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December 15, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Overheards

'16 Girl 1: We should go talk to the prof to try and get a better grade.'16 Girl 2: Yeah, we can double team him at office hours!'16 Girl 1: I hope no one makes that an Overheard. '15 Girl: We hooked up three times, and he unfriended me on Facebook. '16 pointing to the 1902 room: That's the 90210 room! '11 Girl: Sometimes, you just have to choose the best of the worst.



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Weekend welcomes alumni to Hanover

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Winter Carnival, like the College's other major weekends, draws large crowds of alumni back to campus to reunite with former classmates and partake in a traditional Dartmouth experience. While the Alumni Relations office does not keep track of the number of alumni returning to the College over the weekend, it expects the weekend to be popular among alumni, according to senior managing director Diana Lawrence.




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The Bucket List

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It was one of the coldest days of the term, bright and clear despite sub-zero temperatures. Skating on Occom Pond seemed the quaint sort of winter activity that would make a beautiful but cold day enjoyable.




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Greater security for major weekend

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Over Winter Carnival weekend, Safety and Security and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services will increase campus presence and patrol in anticipation of greater activity and potential hazards caused by the cold weather, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne and Dartmouth EMS executive director Nick Valentini '13 said.



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Winter Carnival Council determines weekend's schedule

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This year's Winter Carnival will feature the weekend's traditional events inspired by the theme "A Very Grimm Carnival," a tribute to the Grimm Brothers' dark fairy tales, Winter Carnival Council co-chair Mandy Bowers '14 said. While the council hoped to revive previously canceled events, as of press time, a second year of unseasonably warm weather prompted the cancellation of the campus-wide snow sculpture contest and the Carni Classic, a cross-country ski race on the Hanover Country Club golf course. On Thursday evening, Winter Carnival opened with ceremonies on the Green.


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Weekend supports Hanover businesses

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Hanover businesses are expecting a flurry of economic activity over Winter Carnival weekend, according to local store owners and employees. Hanover dining staples, such as the Canoe Club and Lou's Restaurant and Bakery, are preparing for an influx of visitors, including alumni and their families.


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Top 5 Ways to Avoid Creepy Alumns over Carnival

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DO NOT under any circumstances eat any of your meals in town, unless you want to dine alongside alums enjoying legality in Hanover with $2 margaritas or karaoke at Salt Hill Pub. If you see beer other than Keystone in the basement, don't touch it.


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Carnival has dramatic history

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The Winter Carnival celebrations that Dartmouth students now enjoy began as a mere field day in 1910 after a single student, Fred Harris '11, proposed in The Dartmouth that students should take greater advantage of the opportunities the frigid Hanover weather presents for showcasing winter sports. Since then, the weekend has seen beauty pageants, the mental breakdown of an American literary giant and a number of particularly rowdy fraternity parties. At its inception, Winter Carnival, which was then known as "Winter Meet," involved ski races, hockey games and other sporting events held around Occom Pond.


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Winter Wonderings

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You're hanging out with your public policy textbook and KAF chai latte in the 1902 Room because it's totally trendy and totally hardcore.



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The Winternship

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As our favorite alumnus Dr. Seuss once said: "The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house.


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Editor's Note

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/ The Dartmouth Staff Whenever people hear that I'm from Chicago, they automatically assume I'm fine with the cold.


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Through the Looking Glass: On Replay

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Editor's Note: We welcome submissions from all members of the community both past and present who wish to write about defining experiences, moments or relationships during their time at Dartmouth.


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Eat Your SADness Away

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You look outside your window and all you see is a sheet of white. You check your iPhone weather app to try to assuage yourself and just disregard the number, not even believing it can get this cold.


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