Hollisto's World
If I was forced to choose between being on the losing end of a humiliating defeat and being the recipient of a frontal lobe lobotomy, I would sign up for the surgery every time.
If I was forced to choose between being on the losing end of a humiliating defeat and being the recipient of a frontal lobe lobotomy, I would sign up for the surgery every time.
Wide receiver Tanner Scott '11, kicker Donald Kephart '11 and offensive lineman William Montgomery '11 were named to the 2011 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Hampshire Honor Society last Wednesday.
"We go every Sunday, pray, come back home and then do it again next week." Would it surprise you if I said this was my film teacher talking to our class in Spain last term? "This is the most important thing in all of Barcelona." Would it also surprise you that my professor showed us not a bible, but a plastic ID card? My professor was flashing an FC Barcelona season ticket holder's card, and it was his most valuable possession.
Courtesy of Tom Tracey The Dartmouth women's club water polo team took 10th place this weekend after three riveting days at the Women's National Collegiate Club Championship.
Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff With new players slated to arrive from places as far as Stanford, Calif., to right around the corner in Lebanon, N.H., the Dartmouth football team's 2011 recruiting class is set for the upcoming season.
Ending an otherwise successful season on a disappointing note, the Dartmouth baseball team fell in the final game of the Ivy League Championship to Princeton University this weekend, 8-5.
MEGHAN COONEY / The Dartmouth Despite suffering an 11-10 upset loss to Harvard University in the first round of the Ivy League Tournament on Friday afternoon, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team was awarded an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament on Sunday night.
Last Friday, I saw a group of students whacking around a tennis ball on the golf course in their version of "campus golf." Inspired, I sat down with golfer Julie Campbell '13 to find out more about the women's golf team.
The Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams both placed sixth at the 2011 Outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships hosted by Yale University this weekend. The women's track team had success in New Haven, most notably getting a first place finish from Priscilla Trojano '12 in the Heptathlon, which includes the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash, long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
KATHARINE PUJOL / The Dartmouth While the regular season is over for Dartmouth's club rugby teams, the Big Green paused last week to look to next year by holding elections for the men and women's team officers.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Determined not to repeat its devastating 9-8 loss to the University of Pennsylvania last year in the Ivy League finals, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team heads to Philadelphia this weekend for the 2011 Ivy Tournament.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's baseball team will defend its Ancient Eight title against Princeton University at the Ivy League Championship Series this weekend in New Jersey.
Courtesy of Anne Peale Sarah Spangenberg '11 garnered a third-place finish in two events Novice Over Fences and On the Flat at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's National Championship Show at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., on Thursday.
Despite the Dartmouth softball team's disappointing end to its season, third-baseman and catcher Molly Khalil '12 excelled as an offensive force, hitting six home runs and 27 RBIs and achieving a .294 batting average this year. Khalil said she began working on her skills at an early age, out-hitting her older brother in whiffle ball and playing t-ball at the age of four. "My family never forced me to play softball," Khalil said.
Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Staff Although the men's lacrosse team struggled this season, failing to making the Ivy League tournament and finishing with just one League win, its season did produce improvements in the program.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff After helping the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team secure a share of the Ivy League regular season title and beating number one Maryland University over the weekend, Sarah Parks '12 and goalie Kristen Giovanniello '14 received national recognition on Monday.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff In its final tuneup before the Ivy League Championship Series this weekend, the Dartmouth baseball team defeated the University of Hartford on the road on Tuesday, 13-1, tying a school record with its 29th win of the season.
Annie Villaneuva / The Dartmouth The Dartmouth equestrian team concluded its season with a solid performance at the Dartmouth Classic on Saturday.
Sports dictate my emotions. When my team is up, I'm riding the highest of highs. After my team loses a big game, I'm more depressed than Eeyore from "Winnie the Pooh." Because of that emotional dependence, I began this weekend really, really sad.
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Yale University fullback Shane Bannon in the seventh round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, the New Haven Register reported.