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Colaneri: Find Your Own Fun

By Natalie Colaneri | February 9, 2012

Winter Carnival, like Homecoming and Green Key, is considered a "big weekend" and revered by some as a holiday in the world of Dartmouth. Big weekends, like traditional holidays, are typically thought of as times of celebration and joy.

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Chicken and Waffles

By Peter Stein | February 9, 2012

This is the story of Winter Carnival. I always wanted the carnival to come to town. Since I grew up in Chicago, that didn't really happen.

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Frats, sororities, coeds host parties

By Ashley Ulrich | February 9, 2012

Hanover's weather gods may be behind in snow production this year, but Greek organizations across campus are gearing up to provide students a broad array of nighttime events for Winter Carnival weekend. The fraternities, sororities and coeds try to coordinate their big parties around each other's events so that students will have a good party option every night of the weekend, Gamma Delta Chi fraternity social chair Austen Fletcher '12 said.

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Overheards

February 9, 2012

'14 Guy: Don't you realize that I'm not wearing my shirt, my shirt is wearing me? KAF Cashier: Why did the line suddenly get so long?

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Students, community celebrate Carnival for 101 years

By Kristin Yu | February 9, 2012

A century ago, the editor of The Dartmouth received a letter filled with ideas that would radically change the history of the College. The writer, Fred Harris, a member of the Class of 1911 and founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club, answered his own main question "What is there to do at Dartmouth in the winter?" by proposing the creation of "a meet or field day during February" so that students could "enjoy the outdoors in a Hanover winter, relax and have fun after the turmoil of the first semester and exams," he wrote in the letter. "Such an event would undoubtedly be a feature of college," The Dartmouth said in response to Harris' letter. "It is not impossible that Dartmouth, in initiating this movement, is setting an example that will later find devotees among other New England and northern colleges." On Feb.

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Security, EMS prepare for weekend

By Tom Owen | February 9, 2012

Despite the absence of snow and below freezing temperatures and therefore the cancellation of traditional events that pose a risk of injury Safety and Security and Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services both plan to staff additional patrols during Winter Carnival, according to representatives from each organization.

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Posters celebrate Carnival themes

By Erin Landau | February 9, 2012

Dartmouth's Winter Carnival posters are a popular way to commemorate each year's festivities, with designs ranging from ancient Romans skiing down mountains to Mickey Mouse painting Baker Tower.

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Being and Dartmouthness

By Kip Dooley | February 9, 2012

I'm getting pretty tired of writing about my life and my "experience" here at Dartmouth. As a writer you'd like to think that all it takes to write a good piece is a little soul searching, a few wistful anecdotes and a subtle turn in your conclusion paragraph. Eventually, though, you run into the reality that your own life experience can only provide so much worthwhile material.

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Dartmouth Carnival ranks among top 10 winter festivals

February 9, 2012

In locales with long, severe winters, cities and universities worldwide revel in winter festivities similar to Dartmouth's Winter Carnival. As celebrations of the snow and cold weather, the festivals feature traditional winter activities, including snow sculpting, ice hockey, skating and skiing, in addition to traditions unique to each carnival. National Geographic Traveler Magazine ranked Dartmouth's Winter Carnival sixth out of the world's top 10 winter carnivals in its January/February 2012 issue. Fur Rendezvous of Anchorage, Alaska, the top-rated winter carnival in the world, is a 10-day celebration of Alaskan life. Originating in the 1930s as a sports tournament, the carnival coincided with the period during which miners and trappers brought their goods to town, according to National Geographic Traveler. Almost 80 years later, "Rondy" continues to spotlight outdoor sports, including snowshoe softball, ice hockey and the two-and-a-half-kilometer and five-kilometer Frostbite Footraces, according to National Geographic Traveler.

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Council plans weekend activities

By Marina Shkuratov | February 9, 2012

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

February 9, 2012

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

By Lauren Vespoli | February 2, 2012

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

By Leslie Ye | February 2, 2012

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

By Jamila Ma | February 2, 2012

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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