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Riding the Pine

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | August 11, 2014

After the first three rounds of the PGA Championship, the tournament was McIlroy’s to lose. On Sunday, he almost did just that. Coming off back-to-back wins at the British Open and Bridgestone Invitational, McIlroy held a one-stroke lead entering the final round over Bernd Wiesberger, a relative newcomer regarded by few as a legitimate Sunday threat.

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Students prepare for Fantasy Football

By Zac Hardwick | August 11, 2014

While Dartmouth has no official fantasy football league, smaller groups of students organize through fraternity houses, student organizations and friend groups to create their own competitions. At Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity, for example, members of the house gather during the NFL preseason for a brothers-only draft and fantasy tournament, Joon Baak ’15, member of Tri-Kap, said. Brothers also email invites to house alumni, he said.

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New NCAA policies will impact Dartmouth student athletes

By Katie Jarrett | August 8, 2014

As incoming student-athletes walk across campus to their initial compliance meetings at the College, they may need to set aside more time to acquaint themselves with NCAA regulations than their predecessors did in previous years. With new NCAA policies coming into effect in August — including policies on recruiting, meals, coaching certifications and penalties for street drugs — and turnover in some Big Green coaching staffs, first-year student-athletes will have to think through more than just finding their classrooms and learning “Dartspeak.”

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Football ranks third in preseason Ivy League media poll

By Macy Ferguson | August 7, 2014

The annual Ivy League football season media poll ranked Dartmouth’s football team third for the first time since 1997. The team earned 91 points in the poll, but received no first place votes.\nPrinceton University and Harvard University ranked first and second, with 128 and 127 points, respectively. The poll was one of the areas discussed at Tuesday’s Ivy League Football Media Day Teleconference.

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Hockey team sends six players to NHL summer camps

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | August 7, 2014

Six Dartmouth hockey players attended NHL development camps over the month of July as undrafted invitees, looking to hone their skills in the hopes of playing hockey at the highest level. \nNHL teams traditionally invite between 30 and 40 players to their development camps in an attempt to identify and train young talent. The camps traditionally have both on-ice and off-ice elements as well as a few high intensity scrimmages.

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Riding the Pine

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | August 4, 2014

Since this is the antepenultimate Riding the Pine, our readers may be deceived into believing that we’re going to be throwing our 95 mph fastballs from here on in.

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DP2 DRIVE trains athletes in leadership for second summer

By Josh Koenig | July 31, 2014

While the adjustment to a larger number of students has not changed the program’s focus, it has reduced the number of experiential exercises included over the course of the summer and increased the number of DP2 staff involved, program leader and assistant athletics director for leadership Steven Spaulding said.

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Riding the Pine

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | July 28, 2014

It was time to write a mailbag. We wanted nothing more than to honor our sensei’s wishes. This week Riding the Pine shares the spotlight and answers all of Tuck School of Business professor Richard McNulty's questions.

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Riding the Pine

By Henry Arndt and Joe Clyne | July 21, 2014

Only one thing on God’s green Earth keeps us going: a burning desire to please our interim sports editor Joe Kind ’16, who blogs under the handle “Foco Joe” at our old stomping grounds, Dartbeat.

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Softball head coach Hanson resigns to lead Stanford’s squad

By Jessica Avitabile | July 21, 2014

After a banner year for Big Green softball, both head coach Rachel Hanson and assistant coach Dorian Shaw will head to the West Coast to lead Stanford University’s team. Hanson’s four years as head coach culminated in the team’s 2014 Ivy League championship, which brought the team to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.

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One-on-One with Janine Leger

By Brian Chalif | July 17, 2014

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

By The Dartmouth Staff | July 17, 2014

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

By Hannah Hye Min Chung | July 14, 2014

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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