The Fog
Honestly, I've been staring at my screen for a long time, unable to write anything. I suppose my writing paralysis comes from the fact that everything I began to write sounded like an obituary.
Honestly, I've been staring at my screen for a long time, unable to write anything. I suppose my writing paralysis comes from the fact that everything I began to write sounded like an obituary.
I'll never forget the first time someone told me, "I would never send my daughter to Dartmouth." My jaw was on the floor.
Emma Fidel: In 30 years, I probably will have abandoned my "interest" in journalism and filmmaking and will have followed my heart to Wall Street.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Justin Cozad / The Dartmouth Staff It's that time of the year again.
If I woke up tomorrow and someone told me I'd dreamed the last four years, I would believe it. My parents are immigrants and don't have friends or family in the states, and as a result, I had both an insular childhood and a fantastical understanding of American culture.
This is a love letter. When I arrived four years ago, I did not know who I would be today.
Editor's Note: Through the Looking Glass is The Mirror's newest feature. 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.
In addition to lawn parties and relaxation, Green Key Weekend heralds increased business for local eateries, according to the establishments' owners and managers. The weekend is similar to other big weekends at the College in that local businesses experience fairly dramatic increases in patronage, Everything But Anchovies owner Maureen Bogosian said. EBAs is expecting a 35 percent increase in sales over the weekend, which is similar to the increase it experiences over Winter Carnival, Bogosian said.
A drunk alum tells me to enjoy this while I can. The real world, he says, is a lot less fun. I get this piece of advice, in one form or another, every year during Green Key.
Green Key 2012 it's finally here! Freshmen, this is the weekend without rules that upperclassmen have bragged about.
This year's celebration marks the 113th year since the first Green Key Weekend, though the event's name and traditions have changed over time.
This is the story of Green Key. Green Key is the best big weekend. Freshmen are finally a real part of the community and rage as such.
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.
As students prepare for the festivities of Green Key weekend, organizations committed to student safety are bracing to handle an influx of visitors on campus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Before Dartmouth, I lived in nine different homes in six different cities. So, upon coming to Dartmouth, I should have been ready for the constant change that comes with the D-Plan.
Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff Hi friends, When we found out three weeks ago that we were going to edit the Green Key issue, we were so excited because everyone knows Green Key is the best big weekend of the year.