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July 20, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Jeff Beyer
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Men's hockey falls 5-4 in OT

TROY, N.Y.-Mar. 5 -- The Dartmouth men's hockey team was eliminated from the ECAC playoffs here tonight, losing a 5-4 game to RPI when Jon Pirrong scored the game-winner with 3:46 left in the first sudden-death overtime. It was one of the most intense, exciting games the men's hockey team has been involved with for many years -- and that might be an understatement. Pirrong ended the third-longest game in ECAC playoff history when Jean Francois Gosselin stole the puck behind the Big Green net and dished it in front. Pirrong's winner beat Dartmouth goalie Scott Baker '97 and sent the Hosston Freid Hasse crowd into a frenzy. Dartmouth Coach Roger Demment called it a "classic playoff game." He said the Big Green did a "tremendous job of coming back each time we were down," but added the squad could never "take the lead and run with it." "It's very difficult to lose a game like this," Demment said. Both goalies, Dartmouth's Baker and RPI's Mike Tamburro, were tremendous.

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Greeks say alcohol's influence declining

Although a three-day weekend may seem like a perfect excuse for students to party more, Greek leaders say there is more to Winter Carnival than alcohol. Bones Gate fraternity President Justin Heather '96 said there are more parties, but not necessarily more alcohol. "There's more alcohol available because basically every fraternity and sorority wants to have a party," he said. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity president John Bennett '96 said he agreed. "There's just a greater volume of parties and maybe that's a reason why people think alcohol plays a more important role during Carnival weekend," Bennett said. Bill Tovell '96, president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, said the increased number of parties did not necessarily mean there would be more consumption of alcohol. "Just because you have a party doesn't mean you're going to have an increased amount of drinking," Tovell said. According to Bennett, drinking during Carnival weekend is nothing out of the ordinary by Dartmouth standards. "Realistically, it plays a major role in Carnival weekend, but then again, alcohol plays a major role in every weekend at Dartmouth," Bennett said. Susie Ettinger '96, president of Epsilion Kappa Theta sorority said alcohol plays "about the same role as any weekend," but the increased number of people on campus causes an overall increase in alcohol consumption. "I don't think individuals are drinking more, I think that with students, alums, and randoms on campus, there are more people drinking," Ettinger said. Zeta Psi fraternity president Greg Jensen '96 agreed that more people party on campus during Carnival Weekend.

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