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December 27, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Through the Looking Glass: Here and Queer

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Every Dartmouth student probably remembers the day they arrived on campus as a wide-eyed freshman. For me, however, the day I flew up to Dartmouth for Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips was also the day I came out of the closet as gay.


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What Have We Done?

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Like many of our peers, we keep a mental list of all of the big things we need to accomplish at Dartmouth and beyond. Due to this ambitious mental life list, we often think of ourselves as being destined for greatness.


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In Case You Were Wondering

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In case you were wondering, Feb. 13-15 used to mark the Roman feast of Lupercalia, during which two young Roman men would sacrifice a dog and two goats, dress in goatskin and run around the city whacking people with bloody strips of skin from the aforementioned goats.


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Rejected

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Growing up in a town sardonically called “Swellesley, Mass.,” I never had much exposure to rejection.



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Posters through the ages

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From this year’s theme to “A Very Grimm Winter Carnival” to the many ski-themed posters of Carnival’s early days, every year, a unique Winter Carnival fills campus with a buzz of excitement and produces a poster made in the artistic styles of the time.


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Last-minute snowstorm arrives just in time for Carnival

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Though nearly a foot of snow piled up Wednesday on the Green, rising temperatures in the month of January and a general lack of sufficient snowfall over the past few years have stymied classic Winter Carnival events and threatened the sanctity of the 103-year long tradition itself.



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Editor's Note

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Whether the snow sculpture is a massive throne, an intricate pirate ship, a muddy cupcake or just two blocks of ice in the middle of the Green, we can always count on some dedicated students to build the Winter Carnival icon, an unavoidable thread that goes back many dozens of years through Dartmouth’s history. In 1994, one student jumped into a freezing pond and became a part of that story.


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Carnival's Traditions, Changing With Time

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The College has no shortage of traditions, from laps around the Homecoming bonfire to the semi-legal late-night swim that is the Ledyard Challenge. During past Winter Carnivals, however, some combination of cabin fever and a College-sanctioned holiday have driven students to come up with some downright ridiculous traditions.



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Overheards

’16 Girl: I was like, how can I combine “Game of Thrones” and drinking, my two favorite things? Government professor: You all look a little beleaguered today.



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A “Game of Thrones” primer

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Note to readers (May 23, 2014): When The Dartmouth found thatJake Bayer '16 had fabricated a quotation, wedecided to remove his articles from our website. For a full statement, clickhere.


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Trending @ Carnival

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THRONES CREEPY ALUMS: The glory days are over VALENTINE'S DAY:With Winter Carnival festivities, thereís one last chance for a love connection before the big Friday night. '18s:Literally how many of you applied.






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Publicity surrounds College’s carnival

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Ranked the sixth best winter carnival in the world by National Geographic in 2012, the College’s annual celebration has held the media’s fascination for decades, and has been featured in publications ranging from Playboy magazine to the Boston Globe.