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October 5, 2024 | Latest Issue
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Softball, baseball earn All-Ivy honors

The baseball and softball teams were two of the Big Green’s most successful teams this season. The softball team won its first League title in program history, then advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time. The baseball team ended its season with an 8-0 run to place in the Ivy League Championship Series for the eighth year in a row, where the team fell to Columbia University. The rest of the Ancient Eight took note. Four members of the softball team and eight members of the baseball team nabbed All-Ivy honors.


Sports

Women’s, coed sailing head to nationals

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For the third straight year, the coed and women’s sailing teams both qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships. The women’s team will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, this Sunday, with the coed team competing June 3 in the championships co-hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy and St. Mary’s College.


Sports

Pulse of the Sports World

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There have been times in my four years at Dartmouth when I’ve envied my friends at powerhouse athletic schools. For them, Saturday football was a ritual. Everybody, regardless of their knowledge of sports, would get swept up in the fervor of college football and attend the game together. Each winter, they watched their school face off in long-established college rivalries, and then follow the team through the NCAA Tournament.


News

Lodge may see renovations

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As part of an ongoing series of renovations, the College is considering updating or rebuilding the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge to better meet safety codes and host a growing number of guests.


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Veteran fly-in program brings five to campus

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Over the past few days, five veterans visited Dartmouth through the first veteran fly-in program, a 24-hour admitted students session. After discussing about new ways to attract more veterans to the College, the Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni organization created the pilot program with the admissions office.


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Cellar provides freshmen with revamped social space

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With lighting that changes from red to blue to purple and a chalkboard that covers the expanse of a wall, a basement room in Russell Sage, the College’s oldest first-year dorm, has been converted into a new social space. Called the Cellar, the space is one of three major renovations made to Russell Sage and Butterfield halls as part of an initiative overseen by the student-run organization Dartmouth Roots to improve residential life.





Arts

McClure creates mixed media theater

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Though Marina McClure ’04 came to Dartmouth planning to pursue a math major, she quickly became interested in theater, specifically directing. An original collaborator for WiRED and member of the Displaced Theater Company, McClure is currently directing experimental theater and creating mixed performance and visual arts pieces in New York.




Arts

Orchestra to perform Berlioz and Copland

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Coming up on their final concert of the year, members of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra are perfecting harmonies, working on their blend and fine tuning their fingerings. The group will be playing a diverse set this Saturday, combining Hector Berlioz’s passionate “Symphonie Fantastique” with Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”


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Tom Wolf '71 wins primary in Pennsylvania governor's race

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Winning by a margin of 40 percent, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf ’71 emerged victorious from the Democratic primary elections last night. Wolf, 65, ran on a platform of revitalizing the state’s economy, developing modern infrastructure and fighting for strong public schools.



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Advisors see few freshmen in spring

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While all incoming students are assigned to a first-year faculty advisor and an undergraduate dean, with many scheduling initial meetings, participation in advising programs drops off as students near the end of their first year on campus.


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Cube aims to engage campus, many respond with jokes

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Over six feet tall, a black-and-red cube sits imposingly between the Collis Center and the Class of 1953 Commons. Large block letters ask students what Dartmouth should do to reduce high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. Chalk trays hang off the structure, giving students the opportunity to write suggestions, though many have taken the opportunity to scrawl jokes across its surface.




Arts

Class makes documentary film about local comedian

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Ten minutes before the start of 10A classes last Thursday, Jake Greenberg ’17 strolled into the Black Family Visual Arts Center’s video editing suite with a hot mug of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts. While other students spent the previous night celebrating Green Key, Greenberg and his classmates from Film Studies 39, an advanced video making class, were busy applying the final touches to their original documentary, “Good Vibes and Duct Tape: Stories with Cindy Pierce.”