From ski jumps to snow games: Winter Carnival then and now
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This article is featured in the 2026 Winter Carnival Issue.
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This article is featured in the 2026 Winter Carnival Issue.
This article is featured in the 2026 Winter Carnival Issue.
On Tuesday, CNN political commentator Scott Jennings and “The View” co-host Ana Navarro debated the future of the Republican Party at a Dartmouth Political union event. The pair took opposing sides — Jennings answering in the affirmative and Navarro in the negative — on the following resolution: “By and large, the current trends in the Republican Party during the Trump years will continue in the 2028 election and beyond.”
From Feb. 5 to Feb. 8, “The Blizzard of Oz” will take the Dartmouth community on a hot air balloon ride to the “Wicked Cold” 116th Winter Carnival, a weekend of winter festivities inspired by the world of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and its spin-offs.
Fifty-nine individuals were evacuated, one of whom was hospitalized for cold exposure, after a chairlift at the Dartmouth Skiway malfunctioned on Jan. 29, according to NBC Boston. The incident prompted an emergency response from the Dartmouth Ski Patrol and several Upper Valley fire departments.
In the first week of the 2026 legislative session, New Hampshire lawmakers passed two bills that could alter abortion access in the state, according to the New Hampshire Bulletin. H.B. 232, which was passed by the state House on Jan. 8, enshrines the legal right of healthcare providers “to conscientiously object to participating” in an abortion. H.B. 191, which passed the state Senate on Jan. 7, seeks to criminalize aiding a minor in traveling to receive an abortion or any surgical procedure “without parental permission.”
On Jan. 29, New York Times Opinion columnist and former attorney David French said the Supreme Court’s conduct has been “quite heartening” and that it has stayed “within its constitutional bounds” at a Rockefeller Center event.
On Jan. 30, Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., criticized the Trump administration for its foreign policy decisions, immigration crackdown and cuts to federal funding for universities at a Rockefeller Center for Public Policy event.
On March 23, a new course selection system called “Courses @ Dartmouth” will debut, according to a presentation made during a Dartmouth Student Government meeting on Sunday.
Since the start of the year, several academic initiatives have begun work on bringing Israeli scholars to campus. Dartmouth Kalaniyot has recently begun facilitating scientific research collaborations between the College and Israeli universities. Additionally, an anonymous donor is funding a new program that will bring visiting Israeli politics professors who are affiliated with Israeli universities to Dartmouth’s government department.
Access to paid family and medical leave remains uneven in New Hampshire, despite the introduction of the New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave program in 2023, according to a recent paper by sociology professor Kristin Smith titled “The New Hampshire Voluntary Paid Family and Medical Leave Program: Did the program increase coverage?” Smith’s paper finds that less than 3% of New Hampshire’s workforce has joined the program. As policymakers continue to debate the future of paid leave in the Granite State, The Dartmouth sat down with Smith to discuss her findings, the barriers limiting participation in the program and what paid leave reform could look like moving forward.
Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., denounced distortions of her father’s legacy amidst the current political climate at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote speech on Jan. 28.
Institute for Arctic Studies director Melody Brown Burkins will represent the United States at the “Science 7,” which is a global coalition of science academies that contributes expertise to G7 summits. The group is drafting a statement on Arctic policy issues in preparation for the G7 conference in June. The G7 is an intergovernmental organization comprising seven of the world’s largest industrialized countries.
Buddy T’s Grill & Sports Bar — whose name pays tribute to the late Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 — opened at 7 Lebanon St. on Jan. 14. The restaurant replaces Dunk’s Sports Grill, which occupied the location for four years and closed on Sept. 28, 2025.
In the past year, 13 New Hampshire police agencies, including Grafton County Sheriff’s Office, are cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire.
On Jan. 28, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan urged bipartisan cooperation and said students should “disagree agreeably” at a Rockefeller Center for Public Policy event.
New Hampshire state legislators have proposed more than 1,140 bills in the first few weeks of the legislative year, covering issues from education policy to firearms regulation, according to the Concord Monitor.
The College approached a student to promote Evergreen.AI — the College’s wellness artificial intelligence project — in an op-ed in The Dartmouth and edited the article before submission to the paper.