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Geisel reverses M.D./P.h.D app suspension

Panelists share stories of adjustment

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A Thursday night panel allowed speakers to talk about their respective Dartmouth communities.

B y MIGUEL PENA At the first-ever People of Dartmouth panel on Thursday, four panelists spoke about finding community at the College. Their stories varied from adapting to a community with a mixed socioeconomic profile to finding support on campus despite having parents who refused to pay tuition.

The Inter-Community Council, which selected the speakers, hosted the event in

order to supplement the annual Men of Dartmouth and Women of Dartmouth panels.

Event organizer and ICC cochair Bennie Niles ’15 said the panel aimed to unite people from different communities and genders and give them a space to share their unique experiences.

Panelist Brendan Murphy ’14 discussed his strict upbringing. Because of this background, he said it was initially difficult for him to

socialize with his peers at the College. Yet, with a tone of relief, he said that he has found a sense of community through the lightweight crew team and his fraternity, especially in adverse times.

The fraternity, he said, allowed him to stay in the house even though his parents stopped paying for tuition and housing. His family threatened to end its financial support if

The Geisel School of Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program will recruit and accept applications for future classes for at least two more years, reversing a decision to suspend the program made earlier this month.

Geisel Dean Wiley Souba announced the decision to continue accepting applications in an email to Geisel faculty, staff and students on Thursday morning.

The program, which aims to train physicianscientists, will aim to matriculate two students this fall and two additional students in the fall of 2015, Souba said in the email. This will coincide with an internal review of the program conducted by faculty and students to identify best practices and funding sources at peer institutions.

In a previous interview, Souba said that admissions were suspended to allow the administration to examine the program and determine its optimal size.

He cited the program’s cost as a reason behind the decision, as Geisel’s program is not funded by the National Institutes of Health.

M.D./Ph.D. program coordinator and Geisel professor James Gorham said the administration will form a task force to discuss the size of the program relative to the size of the school. He said that he and his peers are glad that the program has been reinstated.

Twenty-five Geisel students are currently working toward their M.D./Ph.D. degree.

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Students, staff discuss Rocky supports social start-ups socioeconomic status B y AshLEy manning

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On Thursday evening, six panelists shared personal stories about coming to Dartmouth from low-income backgrounds, describing the difficulties and surprises that they have experienced. The panel, called “The Taboo Identity,” and small-group discussions that followed

fostered dialogue about socioeconomic identity on campus.

The panel was organized by students in the College’s Quest Scholars chapter, the Dartmouth branch of the nationwide Quest Scholars Network.

The network matches highachieving low-income stu-

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As social entrepreneurship gains popularity nationwide and on campus, the Rockefeller Center has gained approval for a new course and created a new position that will expand its offerings in the field.

Social entrepreneurs, like their counterparts in business, seek to find innovative solutions, but focus their energies on problems affecting the public good.

The center will offer a

30-student public policy class focused on social entrepreneurship for the first time this summer, taught by director Andrew Samwick. Samwick said the class, approved on Thursday, will allow students to create real start-up projects.

He said he hopes the center will help students develop start-ups into enterprises with national or even global potential.

In January, the Rockefeller Center created a new position focusing on design and en-

trepreneurship co-curricular programs, a role filled by the center’s former program coordinator Thanh Nguyen.

In his new job, he will focus on developing social entrepreneurship and public policy innovation on campus, areas the center has not emphasized in the past.

Samwick said he created the position to promote new ideas and projects on big issues in public policy. Some policy SEE ROCKY PAGE 2

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DAily debriefing At a time of increased scrutiny on grade inflation nationwide and at the College, The Dartmouth asked College professors their thoughts on the issue.

Richard Wright, geography professor: We can’t continue having a 0.01 increase every year into the future, you know, because at some point, everyone’s going to have a 4.0. First of all, you’ve got to situate this way beyond Dartmouth. This isn’t just a Dartmouth problem.

Chandrasekhar Ramanathan, physics and astronomy professor: There are societal pressures that have been around for a number of years, and I think it’s not unique to Dartmouth. It’s a problem that many institutions are tackling. At Dartmouth, I think it needs to be addressed. I think it’s a question of how to address it collectively. Addressing it in an individual class is not much of a solution.

Sergi Elizalde, mathematics professor: If there was a way for everybody to do it at the same time, it would be helpful because I wouldn’t feel like, you know, why are the students mad at me because I give lower grades? If there was something that everybody did, it would be better, and the transcripts would make more sense because the person who gets an A really means that they are better than the others.

Michelle Clarke, government professor: The College doesn’t have a lot of incentives to do anything about the problem and make it one of the few colleges in the country where a C is the median grade, because it might put our students at a disadvantage after they leave. It may dissuade people from coming here in the first place. To be effectively dealt with, it’s got to be dealt with comprehensively across the country. I just don’t see that happening.

Christopher Snyder, economics professor: Our department had a meeting at the beginning of the school year, so it certainly was an issue that was of concern. We actually, in a sense, came up with a homogenized policy and came to an agreement about what we thought a general grading rubric would be for different classes at different levels. I don’t think we’re a department that was known for inflating its grades anyway, but we’re trying to be proactive before things get too out of hand.

These interviews have been edited and condensed. A full version is available on Dartbeat.

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“DHMC partners with local hospitals” (Feb. 20, 2014): Due to an editing error, the original version of this story mischaracterized DHMC director of external relations Rick Adams’s statement on DHMC’s critical care beds as referring to Cheshire Medical Center’s capacity for critical care.

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“Divest Dartmouth petition gains momentum on campus” (Feb. 20, 2014): The initial version of the article mischaracterized the group’s communication with the administration. Divest Dartmouth has yet to formally meet with College administrators.

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Center to assist social entrepreneurs FROM ROCKY PAGE 1

challenges, like health care, poverty and education, can only be effectively approached in entrepreneurial ways.

Nguyen will also organize a twoday crash course on innovation and social entrepreneurship that will be held for the second time this summer, he said.

Social entrepreneurship, an emerging field, has gained prominence in business and higher education, and has stirred student interest.

Katherine Crane ’16, a student involved with the center, said social entrepreneurship can improve collaboration among public and private enterprises. She added that it can show students that business and social good can be combined.

Mahnum Shahzad ’15, who participated in the center’s management and leadership development program, said she believes that, too often, people focus on leadership in business rather than in public service.

“In my definition of leadership, it is something that must be placed in the context of helping your community,” she said. “People’s views of leadership have become very

contorted and focused solely on the financial sector.”

Developing and promoting social entrepreneurship on campus will give students new ways to apply their leadership skills, she said.

This initiative comes as College President Phil Hanlon has publicized

“People’s views of leadership have become very contorted and focused solely on the financial sector.”

- katherine crane ’16 his hopes for expanding entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. Other recent events and newly created offices on campus have also added to the array of opportunities for entrepreneurially-minded students.

Crane said she is interested to see how Nguyen will work with the Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator, a student entrepreneurship hub slated to open this spring.

The center is overseen by the entre-

preneurship and technology transfer office, which was established last April.

At the Neukom Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation Lab’s student-focused entrepreneurship competition in January, a sociallyminded startup was among the finalists. The venture, named RICE2 BioSurveillance, would enable realtime monitoring of disease outbreaks in northern Vietnam.

Last spring’s annual Dartmouth Ventures event, a daylong entrepreneurship conference and competition hosted by the Tuck School of Business, focused on creating social value.

The interdisciplinary nature of social entrepreneurship will allow Nguyen to increase collaboration with other campus organizations like the Tuck, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Dickey Center, the Tucker Foundation and the Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation Lab, he said.

Students will use campus resources to ease design and technology demands, Samwick said. He said that he hopes the hands-on learning opportunity will bridge the gap between theory and practice on campus.

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Students discuss finding community FROM PEOPLE PAGE 1

he did not quit rowing or enroll in the courses they chose, he said, and followed through when he said he would not do as they asked.

Through the fraternity’s support and understanding from the various communities he was involved in, Murphy said he could continue his studies at the College.

Billy Peters ’15, who is one of 18 student veterans on campus, spoke about his transition from a community college to Dartmouth, calling it “quite drastic.” At first, he said, it was difficult to approach his classes and navigate socially.

He added that veterans at the College tend to be dispersed, which made it harder to find community.

After some time, he built a foundation of friends and community through the Greek system and the rugby team, he said.

Hui Cheng ’16 expressed a different perspective.

“I really wanted to challenge the idea that there are inclusive communities at Dartmouth,” she said

“I really wanted to challenge the idea that there are inclusive communities at Dartmouth.”

- PANELIST HUI CHENG ’16 in an interview.

On the panel, Cheng talked about her experience during freshman fall and sorority recruitment. She said she found it difficult to feel fully included in a community that was largely of a different socioeconomic class than her own. She noted, however, that the College does a good job

of fostering first-year communities.

Even after spending over a year at the College, Cheng said she has still has not found one group that encompasses the socioeconomic breadth of students at the College.

She said it is particularly hard for people who do not fall into a “predetermined box” to find a community at Dartmouth.

A residential college system, Cheng said, could provide a sense of community for everyone, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, Greek affiliation or gender.

Niles said he hoped the event gave students tools to find and improve campus communities.

Carene Mekertichyan ’16, who attended the event, said she could relate to the stories.

“Being someone from a lower socioeconomic background can really impact your experience at Dartmouth,” she said.

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Senior Staff Columnist Don Casler ’14

Building a Better Home

The Best of Both Worlds

Dartmouth must throw its weight behind the neighborhood initiative.

Russell Sage. South Mass. Topliff. North Fay. Woodward.

For many at Dartmouth, home is just a string of building names.

While the D-Plan offers us opportunities to learn and grow outside of Hanover, this exploration comes at the expense of feeling connected to the College. The composition of our student body changes from term to term, and as such, housing after freshman year feels transient — each new room is a temporary arrangement rather than an opportunity to make meaningful connections.

For many upperclassmen, dorm rooms are nothing more than a place to sleep for 10 weeks. Floormates are acquaintances at best and complete strangers at worst.

The office of residential life recently announced that it is working on a neighborhood initiative, a plan that would sort students into residential communities after their first year at the College. Students at peer institutions laud their residential colleges and houses, and we commend the College for taking steps toward this system.

We hope that the administration follows through with this initiative, which could provide students with a sense of place and a connection to a group of peers.

This is a complicated task, and we recognize that it cannot be completed overnight. We are encouraged, though, by the recent hiring of Lisa Hogarty as the new vice president of campus planning and facilities, which indicates that the College is willing to make concrete changes. At Harvard University, Hogarty led innovative communal spaces, introducing lawn chairs to Harvard Yard and setting aside a patio for pop-up performances.

Placing students in communities after freshman year does raise a few possible problems. Students may have already formed close friend groups, making them less likely to branch out and get to know their new neighbors. If they join a Greek house, they may devote less time to their

residential community. The program will only be successful if students are interested and engaged.

Making it a four-year residential college system and including incoming freshmen is the obvious solution.

The neighborhood plan could better build community than other proposed housing initiatives. Next fall, the College will introduce three new programs: a global village community, an arts and innovation community and a design-your-own living learning program.

Dartmouth does not need another set of self-selecting societies to which students must apply. Friends searching for decent housing may sign up for these programs in blocs, turning them into nothing more than homogeneous bubbles of established friend groups.

The disparity in dorm quality also complicates the progress of any new housing initiative. No one wants to live in the River for four years, regardless of programming or close ties to floormates. Any serious overhaul of the College’s residential system requires Dartmouth’s financial commitment to refurbishing physical plants.

The new residential projects and the logic behind them echo a larger theme emerging in College President Phil Hanlon’s administration — the creation of learning opportunities beyond the classroom. Much like Hanlon’s focus on experiential learning, these new programs promote alternate forms of education.

Housing is arguably the avenue through which the College can best improve student life. As these plans take shape, we need leadership that understands innovation and isn’t afraid to shake things up.

Dartmouth must move beyond programs that may further divide the student body.

Instead, the College should throw its weight behind the neighborhood initiative.

Students should look forward to coming home.

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It’s possible to be both intellectually engaged and socially involved.

Dartmouth has been called a lot of negative things in the last year — racist, classist and sexist, to name a few. These obviously aren’t labels that I want to see attached to the name of my soon-to-be alma mater. But since so much of this term’s campus dialogue has focused on precisely the issues I have listed, I want to draw attention to a different criticism — the alleged deficiency in our community’s academic vitality — and argue that the binary between intellectual and social life is both false and unhelpful. For once, let’s talk about something Dartmouth actually does well, which is to encourage balance between academic and social pursuits.

By now, those who know me have surely heard me complain about my thesis. Last weekend, a friend was kind enough to send a survey out to my fraternity’s Listserv, asking whether the rest of the house was aware that I was writing a thesis, how they felt about my project and if they could describe my topic in three words or fewer. Perhaps I should take this as a sign. To be honest, I should probably be running regressions right now instead of writing this column.

But that’s exactly the point — over the past three terms, my thesis has become so interwoven with the fabric of my life that it takes effort for me not to talk about it. My work has lit an intellectual fire inside me that often keeps me reading and typing late into the night. I get an incredible rush from performing genuinely original research and contradicting previous scholarly wisdom.

At the same time, I have found hours in my day to spend outside of the stacks. I’ve stayed heavily involved in my fraternity, made new friends and kept old ones despite dedicating long hours to my work. Yes, that was a bit of a self-call. But it should also debunk the idea that you can either be “well-rounded” (memories of the college admissions process still give me a visceral reaction to that term) or intellectually stimulated, not both. While not always easy, it is entirely possible to balance academic pursuits and having a social life.

Are there lots of “closet nerds” here?

Probably, but I don’t think they’re in the closet because they’re afraid of being branded intellectuals. In reality, I would estimate that only a minority of students actually perpetuates anti-intellectualism. At one end of the spectrum are those who are here for the career that their Dartmouth education is going to get them, and not much else. At the other are those who have come for the journey, for the process of learning and self-discovery that is so particular to your college years. But in the middle is a sizeable chunk of students who see Dartmouth as a mix of ends-means calculations and the opportunity to figure out who they really are.

This quasi-majority may be more silently intellectual — you won’t find them discussing Kant over lunch at Collis — but that doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t engage when given the chance. I’ve been lucky enough to tap into this community in numerous places, from the Government Foreign Study Program in London to my fraternity’s basement.

Moreover, most of us don’t have the mental capacity or patience to be “intellectual” all the time or to log day after endless day in the library. It’s simply unrealistic to expect a consistently extraordinary level of intellectual engagement and commitment from friends and peers.

Ultimately, the mere presence of antiintellectualism at Dartmouth doesn’t mean that it’s an anti-intellectual place. Perhaps more troublingly, this gap between perception and reality points to a bigger issue in our community — that we’re still really bad at seeing the world in shades of gray. One of the best changes I’ve seen in my time here is the more explicit recognition that there is no single Dartmouth experience, that there’s more to the place than frats, flair and snarky Mirror columns. Similarly, we should acknowledge that nerding out and going out are not mutually exclusive. There are spaces where this crossover happens — you just have to find them.

Vox Clamantis Greek members don’t resemble the affluent, white, Moderate Voices heterosexual stereotype — my own house was I am disappointed that these opinion pages have again fallen into tiresome posturing over the Greek system’s mere existence rather than critical thinking about how to fix specific problems.

I appreciated my fraternity and agree that Dartmouth’s Greek system is more inclusive than almost any other Greek system. However, that fact does not absolve the system’s contributions to Dartmouth’s problems. Nor does the fact that women are not raped in literal “droves” excuse the fact that too many are — and it isn’t outrageous to say that an alcohol-fueled culture of machismo, however vestigial, contributes to this.

Being expected to reflect on our own attitudes and actions does not make us persecuted victims.

Rather, it makes us responsible adults.

Yet expressing concern for sexual violence and the various “isms” lingering at Dartmouth doesn’t require caricature or melodrama. Many

minority-white and an even smaller minority was white, straight and U.S.-born. It is counterproductive and inaccurate to categorize two-thirds of all students as complicit in an oppressive white patriarchy. This system is made of people — with personalities, motives and passions far beyond drunken carousing.

My recent Winter Carnival visit reminded me that my alma mater is full of decent, thoughtful, compassionate people who appreciate Dartmouth’s social traditions in moderation and remain open to change while keeping things in perspective. It would be nice to hear more of those voices.

Stephen Kirkpatrick ’13 Former Evening Managing Editor, The Dartmouth

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Panelists address class-related challenges on campus FROM TABOO PAGE 1

dents to top-tier colleges, and Dartmouth’s chapter works to unite and support students interested in discussing class and related issues.

Students in the chapter were inspired to host the panel after participating in an Intergroup Dialogue session, Dartmouth Quest liaison Ilenna Jones ’15 said.

Group members hoped the event would increase dialogue about socioeconomic class and background at Dartmouth. Quest scholar Kelsey Justis ’16 noted that on an economically diverse campus like Dartmouth’s, some students associate a “feeling of shame” to coming from a low-income background.

Justis said he hopes the panel sheds light on the financial divisions present on campus.

“People don’t understand that socioeconomic status is a concrete part of one’s identity,” he said.

The six panelists were Center for Professional Development community outreach coordinator Jennifer McGrew ’13, psychology and brain sciences professor John Pfister, pre-health advisor Sarah Berger, Hao Chang ’16, Frankie Herrera ’13 and Karlos SantosCoy, who works in the Office of Pluralism and Leadership. Speakers discussed their lives before coming to Dartmouth and experiences with socioeconomic status and identity once they arrived at the College.

Many of the speakers said that coming from homogeneous lowincome communities and households made them feel ostracized when they came to Dartmouth.

“The norms at Dartmouth are so different from the norms of my family and community,” Chang said.

She contrasted the luxuries and conveniences that she feels many students take for granted at Dartmouth with attitudes toward money back home. Her parents, Chinese immigrants living in Nashville, Tenn., both waited tables to support her family.

Berger also discussed the role of privilege on college campuses.

“I almost felt like some people had a golden pass to the ball,” she said. “Sometimes I just wished I felt a little freer.”

Many panelists said they felt they have had to work hard to be able to live comfortably at the College. McGrew and Herrera both said the first thing they did on campus was visit the employment office.

As the Collis Center for Student Involvement’s night manager, McGrew spent most of her nights confined to a desk while many of her friends from class were free of such responsibilities, she said.

Speakers also discussed the stigma and lack of understanding some community members feel about their socioeconomic status.

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Panelists discussed their experiences with socioeconomic status at Dartmouth and at home.

up with the work of the class,” McGrew said. “How was I supposed to buy my books then?”

Speakers also discussed some of the difficulties of being firstgeneration college students. Pfister said he received love and support when talking on the phone with his parents but, because they did not attend college themselves, they were unable to give him guidance about how to navigate school.

Santos-Coy said this lack of direction from mentors and older family members led him to spend nine and a half years at his undergraduate institution.

“First-generation students don’t know what they don’t know about college,” he said.

Some students, after hearing the panelists’ stories, said they were surprised by the dramatic impact of socioeconomic diversity

on campus.

Scott Nelson ’14 said the panel made him realize how much many students take for granted.

Derek Leung ’14 said that the panel made him consider the things he does not always appreciate but is lucky to have.

“It’s sobering,” he said, “that Dartmouth is so biased towards people of a higher socioeconomic status.”

M.D./Ph.D. admissions restart following advocacy efforts FROM GEISEL PAGE 1

When the decision to suspend the program was first revealed, about 1,000 students, alumni, faculty and staff signed a petition outlining concerns.

Biology professor Lee Witters, who also teaches at Geisel, said that M.D./Ph.D. students played an integral role in overturning Geisel’s decision to suspend applications by presenting a polished, cogent argument. He had personally approached students, he said, encouraging them to get in touch with faculty.

“I did that out of concern,” Witters said. “I’m a physicianscientist myself. I thought I had a pretty good perspective of what goes on in the medical school and what the impact of not having the program would be on the wider community. I thought they needed that perspective.”

Several current M.D./Ph.D. students, including Andrew Giustini, Cynthia Hahn and Geoffrey

Noble, spoke with Souba and the wider Geisel community about the program’s future.

“We look forward to continuing these partnerships with the Dean’s office, faculty and students as we examine strategies for strengthening the program in its role as an essential component of Geisel’s educational mission,” the three students said in a statement.

Other initiatives to resurrect the program included community letters and emails to College President Phil Hanlon, the Board of Trustees and the Geisel Board of Overseers, as well as individual letters from faculty members to Souba, Witters said. He also credited local media coverage with raising awareness.

“If there had not been a public outcry against it, this would not have been reversed,” Witters said.

“To suggest that [the administration] would’ve reversed this decision if no one had said anything would be naive and disingenuous.”

Following Souba’s first announcement, the National Asso-

ciation of M.D./Ph.D. Programs sent a letter to Hanlon, Souba and the Geisel senior associate dean of research Duane Compton encouraging administrators to restart admissions to the program.

The letter, signed by association president Dianna Milewicz

“If there had not been a public outcry against it, this would not have been reversed.”

- biology and geisel professor lee witters and nine past presidents, said that suspending Geisel’s M.D./Ph.D. program would devalue research, sacrifice academic diversity and contribute to a lack of physicianscientists. The association’s message also addressed Souba’s initial point about the M.D./Ph.D. program’s prohibitive cost.

“It is also clear that the net financial impact of an M.D./Ph.D. program can be positive and well worth the investment,” the letter said. “We think that the benefits of a vibrant M.D./Ph.D. program to an academic medical center far outweigh the financial costs.”

Association president-elect Terence Dermody, who signed the letter, applauded Souba’s decision to restart admissions, adding that the greater M.D./Ph.D. community will be pleased and supportive.

Training physician-scientists, he said, is critical in allowing for future medical discoveries.

Current Geisel M.D./Ph.D. student Ana-Maria Dumitru said the Geisel administration has been receptive to the advocacy efforts, and that the outpouring of support shows how much the community cares about the medical school’s future. “[This decision] affirms why I chose to come to Dartmouth in the first place,” she said. “I realized that this was an environment where

lasting relationships were formed and where each individual had a voice.”

Witters said Geisel’s faculty council, a group made of two representatives from every department, voted unanimously to maintain the program. They also suggested that it should be expanded.

The initial decision to cancel the program, Witters said, “came out of left field.”

“I don’t know how many people participated in making the decision, but I’m confident that it was a small number,” he said.

Although the M.D./Ph.D. program will continue for at least the next two years, Witters said that he is uncertain whether the program will be earnestly reevaluated.

“I want to be sure that people are being forthright and honest about the evaluation,” he said, “not just delaying the killing of the program until all the furor dies down.”

Souba was unavailable for comment by press time.

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Team to play Brown and Yale in crucial weekend for playoff position FROM HOCKEY PAGE 8

had trouble recovering from the loss.

Yale will arrive in Hanover after playing Harvard. Wins over Harvard and Dartmouth could position Yale for a first-round playoff bye. With four games left, Yale, ranked sixth in the ECAC, could potentially finish as high as second or as low as 10th.

Yale’s leading scorer is senior Kenny Agostino, who has 13 goals and 12 assists. Senior Jesse Root leads the team with 26 points, registering nine goals and 17 assists.

Yale is one of two teams in the country with freshmen logging all the minutes in net. Freshman Alex Lyon has started the last 20 games.

He averages 25 saves, including a season-high of 48.

For Cab Morris ’14, Nick Lovejoy ’14 and Taylor Boldt ’14, Yale will be their final home game, unless Dartmouth surprises and secures a

home playoff series.

Morris has started in 29 games and appeared in 31, playing over 1,700 minutes in the net and making 676 saves with an 11-14-4 career record.

Lovejoy has played in 34 games, contributing one goal and one assist. His junior year was cut short due to injury, but this year he provided Dartmouth with several solid performances as injuries mounted, including moving from defenseman to forward in multiple games.

In four years, Boldt suited up for 120 games, registering two goals and 12 assists. So far this season, Boldt has appeared in 21 of a possible 25 games.

The record for most games played is 136, held by Mike Ouellette ’06.

Eric Robinson ’14 will return next season after being granted a medical waiver that clears him for a fifth year of eligibility.

The will puck will drop both nights at 7 p.m. in Thompson Arena.

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The team needs to pick up points this weekend in order to move up in the ECAC standings.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014

FRIDAY LINEUP

MEN’S HOCKEY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. BROWN VS. PRINCETON 7 PM 7 PM

Hockey returns home for final time

B y josh schiefelbein The Dartmouth Staff

In what will likely be an emotional weekend, the men’s hockey team returns to Hanover for its final two regular season home games, the final home games for the four seniors on the team. Friday night, Dartmouth will take on Brown University before squaring off against defending national champion No. 14 Yale University Saturday. After this weekend, the Big Green (6-16-3, 5-12-1 ECAC) will hit the road for a testing final set of games against No. 13 Cornell University and No. 19 Colgate University.

While every ECAC men’s team makes the postseason, the next few games will decide seeding and opponents.

“They’re both big Ivy League games,” Grant Opperman ’17 said.

“We want to keep building momentum.”

Dartmouth shocked the ECAC last weekend with dominant victories over St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University, showing the moxie and confidence the team has missed.

Dartmouth appears ready to pose a challenge in the playoffs, despite its likely low seed. If the team sweeps its second consecutive weekend and Harvard University, Brown University and St. Lawrence lose, Dartmouth would still be in the running for a home playoff series.

If the season ended today, the Big

Green would travel to Ingalls Rink to play Yale (13-8-4, 8-7-3 ECAC) in the 6-11 matchup.

To win against Brown and Yale, Dartmouth must find a way to score.

Last weekend, the Big Green put up nine goals. Before that, the team had only scored 17 times this year.

“I think it’s going to be a matter of playing our game and playing confidently for the full 60 minutes,” captain Tyler Sikura ’15 said. “If we can bring the same focus and will to win, we’re going to be successful.”

Sikura returned last weekend against St. Lawrence from a knee sprain he suffered on Dec. 30 that knocked him out for nine games.

Although he isn’t completely back to full speed, he contributed two points.

Brown (10-12-3, 7-10-1 ECAC) has struggled on the road, winning just three of 14 away games this season.

Yet the Bears snapped a fourgame losing streak with a 4-2 win over then-No. 4 Quinnipiac last Saturday. Senior Garnet Hathaway was the star, notching two goals in the upset victory that helped stymie the Bobcats in their push for the number one ECAC seed.

Brown beat Dartmouth in the season’s previous two meetings, winning 5-3 on Oct. 26 at the Liberty Invitational in Newark and 3-2 in overtime on Dec. 7.

Sophomores Mark Naclerio and Nick Lappin are Brown’s most dan-

gerous offensive weapons, scoring 16 and 11 goals and 32 and 29 points, respectively. Not far behind is junior Matt Lorito, who has nine goals and 18 assists. Aside from the performance of its top three forwards, Brown has been middle-of-the-road, averaging 2.7 goals and 31 shots per game, with a 16.3 power play success rate.

Brandon McNally ’15 will not play against Brown because of a major penalty for facemasking last week in a game against Clarkson. McNally, who has contributed five goals and 11 assists, will return the following night against the Bulldogs.

Yale has not consistently played like defending national champions, posting a 6-5-1 record since the calendar year began. Last weekend, Yale was shut out by Quinnipiac 4-0, but rebounded with a 7-5 victory over Princeton University, which currently occupies the 12th spot in the ECAC. The loss and close victory dropped Yale one spot in the polls, from No. 13 to No. 14.

Opperman said he expects the Yale team to arrive in Hanover with a chip on its shoulder, hoping to avenge its 4-1 loss to Dartmouth on Dec. 6.

Dartmouth won the game on the strength of two goals from Troy Crema ’17 and 40 saves by Charles Grant ’16. At the time, Yale was ranked eighth in the nation and has SEE HOCKEY PAGE 7

KELSEY KITTELSEN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

The men’s hockey team returns home to face Brown University and Yale University this weekend.

B y sasha nanji I decided to continue playing hockey after college because I love the game. I couldn’t let it go. Playing for Toronto, I had fun and I loved my teammates, but after I had to sit out for a few games for what I felt were political reasons, I decided to make a change and switch teams.

Based on my performance in Montreal and in practice I was confident that I would play in our Nov. 23 game against Brampton. When my coach told me I would not be dressing, I honestly could not believe it. I had never been a healthy scratch in my life and definitely did not think I deserved it.

I was told that I struggle breaking out of my zone and would benefit from watching the game from the stands. Nonsense! Leading the breakout had always been one of my strengths, and the general manager stated in a press release when she drafted me that the team would benefit from my “confidence with the puck.” I figured since I was the only rookie on defense I would have to sit out at least one game, so I sucked it up and cheered for my team.

The coach said I would be going to Calgary the following weekend and would be dressing in all three games, so that gave me some hope.

I was upset about not playing, but I was excited for the rookie party that was scheduled for after the game. I had never had anything like a rookie party while playing for the Big Green, so I was unsure what to expect. The returning players tasked us with embarrassing missions: dressing up as Disney princesses and making up a rap about the older players. It was fun, and we bonded as a team, but I’m glad being a rookie is a one time thing.

I couldn’t wait to go to Calgary. I was excited to play and stoked to see three alumna — Jenna Cunningham ’10, Reagan Fischer ’12 and Margaux Sharp ’13 — who all live there. I knew I would play the games, so I didn’t have to stress. Everything seemed

to be going well. Then, a few days before we were leaving, I was told that I would no longer travel — a recent cut from the Canadian National Team would take my place on the roster for those games.

I was upset and I felt like nothing I did on the ice would make a difference. I don’t think I’m better than the player who took my place, but I think the situation should have been handled differently. It was hard being the only rookie defender on the team.

I had to compete against defensemen who were more experienced and knew the coach better. If I wanted to play on the team, I realized, I would have to be happy not dressing every game, even if I had put in more effort than the other defensemen.

I decided to trade to the only other team in Ontario, the Brampton Thunder. In the Canadian Women’s Hockey league, players can be released or traded if it’s in the best interest of the player or the team. If a player wants to leave, but the team does not want to release her, she can sit out the remainder of the season and rejoin the draft the following year in hopes of getting drafted by another team.

Since joining the Thunder, I have remembered what it feels like to play hockey and enjoy it.

Playing for Brampton, everyone is given equal opportunity to prove themselves on the ice. Your ice time is not dependent on your experience or how close you are with the coach, but based on performance, which is how it should be. I have gotten a chance to play and have proven myself on the ice as an impact player. I get a lot of ice time and play both power play and penalty kill. Although Brampton is below Toronto in the standings, I think the team has a lot of promise and will surprise a lot of teams moving forward. I truly believe that moving to Brampton has impacted my career in a positive way and could not be happier with my decision to switch teams. I am very excited for the rest of our games.