Winter Carnival!

It's Winter Carnival this weekend and I'm loving every minute of it. Every year there is a snow sculpture on the Green (you can read my article in The Dartmouth about its history if you'd like) and this year we have our very own replica of the Colosseum, to match the theme "I Came. I Saw. I Carnivaled."


The opening ceremony for Carnival included a performance by the Cords, who are one of my favorite a capella groups on campus, a speech by President Jim Kim (with some pretty funny references to the Hanover Police Department's new alcohol policies), ski team members holding torches, and fireworks. I went to FoCo (aka Food Court) afterward for dinner and President Kim and his family were there. His baby is adorable and President Kim was incredibly friendly when students came up to introduce themselves, even though he was eating dinner with his family.



There have been lots of fun parties this weekend and today I went to the Occom Pond Party, which is an event set up for students and the community on Occom Pond. There were so many wonderfully cute little kids and we went for a sleigh ride and took pictures of the different little ice sculptures. My friends and I also got to go up in Baker Tower, which was awesome because we got breathtaking views of the campus.



Yesterday I did the Polar Bear Swim, which involved waiting in line for two hours to jump into a hole cut in Occom Pond. It was exhilarating and the weather was beautiful and then I went and picked up a care package from my parents. All in all yesterday was an excellent day, as was today.


P.S. I know my neon orange crocheted swimsuit from the thrift store makes you jealous! And hopefully by now you realize the picture of the person jumping into the pond isn't me; that's my floormate Harry.