A new College president, a controversial Initiative and tragic loss mark Class of 2002's Dartmouth careers
Freshman year, 1998-9
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Freshman year, 1998-9
When I think of Dartmouth, a number of things come to mind. Most memorable, however, are those moments that unite us all as a campus, those moments when we are brought together annually around our beloved bonfire, our snow sculpture and our Green ... Key. Wait a second, is that right?
Aging, undersized and overcrowded, Dartmouth's non-varsity athletic facilities lag behind those of most comparable institutions, but administrators say there is little prospect for significant improvement in the near future.
A defining Dartmouth tradition, Winter Carnival has had many faces in its 92 year history. Starting as a humble field day, Carnival has evolved into one of the biggest events on campus and has included athletic competitions, balls, beauty pageants and even TV commercials in the years since its founding in 1910.
With fresh snow still carpeting the ground, students met yesterday to begin planning one of Dartmouth's most time-honored traditions: Winter Carnival.
Work on Dartmouth's new security system -- which will provide proximity card access to all residential halls on campus -- is well underway and remains on target for a January 1st completion date, according to Director of Residential Operations Woody Eckels.
He is helping to build the world's most compact satellite. He plans to travel to Nepal this fall to swap American healthcare information with Nepali medicine men. He is a double major in engineering and biology. What's next for this 20-year-old sophomore?
What do you do for fun in a town with six stoplights? Where do you go when the thrill of meeting new people and discovering where they are from fades? For over 200 years, the enterprising students of Dartmouth have found ingenious ways to escape boredom.
For over 50 years, incoming Dartmouth freshmen have started their careers known not as students ready to tackle the world of college academia, but as "trippees" prepared to spend several showerless days in the woods.
That the administration does not act in good faith is painstakingly evident. That they do not care about student opinion is clear. That they go out of their way to destroy the Greek system through underhanded and disguised tactics cannot be mistaken. After the latest instance of administrative attempts to control the lives and undermine the will of the students, the student body at large has come to these realizations. Administrators, the students of Dartmouth sadly accept the fact that the you are not working with us to create a better Dartmouth, but instead working against us to change the face of the school in significant and unnecessary ways. Thus, I am not writing this column to demonstrate to the student body your descent to the level of cartoon super-villains, nor am I making a plea to you to care for and respect the student body. Instead, I intend to point out the pragmatic problems with your senseless crusade and illustrate how, from an objective standpoint, it will do great harm to the school.
Even though Sophomore Summer is heralded as one of the best times to be at the College, some sophomores choose not to spend their summer at Dartmouth taking classes as the traditional D-plan prescribes.
Like most Dartmouth students, Jesse and Michael Foote's time at the College has been filled with strong friendships, frolicking in the outdoors and stressful academics. And yet, when they are together in a room, a shared sense of purpose and commitment to improving their world is obvious.
On a September morning in 1972, College President John Kemeny began his address to the crowd of freshmen assembled in College Hall with the words, "Men and women of Dartmouth" for the first time in the Dartmouth's history.
Adam Sepulveda '02 told The Dartmouth that he is hoping his first term as the new Dartmouth Outing Club President will be a term that initiates important changes within the entire organization.
The 91st Winter Carnival is upon us, a time when all Dartmouth snow-lovers, partiers and tradition fanatics will find much to enjoy.
While many might expect the sleepy town of Hanover to dampen the social life of Dartmouth, a wide range of options are available to students at the College.
For over 50 years, most incoming Dartmouth freshmen have received their first taste of the College and its environs during their freshman trips. Organized by the Dartmouth Outing Club, the showerless outdoor introductory experience for the freshmen is only the beginning of the organization's many offerings. The DOC offers enough opportunities -- for both the hardcore and not-so-hardcore -- to keep any Dartmouth student busy for all four years at the College.
This weekend, we're finally going to be all altogether again.
As five seniors get ready to leave Dartmouth and move on into the real world, they look back on their four years at Dartmouth.
Gone are the days of men vacating their fraternity houses for their dates, the chaperones, the masses of women hailing from surrounding women's colleges and the formal dances. The passing years have brought significant changes to the kind of fun had at the big party weekends such as Green Key.