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What Green Key Means to Freshmen

By CONNOR WATUMULL | May 17, 2012

While most Dartmouth freshmen are familiar with the history and traditions that distinguish the College's Homecoming and Winter Carnival weekends, Green Key's origins and purpose are more ambiguous, leaving many members of the Class of 2015 confused about what to expect from the weekend.

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Past weekends include Bema party, fistfights

By Amanda Young | May 17, 2012

Wrestling fights, students jumping off buildings, people pulling fire alarms, power outages and vandalism are some of the incidents that Safety and Security has dealt with over past Green Key weekends, according to Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne. Still, Green Key is not a weekend that usually generates many "unusual" circumstances, Kinne said. "Green Key isn't oftentimes as big of a weekend as a real active weekend in the fall," he said. While Kinne said he could not remember any specific instance that stands out, he said many incidents have involved alcohol or large crowds. In recent years, Safety and Security broke up a party at the Bema in the midst of a campus-wide electricity blackout and retrieved an intoxicated man from a hole at a construction site on Tuck Mall. During Green Key 2010, one individual not affiliated with the College ran into a Safety and Security officer and knocked him to the ground after he was caught carrying alcohol entering a party. Nearly 80 students gathered at the Bema for a Green Key celebration during an electricity blackout in 2008, according to Kinne.

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Green Key Schedule

By Mackenzie Bohannon | May 17, 2012

Wednesday: 11:45 a.m.: Pregame 12s with the besties, four shot minimum. 12:30 p.m.: Arrive at your 12, turn in your paper, proceed to online shop for the next hour.

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Women imported to campus prior to College's coeducation

By Diana Ming | May 17, 2012

Before the College become coeducational in 1972, the highlight of Green Key weekend was, for many students, inviting women up to Hanover for the annual fraternity parties, Green Key Ball and the "Sweetheart" competition. "Hanover is God's gift to women this weekend, as hundreds of the proverbially fair sex invade the New Hampshire plain from the world at large," proclaimed a 1938 editorial in The Dartmouth.

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Weekend features performances

By Zack Doherty | May 17, 2012

Members of Dartmouth's fraternities and dance troupes will gather in Leede Arena on Saturday to showcase their stepping skills at the 21st annual Step Show, hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

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Overheards

May 17, 2012

'15 girl: My friends told me they thought the Arab Spring was a water source. '13 girl at hop: I'm the only girl of the 20 people in this line.'15 guy: It's like if you were a guy in line at King Arthur. '13 girl: You know that awkward moment when you go upstairs to meet the dog and then there's no dog? '15 girl: It should be his responsibility to tell me that I might get dinged from Tri-Delt for hooking up with him. '13 Italian major: I have "call me maybe" stuck in my head.

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Campuses across East Coast welcome spring with festivals

By Sasha Dudding | May 17, 2012

As Dartmouth students prepare for this year's Green Key festivities, students at other schools have already celebrated their own spring weekend events, which generally involved large concerts and parties as well as children's activities such as moon bounces, according to event organizers and students at some of Dartmouth's peer institutions. Brown University's Spring Weekend, held April 20-22, featured a carnival, parties hosted by fraternities and local bars and concerts by artists such as Childish Gambino, according to Brown freshman Eva Gonzalez. "This year, we had Fratty in the Ratty,' which meant that the Ratty [the dining hall] was open for food until midnight and there was also a crazy party with the kitchen staff and everyone just being insane," Gonzalez said.

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Green Key Society has evolving responsibility

By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | May 17, 2012

In an effort to connect to past traditions this year, the Green Key Society will produce a pamphlet detailing Green Key weekend events and host an internal ball for current and incoming members, Green Key Society President Owen Scannell '13 said.

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What Green Key Means to Seniors

By Heather Szilagyi | May 17, 2012

While there are not many traditional activities associated with Green Key Weekend as there are with Homecoming and Winter Carnival, seniors interviewed by The Dartmouth reflected that the novelty of the weekend lies in the focus on being outside and having fun during the day. Many students cited Block Party, an outdoor event hosted by Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, and "Gammapalooza," a dance, music and rap concert at Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, as two of their favorite events. Allison Clark '12 said that Block Party is a fun, outdoor event on Webster Avenue that allows students to "hop from friend to friend and see a lot of people." Block Party allows students to enjoy the weather and spend time outside, Brian Seitz '12 said. Gammapalooza is "easily the best concert on campus every year," Dave Seliger '12 said. Grace Tiedemann '12 said the party features "a really good DJ" who is not a student at the College, dancing outside and people climbing into and out of the windows of Chi Gam.

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Alumni flock back to campus for Green Key

May 17, 2012

While Dartmouth Alumni Council's annual spring meeting and the Hill Winds Society's Green Key alumni event will attract involved alumni to Hanover, Greek houses' events, class reunions and other informal gatherings will also draw a significant group of alumni back to the College for Green Key weekend, according to students, alumni and event organizers. Compared to other big weekends, Green Key brings a younger set of alumni to campus, and overall alumni attendance seems to be lower. "It's about seeing your friends and enjoying the spring," Kate Lyon '05, who has attended the majority of Green Key weekends since her graduation, said.

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A History of the Dartmouth Man

By Jack Boger | May 10, 2012

The recent Rolling Stone article "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy" profiles the now infamous Dartmouth student Andrew Lohse '12 and his allegations of hazing and its subsequent cover-up here in Hanover.

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Is Chivalry Dead?

By Gardner Davis | May 10, 2012

Chivalry is a weird term. It conjures up images of knights who joust, quest and slay dragons to win over the girl of their dreams.

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