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Ivy League recruiting practices: Does Dartmouth lower its standards?

By Stefanie Lazow | January 12, 2009

College admissions season can be a stressful time for high school juniors and seniors, and that often goes doubly so for prospective athletes, who are trying to get noticed and recruited by the best program that will take them. A popular misconception of the athletic recruitment process in the Ivy League is that academic standards are sacrificed to promote the success of athletic programs.

Koren Schram '09 had 17 points, seven rebounds and one assist, helping the Big Green defeat Harvard 59-55 in its first conference game.
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Women's basketball triumphs over Harvard in 59-55 victory

By Tianchi Xu | January 12, 2009

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff In a heated matchup of old rivals, the Dartmouth women's basketball team edged out top Ivy contender Harvard on Saturday, securing its first league victory of the season, 59-55. Leading by three with less than 30 seconds left in the second half, the Big Green (4-9, 1-0 Ivy) missed two sets of free throws down the stretch, giving Harvard (8-7, 1-0 Ivy) a final chance to tie and force overtime. The ensuing Crimson possession, however, was abruptly cut short by senior guard Koren Schram '09, who tipped a Crimson pass into the hands of teammate Darcy Rose '09, smothering any comeback opportunities. "As our first Ivy game, this was a huge win for us," Rose said.

The Big Green men's basketball team narrowly fell to Harvard in its first conference match of the season on Saturday.
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Men's basketball falls to Harvard 63-62 with disputed call

January 12, 2009

Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's men's basketball team dropped its 2008-2009 Ivy League opener to Harvard on Saturday, as a disputed no-foul call at the buzzer raised questions about Harvard's slim 63-62 victory. With less than five minutes left on the clock, Ronnie Dixon '11 stole the ball at midcourt and banked an uncontested shot to give Dartmouth (2-11, 0-1 Ivy) a 57-53 advantage. After claiming the lead, however, the Big Green allowed Harvard (9-6, 1-0 Ivy) to answer back with six straight points, all from senior guard,Andrew Pusar.

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Snow sculpture gives students new option for PE requirement

By David Jiang | January 9, 2009

Snow sculpting, a long-standing Dartmouth tradition, is now a physical education course that can be counted toward the three required PE courses for Dartmouth students. The class will meet for four three-hour training sessions on snow sculpture construction and participants will be expected to help with the building of the actual snow sculpture -- a long-time staple of Winter Carnival -- in February.

Both the men's and women's Big Green basketball teams will face Harvard in their first Ivy League conference matches of the season.
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Men's, women's basketball to face Harvard on Saturday

January 9, 2009

Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's and women's basketball teams kick off Ivy League play this weekend against rival Harvard, with both teams looking forward to the end of their disappointing non-conference games. The men's team enters Saturday's game 2-10, and is currently on a five-game losing streak.

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True '08, Randall '09 run at NCAAs

By Laura Mantell | December 3, 2008

Seniors Ben True '08 and Glenn Randall '09 competed at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships last Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., marking the end of two storied Dartmouth cross country careers. True finished the 10-kilometer race in 53rd with a time of 30:30.

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Peisch '11 and Hood '12 represent U.S. at Pan-American Cup

By Sarah Rohrbach | December 3, 2008

Dartmouth field hockey players Virginia Peisch '11 and Kelly Hood '12 came home with silver medals last week after representing the United States at the 2008 Indoor Pan-American Cup, held in San Juan, Argentina. With the encouragement of Dartmouth associate head coach Andy Smith, the players traveled to Pennsylvania earlier in the year to attend open tryouts and were ultimately chosen for the national squad. The team of roughly 20 players was announced after a number of practices over the summer.

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