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Castellani discusses corporate ethics

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John Castellani, president of the Business Roundtable, a Washington association representing 160 chief executive officers of America's largest corporations, led a seminar entitled "Ethical Issues of Executive Compensation" Thursday at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. The mission of Business Roundtable is to try to affect public policy from the CEO side and foster both domestic and international economic and job growth.








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Pre-coed Green Key featured sleepovers, bus loads of women

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Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Library In the era before coeducation, Dartmouth men's reputation for drinking and debauchery was widespread,. During big weekends like Green Key, when the campus was flooded with alumni and, more importantly, females, the men of Dartmouth were given the opportunity to either disprove or perpetuate this reputation.



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Outing Club, other organizations offer alternatives to Greek weekend scene

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Hundreds of students will no doubt flock to the block party on Webster Avenue or the lawn party at Alpha Delta fraternity this weekend, but if sipping beers and listening to sweet music on a (most likely wet) lawn is not really your thing, there are plenty of non-Greek events planned for this year's Green Key. The Dartmouth Outing Club kicked off the weekend Thursday afternoon with its All-DOC Day on Massachusetts Row.


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Safety and Security officers, professors reminisce on Green Key's wild past

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Students may be looking forward to cutting loose and enjoying some springtime revelry this weekend, but the Green Key weekends of the past were even more prone to "Animal House"-esque behaviors, according to some College faculty and staff. In the years before coeducation, Dartmouth men drank and smoked freely but did not often have the opportunity to leave campus or entertain female guests, classics professor Edward Bradley said.


A band plays at Phi Delta Alpha fraternity during the 1994 Green Key.
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Alumni recollect wild, different Green Key weekends

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Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Library While the face of Dartmouth may have changed over the years, Green Key is still the same as it has always been -- a weekend for good music, spring weather and true Animal House-style fun. "Green Key was just a great time of year," Don Weir '70 said.



Wearing the traditional beanies, freshmen volunteer at the information desk for returning alumni during 1940's Green Key weekend.
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Green Key Society performs small role during weekend

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Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Library While the history of Green Key weekend and its namesake organization go hand in hand, the Green Key Society currently plays a minor role in the weekend of traditions and debauchery. In its current form, the GKS is a junior service organization made up of approximately 60 members who play an important role in Orientation, Homecoming, Commencement, the Baker Bell Tower tours and various other events. "We're really the ushers of the college when it comes to official functions," President of the Society Sebastian Restrepo '07 said.




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Weekend's long history includes chariot races, piano smashing

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Courtesy of Rauner Special Collections Library Since the dawn of time, human civilizations have welcomed the transition from the cold winter to the fertile spring with various festivals, usually involving celebrations of the most bacchanalian and hedonistic aspects of life. Since 1899, Dartmouth has had Green Key. Originally called Spring House-Parties weekend, the event was first organized by the class of 1900.




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Steph's So Dartmouth

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I take exception to the term "Big Weekend." When I hear Green Key being referred to as "one of our Big Weekends," my green blood starts to pump faster with indignation.