This informant is a member of the Dartmouth Class of 24′ and is also a member of the football team. Outside of Dartmouth, he is a New York City native who has a strong interest in Climate activity.
Social Data:
The folklore was collected during an interview with the informant. In 2020 the fall season for all Ivy sports were taken away. This student athlete did not have the opportunity to experience every aspect of being part of the team he participates in which is football. This folklore is the Dartmouth Alma Mater which is sung after a win by the football team post game. The team locks arms together and sings with participants of the crowd to celebrate victory.
Associated File:
Collector:
“Are there any other traditions we haven’t discussed that you think are important to fall of freshman year at Dartmouth ?”
Informant Comments:
“Something that I feel very grateful to be a part of is the Alma Mater song that we sing after games. My freshman year we were still heavily in a pandemic so we did not get the opportunity to experience it freshman year because of Ivy League sports getting shut down. It’s been pretty special seeing the culture of the team after a hard fought win singing with Dartmouth students, staff, and supporters.”
Collector Comment:
This folklore demonstrates a tradition within the football community. There is the verbal folklore that sings a song special to Dartmouth only, its Alma Mater.
This information is a female student at Dartmouth college in the class of 2023. She resides in Jamaica and spends her time in Hanover, New Hampshire during the year. She also plans to gain her degree in Math upon graduation in 2023.
Social Data:
Each homecoming weekend at Dartmouth there are a series of events taking place on campus, mainly the bonfire. Prior to the bonfire each dorm and floor tend to have events for freshmen to get them better acquainted with each other, giving a sense of interaction beforehand to give the bonfire more of a community look.
Item: The residents of Mid Faye 1st floor annually have a gathering where they prepare a variety of things for the homecoming bonfire.
Associated File:
Collector: “Why do (or don’t) you take part in traditions such as the homecoming bonfire?”
Informant Comments:
“Being a part of traditions at Dartmouth is very unique. Coming in as a regular student compared to athletes we do not come with a team. Having a tradition for our floor such as the event before the fire made it a lot easier for me to be able to talk to classmates before such a social and memorable event. It was also very fun because we were able to create glow stick necklaces, glasses, and also meet other people through the games we played in playsets.
Collector Comment:
The Midfaye first floor event is an example of rites of passage because it is strictly experienced by the members of the first floor of Fayerweather Mid. This event can also be looked at as they are transitioning into the bigger Dartmouth community through these interactions of playing games as well as grabbing their glow sticks.
General Information: Title: Snowball Fight Form of Folklore: Customary, snowball-fight Language: English Place of Origin: Hanover, NH, United States Informant: R.A. Date Collected: October 26th, 2021
Informant Data: R.A. is a 21-year-old member of the Dartmouth class of 2022. She was born and raised in Armonk, NY. She is a cognitive science major, with minors in government and digital art, and she hopes to pursue graphic design after graduation. At Dartmouth, R.A. is a member of the dance group Sugarplum and works for the DALI lab. She currently lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Contextual Data: – Social Context: The annual Dartmouth snowball fight was brought up by R.A. when asked to think about other fall traditions she participated in as a freshman. It is arranged by the school and open for all students and staff who want to participate, and it takes place on the Dartmouth Green. It takes place on the night of the year’s first snowfall, which typically occurs in the fall (although sometimes it takes place in the winter if it doesn’t snow during fall term) – during Rachel’s freshman year it occurred during her fall finals week. Because all students are invited, students never know how many will attend until they show up to the Green. However, as a once-a-year tradition, a lot of students value attending. – Cultural Context: Dartmouth highly values traditions, and even the administrative organization takes steps to organize and execute traditions every year. The invitation to the snowball fight is disguised as an invite from Dr Seuss, which is a fun twist for students that references Dartmouth history. Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr Seuss’) was an undergraduate at Dartmouth and graduated in 1925. Because of this reference, the tradition becomes even more culturally tied to Dartmouth. Furthermore, the tradition informally marks the beginning of the Dartmouth winter term, and acts as a precursor to the tradition rich winter that features the annual Winter Carnival, the polar plunge, and an ice-carving contest.
Item: On the night of the school year’s first snowfall, all undergraduate students receive a school issued email from the email address of ‘Dr Seuss’ addressed to Robert Frost and the rest of campus, inviting everyone to engage in a snowball fight on the Green at midnight. At midnight, the Green is filled with students from all over campus, and everyone runs around throwing snowballs at each other. The fight typically lasts until there is no snow left to make snowballs from.
Associated File:
Image courtesy of Dartmouth Admissions
Transcript: Collector: “Are there any other traditions we haven’t discussed that you think are important to freshman fall at Dartmouth?”
Informant: “I distinctly remember the snowball fight as a very fun end to my freshman fall. I received the email from Dr Seuss which I thought was pretty funny and I got really excited. I was a little nervous that people wouldn’t go since it was at midnight and it would be a little weird if only a few students gathered on the Green to throw a few snowballs, but I went and there were so many people! It was super fun and packed with students, and it was nice to see that so many people were awake at the time and took the time to go share the experience together.”
Collector Comment: I also participated in the snowball fight my freshman fall, and it made me very excited for the upcoming winter term.
Collected By: Una Westvold Oslo, Norway Hanover, NH Dartmouth College RUSS 013 Fall 2021
General Information: Title: Running Around the Bonfire Form of Folklore: Customary, bonfire festival Language: English Place of Origin: Hanover, NH, United States Informant: H.A. Date Collected: November 1st, 2021
Informant Data: H.A. is a 21-year-old member of the Dartmouth class of 2022. He studies neuroscience and wants to be on the cutting edge of mental health research, eventually pursuing a PhD. He was born in San Francisco, but moved to Washington DC in 2004. At Dartmouth, H.A. is the co-founder of the recently approved Dartmouth Undergraduate Psychedelic Society, and otherwise pursues neuroscience research with mice. In his free-time, H.A. enjoys reading scientific articles, listening to scientific podcasts, cooking, and spending time with friends.
Contextual Data: – Social Context: Every term Dartmouth has a ‘big weekend’ of celebrations, and in the fall this is ‘Homecoming Weekend’. While many instantiations of traditions are aimed at the freshmen during this weekend, the whole weekend stands as a yearly tradition for all students and a lot of alumni who will come back and visit for the weekend. The weekend features Dartmouth’s football team playing the ‘homecoming game’, and the school organizes parades, speeches, and a large bonfire that all alumni and students gather around. The bonfire itself is used as part of a freshman-specific tradition every year, where the freshmen class walks a lap around the fire in front of the audience. It is the first ‘big weekend’ that freshmen get to experience, and because they typically hear a lot about it from upperclassmen they often look very forward to it. – Cultural Context: The bonfire, specifically, features a freshman specific tradition where the whole class walks a lap around the bonfire. Typically, they are heckled by upperclassmen who are watching the bonfire lap, and these upperclassmen were again heckled by their seniors when they were freshmen. Notably, Henry is a member of the class of 2022, the first class to participate in this tradition after Dartmouth updated the safety restrictions surrounding the event. The class of 2022 was the first class who was prohibited from running their lap around the fire and were instructed to only walk one lap. Past classes were both allowed to run around the fire, and they ran the same number of laps as their class year. The bonfire lap is a once-in-a-Dartmouth-career experience, and because all students have participated once it stands as a well cemented and anticipated tradition every year.
Item: The homecoming bonfire is organized by the College, and it is built in the middle of the Dartmouth Green. The wooden panels are decorated by various student organizations, who send their freshmen members to paint a panel. The top of the wooden structure is decorated by wooden numerals of the graduating year of the freshmen. Surrounding the bonfire is a large audience of current students and alumni. While the fire burns on the Friday of homecoming, the freshman walk a lap around the fire and are heckled by upperclassmen. Various traditional heckles are yelled, like “you are the worst class ever” and “touch the fire”. The latter emerged a few years ago, when the school took strict action to ensure that students didn’t run close to the fire.
Associated File:
Image courtesy of Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Review
Transcript: Collector: “What is your attitude towards Homecoming Weekend and the Bonfire tradition?”
Informant: “I really enjoyed the bonfire tradition and generally thought it was a lot of fun. But I had heard a lot about the bonfire tradition from upperclassmen and I learned that we [the class of 2022] were the first class who only were allowed to walk one lap around the bonfire, instead of the traditional running the number of laps of your class year which all the students before us had done. I learned the school implemented this measure for safety reasons, but it sucked having to be the first class to experience it. It felt like a rupture in the lineage of Dartmouth student experiences that is passed down from one class to the next. To be on the other edge of that tradition break was an odd position and I was left always wondering what it would be like to run 22 laps and what I missed out on. I felt that I was getting a different experience than all the students who preceded me and had gotten the Dartmouth experience.”
Collector Comment: As a fellow class of 2022, I felt very similarly about being the first class ever to only walk one lap around the bonfire. I remember a lot of upperclassmen commenting on how we were ‘missing out’ and ‘not getting the real experience’, and it made me feel slightly isolated from the Dartmouth experience, especially as this was my first term at Dartmouth.
Collected By: Una Westvold Oslo, Norway Hanover, NH Dartmouth College RUSS 013 Fall 2021
General Information: Title: DOC Trips Form of Folklore: Customary, outdoors trip Language: English Place of Origin: Hanover, NH, United States Informant: G.M. Date Collected: October 29th, 2021
Informant Data: G.M. is a 22-year-old member of the Dartmouth class of 2022. He is a history major with a focus on global economic history, and a member of a fraternity on campus. He grew up in New York City and enjoys being able to enjoy the nature of New Hampshire. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, and swimming in natural waters.
Contextual Data: – Social Context: The first thing G.M. experienced at Dartmouth was the Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) First-Year Trips Program. The Trips program is organized and run by upperclassmen students through the DOC, and takes place prior to students moving into their dormitories and attending ‘Orientation Week’. The program is a collection of organized seven-day trips, and is aimed at giving students a brief introduction to some other freshmen and upperclassmen, and to give students a taste of Dartmouth before formally moving in and starting the orientation program. Groups of five to eight incoming students are paired with two upperclassmen, and each group is assigned an activity to do over the course of three to four days, ranging from hiking to canoeing to farming to arts and crafts. G.M. participated in the ‘Hiking 4 Trip’, a hiking trip for students with prior hiking experience. Students are randomly assigned their upperclassmen leaders and fellow group of freshmen (their ‘trippees’), and because students are arriving from all over the country (and the world) the students are exposed to people from varying backgrounds and interests. At the time of collection, George is a senior reflecting back on his freshman year experience. – Cultural Context: Participating in the DOC Trips program is an important experience for most students, particularly because roughly 90% of the freshmen participate every year. It is a common experience the incoming freshmen share, and it serves as a commonality among all students to discuss during the first weeks at Dartmouth. It is also an important tradition as it introduces students to the DOC, a very large organization on campus that oversees a lot of smaller sub clubs. One of Dartmouth’s unique selling points is the opportunity to use the surrounding outdoors, and the DOC offers students of all experience levels the opportunity to engage in all sorts of outdoors activities in New Hampshire, Vermont, and beyond. Because Dartmouth markets itself as an outdoors-oriented school, the widespread participation in DOC Trips cements Dartmouth’s image as a place where you can enjoy and learn to enjoy nature.
Item: During the weeks before the freshman orientation program, Dartmouth’s freshmen participate in the DOC Trips. The freshmen arrive on campus and meet outside Robinson Hall (DOC headquarters) where they are greeted by upperclassmen dressed in colorful and flamboyant outfits. They meet their upperclassmen leaders and their trippees, and spend the first night preparing for their trip. Early the next morning they embark on their activity, and for the next three days they only interact with the members of their group. G.M. and his trippees spent four days hiking mountains in New Hampshire. The last night, all the various trips groups unite at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, regardless of what activities they have been doing over the past few days, and they all participate in songs and dance before returning to campus the next day.
Associated File:
G.M. and his ‘trippees’ at the summit of Mt Moosilauke during their Hiking 4 trip
Transcript: Collector: “What do you remember most about DOC Trips?”
Informant: “We got lost on our hike and didn’t end up making it to our campsite on time. It was pouring rain and we just had to put tarps up on the trail and the whole thing was miserable. But, you know, good friends are made in misery. I knew that the people on my trip weren’t going to be my close friends, but it felt really nice having people to text during the first few weeks when I had no one to hang out with. Eventhough you are randomly assigned your trippees and it can put you in an awkward ill-fitting social circle, it puts you in a social circle nonetheless.”
Collector Comment: I had the flu during my assigned trip, so I was unable to participate in the trips program. However, I can understand G.M.’s sentiment that while your trips-friends might not become your best friends, you have met people and spent enjoyable time with them nonetheless.
Collected By: Una Westvold Oslo, Norway Hanover, NH Dartmouth College RUSS 013 Fall 2021
General Information: Title: Homecoming Bonfire Form of Folklore: Customary, bonfire festival Language: English Place of Origin: Hanover, NH, United States Informant: M.S. Date Collected: October 30th, 2021
Informant Data: M.S. is a 19-year-old member of the Dartmouth class of 2025, the most recent class at Dartmouth. She is currently undecided on her major but wants to potentially study economics. She is from New York City and very excited to have moved to the more slow environment of New Hampshire. She enjoys to ski and is part of the apprenti class that is trying out for the Dartmouth Ski Patrol.
Contextual Data: – Social Context: Every term Dartmouth has a ‘big weekend’ of celebrations, and in the fall this is ‘Homecoming Weekend’. While many instantiations of traditions are aimed at the freshmen during this weekend, the whole weekend stands as a yearly tradition for all students and a lot of alumni who will come back and visit for the weekend. The weekend features Dartmouth’s football team playing the ‘homecoming game’, and the school organizes parades, speeches, and a large bonfire that all alumni and students gather around. The bonfire is used as part of a freshman-specific tradition every year. It is the first ‘big weekend’ that freshmen get to experience, and because they typically hear a lot about it from upperclassmen they often look very forward to it. – Cultural Context: The bonfire, specifically, features a freshman specific tradition where the whole class walks a lap around the bonfire. Typically, they are heckled by upperclassmen who are watching the bonfire lap, and these upperclassmen were again heckled by their seniors when they were freshmen. The bonfire lap is a once-in-a-Dartmouth-career experience, and because all students have participated once it stands as a well cemented and anticipated tradition every year.
Item: The homecoming bonfire is organized by the College, and it is built in the middle of the Dartmouth Green. The wooden panels are decorated by various student organizations, who send their freshmen members to paint a panel. The top of the wooden structure is decorated by wooden numerals of the graduating year of the freshmen. Surrounding the bonfire is a large audience of current students and alumni. While the fire burns on the Friday of homecoming, the freshman walk a lap around the fire and are heckled by upperclassmen. Various traditional heckles are yelled, like “you are the worst class ever” and “touch the fire”. The latter emerged a few years ago, when the school took strict action to ensure that students didn’t run close to the fire.
Associated File:
Image courtesy of Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Review
Transcript: Collector: “Why did you take part in traditions such as the Homecoming Bonfire?”
Informant: “I think it just makes me feel more part of the community. Also it’s very fun. Like the bonfire, a lot of my friends were joking that it’s like an initiation into the Dartmouth cult. And it kind of felt like that, it was fun. It’s like, I did it now. I’m part of that community that walks around the bonfire. Also, growing up in the city I didn’t have a football team or any homecoming big experience like a lot of my friends here did. I was just super excited to go to a football game for a school, my school, and it was just a cool way to show school pride. And the bonfire added to that, making the whole homecoming weekend into a big and special event.”
Collector Comment: Reflecting on my own homecoming bonfire experience, I felt very similar to M.S. I felt that I had participated in an event that all students before me had as well, welcoming me into the community. Like M.S., I had never attended a school with a football team or any homecoming traditions, and the bonfire made the whole weekend feel even more special and community-oriented, beyond just school spirit for the football team.
Collected By: Una Westvold Oslo, Norway Hanover, NH Dartmouth College RUSS 013 Fall 2021
General Information: Title: Twilight Ceremony Form of Folklore: Customary, ceremony Language: English Place of Origin: Hanover, NH, United States Informant: L.A. Date Collected: October 29th, 2021
Informant Data: L.A. is a 21-year-old member of the Dartmouth class of 2022. She is a student-athlete on the rugby team, and is a double-major in geography and anthropology. At Dartmouth she is a tour guide, a snowboard instructor, and works for the Sustainability Office. She is from Colorado Springs, CO and enjoys the outdoors, and is very grateful for Dartmouth’s engagement with the surrounding nature. She does not come from a tradition-heavy background, and has thus really enjoyed partaking in the Dartmouth traditions. The second tradition she experienced at Dartmouth was the Twilight Ceremony, after participating in the DOC Trips.
Contextual Data: – Social Context: The first thing L.A. did upon arriving at Dartmouth was participating in Dartmouth’s Freshman ‘Orientation-Week’. This program is aimed at introducing the freshman to the various aspects and operations of Dartmouth College. On the Sunday before the first day of fall-term classes, the last day of Orientation-Week, she participated in the ‘Twilight Ceremony’. The ceremony is organized by the Tucker Center in collaboration with the Collis Student Center, and all incoming freshmen participate. This was Lannan’s first experience with an organized Dartmouth tradition, and she really enjoyed participating alongside her whole class. – Cultural Context: The Dartmouth experience is heavily influenced by many traditions, whereof some are organized and some occur naturally, and some are repeated every year by members of all classes and some are aimed specifically at freshman. Particularly, Dartmouth places heavy emphasis on freshman-only organized traditions as part of an initiation rite to make the freshman feel introduced as part of the collective Dartmouth community. The Twilight Ceremony incorporates the use of candles and two socially-significant locations on campus (the Green and BEMA), making it very Dartmouth specific rather than a general ‘you are now a college student’ initiation rite.
Item: The Twilight Ceremony is organized and hosted by the Tucker Center and the Collis Center, and it marks the end of the ‘Orientation Week’ program the evening before fall term classes begin. All freshmen are gathered on the Dartmouth Green and provided with an unlit candle. A selected member of the recently graduated class will literally pass the flame from their candle to members of the incoming class, from candle to candle. All the freshmen walk in the dark to BEMA, only illuminated by the wave of flickering flames. At BEMA, a senior student offers a personal reflection on their experience transitioning from a freshman to a senior. The ceremony concludes with the singing of the Alma Mater and the extinguishing of the candles, to mark that students have now formally begun their Dartmouth journey.
Associated File:
Image courtesy of Dartmouth, the William Jewett Tucker Center
Transcript: Collector: “Are there any other traditions we haven’t discussed that you think are important to freshman fall at Dartmouth?”
Informant: “The candlelight ceremony was the first tradition I experienced after Trips, and because it was a one-time event it almost felt as the most ‘proper’ tradition. It felt very culty seeing all the freshmen walk into the woods with candles and singing the Alma Matter made me feel initiated into a Dartmouth cult. But it was also very fun, as it kind of cemented our class together and gave me the feeling of ‘whatever happens, we are all in this together’. Because none of my friends at other schools did anything like this with their whole class, it made me feel part of a very tight-knit and special community regardless of who there I would end up being friends with or not.”
Collector Comment: I had a very similar experience when I participated in the Twilight Ceremony. Although I did not know any of the students around me, I felt as part of a collective group that was embarking on a college journey together in the woods. The Twilight Ceremony is a very formal execution of an initiation rite, including all the stages in a rite of passage.
Collected By: Una Westvold Oslo, Norway Hanover, NH Dartmouth College RUSS 013 Fall 2021
Jordan is a female, class of 2023 Dartmouth undergraduate. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She experienced his DOC trip back in 2019F when he was a freshman.
Contextual Data:
Cultural Context: First-year freshman trips are outdoor orientations programs led by returning students. They happen every fall – with exception to last year because of the pandemic. There are multiple outing options to choose from prior to arriving to campus.
Social Context: Coming into Dartmouth, students have little knowledge about the school and its surrounding nature. To expose it to them, returning students take the freshman on trips so that they can build relationships for their four years as undergrads.
Item:
Jordan received a survey asking for trip preferences before arriving to school. Unlike all other informants, Jordan said “I chose the ‘random’ option for my trip preference. This implied that they would choose the trip for me. I got the Organic Farming option… I wasn’t too happy at first, but I ended up enjoying it.” After doing some research on Farming DOC trip, I found that “Organic Farming Trips take place either at our very own Dartmouth Organic Farm or Luna Bleu Farm in Vermont. On the trip, you will learn the basics of organic farming while helping out with chores and various projects.” Attached below is a picture that Jordan sent to me; it is the sign outside of the organic farm where they spent most of their time.
Associated file:
Transcript:
“I knew I wanted to go on a trip, but I didn’t have any preference – hence why I chose the random option. Just like many others on the trip, I had no experience about farming, but that’s what made the trip fun because we were all learning together… I now help my mother with her garden when I’m back home.”
Informant’s Comments:
J.K. said that she was concerned when she found out that she got the farming choice. But after reflecting upon it with me, she liked the overall experience.
Collector’s Comments:
Jordan was the only informant that I interviewed who went with the Organic farming option. This one sounded like more a learning experience than an outing.
Zack is a male, class of 2022 Dartmouth undergraduate. He was born and raised in New Jersey. His hobbies consist of playing football, watching soccer, and hanging out with friends. He experienced his DOC trip back in 2018F when he was a freshman.
Contextual Data:
Cultural Context: First-year freshman trips are outdoor orientations programs led by returning students. They happen every fall – with exception to last year because of the pandemic. Zack, like many other incoming students, was concerned coming into Dartmouth that he wasn’t going to find many friends. Through this program, Zack found a friend that he is still close with today.
Social Context: Coming into Dartmouth, students have little knowledge about the school and its surrounding nature. To expose it to them, returning students take the freshman on trips so that they can build relationships for their four years as undergrads. Zack received an email prior to arriving to campus and decided to take a risk by going on a DOC trip.
Item:
Zack received a survey asking for trip preferences before arriving to school. He considers himself as an “outdoorsy and brave” person. While talking about the process, Zack said “I chose mountain biking because I never tried it. I would consider myself as an athletic person, therefore I was not worried about falling off the bike.” Unlike some other informants, Zack got his first choice, and he really enjoyed the overall experience. After doing some research on the biking club, I found that “The Mountain Biking Club of the DOC is a great place to learn the ins and outs of mountain biking around Hanover.” Attached below is a picture that Zack sent to me from the website that accurately represents the experience.
Associated file:
Transcript:
“They took our group out to the forest and to my surprise, there were a ton of natural biking paths. I was extremely happy with my choice of mountain biking because it was far out of my comfort zone. As well, I met some classmates that I am still close with today… Overall, I suggest that every incoming freshman goes on a DOC trip.”
Informant’s Comments:
Z.B. said that he “didn’t know what to expect from choosing the mountain biking option.” He was concerned that the paths would be difficult/hard, but he was able to tackle all the paths with ease.
Collector’s Comments:
Zack was the only informant that chose the mountain biking option. I was intrigued at how different this option was compared to the rest – this choice is more for the brave and adventurous.
Alex is a male, class of 2025 Dartmouth undergraduate. He was born and raised in New Jersey. He has a military family background and says it plays a large role into how he was raised growing up. Alex’s hobbies consist of playing videogames with his friends, golfing, and traveling. He experienced the DOC trip this term.
Contextual Data:
Cultural Context: First-year freshman trips are outdoor orientations programs led by returning students. They happen every fall – with exception to last year because of the pandemic. Alex, like many other incoming students, was concerned coming into Dartmouth that he wasn’t going to find many friends.
Social Context: Coming into Dartmouth, students have little knowledge about the school and its surrounding nature. To expose it to them, returning students take the freshman on trips so that they can build relationships for their four years as undergrads. Alex decided to take this as an opportunity to network for his 4 years here.
Item:
Just like the other DOC informants, Alex received a survey asking for trip preferences before arriving to school. Alex said “They made us select multiple trips because everyone couldn’t get their first option. I chose cabin-camping as my first, but I got my second choice which was hiking.” Although Alex was “bummed out” that he didn’t get his first choice, he was happy that he got to experience the hiking the upper valley has to offer. Attached below is a picture that Alex found of the “fire tower” that sits atop of Mt. Cardigan.
Associated file:
Transcript:
“Although I was unable to experience my first option of cabin-camping, I did enjoy the hiking experience. We spent 3 days hiking new mountains… I didn’t do much hiking growing up, so this was an eye-opening experience. I met some people that I still keep in touch with today, and that seemed like the guide’s goal of the trips.”
Informant’s Comments:
A.G. openly said that he “didn’t like the first day because he didn’t have cellular connection.” But, after he accepted that, he enjoyed bonding with his future undergrad classmates.
Collector’s Comments:
Although Alex and Sean both picked the hiking option, they were not in the same group. Therefore, I assume that a majority of incoming freshman attend these DOC trips as there are multiple groups per option.
