The Dartmouth 03/03/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 40

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014

PARTLY SUNNY

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

University tuitions to continue steep climb, experts say

Total Tuition, Fees, Room and Board

HIGH 12 LOW -13

$60,201

$57,998

By MICHAEL QIAN

$55,365

The Dartmouth Staff

$52,275

$49,974

BYRNE HOLLANDER/THE DARTMOUTH

SPORTS WEEKLY

WOMEN’S TRACK TAKE SECOND AT HEPS PAGE SW 4

MEN’S HOCKEY SHUTS OUT CORNELL PAGE SW 2

OPINION

MEDIA MEDDLING PAGE 4

ARTS

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: MATTHEW MIRLIANI ’16 PAGE 8 READ US ON

DARTBEAT SIX REASONS YOU DIDN’T GET YOUR PE CREDIT FOLLOW US ON

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Although the College will not finalize its 2014-15 tuition amount until later this month, national trends point toward an ever-rising cost of attendance. With a sticker price of $63,282, Dartmouth was the second-most expensive Ivy League university in the 2013-14 academic year, following Columbia University. Between 2009 and 2014, Dartmouth’s tuition and fees have increased an average of 4.8 percent per year. The 2013-14 year marked the lowest increase from the previous year’s tuition and fees, at 3.8 percent.

The College tuition was the second-highest tuition in the Ivy League last year.

SEE TUITION PAGE 3

Drive-in fundraising Club highlights education reform campaign falls short B y REBECCA ASOULIN The Dartmouth Staff

B y ASHLEY MANNING

After an unsuccessful Kickstarter fundraising campaign ended Sunday, owners of the Fairlee Drive-In are determined to keep it open for at least the coming season. The family-owned business has tried selling T-shirts, hosting a concert and an auction

and reaching out through social media to raise money for a new $77,000 projector, said Peter Trapp, the drivein’s owner. Built in 1950, the drive-in has become a local favorite, as well as a beloved sophomore summer experience for many Dartmouth

SEE FAIRLEE PAGE 5

Brightly colored posters announcing startling facts about the U.S. K-12 education system stopped students at the south end of BakerBerry Library on Sunday afternoon. One of the five proclaims, “schools are more segregated now than they were 40 years ago,” while another says, “the majority of U.S. teachers comes from

Heps track competition boosts local business

B y MIGUEL PENA

As Ivy League track and field athletes descended on Hanover this weekend, they explored beyond the confines of Leverone Field House. Many local businesses and restaurants saw a large influx of patrons during the 2014 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend, which

the bottom third of college graduates. In top performing countries teachers come from the top third of college graduates.” Students for Education Reform at Dartmouth organized the display, which includes facts and space for students to comment on their experience with educational inequities. A large poster asks each passerby to write about an experience with “education-

al injustice.” Anonymous responses covered the display within hours after it was set up Sunday afternoon. “People from my hometown though I would drop out of Dartmouth,” read one comment. “Low expectations are unjust.” Others mentioned cuts to language programs, underfunded schools, apathy and a lack of racial diversity. SEE EDUCATION PAGE 5

PULLING STRINGS

were held at the College for the first time in four years. The weekend’s tournament began Saturday at 11 a.m. and concluded yesterday afternoon. Though Dartmouth women were in the lead after day one, they ended Sunday in second place to Harvard University. Cornell University won on the men’s JOSH RENAUD/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

SEE HEPS PAGE 2

Students performed their compositions in Collis Common Ground on Sunday.


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