Amy Barnhorst '95, the Dartmouth Outing Club's new president, and Todd Parment '95, the new vice president, said they want to make the club more unified in its promotion of outdoor education and leadership.
Barnhorst, who replaced Mark Giordono '94, and Parment, who succeeded Wyatt Oswald '94, started their year-long tenures at the beginning of this term.
The DOC is the umbrella organization that coordinates Cabin and Trail, Environmental Studies, Winter Sports and several outdoor clubs, such as Bait and Bullet, Biathlon, Cycling, Ledyard Canoe, Mountaineering, Riding, Trap and Skeet and Snow Boarding.
Both new leaders enter their positions with extensive experience in the DOC and goals to make the different divisions within the club more unified.
"I want to try to bring out a more unified club spirit so that - rather than being opposing faction of kayakers, rock climbers and backpackers - the club is a more coherent group of people who share a diverse interest in a variety of activities and work together to make things happen," Barnhorst said.
Through his new position, Parment said he hopes to broaden his own experience and to create stronger ties between the many divisions of the Outing Club.
While conceding the divisions have many different purposes, Parment said he thinks "there is a lot that the different groups could offer each other."
Barnhorst, who became involved with the DOC her freshman year, was the co-chair of the Mountaineering Club. Her participation in mountaineering ranges from winter trips in the Groulx mountains to teaching physical education classes in rock climbing.
Parment's involvement with the DOC revolves mainly around the Ledyard Canoe Club. He served as its summer director for the previous two years, where he was in charge of the daily rental operation at Ledyard. He has also served as treasurer of Ledyard.
Giordono called his year as president "one of his best Dartmouth experiences," but said he was frustrated in his attempts to make the club more accessible. "There are still cliques, it's kind of closed," he said, but noted that attitudes within the club are changing gradually.
