The Dartmouth 04/01/16

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VOL. CLXXIII NO.51

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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016

SPORTS

PROFILE ON SOCCER MANAGER PAGE 8

OPINION

SHARMA: PETTY POLITICS PAGE 4

ARTS

ALUMNA Q&A: SAMANTHA KNOWLES ’12 PAGE 7

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2,176 accepted to College

Favor changes plea to guilty Thursday

THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

African and African American studies and English professor J. Martin Favor pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge at his change-of-plea hearing in the U.S. District Court in Concord this morning. Favor could face up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000 and a term of supervised release. He will be sentenced on July 11. Favor was arrested last year on Sept. 4 for the alleged possession of child pornography. Five complaints filed by the police on the day of Favor’s arrest allege that Favor knowingly had in his possession videos depicting the graphic sexual abuse of several prepubescent boys and a prepubescent girl. At his arraignment last year, Favor pleaded not guilty.

In November, federal authorities took over the case. The five state-level charges against Favor were replaced with one federal count of possessing child pornography. George Ostler ’77, of DesMeules Olmstead & Ostler, is representing Favor. Ostler served as an attorney for Alpha Delta fraternity last year, when the house was suspended and subsequently derecognized as a student organization. Nick Abramson is representing the U.S. Favor will remain on paid administrative leave while Dartmouth evaluates the situation, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email. Favor has been a professor at the College for 22 years and formerly chaired the African and African American studies program.

Experts discuss College tuition hike By JOYCE LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

Despite being around a percent higher than the 2.9 percent tuition increase for the 20152016 academic year, experts say that the 3.8 percent increase in tuition, mandatory fees and room and board approved by the Board of Trustees for the 2016-2017 academic school year

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remains in line with national trends of rising costs for higher education. Center for College Affordability and Productivity director Richard Vedder said that a 3 to 4 percent increase in tuition is fairly typical for private schools and that it is SEE TUITION PAGE 3

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The Class of 2020 comes from an applicant pool of 20,675.

By AMANDA ZHOU The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth offered 2,176 acceptances to the Class of 2020, a group that includes the highest ever percentage of students of color. The number of applicants totaled 20,675 — representing less than a 1 percent increase from the Class of 2019 — bringing the 2020 admission rate to 10.5 percent. Of the admitted students, 51.6 percent identified as persons of color, 14.7 percent as first-generation college students and 8.1 percent as legacies. Of the admitted students, 47.7 percent qualify for need-based financial aid, with an average scholarship of $43,915. Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees approved a 3.8 percent total increase in undergraduate tuition,

mandatory fees and room and board for the 2016-2017 academic year. Geographically within the United States, 27.3 percent of admitted students come from the West, 18.8 percent from the South, 9.7 percent from the Midwest, 22.1 percent from the MidAtlantic region and 13.6 percent from New England. Of admitted students, 8.2 percent are international students, up from last year’s 7.9 percent. Ten percent are recruited athletes. Engineering was the top of the list of academic interests for the third consecutive year. The next most frequently indicated interests were economics and biology. The mean SAT score among admitted students was 2219, and the mean ACT score was 32.8. Almost 95 percent of the admitted

students are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class. The proportion of admits from private schools decreased from 27.2 percent last year to 25.4 percent this year. Sixty-three percent of admits are from public schools, an increase from the previous year’s 60.8 percent. Princeton University had a record-low acceptance rate of 6.46 percent, as did the University of Pennsylvania which admitted 9.4 percent. Brown University admitted 9 percent, Columbia University admitted 6.04 percent and Cornell University admitted 13.96 percent. Yale University admitted 6.27 percent of applicants. Harvard University has not reported numbers yet. This article will be updated as more information is reported.

Match Day reveals what is next for Geisel students By DANIEL KIM

The Dartmouth Staff

Four years of medical school culminated with Match Day, when 81 students at the Geisel School of Medicine discovered where they will move on to fulfill their residency training after graduation. Friends and families gathered

with the graduating students on March 18 to celebrate their next step toward becoming a physician. This year, 41 students matched into primary care, which includes inter nal medicine and pediatrics, among others. New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and California were the top

destinations. “Once again this year, Geisel students had an excellent match,” interim senior associate dean for medical education Greg Ogrinc said. “The match is about finding the right next step in one’s professional development, whether it be in internal medicine, general surgery, orthope-

dics, pediatrics, radiology, or another specialty — there are many options for students.” Ogrinc said that Geisel students are highly competitive for all programs. Asha McClurg Med’16 and her husband Wade Harrison Med’16 matched to obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics, respectively, at the

University of Utah. “We were pretty over the moon,” McClurg said. “That was our top pick and we weren’t sure we were going to get it. It’s also a great feeling to know you have a job as a doctor next year.” Geisel professor Amer AlSEE GEISEL PAGE 5


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