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The government and Russian major will work at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington.
First-year trips are a central component of orientation, and new students this year had choices that ranged from overnight trips in the White Mountains to paddleboarding on the Connecticut River to hiking up Holt’s Ledge.
The trips offer the students new terrain, new skills, and a chance to make new, often lifelong, friends.
Photos
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Participants in the Clipper first-year trip enjoy the view from Holt’s Ledge in Lyme, N.H. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Members of the first-year trips volunteer crew welcome new students at Alumni Hall. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Packs on, students leave for a hiking trip. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Kira Hobson ’23 didn’t seem to mind that she had custody of multiple packs, at least temporarily, as the Outing Club launched new students on a mountain biking trip. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Students on the paddleboarding trip head toward the Connecticut River. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Nathaniel Miller ’26 talks with Rebekah Kim ’23 at the dock on the paddleboarding trip. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Bradley Geismar ’17 of the Outdoor Programs Office helps Eddi Aronson ’26 get acclimated to a paddleboard. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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The paddleboarders enjoy a quiet stretch of the Connecticut River. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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A picnic table by the river comes in handy for one hungry group of trippees. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Kira Hobson ’23 and Damola Olorufemi ’26 on the mountain biking trip. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Kellen Seeley ’26, left, and Ellie Stevens ’26 tackle some obstacles on the mountain biking trip. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
