As always, blitz the leader of a trip to sign up, and DA$H is your Dartmouth ID#. Caw-caw, RAWR. - CnT WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY Dinertoure The Fairlee Diner. 6:52 AM. RSVP to Dinerz. iNobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good people, by people who love you.i Until I came to college, I hated this line from Ender's Game. Who wants to depend on others for happiness? After sophomore rush and senior recruiting, though, it looks like the answer is "somewhat more than half of us". Organizations have a strong pull, and there are great and terrible reasons for joining any of them. Ultimately, you want to find groups that make you your best you. If you think your best you involves a caffeine jitter, full stomach, and greased colon, then you should look into Dinertoure. We might just be the place to bring a fun fact, firm handshake, and 1 page resume. As always, the ride is free--bring small bills. CnT Feed @ the Rock, 16 Sargent St. $4 for a hearty, homecooked dinner, probably sometime between 6 and 7. THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY What: Trip to the Lodge!! Why?: To eat dinner and hang out with neat persons! When?: Thursday at 5! Meet behind robo How?: Bring 8 dollars for dinner, and we'll supply the ride for free! ROCK ON Blitz: Sam Reckford to sign up! FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY Sunrike Gile Friday We'll be meeting up at 5:40am behind Robo and then doing an easy hike up to the Gile Firetower to see the near-peaked foliage from above! We shoudl get back to campus around 8 or 830. Blitz Alan Keegan to sign up. Event: Great Circle Hike (cue Lion King) Time: Friday 2pm to Sunday evening Cost: $23 for DOC members, $28 for muggles Difficulty: difficult/appropriately intense for such beauty SO WHAT IS THIS GLORIOUS ADVENTURE OF WHICH YOU SPEAK!?? This is an epic 35 mile weekend backpacking trip that will summit twelve 4,000ft + peaks. We will frolic among the mountains, laugh in good company, glow with the golden splendor that is fall, and spend our nights in tents, cozy in our sleeping bags. This trip is actually going to be the greatest thing ever... so you should... Blitz Melinda Tascarella with your student ID # & dietary restrictions to sign up! :D YAYYYYYYYYYYYY! SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY Hike Mt. Washington!! When: Saturday 7:30 am-10pm Cost: $6 for members/$8 for non-DOC members Difficulty: Harder An 8.5 mile loop and an elevation gain of almost 3,500 feet promises breathtaking views of the famous White Mountain in peak foliage. On the way up, we will climb along the wall of the famous Tuckerman Ravine, continue along Lion's Path, cross a unique alpine meadow (with many endangered plant species unique to this region of NH!), then pass the summit of Boott Spur on our way down the Boott Spur Trail. This will be a strenuous hike, but you will be rewarded with a wonderful day on New Hampshire's highest and most famous peak. Be sure to bring your camera and some cash for dinner at a great local diner on the way back! Blitz Krystyna Oszkinis with your DA$H number to sign up. Lodge Dinner! When: Saturday, 4:45pm - 9:30pm Cost: $8 for Lodge Dinner What: A wonderful home cooked meal at the Lodge! Please bring pants with adjustable waist sizes - you should be prepared for extreme eating. This is also a team sport, as we will be eating amidst wonderful company. The objective is also to steal the butter from other tables. After dinner, if the skies are clear, we may venture to the firetower to gaze at the cosmos. Blitz juan sanchez to sign up! Contradance in Norwich When: 8:00 - 11:00 PM Cost: Ride is free; bring $8 cash to pay the band Difficulty level: Easy if you like music and dancing! Details: Come to Tracy Hall in Norwich for a contradance with David Millstone, Vermont's best dance caller! Live music and a great New England tradition. Beginners are welcome - all dances are taught! Blitz: Will Bishop to sign up SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY Carter Dome Loop When: 8 A.M. - 9:30 P.M. Cost: $5 for D.O.C. members, $8 for non-members. Difficulty level: Moderate / Strenuous Details: Carter Dome is a 4832 ft. peak just east of Mt. Washington. We're going to summit, hop over to Mt. Hight next door (which supposedly has fantastic views), plunge down into the notch, and head back to the trailhead--about 10 miles round trip. Enjoy lunch out in the mountains, and take in the fall colors at their peak! Potential diner dinner on the way home! To sign up: Blitz Graham Findlay with your DID and any dietary restrictions. MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY (the 10th) Canadian Thanksgiving When: Leave at 6 P.M. on Monday, back by 10As the next morning (if you choose). Cost: $10 Difficulty level: Intensely Extremely Easy Details: Come celebrate Canadian thanksgiving at Harris Cabin with the canucks in CnT! This trip starts in the car, as we honour Canadian music by jamming out to Arcade Fire, Nelly Furtado, Rush, Raffi, Deadmau5, Joni Mitchell, The Barenaked Ladies, and more! Then enjoy a delicious and flavourful home-cooked dinner of organic turkey, pumpkin pie, apple cider, and other scrumptious surprises! And guess who's coming to dinner? Special, Canadian guests include Keifer Sutherland, Alex Trebek, Pamela Anderson, Neil Young, and the Most Interesting Man in the World (Rory, too, if he accepts our invitation)! We'll wrap it all up with a bi-lingual singing of the Canadian national anthem, and drift off into a contented sleep with our bellies full of good food and good humour. The overnight component is optional. That's aboot it! Blitz Graham Findlay with your DID, dietary restrictions, and whether or not you want to stay overnight!