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April 2, 2026
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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.



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Political Debriefing

Presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., dropped out of the primary race Thursday after Sen.


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Police Blotter

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Feb. 2, 1:26 p.m., East Wheelock Street Hanover police responded to a man who reported a theft from the Alumni Gymnasium faculty locker room on Jan.



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Conservative group backs alumni suit

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A conservative think tank that has frequently spoken against Dartmouth's governance structure has ties to alumni that have been critical of College policies and openly supportive of the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College. Over the past four years, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni has criticized "electioneering on the part of the Dartmouth administration" in alumni governance elections.


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Christakis examines social links to obesity

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"Are your friends making you fat?" demanded headlines displayed on a number of media networks this July in response to a study published by Nicholas Christakis, a professor at Harvard University, and James Fowler, a professor at the University of California, San Diego.


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Daily Debriefing

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Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., success in the Super Tuesday primaries could be the result of his popularity among young voters.





Visiting professor Randall Balmer spoke about faith and the presidency.
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Professor looks at religion, presidents

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ADRIAN MUNTEANU / The Dartmouth Staff Voters must hold presidential candidates accountable for their claims of faith, Randall Balmer, a visiting religion professor at Dartmouth, said in his lecture, "God in the White House: Faith and the Presidency from John F.


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Daily Debriefing

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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has launched a pilot program to quantify schools' sustainability initiatives, according to Inside Higher Ed.