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Freshman Musings: Unraveling the Meaning of Green Key

By Priya Krishna | May 13, 2010

Green Key: the only thing at Dartmouth shrouded in more mystery than the fried mac and cheese at Late Night Collis (how do they get the macaroni into those neat triangular shapes anyway?). When I first heard about Green Key, all these questions started to surface in my mind.

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Popping the Bubble

By Kate Farley | May 13, 2010

In my four years of terrifying prospective students while giving tours, I've developed a large library of "cute Dartmouth anecdotes," most of which have absolutely no basis in reality.

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Phi Delt, Zete bring changes to Webster Ave. for Green Key

By Casey Aylward | May 13, 2010

Correction Appended Ongoing construction on Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the recent reopening of Zeta Psi fraternity mark important changes that students may note as they carouse along Webster Avenue this Green Key weekend. Despite significant damages sustained by Phi Delt's physical plant in a Jan.

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Female dates attended tea parties

May 13, 2010

It may be hard for students today to fathom a holiday weekend without female Dartmouth students both attending and hosting festivities, but in Green Key's early years the presence of women was limited to those bussed to campus from neighboring colleges for short visits.

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Editors' Note

By Jamila Ma and Greg Berger | May 13, 2010

Green Key arguably the most underappreciated of Dartmouth's big weekends is usually dismissed by students as just another excuse to party. Without a powerful emblem like the bonfire or snow sculpture, Green Key is often said to lack meaning, but this weekend is as rich in tradition as Homecoming or Winter Carnival.

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The Drunkest Girls at the Party

By Matt Scott and Emily Duke | May 13, 2010

We know, you're shocked. The drunkest girls were asked to talk about a weekend that has nothing to do with anything besides blacking your face out to pregame nothing. Well, the two of us quickly realized that our memories involving this most holy weekend are scarce and that the most important detail is that this holiday means nothing.

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We Used to Hang Out …

By Kevin Niparko | May 13, 2010

It's inevitable. This weekend, every single one of us will get sucked into a conversation with at least one crusty, close-talking alum with whiskey on his breath rambling on about the good ol' days.

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Loving the Little Things

By BRIDGETTE TAYLOR | May 6, 2010

After a weekend of sunshine and spring weather, I woke up on April 28 to snowfall. Not the beautiful, light snow of January and February, but sloppy, wet globs of half-melted snowflakes.

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Calculating Happiness

By Noah Dentzel | May 6, 2010

Are Dartmouth students happy? That depends, of course, on how we define happiness. Measured in units of consumption and standard of living, we seem a safe bet.

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Mirror Mixtape

By Divya Gunasekaran | May 6, 2010

In a rare attempt at optimism, I just want to say that whenever confronted with dark times and troubled waters, we can always find solace in the thought that good times are around the corner even though that's often not true.

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Overheards

By The Dartmouth | May 6, 2010

'11 Guy [playing pong]: If we win this game, you have to kiss me'10 Girl [pong partner]: No ... this is what's wrong with Dartmouth. '13 girl: Is it a sin that I've hooked up with all of 3rd Floor Berry? '13 Girl 1: I know how to get energized for going out tonight ... 5 hour energy!'13 Girl 2: That sounds like such a bad idea...'13 Girl 1: No!

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The Science of Happiness

By Jamila Ma | May 6, 2010

Happiness is probably the closest thing we have to a universal human goal. Much of what we can say about happiness is highly subjective, but is there anything about happiness that is empirically true?

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The Gospel According to Matthew

By Matthew Ritger | May 6, 2010

When I am alone on a long run in the rain in May, heading out through Norwich, up past Maple Hill and down past Bradley Hill; when the pavement ends, and I pass those sad cows at Goodrich Four Corners (not people, cows); when, after miles of trying to visualize my legs (not legs, life) like a train on the tracks, I catch sight of Baker Tower between a crease in the hills, away across the river: This is happiness, for me. When I am running far and long and hard, I am happy.

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Editor's Note

By Eve Ahearn | May 6, 2010

T `hinking about happiness makes me sad but it's a little hard to avoid. As Dartmouth students, what we choose to do with our time reflects a lot about our opinions about happiness.

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Popping the Bubble

By Kate Farley | May 6, 2010

So I was just on Wikipedia clicking through random articles and accidentally spending two hours reading about bizarre UFO conspiracy theories doing research for this column, because when I first sat down to write this I discovered that apparently I'm a mildly disgruntled person who didn't have anything to say about happiness.

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The Flip Side of Happiness

By Jack Boger | May 6, 2010

The first experience many of us had at this place was Trips, an experience carefully tailored to provide the most upbeat and positive portrayal of Dartmouth possible.

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