Ah, Dartmouth in Winter
Over the break I "took Dartmouth home" and visited four high schools in my area, handing out pamphlets from the admission office, preaching the Dartmouth gospel, and fielding a number of interesting questions.
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Over the break I "took Dartmouth home" and visited four high schools in my area, handing out pamphlets from the admission office, preaching the Dartmouth gospel, and fielding a number of interesting questions.
Most Dartmouth students start their association with the College through the largest student organization on campus -- the Dartmouth Outing Club.
After an outstanding senior season, women's track co-Captain Kristin Manwaring '96 was awarded the Kenneth Archibald Prize.
The Dartmouth Outing Club elected Megan Currier '97 to be its president, and Kevin Hand '97 will serve as the DOC's new vice president.
Dartmouth's Winter Carnival, which grew out of one student's desire to take advantage of the snowy Hanover winters, has grown to a mammoth celebration that in its history has encompassed everything from pageants and ski races to student protests and Pepsi commercials. Indeed, this celebration of winter is anything but a typical college party weekend.
When former President Theodore Roosevelt advised the country to "speak softly and carry a big stick," he could have easily been talking about Dartmouth senior Sara Vogler. A member of both the women's golf and ice-hockey teams, she swings a mean stick, or club, depending on the season, but you'd never hear it from her.
The Student Assembly yesterday released its Fall term agenda, which included plans to upgrade an electronic course guide and to lobby the College to make Latin American and Caribbean Studies a permanent department.
Many people think Dartmouth's remote location precludes any sort of active social life, yet a wide range of social options are thriving in this sleepy New England town.
For freshmen who do not want the wilderness experience to end with their freshmen trips, the Dartmouth Outing Club provides many opportunities to revisit the great outdoors time and again.
It may seem unusual that a product of the Manhattan urban jungle will lead the freshman trips for the Dartmouth Outing Club this fall.
Students waking up Saturday morning will arise to find the town of Hanover transformed into an outdoor bazaar.
Day unto day uttereth speech. The clouds change. The seasons pass over our woods and fields in their slow and regular procession, and time is gone before you were aware of it." --Thomas Merton
Linda Fowler, the new director of the Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, seems to fit right into the Dartmouth community: her husband went to Dartmouth, her son goes to Dartmouth and she loves the outdoors.
Dartmouth celebrates the 85th anniversary of Winter Carnival this weekend, a time that traditionally includes winter sporting events, 50-foot sculptures, parties and lots of cold weather.
This Saturday night, two Winter Carnival formals will enable students to add some romance to their lives, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Alumni returning to the College to participate in Winter Carnival activities say they remember days past when women were only visitors and snow sculptures provided fraternal entertainment.
Winter weather offers a host of opportunities for outdoor fun, but cold temperatures combined with alcohol can make even walking across the Green dangerous.
The question on the minds of many freshmen as they arrive on campus in September will probably be "Now that I'm here, what do I do?"
Amy Barnhorst '95, the Dartmouth Outing Club's new president, and Todd Parment '95, the new vice president, said they want to make the club more unified in its promotion of outdoor education and leadership.
This afternoon at one, human drawn sled chariots will streak across Occom Pond while students hop across the golf course in potato sacks, each attempting to capture the elusive gold in the 1994 Dartmouth Winter Games.