VOL. CLXXI NO. 110
SUNNY HIGH 78 LOW 51
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Coed Council members endorse new constitution By charlie rafkin The Dartmouth Staff
Membership of the College’s coed houses endorsed a new constitution on August 13 that would implement a robust nondiscrimination policy among member institutions and ensure full financial aid is available for all members of Coed Council bodies, in addition to establishing Amarna Undergraduate Society as an affiliate member of the Council. Debate over the constitution will resume this fall when full membership returns to campus. Greek Leadership Council and Coed Council summer leadership expressed optimism that fall membership would officially apJULIETTA GERVASE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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SPORTS
HENDRICKS ’12 BRINGS LOW ERA TO CUBS PAGE 8
OPINION
MCKAY: BLIND LEADING THE BLIND PAGE 5
ARTS
‘BOYHOOD’ HITS RIGHT NOTES
Humanities 1-2 overflows with apps B y JASMINE SACHAR
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Applications for the Humanities 1-2 class sequence, a program offered to incoming freshmen to fulfill the writing and first-year seminar requirement, soared this year among members of the Class of 2018. The
program received 135 applications for 48 spots, while applicant pools have been closer to 75 students in past years, program administrator Wadeane Kunz wrote in an email. The directors had not increased the number of SEE HUMANITIES PAGE 2
The new Coed Constitution would include a robust nondiscrimination provision.
2012 first-year survey released
B y ANNIE SMITH
More than 95 percent of students in the Class of 2016 identified getting good grades as “very important” to them upon arriving at the College, according to the 2012 New Student survey, released last week by the Office of Institutional Research. The New Student survey was emailed to incoming freshmen for the first time in 2012
and posed questions ranging from high school social and academic experiences to new students’ expectations and goals for college. More than 82 percent of students in the class completed the survey, with a slightly higher response rate from women. Associate provost for institutional research Alicia Betsinger did not respond to multiple requests for comment by press time.
Academic Skills Center director Carl Thum said that students’ emphasis on grades was not surprising due to the competitive nature of the college application process. “To do well is really important if you want to apply and have a fighting chance to be accepted to a school like this,” Thum said. Dartmouth has conducted similar surveys since at least SEE SURVEY PAGE 5
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Members of SAUSSY brave the cold to perform for student crowds.
As letters swirl around a black hole sucking bubble after bubble into an abyss, a player’s thumbs dart across the screen to form words, attempting to save as many letters as possible from what must surely be a dreadful fate. “Word Blastoff,” an iPhone game produced this June by Michelle Khare
’14 and Nook Harquail ’14 for a senior thesis, marks just one among several iPhone apps developed by Dartmouth students while at the College. Students have found success in developing smartphone applications in Hanover, though some noted a lack of institutional support for their projects. Several students emphasized that SEE APP PAGE 3