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Offensive lineman Evan Nogay, linebacker Phil McKeating, quarterback Max Heiges, corner Matt Dornak and safety Micheal Dearwester are part of a group of students who visited a medieval village and enjoyed lunch at a restaurant that has been operating for more than two centuries during a hiking trip in Spain's Pyrenees Mountains. The sophomores are just some of the Dartmouth football players taking advantage of the Dartmouth Plan to study abroad this winter.

Sophomore wide receiver Ian Ferrell (right), a high school All-America lacrosse player at Kent Denver School, is on the Dartmouth lacrosse roster for the spring. Ferrell was first team all-state in 2004 and 2005. He helped Kent Denver to the Colorado state title in 2003 and 2004 and to the state finals in 2005. Also listed on the Dartmouth roster this spring are former Big Green tailback Chad Gaudet and basketball guard Robby Pride, a Ferrell teammate at Kent Denver. (Photo courtesy of Dartmouth)

The Concord Monitor has a story about the Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) System football helmets developed in neighboring Lebanon, N.H., and being worn for several years by Dartmouth players. The story notes that the HIT System was named one of Time Magazine's best inventions of the last year.

Today's Daily Dartmouth notes that with more regular decision applications still to be processed, Dartmouth admissions are at a record level already. They are up 11 percent over last year.