Dartmouth College student groups
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Although the Aires usually have about sixteen members, group numbers vary on a term-to-term basis. Auditions are held at the beginning of every fall term. Members of the Aires pick what songs to arrange based on the group's tastes. Because the Aires are such a diverse group of people, they end up singing a lot of different styles. Currently, much of their repertoire consists of popular songs from the 1980s, 90s, and 00s, but it also includes many traditional Dartmouth songs, a few 1950s and 1960s tunes, selected hip hop
tracks, and the occasional musical theater piece.
Most of the arrangements consist of a soloist, a dozen or so people singing background, and a vocal percussion
ist. The background of arrangements consists of a series of complex "instrument-like" syllables that, when sung together, resemble the background of the original song.
The Aires perform an average of two or three times a term at Dartmouth. They frequently take weekend road-trips, singing and reveling at other colleges, performing for high school music festivals, and entertaining at Dartmouth alumni clubs. Every winter break, the Aires tour the Eastern Seaboard, while travelling further afield every spring. Recent spring tours have taken them to Costa Rica
, Paris
, Italy
, Colorado
, a few of the Hawaiian Islands
, Florida
, and California
.
Recent Aires accolades include winning the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) for Best All-Male Collegiate Album for both their 2003 and 2005 album releases, as well as selection for Varsity Vocals' Best Of Collegiate A Cappella compilation CD in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and selection for the Voices Only compilation CD in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Their most recent album, Extraordinaire, is featured on both compilations, and they are set to release a new album, fresh aire, in June 2011.
In 2011, they are competed in The Sing Off, a national reality show. Out of 16 original contestants, they have made it into the top three, finishing as runner-up.
group. The group was created in 1984 by 12 founding members (hence, "Dodeca"). They sing mainly contemporary pop music, with arrangements by such artists and groups as Queen
, Maroon 5
, Whitney Houston
, Evanescence
, and Alanis Morissette
. They also sing doo-wop
favorites, 1980s songs, traditionals, Dartmouth songs, and sometimes disco
. The Dodecs was the first Dartmouth group to be recognized on Best Of Collegiate A Cappella, a compilation a cappella CD, with their rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins' "Drown." , they are working on their 7th album. Dodecs are expected to release their new album in fall 2008 (the same time as their big performance in Spaulding Auditorium and their 25th reunion celebration).
They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella ICCA tournament and recently been featured on Voices Only, a nationally-competitive compilation CD, with their rendition of Jason Mraz
's "Geek In The Pink". They write all of their own arrangements and are known for comical background parts.
The Dodecs go on a tour after every fall term. Recent destinations have included Hawaii, Orlando, San Francisco, Berkeley (CA), Boston, Chicago, New York City, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.. Tours include shows at Dartmouth alumni events, schools in the area, hotels, businesses, and general down time for the group to forge bonds (amusement parks, comedy shows, tourist attractions, etc.). The Dodecs host and visit several other a cappella groups in the area. The group also attends an annual cabin trip at the end of every academic year.
The group has three albums, its latest being 2005's "Cutting Edge," released when the group was still named Final Cut. The Brovertones are currently working on their next studio album, "Standing Brovation."
The group's most recent Winter Tours have involved travel to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Louisville, Nashville, and Atlanta. The Brovertones also enjoy performing many on and off campus shows every term, with recent off campus excursions to Georgetown University, Smith College, Middlebury College, and WPI.
The Brovertones hold auditions every fall in conjunction with the other campus a cappella groups.
, rock
, hip-hop
, and traditional Dartmouth songs. Voice parts include tenor
s, baritone
s, basses
and vocal percussionists. The group incorporates choreography
, comedic skits, and visual media to enhance their shows.
During winter break, the Cords go on an annual Tour, traveling to sing at colleges and alumni venues throughout the country. Past tours have taken them as far south as Florida and even to Indiana, in addition to nearly every hot-spot in the Northeast. Every Spring term, the group holds a Sing-Out, where Cords alumni from past years come back to Dartmouth to sing Cords’ songs old and new. In the spring of 2011, the Cords traveled to South Korea for their first international Tour. This tour consisted of singing at various South Korean high schools and colleges including Yonsei University where the Cords opened for the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea before a panel discussion.
The Cords’ CD, Elements of Style (2002) has won awards from the national collegiate a cappella organizations CASA and Varsity Vocals in categories such as "Best Arrangement." They have even had a song featured on the Best of Collegiate A Cappella compilation album. Their other recordings include Against the Grain (1999), Accordingly (1997), and No Size Fits All (2008).
Auditions for the Cords are held at the beginning of every Fall term, during which time they hold a rigorous audition process for talented, diverse singers.
Recordings include Conversing (1993), Belley (1996), Iridescence (1998), Vintage (2001), Platinum (2004), and Distraction (2007).
groups on the campus. They were founded on February 7, 1989 with a musical and also a political purpose: to spread social awareness by performing "freedom songs." Among its founding members was actress Aisha Tyler
and recent alums include Mindy Kaling (class of 2001) of hit TV show The Office.
The Rockapellas has typically consisted of around 16 members from diverse backgrounds. Their repertoire of over 100 songs includes hip-hop, country and pop. They have toured the United States, the Bahamas, Hawaii
, and Anguilla in the British West Indies. They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate Acappella ICCA tournament, and have been featured on Varsity Vocals' Best Of Collegiate Acappella CD.
The Rockapellas' recordings include "Live Free" 2011, "Testimony" 2009, BARE 2003, Velvet Rocks 1999, Think On These Things 1996, Off the Track 1994, and Definitions 1992.
Their repertoire includes pop
, rap
, rock, and other musical genres. Membership varies from term to term but is usually between 11 and 16 members. Auditions are held at the beginning of every Fall term and as necessary.
The Dartmouth Subtleties are currently finishing their second album, the follow-up to their 2003 debut, Irony. The Subtleties tour the country every winter, performing everywhere from New York City
to Colonial Williamsburg
to Orlando
, Florida
. During their 2007 winter tour, they went to Washington D.C. and, in addition to performing at local hospitals and events, sang at the White House and the State Department.
X.ado's name is derived from ancient Greek. The "X" is the Greek letter chi, the first letter in the word Christos, which means "Christ." The letter by itself was used by early Christians as a symbol for Christ. The "ado" means "to sing to or sing for."
Together, they describe X.ado's reason for existence: to sing for Christ.
X.ado was founded by a group of Christian '94s, '95s, and '96s in 1992. The group had seven members, male and female, and lasted for about a year before gradually fading away. The vision didn't die, however, and the group was reborn in the winter of 1995. The first winter tour lasted in Boston for four days during winter break in 1997.
The group's repertoire mainly consists of Christian rock/praise songs, often combined with choreography and a humorous skit. There are some more traditional hymns such as "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" and "And Can it Be?"
Because of the group's religious nature, auditions are held separately from the rest of the a cappella groups on campus, usually a day earlier but still during orientation.
X.ado has also been well-represented in the annual "Dartmouth Idol" contest. In the 2008 edition, two members made the semi-finals (while one advanced to the finals) and there were three members in the finals of the 2009 edition—half of the field. They were also the first campus a cappella group to have their own official Youtube account.
X.ado goes on tour after every fall term for about a week to various geographic locations which have included: New York City (2007), and Baltimore/D.C. (2008).
, who allegedly went to Dartmouth and participated in an a cappella group of the same name.
The group's repertoire consists mostly of contemporary pop, and all the songs are arranged by members of the group. In February 2010, the group visited the Matthew's Minstrels at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Every December, the Sings go on a winter tour. Recent locations have included West Hartford, CT and New York City. Membership varies from term to term, but all together, the Sings are made up of 21 students of varying backgrounds, interests and majors.
What started as an idea among first years at Dartmouth Medical School seeking a musical and creative outlet has become a sometimes serious, sometimes silly group of medical and graduate students who just love to sing, In the fall of 1993, the DERMATONES debuted in Gross Anatomy with "Only You," dedicated to their exhausted classmates and faithful faculty. Since then, the group has grown to 15-25 members. The sing regularly at charity events.
, Dartmouth Glee Club, Dartmouth Gospel Choir, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, Dartmouth Wind Symphony, Handel Society of Dartmouth College, and World Music Percussion Ensemble.
The DWS also plays joint concerts each winter term with another college or university's wind ensemble. Past exchanges have taken place with Yale
, MIT
, McGill
, and the New England Conservatory. On these exchanges, the DWS plays one half of the concert while the visiting school plays the other. The DWS also visits the other school and plays half the concert there.
The DWS has hosted many special guests for its concerts, including the New York Philharmonic
's Phil Smith
, and the long-running star of Broadway
's Phantom of the Opera
, Ted Keegan. These guests usually play a few selections with the Wind Symphony as well as solo pieces on their own.
alists. It has several component groups, including brass quintet
s and trombone
quartets. Certain groups receive professional coaching in conjunction with the Music Department's for-credit chamber music program.
The DBS has played original compositions by Dartmouth students and often collaborates with the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra. Its performances feature a variety of works, ranging from baroque
to contemporary music.
The Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra holds three concerts per term - the in fall, the DCO usually takes on a more traditional repertoire (such as Haydn, Rossini, and Mozart), while in the Spring, the Chamber Orchestra prides itself on performing composition from Dartmouth student composers. In the winter, the group takes a more liberal approach, playing whatever the conductor chooses. Past selections have included Benjamin Britten's "Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra," "Star Wars," and many other such pieces. This year, the fall concert will include Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."
Though the group receives no official funding from the school, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra maintains its presence on campus through help from various grants from the Music Department and the Committee on Student Organizations.
The current conductor is Justin Lashley '12.
in the Ivy League; it was formed during the 1890s as "The Dartmouth Band". The DCMB's instrumentation is chiefly traditional, but also features a keg section (hit with a stick as a percussion instrument) and kazoos. During the fall, the band performs at all home football games, as well as a few away games. The DCMB also has a winter band that performs at hockey, basketball, and other events. The band continues to play traditional fight songs that have been played at Dartmouth football games for nearly a century.
shows at least twice a year. The group was founded in 2001, by members of the Class of 2004. Casual Thursday regularly visits other colleges and travels to other states, often participating in professional improv comedy workshops.
editor-in-chief Fred Meyer, the Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group received college recognition on February 13, 2008, after having existed unofficially for a few months beforehand, holding open mics at restaurants around campus. In the winter of 2009, after electing a new president, the group re-christened itself "Sit-Down Tragedy," and has continued to grow in popularity. Unlike an improv group, Sit-Down Tragedy holds weekly meetings to workshop and plan material before it ends up getting performed on stage. Aside from performing comedy themselves, the group regularly invites professional comedians to come perform along with them. Past performers including Dartmouth Alumna Aisha Tyler
, and populay gay comedian Vidur Kapur. Many performers end up coming from the (relatively) nearby Boston area, like Dan Boulger, Zach Sherwin, Dana Jay Bein and Mehran Khaghani
.
'01, a star of the TV show "The Office." Dog Day holds auditions for new members each fall.
. It was founded in 1995 and produces musicals. Its first production was Godspell
, a musical about the new testament written by Stephen Schwartz
, performed in Dartmouth Hall in 1995. Other productions have included Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(2001) by Stephen Sondheim
, Taxi-Cabaret (2002), Jesus Christ Superstar
, Love, Sex and Everything in Between (a revue done in fall, 2002), A Chorus Line
(2003), Little Shop of Horrors (2003) by Alan Menken
, That's Entertainment(a revue done in fall, 2003), The Last Five Years
(By Jason Robert Brown) (2004), Pippin
(2004) (By Stephen Schwartz), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
(2004) and the first summer show A Summer Revue produced in 2004. The Summer Revue consisted of 18 musical numbers from musicals as diverse as Adam Guettel
's Myths and Hymns
, Cy Coleman
's City of Angels
, Andrew Lloyd Webber
's Sunset Boulevard
, and Jason Robert Brown
's Songs For a New World
. , the group consists of over 300 student singers, instrumentalists, production staff-members and officers, and hopes to put on additional shows at Dartmouth each term in the coming year.
, no set, and costumes mostly garnered from members' closets. The Rude Mechanicals' recent productions have included As You Like It
, Macbeth
, A Midsummer Night's Dream
, The Tempest
, Much Ado About Nothing
and Hamlet
. In 2010, the Council on Student Organizations (COSO) presented the Rude Mechanicals with the award for "Best New Student Organization." The Rude Mechanicals audition for new members at the end of the Fall term and occasionally at the end of the Winter term.
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, which occurs every four years, does much to boost participation in theses groups, but the politically-aware student body (of whom more than ten percent major in Government) augments this considerably
debated the legislation of gay marriage with the president of the right-wing Cornerstone Group and New Hampshire Legislators.
In November 2009, the Union hosted sitting Governors Lynch and Hoeven
of New Hampshire and North Dakota to debate local government intervention in easing the effects of the financial crisis. The Union is also known for its "Resolved: Don't Come to Dartmouth" debate during the admitted students week in which the parties debate the merits of a Dartmouth education itself.
(BLS) unit licensed by the State of New Hampshire
. D-EMS provides emergency medical services to Dartmouth College, and are available for standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley. Dartmouth EMS is dedicated to the safety of Dartmouth
community members and visitors. Additionally, the group strives to provide as many educational opportunities as possible.
D-EMS provides on-call campus coverage to the campus. Crews are available for radio dispatch during on-call hours to medical emergencies on campus. D-EMS also provides standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley to be on-call at events with increased risk of injury, especially at college athletic and other special events.
D-EMS provides training in first aid and CPR (from the AHA), as well as sponsor EMT
classes. Training is available to students and departments, and any other community members. D-EMS also maintains the campus Automated External Debribillator (AED) program, as well as providing training for their proper use.
Members possess a wide range of certifications, including EMT
, Healthcare Provider CPR, First Aid
, and Incident Command System
certifications and they engage in numerous training and continuing education opportunities throughout the year to maintain and sharpen skills.
The DOC includes many subgroups, including:
to the Dartmouth community. The organization regularly supervises campus wide practices, usually held twice per week. The group organizes 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournaments, usually held twice per quarter term. In addition to promoting pocket billiards, the group actively seeks to improve the facilities at 8 Ball Hall located at Dartmouth's Collis Center. The group was founded by Bibhuti Mainali in 2004.
Dartmouth Broadcasting alumni include famed radio presenters Paul Gambaccini
(BBC), Anthony Burton
(BBC Radio 3) and John Gambling
(WABC New York). Several alumni of the Dartmouth Broadcast News have enjoyed long careers in journalism, including Pulitzer Prize
winner David Shipler who interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his visit to Dartmouth.
and in the Upper Valley.
Committed to fostering a greater appreciation and understanding of cinema, the DFS provides a program of approximately fifty to be shown each academic term. These films are all bound together by a common theme; past series have included "The Open Road," a program featuring road movies, and "Breakthroughs," featuring the breakthrough films of various directors, writers, and actors. The films are projected twice weekly onto the giant 16-by-28-foot screen in the college's arts center auditorium and are open to students, faculty, and the public. Aside from the films in the program series, the DFS also plays several specials every term; these can range from sneak previews of upcoming films to hard-to-find rarities like a collection of Academy Award
nominated short films.
Members of the film society meet once a week to discuss the films exhibited the past week and, at the end of each term, debate series proposals. Anyone can submit a series, as long as it has a decent variety of older films, new films, documentaries, foreign films, and silents. The Directorate of the film society, about 25 students and community members, actually vote on the series.
The DFS also organizes annual tributes to worthy film artists. Such distinguished filmmakers as Andrei Tarkovsky
, Meryl Streep
, Buck Henry
, Werner Herzog
, Sean Penn
, and Sidney Lumet
have all received honors from the DFS.
for 25 years running, and has won the NDT six times.
observations.
began in the 1980s as an effort to promote awareness about sexual abuse
on the Dartmouth campus. SAPAs regularly post a short biography on Dartmouth's BlitzMail
bulletins, and students are free to contact them at any time for questions, advice or other help. SAPAs go through an extensive 23 hours of training where they learn about issues of sexual assault, including medical, legal, social, psychological and other problems for sexual assault victims. SAPAs' most important role is to act as an "ear" for victims - someone who will listen to and empathize with a victim's story. SAPAs are trained to act as a connector for these victims. They can provide information and support, helping victims receive the proper medical care for their situation. SAPAs help victims contact counselors and other medical advisors, as well as provide information about legal aspects of the process, including reporting to the Hanover, New Hampshire
police and to Safety and Security, Dartmouth's security force.
for members of the Dartmouth community. DUB meets once a week, where members play Boggle and/or Big Boggle and partake in free snacks. DUB was founded in 2004 by Sylvia Chi and Sarah E. Morton continues to operate .
. NAD has represented over 150 tribes since it first began and there are currently approximately 50 active students within the organization. These students meet every Thursday of the term at the Native American House to determine their agenda of activities for the term. Activities may include faculty dinners, dance parties, community service, and academic workshops. NAD's main goals include working on joint concerns of their group and planning to improve the environment for NAD campus-wide. In the Winter of 2004 Native Americans at Dartmouth held and hosted the first annual All Ivy Native Conference. The Conference was a weekend-long event that included a career fair, academic workshops, and resume and job search workshops, as well as presenting many post-graduation options. Native Americans at Dartmouth also plan an annual Spring Dartmouth College Powwow
on the weekend of Mother's Day
. NAD also partakes in a group called the Inter-Community Council which is dedicated to uniting all the minority organizations on the campus of Dartmouth College in an effort to be a support for the organizations.
, Panarchy and Amarna function as social and residential communities; however, the undergraduate societies are separate from the college's Co-ed, Fraternity and Sorority (CFS) system and unlike affinity houses (like La Casa or Foley House) remain unaffiliated from any academic department. Both Panarchy and Amarna have a strong founding commitment to member equality regardless of gender or seniority.
Amarna Undergraduate Society was founded as a newly-formed undergraduate society in early 1994. Amarna's formation was inspired by a vocal mine yours debate on the Greek system and Panarchy's recognition as an undergraduate society. The College gave Amarna the house at 23 East Wheelock Street, where the society remains today. Named after a Middle Egyptian society led by King Akhenaten
and Queen Nefertiti
, Amarna is known for its Monday Night Dinners with professors and its signature "Wine and Cheese" party.
Panarchy became the first college-recognized undergraduate society in September 1993. Panarchy is historically prefigured by Beta Psi, which was absorbed by Phi Kappa Psi
(or "Phi Psi"), a national fraternity founded at Dartmouth in 1896. Early in the 20th century, the fraternity bought the house at 9 School Street, which was built in 1835 and where the organization continues to reside today. In response to what was perceived as racial prejudice on the part of Phi Kappa Psi's national leadership, Dartmouth's Phi Kappa Psi separated from the national and renamed itself as Phi Sigma Psi in 1967. After years of welcoming female exchange-student boarders, on the first day Dartmouth admitted women in 1972 Phi Psi became the first Dartmouth Greek house to go co-ed. In 1991, the organization changed its name to "Phi Psi/Panarchy". In 1993 the college recognized Panarchy as an undergraduate society independent from the Greek system. Panarchy is known for hosting its "Great Gatsby" party.
, who, according to Greek mythology, served as a priest and messenger for the god Apollo
. With the powers of prophesy and healing, endowed unto him by a golden arrow, Abaris traveled throughout his land, performing great deeds for his people. The society is a diverse set of campus leaders, and is known for a combination of both revelry and philanthropic endeavors. Membership in Abaris remains secret until graduation.
Casque and Gauntlet (also known as C&G) was founded in 1886 as the second permanent senior society at Dartmouth and continues to operate . In 1893 the group moved to its current location at 1 South Main Street, a house built by Dr. Samuel Alden in 1823, and the society installed a rear addition designed by alumnus and Paterson, New Jersey
architect
Fred Wesley Wentworth in 1915. Tapping continues in the traditional method and C&G membership is co-ed, exclusive and not secret. Notable members of past delegations include Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss
), Nelson Rockefeller
and Hank Paulson.
The Phrygian Society is an all-male secret society that is unrecognized by the College and currently has no physical plant. In the past, the society has devoted websites and corporations to enacting an anti-administration agenda, although these efforts have seemingly died out.
Sphinx was founded in 1885 and continues to operate as the oldest senior society at Dartmouth. In 1903 the group moved to its current location on East Wheelock Street, a mausoleum designed by Manchester, New Hampshire
architect William Butterfield, and during the 1920s the society installed a rear addition designed by noted campus planner Jens Fredrick Larson.
, or coeducational Greek house, about 60 percent of the eligible student body. Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to desegregate fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create coeducational Greek houses in the 1970s. In the early 2000s, campus-wide debate focused on whether the Greek system at Dartmouth would become "substantially coeducational", but most houses retain single-sex membership policies. Currently, Dartmouth College extends official recognition to sixteen all-male fraternities, eight all-female sororities, and three coeducational Greek houses.
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The Dartmouth Aires
Dartmouth College's oldest a cappella singing group, the Aires were originally formed as the Injunaires in 1946 as an offshoot of the college Glee Club; the Dartmouth Aires broke with the Glee Club in the late 1970s.Although the Aires usually have about sixteen members, group numbers vary on a term-to-term basis. Auditions are held at the beginning of every fall term. Members of the Aires pick what songs to arrange based on the group's tastes. Because the Aires are such a diverse group of people, they end up singing a lot of different styles. Currently, much of their repertoire consists of popular songs from the 1980s, 90s, and 00s, but it also includes many traditional Dartmouth songs, a few 1950s and 1960s tunes, selected hip hop
Hip hop music
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tracks, and the occasional musical theater piece.
Most of the arrangements consist of a soloist, a dozen or so people singing background, and a vocal percussion
Vocal percussion
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ist. The background of arrangements consists of a series of complex "instrument-like" syllables that, when sung together, resemble the background of the original song.
The Aires perform an average of two or three times a term at Dartmouth. They frequently take weekend road-trips, singing and reveling at other colleges, performing for high school music festivals, and entertaining at Dartmouth alumni clubs. Every winter break, the Aires tour the Eastern Seaboard, while travelling further afield every spring. Recent spring tours have taken them to Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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, Paris
Paris
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, Italy
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, Colorado
Colorado
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, a few of the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
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, Florida
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, and California
California
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.
Recent Aires accolades include winning the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) for Best All-Male Collegiate Album for both their 2003 and 2005 album releases, as well as selection for Varsity Vocals' Best Of Collegiate A Cappella compilation CD in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and selection for the Voices Only compilation CD in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Their most recent album, Extraordinaire, is featured on both compilations, and they are set to release a new album, fresh aire, in June 2011.
In 2011, they are competed in The Sing Off, a national reality show. Out of 16 original contestants, they have made it into the top three, finishing as runner-up.
Dartmouth Dodecaphonics
The Dartmouth Dodecaphonics ("Dodecs") is Dartmouth's oldest coed a cappellaA cappella
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group. The group was created in 1984 by 12 founding members (hence, "Dodeca"). They sing mainly contemporary pop music, with arrangements by such artists and groups as Queen
Queen (band)
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, Maroon 5
Maroon 5
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, Whitney Houston
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, Evanescence
Evanescence
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, and Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
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. They also sing doo-wop
Doo-wop
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favorites, 1980s songs, traditionals, Dartmouth songs, and sometimes disco
Disco
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. The Dodecs was the first Dartmouth group to be recognized on Best Of Collegiate A Cappella, a compilation a cappella CD, with their rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins' "Drown." , they are working on their 7th album. Dodecs are expected to release their new album in fall 2008 (the same time as their big performance in Spaulding Auditorium and their 25th reunion celebration).
They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella ICCA tournament and recently been featured on Voices Only, a nationally-competitive compilation CD, with their rendition of Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
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's "Geek In The Pink". They write all of their own arrangements and are known for comical background parts.
The Dodecs go on a tour after every fall term. Recent destinations have included Hawaii, Orlando, San Francisco, Berkeley (CA), Boston, Chicago, New York City, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.. Tours include shows at Dartmouth alumni events, schools in the area, hotels, businesses, and general down time for the group to forge bonds (amusement parks, comedy shows, tourist attractions, etc.). The Dodecs host and visit several other a cappella groups in the area. The group also attends an annual cabin trip at the end of every academic year.
The Dartmouth Brovertones
The Dartmouth Brovertones are the second oldest all-male a capella group founded at Dartmouth in 1993. Originally named Final Cut, the group was traditionally known for singing popular songs from the 80's and 90's. Recently, the group unveiled a new, more modern set list at their performance in Dartmouth's Spaulding Auditorium for Dartmouth's Winter Carnival 2009. Recently arranged Brovertones selections include an eclectic mix, ranging from "California Dreaming" to "Feel Good, Inc". More traditional group songs include "Freedom 90", "Send Me", and "Truly, Madly, Deeply". The group's current repertoire consists of approximately 30 songs.The group has three albums, its latest being 2005's "Cutting Edge," released when the group was still named Final Cut. The Brovertones are currently working on their next studio album, "Standing Brovation."
The group's most recent Winter Tours have involved travel to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Louisville, Nashville, and Atlanta. The Brovertones also enjoy performing many on and off campus shows every term, with recent off campus excursions to Georgetown University, Smith College, Middlebury College, and WPI.
The Brovertones hold auditions every fall in conjunction with the other campus a cappella groups.
The Dartmouth Cords
The Dartmouth Cords are an all-male singing group that was founded in 1996 and usually consists of around 15 members. The Cords are known for wearing corduroy to every performance; a hokey, yet cleverly endearing pun. Their eclectic repertoire has always included popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, and traditional Dartmouth songs. Voice parts include tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
s, baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
s, basses
Bass (voice type)
A bass is a type of male singing voice and possesses the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C...
and vocal percussionists. The group incorporates choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
, comedic skits, and visual media to enhance their shows.
During winter break, the Cords go on an annual Tour, traveling to sing at colleges and alumni venues throughout the country. Past tours have taken them as far south as Florida and even to Indiana, in addition to nearly every hot-spot in the Northeast. Every Spring term, the group holds a Sing-Out, where Cords alumni from past years come back to Dartmouth to sing Cords’ songs old and new. In the spring of 2011, the Cords traveled to South Korea for their first international Tour. This tour consisted of singing at various South Korean high schools and colleges including Yonsei University where the Cords opened for the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea before a panel discussion.
The Cords’ CD, Elements of Style (2002) has won awards from the national collegiate a cappella organizations CASA and Varsity Vocals in categories such as "Best Arrangement." They have even had a song featured on the Best of Collegiate A Cappella compilation album. Their other recordings include Against the Grain (1999), Accordingly (1997), and No Size Fits All (2008).
Auditions for the Cords are held at the beginning of every Fall term, during which time they hold a rigorous audition process for talented, diverse singers.
Dartmouth Decibelles
The Dartmouth Decibelles is the oldest all female a cappella group at Dartmouth College. Affectionately referred to by Dartmouth students as 'the Decis', they were founded in 1976 and sing music from all genres. The group performs frequently on the Dartmouth campus as well as at alumni clubs, other undergraduate institutions, and many other venues around the country, particularly during their tours.Recordings include Conversing (1993), Belley (1996), Iridescence (1998), Vintage (2001), Platinum (2004), and Distraction (2007).
Dartmouth Rockapellas
The Dartmouth Rockapellas (often called "The Rocks") is one of three all-female a cappellaA cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
groups on the campus. They were founded on February 7, 1989 with a musical and also a political purpose: to spread social awareness by performing "freedom songs." Among its founding members was actress Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler
Aisha N. Tyler is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and author, known for her regular role as Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer and voicing Lana Kane in Archer, as well as her recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and on Friends as Charlie...
and recent alums include Mindy Kaling (class of 2001) of hit TV show The Office.
The Rockapellas has typically consisted of around 16 members from diverse backgrounds. Their repertoire of over 100 songs includes hip-hop, country and pop. They have toured the United States, the Bahamas, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, and Anguilla in the British West Indies. They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate Acappella ICCA tournament, and have been featured on Varsity Vocals' Best Of Collegiate Acappella CD.
The Rockapellas' recordings include "Live Free" 2011, "Testimony" 2009, BARE 2003, Velvet Rocks 1999, Think On These Things 1996, Off the Track 1994, and Definitions 1992.
Dartmouth Subtleties
The Dartmouth Subtleties is an all-female a cappella group on campus, Founded in the winter of 1998. They are known as a musically talented group of independent women who emphasize musical innovation through arrangements and creative performances. Extensive choreography, new sounds, colorful costumes, and uproarious skits have all become part of the Subtleties' style.Their repertoire includes pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, rock, and other musical genres. Membership varies from term to term but is usually between 11 and 16 members. Auditions are held at the beginning of every Fall term and as necessary.
The Dartmouth Subtleties are currently finishing their second album, the follow-up to their 2003 debut, Irony. The Subtleties tour the country every winter, performing everywhere from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg is the private foundation representing the historic district of the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The district includes buildings dating from 1699 to 1780 which made colonial Virginia's capital. The capital straddled the boundary of the original shires of Virginia —...
to Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. During their 2007 winter tour, they went to Washington D.C. and, in addition to performing at local hospitals and events, sang at the White House and the State Department.
X.ado
X.ado is a co-ed Christian a cappella group.X.ado's name is derived from ancient Greek. The "X" is the Greek letter chi, the first letter in the word Christos, which means "Christ." The letter by itself was used by early Christians as a symbol for Christ. The "ado" means "to sing to or sing for."
Together, they describe X.ado's reason for existence: to sing for Christ.
X.ado was founded by a group of Christian '94s, '95s, and '96s in 1992. The group had seven members, male and female, and lasted for about a year before gradually fading away. The vision didn't die, however, and the group was reborn in the winter of 1995. The first winter tour lasted in Boston for four days during winter break in 1997.
The group's repertoire mainly consists of Christian rock/praise songs, often combined with choreography and a humorous skit. There are some more traditional hymns such as "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" and "And Can it Be?"
Because of the group's religious nature, auditions are held separately from the rest of the a cappella groups on campus, usually a day earlier but still during orientation.
X.ado has also been well-represented in the annual "Dartmouth Idol" contest. In the 2008 edition, two members made the semi-finals (while one advanced to the finals) and there were three members in the finals of the 2009 edition—half of the field. They were also the first campus a cappella group to have their own official Youtube account.
X.ado goes on tour after every fall term for about a week to various geographic locations which have included: New York City (2007), and Baltimore/D.C. (2008).
The Dartmouth Sing Dynasty
The Sing Dynasty (often called "The Sings") is one of Dartmouth's two secular co-ed a cappella groups, founded by two '10s in the spring of 2008. "Dartmouth's only formerly-fictional a cappella group" takes its name from the fictional background of Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert
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, who allegedly went to Dartmouth and participated in an a cappella group of the same name.
The group's repertoire consists mostly of contemporary pop, and all the songs are arranged by members of the group. In February 2010, the group visited the Matthew's Minstrels at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Every December, the Sings go on a winter tour. Recent locations have included West Hartford, CT and New York City. Membership varies from term to term, but all together, the Sings are made up of 21 students of varying backgrounds, interests and majors.
Dartmouth Taal
Dartmouth Taal is Dartmouth's only South Asian Fusion a cappella group. The group was founded with the goal of blending popular American music with Bollywood tunes. Their arrangements vary from somber to fun, but try to maintain a coherency between the blended songs.The group is all male and was founded by a group of seven members of the class of 2013 and a member from the class of 2012 in the winter of 2010. Taal went through their first round of auditions in Fall 2010 and has increased in size and scope. Taal is open to Dartmouth males of all races and encourages everyone to audition.Dartmouth Dermatones
http://dms.dartmouth.edu/students/organizations/csc/dermatones/What started as an idea among first years at Dartmouth Medical School seeking a musical and creative outlet has become a sometimes serious, sometimes silly group of medical and graduate students who just love to sing, In the fall of 1993, the DERMATONES debuted in Gross Anatomy with "Only You," dedicated to their exhausted classmates and faithful faculty. Since then, the group has grown to 15-25 members. The sing regularly at charity events.
Other musical organizations
These organizations include the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, Dartmouth Brass Society, Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra, Dartmouth Chamber Singers, Dartmouth College Marching BandDartmouth College Marching Band
The Dartmouth College Marching Band is an officially recognized student organization of Dartmouth College, and is the oldest marching band in the Ivy League .-About the DCMB:...
, Dartmouth Glee Club, Dartmouth Gospel Choir, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, Dartmouth Wind Symphony, Handel Society of Dartmouth College, and World Music Percussion Ensemble.
Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is the resident orchestra of the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College. Conducted by Anthony Princiotti, the DSO performs standard works from the symphonic repertoire (while also including some works off the beaten path). The 2009-2010 season included Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven Symphony No. 5, and Brahms Symphony No. 3. The DSO's performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto was performed with Philip Back '10 and can be found on YouTube. The orchestra traveled to Europe (Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria) in 2009. The DSO performs in the Hopkins Center’s Spaulding Auditorium during the fall, winter and spring terms. Sophisticated repertoire, student and professional soloists, and sellout audiences have given the DSO a growing regional reputation for excellence in performing and programming.Dartmouth Wind Symphony
Consisting mostly of non-music majors, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony (DWS) performs three official concerts a year, one each academic term (except for summer), at the college's performing arts center. The current director is Matthew Marsit.The DWS also plays joint concerts each winter term with another college or university's wind ensemble. Past exchanges have taken place with Yale
YALE
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, MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, McGill
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, and the New England Conservatory. On these exchanges, the DWS plays one half of the concert while the visiting school plays the other. The DWS also visits the other school and plays half the concert there.
The DWS has hosted many special guests for its concerts, including the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
's Phil Smith
Phil Smith
Philip Arnold Smith was an American professional basketball player who played for 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association .- Collegiate career :...
, and the long-running star of Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
's Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
, Ted Keegan. These guests usually play a few selections with the Wind Symphony as well as solo pieces on their own.
Dartmouth Brass Society
Founded in 2001, the Dartmouth Brass Society is a student-run organization with a membership of over twenty brass instrumentBrass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
alists. It has several component groups, including brass quintet
Brass quintet
A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The most common instrumentation is two trumpets or cornets, one horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone....
s and trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
quartets. Certain groups receive professional coaching in conjunction with the Music Department's for-credit chamber music program.
The DBS has played original compositions by Dartmouth students and often collaborates with the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra. Its performances feature a variety of works, ranging from baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
to contemporary music.
Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra
Founded as an off-shoot of the Music Department's conducting class, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra was founded by Katherine Domingo '96 and has become famous as the school's only student-run orchestra. A student conductor and president choose the music and set the venues for each concert, which consist of a wide variety of music.The Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra holds three concerts per term - the in fall, the DCO usually takes on a more traditional repertoire (such as Haydn, Rossini, and Mozart), while in the Spring, the Chamber Orchestra prides itself on performing composition from Dartmouth student composers. In the winter, the group takes a more liberal approach, playing whatever the conductor chooses. Past selections have included Benjamin Britten's "Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra," "Star Wars," and many other such pieces. This year, the fall concert will include Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."
Though the group receives no official funding from the school, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra maintains its presence on campus through help from various grants from the Music Department and the Committee on Student Organizations.
The current conductor is Justin Lashley '12.
Dartmouth College Marching Band
The DCMB is the oldest marching bandMarching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
in the Ivy League; it was formed during the 1890s as "The Dartmouth Band". The DCMB's instrumentation is chiefly traditional, but also features a keg section (hit with a stick as a percussion instrument) and kazoos. During the fall, the band performs at all home football games, as well as a few away games. The DCMB also has a winter band that performs at hockey, basketball, and other events. The band continues to play traditional fight songs that have been played at Dartmouth football games for nearly a century.
Casual Thursday
Casual Thursday is an improv comedy troupe that performs at Dartmouth. Casual Thursday usually focuses on shortform games in their shows, although the group also performs sketchSketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
shows at least twice a year. The group was founded in 2001, by members of the Class of 2004. Casual Thursday regularly visits other colleges and travels to other states, often participating in professional improv comedy workshops.
Sit-Down Tragedy (stand-up comedy group)
Founded in Fall 2007 by Jack-O-LanternDartmouth Jack-O-Lantern
The Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern is a college humor magazine, founded at Dartmouth College in 1908.The Jacko publishes print issues approximately four times a year, as well as regularly updated online content and occasional video productions...
editor-in-chief Fred Meyer, the Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group received college recognition on February 13, 2008, after having existed unofficially for a few months beforehand, holding open mics at restaurants around campus. In the winter of 2009, after electing a new president, the group re-christened itself "Sit-Down Tragedy," and has continued to grow in popularity. Unlike an improv group, Sit-Down Tragedy holds weekly meetings to workshop and plan material before it ends up getting performed on stage. Aside from performing comedy themselves, the group regularly invites professional comedians to come perform along with them. Past performers including Dartmouth Alumna Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler
Aisha N. Tyler is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and author, known for her regular role as Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer and voicing Lana Kane in Archer, as well as her recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and on Friends as Charlie...
, and populay gay comedian Vidur Kapur. Many performers end up coming from the (relatively) nearby Boston area, like Dan Boulger, Zach Sherwin, Dana Jay Bein and Mehran Khaghani
Mehran Khaghani
Mehran Khaghani is a standup comedian, comedic director, and comedy event producer based in the Boston Metro area, of Iranian descent. In 2010, a reader survey in the Boston Phoenix named him Boston's best comedian of the year....
.
Dog Day Players
The Dog Day Players, established in 1995, is Dartmouth's oldest improv comedy group. Successor to the original improv group founded in the 1980s "Said and Done," Dog Day's shows tend to be in longform style. The group, which usually numbers between 10-12, regularly performs on campus, participates in comedy festivals and workshops, and visits other collegiate improv groups. Recent Dog Day alums include Mindy KalingMindy Kaling
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'01, a star of the TV show "The Office." Dog Day holds auditions for new members each fall.
The Harlequins
The Harlequins is the only student-run musical production organization at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
. It was founded in 1995 and produces musicals. Its first production was Godspell
Godspell
Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...
, a musical about the new testament written by Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz (composer)
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell , Pippin and Wicked...
, performed in Dartmouth Hall in 1995. Other productions have included Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart....
(2001) by Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
, Taxi-Cabaret (2002), Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
, Love, Sex and Everything in Between (a revue done in fall, 2002), A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch....
(2003), Little Shop of Horrors (2003) by Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Alan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist.Menken is best known for his numerous scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards...
, That's Entertainment(a revue done in fall, 2003), The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years is a one-act musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered in Chicago in 2001 and was then produced off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally....
(By Jason Robert Brown) (2004), Pippin
Pippin (musical)
Pippin is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto...
(2004) (By Stephen Schwartz), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts...
(2004) and the first summer show A Summer Revue produced in 2004. The Summer Revue consisted of 18 musical numbers from musicals as diverse as Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel is an American composer-lyricist of musical theater and opera . He is best known for the musical The Light in the Piazza, for which he won two Tony Awards, for Best Score and Best Orchestrations, and two Drama Desk Awards, for Best Music and Best Orchestrations.-Early years:Guettel...
's Myths and Hymns
Myths and Hymns
Myths and Hymns is a song cycle by composer Adam Guettel, based on Greek myth and lyrics found in an antique hymnal....
, Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
's City of Angels
City of Angels (musical)
City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. The musical weaves together two plots, the "real" world of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay, and the "reel" world of the fictional film.-Productions:City of Angels...
, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
's Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
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, and Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown is an American musical theater composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics...
's Songs For a New World
Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World is a work of musical theater written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. Its original off-Broadway production ran for 28 performances at the WPA Theater in New York City in 1995. The show sits on the boundary between musical and song cycle, but it is neither; it is an abstract...
. , the group consists of over 300 student singers, instrumentalists, production staff-members and officers, and hopes to put on additional shows at Dartmouth each term in the coming year.
The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals
The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals (TDRM) is a student-run Shakespeare company that focuses on communal casting, directing, production and acting among its members. Founded in the Fall of 2008, the Rude Mechanicals produce one Shakespeare play per term using the First FolioFirst Folio
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it as the First Folio....
, no set, and costumes mostly garnered from members' closets. The Rude Mechanicals' recent productions have included As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
, Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
, A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
, Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
and Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
. In 2010, the Council on Student Organizations (COSO) presented the Rude Mechanicals with the award for "Best New Student Organization." The Rude Mechanicals audition for new members at the end of the Fall term and occasionally at the end of the Winter term.
Publications
Dartmouth features many magazines funded by its Council on Student Organizations (COSO) as well as at least two independently funded newspapers, The DartmouthThe Dartmouth
The Dartmouth is the daily student newspaper at Dartmouth College. Founded in 1799, it is America's oldest college newspaper. It is published by The Dartmouth, Inc., an independent, nonprofit corporation chartered in the state of New Hampshire.-History:...
and the Dartmouth Review. For more information on College publications, please see Dartmouth College publications
Dartmouth College publications
-The Aegis:The Aegis is Dartmouth College's award-winning yearbook. Published annually, the Aegis captures the passions, experiences, and perspectives of students during their four years at Dartmouth...
.
Political Groups
Campus political groups regularly host events for Presidential candidates and other well-known politicians in conjunction with Dartmouth's Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. Groups occasionally collaborate in organizing dinner discussions, debates, and events with a bipartisan scope. The New Hampshire primaryNew Hampshire primary
The New Hampshire primary is the first in a series of nationwide political party primary elections held in the United States every four years , as part of the process of choosing the Democratic and Republican nominees for the presidential elections to be held the subsequent November.Although only a...
, which occurs every four years, does much to boost participation in theses groups, but the politically-aware student body (of whom more than ten percent major in Government) augments this considerably
Dartmouth College Democrats
With most Dartmouth students identifying as more liberal, the College Democrats has the largest membership of the 3 partisan political groups on campus. In addition to working on state and national political campaigns, the group hosts speakers, occasionally lobbies lawmakers when legislation relating to college students is up for debate. The group founded the New Hampshire College Democrats, a state federation made up of organizations at colleges throughout the New Hampshire.Dartmouth College Republicans
One of the primary outlets for politically conservative and libertarian students on campus is the College Republicans. The organization hosts visiting lecturers, conducts awareness campaigns, and mobilizes students to vote and work on the campaigns of local candidates. Every four years during the New Hampshire Primary, this group organizes forums for presidential candidates and volunteers to work on state and national campaigns. The New Hampshire College Republicans federation was founded by the Dartmouth College Republicans. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~greengop/index.htmDartmouth College Libertarians
The College Libertarians are a group of Dartmouth students committed to the cause of liberty who host events and invite speakers to campus to discuss libertarian issues. The organization participates in DPU debates and encourages students on campus to critically examine the present nature of the two-party system, which it views as a false dichotomy toward political discourse.Dartmouth Political Union
Founded in the winter of 2009 as the only multi-party debating society at Dartmouth, The DPU hosts bi-weekly campus debates in the form of single-sentence resolutions on topics of political ideology. Current parties span the entire ideological compass and include Socialists, Liberals, Centrists, Libertarians and Conservatives. In addition, the DPU invites public speakers and political figures to debate timely issues with the rest of the Union. In April 2009 on the same day Vermont Legalized same-sex marriage, gay activist Bishop Gene RobinsonGene Robinson
Vicki Gene Robinson is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop in 2003 and entered office in March 2004...
debated the legislation of gay marriage with the president of the right-wing Cornerstone Group and New Hampshire Legislators.
In November 2009, the Union hosted sitting Governors Lynch and Hoeven
John Hoeven
John Henry Hoeven III is the junior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Republican Party. He is expected to become the state's senior senator when Kent Conrad retires from the Senate in January 2013.Hoeven served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota,...
of New Hampshire and North Dakota to debate local government intervention in easing the effects of the financial crisis. The Union is also known for its "Resolved: Don't Come to Dartmouth" debate during the admitted students week in which the parties debate the merits of a Dartmouth education itself.
Rockefeller Center
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences sponsors numerous dinner discussion groups with strong followings including PoliTALK, Daniel Webster Legal Society, Women in Leadership, Agora, First Year Forum, and Vox Masters.Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services
Dartmouth EMS is a student run Basic Life SupportBasic life support
Basic life support is the level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and by...
(BLS) unit licensed by the State of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. D-EMS provides emergency medical services to Dartmouth College, and are available for standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley. Dartmouth EMS is dedicated to the safety of Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
community members and visitors. Additionally, the group strives to provide as many educational opportunities as possible.
D-EMS provides on-call campus coverage to the campus. Crews are available for radio dispatch during on-call hours to medical emergencies on campus. D-EMS also provides standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley to be on-call at events with increased risk of injury, especially at college athletic and other special events.
D-EMS provides training in first aid and CPR (from the AHA), as well as sponsor EMT
Emergency medical technician
Emergency Medical Technician or Ambulance Technician are terms used in some countries to denote a healthcare provider of emergency medical services...
classes. Training is available to students and departments, and any other community members. D-EMS also maintains the campus Automated External Debribillator (AED) program, as well as providing training for their proper use.
Members possess a wide range of certifications, including EMT
Emergency medical technician
Emergency Medical Technician or Ambulance Technician are terms used in some countries to denote a healthcare provider of emergency medical services...
, Healthcare Provider CPR, First Aid
First aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
, and Incident Command System
Incident Command System
The Incident Command System is "a systematic tool used for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response" according to the United States Federal Highway Administration...
certifications and they engage in numerous training and continuing education opportunities throughout the year to maintain and sharpen skills.
Dartmouth Outing Club
The Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) is the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the United States, founded in 1909 to stimulate interest in winter sports.- Bait and Bullet
- The Big Green Bus
- Cabin and Trail
- Cycling Club
- Environmental Studies Division
- Ledyard Canoe Club
- Dartmouth Mountaineering Club
- Dartmouth Ski Patrol
- Farm and Field
- Snowboarding Club
- Winter Sports Club
- Women in the Wilderness
Dartmouth Billiards Club
The Dartmouth College Billiards Club promotes play and the education of pocket billiardsBilliards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
to the Dartmouth community. The organization regularly supervises campus wide practices, usually held twice per week. The group organizes 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournaments, usually held twice per quarter term. In addition to promoting pocket billiards, the group actively seeks to improve the facilities at 8 Ball Hall located at Dartmouth's Collis Center. The group was founded by Bibhuti Mainali in 2004.
Dartmouth Broadcasting
Dartmouth Broadcasting is a self-supported student organization at Dartmouth College that operates two radio stations, WFRD-FM 99-Rock and WDCR-AM The Voice of Dartmouth. WFRD is one of the few fully commercial college radio stations in the United States and its programming and operation are handled by a nine-member student directorate in consultation with an Alumni Overseers Committee that includes members from ClearChannel Communications, ESPN and PBS, as well as representatives of the College administration. WDCR is a standard college multi-format station that operates off revenues from ad sales on WFRD.Dartmouth Broadcasting alumni include famed radio presenters Paul Gambaccini
Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom...
(BBC), Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton is the former bishop of Saskatchewan, and since 2008, the current Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas.He was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, and studied at was educated at University of Toronto, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and...
(BBC Radio 3) and John Gambling
John Gambling
John Gambling may refer to:*American radio-show hosts in New York City:** John B. Gambling ** John A. Gambling ** John R. Gambling...
(WABC New York). Several alumni of the Dartmouth Broadcast News have enjoyed long careers in journalism, including Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner David Shipler who interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his visit to Dartmouth.
Dartmouth Film Society
The Dartmouth Film Society is one of the country's oldest student-run film societies. Established in 1949 by Maurice Rapf, class of '35, and Blair Watson class of '21, the DFS is still thriving today as the hub of film culture at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and in the Upper Valley.
Committed to fostering a greater appreciation and understanding of cinema, the DFS provides a program of approximately fifty to be shown each academic term. These films are all bound together by a common theme; past series have included "The Open Road," a program featuring road movies, and "Breakthroughs," featuring the breakthrough films of various directors, writers, and actors. The films are projected twice weekly onto the giant 16-by-28-foot screen in the college's arts center auditorium and are open to students, faculty, and the public. Aside from the films in the program series, the DFS also plays several specials every term; these can range from sneak previews of upcoming films to hard-to-find rarities like a collection of Academy Award
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
nominated short films.
Members of the film society meet once a week to discuss the films exhibited the past week and, at the end of each term, debate series proposals. Anyone can submit a series, as long as it has a decent variety of older films, new films, documentaries, foreign films, and silents. The Directorate of the film society, about 25 students and community members, actually vote on the series.
The DFS also organizes annual tributes to worthy film artists. Such distinguished filmmakers as Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
, Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
, Buck Henry
Buck Henry
Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
, Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
, and Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men , Dog Day Afternoon , Network and The Verdict...
have all received honors from the DFS.
Dartmouth Forensic Union
The Dartmouth Forensic Union (DFU) is the policy debate team of Dartmouth College. Considered one of the strongest debate teams in the country, the DFU has had at least one first round qualifer to the National Debate TournamentNational Debate Tournament
The National Debate Tournament is one of the national championships for collegiate policy debate in the United States. The tournament is sponsored by the American Forensic Association with the Ford Motor Company Fund.-History of the NDT:...
for 25 years running, and has won the NDT six times.
Gender Sexuality XYZ
Gender Sexuality XYZ (GSX) is made up of students interested in bringing together the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied communities of Dartmouth College. The Gay Straight Alliance, formed in Spring 1999, was renamed Gender Sexuality XYZ in Fall 2007. Their mission is to work together in order to increase understanding and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals in society. GSX holds weekly meetings and also coordinates both social and advocacy-related events, including issue-oriented discussions and Day of SilenceDay of Silence
The Day of Silence is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students and their supporters...
observations.
Green Key Society
Established in 1921, the Green Key Society is an honorary service organization at Dartmouth College. We are in a unique position: our members are drawn from literally all across the College. By virtue of our roles as stewards, ambassadors, and servants, every year, Green Key helps to run such traditional Dartmouth events as First-Year Orientation, the Bonfire, Homecoming Sweep, Commencement, Green Key Weekend, and many other events including performances, services, and guest speakers. In May 2009, the Green Key Society organized the Green Key Ball, which brought together over 200 students and alumni celebrating history and tradition of the organization.Dartmouth Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors
The Sexual Abuse Peer Advisor (SAPA) program at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
began in the 1980s as an effort to promote awareness about sexual abuse
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that force is immediate, of short duration, or infrequent, it is called sexual assault. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser or molester...
on the Dartmouth campus. SAPAs regularly post a short biography on Dartmouth's BlitzMail
BlitzMail
BlitzMail is an e-mail system used at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was one of the earliest e-mail server/client packages. It became instantly popular at the college as a result of its simplicity and power, appealing to even the most inexperienced users...
bulletins, and students are free to contact them at any time for questions, advice or other help. SAPAs go through an extensive 23 hours of training where they learn about issues of sexual assault, including medical, legal, social, psychological and other problems for sexual assault victims. SAPAs' most important role is to act as an "ear" for victims - someone who will listen to and empathize with a victim's story. SAPAs are trained to act as a connector for these victims. They can provide information and support, helping victims receive the proper medical care for their situation. SAPAs help victims contact counselors and other medical advisors, as well as provide information about legal aspects of the process, including reporting to the Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
police and to Safety and Security, Dartmouth's security force.
Dartmouth Union of Bogglers
The Dartmouth Union of Bogglers (DUB) is a college-recognized club that promotes and organizes games of BoggleBoggle
Boggle is a word game designed by Allan Turoff and trademarked by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters.-Rules:...
for members of the Dartmouth community. DUB meets once a week, where members play Boggle and/or Big Boggle and partake in free snacks. DUB was founded in 2004 by Sylvia Chi and Sarah E. Morton continues to operate .
Native Americans at Dartmouth
The Native Americans at Dartmouth (NAD) organization is a voluntary, student-run organization at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
. NAD has represented over 150 tribes since it first began and there are currently approximately 50 active students within the organization. These students meet every Thursday of the term at the Native American House to determine their agenda of activities for the term. Activities may include faculty dinners, dance parties, community service, and academic workshops. NAD's main goals include working on joint concerns of their group and planning to improve the environment for NAD campus-wide. In the Winter of 2004 Native Americans at Dartmouth held and hosted the first annual All Ivy Native Conference. The Conference was a weekend-long event that included a career fair, academic workshops, and resume and job search workshops, as well as presenting many post-graduation options. Native Americans at Dartmouth also plan an annual Spring Dartmouth College Powwow
PowWow
PowWow is a wireless sensor network mote developed by the Cairn team of IRISA/INRIA. The platform is currently based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard radio transceiver and on an MSP430 microprocessor...
on the weekend of Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...
. NAD also partakes in a group called the Inter-Community Council which is dedicated to uniting all the minority organizations on the campus of Dartmouth College in an effort to be a support for the organizations.
Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics
The Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics was founded in the fall of 2005 and is the primary economics and finance related student organization on campus. The club holds weekly economic discussions that are open to the public, as well as bringing in alumni speakers, hosting stock-picking competitions, and organizing a Fed Challenge team.Collis Governing Board
Collis Governing Board, often known as CGB on campus, was created in 1980 at the inception of the Collis Center to give students a voice in the management of their student union. Today, it is actively involved in student programming and capital movements to the Collis building along with advocacy of student interests within the Center. The board's jurisdiction includes Collis, Thayer's Hovey Lounge, and Robinson Hall. In 2006, the group also took over programming for Lone Pine Tavern, a student dining and recreational facility where its student musical programming has become popular. In 2009, the Collis Governing Board supervised Lone Pine Tavern's transformation into One Wheelock, a coffee bar, study lounge, and social space with frequent musical and theatrical performances.Undergraduate societies
Dartmouth recognizes two non-Greek undergraduate societies: Panarchy and Amarna, Both societies are co-ed, open, non-exclusive, and do not conduct "rush" activities. Like the Greek organizationsDartmouth College Greek organizations
Dartmouth College is host to many Greek organizations and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005, the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a fraternity, sorority, or coeducational Greek house, comprising about 43 percent of all...
, Panarchy and Amarna function as social and residential communities; however, the undergraduate societies are separate from the college's Co-ed, Fraternity and Sorority (CFS) system and unlike affinity houses (like La Casa or Foley House) remain unaffiliated from any academic department. Both Panarchy and Amarna have a strong founding commitment to member equality regardless of gender or seniority.
Amarna
Akhenaten
Akhenaten also spelled Echnaton,Ikhnaton,and Khuenaten;meaning "living spirit of Aten") known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV , was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC...
and Queen Nefertiti
Nefertiti
Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they started to worship one god only...
, Amarna is known for its Monday Night Dinners with professors and its signature "Wine and Cheese" party.
Panarchy
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 112,000 men have been...
(or "Phi Psi"), a national fraternity founded at Dartmouth in 1896. Early in the 20th century, the fraternity bought the house at 9 School Street, which was built in 1835 and where the organization continues to reside today. In response to what was perceived as racial prejudice on the part of Phi Kappa Psi's national leadership, Dartmouth's Phi Kappa Psi separated from the national and renamed itself as Phi Sigma Psi in 1967. After years of welcoming female exchange-student boarders, on the first day Dartmouth admitted women in 1972 Phi Psi became the first Dartmouth Greek house to go co-ed. In 1991, the organization changed its name to "Phi Psi/Panarchy". In 1993 the college recognized Panarchy as an undergraduate society independent from the Greek system. Panarchy is known for hosting its "Great Gatsby" party.
Senior societies
Student literary or fraternal societies of Dartmouth College date back to 1783. Starting in the late nineteenth century, students began creating societies for each of the four class years. Only the senior societies survive from those early class societies, and new ones have been added in recent years. Six of the eight senior societies keep their membership secret until Commencement, when members of all senior societies may be identified by their carved canes. In part, the availability of a house (as opposed to a meeting hall) helps determine how secretive a society may be. About 10% of the senior class members are affiliated with a senior society today.Abaris
Abaris was founded in 1996 as a society to recognize both male and female campus leadership, with the mission of uniting diverse and dynamic individuals to create change in the Dartmouth community. The society takes its name from Abaris the HyperboreanAbaris the Hyperborean
Italic text:Abaris redirects here. For the Baroque opera see Les BoréadesAbaris the Hyperborean , son of Seuthes, was a legendary sage, healer, and priest of Apollo known to the Ancient Greeks. He was supposed to have learned his skills in his homeland of Hyperborea, near the Caucasus, which he...
, who, according to Greek mythology, served as a priest and messenger for the god Apollo
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
. With the powers of prophesy and healing, endowed unto him by a golden arrow, Abaris traveled throughout his land, performing great deeds for his people. The society is a diverse set of campus leaders, and is known for a combination of both revelry and philanthropic endeavors. Membership in Abaris remains secret until graduation.
Casque and Gauntlet
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Fred Wesley Wentworth in 1915. Tapping continues in the traditional method and C&G membership is co-ed, exclusive and not secret. Notable members of past delegations include Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....
), Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...
and Hank Paulson.
Cobra
Cobra was founded in 1978 as Dartmouth's first all-female society. The society occupies a house on Summer Street.Dragon
Dragon was founded in 1898 and continues to operate . The society has occupied at least four locations in Hanover: rented rooms; a house at 21 North Main Street (by 1905); the Kappa Kappa Kappa Hall on College Street (vacated by Kappa Kappa Kappa ca. 1894 and occupied by Dragon beginning ca. 1905-1917, remodeled by Dragon 1917, no longer standing); a hall on Elm Street designed by Larson (1931–1996); and the current hall on College Street at the edge of College Park designed by Randall Mudge (1996).Fire and Skoal
Founded in 1975, Fire and Skoal was Dartmouth's first co-educational senior society.Gryphon
The Gryphon Society was founded in 1994 as the first secret, co-ed senior society. Membership draws on campus leadership and presence, with a strong contingent of Greek officers and athletic captains.Palaeopitus
Palaeopitus Senior Society was founded in 1899 by Edward Hall, class of 1892. The name Palaeopitus is a derivative of the Greek word for "Old Pine". Initially a secret society, Palaeopitus has operated with their membership publicly known in recent years. Membership is regarded as eldest of the "current crop of 'pines'". Subsequently, leaders of communities on campus generally make up the membership. Unlike other societies, members may belong to other societies as well.Phrygian
The Phrygian Society is an all-male secret society that is unrecognized by the College and currently has no physical plant. In the past, the society has devoted websites and corporations to enacting an anti-administration agenda, although these efforts have seemingly died out.
The Order of the Sirens
Founded in 1985, the Order of the Sirens is an all-female secret society. Before 1991, when the society became all-female, it was known as simply The Order and included both men and women. Members include women of leadership and integrity across campus. Their activities include addressing campus issues and expressing them in a humorous way by playing pranks on fraternities and other societies.Sphinx
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
architect William Butterfield, and during the 1920s the society installed a rear addition designed by noted campus planner Jens Fredrick Larson.
Greek organizations
Dartmouth College is host to many Greek organizations and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005, the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a fraternity, sororityFraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
, or coeducational Greek house, about 60 percent of the eligible student body. Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to desegregate fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create coeducational Greek houses in the 1970s. In the early 2000s, campus-wide debate focused on whether the Greek system at Dartmouth would become "substantially coeducational", but most houses retain single-sex membership policies. Currently, Dartmouth College extends official recognition to sixteen all-male fraternities, eight all-female sororities, and three coeducational Greek houses.