Carnival events continue to thrive
Despite the build up and enthusiasm that surrounds Winter Carnival weekend, the Winter term holiday seems best characterized by what one makes of it.
Despite the build up and enthusiasm that surrounds Winter Carnival weekend, the Winter term holiday seems best characterized by what one makes of it.
After a decade of struggle due to unexpected warm weather, political controversy and insufficient design considerations, the official snow sculpture that is the core of the Dartmouth Winter Carnival tradition looks to have returned to its former pinnacle of creativity and immensity. The Winter Carnival centerpiece features a massive ship to capture the weekend's "Peter Pan" theme.
Plunging into freezing water in the heart of winter might sound like torture to some, but to the brave thrill-seekers at Winter Carnival's annual polar bear swim on Occom Pond, it's an experience they say they would never be the same without. "It's the ultimate winter tradition and challenge," Kaitlin Jaxheimer '05 said.
Wide array of interest fuels a collecting craze among Dartmouth alumni, enthusiasts
Winter Carnival means many things to many people. For students, it is often an excuse for excessive drinking.
Prior to the implementation of coeducation, Hanover was a lonely place for men seeking a date. "Road-tripping" to nearby women's colleges, such as the "Seven Sisters," Colby Junior College and Skidmore was commonplace.
Winter Carnival is undoubtedly a time of tradition for the Dartmouth community, but walking down Hanover's Main Street, it is clear that local residents are seemingly devoid of any enthusiasm for the College holiday. As students scrambled to finish midterm papers in anticipation of the big weekend, downtown Hanover seemed as calm as ever.
Carnivals past give insight into a different Dartmouth
The Hanover Police are investigating several related BB-gun shootings -- allegedly perpetrated by a College freshman -- that occurred outside Butterfield Hall in the past week, Chief Nicholas Giaccone said. Pellets from the serial sniper's gun left at least one student wounded early Monday morning behind the dormitory. Michele Nudelman '05 said she was near the blue light safety telephone outside of Butterfield on her way home from Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority when a lead pellet struck the back of her left leg. The shots appeared to have been fired from the roof of a building nearby and were apparently not isolated to Monday morning -- Brennan Mallonee '04 told The Dartmouth she believed that the sniper's fire narrowly missed her on Friday afternoon. Although two sniper suspects have been identified as Dartmouth students, their names have not yet been released.
The 95th annual Winter Carnival weekend kicks off Thursday at 7 p.m. with opening ceremonies that promise to be bigger and better than ever before.
When controversial scholar Daniel Pipes recently addressed the Dartmouth community, Hanover Police and Safety and Security officials not only had to prepare to deal with protesters, but they also faced rumor of a possible terrorist activity. The Search for International Terrorist Entities Institute, a terrorism watchdog group, uncovered the threats to Pipes' lecture and sent a memo to the event's organizers.
For many Dartmouth students, the introduction to recycling begins when they receive their Environmental Conservation Organization mugs at the beginning of freshman trips.
Air America, a fledgling liberal radio network, has overcome early financial woes to make a comeback, particularly in the hyper-competitive morning talk market.
Fed up with what they say are difficult and inefficient campus job recruiting systems, a team of college seniors has taken it upon themselves to personalize the process that is the nightmare of every college student. Joboozle.com, the brainchild of thefacebook.com co-founder Eduardo Saverin, was conceived almost a year ago as Saverin participated in corporate recruiting.
Feb. 3, Brook Hallow, 1:11 a.m. Hanover Police pulled over a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee for not signaling before making a turn and arrested its driver, a 31-year-old Tuck student, for allegedly driving under the influence.
After five weeks of delays, the Student Assembly voted to take on the role of appointing student advisors to the Alumni Council at its Tuesday night meeting. The amendment allows for the Assembly's alumni affairs committee to select student representatives to the Alumni Council through an open campus-wide application and interview process.
With the Winter Carnival holiday subtracting a day from students' class schedules this weekend, more revelry -- and more beer pong -- may fill fraternity basements.
Students who do not yet have a date for Valentine's Day can buy one at Wednesday's Valentine's Day Charity Date Auction in Collis Commonground.
Amid growing complaints among students about the difficulties they face getting into popular government classes, the department has announced a new selection process through which it will solicit applications and choose whom to accept for its seminars. Students still have to apply for government seminars through the registrar's office, but starting next quarter, the registrar will pass all the names onto the government department, which will make all course selection decisions. At this point, students will fill out an online seminar application set to include questions about seminar choice, year, major and reasons for taking the course.
Those uninitiated by a real Hanover winter might think that the hibernation of the omnipresent Uggs and students strolling in T-shirts means spring has come early this year.