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“I draw onstories aboutmyself—self-deprecating

humor.”

LOOK WHO’S TALKING> ANDRES SMITH ’17, Comedian

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You’ve performed in an improv comedy group since your first term and as a sophomore you started a standup com-edy club. How do the two compare?In improv everything is made up on the spot and it’s all very collaborative. Stand-up is very prepared, very meticulous and very individual, which I like. It’s a com-pletely different type of comedy. Unlike Dartmouth’s two improv groups, which have a single audition period, Dartmouth Standup gives students the opportunity

to try performing at any point.

Where do you get your material? I have a very anecdotal style. For

example, I make a lot of jokes about how I was overweight in high school, and people love it. But if I were to make generalizations about people who are overweight, a lot of people would find that of-fensive. I’m also way too invested in pop culture, so I’ll make fun of movies and TV tropes just to sneak in as many references as possible.

Have you always been the funny guy? When I was a kid and all through

high school I tried to force myself to be the clown, because I’ve always

loved making people laugh. But I’ve really worked on pulling back from that. Comedy has been good for me in that way. I can be funny in a defined space, then be a real human outside of it.

Do you see yourself pursuing comedy after you graduate?I do a lot of writing and I would love to write and produce TV shows and mov-ies. That would put me in a city where I would have plenty of opportunities to perform.

What’s next in your comedy career?I have this silly fantasy where a direc-tor sees me walking down the street and says, “Hey kid, you’ve got spunk. You’re ready for the pictures.” But I’ve learned there are no short cuts. The more time and effort I put into this, the more good things will happen. Unless I was meant to be an accountant, in which case bad things will keep happening and I’ll be-come an accountant. I hope that’s not the case, because I am no good at math.

—Savannah Maher ’17

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2Number of times Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 has earned All-American status in the high jump. After a seventh-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Alabama, she was

named a First Team All-American. Whitehorn was a Second Team All-

American last season.

335Points scored by the ski team at the

March NCAA championships in Steam-boat Springs, Colorado. Dartmouth

earned fifth place, its top result since 2013 and the best finish for any team

from the East.

94Number of saves by men’s hockey goalie Charles Grant ’16 during two

wins against No. 2 ranked Yale in the ECAC tournament quarterfinals in

March. The Big Green went on to lose to Quinnipiac in the semifinals.

13Seasons Mark Hudak spent at Dart-

mouth as women’s hockey head coach. After compiling a 224-143-33 record,

Hudak resigned February 22. “This is a difficult decision,” he says. “It will allow me to pursue and enjoy many things I

have placed on hold in my personal life for quite some time.” The team posted

a 6-19-3 record this season.

4Number of seeds that will play in the

first Ivy League basketball tournaments (men’s and women’s)

next year. Winners will receive auto-matic bids to March Madness.

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