Safety and Security increases presence

Freshmen students are lacing up their running shoes for 112 laps around the bonfire, upperclassmen and alumni are anticipating a weekend of revelry, and Safety and Security, expecting massive crowds and raucous students, is preparing to keep the campus safe. Homecoming festivities will call for extra officers patrolling on campus, but College Proctor and head of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said that there will not be any significant differences from Safety and Security's approach last year. "We are gearing up the way we usually do," Kinne said.

Parties and philanthropy planned for the weekend

The Dartmouth Night bonfire may be the most iconic element of Homecoming, but for all its spectacle, other Homecoming events on campus are equally anticipated.

Protest, celebration mark women's role in Homecoming

The way that students fraternize during Homecoming has varied throughout the tradition's storied past, the weekend has always been an opportunity for men and women to mingle at the College. While Homecoming in the years after coeducation occasionally sparked gender tension, earlier celebrations were decidedly dominated by men. "For those men lucky enough, women played the role of dates," Jim Adler '60Tu'61 said. The arrival of women on campus for Homecoming, or Dartmouth Night as it was previously known, provided a respite from Dartmouth's monastic lifestyle, Adler said. Before coeducation was instituted, Homecoming was a rare opportunity for Dartmouth to be a destination for women, according to John Engelman '68.

Programming Board to host non-Greek events

Dartmouth students will partake in a wide range of programming events this weekend, in honor of Homecoming weekend.

Hanover residents prepare for influx of campus visitors

The town of Hanover is calling upon extra backup, baking extra baguettes and setting additional tables, all in preparation for Dartmouth's 2008 Homecoming.

Alumni reunite in Hanover for Homecoming weekend

The coming of autumn on the Dartmouth campus inevitably brings a crop of new students to Hanover, but it also attracts countless faithful graduates, eager to relive their college days and revel in the College's traditions.

Class of 2012 awaits weekend celebration

Although football fans and returning alums dominate the Homecoming spotlight, Dartmouth's newest students are looking forward to taking part in the traditional weekend, with one event dominating their horizon: the bonfire.

Daily Debriefing

Two men responsible for the sexual assault and eventual death of Nicole Redhorse '95 in 2007 were sentenced to 48 years to life in prison Tuesday, according to the The Durango Herald, a newspaper in Durango, Colo.

Candidates stress college affordability

The 2008 presidential nominees, Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain both cite the affordability of a college education as a key priority in the upcoming election, although their strategies differ.

Many denied bids in sorority rush process

Although representatives from Dartmouth's Panhellenic Council said that the new Select and Rank sorority rush system increased the number of women receiving bids -- likely referring to the 22 more bids extended this year -- only 75.6 percent of rush participants received a bid this fall, compared to the 82.5 percent who received bids last year.

Homecoming endures despite challenges and changes

One hundred and thirteen years of Dartmouth pride and tradition will once again take center stage on the Green this Friday.

A Burning Benchmark

Homecoming. Ah, yes, the swarming Hajj of school spirit, culminating in a fiery inferno that orbits around a flaming Kaabaa of hexagonal wooden palettes.

Welcome Home, '12s

On the night of my freshman Homecoming, decked out in my Dartmouth '09 shirt and matching green face-paint, I waited anxiously outside as the massive crowd of other '09s approached my dorm.

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