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(05/17/02 9:00am)
There are some mysteries that are never meant to be solved, and I am now almost convinced that Green Key weekend is one of them. I have no clue what Green Key actually is and what, if any, purpose it fulfils. Homecoming, on the other hand, is almost a rite of passage for freshmen with the bonfire, the freshman sweep, rushing the field during the game and all such fun stuff. It's just an excuse for upperclassmen to bully freshmen and for freshmen to form that initial bond as a class. Really, what better way to bond with your fellow classmates than being herded with them around a gigantic bonfire which may or may not collapse at any time?
(05/17/02 9:00am)
I am 21 years old, and I admit, I still like to play dress-up. When I was little, I would twirl and prance around in ballerina gowns, play princess, pretend to be in fairytales. Now, of course, I do not play at such games, but instead different ones, and I have found that at Dartmouth, I wear (and own) more ridiculous outfits for social events than I ever imagined I would.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
When I think of Dartmouth, a number of things come to mind. Most memorable, however, are those moments that unite us all as a campus, those moments when we are brought together annually around our beloved bonfire, our snow sculpture and our Green ... Key. Wait a second, is that right?
(05/17/02 9:00am)
Ah, Green Key. It's kind of like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of Dartmouth big weekends: there's no real justifiable explanation for why it still exists, but we enjoy it anyway every time it comes to town. With Homecoming, there's a bonfire to run around and a pathetic football team to pretend to get excited about. With Winter Carnival, there's cheap skiing to take advantage of and a pathetic snow sculpture to pretend to get excited about. But Green Key operates under no such pretensions; it has no inviolable traditions for the administration to shake its naggy, overbearing parental finger at; it has no aspirations so lofty and hollow as "school spirit" or any of that crap. It's merely a weekend to embrace the onset of spring and get really, really trashed. And that, gentle reader, in and of itself, is reason to love it more than any other weekend in Hanover.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
While incidents over Green Key weekend have fallen in recent years, Hanover Police and Safety and Security will take some additional measures to provide for security and encourage students to be alert.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
As Green Key weekend arrives, with its traditions of drunken revelry and bacchanalian excess, several long-time professors contrasted the reality of life at Dartmouth with what they see as a dated stereotype that ignores the growing diversity of attitudes and behaviors at the College.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
Who would have guessed that the raucous weekend immortalized in "Animal House" -- Green Key Weekend -- gained its moniker from a junior honorary society?
(05/17/02 9:00am)
Tomorrow afternoon, Alpha Delta fraternity will continue its decades-old tradition of outdoor alcohol and live music despite increased pressure from the College to control underage and dangerous drinking.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
Many things about the College have changed since 1899, but there are certain aspects of the Dartmouth experience that remain permanent. Winter will be long and cold. Classes will be stressful. And when the long-awaited spring finally comes, it is absolutely necessary to celebrate.
(05/17/02 9:00am)
It's easy to criticize Green Key for what it is not. The weekend features no signature event, while the chariot races and keg throws of old only survive in photographs.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
Tuesday night, the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble performed the Senior Feature Concert in Spaulding Auditorium and wished goodbye to their graduating members by placing them in the spotlight. The concert featured seniors Kristin Romberg on vocals, percussionist Derek Hanson, trombonist Greg Hill and drummer Nick Stine.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
The women's club water polo team traveled down to Emory University in Atlanta to showcase its talent at the National Club Championship Tournament. The Big Green finished fifth place overall, improving on their ninth-place finish last year.
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To the Editor:
(05/16/02 9:00am)
Katie Bell's May 10 article "Profs. allow students to set their own grades," presents professor Darryl Caterine's pedagogical methods in an inaccurate light.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
Former New York Times columnist Chris Hedges' visit to Dartmouth College tomorrow afternoon will serve the cause of historical accuracy as well as Yasser Arafat lecturing on the conspiratorial Jewish usurpation of the holy land. Indeed, after carefully examining Mr. Hedges' "A Gaza Diary," it is clear that his approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is dangerously biased and misleading. More often than not, "A Gaza Diary" shamefully and overtly dramatizes the events Hedges "witnessed" in the Khan Younis refugee camp inside the Gaza Strip.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
If you're holding this column in your hands, the words you are reading are already dead. And when I say dead, I mean there's a salad fork sticking out of it the size of post-coke addiction Matthew Perry. The Dartmouth already gets more individual user hits on its web site per day than it prints issues. More alumni and current students read thedartmouth.com than well, I'm sure you get the point -- you're all smart enough. Print is dead. Curse technology for killing our culture and reducing human experience to inhumane pixels and bytes, right?
(05/16/02 9:00am)
Let's play a game I learned as a child --Using the names James Wolfensohn, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President George W. Bush, Jim Lehrer, Condoleeza Rice and Mister Rogers, you pick which one doesn't fit. I'll give you a clue: they're all commencement day speakers at elite universities. Forget for a second that one of the people on the list, Dubya, is a complete idiot and you'll realize that all of the above are respected intellectuals and leaders. Usually, this is where I'd go off on a tirade about George W. and how I think he's death for the intellectual spirit of this nation, but that's not my intention today. I have a problem with Mister Rogers.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
Youth behavior patterns, such as youth violence, are analogous to "canaries in a mineshaft" signifying cultural instability, according to James Gilligan, a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist.
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Touted by some as a wonder drug that can replace sleep, a relatively new drug called Provigil has failed to win widespread support from the medical community as anything more than a treatment for some sleep disorders.
(05/16/02 9:00am)
For Julia Hildreth '05, attending Dartmouth was "a childhood dream."