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Realistic Dartmouth players appear in new video game

By Lou Scerra | January 20, 1999

"It's not easy being green," Kermit the Frog often sang. But for Dartmouth, sometimes it's not even easy to be the Big Green. 989 Sports's "NCAA Final Four '99" is a realistic and competitive college basketball video game for Sony's Playstation which, with the possibility of playing with nearly 300 Division I teams, should set the standard for hoops games. Naturally, upon putting the game in the machine, I figured where better to open up the college basketball season then in our own Leede Arena with Dartmouth taking on the visiting Providence Friars. The video game wins major points on realism with coaches pacing the sidelines, 3D graphics and play-by-play commentary.

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Skiers feel confident with mix of experience, youth

By Christian Cutul | January 19, 1999

The Dartmouth ski team has high hopes for the coming season, and with good reason. A healthy team, the experience of successful veterans--including six returning All Americans--and a talented group of recruits make the outlook for this season even brighter than last year's successful campaign. "It's going to be an exciting season," said men's nordic coach Ruff Patterson. The Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) carnival circuit opens with the Bates Winter Carnival Jan.

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