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Why We Live For Green Key

By Jenny Che | May 19, 2011

The end of May signals one thing: Green Key weekend is upon us again. This spring celebration, embedded in Dartmouth's history since 1899, brings students from all across campus outdoors for a weekend of music, activities and, hopefully, sun. "It's a way for us to keep our sanity," Dan Marcusa '13 said.

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Editors' Note

Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Green Key is known for many things a lack of traditions, day drinking and concerts and is arguably more anticipated than any other Spring term event. Unlike other big weekends, Green Key has no major decades-old traditions - the weekend has evolved immensely since its days of "imported" female students and chariot racing.

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Freshmen look forward to sunshine, relaxation

By Leslie Ye | May 19, 2011

With expectations of warm weather and two of the College's big weekends under their belt, freshmen interviewed by The Dartmouth said they were looking forward to Green Key, which many anticipated would be the "best weekend" of the year.

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Schools cancel spring weekends

By Diana Ming | May 19, 2011

Although the College is preparing for its annual Green Key festivities, many universities across the nation have canceled their equivalent spring weekends due to overwhelming safety concerns, largely regarding the excessive alcohol use that commonly takes place during spring weekend events.

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Alumni flock back to campus for fun

May 19, 2011

While students revel in the parties and sunshine over Green Key weekend, alumni return to campus to reunite with old friends and enjoy events planned both for current students and for alumni themselves.

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Upperclassmen recall fond memories of past debauchery

By Alison Polton-Simon | May 19, 2011

Whether or not they immediately make a connection between Green Key and drinking outdoors, undergraduate students reflect on the big weekend as an anticipated break from the hectic nature of the College's 10-week academic term and a time to enjoy the sunny spring weather. "There are all of these people out and about on the Green," Myra Altman '11 said.

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The DDS Detective

By Priya Krishna | May 12, 2011

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff It's funny that people call Dartmouth terms spent studying abroad "layup terms." If your Religion FSP was a "layup," then the exchange term I spent in Cuernavaca, Mexico, the summer after my freshman year was essentially the equivalent of playing imaginary basketball (or better yet playing against the Lakers circa Game 4). We had three classes.

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Editors' Note

By Christina Wray and Erin Lansky | May 12, 2011

Catherine Treyz / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Secrets, secrets are no fun unless I am a part of one! That mantra may have held true in middle school, but can secrets ever be kept in a place as small as Hanover?

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Societies on tap

By Turia Lahlou | May 12, 2011

Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff For at least two weeks of the year, Dartmouth's campus looks more like an insane asylum than a revered academic institution.

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Q&A with a society adviser

By The Dartmouth Mirror Staff | May 12, 2011

Yoon Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff While senior societies are officially overseen by Greek Letter Organizations and Societies (GLOS), some societies also have a college adviser a faculty member, administrator or alumnus.

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Personal perspectives: Not tapped '12

By Not tapped '12 | May 12, 2011

I don't remember the exact moment that secret societies first appeared on my radar, but it probably happened sometime freshman Winter when I started noticing people wearing ridiculous outfits in Collis and faking orgasms in the 1902 Room.

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