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August 10, 2026
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'Outdoor sleeps' and prom dominated Green Key's past

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Co-ed sleep-overs on the Hanover golf course may be a thing of the past, but Green Key weekend still manages to bring some revelry to every Dartmouth student's Spring term. Traditions have come and gone over the 106-year holiday celebration, yet the basic Green Key culture is rooted in the bustling house parties of 1899 that started the weekend tradition.




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Professors react to Green Key differently

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While students gear up for the flagship weekend of Dartmouth-style carousing, many faculty members at the College remain blissfully unaware of the high-jinks associated with the Green Key holiday. Some newer professors, with a vague understanding of Green Key frivolity, cancel their Friday classes heading into the weekend.


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Alums return, remember Green Key

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When students leave Dartmouth College, they take many memories of Green Key weekends with them -- fraternity barbecues with live bands and dancing as well as afternoons on the Green spent lounging on the newly sprouting grass.


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Spinto headlines AD lawn party

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On Saturday afternoon, students will flock to the famed Alpha Delta lawn party, where they will revel in the flow of Keystone, the laid-back, musical atmosphere and the company of 500 of their closest friends. "Historically it's been the biggest party of Green Key," AD President Griffin Gordon '06 said. The lawn party has gained popularity with good reason.


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Tuck student markets flesh-flavored tofu on website

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According to Mark Nuckols Tu'06, humans do not taste anything like chicken. The founder and CEO of Hufu, LLC -- the company that produces hufu, a type of tofu that simulates the texture and flavor of human flesh -- claims that his company's product "tastes like beef but a little softer in texture and a little sweeter in taste." "I have to admit that I myself have never sampled human flesh," Nuckols said.



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Robinson, Zywicki win trustee election

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WEB UPDATE, May 12, 6:03 p.m. Petition candidates Todd Zywicki '88 and Peter Robinson '79 won this year's trustee election, the College announced early Thursday evening, defeating four Alumni Council nominees.


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Kresge gives $1 mil. for math building

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For College fundraisers, April Fool's Day was no joke. The Kresge Foundation, a private grant-giving organization, promised to reward the College with a whopping $1 million challenge grant toward the construction of new math department home Kemeny Hall if it could raise $10.6 million by April 1. Fifteen months of mailings, student calls from Greencorps and advertisements in the Alumni Magazine paid off in grand fashion, with alumni gifts rolling in at $10.7 million on time to meet the Kresge Challenge. The 60,000 square-foot Kemeny Hall, under construction north of Baker-Berry Library, will reunite the math department, previously split between Sudikoff, the Choate House and Bradley Hall.





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Communal bike program debuts

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Student Assembly launched a new public bicycle program Monday, casting away the days of bright green, ineffective bikes and introducing high-handled black beauties and a revamped circulation program.