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Sixteen-day Winter Carnival sees low initial engagement, adapted programming

By Manasi Singh | February 16, 2021

As Dartmouth’s Winter Carnival celebration enters its third and final week, students can attend an interactive event showcasing alumni in the gaming industry or head to the Bema to see a light and sound show, among other programming opportunities. Despite seeing initially low engagement, the extended 16-day, video game-inspired carnival has brought many students online or outside to celebrate.

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Ice rinks, Winter Activities Center draw wide student participation

By Kristin Chapman | February 16, 2021

In the three weeks since the end of the initial quarantine period for winter term, students have taken advantage of a variety of outdoor programming activities offered by the College, including the two ice skating rinks in front of Baker-Berry Library, fire pits on the Green and around the Collis Center and cross-country ski and snowshoe rentals at the new Winter Activities Center near the golf course. 

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College will run only half of off-campus programs next year, citing pandemic, decreased interest

By Lauren Adler | February 15, 2021

The College will offer about 25 off-campus programs in the 2021-2022 academic year, just over half the roughly 40 usually offered. The list of eliminated, consolidated or paused programs has yet to be announced.

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Students celebrate pandemic-era Lunar New Year on campus

By Andrew Sasser and Emily Lu | February 15, 2021

Students on campus rang in the Year of the Ox in a variety of ways over the past week. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, which took place on Feb. 12 this year, campus organizations held virtual and in-person celebrations, including a craft night and a free bubble tea event. 

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Dartmouth Hillel to become a nonprofit

By Caitlin McCarthy | February 15, 2021

Dartmouth College Hillel, one of the centers for the Jewish community on campus, has taken steps to become an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 

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Demystifying Alpha Delta, the original ‘Animal House’

By Caitlin McCarthy | February 12, 2021

Derecognition and a hit movie have given Alpha Delta fraternity at Dartmouth a mythic reputation. With the house derecognized and shuttered in 2015, alumni have been left to reflect on AD’s legacy amid continued campaigns for reinstatement. 

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Exploring the maze: The history, growth and power structure of Dartmouth’s administration

By Lorraine Liu | February 12, 2021

Since its founding, Dartmouth’s administration has evolved from just a few roles into a sizable bureaucratic web. As Dartmouth grew both in size and in operational complexity, the College added a slew of new positions, and responsibilities — especially of the president and provost — have shifted. However, all senior administrators still work under the overall direction of the Board of Trustees. 

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The spaces between: Stepping away from Greek life at Dartmouth

By Emma Ginsberg | February 12, 2021

For some Dartmouth students, Greek life is as quintessential to campus culture as freezing New Hampshire winters and rigorous academics. Though Greek life offers positive connections and genuine support networks for some, for others, a house is not always a home. 

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To put away or on display? College grapples with Native representations in art

By Kristin Chapman | February 12, 2021

In the wake of a year marked by protests against racial injustice and police brutality, conversations have reemerged about what to do with controversial works of art — and more broadly, how institutions should confront their racist pasts. 

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Tobacco ban sparks College-wide debate on substance use

By Arielle Feuerstein | February 12, 2021

Dartmouth has a reputation for its rampant alcohol consumption and partying; after all, the College’s unofficial mascot is a sentient beer keg. For decades now, Dartmouth has attempted to shed this reputation and curb the prevalence of alcohol and drugs on campus. 

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Back in action: A look at Dartmouth EMS’s pandemic operations

By Daniel Modesto | February 12, 2021

In the six months during which Dartmouth EMS temporarily ceased operations, a team worked behind the scenes to plan how to reopen safely. In the meantime, some members off campus also found ways to help their local communities.

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In search of safe spaces: Revisiting the illicit recording of a 1984 Gay Student Association meeting

By Griselda Chavez | February 12, 2021

On April 29, 1984, The Dartmouth Review secretly recorded and published details of a Gay Student Association meeting on campus. In the fallout of the event, campus-wide conversations arose on privacy and how to support LGBTQ+ students. Decades later, the legacy of the incident persists, as do concerns regarding privacy in queer spaces on campus. 

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Pandemic prompts College to reexamine accessibility, learning accommodations

By Kyle Mullins | February 12, 2021

After several months of virtual learning, the pandemic has underscored the effectiveness of some accommodations — such as increased flexibility with assignment deadlines, extra time on exams and recorded lectures — and the potential for a more accommodating class environment in the future. 

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Alumni Relations shifts focus to online programming

By Anaïs Zhang | February 12, 2021

The advancement division at Dartmouth, which includes the alumni relations and development offices, has developed a host of new methods, including webinars, podcasts and livestreams to boost alumni engagement across digital platforms. 

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Editors' Note: Winter Carnival Special Issue 2021

By Jacob Strier and Natalie Dokken | February 12, 2021

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced into home offices and dorm rooms, left to reflect on the past and think about the future. But, though we may be separated, members of the Dartmouth community have continued to grow, learn and connect digitally behind closed doors. 

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Shontay Delalue named senior vice president and senior diversity officer

By Gigi Grigorian | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 4, the College announced that Shontay Delalue will serve as the College’s senior vice president and senior diversity officer, the administration’s point person on equity and inclusion. Delalue, who currently serves as the vice president for institutional equity and diversity at Brown University, will assume her role on July 1.

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College to offer 10 undergraduate in-person classes this spring

By Penelope Spurr | February 11, 2021

On Feb. 5, the College released its spring term course timetable, revealing that 10 undergraduate courses will have at least one in-person section — up slightly from the eight classes taught on campus in the winter term. 

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‘Visibility’ events to promote gender equity, confront gender-based violence

By Daniel Modesto | February 11, 2021

“Visibility,” Dartmouth’s month-long campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence, started on Jan. 29 and will feature remote programming throughout February. This year’s events will focus on the intersections between gender- and power-based violence and race.

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FUERZA Fund and Sunrise Dartmouth raise money for Upper Valley migrant farmworkers

By Griselda Chavez | February 11, 2021

Environmental advocacy group Sunrise Dartmouth and the FUERZA Farmworkers’ Fund have collaborated to raise over $1,600 for migrant farmworkers in the Upper Valley. The week-and-a-half-long fundraising push consisted of events that spotlighted local farmworkers and aimed to educate Dartmouth students on migrant labor in New Hampshire and Vermont. 

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Hop to undergo $75 million expansion

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 10, 2021

Dartmouth has commissioned architecture company Snøhetta to lead an expansion of the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Dubbed “the Hop project,” the initiative aims to raise approximately $75 million for its construction and related programming, $25 million of which has already been amassed.  

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