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June 13, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Dartmouth Civics cleans up campus for Earth Day

The clean-up was the first time Dartmouth Civics has participated in the Town’s annual Earth Day event.

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Every year, the Town of Hanover hosts an annual “Green Up” event for Earth Day — where participants perform community service and work to clean up Hanover by picking up trash. For the first time, Dartmouth Civics joined in. 

Students cleaned up the Green, Maynard Lot, North Main St., Tuck Mall and Webster Ave., picking up trash and litter and working to beautify the campus.  Some of the students were Dartmouth Civics members while others were looking to fulfill their Greek club philanthropy credits. 

Hanover Parks and Recreation events and media program manager Hannah Falcone, wrote in an email statement that the department was “excited” to have students join in the clean up.

“We are very grateful that students chose to participate in the clean-up this year, despite the inclement weather over the weekend,” Falcone wrote. “We encourage any students to get involved in our future annual spring cleanups.”

Dartmouth Civics event director Jackson Weinstein ’27 said the event was a good way for Dartmouth Civics members to interact and engage with the community.

Phi Delta Alpha fraternity brothers William Cast ’27, Matthew Jenkins ’27 and Darren Morris ’27 said they participated in the event to fulfill their philanthropy credits after hearing about it through the fraternity.

“I hate litter, so this is a good opportunity to make our campus look a little nicer,” Morris said.

Jenkins said he found a lot of trash during their clean up.

“We cleaned up Webster Ave., and there was just so much trash there,” Jenkins said. “It’s crazy.” 

Weinstein said community events allow Dartmouth Civics to engage with the community beyond elections and political events. 

“It’s just a really special way to give back as a student,” Weinstein said. “Especially the fact that the Dimensions students are coming from Sunday to Tuesday, so [we’re] making sure it looks nice for them and that they get the best version of what we offer.”

Morris said he thought the event was an opportunity to help the community and support student initiatives. 

“We’re all students invested in our campus looking nice, so it’s nice to have people within the community doing it,” Morris said.