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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.
For its inaugural appearance in the NCAA softball tournament, Dartmouth (31-17, 18-2) travels to Arizona to compete in the Tempe Regional tournament hosted by No. 4 Arizona State University. The Sun Devils (44-10-1) drew the No. 9 overall seed in the tournament. The University of Michigan and San Diego State University round out the regional competition. The four teams will compete in a double-elimination tournament to advance to the Super Regional round, hosted on the campus of the highest-ranked team to advance from each regional.“We just have to go in there and do what we know how to do,” outfielder Brianna Lohmann ’16 said. “It’ll be tough but it’ll be fun.”Head coach Rachel Hanson said that the high temperatures will present a challenge Dartmouth hasn’t faced this year, but she believes her team can overcome the heat so long as it properly hydrates. The weekend forecast for Tempe, Arizona, predicts temperatures over 100 degrees, with a high of 104 degrees on Saturday. While the team has played games on the West Coast this year, it has not competed outside the Northeast since March 23.“I think our biggest concern will be getting the players prepared for the Arizona heat,” assistant coach Dorian Shaw said.The Sun Devils are one of the most prestigious programs in the nation, especially as of late. The team has been ranked in the weekly NFCA Coaches Poll since the second week of the 2006 season, with 127 of the 138 placing ASU in the top 10.Dartmouth’s batting order will face a stiff challenge from ASU’s pitching staff, which is led by senior Dallas Escobedo. Escobedo owns a dominating 22-7 record with 310 strikeouts and 26 complete games. The senior has a superb season 1.85 ERA.“She throws the ball hard and goes up and down in the zone so I know that’s something we’re going to have to prepare for,” Shaw said. “We haven’t had to face that kind of velocity yet this year but I think the kids will be able to catch up with a couple days of practice.”There is very little drop-off with the number two pitcher on the staff, senior Mackenzie Popescue. Popescue has pitched 16 complete games on her way to building a 20-3 record with 76 strikeouts and a 2.15 ERA.Dartmouth’s trio of power hitters — Morgan McCalmon ’16, Katie McEachern ’16 and Karen Chaw ’17 — will need to be at the top of their game. All three hitters have the power and capability to break the game wide open, especially in the later innings.Kristen Rumley ’15 and McCalmon will also have to be strong in the circle to keep a potent Sun Devils’ offense at bay. ASU is batting .327 as a team this year, pounding out 468 hits for 343 runs and 67 home runs this season.“We can win,” outfielder Alyssa Loyless ’17 said. “We need to play smart, capitalize on all of our scoring opportunities and avoid small mental mistakes.”Michigan (42-12) and San Diego State (39-17) are no strangers to the postseason either. The Wolverines are playing in their 20th consecutive tournament, while the Aztecs are making their seventh-straight postseason appearance.Like ASU, Michigan has two strong pitching options in junior Haylie Wagner and freshman Megan Betsa. Both pitchers boast sub-2.00 ERAs with Wagner on the low end with a 1.55 mark. Wagner has a 21-3 record, but Betsa has pitched more strikeouts, 131 to Wagner’s 111.Both Wagner and Betsa are statistically matched, which means neither pitcher will shoulder a disproportionate workload. If the Tempe Regional extends into a game seven, the fact that both pitchers are more rested than Rumley, Escobedo or San Diego State’s Danielle O’Toole may become a deciding factor.Michigan bats .343 as a team and has scored 361 runs with 53 home runs this season. Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero has been a force at the plate this year with a .510 average, 16 home runs and 62 RBI.San Diego State has ridden the arm of sophomore O’Toole to the NCAA tournament. O’Toole owns a 30-8 record with 184 strikeouts and a 1.66 ERA. Two other pitchers have seen the mound for San Diego State, but if O’Toole can pitch, she’ll be on the mound, as the remaining two pitchers have ERAs of 4.27 and 3.04.Redshirt senior Patrice Jackson is the Aztecs’ most dangerous hitter with 16 homers and 48 RBIs. Nine other hitters have combined for San Diego State’s remaining 22 home runs.Of its three possible opponents, Dartmouth has never played ASU or Michigan, and has played San Diego State twice, both losses, in 2004.Earlier this week, McCalmon was named Ivy League Softball Player of the Year, while teammate Rumley earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors for the second straight season.The competition will begin Friday at 3:30 p.m. with Michigan versus San Diego State. Immediately after the conclusion of the game, Dartmouth and ASU will play, slated to start at 6 p.m.
In October 2012 I wrote a column for The Dartmouth titled “Sex and Responsibility.” In it I argued that most students would do best to aim for a permanent state of monogamy, which for the purpose of economy I called “marriage.” While that definition of marriage is partially satisfactory, some of the studies mentioned below use the legal definition. Why should people want to be married? As summarized by sociologist Linda Waite and author Maggie Gallagher in “The Case for Marriage,” research shows that married people are happier, more likely to be financially successful, more likely to raise successful children and live longer.
The beginning of May presents two milestones for the Dartmouth sailing team: one month until the ICSA championship and the thawing of Lake Mascoma. Over the next weeks, the team will have plenty of opportunities to fine-tune technique and break in a brand new fleet of boats as the women prepare to defend their national championship and the coed team looks to improve on last year’s third-place finish.
The day is finally upon us — the final round of Appetizing April! It is time to pick the ultimate food item offered by Dartmouth Dining Services.
Spending just over $23.4 million in fiscal year 2013, Dartmouth’s athletics department expenditures ranked the third-highest in the Ivy League, according to the Department of Education’s equity in athletics data analysis cutting tool. The University of Pennsylvania leads the League in spending, with fiscal year 2013 expenditures totaling over $39 million, and Yale University tops out above $36 million. Dartmouth’s budget more closely resembles the rest of the Ivies, which spent between $18 and $22 million overall.
The Concato name doesn’t hang in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The family holds no Division I record and is represented by no athletes in the major leagues. In fact, when brothers Louis Concato ’14 and Mike Concato ’17 were born to two New York University-educated physicians, it seemed more likely that they would grow up to perform open heart surgery than open an inning on the mound.
The track and field teams competed in two meets this weekend, with some athletes attending the George Mason Spring Invitational and the majority of the teams heading to Durham for the Wildcat Invitational at the University of New Hampshire.
Heightened security, less crowding and no freshmen posing as prospective students will mark this year’s Dimensions of Dartmouth weekends. Students admitted to the Class of 2018 will arrive on campus for the first of three Dimensions of Dartmouth dates on Friday, and as of last weekend, close to 1,000 students and family members had signed up for the April programs, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said.
The men’s lacrosse team returns to Hanover for its home opener against No. 2 Cornell University this Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field. Last season, the Big Green fell 21-5 to the Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y. In its first Ivy League game, the Big Green (1-4, 0-1 Ivy) fell to Harvard University 16-7, largely thanks to a 7-1 second quarter for the Crimson.
On the heels of a 27 percent increase in applications, the Geisel School of Medicine jumped to 18th in U.S. News and World Report’s 2015 medical school rankings for primary care, rising 13 spots from last year. The school also improved in research rankings released earlier this month, climbing from 38 to 34.
Since the ski season began on Dec. 14, the Dartmouth Skiway has received 60 inches of snow, putting an end to a pattern of mild winters. After one of the snowiest seasons in recent years, the Skiway has seen high attendance and opened access to all 31 trails.
The men’s basketball team could not find a way to get back in the win column this weekend, dropping both of its games on the road. The Big Green fell 67-57 to Princeton University on Friday night, and 74-65 to the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday night. The Big Green (9-15, 2-8 Ivy) has now lost six straight games.
The men’s basketball team dropped both of its games on its road trip this weekend, falling 70-67 to Cornell University in a heartbreaker and 69-59 to Columbia University. The Big Green has now lost four games straight, bringing its record to 9-13 overall, 2-6 versus the Ancient Eight.
The men’s basketball team suffered back-to-back home losses over Winter Carnival weekend, falling 67-54 to Yale University on Friday night and 75-62 to Brown University on Saturday. The Big Green is now 9-11 overall and 2-4 in the Ivy League. After an impressive weekend sweep of the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, the weekend was a disappointment for the Big Green, which failed to overcome early setbacks and injuries in both contests.
The men’s basketball team got a much-needed jolt of confidence this weekend as it took down the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University in back-to-back showdowns at Leede Arena.
In the next two years, the College is expected to launch new off-campus programs in Israel, South Africa, Spain and Peru, adding to its existing 67 programs worldwide.
A survey conducted by the Labor Department found that more women than men have recovered their jobs since the recession, The Wall Street Journal reported. Today, approximately 67.5 million women have jobs, an increase from the previous record-high 67.4 million in early 2008. In contrast, 69 million men have jobs, slightly lower than the 70.9 million peak in mid-2007. A separate survey shows that the unemployment rate for women, at 6.9 percent, is slightly lower than the 7.6 percent rate for men. The trend can be partially explained by the disproportionate effects of the recession on different industries. The recession had the biggest impact on the male-dominated construction and manufacturing sectors, while female-dominated fields such as education, health and hospitality have weathered the effects of the economic downturn relatively well.
This topic seems old to me, and yet here we go. Spending inequality for female athletes continues to persist in college athletics, and Dartmouth and the Ivy League are no exception. Yes, we did just mark the 40th anniversary of Title IX’s passage, and yes, federal law does require universities receiving federal funds to equally finance men’s and women’s athletic teams.
Over the past few weeks, 15 of the College’s 23 Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council Greek houses participated in the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hero Inter-Greek fundraising competition, part of the annual CHaD Hero half marathon and Ripcord 5K. The competition ended Monday and is expected to raise over $100,000, said Ethan Portnoy '14, philanthropy all-American rush co-president. Proceeds from the competition, hosted by PAAR, will benefit the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth.