Phreddie 2009-01-27

Men's, women's swimming and diving fall to Princeton

The Dartmouth men's and women's swimming and diving teams were both defeated by Princeton this weekend at the DeNuzio Pool in Princeton, N.J.

The Love Doctor

Two weeks ago, Barack Obama's impending inauguration was filling 18-year-old me with a "now-I've-seen-everything" smugness.

Reimagining Athletics

Did you know that if you Google search the term "student-athlete" on The Dartmouth's web site archives, you get over 110 article hits?

HEAR AND NOW: Cher revels in outdated success

Lately, I've had an unshakable urge to share Cher with anyone I can. When I have friends over, they inevitably ask for the music to be turned on.

Daily Debriefing

The Stanford Graduate School of Business has laid off 49 employees, approximately 12 percent of its non-faculty workforce, in response to economic downturn, according to the Stanford News Service web site.

Stern '73 to be climate-change envoy

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed Todd Stern '73 to be the U.S. special envoy for climate change on Monday morning.

Task force to review assault on campus

A new College task force will review the incidence of sexual and physical assault on campus, evaluate means of prevention and victim support, and assess Dartmouth's reporting and adjudication procedures, Dean of the College Tom Crady announced on Monday. The task force, which is the result of a Student Assembly recommendation, will have a wider focus than many of the Assembly's previous efforts to study issues of assault at Dartmouth, Student Body President Molly Bode '09 said. The creation of the task force follows this fall's completion of a review of the Committee on Standards, the College's student disciplinary body. The task force will examine all of the College's policies about sexual and physical assault, not only the COS, Bode said. "There's never been a review of violent crimes on campus, in my institutional knowledge," she said. In her campaign for student body president, Bode had called for the "creation of a subcommittee of qualified individuals to look specifically at sexual assault." Plans to form the task force during Fall term were delayed after the Assembly became focused on advising the College about potential budget cuts, Bode said. The task force will address issues of sexual assault more successfully than the Assembly's previous attempts, which lacked "concrete" plans, Bode said. "The [new] task force has a charge; they have a mission," Bode said.

No petition candidates to run in AoA election

All current members of the Association of Alumni executive committee will run unopposed in their 2009 bids for reelection, according to Diana Lawrence, director of communications for the Office of Alumni Relations.

Athletes and fraternities: Who's where, and why?

Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series examining the relationship between varsity sports teams and Greek organizations at Dartmouth. As winter rush concludes, and fraternities around campus take stock of their newest members, the presence of members of different sports teams in a fraternity remains one of the factors that influences student perception of Greek organizations at the College. There is a notion at Dartmouth that members of certain teams are required to be a part of the organizations with which their teams are most-often associated.

Toe to Toe: Knapp vs. Rose (Knapp)

There are plenty of issues in the Ivy League worth debating, from the lack of student-athlete scholarships, to the seven-week rest period rule, to the fact that our football champion does not have the ability to play for the FCS national championship.

Women's tennis falls to Univ. of Richmond, Wake Forest

The Dartmouth women's tennis team traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., for its first two matches of the season, falling 5-2 to the University of Richmond on Saturday and 7-0 to No.

Women's basketball beats Bryant

The Dartmouth women's basketball team won its third consecutive game on the road, rallying past Bryant University 71-56 Saturday afternoon. The Big Green's come-from-behind victory was marked by a strong second half, as Dartmouth (6-9, 1-0 Ivy) outscored and out-rebounded the Bulldogs (5-12, 0-0 NEC) by double-digit margins after the intermission. Brittany Smith '11 led all players with a career-high 24 points and nine rebounds, while teammate Koren Schram '09 tallied six rebounds and four steals to cap off a solid defensive showing for the Big Green. Bryant's Lindsay Hudspethcame off the bench and led her team with 18 points. Teammate Kelsey O'Keefe contributed 16 points and 14 boards, posting her sixth double-double of the season. After an 11-day break, Dartmouth looked to bolster its confidence with another win on the road before the start of two key league matchups later in the month. "Being on a winning streak definitely gives us some confidence heading into the rest of Ivy play, but everyone plays their best against us so we have to be ready for anything," Darcy Rose '09 said. The Big Green, however, was mostly quiet in the first half.