman Year 2006-2007
(05/14/10 2:00am)
Green Key: the only thing at Dartmouth shrouded in more mystery than the fried mac and cheese at Late Night Collis (how do they get the macaroni into those neat triangular shapes anyway?). When I first heard about Green Key, all these questions started to surface in my mind. What is a green key? Whose key is it? What does it open? And most importantly, how special does this "green key" have to be for an entire weekend to be named after it?
(02/15/10 4:00am)
Editor's note: This is the third part of a weekly series profiling various properties owned by the College outside Hanover.
(02/15/10 4:00am)
Students made nine Good Samaritan calls and six students were arrested by Hanover Police during Winter Carnival weekend, according to interim Director of Safety and Security Keiselim Montas. Although the number of Good Samaritan calls was higher than a typical weekend, the slight increase in calls was expected given Carnival festivities, Montas said.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
It is indisputable Winter Carnival has left its glory days behind. What was once Dartmouth's snowy celebration of winter a jamboree marked by soaring ski jumpers, thousands of visitors on campus and the classic Carnival Ball is now a snowless weekend of frivolity and flair. Yet students, alumni and community members disagree about whether Winter Carnival's changes are natural responses to the shifting times or indifference-driven devolutions.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
While Dartmouth hosts the oldest collegiate winter festival in the country, several other institutions also revel in the snowy outdoors during their own annual winter celebrations. Other schools' winter activities range from the extreme the University of Denver's snowboarding exhibition to the obscure Syracuse University's bowling competition.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
After a day at the Skiway during her first Winter Carnival in 1973, Mary Osgood '76 went back to her dormitory, disheartened by the Winter Carnival traditions that seemed unwelcoming to her and her female classmates.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
While this year's Winter Carnival pays homage to the ancient Romans, the first Carnival theme 1925's "Jutenheim Iskarneval" celebrated the diverse customs of Scandanavian carnivals, after which Dartmouth's Winter Carnival was patterned. The inception of the "Winter Meet" in 1910, however, was not inspired by international tradition instead, it was the result of a fervent letter published in The Dartmouth.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
Despite the slew of students plunging into ice-cold Occom Pond and speeding down the Dartmouth Skiway this weekend, Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone and Dick's House officials said they do not expect a significant increase in student incidents during Winter Carnival and will make few special provisions for the weekend. Safety and Security, however, will likely see an increase the number of calls it receives due to the weekend's scheduled activities, according to Keiselim Montas, interim director of Safety and Security.
(02/12/10 4:00am)
Unlike last year, indications of this winter's mild temperament came early enough that the Dartmouth Outing Club's Winter Carnival Council was able to plan events accordingly, avoiding the last-minute cancellations that plagued 2009's Carnival. The schedule of this weekend's Winter Carnival events will include a wider variety of indoor and outdoor programming than last year's, since Carnival Council, a 28-person committee, has reserved more space on campus, Winter Carnival Council chair Sophie Novack '11 said
(10/30/09 3:00am)
There are a handful of complaints that will crop up in any rant about Dartmouth: Collis is always overcrowded, we're in the middle of nowhere, we have too much work.
(07/28/09 2:00am)
The 28 high school students who participated in Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth this year left campus Saturday morning after three weeks of classes and activities aimed at enabling them to apply to and succeed in college.
(06/02/09 2:00am)
In their last year at Dartmouth, members of the Class of 2009 saw the College take on issues ranging from budget cuts and the economic downturn, to alumni governance and Greek expansion, to presidential elections both at the College level and on the national scale.
