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As Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson prepares to pack up her Parkhurst Hall corner office, the College must choose a new adminis-

trator to oversee undergraduate academic and campus life. While the future dean could come from a corporate, legal or academic faculty and higher education experts interviewed said someone with strong academic

distinction could best fit into the position.

Further details on the interim dean and search for Johnson’s permanent replacement will be released in the coming SEE DEAN PAGE 2

A series of six meetings between members of the “Freedom Budget” collective, a group of student activists, and key administrators left students involved in the discussions dissatisfied with the response they received.

The meetings, organized by the President’s Office following an agreement signed by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson at the end of the early April Parkhurst Hall sit-in, centered on central themes of “Freedom Budget.” A total of 19 administrators attended the sessions relevant to their responsibilities.

The “Freedom Budget,” a student-authored list of more than 70 demands regarding issues of diversity, included proposals that the College increase enrollment of black, Latino and Latina and Native American students to at least 10 percent each, make a multimillion dollar commitment to increasing the number of faculty and staff of color and provide pro-bono legal assistance and financial assistance to undocumented

students.

Meetings took place over April and May, and topics included faculty recruitment and retention, undergraduate curriculum, facilities, undergraduate admissions and financial aid, student support, undocumented students and staff support and recruitment.

Jalil Bishop ’14, who was involved in the creation of the document and attended the undergraduate admissions and staff recruitment meetings, said that while some conversations were productive, he laregly found the administrative response frustrating.

“There was a refusal to acknowledge the ‘Freedom Budget’ and to respond to a lot of the ideas,” he said. “There was a lot of storytelling.”

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by Johnson and sit-in participants on April 3 stated that meetings could be live streamed and open to all members of the collective.

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Visiting profs teach Over 20 tons of fertilizer dispersed summer courses B y REBECCA ASOULIN and TREEMAN BAKER

B y SEAN CONNOLLY The Dartmouth Staff

A total of 126 professors will teach an undergraduate course on campus this summer, around 14 percent of whom are visiting faculty, including three in their first year at Dartmouth . Faculty and department chairs have negotiated the 2014 summer course schedule since last fall,

gover nment department chair John Carey said.

Various considerations influence faculty members’ decision to teach for the summer, including research-related constraints, contractual obligations and personal choice, several faculty members said.

Varying each year, these dynamics can lead some SEE FACULTY PAGE 5

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Cordoned off and scattered with aquamarine pellets, campus lawns are being given time to grow, after recent rain. Dartmouth budgeted spending $22,640 on fertilizer this year, according to turf manager John Buck.

About 41,000 pounds of fertilizer, including 23,000 pounds of Nature Safe organic fertilizer, are used on the campus and athletic fields, Buck said.

Timing is crucial for grass SEE FERTILIZER PAGE 3

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DAilyOFFICE debriefing HOURS In March, the student government at University of California at Santa Barbara advocated for professors to warn students before presenting material that could trigger symptoms of post-traumatic distress disorder, provoking a debate about whether these “trigger warnings” impinged on academic freedom, New York Times reported last weekend.. The Dartmouth sat down with psychological and brain sciences professor Janine Scheiner to discuss the use of such warnings in the classroom.

From your perspective, do you think such trigger warnings are necessary, and why?

JS: For most students, such a warning is probably unnecessary, but for a few vulnerable individuals this advanced warning can allow students to work with the professor to modify assignments without too much compromise to the integrity of the course. However, I also believe that if a significant portion of the class is based on material that may be triggering, that student may be better off avoiding that class all together. I did have an instance in my career when I recommended that a student not take abnormal psychology because of some personal vulnerabilities and because the student was triggered by something I said in the introduction to the course.

Do you believe trigger warnings can inhibit academic discussion or hinder learning?

JS: Because I teach courses about mental illness, it is especially important to let people know that an upcoming topic may be especially difficult, sensitive or provocative. I guess it’s an ongoing trigger warning in a sense. The class recently discussed the topic of suicide, which is a particularly sensitive topic for many students. While no one opted out of the class discussion explicitly, I am sure the discussion was a hard one for some students. On the other hand, suicide is a very important topic, and not discussing difficult topics runs the risk of furthering taboos and stigmas related to mental illness. Do I think trigger warnings should be mandated? I don’t know.

In your classroom, do you use trigger warnings? If so, how? If not, why not?

JS: I do not formally use trigger warnings and it is not written into the syllabus, but I think I will try that going forward. At the same time it’s important for students to empower themselves with knowledge.

They should vet their courses and review course syllabi before enrolling in courses. Students should also be equipped with self-knowledge regarding their particular vulnerabilities. What are your triggers and sensitivities?

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New dean may come from academia,law FROM DEAN PAGE 1

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Before she entered the field of higher education, Johnson earned a law degree from the University of Michigan. Previous administrators in the position, however, have not come from legal backgrounds.

Sylvia Spears, acting Dean of the College from 2009-11, held a Ph.D. in education and her predecessor, Tom Crady, held a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies.

Keith Kulper, president of executive search consulting firm Kulper and Company, which has worked with universities to fill senior positions, said a lawyer or business professional could bring balanced approaches to the challenges a dean faces.

Stephen Nelson, higher education expert and a senior scholar at Brown University’s leadership alliance, said a Ph.D. would help the Dean of the College both understand student and faculty concerns and gain credibility when crafting policy with other administrators.

Even an experienced businessperson, he said, could not fill the role without academic experience.

Since the Dean of the College may weigh in on complex student life issues or discriminatory practices, a legal eye could help, he said.

English and women’s and gender studies professor Ivy Sch-

weitzer said lawyers and those coming from backgrounds in business might not appropriately emphasize the academic aspects of the position.

A candidate with a legal background may not strike a firm ethical stand on student life issues, Schweitzer said. For lawyers, she said, it’s often not about right or wrong but about winning or losing.

Schweitzer also noted that some candidates with exclusively legal or corporate backgrounds might prioritize Dartmouth’s finances or image.

The Dean of the College’s foremost responsibility should be guiding Dartmouth’s educational goals, Schweitzer said. Marvin Lee Pelton, the Dean of the College in the 1990s and a former professor, could serve as a model for the incoming dean, Schweitzer said, citing Pelton’s empathy in connecting with student demonstrators.

English professor Donald Pease said that the new Dean of the College should boast strong academic credentials, as he or she must lead the College’s push for experiential learning.

Since the Dean of the College and academic deans will work closely in the future, Pease said, the next Dean of the College must appreciate academia in addition to his or her administrative experience.

“If the Dean of the College cannot set the tone and establish

the rationale for bringing about greater interdependence between faculty outside the classroom and students inside as well as outside the classroom, then the [Dean of the College] is going to lose one of her or his major mandates,” Pease said.

David Evans, an administrator at Buena Vista University who writes about academic hiring for the Chronicle of Higher Education, said it would be difficult to decipher faculty culture without some postgraduate academic experience. He added, however, that an ideal Dean of the College will be an astute manager, a trait not necessarily linked with academic success.

“Scholarship is solitary. It involves a lot of thinking in quiet places,” Evans said, adding that managers must deal with unexpected conflict and external complaints. These skills, he said, do not overlap with being a good scholar.

Student Assembly vice president Frank Cunningham ’16 said the Dean of the College’s role should remain separate from business strategy. Instead, he said he believed that he or she should be an academic, as they have experience working with students and understand the challenges of navigating a rigorous academic environment.

Cunningham, who has worked closely with Johnson in the past, said her legal experience has

LET’S GET GREEN

Proponents argue that combat veterans should receive warnings, while others would say professors should not restrict their teaching. Is there a compromise?

JS: The research is very clear that veterans with PTSD may be triggered by multiple events, sounds, sights and smells in the environment, and that this can have anywhere from a minor impact on the individual, to a major, debilitating effect. Attending a class whose topic is mental illness may be triggering for multiple reasons. If a bit of tweaking will allow the student to take the course while still preserving the integrity of the course content, then I think it is considerate to provide that option to students.

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With conclusion of promised meetings,students cite disappointment FROM MEETINGS PAGE 1

Though the meetings were open to interested members of the activist group, at the requests of administrators, none of the meetings were live streamed, Bishop said.

College spokesperson Justin Anderson said the President’s Office did not issue a ban on live streaming but rather left the decision to the students and faculty members at each individual meeting.

Gavin Huang ’14, who was involved in creating the “Freedom Budget” and attended four of the six meetings, said administrators often responded to the document’s demands by saying they were too difficult to implement.

Huang and Bishop expressed frustration that administrators did not execute proposals that they believed could be accomplished easily, like mandating sensitivity training for admissions officials or faculty exit interviews.

Evelynn Ellis, vice president of institutional diversity and equity, attended the meetings on faculty

recruitment and retention and on staff support.

Though she described the meetings as generally productive, she said she could not answer specific questions about faculty recruitment that are under the jurisdiction of the hiring department, which may have frustrated students.

“The students had insightful questions they had obviously thought long and hard about,” she said, adding that she hoped the meetings would continue.

For every faculty search, the chair of the department must meet with Ellis to ensure that they recruit from a diverse pool of applicants.

“A lot of the things we have to really sharpen are the things we’ve been doing all along,” Ellis said, adding that the pool of potential hires could be further diversified.

The College joined the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, a professional academic community, this year to help foster a network for minority faculty, Ellis said.

She stressed the need for a sys-

tematic method of exit interviews, and said she was optimistic that the College would begin conducting them “in the near future.”

In multiple meetings, administrators stated that certain issues

“There was a refusal to acknowledge the ‘Freedom Budget’ and to respond to a lot of the ideas.

There was a lot of storytelling.”

- JALIL BISHOP ’14

being discussed were outside of their jurisdiction, Bishop said.

Ellis said that there were some student demands for which she could not make promises.

Still, the opportunity to meet with a variety of administrators was valuable and an opportu-

nity not granted to most students, Huang said.

One of the biggest results was that several dozen students attended the meetings and saw firsthand how “unproductive” dealings with administrators can be, Bishop said.

“That’s a concrete step that no one will give us an award for, but it’s a part of movement building,” he said.

Huang added that it can be “maddeningly frustrating” to hear how slow administrative change occurs at the College.

Bishop pointed to the minimal increase in black students at the College since the 1960s, adding that the Class of 2017 contains only 84 African American students — several fewer than in the previous four classes.

Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris, who was present at the meetings on undergraduate admissions and undocumented student needs, said that as of Thursday, the Class of 2018 contains 98 African American students, a notable increase from past years.

The student body as a whole has become increasingly diverse over time, she said, and her office actively strives to increase the yield of admitted students from minority groups.

Laskaris said she found the meetings a helpful way of gathering feedback, particularly regarding the needs of undocumented students.

She spent a significant portion of the admissions meeting discussing why quotas are not used in the admissions process, she said, citing legality as well as the nature of a “holistic” admissions process.

Simone Wien ’16 said the activists will continue to push for the administration to execute each of their demands.

“Concepts of respectability and respectable modes of dialogue were never made to benefit marginalized communities in the first place,” Wein said. “So I think that’s something to keep in mind as we look for ways to address these problems.”

Huang is a former member of The Dartmouth senior staff.

Grounds crew preps for Commencement FROM FERTILIZER PAGE 1

development, Buck said. The first round of fertilizer was laid at the end of April, and placement will likely continue until the end of this month.

Harrell’s Polyon, the round polyurethane capsules visible across the Green, are a non-natural fertilizer scientifically engineered to release nitrogen and other nutrients over time.

Nature Safe, made from chicken byproducts and fishmeal, proved ineffective due to the harsh winter that lowered soil temperatures, Buck said.

While the fertilizer poses no danger to humans, it is not meant for human consumption, Buck said.

“I mean, you don’t want to eat this stuff or drink it,” he said.

As the grounds crew prepares for Commencement, certain areas, including the Green, Baker-Berry Library lawn and the lawn in front of Dartmouth Hall, receive more attention than others, Buck said.

“We try to be everywhere and try to do the best job we can, but some areas don’t receive the level of care that others do, and appropriately so,” Buck said. “A lot of areas are natural — we mow and don’t use any fertilizer on them, and for the use that they get, they do just fine.”

The University of Rhode Island, which has one of the oldest

turfgrass research programs in the country and spends $15,000 to $20,000 on fertilizer annually, uses liquid fertilizer as well as granule fertilizer, turfgrass manager Brian Boesch wrote in an email.

To Boesch, granule fertilizer is safer to apply near pedestrians and easier to use on oddly shaped lawns. The University of Rhode

“We try to be everywhere and try to do the best job we can, but some areas don’t receive the level of care that others do, and appropriately so.”

- John Buck, College turf manager

Island does not use organic fertilizer because of unpredictable results and its potential to emit foul odors, Boesch said.

The fertilization process is long and allows little room for error, Buck said. First, the staff aerates the soil, allowing air and water to enter. Hollow tubes drilled four to six inches into the ground remove a column of soil, leaving a plug on the surface.

Next, slice seeding and verticut-

ting are used to replace turf lost in the winter, opening the soil and inserting grass seeds into the topsoil.

Buck said a critical element of fertilization is balancing the soil elements. Necessary for growth, an abundance of either phosphorous or potassium could be damaging.

In 2013, the grounds staff used about two pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet annually, “a pretty reasonable amount,” Buck said. Additionally, they used about 0.7 pounds of potassium per 1,000 square feet.

“Potassium helps to build a resilient kind of stemmy plant, which we’re trying to encourage,” he said.

One environmental concern that accompanies the use of fertilizer is runoff, Buck said. Though Boesch also acknowledged the concern, products applied in a safe and reasonable manner pose threat, he wrote in the email.

Malcolm Salovaara ’17, an EcoRep, said the use of fertilizer is inherently unsustainable because it creates an “open-loop ecosystem,” in which the grass begins to rely on human action for its existence.

“There are ways for there to be nutrient cycles that would be closed loop in a lawn system, but those don’t include pure green, lush grass,” Salovaara said. “It wouldn’t look like a perfect lawn.”

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The Reason We’re Here

Advice for the ’18s

The College should require thesis projects for all graduating students.

With all this talk about the College’s promoting research, emphasizing explorahijacked social scene, administrators have tion and encouraging travel. Students could been sidetracked. Though high-risk student find a trusted advisor as they prepare to behavior undoubtedly merits senior-level graduate. attention, the College must also revitalize More and more students are taking on its academic vision. Yes, we are unbeaten thesis projects — in fact, over 230 will in undergraduate teachgraduate with honors ing, but students must credit this year. And “Theses would let build academic expertise “thesis season” shows within the fast-moving students immerse strong peer support as D-Plan. We recommend themselves in subjects students pack into lecthat, upon arrival, inture halls and seminar coming Provost Carolyn that they normally rooms to hear their Dever propose requiring could not tackle during colleagues speak about thesis projects for all areas of expertise.

Dartmouth’s quick 10- their seniors.

Mandating Theses would let stu- week terms.” thesis projects could dents immerse themfundamentally change selves in subjects that the College’s pool of they nor mally could applicants for the betnot tackle during Dartter, drawing the most mouth’s quick 10-week inquisitive high school ter ms. T hey require “Mandating thesis students to Dartmouth. critical forethought, ex We recognize tensive research and nu- projects could that this is not a radical merous revisions, skills fundamentally change or new proposition. The that the D-Plan often 2013 strategic planning does not give students the College’s pool initiatives suggested a chance to hone. Such of applicants for the adding a mandatory a move would improve better, drawing the “Dartmouth Project” Dartmouth’s academic that could take shape reputation, raise stan- most inquisitive high as a thesis or internship. dards and boost faculty- school students to And Princeton Universtudent collaboration. sity has long required Dartmouth must con- Dartmouth.” its undergraduates to stantly strive to provide complete both a senior students with new opthesis and a junior paper to graduate. portunities for academic growth, beyond Dever was an external pick for the the emphasis on experiential learning. At provost position, which signaled to some its core, the College is a research institu- that the College was open to change, to tion, and all students could benefit from reinvigorating its academic experience. a glimpse of the work to which professors Mandating theses could show deep faith in devote themselves. We need to expand the type of work that our undergraduate student-faculty relationships from the students can accomplish while projecting to occasional office hours session to lasting them that it’s time to buckle down and get mentorships. This would reflect College serious about the reason we’re here — to President Phil Hanlon’s academic vision by learn.

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Remember to relax and not aim to impress everyone.

Dear Dartmouth Class of 2018, (As I sit in my dorm, with my open book of op-ed clichés...)

It seems like this time of year, a lot of ink is spilled telling high school and college graduates just how we think they should live their lives. One may point out that I am no more qualified to write this letter and impart wisdom on the next crop of freshmen than anyone else in the Class of 2017, and to them, I say: yeah. But I’m the one with the column space and the free time.

In all seriousness, this letter is not meant to reflect the experiences or advice of the Class of 2017 as a whole. Rather, it’s an attempt by one ’17 to tell the incoming freshmen all the things that I feel nobody ever told me. In all fairness, maybe I was just so excited about getting my brand spanking new blitz account that I didn’t listen.

First and foremost, relax. That’s the one thing I wish I was told in the months leading up to coming here. It’s an exciting and unnerving time. You are probably worried about how people are going to see you in college, shaping your brand new image and the kind of people you will surround yourself with. Don’t. Worry about that when you get here.

This is the one summer in your life when you have the most freedom and least responsibility. Enjoy it. You and all your friends are going to different schools, and no matter how many times you say otherwise, it’s never going to be exactly the same. It’s not a tragedy; people grow and change, and once you get here you will make new friends. Still, take this time to cherish the way things are and really appreciate the people who are around you. And get the hell off of the class Facebook page already.

There’s a very good chance that’s not where you will find your soulmate.

Once you get here, you’re going to be bombarded by Dartmouth from all sides,

especially if you go on a Dartmouth Outing Club first-year trip. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I came to appreciate how much the people involved love the school, but it can be a little overwhelming. Don’t worry.

Nobody’s going to accuse you of being a heathen (or worse, Crimson) if you don’t start dancing as soon as you put down your bags. Some people aren’t as outgoing and passionate about those sorts of things, and while I encourage you to go outside your comfort zone and embrace Dartmouth, it’s alright if your hair isn’t green by convocation. I promise, Phil Hanlon will not judge you.

You don’t have to impress anyone. After being told for months I was going to one of the best schools in the country, I was nervous that maybe I couldn’t keep up, and I imagine you are, too. Don’t be. Nobody is going to make you prove that you belong here. We all have faith that the admissions process can do that.

So instead of tattooing your AP scores on your forehead, just take a deep breath and be yourself. I spent so much time and energy trying to impress people when I first got here that I completely forgot that I was supposed to get to know them. Everyone is scared and intimidated. Don’t be afraid to talk to your classmates about it. You might just make a friend.

Finally, ask for help if you need it. I spent my entire first month here deathly afraid of upperclassmen. I honestly thought that as a naive freshman, I annoyed them, so I sucked it up and wandered right past the weird ’53 Commons looking for the place everyone called “FoCo.” What I didn’t know is that almost everyone who is here wants to be here (if they didn’t, why would they?

It’s in the middle of the woods). Most of the older students honestly want to help make this a better experience for you and will help you out.

Best of luck, enjoy the summer and see you all next fall.

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Visiting faculty use varies by department FROM FACULTY PAGE 1

departments to hire more visiting professors for the summer terms, while others rely on existing own faculty.

The designation of visiting professor, however, can include faculty who have taught at the College for several years, history professor Doug Haynes said.

Fourteen of this summer’s 17 visiting professors fall into this category.

The ratio of visiting faculty members in the government department has fluctuated over the last five years, Carey said.

During other terms, the government department usually offers about 25 classes, of which 75 percent are taught by full-time faculty members, Carey said.

Carey said that faculty who do not teach during the summer often use the time for research, especially if their field of study leads them overseas.

Physics and astronomy department chair Jim LaBelle wrote in an email that most science professors remain on campus over the summer to work in laboratories, though they do not necessarily teach. Several important scientific meetings are scheduled to take advantage of faculty members’ greater flexibility during the summer, he wrote.

For non-science faculty, however, the summer can be a break from administrative responsibilities, as the College does not hold as many committee meetings, English professor Thomas Luxon said.

“You’re just doing your teaching,” he said, “and that’s comfortable.”

Other faculty members cited personal reasons for not teaching over the summer, many calling it an opportunity to spend time with their families and children.

Dartmouth’s term schedule makes it difficult to plan extended family trips, LaBelle said, noting that local school holidays are not

“When we hire someone for a visiting position in the summer, it is because we really see it as something to enhance our offerings.”

- DOUG HAYNES, HISTORY PROFESSOR synchronized with Dartmouth’s academic calendar.

As a result, many faculty who teach summer classes tend to be older, with children who have grown up and moved out, Carey said.

Economics department chair Doug Staiger said many members of his department elect to remain on campus to conduct research over the summer.

Two visiting faculty members will teach four of seven economics

classes this summer, though neither is new to Dartmouth this year.

“We are a department that disproportionately uses guest lecturers compared to other departments,” Staiger said.

In contrast, neither the history nor the English department will offer courses taught by guest lecturers this summer.

Haynes said that the history department will rely on its own faculty over the summer. The history department hires visiting professors less frequently than other departments do, he said.

“Sometimes we have distinguished professors who visit us,” he said. “When we hire someone for a visiting position in the summer, it is because we really see it as something to enhance our offerings.”

Luxon, who will teach the department’s high-enrollment Shakespearean literature course this summer, said that the English department’s faculty alone is enough to support the “thin” summer offerings, he said.

When public policy professor Charles Wheelan began teaching at Dartmouth as a visiting professor from the University of Chicago, the summer term was the only term he could teach, he said. He found that he enjoyed the close relationships he could develop with students, he said.

“I like teaching when students are less distracted,” he said. “I also like having only sophomores, as then I get to know that class each year.”

Sera Kwon contributed reporting.

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Softball earns seven Ivy honors, baseball takes home eight FROM AWARDS PAGE 8

named to the first team for designated player and pitcher, respectively, along with Katie McEachern ’16 as shortstop.

McCalmon and co-captain Kara Curosh ’14 made the second team roster for pitcher and second base, respectively.

McEachern said she was both a little bit surprised but excited about her selection.

“It’s a lot of fun being able to represent your college in that way, and hopefully I continue to represent and do well for Dartmouth,” McEachern said.

McEachern, last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year, hit .333 and led the team in slugging percentage, hits, home runs and RBIs, and set the single-season record for doubles with 15.

McCalmon is the youngest of the four pitchers to receive All-Ivy honors.

“I’m just glad I was able to do my role for the team this year,” McCalmon, who led the Ivy League with a .389 batting average, said.

Curosh provided strong leadership for Dartmouth’s young team and performed solidly. Third in runs on the team, her two-run home run in game three of the Ivy League Championship Series against the University of Pennsylvania propelled the Big Green to their first title in school history.

Co-captain Dustin Selzer ’14 and Duncan Robinson ’16 earned first team honors as first base and relief pitcher, respectively. Three players — co-captain Jeff Keller ’14, Nick Lombardi ’15 and Joe Purritano ’16 — were named to the second team while Matt Parisi ’15, Thomas Roulis ’15 and Nick Ruppert ’16 received honorable mentions.

Two-time first team appointee Selzer committed just one error in 378 chances. The first baseman finished the season with a .294 overall batting average after experiencing

some frustration at the plate early on.

After piecing together his offensive mindset, Selzer hit .350 in League play, spending most of the season cleaning up for the Big Green.

“If you had told me any time in the past that my baseball career was over, I would have been devastated, never believed you, no way. But it feels right and it’s time to move on, and I guess being first team All-Ivy kind of helped with that.

I feel like I have a clean slate and I’m feeling good about it.”

- DUSTIN SELZER ’14

Selzer said.

“If you had told me any time in the past that my baseball career was over, I would have been devastated, never believed you, no way,” he said. “But it feels right and it’s time to move on, and I guess being first team All-Ivy kind of helped with that. I feel like I have a clean slate and I’m feeling good about it.”

Robinson finished the season tied in the Ivy League for most wins with seven. He led the Big Green in all major pitching categories, racking up a 2.96 earned run average and 40 strikeouts on the season.

Though he had hoped to come into the season with a slot in the starting rotation, Robinson said, a conversation before League play with head coach Bob Whalen let him know the team needed him to come out of the pen whenever necessary to give Dartmouth reliable relief in tight

situations. Robinson was a utility pitcher for Dartmouth this season.

Making first team, Robinson said, is a validation of the growth he’s seen since suiting up for the Big Green for the first time as a freshman, even since his first outing against Florida International University this season in which he gave up eight runs in the 2.1 inning outing.

“It’s pretty incredible looking back to freshman year,” he said. “I didn’t make a pitch in any Ivy games. I feel that I’ve grown an incredible amount.

Obviously it would have been nice to end the year with an Ivy Championship, but I thought we fought hard and made a good run at the end of the year.”

The Ivy League office in Princeton, New Jersey, announced the selections of the softball and baseball All-Ivy selections on May 13 and May 16, respectively.

Finishing the season and his baseball career strongly was exciting,

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Duncan Robinson ’16 was named to the All-Ivy first team for his work on the mound this season.

Sailing looks to build on last year’s success FROM SAILING PAGE 8

in recent history.

Despite these challenges, the Big Green came into form when it mattered. In the recent NEISA championships, the women’s team placed third and the coed team placed second, earning both teams a place in the national championships.

The team recently acquired 36 new boats. The new boats consist of 18 FJs, which the team currently

sails with, and 18 Z420s, a newer model that is both faster and lighter than the old 420 models, Williams said. The Z420 has become the standard for racing at the collegiate level. The team will race with the new model in the national competition.

With the new additions, Williams said, Dartmouth is one of only a few schools to own a fleet of Z420s.

“It speaks volumes to the effort our coaches, the athletic depart-

ment, our sponsors and, most importantly, our team has put in,” Wefer said. “We’ve brought up Dartmouth sailing to where we can be competitive on the national level and have the ability and resources to win a national championship.”

The Big Green enters the competition with high hopes.

“We have a great thing going on,” Williams said. “There’s a lot of trust between us and we’re hopeful that we can pull out another national championship.”

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Softball, baseball earn All-Ivy honors B y Josh schiefelbein and gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

The baseball and softball teams were two of the Big Green’s most successful teams this season. The softball team won its first League title in program history, then advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the

first time. The baseball team ended its season with an 8-0 run to place in the Ivy League Championship Series for the eighth year in a row, where the team fell to Columbia University.

The rest of the Ancient Eight took note. Four members of the softball team and eight members of the baseball team nabbed All-Ivy honors.

Morgan McCalmon ’16 and

Kristen Rumley ’15 were named the 2014 Ivy League Softball Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.

Before McCalmon, no Dartmouth player had ever won Player of the Year, which was established in 1985.

McCalmon and Rumley were SEE AWARDS PAGE 7

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Morgan McCalmon ’16 is the first Dartmouth softball player to ever win Ivy League Player of the Year honors.

Women’s, coed sailing head to nationals B y mitch huang

For the third straight year, the coed and women’s sailing teams both qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships. The women’s team will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, this Sunday, with the coed team competing June 3 in the championships co-hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy and St. Mary’s College.

In last year’s events, the women’s team took first place and the coed team took third place. The previous year, the women finished 12th and the coed team placed 14th.

The team’s experience and familiarity with the competition has given it confidence, Matt Wefer ’14

said.

“We have a grasp of what to expect in terms of how competitive it will be and the level of distractions we’ll face,” he said. “We know what it will take do well.”

Moving past distractions has been a point of emphasis for the team. Wefer said this ability to avoid dwelling on setbacks is the key to the team’s success.

In sailing, Wefer said, many variables are outside of the athletes’ control “It’s important to mentally reset when things go wrong and to get back out there and focus on what has gotten you to this point,” he said Among the many difficulties the team faced this season was the

limited opportunities to practice on water, as Mascoma Lake was frozen for the almost the entirety of the season.

With reduced time on the water, Dartmouth’s sailing team focused on making its practices efficient and remained positive, Sarah Williams ’16 said.

“It’s just one of the things we have to deal with, being in Hanover,” Williams said. “We joked about it and made light of the situation and didn’t worry too much about it.”

Wefer added that the team faced a similar challenge last year, but did not let it deter them as it achieved one of the most successful seasons SEE SAILING PAGE 7

B y Dan Bornstein The Dartmouth Staff

There have been times in my four years at Dartmouth when I’ve envied my friends at powerhouse athletic schools. For them, Saturday football was a ritual. Everybody, regardless of their knowledge of sports, would get swept up in the fervor of college football and attend the game together. Each winter, they watched their school face off in long-established college rivalries, and then follow the team through the NCAA Tournament.

The trade-off in coming to Dartmouth, though, is that we have to sacrifice that kind of sports culture and the tradition surrounding it. Yet even without an 80,000-person stadium or ESPN experts commenting on our teams, we have had no shortage of things to celebrate in Dartmouth athletics the past four years, albeit in a different way. As the Class of the 2014 prepares to leave Dartmouth, here are some of my key takeaways on the college sports world.

In my column throughout the year, I’ve advocated for a greater appreciation of individual sports. This appears time and time again to be our competitive advantage in college sports — our individual athletes raise eyebrows around the nation, not just representing Dartmouth, but sending a broader message that the Ivies can still be relevant in college sports without transforming their athletic departments into a business. When we look at individual sports, the gap between the powerhouse programs and the Ivies isn’t as wide as it might appear.

Abbey D’Agostino ’14 reached the Olympic trials in the 5,000-meter race, just barely missing qualifying for the London Games. That’s a huge mark of pride for any school, but particularly for one that doesn’t grant athletic scholarships. Typically the scholarship-granting Division I programs are worlds apart from the Ivies.

D’Agostino’s performance reminds us that the Ivies can compete in the upper echelons of collegiate athletics.

What I’ve found most interesting about D’Agostino’s success on the track is how it has captivated people who typically have little interest in the sport.

People from all parts of Dartmouth tuned into NBC to watch her race.

To this day, students cite that race as one of the most uplifting Dartmouth sports moments.

Another one of our classmates, Will Geoghegan ’14, set the Ivy League record for the indoor mile, running a 3:58.04 in January. That feat put the spotlight on a track and cross country program that, while one of Dartmouth’s most accomplished, hardly gets the attention it deserves.

These accomplishments, I’ve realized, warrant more than just greater loyalty to our campus’ standout athletes. They can place Dartmouth in national debates over the future of athletics. We are at a critical juncture in the relationship between academic institutions and sports. More and more attention is being placed on the divide between athletes’ hard work and their schools’ substantial financial gain. It is a debate about institutions of higher education pursuing financial goals at the risk of depriving student-athletes of the opportunity to succeed academically.

The conventional wisdom is that, if the business-minded orientation of athletics programs were to change, it would diminish teams’ competitiveness. It would be little surprise, in fact, if proponents of this view cited the Ivies as an example of that trend: the Ancient Eight once occupied the upper echelons of college sports, but now its high academic standards and barring of athletic scholarships largely prevents the League from competing with powerhouses.

Yet that sort of thinking holds no weight — in large part because many reformists within college sports are offering up the Ivies as the model of a more balanced approach to athletics.

The achievements of our individual athletes show that high levels of competition need not be sacrificed in the pursuit of a more just system for student-athletes.

While it’s easy to envy friends at schools where football and basketball are deeply ingrained in the culture, perhaps one day we will be able to take pride in our school paving the way to ensuring that athletes also take academics seriously.