DOC to Add “Eat & Nap” to Next Year’s Trips Selection

Continuing their drive to get 100% of incoming freshmen to partake in the first year DOC trips program, the trips directorate voted on Thursday to establish “Eat & Nap” as an option for the next incoming class on trips. Eat & Nap edged out Competitive Eating, which several members of the directorate deemed too strenuous for the trippees that they are trying to attract.

Although 96% of the class of 2014 participated in the trips program, the main reasons given by the remaining four percent for not taking part included “being outside” and “physical activity.” Eat & Nap goes further than even the DOC’s most spirited past attempts to alleviate these concerns.

Trips director Stan Stowers ’10 explained the decision to add Eat & Nap, “We’re just trying to create trips with all the aspects of trips that people love, like eating, but without the features that people want to avoid, like movement. Let’s face it, outdoor trips aren’t for everyone; that’s why we’re here.” 

Student reaction to Eat & Nap has been mixed. Chris Harrington ’14 seemed confused by the announcement, “I don’t get why they’re making such a big deal about it now. I went on ‘Eat & Nap’ this year. It was all right but not spectacular. Maybe now they’re upgrading to hotels or something.” 

Investigation by the Dunyun showed that Harrington went on I74: Cabin Camping. The trips directorate gave no indication of phasing out cabin camping, also known as “psycho eating,” despite its similarities with Eat & Nap.

Some students were unhappy with what they perceived as “taking the outing out of the Dartmouth Outing Club.” Mark Foxworthy ’11, a member of Cabin and Trail, lamented, “At least nature photography and painting included the word nature. I even gave them ‘farm livin’ despite its ridiculous name. Is the ‘g’ going to intimidate kids from New York City into not going on trips or something? At a certain point you may as well give up and we can dye our hair and sing for you during orientation.”

If Eat & Nap fails to increase participation for the class of 2015, ideas pitched by the directorate for the following year’s trips include scenic driving, French cooking and outdoor lovemaking.