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The Dartmouth
June 27, 2026
The Dartmouth
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Council plans weekend activities

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This year's "Candyland"-themed Winter Carnival, being held from Thursday, Feb. 9 to Sunday, Feb. 12, promises to maintain timeless traditions, bring back old Carnival classics and introduce new theme-specific activities. The Carnival will commence with traditional opening ceremony celebrations on Thursday, Feb.


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Carnival Across the Board: The Dartmouth Community Finds Ways to Celebrate the Season

While Winter Carnival Weekend brings with it a multitude of snow-embracing events, it is the weekend's overall sense of relaxed inclusiveness, from the 99-cent ski day at The Dartmouth Skiway to the afternoon-long Occom Pond party, that draws all types of Dartmouth community members and all degrees of winter lovers out to celebrate the New Hampshire cold, according to members of the community interviewed by The Dartmouth. "Winter isn't my favorite season, but Winter Carnival will make it a lot better," Ajay Kannan '15 said.


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The Perks of Being Filthy

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So you haven't showered once during five days of vigorous hiking on your DOC Trip. So you've been drinking from a cup of liquid that a ping pong ball which two minutes ago was sitting in a pool of unidentifiable sludge just landed in.


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Pong: The Dirtiest of Games

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Pong is played by almost everyone, adored by most and grudgingly tolerated by the few people who haven't discovered the joy of the perfect sink.




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Through the Looking Glass: It's not you, it's them

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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.


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Overheards

'13 SAE: Do you really think they'd make us do that? We're SAE, not Al Qaeda! '14 Guy: I will be holding a Bible study tonight in my room in Lord.'14 Girl: Haha, get it?








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The Good, the Bad and the Downright Filthy: Housing Horror Stories

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It's hard to use sinks when they're clogged. I have personal experience in this field, having walked into my bathroom only to find one sink filled with a pungent and chunky orange vomit, and the other with what (I think) were 10 soggy granola bars. I have seen four years of this, so naturally my gag reflex has long died.


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Being and Dartmouthness

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When you visit a foreign country, you're often subjected to odd and sometimes prying questions or assumptions about your homeland.




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Chicken and Waffles

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This is the story of missed connections. On Craigslist, there is a board called "Missed Connections." The posts on that board read like this: "You were wearing thigh-high boots.


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For the Love of Language

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As admissions loves to remind you, the language program at Dartmouth is pretty expansive. Most students participate in it as a way of fulfilling the College's language requirement, which falls in line with Dartmouth's emphasis on an international education.