Mirror Asks: Senior Edition
What advice would you give to your freshman self?
What advice would you give to your freshman self?
'13 Guy: I feel like I don't get drunk I just get awesome. '11 Guy: I'll be working in Ghana next year with the Peace Corps.'14 Girl: Really?!'11 Guy: (laughing) No, I'm doing investment banking. S&S Officer at front door of Phi Delt: Hi.
Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff I cannot understand when people tell me they don't like desserts.
Marguerite Imbert '11 lives exactly as she'd like to.
'13 Tri-Delt: Next time we have frat boy meetings, I just want to borrow a Sigma Delt pinnie! Guy in Collis: Well, I'm on the fence about this, and the last time I was on the fence about something it was whether or not to de-pledge Sig Nu and that turned out to be a brilliant idea. '12 Girl: Everyone was just streaking and making out and it was getting boring. '12 girl 1: We should just give him an honorary title in our house ... VP of getting the other VPs on table.'12 girl 2: Yes!
While many Dartmouth students are looking forward to relaxing over Green Key Weekend, organizations dedicated to ensuring the safety of students are gearing up to minimize harm caused by alcohol abuse and other potentially dangerous activities over the big weekend. Although Green Key is typically less eventful than Homecoming in the fall term, Safety and Security increases its nighttime staff over the weekend to respond to an increased number of alcohol-related incidents, according to College Proctor and Safety and Security Director Harry Kinne.
While students embrace Green Key for its various parties and social activities, Hanover businesses look forward to the weekend with equal anticipation as their demand and revenue skyrocket, according to business managers interviewed by The Dartmouth. "This seems to be the busiest one out of the big Dartmouth weekends," Ben Williams, general manager of Molly's Restaurant, said.
Although most associate Green Key with outdoor festivities, the weekend will also feature two student dance performances this year Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity's annual Step Show and the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble's "Undue Influence." Alpha Phi Alpha's 20th annual Step Show will be held Saturday in Leede Arena.
Since I spent my last two big weekend columns talking about the Dartmouth Seven and the importance of being legendary (R.I.P.
The key to a successful and effective Green Key is in the planning. Laying down a set of goals may appear bitch-made to some, but why wouldn't you want to maximize your drinking time, ensure you will achieve the level of weirdness you want and possibly be able to have some evidence of what occurred over the course of the weekend? A Green Key itinerary is key, and because we are loyal, we are going to give you a few hints as to what might be appearing on ours for this upcoming lesser holiday to Derby. THE MOTHERFUCKING ITINERARY: FUCKING WEDNESDAY:10 a.m.
Programming Board will host its first ever Green Key concert this year, featuring hip hop artists Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Big K.R.I.T.
The end of May signals one thing: Green Key weekend is upon us again. This spring celebration, embedded in Dartmouth's history since 1899, brings students from all across campus outdoors for a weekend of music, activities and, hopefully, sun. "It's a way for us to keep our sanity," Dan Marcusa '13 said.
A few weeks ago, I was presented with a surprising visual of what Dartmouth's campus dialogue on sexual assault could look like.
Well, the big weekend of big weekends has finally arrived. You ran around the bonfire in the fall.
For decades before Dartmouth became coeducational in 1972, women filled the role of imported playthings bussed to Hanover for the social activities of the annual Green Key weekend.
Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Green Key is known for many things a lack of traditions, day drinking and concerts and is arguably more anticipated than any other Spring term event. Unlike other big weekends, Green Key has no major decades-old traditions - the weekend has evolved immensely since its days of "imported" female students and chariot racing.
Greek organizations are hoping to take advantage of nice weather by offering students an extensive range of outdoor festivities, including concerts, fundraising events and parties over Green Key.
By The Dartmouth Staff Green Key known almost exclusively for the numerous parties hosted over the weekend lacks the family- and community-oriented events of other big weekends, but will feature several non-party events for students, including a barbecue and Programming Board's first Green Key Carnival.
Any good writer knows that writing a list is usually a good substitute for putting together a cohesive, naturally developing article.
With expectations of warm weather and two of the College's big weekends under their belt, freshmen interviewed by The Dartmouth said they were looking forward to Green Key, which many anticipated would be the "best weekend" of the year.