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Preserving the ‘Good Ole Days'

By Jasper Hicks | February 11, 2010

Last winter, I went over to Rauner Library to see "something cool," so I could check off another item on my "things to do before I graduate" poster that I got during freshman Orientation.

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Coeducation changes women's Carnival role

February 11, 2010

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. Osgood recalled her senior year Winter Carnival with fondness, however, attributing the improvement to a quickly progressing coeducation environment that caused male students to include Dartmouth women in the festivities. From the earliest days of Winter Carnival, when male students' dates participated in the "Queen of the Snows" pageant, to today, when flair-decked Dartmouth students vie for the titles of "Mr. and Ms. Big Green," the role of women at Winter Carnival has continually changed. Jeanne Riegel, who was invited to Winter Carnival during the 1950s, recalled the enthusiasm with which male students anticipated their female guests. "It was kind of like Animal House,'" Riegel said.

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College security plans for rise in Good Sams

By Lindsay Brewer | February 11, 2010

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.

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Colosseum sculpture completed on schedule

By Tatiana Cooke | February 11, 2010

While participation of the student body as a whole was low, several student sculpture construction crew members worked tirelessly for multiple hours a day in order to complete the construction of this year's sculpture a model of the Roman Colosseum before Winter Carnival. Following the collapse of last year's scale model of the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge due to warm weather, this year's sculpture crew took extra precautions when designing and constructing the sculpture, according to crew members. Last year's sculpture design was "too ambitious" and had several mistakes, sculpture crew member Richie Clark '11 said. This winter's sculpture was scaled down significantly in order to meet realistic time constraints, Clark previously told The Dartmouth.

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‘Winter Meet' held 100 years ago

By Laura Bryn Sisson | February 11, 2010

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.

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‘Carnival' film proves disjointed, lackluster

By Robert Hoffman | February 11, 2010

The year 1939 was a pivotal moment in American popular culture John Steinbeck published "The Grapes of Wrath," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With the Wind" dominated the box office, Batman made his first appearance in a comic book and paternity test enthusiast Maury Povich made famous by his eponymous talk show "Maury" was born into the world. It was also the year that the less-than-classic movie "Winter Carnival" was made.

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Polar Bear swim attracts hundreds

February 11, 2010

This Friday, hundreds of students in bathing suits will stand shivering in the winter air waiting for their turn to jump into the bone-chilling waters of Occom Pond.

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Popping the Bubble

By Kate Farley | February 11, 2010

My parents usually visit campus over President's Day Weekend, which I have perennially marked on my calendar as the Bountiful Weekend of Canoe Club And Zin's Meals (sorry DDS, it's not me, it's you). Unfortunately due to the divine forces that conspire to make my life awkward, this year that weekend coincides with this quarter's official "Five Day Period of Debauchery." SCHEDULING CONFLICT. FACT: there is not actually a good way to call your parents and tell them that you have to reschedule dinner because there is a substantial chance that you may be intoxicated at that hour.

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Gladiator-themed activities planned

February 11, 2010

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.

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The Gospel According to Matthew

By Matthew Ritger | February 4, 2010

To the troglodytes of Bored@Baker, Searching my name on Bored@Baker brings up six pages of finger paintings by you cave-dwellers, almost none of which provide any kind of insight or even humor.

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Undercover B@B

By Priya Shanmugam | February 4, 2010

When I first heard of Bored@Baker, about halfway through Fall term, I was appalled, enraged, scared, amused and entertained by the variety of posts.

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