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Skiers shred to fifth place finish at NCAA Championships

By Jean Polfus and Rick Adams | April 6, 2005

Dartmouth skiers roared into a fifth place team finish after four days of intense competition at the 2005 NCAA Skiing National Championship with seven All-American individual finishes, as well as continuing a dynasty of men's slalom champions, claiming first place for the fourth year in a row.

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Sailors dominate competition at Boston Dinghy Cup

By Jonathan Kling | April 6, 2005

This weekend at the 76th annual Boston Dinghy Cup hosted on the Charles River in downtown Boston, the Dartmouth sailors showed the collegiate sailing world why they deserve to be ranked number one.

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Crew bears brutal Beantown weather

By Will Canestaro | April 5, 2005

Dartmouth women's crew traveled down to Boston this weekend to race Northeastern, Buffalo and Boston College.

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Equestrian leaps over regional rivals, preps for Zones

By Meredith Hartley | April 5, 2005

Dartmouth equestrian excelled in Regional competition Saturday, as five Big Green riders qualified in their individual classes to compete at Zones on April 9 for a spot at Nationals. "I was very proud of all our Regional qualifiers," said head coach Sally Batton.

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Rugby gears up for Ancient Eight Championships

By Dan Correa | April 5, 2005

On a rainy Saturday, the Dartmouth men's rugby team took the field against Northeastern University for its first New England match of the spring season.

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Top ten reasons why it's okay to lose by 48 points

By Evan Meyerson | April 4, 2005

I had two choices of where to take this column. Should I be serious and profound or should I, well, not?

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Big Green women's tennis drops third straight match

By Mark Sweeney | April 4, 2005

The No. 64 Dartmouth women's tennis team fell 5-2 in a road contest at Boston University on Saturday.

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Men's tennis slams defending Division III champs

By Rob Friedman | April 4, 2005

Big Green tennis climbed over the .500 plateau with a win over defending Division III national champion Middlebury (7-2), bringing the team's record to 8-7.

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Athletes of the Week

By The Dartmouth | April 4, 2005

Whitney Douthett '07 Women's Lacrosse Sophomore and Pennsylvania native, Whitney Douthett, contributed five assists and one goal in Dartmouth's 18-8 victory over Brown on Saturday.

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Men's lacrosse upsets ninth-ranked Notre Dame 10-9

By Bret Anderson | April 4, 2005

For the second time this season, the No. 19 Dartmouth men's lacrosse team bounced back after a disappointing loss to regain momentum towards a possible birth in the NCAA tournament by defeating a highly-ranked opponent.

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The Draft Board

By Mark Sweeney, Adam White and Jesse Klempner | April 4, 2005

Mark Sweeney, Adam White and Jesse 'Fred' Klempner square off to draft the best teams on a wide variety of pop culture subjects. Today, in honor of opening day, the experts draft a baseball infield using sitcom characters.

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Track tackles opponents in Grand Canyon state

By Jennifer Yu | April 4, 2005

Over spring break, the men and women's track and field team traveled to Arizona for their annual spring training trip and swept competition away. The team competed in two meets while training in Arizona: one for multi-eventers and one for the rest of the team. At the Desert meet, Mustafa Abdur-Rahim '04, despite a strained shoulder, managed an NCAA-qualifying performance in the decathlon with 7719-points. "I was pretty satisfied with my performance," Abdur-Rahim said.

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Ultimate tours south over break

By Sam Routhier, Pete Bonanno, Sarah Markus and Nicol | April 4, 2005

This past week, the men and women of Dartmouth ultimate traveled through the southeast for their annual spring break trip.

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Lady laxers liquidate Brown 18-8

By Grace Crandall | April 4, 2005

The No. 6 lady laxers notched their seventh victory of the season with an impressive 18-8 victory over Brown (2-6, 0-1) Sunday at Scully-Fahey field.

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Atlanta fans rejoice: Braves picked to win World Series

By Stephen Macekura | April 4, 2005

As the steroid controversy hovers over Major League Baseball with ominous intent, few pre-season stories seemed to focus on the game itself.

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Big Green laxers topple Maryland Terrapins over spring break

By Bret Anderson | April 1, 2005

The men's lacrosse team rolled back into Hanover fresh off a historic victory that capped off its spring break action of the last two weeks.

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Equestrian rides past Vermont to regional victory

By Meredith Hartley | April 1, 2005

Dartmouth equestrian held out its narrow lead in overall points during the last three shows of the season, winning the region for the first time under coach Sally Batton.

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Women's tennis soaks up Florida sun over spring break

By Mark Sweeney | March 31, 2005

The No. 63 Dartmouth women's tennis team collected three wins in five matches during its Spring Break trip to Florida.

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Big Green watches NCAA Tournament from home

By Evan Meyerson | March 31, 2005

With 13:28 remaining in the closing period of the third and final game between Vermont and Dartmouth on March 13, the Catamounts shut the door on the Big Green's stellar 2004-05 season for good.

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Boston's 'Boy Wonder' Theo Epstein plugs internships

By Dana LaMendola | March 30, 2005

MasterCard's ubiquitous "Priceless" marketing campaign promises that "for everything else there's MasterCard." Thanks to the credit card company's "Priceless Experience" initiative, which offers internships in film, music or sports, MasterCard's advertisments might not be an understatement. Over the past few months, MasterCard has been advertising their "Priceless Experience" internship program, which offers an opportunity for 12 lucky contestants to pursue summer internships in the music, film and sports industries.