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One-on-one with New York Mets president Sandy Alderson ’69
Alderson studied history, played baseball and was in ROTC at Dartmouth before he began his career in front offices across Major League Baseball.
Alderson studied history, played baseball and was in ROTC at Dartmouth before he began his career in front offices across Major League Baseball.
Tuckerman said he was motivated in part by the cutting and reinstatement of the varsity lightweight rowing team.
While many athletes expressed support for the decision, some say they have lost faith in the athletics department.
On Thursday evening, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted a panel of professional athletes to discuss the intersection of politics and professional sports, touching on topics including Black Lives Matter protests and kneeling for the national anthem.
After spending seven years working his way up the minor league ranks, Cole Sulser ’12 finally earned a full-season bullpen spot this past year, pitching for the Baltimore Orioles.
On Thursday, the Ivy League announced the cancellation of all winter athletic competition. For the sports affected — basketball, ice hockey, indoor track and field, skiing and squash — there is currently no timeline for resuming competition prior to the 2022 season. Athletes and coaches said that while the decision was not a surprise, it was still difficult to receive the news.
For the third time in Dartmouth’s history and the first time since 2003, Dartmouth will host the NCAA men’s and women’s skiing championships in 2025.
Porscha Dobson has been named the new director of Dartmouth’s track and field and cross country programs. After coaching for eight years at the University of Pennsylvania, first as an assistant coach and then as assistant head coach for the past two years, Dobson was hired by Dartmouth in September after Barry Harwick ’77 announced his retirement in August.
