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The Dartmouth
May 23, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Scott Burns
The Setonian
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Ski team struggles, individuals excel at weekend championships

With the NCAA Championships less than two weeks away, the ski team, hampered by sickness, took to the road last Friday and Saturday, posting some of its best individual results of the season, but struggling as a team in the Eastern Collegiate Championships. The men finished third in overall competition just two points behind host Middlebury College, while the University of Vermont took the win. On the women's side, the Big Green took fourth overall behind UVM, Middlebury and the University of New Hampshire. J.P.

The Setonian
Sports

Vermont skiers edge Dartmouth

The Dartmouth men's ski team attacked the trails of Oak Hill and the slopes of the Skiway, putting forth their best effort of the year at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Victory eluded the Big Green, however, as Dartmouth placed second for the fourth week in a row. The University of Vermont Catamounts edged out the Big Green by only two points, preventing the men from taking their first carnival win since the Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association Championships last year.

The Setonian
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Young ski team heads for NCAA carnival

The ski team vans were not packed with juniors and seniors last night, but confidence and optimism were in good supply as the ski team headed north to Sugarloaf, Maine for its first NCAA carnival race of the year. Although the team lost a number of veteran skiers this year, preseason results place Dartmouth among the best in the nation. Alpine skier Jean-Pierre Daigneault '97 gave the best collegiate and non-collegiate skiers in the East a glimpse of the future, skiing to four victories in individual competition already this winter.

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Tour guides add personal touch

Prospective students will hear a different explanation of the College from their tour guide as they wind their way around campus this fall. The admissions office changed the tour script and added new training sessions, and is reducing the size of tour groups, which at peak times once numbered as many as 50 prospective students. The admissions office hopes the new system will limit tours to 10 to 15 prospective students and their parents. The changes are part of a new emphasis on giving individual attention to each prospective student.

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