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December 22, 2025 | Latest Issue
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One-on-One with Janine Leger

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This week, The Dartmouth caught up with Janine Leger ’15, who finished a month-long trip biking trip across Spain this week. Leger rode in memory of her friend and former roommate Blaine Steinberg ’15, who died of a heart attack March 7.



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News in Brief: Softball coach to depart

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Softball head coach Rachel Hanson will not return for the 2014-2015 season after four seasons with the Big Green, athletics director Harry Sheehy said Thursday. Hanson led the team to its first-ever Ivy League Championship title this past season, and the team played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time.


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Ivy League ahead on new NCAA guidelines

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The NCAA published new guidelines on concussion safety earlier this month that limit full-contact practices to twice per week during season and encourage transparency in the process of caring for injured players. Dartmouth football players reflected on their experiences with and opinions on concussions, and playing under safety regulations, in interviews Monday.



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Bordeau to leave women’s crew team

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Wendy Bordeau will move from leading the women’s crew team to helping lead Dartmouth Athletics as senior associate athletic director by this August. After 16 years of coaching, nine as the head coach for the Big Green, she said athletics administration will be a new challenge.


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One-on-One with Matt Wefer

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This week, recent graduate and sailing standout Matt Wefer ’14 and his partner Jordan Factor are competing in Athens, Greece in the 470 European Championship.The Dartmouth caught up with Wefer via Skype to check in on the regatta and his training regimen as he and his partner pursue their goal to represent the U.S. in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.


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Riding the Pine

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Despite what by all accounts was a humiliating afternoon, Hank and Fish walked away from the dodgeball wasteland with a wry smiles twisted across their faces. Chuckling to themselves, they knew they had pocketed yet another piece of precious click bait.


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New NCAA policies to take effect Aug. 1

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As nationwide institutions adapt to meet new NCAA policies on the provision of food to student-athletes, certifications for strength and conditioning coaches and penalties for street drug use, Dartmouth does not anticipate having to make major changes to ensure compliance. Approved by the NCAA’s legislative council in April, the new policies will take effect Aug. 1.




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One on One with Alex Mitola

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This week, The Dartmouth chatted with Alex Mitola ’16, a standout point guard on the men’s basketball team. Recently named as a captain for the 2014-15 season alongside Gabas Maldunas ’15, the sharp-shooter, honored as team MVP for his performance last season, opened up about leadership, his goals for the summer and his desire to win an Ivy League championship.


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After first year offering Golf, Prouty expands tee times

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Golf tee times at the Hanover Country Club, introduced as part of the Prouty for the first time last summer, will be available to nearly 100 more participants this year, said Rebecca Gray, senior program manager of the friends of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center. During this year’s Prouty — the 33rd annual — golfers will be able to tee off at the Club on Saturday as part of the cancer research fundraiser.



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All-American rugby defeats Cambridge

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The All-Americans dismantled the Cambridge Light Blues, concluding with a decisive 27-15 victory, but the second team of All-Americans finished on the wrong side of a hotly contested 35-32 match against Ontario.


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Riding the Pine

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Just as Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption” climbed through a river of sewage and came out clean on the other side, so too have we, Hank and Fish, emerged from the dimly lit, figurative basement of The Dartmouth, Dartbeat, to its crown jewel, the sports section’s back page.