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Big Green starting quarterback Connor Kempe '12 was arrested for marijuana possession on April 4, according to the Hanover Police Department.
Big Green starting quarterback Connor Kempe '12 was arrested for marijuana possession on April 4, according to the Hanover Police Department.
The Dartmouth men's baseball team continued its run of the Ivy League gauntlet by sweeping Cornell University and Princeton University on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The women's tennis team pummeled Princeton University last Saturday in a historic match, defeating the defending Ivy League Champions for the first time in several years.
Despite scoring four goals in the final two minutes of its game against Yale University on Saturday, the Dartmouth men's lacrosse team was unable to beat the 17th-ranked Bulldogs (7-2, 2-2 Ivy), losing the road matchup, 9-7. Yale opened the scoring two minutes into the game, before co-captain Rhett Miller '11 netted an unassisted goal 5.5 minutes later to even the score.
Big Green teams are continuing spring season play in various invitationals and group competitions.
Big Green baseball shortstop and captain Joe Sclafani '12 leads a team with high expectations this season.
Increasing its winning streak to five straight games, the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team soundly defeated Cornell University on Saturday, 13-7.
Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's soccer team hosted the men's Haitian national football team on Friday at Burnham Field in Hanover, benefitting Partners in Health's relief efforts in Haiti.
This weekend, I was especially proud to be a Dartmouth student. On Friday night, I showed up just after the first whistle of the Dartmouth-Haiti men's soccer game to find the student section already overflowing.
Correction Appended As one of the most accomplished athletes in Dartmouth's history, Cameron Myler '92 is a four-time Olympian, holds seven U.S.
This could have been the week of the college underdog. After Virginia Commonwealth University and Butler University effectively destroyed everyone's bracket mine included Butler ousted VCU to return to the national championship.
Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff After enduring its first Ivy League series sweep since 2007 on Sunday, the Dartmouth baseball team righted itself yesterday afternoon in wet and windy conditions, beating Qunnipiac University with a 16-8 road win. A terrific performance by captain Joe Sclafani '12 powered the Big Green (13-6, 2-2 Ivy) to victory.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Seeking to bounce back from its disappointing doubleheader loss to the University of Pennsylvania this weekend, the Dartmouth softball team swept its two-game set yesterday afternoon against Sacred Heart University.
While Stanford University's athletic department was recently implicated for encouraging athletes to take easy classes through a "Courses of Interest" list, Dartmouth's athletic department does not maintain a list of easy class offerings for in-season Big Green athletes, Athletic Director Harry Sheehy said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The athletic department will never compile such a list, Sheehy said, adding that it would be very unlikely for a list to be distributed from any athletic department in the Ivy League. An anonymous member of the football team confirmed that a physical list does not exist in an interview with The Dartmouth, but went on to say that the team works together to determine which courses to take during the season. "It's more of people talking to each other and telling each other what's easy," he said.
Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team played through snowy, freezing conditions on Monday to earn its fourth consecutive victory with a 10-7 triumph over Syracuse University.
After a successful and entertaining abroad term in Spain, I have finally returned to Hanover (aka the frozen tundra) to resume my career as a dedicated student. Because my class work in Spain was best described as nonexistent, I received a few rude awakenings during my first week back.
Annie Villeneuva / The Dartmouth Staff In its first event since the regular season ended in late March, the Dartmouth equestrian team hosted Regionals on Sunday at Morton Farm.
/ The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's football team has completed its first full week of practice.
After falling to Cornell University in the semifinals of the ECAC Tournament last month, the Dartmouth men's hockey team has announced its new captains for the 2011-2012 season as well as its end-of-the-season awards.