The Dartmouth 01/04/19

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VOL. CLXXV NO. 106

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2019

Early decision applications increase B y MARY WINTERS The Dartmouth

OPINION

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Henry Mans ’23 wanted to go to college in a small town connected to nature. A recently-accepted student from Edina, Minnesota, Mans said that Dartmouth was his first choice school because of its size, location and academic strength. “It was big for me to be in a more rural place,” he said. “If I decide I want to be in a city, I have the rest of my life to do that, but it’s harder to live in a rural place later in life.” On Dec. 13, Dartmouth admitted 574 members into the Class of 2023 through early decision, up from 565 last year. This year there was a record 2,474 applicants, 23.2 percent of

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B y SAVANNAH ELLER

Dartmouth community members will be able to use Google applications through their official College accounts following a recent decision to offer Google’s G Suite campuswide. According to College vice president and chief information o f f i c e r M i t c h D av i s, t h e

Undergraduate advisors express job dissatisfaction

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Over a dozen UGAs spoke to The Dartmouth with concerns about their compensation levels.

B y ELIZABETH JANOWSKI The Dartmouth Staff

College will adopt Google’s G Suite The Dartmouth

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whom were accepted. This was a nine percent increase in the number of applicants compared to last year. The accepted students will make up approximately 48 percent of the Class of 2023. The group of newly admitted students includes 138 recruited athletes and 25 students who applied through QuestBridge, a platform which connects lowincome students with institutions of higher education. Additionally, 119 of the accepted students are projected to be valedictorians or salutatorians of their high school class.

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decision to offer Google applications was informed by the expressed interest of faculty members. Davis said that after the College chose Office 365 — Microsoft’s suite of online tools — as its official platform in 2011, some faculty continued using Google applications. “Many faculty members SEE GOOGLE PAGE 2

Fourteen undergraduate advisors, from those who work in upperclassman and first-year residences to those who reside in Living Learning Communities, have voiced a variety of complaints against the Office of Residential Life that they are not adequately compensated for training and weekly responsibilities and that the ORL has not been adequately responsive to their concerns. T he g roup consists of 10 UGAs from the Class of 2021 and four upperclassman UGAs who

have held their position for two or more years. A majority have been UGAs for LLCs or first-year floors or both. Several requested anonymity due to concerns about job security. I n p a r t i c u l a r, t h e majority of the UGAs interviewed pointed out that they do not receive additional compensation for being on campus to attend training one week before the start of First-Year Orientation, compared to their peers who are hired in the winter and who undergo a much shorter training period. During the fall training

period, sessions can last from around 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Several UGAs argued that either training could be condensed down to just a few days without losing any substantial information or experiences, or that they should be compensated for the extra time they have to spend on campus away from their families. Many UGAs took issue with training activities that they felt had no relevance to their jobs, such as a scavenger hunt or an overnight camping SEE UGA PAGE 3

Study looks at Veterans Health Administration services B y LUCY TURNIPSEED The Dartmouth

Veterans around the country should give more consideration to the Veterans Health Administration’s services when choosing where to receive medical care, according to a recent study on the merits of VHA and non-VHA facilities

published in the Annals of Internal Medicine at the end of 2018. Researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center worked on the study. TDI professor William Weeks who also teaches psychiatry

and community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine and Alan West ’72 from the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center were the primary authors. The study follows many recent projects on the same subject, using large, cross-section samples of patients in and outside of

the VHA system to reach its findings. “We wanted to take a closer look at local health care markets and specific health conditions because if you’re a veteran deciding where to seek treatment, what you’re really concerned with are the outcomes at your local VA,” Weeks said.

Weeks said he saw a problem with previous VHA studies, explaining that the large scale was not helpful to veterans seeking a facility in their own health care markets. “It’s like reviews of your local Chipotle [Mexican Grill] and Chili’s [Grill and Bar] — SEE VETERANS PAGE 2


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