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In Case You Were Wondering

By Katie Sinclair | May 22, 2014

When I think about my uncertain future, my mind goes back to what is the most quintessential game of Dartmouth, the game of champions: pong. When you’re down to a half, you can’t lose on a serve, so just keep trying.

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Overheards

May 22, 2014

’17 Guy: Staying in bed on Sunday morning and yelling “Oh god!” does not count as going to church. ’16 Guy: After Green Key last year, I was unsure if this was an Ivy League school. Econ Prof: You don’t want to run up your credit card debt buying liquor, drugs or women... I don’t know what you guys do on the weekends. Art History Prof: Yes, some people were having orgies in the streets during the Black Plague... It was kind of like Green Key weekend.​ ’15 Guy: I don’t see the point of running if you’re not simultaneously tanning. ’16 Girl: The easy way out is my favorite way in.

Sports

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.

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Women’s, coed sailing head to nationals

By Mitch Huang | May 22, 2014

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.

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Pulse of the Sports World

By Dan Bornstein | May 22, 2014

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.

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Lodge may see renovations

By Chris Leech | May 21, 2014

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

By Zac Hardwick | May 21, 2014

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

By Claire Daly | May 21, 2014

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

By Ashley Ulrich | May 21, 2014

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.

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Orchestra to perform Berlioz and Copland

By Hallie Huffaker | May 21, 2014

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

By Michael Qian | May 20, 2014

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

By Kate Bradshaw | May 20, 2014

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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