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In lieu of classes, three seniors to pursue research

GREEN KEY KICKOFF

By PRIYA RAMAIAH

The College’s fiscal year 2013 revenue totaled $1,193,865,978 , a $226,161,333 increase from last year, according to Dartmouth’s 990 tax form filed yesterday. The increase is the largest since the 2010 fiscal year.

Total revenue increased by about $230 million between fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

The growth can largely be attributed to investment revenue, vice president for finance Mike Wagner said. Investment revenue jumped from $166,846,602 last fiscal year to $381,715,647.

The endowment at the end of this year was around $3.7 billion, up from around $3.5 billion last year.

Chief investment officer Pamela Peedin received a total compensation of $1,060,844, the highest of any administrator. This amount includes an incentive bonus of $562,500.

Peedin’s compensation is relatively low

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This week , the standing faculty committee on senior fellowships selected Hannah McGehee ’15, Bennie Niles ’15 and Yomalis Rosario ’15 as senior fellows for the 2014-15 year, giving them the opportunity to pursue in-depth research projects instead of taking classes. Director of undergraduate advising and research Margaret Funnell said the three were selected because their projects were unique and aligned with the program’s goals.

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A series of muscial acts kicked off Green Key yesterday outside Collis.

Students tutor SATs for companies, non-profits B y CHRIS LEECH

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On a 30-minute trip to Stevens High School each week, tutors swap stories and share tips as they get ready to help students in Claremont achieve their college goals. The students volunteer with Let’s Get Ready, a national non-profit that provides free tutoring and college counseling to high school students who have qualifying financial need.

The Dartmouth chapter, founded in 2007, originally worked only with Mascoma Valley Regional High School,

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A CAMPUS FACING VIOLENCE

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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in Canaan. Last year, the group increased its reach to Stevens High School, in Claremont, said site manager Will Johns ’15.

Though most at the College have put the days of SAT prep books behind them, Johns and a number of other Dartmouth students work as SAT tutors, some as local volunteers and others with national and international companies.

As a tutor for WBG Internationals, a test prep company that caters mostly to Chinese students, Emily Estelle ’15 helps JOSH RENAUD/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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Community members toured the new Allan Houser sculpture installation yesterday.

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DAily debriefing OFFICE HOURS

In a landmark ruling on Tuesday, the European Court of Justice ruled that, in some cases, individuals can influence what information about them is available through online searches. The case originated in the Spanish court system in 2009, pitting Spanish lawyer Mario Costeja against Google. The Dartmouth sat down this week with computer science professor and Institute for Security, Technology and Society chief security advisor Sergey Bratus to discuss the case.

How will the ruling impact Google? What sorts of changes will they need to make in order to comply with the court, and how difficult will those changes be to implement?

It is certain Google will have to devote significant labor to implementing the withdrawal [of information]. They can probably afford it — they have a lot of analysts — but considering the size of their data holdings and the amount of data replication that exists there, they would have to establish an architecture for doing so.

The ruling said search engines should place the right to privacy over the right to information as a “general rule.”

Do you think this concept is workable or fair?

Everyone in discussing this case speaks of a balance between freedom of speech and privacy. Just what that balance is supposed to be no one knows. This is exactly why this decision is so momentous. There are many ways that this can go from here, and also there are many ways this can be interpreted by different member states and by the U.S. and Canada.

What related issues do you expect will continue to emerge from this ruling?

Right now, keeping other people’s data is a lucrative business — look at how Google is doing, look at how well Facebook is doing. From the computer security point of view, and from the privacy point of view, holding other people’s data should be a liability first and foremost. If there is no liability, then there are no sanctions for data loss. It may be that this decision, at least in Europe, will make holding data on individuals more of a liability. From the computer security point of view, this is a good thing.

This interviewed has been edited and condensed.

– COMPILED BY JOSH KOENIG

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Form shows higher revenue, salaries FROM FORM PAGE 1

compared to that of chief investment officers at peer institutions, which generally have larger endowments. For example, according to Yale University’s fiscal year 2012 990 tax form, its chief investment officer David Swensen received almost $3 million in compensation .

The second highest-paid senior administrator was Geisel School of Medicine Dean Chip Souba at $899,766, followed by Tuck School of Business Dean Paul Danos at $794,155.

Former Interim College President Carol Folt was sixth on the list, receiving $699,742 in 2012. Folt served as provost for the first half of the year and interim president for the second.

Information on current College President Phil Hanlon’s compensation will be included in next year’s filing.

Former College President Jim Yong Kim, former president, received a $200,000 performance bonus in 2012.

Though the most recent 990 form shows the College’s finances from the 2013 fiscal year, salaries shown are for the 2012 calendar year.

In 2011, according to the most recent data available, the Ivy League president with the highest total compensation was Columbia University’s president Lee Bollinger, who received $2,327,344, while the lowest was David Skorton, president of Cornell University, at $865,331.

Other Ivy League universities’ filings for this year have not yet been made available.

The College determines its administrators’ compensation from various sources, including private consultants, other universities’ financial information and performance assessments, Wagner said.

The rates are set with respect to those of comparable positions at peer institutions, he said.

“It’s a question of maintaining a competitive advantage,” College spokesperson Justin Anderson said. “We want to attract the best candidates for all these senior-level positions.”

He added that Dartmouth has been making efforts in the past five years to catch up with the compensation rates of other Ivy League institutions.

Due to administrative turnover and subsequent interim positions, the form included several people performing the same job for dif-

ferent parts of the year, Anderson said.

The College spent $478,924,633 o n e m p l oye e c o m p e n s a t i o n and benefits, an increase from $444,510,823 last year.

Tuition and fees alone contributed a total revenue of $314,728,327 for the past fiscal year.

In 2012, Dartmouth was the only Ivy League university that did not spend money on lobbying, but it spent around $80,000 on lobbying in 2013, including meetings with legislators and White House staff on federally-funded research programs and sequestration, as well as state and local officials.

College-run businesses like the Hanover Inn and the Dartmouth Skiway contributed income totaling $15,407,679, up from $14,029,145 last year.

The College is also required to report transactions that involve potential conflicts of interest. For example, Gregg Engles, founder of Dean Foods Company, which provides milk to the College from Garelick Farms, is a member of the Board of Trustees. The College paid $193,177 to Garelick Farms for its products last year, according to the form.

Peedin did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

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Three selected to pursue yearlong projects as senior fellows FROM FELLOWS PAGE 1

Given the options of majoring, minoring, modifying and various interdisciplinary programs, Funnell said most students can find their path inside the Dartmouth curriculum.

The senior fellows program, however, is designed for students whose interests extend beyond existing course offerings.

“The idea behind it is to let students individually explore a topic about which they are very passionate,” Funnell said.

Niles is making a documentary titled “I, Too, Am Man: Malcolm X and Visions of Black Masculinity.” The film will examine selfrepresentation in “performativity,” constructions and representations of black masculinity and the ways in which notions of Malcolm X inform contemporary black masculinity, he said. He said his personal experiences motivated him to make the film.

“I’ve been grappling with issues of masculinity my whole life through interactions with my dad and experiences being on the football team,” he said. “I always struggled with what it means to be a man.”

Over the summer, Niles will be a fellow in the humanities institute program at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York . At the center, Niles will conduct archival research before returning to Hanover to shoot his documentary next year.

After graduation, Niles hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in African-American studies or English.

Rosario decided to complete a project called “Narratives and Images of Resistance: HaitianDominicans and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights.”

Her goal is to create a collection of oral histories and photographs that focus on the experiences of Haitian-Dominicans in the Dominican Republic, she said. Currently, Haitian-Dominicans are mobilizing and working against a recent court ruling that threatens their rights to Dominican citizenship.

“It has a lot of importance to me because my family is from the Dominican Republic, we are working-class and I identify as AfroDominican,” she said. “These types of policies and discrimination that takes place in the Dominican Republic also affect Afro-Dominicans and workers in the Dominican Republic.”

Rosario has protested in New York City in solidarity with HaitianDominicans and hopes to share their stories and experiences through her project, she said. This summer, she plans to travel to the Dominican Republic to conduct interviews and take photographs before returning to Dartmouth to finish her project,

which will be available in both Spanish and English.

McGehee’s project is “Living Fibromyalgia: Communicating

“I’ve been grappling with issues of masculinity my whole life through interactions with my dad and experiences being on the football team. I always struggled with what it means to be a man.”

- BENNIE NILES ’15, SENIOR FELLOW Chronic Pain through Narratives and Creative Expression.” She plans to interview college-aged women at Dartmouth and in Colorado who have been diagnosed with the syndrome, which causes chronic

widespread pain.

The project will explore various components of fibromyalgia through oral histories, academic writing and a display of the artwork her participants produce in the Visual Arts Center.

Before applying to the senior fellowship, students meet with an advisor in the undergraduate advising and research office, who asks questions to determine if the program is a good fit, Funnell said.

“This is a specific program that is the right thing for very few students, and so one of the things we do in the meetings is talk through their academic plans, course work, post-graduation plans and plans for their projects so that they can make a more informed decision about whether this program is the right thing for them,” she said.

This year, 15 to 20 students arranged meetings to discuss the application process, and five students applied for the three spots, Funnell said.

The original senior fellowship program was started in 1929 by then-

College President Ernest Hopkins, who wanted a program that would allow students to explore academics on their own, Funnell said.

Instead of proposing projects and finding faculty advisors, students initially took the year to explore a

topic of choice, Funnell said, adding that the program has become more academic in focus over the years.

McGehee could not be reached for comment by press time.

Rosario is a former member of The Dartmouth senior staff.

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Mozart never finished his two greatest choral masterpieces. Fortunately for us, the brilliant Harvard pianist and scholar Robert Levin did, “completing” Mozart’s Requiem in 1991 and his Mass in C minor in 2005 (“a glorious, fully Mozartean vision of a complete Mass…as inspired a guess as we’re likely to hear”—The New York Times). In this concert, Dartmouth’s 100-voice chorus is joined by tenor Dann Coakwell; baritone David McFerrin; and sopranos Julia Steinbok and Janinah Burnett.

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The Back Bay Guitar Trio (David Newsam, John Mason, Sharon Wayne) is joined by special guests John Muratore (guitar) and Alex Ogle (flute) to perform compositions by Celso Machado and other Brazilian composers. The concert will include works for guitar solo, duo, trio and quartet, and guitar/flute duo.

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Yes, there are the samba and bossa nova, those rhythms that flooded northern hemisphere airwaves in the 1950s and still define Brazilian music for the outside world.

But so many other unique forms have evolved from European, African and indigenous roots in that vast hothouse of musical styles. This concert includes timeless sambas but also such lesser-known Brazilian styles as choro, frevo and forró, guaranteed to move hearts and feet.

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Ah, love. In 1827, it inspired young French composer Hector Berlioz to pen his groundbreaking, nearly hour-long Symphonie Fantastique, a vivid musical trip through ecstasy and despair, tantrums and tenderness. It is paired with Aaron Copland’s 1945 Appalachian Spring; originally written for a Martha Graham ballet, it describes love grounded in family, community and agrarian life, culminating in Copland’s variations on the timeless Shaker hymn Simple Gifts.

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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

Verbum Ultimum The Dartmouth Editorial Board

Upholding Standards

Combating sexual assault requires fostering a culture of respect.

It’s not a coincidence that a lawyer defending Parker Gilbert ’16 dismissed the circumstances of the case as “drunken, awkward college sex” (our emphasis). Most view college as a time for experimentation — a period that exists in a vacuum, somehow outside of the real world.

Drinking and partying are the norm — ambiguous, questionable and downright traumatizing sexual encounters are far too common. But why must drinking necessarily open the door for brutality, abuse or disrespect? We claim that no one condones sexual assault, but what do we condone?

As Dartmouth students, we are constantly told that we are exceptional, and a rhetoric of exceptionality reaffirms this fact wherever we go.

These platitudes create a culture that encourages us to take risks and act boldly but also leads us to see ourselves as better than — or at least different from — others, establishing a dangerous precedent. While students subscribe to the concept of “right” and “wrong” in theory, when their own actions come under scrutiny, they will go to incredible lengths to blur lines that should not be blurred. We ask for week-long extensions.

We forge doctors’ notes for better housing. We shrug off hazing as a bonding exercise. We are quick to condemn others for unethical behavior, but when it comes to our own actions, we consider ourselves exceptional.

Often, students paint sexual assault as an issue fraught with ambiguity, referencing cases that allegedly fall into a moral gray area. But sexual misconduct cannot be considered ambiguous.

Claiming so undermines and invalidates the experiences of many survivors while exonerating and defending perpetrators. If someone walks away from a sexual interaction feeling violated and dehumanized, there is something wrong with

what occurred. And if we write these instances off as ambiguous, there is something wrong with how we treat each other here. Our interactions should not be so lacking in respect and basic communication that it is possible for one party to end up feeling seriously violated without the other even realizing or caring.

We must strive to establish a culture of consent, promoting active communication as the norm.

“No means no” is not a sufficient modus operandi. “Yes means yes” should be our baseline standard. Consent must be active and unam-

“We are both bystanders and participants in a culture that perpetuates disrespect.

We are desensitized to the consequences of our actions.” biguous — and, to state the absolute obvious, obtained without coercion or incapacitation.

Instances of sexual violence at Dartmouth or on any college campus are not isolated acts in which evil or twisted individuals buck established norms to commit a crime. The issue is far more complex and broad-reaching than a small set of perpetrators acting in a vacuum. Instead, our current campus standards serve to reinforce the perception that assault and coercion are acceptable — or at least not entirely unacceptable — forms of behavior.

We automatically accept that no one condones sexual assault — that we all stand as a united front against it. But this mindset allows us to avoid delving deeper into the root social and cultural

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causes behind sexual violence at Dartmouth.

Sexual violence involves a complicated interplay of power structures, ranging from race and socioeconomic status to systems particular to Dartmouth, like our Greek life. We call this institution a summer camp, forgetting that our interactions inside the “Dartmouth bubble” still matter. We condone systems that give us an overwhelming sense of entitlement and allow us to eliminate accountability for our actions.

For many, Dartmouth is a safe haven for rule breaking or bending, a place where the standards regarding our behavior are somehow lax or malleable. Our social spaces reflect the broad-sweeping and disturbing lack of respect that pervades the student body. Students pee on floors in fraternity houses with impunity. Others throw cups full of liquid on the ground and leave the mess behind for someone else. Signs in dorms are torn down, food left behind on FoCo tables.

We are both bystanders and participants in a culture that perpetuates disrespect. We are desensitized to the consequences of our actions.

We implicitly further the types of attitudes that underpin instances of sexual assault — allowing students to feel entitled to behave irresponsibly and to do what they please with others and with others’ bodies.

The recent policy revision reflects a shift toward enforcing accountability on this campus, a powerful marker of progress and an attempt to uphold the standards of respect to which our community pays so much lip service. But we are not remotely close to ending the fight against sexual assault. We must continue to battle the pervasive groupthink of entitlement and disrespect that facilitates and encourages this epidemic.

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SAT tutoring holds appeal for students seeking income, impact FROM TUTORS PAGE 1

students around the world prepare for the SAT. Estelle began working with the company her sohpomore year, connecting with high school students each week via video chat to run through vocabulary words and critical reading strategies.

Estelle has worked as an SAT tutor since the summer after her senior year of high school. She started by tutoring family and friends, but after her freshman year at Dartmouth she began working with Revolution Prep, a national test preparation company based out of Santa Monica, California.

Before working for Revolution Prep, Estelle said she had not received any formal training, although she added that she had done some volunteer tutoring through her high school’s guidance office.

At Revolution Prep, Estelle said she was tasked with starting a new branch of the company in her hometown of Westminster, Massachusetts.

As the branch’s manager, she marketed her class, decided pricing and taught throughout the summer, she said.

Compared to working with family and friends, Estelle noted she made more money and was better able to

find potential students. Advertising that she was a Dartmouth student made people more inclined to sign up for her course, she added.

“I was very excited, but for Dartmouth students, this number might seem inflated – most students here did very well. A lot of my students started pretty low.”

- kristen flint ’14, on her students’ 275-point average increase in sat scores Kristen Flint ’14, who did similar work for Revolution Prep her freshman summer but no longer tutors, said that while prospective clients may have heard of Dartmouth, her own SAT score brought in most of her business.

Both Estelle and Flint said that because they could set their prices, almost all of their students received

a significant discount. Flint said two of her students were not required to pay at all.

In her class, Flint said she tracked students’ scores through successive diagnostic tests, recording an average score increase of 275 points, she said.

“I was very excited, but for Dartmouth students, this number might seem inflated — most students here did very well,” Flint said. “A lot of my students started pretty low.” .

Other students have chosen to use their tutoring skills for non-profits.

Johns said half of Lets Get Ready’s volunteers focus on math and the others concentrate on reading and writing. Both groups spend three hours working with high school juniors each week.

Johns said that over half of the Let’s Get Ready tutors have previous tutoring experience. Tutors also receive yearly training from representatives of the national organization, he said.

For the past two years, the Mascoma group had the highest average overall increase in scores from the start of tutoring to the final diagnostic exam, he said.

In 2012, the most recent data available, the average increase in test scores over the course of the program was 178 points, Johns said.

He attributes this success to the coaches’ talent.

“We have a tremendous group of coaches that are extremely dedicated

“The SAT is such a gameable test – the best predictor of SAT score is family income.

I want to close that gap.”

- WILL JOHNS ’15, LET’s GET READY SITE MANAGER and work well together,” Johns said.

“There’s a sense of community.”

Aryeh Drager ’12 optimized the group’s “target numbers” system, a formula that helps students decide how many questions on the test they

should answer, he said.

Johns said he started tutoring because of the impact it has on students.

“The SAT is such a gameable test — the best predictor of SAT score is family income,” Johns said.

“I want to close that gap.”

Caroline Sohr ’16, a Let’s Get Ready reading and writing tutor, said the group also provides college consulting services and helps students write college essays.

Changes to the SAT, which include making the essay section optional and moving toward more evidence-based reading and writing questions, will go into effect in 2016.

Johns noted that the changes will significantly affect Let’s Get Ready, as tutors devote attention to improving students’ writing.

Estelle said that, for her, tutoring will remain largely the same, noting that she focuses largely on the essay.

Though it will now be optional, many schools will still require it, she said.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS

The Computer Store at Dartmouth

TODAY 9:00 a.m.

Conference, “Specter of the Great War: France, Italy and the First World War Conference,” Haldeman 041

4:00 p.m.

Lecture, “Feminism and Abolition: Extending the Dialogue,” Angela Davis of University of California at Santa Cruz, Filene Auditorium

7:00 p.m.

Department of music Tracy Piano Competition, Hopkins Center, Faulkner Recital Hall

TOMORROW All Day Jewelry exhibition, “Beyond the Blue Box,” Moore Theater lobby, Harrington Display Case

2:00 p.m.

Tour, “The Art of Weapons: Selections from the African Collection,” Hood Museum

Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 6:00pm Saturday 12-4, During Term

7:00 p.m.

Film screening, “Le Week-End” (2013), Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium

The Benjamin F. Barge & Class of 1866 Prizes for Oratory 2014 Speech Contest

Tues. May 20, 2014, 4:30 PM

Sponsored by the Institute for Writing & Rhetoric, the Benjamin F. Barge Fund and the Class of 1866 Fund at Dartmouth College 646-­‐9748, Room 204 Baker Library, writing.program@dartmouth.edu

The Treasure Room, Baker Library

Reception to follow.

Come see the finalists compete for cash prizes!

For a list of speakers and topics, visit: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/speech/

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Team to compete against ASU, Michigan, SDSU FROM SOFTBALL PAGE 8

Calmon will also have to be strong in the circle to keep a potent Sun Devils’ offense at bay. ASU is batting .327 as a team this year, pounding out 468 hits for 343 runs and 67 home runs this season.

“We can win,” outfielder Alyssa Loyless ’17 said. “We need to play smart, capitalize on all of our scoring opportunities and avoid small mental mistakes.”

SDSU Michigan

42-12 Record 39-17

.343 .303 Avg.

53 38 HR

1.91 ERA 2.43

Michigan (42-12) and San Diego State (39-17) are no strangers to the postseason either. The Wolverines are playing in their 20th consecutive tournament, while the Aztecs are making their seventh-straight postseason appearance.

Like ASU, Michigan has two strong pitching options in junior Haylie Wagner and freshman Megan Betsa. Both pitchers boast sub2.00 ERAs with Wagner on the low end with a 1.55 mark. Wagner has a 21-3 record, but Betsa has pitched more strikeouts, 131 to Wagner’s 111.

Both Wagner and Betsa are statistically matched, which means neither pitcher will shoulder a

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disproportionate workload. If the Tempe Regional extends into a game seven, the fact that both pitchers are more rested than Rumley, Escobedo or San Diego State’s Danielle O’Toole may become a deciding factor.

Michigan bats .343 as a team and has scored 361 runs with 53 home runs this season. Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero has been a force at the plate this year with a .510 average, 16 home runs and 62 RBI. San Diego State has ridden the arm of sophomore O’Toole to the NCAA tournament. O’Toole owns a 30-8 record with 184 strikeouts and a 1.66 ERA. Two other pitchers have seen the mound for San Diego State, but if O’Toole can pitch, she’ll be on the mound, as the remaining two pitchers have ERAs of 4.27 and 3.04.

Redshirt senior Patrice Jackson is the Aztecs’ most dangerous hitter with 16 homers and 48 RBIs. Nine other hitters have combined for San Diego State’s remaining 22 home runs.

Of its three possible opponents, Dartmouth has never played ASU or Michigan, and has played San Diego State twice, both losses, in 2004.

Earlier this week, McCalmon was named Ivy League Softball Player of the Year, while teammate Rumley earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors for the second straight season.

The competition will begin Friday at 3:30 p.m. with Michigan versus San Diego State. Immediately after the conclusion of the game, Dartmouth and ASU will play, slated to start at 6 p.m.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY LINEUP

SOFTBALL AT ARIZONA STATE 6 PM

Softball heads to NCAA Tournament B y josh schiefelbein The Dartmouth Staff

For its inaugural appearance in the NCAA softball tournament, Dartmouth (31-17, 18-2) travels to Arizona to compete in the Tempe Regional tournament hosted by No. 4 Arizona State University. The Sun Devils (44-10-1) drew the No. 9 overall seed in the tournament.

The University of Michigan and San Diego State University round out the regional competition. The four teams will compete in a doubleelimination tournament to advance to the Super Regional round, hosted on the campus of the highest-ranked team to advance from each regional.

“We just have to go in there and do what we know how to do,” outfielder Brianna Lohmann ’16 said.

“It’ll be tough but it’ll be fun.”

Head coach Rachel Hanson said that the high temperatures will present a challenge Dartmouth hasn’t faced this year, but she believes her team can overcome the heat so long as it properly hydrates. The weekend forecast for Tempe, Arizona, predicts temperatures over 100 degrees, with a high of 104 degrees

on Saturday. While the team has played games on the West Coast this year, it has not competed outside the Northeast since March 23.

“I think our biggest concern will be getting the players prepared for

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the Arizona heat,” assistant coach Dorian Shaw said.

The Sun Devils are one of the most prestigious programs in the nation, especially as of late. The team has been ranked in the weekly NFCA Coaches Poll since the second week of the 2006 season, with 127 of the 138 placing ASU in the top 10.

Dartmouth’s batting order will

face a stiff challenge from ASU’s pitching staff, which is led by senior Dallas Escobedo. Escobedo owns a dominating 22-7 record with 310 strikeouts and 26 complete games.

The senior has a superb season 1.85 ERA. “She throws the ball hard and goes up and down in the zone so I know that’s something we’re going to have to prepare for,” Shaw said.

“We haven’t had to face that kind of velocity yet this year but I think the kids will be able to catch up with a couple days of practice.”

There is very little drop-off with the number two pitcher on the staff, senior Mackenzie Popescue. Popescue has pitched 16 complete games on her way to building a 20-3 record with 76 strikeouts and a 2.15 ERA. Dartmouth’s trio of power hitters — Morgan McCalmon ’16, Katie McEachern ’16 and Karen Chaw ’17 — will need to be at the top of their game. All three hitters have the power and capability to break the game wide open, especially in the later innings.

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The softball team will play its first NCAA Tournament game against Arizona State University.

B y kelly wood I vividly remember watching the women’s basketball team host then-No. 3 Duke University in the 2006 Blue Sky Classic. The heat and noise in sold-out Leede Arena was electric. The gym was alive, and cheers continued throughout the game despite the Big Green’s blowout 77-40 loss.

When the men’s ice hockey team packs Thompson Arena for its annual home game against Princeton University, students turn out in droves to be part of our favorite tennis ball tradition.

As NARPs, this is a way we can have a real influence on athletics. Athletes agree that they have more energy when they can feel the support of the crowd, and often play better because of it.

Joseph Geller ’16 wrote a stellar op-ed (“Support Our Sports,” March 25) about why students should come support their friends and classmates, in which he said that increasing attendance at sporting events is the one thing he would change about Dartmouth.

Despite the benefits for both fans and athletes, more often than not, attendance is still shockingly low.

I understand that Dartmouth is a small school. Sure, sports here are different from the power conference teams we so frequently see on television.

But the level of athletic competition here is Division I. Big Green athletes are impressive, and teams compete on the national level against powerhouse schools (shout out to the softball team competing tonight against Arizona State at 6 p.m. on ESPNU).

I believe that we owe our teams more support at home games. But how can we boost active attendance?

The easy answer is winning. Fans want to see a successful team. Simple enough. But it’s important to realize that winning and attendance are tightly intertwined. Winning breeds fans, and the energy of a lively home crowd tends to bring more wins. Case in point: the men’s ice hockey team went 3-1-1 in its last five home games against Princeton.

I’ll break down ways we can boost attendance into three categories, in order of difficulty: local youth attendance, local adult attendance and finally Dartmouth student attendance.

How do we get more kids out to games? Dartmouth athletes are celebrities to local kids. When Big Green players visit schools or serve as volunteer coaches, kids get a chance to build relationships with them. These relationships clearly foster attendance, as anyone who has been to a game can attest.

Conveniently, kids come with parents — making this a two-fold measure to increase game attendance. The marketing branch of the athletic department also runs promotions such as DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center and College employee discount nights at basketball and football games. Sports are an important source of entertainment in the Upper Valley, and making games both accessible and exciting will draw local adults to our fields.

Last is the Dartmouth student body, in many ways the most difficult demographic to convince.

The most common reasons students cite for not going to games include not knowing when the games are, not caring and being too busy with schoolwork. To these issues, I raise a few suggestions.

First, student groups can boost awareness about games by creating buzz on social media. Second, if students knew more about the success of many of the Big Green teams and the high-level competition, perhaps more students would care enough to turn out. And third, are you really doing homework on a Friday night? If so, props to you.

If not, why not bring your friends and support your classmates as they represent our school in a game or race?

Just last term, COSO recognized a new student organization named the Big Green Machine as Dartmouth’s official student section with the expressed intent of increasing student turnout at sporting events. As a COSO organization, this new club has leverage that previous athletic department initiatives did not have. Be on the lookout for peprallies, tailgates, prizes and attendance competitions next fall, as the organization makes its push to fill the stands at Memorial Field, Thompson Arena and Chase Astroturf Field, among others.

We have the opportunity to leave Dartmouth better than we found it, and one area that stands for improvement is attendance at home games. GBG.