The Dartmouth 09/24/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 119

MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 69 LOW 46

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Staff troubleshoots printer delays

Unspoken use of private consultants affects admissions

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Troubles with GreenPrint proliferated after a Google Chrome update.

B y Nicholas Vernice Michael Ohene-Adjei ’18 has never used GreenPrint. After hearing of friends’ difficulties with the campus-wide printing system, he bought his own printer. His decision comes as students complain about printing speed, paper jams and margin size. The system has seen a number of com-

plications this term, many of which can be traced to a new version of Google Chrome that was installed on campus desktop computers last week, assistant director of campus information technology support Ellen Young wrote in an email. The upgrade affected the default paper size on all documents printed from the browser, causing delays with

GreenPrint and other printers, Young explained, noting that College information technology staff has worked with students to change paper size settings and has enabled printing of documents set at any size. “We have also changed the configuration on the GreenPrint printers so that when SEE GREENPRINT PAGE 3

Student Assembly to launch awareness campaigns B y TIMOTHY CONNOR

Student Assembly announced structural and procedural changes on Tuesday that its leaders say aim to boost connections with the student body and institutional transparency. A “State of the Student Body” report outlined the fall term goals of student body president Casey Dennis ’15 and vice president Frank Cunningham ’16. One goal outlined in Tuesday’s document explained a desire to

More than $5,000 worth of private college counseling bought five months of advice on realistic school choices, deadline reminders and application essay vocabulary for a female member of the Class of 2016. Although her public high school employed a guidance counselor who had previously evaluated applications for a prestigious institution , the student’s family insisted on hiring a counselor who had once worked as a Harvard University admissions officer. The student, who requested anonymity to keep her family’s financial status private, said that while her friends never discussed the topic, all of them paid for private consultants, too. “Everyone in my town above a certain income bracket definitely had

them,” she said. As hundreds of thousands of high school students draft and edit their early decision applications, due in little more than a month, these expensive services say they provide an advantage in the process. Last year, more than 31,000 students applied early action or early decision to the eight Ivy League schools — 1,678 to Dartmouth. Judi Robinovitz, founder and co-owner of the tutoring and educational consulting company Score at the Top, said she has about seven former advisees attending Dartmouth. The company’s website says it hosts sessions called “Secrets of College Admissions — Revealed!” at five schools, alongside seven additional presentations. Most people likely underestimate the number SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE 5

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increase institutional transparency. To that end, the Assembly report indicates that members will release executive board meeting notes online and host open office hours on Sunday evenings, and it will expand to include two rotating members who will serve on its board each term. The statement’s authors promised to continue collaborating with Dick’s House to examine the scope and severity of mental health issues SEE ASSEMBLY PAGE 3

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