Skiing plays major role through Carnival's history
Though Winter Carnival initially emphasized skiing, the sport’s role in the weekend has decreased over the years. Regardless, certain events still cater to the sport’s tradition at the College.
Though Winter Carnival initially emphasized skiing, the sport’s role in the weekend has decreased over the years. Regardless, certain events still cater to the sport’s tradition at the College.
This year’s Winter Carnival budget will run between $40,000-$45,000, which is in line with that of previous Carnivals.
Although nothing compares to Winter Carnival, take a look into how the other Ivies celebrate winter.
Ranked the sixth best winter carnival in the world by National Geographic in 2012, the College’s annual celebration has held the media’s fascination for decades, and has been featured in publications ranging from Playboy magazine to the Boston Globe.
Many local stores and restaurants anticipate a spike in business this weekend, a welcome relief during winter, which some say is the slowest season for business.
I know the general consensus is that Winter Carnival is overrated, but it’s my favorite big weekend after Homecoming.
College offices are bolstering their staff and services in preparation for Winter Carnival weekend.
Whether making the pilgrimage back to Hanover to see campus in full winter swing or to participate in College-sponsored alumni events, alumni flock to the College for Carnival weekend each year.
While his friends and family laud his humility and compassion, Tucker’s coaches and mentors remembered him for not only his athletic ability, but for how he seamlessly ingrained himself into new groups.
On a blustery, snowy day, one that Nordic ski team member and avid outdoorsman Torin Tucker ’15 would have relished, around 700 members of the Dartmouth community gathered in Rollins Chapel for a service to honor and celebrate his memory. Tucker, who died Saturday while competing in a cross-country ski race in Craftsbury, Vt., is remembered for his ever-present smile, rosy cheeks and generous, ebullient nature.
As part of a panel discussion on Wednesday, he talked about the significance of PTSD in the military, sharing his own experience with the disease, observations on the evolution of its management by the military and opinions on how it could be improved.
Within the next few days, two rockets will be sent into space from an Alaska launch site. Dartmouth physics researchers have participated in the mission as part of “Cube Swarm,” an operation that aims to launch low-cost satellites into short-term orbits around the Earth. One of the rockets, carrying College instruments, will not orbit the Earth but will instead test a new hardware system that may be used in future orbiting satellites, physics professor Kristina Lynch said.
After Vermont reduced funding for emergency cold weather programs last year, Haven staff realized they needed to provide a safe place for people to get out of the cold, volunteer services coordinator Laura Perez said.
The backlash to Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl advertisement is ill placed.
No bystander training program, no committee, no first-responder training or added staff positions will stop rape or transform a culture that accepts and even promotes it.
British Columbia natives and popular jazz musicians Ingrid and Christine Jensen will join director Donald Glasgo and his Barbary Coast Jazz ensemble to kick off the 38th annual Winter Carnival Concert this Saturday.
Sporting red shorts and a navy blazer, cross-country skier Tucker Murphy ’04, proudly carried the Bermuda flag during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olmypics in Vancouver. This year, he will compete again as the sole member of his home-country’s delegation.
John Golden ’15 has always been tall for his age. On his first day of middle school, Golden stood a 5-foot 6-inches, but by freshman year he towered over his peers, looming over the competition at 6-feet 4-inches.
The men’s tennis team won both its non-league home contests this weekend, shutting out East Tennessee State University 7-0 and defeating Radford University 5-2 at the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion. The women’s team prevailed in a close competition against Boston University, triumphing 4-3.
Students passionate about subjects varying from television to triathlons can to live with peers with similar interests in a new housing initiative that will launch this fall. The program will allow 15 or more students who share a common interest or hobby to apply to live together, according to the office of residential life’s website.