Wyatt Teaford

The colleges of New England cannot escape the dark, cold weeks of winter. Long ago, they decided to celebrate it, and the tradition of collegiate Winter Carnivals stretches back more than a century. Carnivals are a time-tested celebration of the winter season, the arrival of winter snow, and the activities that the season allows: sledding, ski jumping, Alpine races, Nordic events, ice sculpting, bonfires on the quad, and the tradition of campus-wide snowball fights. Over...