VOL. CLXXII NO. 35
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Students plan for Dimensions Tuckstudents
spendthousands onnetworkingtrips By KATIE RAFTER The Dartmouth Staff
mouth Forward” social policy initiative announced last month that touched on plans to mitigate high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity and included a new plan for residential housing, directors said there has so far been no direction from administration on changing programming. “I think they trust us to represent campus,” Glick said. Around 30 freshmen will be chosen to write songs and skits
According to a recent study carried out by Bloomberg Business, Tuck School of Business students pay on average over $10,000 for “non-essentials” during their job search. which puts them among the top 12 MBA programs whose students spend the most on discretionary purchases. Most of this cost derives from students traveling to visit potential employers. Aviran Sethi Tu’16, Apurva Sacheti Tu’16 and Mathew Sevin Tu’16 all said that the value of these trips are larger than their costs, especially compared to Tuck’s tuition — Tuck’s total estimated costs are over $93,550 for the Class of 2016, with $61,605 going towards tuition alone. Tuck’s career development director Jonathan Masland said that students commonly travel out of Hanover for networking purposes and, in his opinion, networking trips cost very little for students overall. Masland did comment on the specific cost. He added that the career development office encourages students to travel to cities where they can meet people face-to-face and make personal connections. Masland said that there are many advantages to traveling to different cities to meet with recruiters or alumni at different businesses, because a willingness to personally visit companies conveys a genuine interest and enthusiasm to recruiters. “It shows a lot of dedication and commitment
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Prospective students attend the yearly “Dimensions of Dartmouth” weekend.
B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff
As student directors sift through applications for this year’s student show at Dimensions of Dartmouth — the College’s prospective student weekends — they said that no major changes are in store for the program, following administration-mandated changes between the 2013 and 2014 shows, as well as the Dimensions weekend programming
as a whole, such as barring current students in the Dimensions performance from posing as prospective students. The only concrete change from last year’s show and programming is pushing to have the Dimensions show all three weekends instead of during the last session only, show directors Sam Glick ’17 and Rosie Mahoney ’17 said. Currently, the show is scheduled for April 23. Despite College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dart-
MLA reports decreased language enrollment B y LAUREN BUDD The Dartmouth Staff
Though a recent Modern Language Association survey reported that 100,000 fewer college students enrolled in foreign language classes in 2013 compared to 2009 — while college enrollment rose by over 150,000 during the same period — Dartmouth professors and students remain confident in the strength and relevancy of their respective language programs and with the
College’s foreign language enrollment as a whole. The overall percentage drop marks the largest decrease since 1995, and the number of students enrolled in Spanish classes dropped by the largest number since the association began tracking language classes in 1958. Spanish and Portuguese department chair Raúl Bueno said that he did not see a problem with national SEE MLA PAGE 3
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Street Soul performs as part of the Dartmouth Asian Organization’s culture night.