Sunday, April 25, 2010

Scene Thirty-Six: Dimensions' End

..was AWESOME. The '14s are awesome. Fall term'll be awesome. Who's pumped?!

Dimensions officially started for me on Wednesday afternoon with the early arrival of Alex Yerukhimov and snowballed into the avalanche of Olivia Dahl, Alex Rowe, Laura Cressman, Alex Khitun, Roxy Aflalo, and Jovalee Thompson.

Yeah, the three Alexes thing was a little confusing. We managed, though.

Other than sharing close quarters in what appeared to be a spacious East Wheelock suite until filled with seven bodies and their possessions, some highlights from our weekend include:
I'm stoked to share campus with this terrific group of people fall term (*poke wink nudge:* if any one o' ya has yet to make it official, remember, "Don't ask, tell.").

But now that Dimensions is over, what? Next stop...



DOC Trips!!!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Scene Thirty-Five: Dimensions' Midst

Here's a shout-out from the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics to the class of 2014:




And something a little more personal, from the Dartmouth Aires to Alex Khitun in East Wheelock's Brace Commons:




We're having a blast.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Scene Thirty-Four: DIMENSIONS!!!

Early Decision or Regular Decision, hopefully you'll be on campus with us this weekend. I know you're stoked to meet your fellow '14s and maybe an upperclassman or two. You're already packed, aren't you?

I'm trying to bring some sort of order to my room, 'cause this weekend I will have the pleasure of hosting the ravishingly beautiful, passionately intelligent, knee-jerkingly comical Laura Cressman '14; the dashingly handsome, profoundly ponderous, swashbuckling Alex Rowe '14; the incisively sarcastic, philosophically profound, gratuitously good-looking Alex Yerukhimov '14; and the star of the bunch: striking like the Big Dipper, clever as Obama, and all-around stunning Olivia Dahl '14.

Look 'em up, they're fabulous people.

And, if you're unlucky enough to not be joining us for Dimensions, you can still check it out online at tomorrow's live broadcast.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Scene Thirty-Three: GYT

Get Yourself Tested.
Get Yourself Talking.

There's an STD screening event in Collis Commonground today, and that's its slogan.

Screening event? That is, we fill out a short questionnaire about our sexual history and meet privately behind velvet curtains with someone from Dick's House to determine whether or not we should get an appointment for a free STD test.

Pretty informal, very efficient.

While we waited (there was quite a line- we at Dartmouth care about our health, after all) we could sample different flavored lubes, practice putting condoms on dildos, and even pocket an assortment of free condoms for later use.

Oh, and everyone who participates gets a free T-shirt.

Thanks, Sexperts!

© Callista Womick 2010

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Scene Thirty-Two: SEIU Vigil on the Green

From noon today onward, members of the SEIU Local 560 are holding a 24-hour vigil on the Green for laid-off employees. This coincides with a series of teach-ins being held around campus by Dartmouth Students Stand with Staff to inform members of the Dartmouth community about what is and isn't being done in the budget cut/lay-off process.

More than 130 chairs form a circle on the Hanover Inn corner of the Green.

Each represents a position that was either a) not refilled when vacated, or b) eliminated during layoffs. Each represents an individual.

It is pretty chilly tonight. Chilly enough to make me shiver on my way to Topside, anyway. I went for Kashi, but I left with brownie mix. Fifty minutes after mixing oil and eggs and candy corn into the chocolately powder, I again braved the New England night to take my warm pan of sweets to the crowd occupying the Green.

I can't give them their jobs back, but I can thank them for not backing down.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Scene Thirty-One: The Best-Laid Plans...

A few days ago I posted that my courses for this term are Arabic 3, Biology 7 (my First-Year Seminar), and Spanish 9. This is no longer the case.

For several reasons, I chose to drop Spanish 9 and add Psychology 24 (Abnormal Psychology).

Woah! 1/10 of the term has already passed? Is that okay?

Dartmouth allows us to add/drop courses more or less at leisure during the first five days of term and to add/drop courses with professors' permission during the second five days. Luckily, I was able to convince both Professor Jan Scheiner (of Psych 24) and Professor Catherine Cramer (the department head) to allow me the opportunity to switch in.

Even more fortuitous, I was able to convince Professor Cramer to exempt me from the Psychology 1 prerequisite on the basis of an AP Psychology course (even though I didn't take the AP Exam) and two psychology-based classes taken at Duke University's TIP Summer Studies.

Moral 1: You're not bound to your original class schedule.
Moral 2: Ask for prerequisite exemptions!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Scene Thirty: Happy Easter

Yesterday Dartmouth engaged in a campus-wide Easter egg hunt courtesy of Christian Impact.

On window sills, beneath bushes, and strewn haphazardly in green areas: hundreds (thousands?) of colorful eggs filled with sweets! Some of my prizes were Butterfinger chocolate eggs and Swedish Fish, but I also have a nice stash of Jolly Ranchers, gums, and mini candy bars.

In other news, the Easter Bunny is very, very tired

My bunny, Benjamin Hazel
© Callista Womick 2010