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As the spring semester begins, cold nights descend over campus and warmth becomes a commodity that most cannot afford to pass up, sending students rushing from building to building as quickly as possible, but not the members of the Carnegie Mellon alpine ski team.

They thrive in the cold, pray for snow, and drive hours every weekend looking for a small drop in temperature. For them, the first five weekends of spring semester — Friday through Sunday — were spent out in the cold, trying to create a place for Carnegie Mellon in competitive skiing.

Formed this winter by senior co-captains Hugh Dunn and Alex Sussman, the ski team is currently an extension of the Carnegie Mellon ski and snowboard club. It is run by students, coached by the...