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VOL. CLXXI NO. 13

FLURRIES

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Sororities extend 95 bids in winter rush

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Marcia Cassidy, senior lecturer in the music department, teaches a violin lesson.

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New website offers platform for student suggestions

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Ninety-five women received bids at the conclusion of the winter Panhellenic sorority recruitment on Tuesday, according to Panhellenic Council vice president of recruitment Mandy Bowers ’14. At Alpha Phi sorority, 13 bids were accepted; Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 12; Delta Delta Delta sorority, 13; Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, 8; Kappa Delta sorority, 12; Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority,

10; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, 12; and Sigma Delta sorority, 13, sorority members said. A representative from EKT added that due to its open recruitment process, its numbers are not yet final. Five Panhell members announced their decision to abstain from winter recruitment, citing systemic discrimination the Greek system. Sorority presidents, however, voted to proceed with recruitment. New and existing sorority members had mixed views on

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Improving the College’s printing system, divesting from fossil fuels and extending weekend library hours are among communitygenerated suggestions gaining attention on Improve Dartmouth, a new studentdesigned online forum. The website, launched Wednesday, serves as an outlet to

suggest, vote on and discuss ideas that could benefit campus. After logging in with a Dartmouth NetID, users can submit comments and click to agree or disagree with others’ suggestions. As of press time, 98 ideas had been posted, 3,749 votes had been cast and 1,071 users had registered on the website. Coordinated by Esteban

Castano ’14 and Gillian O’Connell ’15, Improve Dartmouth’s goal is “to better understand, prioritize and execute ideas that improve our community,” according to its website. Twice a month, student moderator s from Dartmouth Roots, an organization that aims to resolve various campus issues through concrete action, Student Assembly and Palaeopitus

Senior Society will meet to discuss possible implementation of the most popular or promising ideas. These moderators will then collaborate with administrative contacts and student organizations to help push forth changes. Student body president and site moderator Adrian Ferrari ’14, who helped Castano pitch the idea to College President Phil Hanlon last summer, said

one of his favorite suggestions so far mentions making the library’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Room more “Seussesque.” The website’s strength is its ability to aggregate student opinion, Ferrari said in an email, adding that he was excited to see suggestions that are within Student Assembly’s ability to fund and SEE WEBSITE PAGE 5

Faculty learn how to help Sustainability workshops survivors of sexual assault will teach design thinking

B y VICTORIA NELSEN The Dartmouth Staff

A new training program teaches professors to serve as resources for sexual assault survivors. Hosted by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning and Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, the 90-minute sessions use interactive discussion to teach faculty

how to assist students and colleagues that seek their help after incidents of sexual violence. Participants learn how to listen to students, assess situations and give control back to survivors, writing professor Peggy Baum said. Between 10 and 15 faculty members have attended each of the three sessions that SEE FACULTY PAGE 5

B y ERICA BUONANNO The Dartmouth Staff

Solving global issues of resource efficiency and pollution requires creative thinking and flexibility. To equip student leaders with these skills, the sustainability office will launch a new program called Ecovate next week. Small workshop groups will discuss brainstorming, need-finding, writing problem statements, decoding percep-

tion, thinking by analogy and telling an effective story. The program, which will feature four 90-minute workshops over four weeks, will target 25 sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated enthusiasm for innovation in environmental science. Alumni, professors and sustainability office staff will teach workshops beginning next Tuesday, posing susSEE ECOVATE PAGE 3

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DAily debriefing BROWN UNIVERSITY: The body of a Brown junior, Dana Dourdeville, was found on the shore of Falmouth, Mass., ending a two-week search for the missing engineering student, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Dourdeville had been missing since New Year’s Eve, when he left home on a duck hunting trip, alone in a kayak. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Vincent Racaniello will teach massive open online courses this semester using Coursera, a hub for free classes open to the public, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator. Sach’s course, which focuses on sustainable development, and Racaniello’s, which explores how viruses cause diseases, join eight other WVTQVM KTI[[M[ WNNMZML Ja \PM =VQ^MZ[Q\a +WT]UJQI TI]VKPML Q\[ ÅZ[\ WVTQVM course offerings in fall 2012. CORNELL UNIVERSITY: This year, employees received a paid holiday WV 5IZ\QV 4]\PMZ 3QVO 2Z ,Ia NWZ \PM ÅZ[\ \QUM \PM +WZVMTT ;]V ZMXWZ\ML Faculty and staff were given the day off to join in on the University’s proOZIUUQVO _PQKP QVKT]LML ÅTU[ KWVKMZ\[ _WZS[PWX[ IVL UMIT[ HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals named British actress Helen Mirren as its woman of the year, according to the Harvard Crimson. Following a roast and parade through Cambridge, Mass., the Theatricals will present Mirren with a ceremonial “Pudding Pot” on Jan. 30,. Mirren said her selection was “very saucy.” PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Former dean of admissions Fred Hargadon passed away at the age of 80. Known for the signature “YES!” topping letters sent to admitted students, Hargadon began his work at Princeton in 1988, according to the Daily Princetonian. He retired in 2003, after admissions staff members used prospective students’ birth dates and social security numbers to check their admissions statuses to Yale University, breaching a secure Yale site. =61>-:;1<A 7. 8-66;A4>)61)" 8WTQKM KWVÅZUML \PM []QKQLM WN freshman student Madison Holleran, age 19, who fell from a parking garage on Friday night, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. A member of Penn’s ^IZ[Q\a \ZIKS IVL ÅMTL \MIU 0WTTMZIV _I[ NZWU )TTMVLITM 6 2 YALE UNIVERSITY: Police documents revealed that Yale researchers Kathleen Koenig and Robert King had developed and prescribed treatment for Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza in 2006, according to the Yale Daily News. Lanza’s mother brought him to Yale’s Child Study Center for a psychiatric evaluation, but discontinued treatment after objecting to the use of medication. — COMPILED BY FIONA EWING FOR DARTBEAT

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Mixed reactions follow rush conclusion FROM RUSH PAGE 1

the changes made to recruitment, including a discussion of finances and open question-and-answer session that replaced the songs traditionally performed by sorority members during the first two rounds of rush. Panhell president Eliana Piper ’14, one of the five abstaining Panhell executives, said in an email that the changes were small and virtually ineffective given the systemic issues identified in the “call to action” message, though she said she believes that the concerns she and other authors expressed have gained traction in the community. Shari Liu ’14, EKT president, said the changes represent a positive development, but further reform must occur. “In my mind, any opportunity for potential new members to think more critically about affiliation is an opportunity worth pursuing,” she said in an email. “I hope that

the events of the past few weeks have set a precedent for the next set of Greek leaders.” Several students who rushed in the fall and again this term offered conflicting opinions on the changes. Vickie Pan ’16 said that she didn’t notice many substantial changes during rush this winter, as she was stressed and anxious in the fall as well. She added that although fewer women participated, winter rush did not feel as relaxed as she had been told. “I think it was just as superficial,” she said. “I don’t think anything changed.” Carene Mekertichyan ’16 said she felt the changes made rush more transparent, more informative and less superficial. Though she had thought she knew which sorority she wanted to join, her discussions with sorority members challenged her initial impressions, she said. Mariel Wallace ’16 said the process was more relaxed in the

winter, though she also felt more comfortable due to her previous knowledge of how it worked. While she felt the changes provided some good information, Wallace said, it was difficult for her to remain neutral during the process. “I think when you rush for the second time, it’s harder to keep an open mind,” she said. “You’ve rushed before, you know the ’16s. I rushed with a very good idea of what I want.” Mekertichyan said she found the informational panels and the finance discussion helpful, but said she believes sorority rush should be amended further to resemble the fraternity recruitment process. Piper said that sorority presidents should spearhead future initiatives to further reform recruitment. Presidents of Alpha Phi, AZD, Tri-Delt, KD, KDE, Kappa and Sigma Delt did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

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Sustainability office to launch Ecovate

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tainability challenges to students and facilitating peer-to-peer learning. Training will focus on helping students develop a broad skill set that they can later use to address issues of sustainabiliy, program manager Jenna Musco ’11 said. “You can become an engineer or

“We’ve been really focused on building what we call a sustainable community, a group of ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟ ĨLJ sustainability as their principal academic and social organizing principle.”

to develop creative solutions. In addition to teaching new problem-solving skills, Ecovate seeks to create a community of passionate students and collect their ideas. “We’ve been really focused on building what we call a sustainability community, a group of students who identify sustainability as their principal academic and social organizing principle,” Musco said. “That brings them together not only in classes but after classes.” The workshop series will replace a former series called How Dartmouth Works, which concentrated on how different sustainability

systems function on campus. The sustainability office decided to launch Ecovate after realizing that the majority of students already understood the operations of those programs. The Dartmouth Sustainability Project operates several other programs, such as the Green Greek program, a team of students who promote sustainability within the Greek system, and EcoReps, a sustainability training program for Å Z[\ aMIZ [\]LMV\[ Ecovate’s teaching methods are JI[ML WV KWVKMX\[ Å Z[\ LM^MTWXML at Stanford University’s Institute of Design, Musco said.

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SPCSA report impacts Campus leaders to review suggestions faculty training revamp FROM WEBSITE PAGE 1

and to share what they learned with their students. Baum said she hopes to bring have taken place since December. SAAP coordinator Rebekah someone from SAAP into her Carrow, who facilitates the training first-year writing classes to teach sessions, said the program seeks students about the resources availto increase faculty awareness of able to them on campus. Women’s and gender studies campus resources available for students who have experienced professor Giavanna Munafo, who said she has been approached by sexual assault. “What I hope comes out of these student survivors of sexual astrainings is that, no matter what sault in the past, participated in door a survivor walks into, they will last week’s session to ensure her encounter someone who has the knowledge of campus resources skills and information necessary to was up to date. “Your Ph.D. doesn’t tell you how provide assistance,” Carrow said. “It’s exciting to identify more folks to do these things,” women’s and who can serve as an initial point gender studies professor Giavanna Munafo said. of contact for survivors.” The session emphasized that The Student and Presidential when a student Committee on approaches a Sexual Assault faculty memadvocated for “What I hope comes ber, they should a new program out of these trainings respond by after identifylistening and ing faculty as ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ prioritizing the a community what door a survivor student’s safety. f r o m w h i c h walks into, they will Baum students might said she wished seek help after encounter someone that the proe x p e r i e n c i n g who has the skills and gram discussed sexual violence, Car row said. ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJ sexual assault on campus in The program to provide assistance.” less generic specifically terms. For extargets faculty ample, she said member s be- ͳ Z < , ZZKt͕ the sessions cause although ^ W KKZ /E dKZ should implemany have been ment opportuapproached by students for assistance and consola- nities to role-play, as hearing about tion after sexual abuse, they have how to react is different from the historically had the lowest access actual experience of reacting. The program is not mandatory to training. The July 2013 SPCSA recom- for faculty members, and neither mendations advised faculty mem- Munafo nor Baum said they bers to seek out “First Responder” thought it should be required. “I think to learn something, you training through the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of have to want to learn it,” Baum Learning and SAAP, spurring the said. Although DCAL and SAAP organizations to further develop their training program. SPCSA currently focus on training new also urged faculty to educate participants, they hope to add themselves on sexual assault at booster sessions with additional Dartmouth and on other campuses information later, Carrow said. FROM FACULTY PAGE 1

implement. The Improve Dartmouth team will consider suggestions based on popularity and feasibility, according to Mark Andriola ’14, a Palaeopitus moderator. “I thought the outlets on Collis Porch idea was a really classic, simple, good one,” Andriola said in an email. Improve Dartmouth’s voting method automatically prioritizes posts, allowing users to immediately see which issues are salient to the greater community. Subur Khan ’17 said the democratic voting system appealed to her. “I think it’s a cool way of getting student voices out there,” Khan said. “I feel like a lot of times when students have complaints they don’t really know who to take them to.” The Dartmouth Roots website states that “the absence of anonymity creates a self-censored environment.” Users can also submit their ideas directly to moderators, who can post the suggestions from their moderator accounts. A suggestion to invest in a modern, more reliable printing system is one of the most popular ideas on the website. Other proposals

include allowing physical education class registration during off terms and improving mental health care at Dick’s House. Noah Manning ’17, a Student Assembly moderator, who suggested fixing the Dining at Dartmouth mobile application, said he found the website easy to navigate. “We’re all students here,” Manning said. “We all have a vested interest in making Dartmouth the best place it can be.” In addition to acting as a forum for ideas, the Improve Dartmouth website includes a question-andanswer section and a shoutout

board on which students can post their appreciation for people or things on campus. These features are designed to draw attention to good work on campus, according to Dartmouth Roots. Funded by the President’s office, Improve Dartmouth’s administrative partners include associate dean of the college Elizabeth Agosto, senior assistant dean of the college Katherine Burke, greek letter organizations and societies director Wes Schaub and Collis Center director Eric Ramsey, among others.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

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Ryan Gallagher ’16

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Anthony Chicaiza ’17

TODAY 8:30 a.m.

Faculty candidate seminar, “Geobiology and biogeochemistry ŵŝĐƌŽďĞͲŵŝŶĞƌĂů ŝŶƚĞƌĨĂĐĞ͗ ŝŵƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ďĂĐƚĞƌŝĂů ĨŽƐƐŝůŝnjĂƟŽŶ͟ with Chris Omelon, Fairchild 101

4:15 p.m.

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8:00 p.m.

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TOMORROW 12:30 p.m.

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3:30 p.m.

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4:30 p.m.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

Canta Chorale to perform first classical music show Sunday

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Canta  Chorale,  a  student-­â€?run  group  of  singers  and  musicians,  features  members  of  the  Handel  Society.

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FRI

Special Advance Screening

JAN 24

$10

8 PM SPAULDING AUDITORIUM

Editor Steven Hathaway in person! Discussion follows.

FRI

JAN 31

FRI | JAN 24 | 7 PM

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the group, said. One arrangement, NWZ M`IUXTM QVKT]LM[ IV MQOP\ XIZ\ PIZUWVa L]ZQVO _PQKP MIKP WN \PM eight members will sing a part. ?PQTM [WUM [\]LMV\[ UIa KWV[QLMZ KPWZIT IZZIVOMUMV\[ M[XMKQITTa WTLMZ ZMTQOQW][ XQMKM[ L]TT WZ W]\LI\ML A]S man said students unfamiliar with the repertoire should enter the concert with an open mind. “I hope the passion we bring to U][QK Q[ JW\P M^QLMV\ IVL QVNMK\QW][ Âş A]SUIV [IQL š<PM[M XQMKM[ IZM

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DR. LONNIE SMITH’S “IN THE BEGINNING� OCTET Five decades into a powerhouse career, Smith remains an innovative jazz master on the classic Hammond B3 organ—425 pounds of glorious, rolling sound that no digital instrument can equal and only those with �the dexterity of an octopus� (killerb3.com) can truly play. Producing a sizzling, swirling mix of sounds and styles encompassing soul, gospel, blues and acid jazz, he’s joined by a dynamic, multi-generational ensemble.

THE ENGLISH CONCERT

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Led by famed conductor/harpsichordist Harry Bicket, this London-based ensemble is widely hailed as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, particularly for Baroque and classical music. A trailblazer for 30 years in “historically informed� performance, the orchestra is known for passion, sophistication and technical mastery, with “razor-edge ensemble sense and faultless intonation� (The Times, London). The ensemble’s Hop concert features Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 and Concerto for Oboe d’Amore; Rameau’s Suite from Les Boreades, and Telemann’s Concerto for Trumpet in D Major.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

SPORTS

THURSDAY LINEUP

No athletic events scheduled.

Allen ’16 leads women’s hockey team Mannella ’18 trains for Paralympic skiing

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As the women’s hockey team gears up for two major conference tilts this weekend against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College, all eyes will be on forward Lindsey Allen ’16, who leads Dartmouth in scoring with 15 points and 10 goals. Now a standout forward, Allen started her career in net. Allen switched from playing as a goalie to her current position in seventh grade. Though she wouldn’t be opposed to playing goalie for a game, “the team probably wouldn’t want that to happen,” she said. Knowing Allen can play goalie in a pinch is a luxury, teammate Laura Stacey ’16 said. Allen was a three-sport athlete at Leaside High School in Toronto, threetime captain in ice hockey, and she was named most valuable player as a senior. In addition to her school experience, she played two years of junior hockey with the Toronto Junior Aeros, where Stacey, Ailish Forfar ’16 and Ali Winkel ’14 also played. Teammate Devon Moir ’17, who played with Allen in Toronto, called Allen a dynamic player. “I’d describe her as a gritty player but with a goal-scoring touch, which is a good combo,” Moir said. “I think she’s really grown as a hockey player since she came to Dartmouth.” According to associate head coach Holley Tyng, who has coached Allen for the past two years, the Canadian’s

ability to anticipate plays helps her score. “Her strengths, and she has many of them, include a natural mind for the game,” Tyng said. “She anticipates the game, and she’s really good at the net. She gets herself in the right position to cash in on some of the goals.” Allen is constantly trying to improve on her few weaknesses, Tyng said. “Sometimes she’s not the swiftest of skaters, but she’s constantly working on her agility and the mechanics of her stride,” she said, adding that Allen is easy for coaches to work with and implements feedback well. Allen has already had her share of heroic moments for the Big Green. During last Saturday’s 4-2 win over Colgate, Allen scored the game-winner with less than a minute remaining in the second. Allen also provided the game_QVVMZ L]ZQVO \PM Å Z[\ OIUM IOIQV[\ Colgate in November. Midway through the third, Allen skated in on a breakaway and slid a backhand past the Colgate goaltender. “She has a competitive nature and makes everything do-or-die,” Moir said. Earlier this month, she helped earn head coach Mark Hudak’s 200th career win as Dartmouth’s head coach by scoring two goals in an exciting 5-4 win over Yale. Allen’s physical playing style also makes her the team leader in penalties, having been penalized 14 times for 28 minutes. “She’s pretty aggressive on the ice,” Stacey said. “She’s gets chippy, and she’s

really got a competitive edge that you wouldn’t see off the ice. She’s tried to work hard to settle down on the penalties but a hard-working girl is likely to draw some penalties.” Allen’s 15 points this season already surpasses her total of 14 from her freshUIV KIUXIQOV 1V PMZ Å Z[\ aMIZ _Q\P \PM Big Green, Allen played in all 31 games, scoring seven goals and seven assists. “She scored key goals last year and has continued to do so this year,” Tyng said. “As she enters her junior year, I think she’ll start taking a larger leadership role aided by her work ethic and skill.” For all the aggressive play seen on the ice, outside the arena Allen is known as reserved and kind. “As a person, Lindsey is really caring and thoughtful,” Stacey said. “She can be quiet at times and kind of reserved but she really likes to have fun and when you do spend a lot of time with her, she usually breaks out of her shell. She’d do anything for any one of our teammates.” Whenever Stacey needs help with her French, Allen is there for the assist, Stacey said. Allen plans to major in geography IVL ZMXWZ\[ TQ\\TM LQNÅ K]T\a JITIVKQVO PMZ academics with her athletics. “I think hockey helps,” Allen said. “It makes me have to study in my free time. Last spring, I was like ‘I have so much free time, I can just push my homework off to tomorrow,’ but when you’re in season, you have to just get it done.”

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she said. In her first-ever run, Manella dŚĞ ĂƌƚŵŽƵƚŚ ^ƚĂī skied down a hill with two sighted As she recorded a third-place skiers by holding onto a bamboo finish at the NorAm Copper pole they were holding. By fifth Mountain Cup on Dec. 11, grade, she was competing. She 17-year-old Staci Mannella had joined the Adaptive Sports Founother reasons to celebrate: she dation Race Team at Windham heard she had been accepted to Mountain in New York and has the Class of 2018. continued training ever since, with the ultimate goal of participating in the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Mannella had a successful 2013, winning gold at a World Cup event in New Zealand and second at the U.S. Nationals in slalom, her main event. Her dedication to maintaining academics along with her skiing has also been important to ManMannella, a member of the U.S. nella throughout her career. Paralympic Alpine Skiing team, is Mannella said she had trouble currently ranked seventh world- balancing her five honors classes wide in slalom by the International last year, consistently having to Paralympic Committee and plans catch up on work she missed when to join the College’s ski team next she competed. This year, she is year. taking three classes online and two Mannella has achromatopsia, at school. She only has to go in which limits her effective sight to every other day, which makes the three feet and makes her sensitive balancing easier, she said. When to bright light. Though the sun- she began considering colleges, light reflected Mannella had off the snow is to consider her distracting and s k i i n g f u t u re ŶŐ prevents Man- ͞/ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŐĞƫ alongside acanella from see- ĨĂƐƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ demics. ing much on the ManĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĐŝŶŐ mountain, she nella decided said she focuses ƐŝĚĞ͘͟ to go to Darton her guide, mouth because Kim Seevers, of its strong ski and the instruc- ͳ ^d / D EE >> ͛ϭϴ team after contions she hears versations with over her radio the coach, she headset. said, adding that the College’s “I can see her and I can see the strong equestrian team was also gate when she passes it, but I can’t a pull, as riding is good crosssee the bumps,” Mannella said. training. Mannella has trained for the The Big Green skiers have proParalympics since 2008, and in duced a large crop of Olympians, 2011 she was named to the U.S. and its equestrian team finished in team’s development roster. Man- the top three in each of its seven nella keeps a busy schedule. She competitions this fall. skied in four World Cup races Mannella is one of only two last week at Copper Mountain in high school students competing Colorado, her final international to be on the U.S. alpine team, races before Sochi. which will be named before Feb. Mannella started skiing with her 17. Her World Cup win places her family when she was four before in a prime position for a spot, said starting to focus on competition. Katie Branham, assistant manager “I started getting faster, and of communications for the U.S. started to focus on the racing side,” Paralympic Team.

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