Granite in our Brains
Winter Carnival: Light on tradition, heavy on the Keystone. And right in the middle of midterms. But is this a bad thing?
Winter Carnival: Light on tradition, heavy on the Keystone. And right in the middle of midterms. But is this a bad thing?
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.
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.
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.
Winter Carnival has to be the best part of Winter term, this '11 can confidently say without any experience.
Winter Carnival -- chock-full of College lore -- has always stood at the crossroads of Dartmouth's past, present and future.
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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Though a new study has shown that the influenza virus favors cold weather, students on Dartmouth's frigid campus seem to have avoided the illness.
Dartmouth students who retreat to their rooms to escape the out-of-doors may be surprised to learn that, in many dormitories, the wilderness has followed them inside.