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Jon Sheller '09 takes the plunge into a frigid Occom Pond during Winter Carnival's annual Polar Bear Swim, which was held on Friday.
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Three arrests made over Carnival

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Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth This year's Winter Carnival weekend featured a mix of classic Carnival traditions and more recently established recreational activities, scenery that literally looked like it was "20,000 Leagues Under the Snow" and a relative drop in criminal incidents, according to Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone. Giaccone noted that three arrests for unlawful possession were made during the weekend, which, according to Giaccone, is "less than usual for a big weekend." Although few of the annual Winter Carnival fraternity parties saw any incidents, Giaccone told The Dartmouth that an altercation occurred at Psi Upsilon fraternity involving two individuals, at 5 a.m.



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The DM Manual of Style

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The celebratory mayhem of Winter Carnival requires so many different outfits: bundling up for the unveiling of the snow sculpture, crazy flare for dance parties (or any other event for that matter) and looking good for frat-hopping. With so much going on this weekend, I don't even know where to begin in order to give adequate fashion advice.





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EMS students on call this weekend

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In preparation for a weekend often associated with heavy drinking and wild parties, Dartmouth community safety and enforcement bodies, wary of the dangerous mix of frigid temperatures and alcohol, plan to take special measures to ensure student safety. College Proctor and Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said that Safety and Security would be "beefing up" its on-call staff for the weekend. "We are planning to have extra patrols on during the day and evening hours," he said.


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Together We Can Build a Snow Sculpture

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While many students spend the midterm-filled days before Winter Carnival trapped in Baker-Berry Library, Jeff Wiltsey '09 and Benjy Meigs '10 have passed much of the last week on the Green, sacrificing sleep, warmth and the occasional cellular phone in pursuit of this year's Winter Carnival snow sculpture. By the time festivities begin this weekend, Weigs and Miltsey hope that the hours they've spent on a construction site littered with empty boxes from EBA's and discarded hot chocolate cups will see the transformation of a large, wooden, two-story box filled with 250 cubic yards of snow into a submarine being pulled asunder by a belligerent squid. This year marks the first that Wiltsey and Meigs assumed chairmanship over the Winter Carnival sculpture, taking over responsibilities from Dan Schneider '07, who had worked on the project for the last four years. Although Schneider has overseen the pair's work throughout the process, the co-chairs took on all of the main responsibilities of building. "Dan wanted to make sure we knew everything about how this sculpture comes about," Wiltsey said, noting the increased level of commitment which leading the project requires. Although Wiltsey and Meigs said last week that they were pleased with the construction, the sculpture's progess had been significantly delayed by the middle of this week.





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Other schools host winter weekends

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While Dartmouth boasts the oldest collegiate winter carnival in the nation, celebrating its 98th festival this year, other colleges across the northeast have their own ways of welcoming in the winter season.



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Local residents lament decreased Carnival spirit

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Kathryn Jastrzembski's most vivid memory of Winter Carnival is from the winter of 1988. Jastrzembski, a Hanover resident, said that winter members of one of Dartmouth's fraternities built a luge running from the fraternity house's upper story window down to the ground.



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Mars, Moore win first Big Green competition

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Two of Dartmouth's finest were crowned last night in the first annual "Mr. and Ms. Big Green" school spirit competition, in which candidates tested their talents on the dance floor and runway alike.




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It's Snowing Men

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Winter Carnival -- chock-full of College lore -- has always stood at the crossroads of Dartmouth's past, present and future.


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Carnival organizers increase indoor activities this year

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Although well-established in Dartmouth history, each year's Winter Carnival provides a chance for its organizing students to leave their mark on one of the College's most storied traditions. This year, the Winter Carnival Council decided to expand the indoor options available during the weekend, said Elizabeth Teague '09, one of three co-chairs of the Council. "If people aren't interested in the outdoor component, then this gives them something else to do," Teague said.