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always looking to give other people credit. His success didn’t change him.” Each time he returned to campus, friends recalled that Collis would meet with students, asking them about their aspirations and challenging them to succeed. Holly Sateia, the College’s former dean of student life, noted that Collis was passionate about letting each student know that he or SEE COLLIS PAGE 2
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Charles Collis ’37, a lifelong supporter of the College, died Tuesday at the age of 99. Remembered by family and friends as modest and downto-earth despite his prolific accomplishments in business and philanthropy, Collis always credited Dartmouth with teaching him to think and setting him on a path to success.
In addition to the student life center that bears his name, Collis is remembered at the College for his support of academic scholarships and his dedication to making Dartmouth a welcoming environment for all students. His public gifts to the College also include a chaired history professorship and support for numerous student life funds. “He did not seek the limelight,” his son Frohman Anderson Jr. ’84 said. “He was
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Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson’s departure this June marks the latest in a series of high-level administrative changes at the College. One year after College President Phil Hanlon took office in 2013, six senior positions in his administration will have changed leadership. Since former College President Jim Yong Kim started his tenure in 2009, the senior administration has seen significant structural
changes and 18 of 24 high-level positions transition leadership, some as frequently as three times. Only six senior administrative positions — the deans of the Tuck School of Business and the Thayer School of Engineering, vice president and chief information officer, dean of the libraries, the general counsel and the dean of admissions and financial aid — have not seen changes in leadership since 2009. Tuck dean Paul ERIN O’NEIL/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
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Presidential competition for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a tough re-election race for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and a safe win for Gov. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., are among the predictions made by the Rockefeller Center’s seventh annual
“State of the State Poll,” released today. The poll, conducted by a random telephone survey the week of April 21, sampled 412 registered state voters. According to the results, which have a 4.8 percent margin of error, a 2016 presidential election be-
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Edward Kim, who began in early April as the interim assistant dean and advisor to the Pan-Asian community in the office of pluralism and leadership, will serve in that role through the end of June. His appointment followed the departure of former assistant dean Aeriel Ashlee, who left for medical reasons.
OPAL has put together a search committee and hopes to fill the position this summer. Ashlee’s departure follows several years of high turnover in OPAL. The Pan-Asian community has seen three advisors in the past two years: former Asian and Asian-American students advisor Nora Yasumura, Ashlee and Kim. SEE KIM PAGE 3
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Earlier this week, Stanford University announced that it would divest its endowment from coal companies, becoming the most prominent university to make the decision so far. Divest Dartmouth began a pushing the College to stop investing in all fossil fuel companies last year. This week, The Dartmouth discussed divestment with environmental studies professor Andrew Friedland. How does divestment from fossil fuels affect a university, both financially and symbolically? I’m not the best person to answer from the financial perspective, but I think the basic answer would be that it limits Dartmouth’s choices for investments if you’re closing out one group, fossil fuel companies, companies that sell or transport or mine or extract fossil fuels. It makes an excellent symbol for a university or a campus to say we feel so strongly about this issue that we’ve chosen to sell all of the stocks or mutual funds or companies that are doing that kind of business. How will Stanford’s decision to divest from coal affect Dartmouth and other universities across the country? Stanford is a leader in higher education, so a lot of institutions will look very closely at what Stanford did and I suppose it could encourage or give courage to other institutions to do the same thing. But they chose to divest from coal companies, which in a way, is the easiest because of all the fossil fuels, coal is the nastiest. What is the role of student-led divestment movements? They’re speaking to the faculty, they’re speaking to their colleagues, they’re speaking to administrators and they’re asking really good questions. Divest Dartmouth and organizations like it at other institutions of higher learning are performing a wonderful role in asking questions and engaging debate.
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Collis remembered for wit,philanthropy FROM COLLIS PAGE 1
she mattered to Dartmouth. When on campus, he would often host dinners with his wife, Ellen, for student employees at the Center and for students supported by the family’s academic scholarships. “He would remind students, look how I started out,” Sateia said. “He always talked to them about giving back to the College. He would say, you can be successful, and when you are, I want you to give back to the College.” Sateia, who worked closely with Collis as the Center’s director during renovations to the student life hub in the 1990s, fondly recalled how “Charlie” advocated for students and pushed for the creation of a campus center when the need for such a space was not as widely recognized as it is today. His initial $5 million gift for the Center, made in 1978, was at the time the largest-ever single donation to the College . “He never forgot his roots,” Sateia said. “He came from a very modest background, and he wanted to create a space where all students, no matter their financial background, would feel welcome and have a place they could gather with friends.” On his trips to Hanover, Collis would always walk through the center that bore his name, Sateia said,
noting changes and sharing stories about how the building had been used during his time at the College. “He had a great ability to make people feel comfortable and to communicate his passion for Dartmouth,” current Collis Center director Eric Ramsey said. “Right when you met Charlie, you knew that his love for Dartmouth ran deep. He was always looking for ways to make it better.” Born in 1915 in Taunton, Massachusetts, Collis often began his mornings with a long streetcar ride into Boston, where he attended school. He initially became interested in Dartmouth after learning that several summer camp counselors he looked up to were students at the College, Anderson said. After graduating from Dartmouth with an economics degree, Collis founded a shoe company, then transitioned into the copper and brass giftware industry in 1942. In 1963, he founded Princess House Inc., a company that manufactured glass and giftware. Collis was known as a pioneer in the direct selling industry. Joseph Mariano, president of the Direct Selling Association, recalled Collis as a “true legend” who “exemplified leadership not only in the association but in the industry.” The association awarded Collis a place in its Hall of
Fame in 1981. “He was almost a quiet person, but in contrast he was a real lion, a real warrior in business,” Anderson said. “He would do whatever it took — if he had to address a room of a thousands, he did that, and if he had to fix a boiler, he did that, too.” Collis is remembered by his family for his wit, often displayed in the form of sharp observations referred to as “Charlie-isms.” He is survived by his wife, a supportive force behind many of his philanthropic endeavors, two children and their spouses, a daughter-in-law and seven grandchildren. “Ellen and Charlie were quite a formidable partnership when it came to Dartmouth,” Sateia said. In the past few years, Collis remained an active philanthropist, donating to help build a new pool for his local YMCA in Barrington, Rhode Island and continuing to visit the College. This week, green bunting has been raised above the Collis patio in his honor, and flowers have been placed throughout the Center. His gifts will continue to support numerous students at Dartmouth, including all those who use the Collis Center. “It’s a social space that doesn’t come with strings attached,” Sateia said. “That’s what Charlie wanted.”
This interview has been edited and condensed. — COMPILED BY NANCY WU
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Kim serves as interim Presidential transition yields turnover Pan-Asian student advisor FROM TURNOVER PAGE 1
His experience with project management and working with diverse The office of Pan-Asian student communities made him a good advising, which falls under OPAL candidate for the job, Kim said. and comprises an advisor and three As interim assistant dean, Kim student interns, organizes program- said that he hopes he will be able to ming for the Pan-Asian community, provide opportunities for students to supports student groups and serves engage in high-quality events at the as a bridge between students and College. He noted that he was astonished alumni. In the middle of winter term, by the level of support the interns Ashlee petitioned for medical leave, provide, saying that their work has which she then extended for a few enabled the office to help the over months. In mid-April, she notified 20 Pan-Asian-related organizations OPAL that she would not be re- it oversees with management and programming. turning to her “Our position at the “[Ashlee] was a interns are abCollege, office tremendous advisor solutely amazof Pan-Asian ing,” he said. student advis- to us and to many “I didn’t realize ing intern Devin members of the how exceptional Chu ’14 said. Chu and fel- Dartmouth community.” they were until I had the chance low intern Taha to work with Adib ’14 said Ashlee’s depar- - Devin Chu ’14, pan-asian them.” C h u ture increased student advising intern and Adib said their workloads, that although as the interns took on responsibility for program- Kim has had little time to learn ming and managing the Pan-Asian about his position, he has made a large effort to meet students. Kim community groups, Adib said. “[Ashlee] was a tremendous advi- has focused his work on projects that sor to us and to many members of the can be completed quickly and yield Dartmouth community,” Chu said. positive effects, Chu said. “Her departure definitely affected “Ed has really entered into the the momentum our team had going, position with a lot of grace and but we’ve definitely tried our best to tact,” Adib said. “He’s made a lot of effort to get to know the interns stay focused and do our jobs.” Kim came to OPAL from Dart- and community.” mouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Kim said that following his time where he worked as a performance as interim assistant dean, he plans to consultant associate in the human continue connecting with students, resources development team. As in- alumni and colleagues. terim advisor, Kim oversees student Ashlee was not available for comment by press time. advising and plans events. FROM KIM PAGE 1
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Danos will step down in June. In the past five years, the College has seen two presidential administrations, as well as one year of Carol Folt’s interim presidency. In June, when Carolyn Dever joins the College as provost, she will be the fourth person to fill that role since 2009. The provost position, which involves working with academic deans to support and advance scholarship across the College and its graduate schools and help oversee academic budgeting, saw the most turnover in the past six years. In an effort to “introduce a more integrated senior management structure,” Kim wrote in a letter to College employees in 2010, he made several structural changes to the administration, creating two new senior positions, chief of staff and senior vice president for advancement, and modifying the executive vice president and chief financial officer role. The only chief of staff has been David Spalding, and the position is currently vacant, while there have been three senior vice presidents for advancement since that position’s creation. New York Times education reporter Richard Pérez-Peña said he believes the level of administrative turnover at the College is unusual compared to general trends in higher education. Between July 2012 and September 2013, a little over half of Brown University’s senior administrative positions, including provost and dean of the college, switched leadership. In July 2012, Christina Paxson replaced Ruth Simmons as the university’s president. Stephen Nelson, a higher education expert and a senior scholar at Brown’s Leadership Alliance, said presidential transitions can bring windows of high levels of administrative turnover. He said that it is rare for the
entire core group of senior administrators to leave or change positions. “Some people argue that every senior administrator will let the president know that they would produce their resignation if they would like it,” Nelson said. “Other people don’t go as far to say that it is needed.” High turnover following an outgoing presdident who held the position for a long time is more common, Nelson said, as some administrators may wait for the president to step down to leave. He said administrators often continue working at the university in different roles. James Wright has continued to teach history classes in the history department after stepping down as College President. Nelson said Kim’s short tenure could be responsible for the high level of turnover that occurred when he left. “Given the suddenness with which Kim left, anybody who knew anything knew that Dartmouth would go into an acting presidency, that there would be some lag between the time Kim left and the time when Hanlon would begin,” he said. “You have to learn to work with someone new, have to adjust to something new. Some people don’t want to experience that.” Carol Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, said in an email that administrative movement may be due to various causes, like natural turnover cycles and a new president’s wish to create his or her own team. English professor Ivy Schweitzer, who has been at the College since 1983, said she believes administrative turnover affects students more strongly than it does faculty, since faculty members tend to interact less frequently with administrators. She said that she thinks that the lack of continuity can negatively impact students. “They have administrators who they trust and respect, and then they
leave,” she said. “That turnover doesn’t give students continuity for their own activities and needs.” Biology professor Lee Witters, who came to Dartmouth in 1984, said a lack of continuity, caused by turnover, can be a problem. “Someone comes into Dartmouth new — chances are it’ll take at least a year to become acquainted with things and settle in,” Witters said. “So if they are here for only three years, it might not be the most productive that it could be.” Turnover can make it difficult for faculty to establish strong working relationships with administrators, Witters said. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris, who has held her position since 2007, said that the admissions office has not faced any problems with continuity during turnover. She said that due to the department’s close relationship with the provost’s office, the transition between Kim and Folt was relatively easy. She added that she and Hanlon began speaking about admissions and financial aid soon after his appointment, and that she has begun communicating with Dever. “I think we have found ways to ensure continuity in spite of the transition,” she said. “I have felt well supported.” Witters said that a benefit of administrative turnover is the potential for new ideas and ways of thinking, especially if administrators bring experience from different schools. Nelson said new perspective in college administrations is important, which can happen through turnover. “It’s always nice to open up the windows and get fresh air,” he said. “If there’s a number of people who have been around the barn for a while at an institution where they are maybe ossifying, it can be a positive thing for the institution to bring in new blood, even in just one position.”
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Staff Columnist David brooks ’15
A Time to Lead
Making Math Accessible
The College has the opportunity to select a bold and effective dean.
We should offer more options for students inexperienced with math.
Dean of the College Charlotte John- should not be afraid to step foot into Greek son will leave Hanover at the end of this basements or speak candidly on the record academic year, and Dartmouth must find with reporters. Students should view her a new leader of student affairs. The time as an advocate for their interests, not an for change at Dartmouth is now. With the adversary. College’s social climate at the forefront of Accessibility and transparency go campus and national attention, we cannot hand in hand. The new dean cannot exwait on yearlong pect to connect with search committees “We need to select a students unless she — College President strong leader who can communicates with Phil Hanlon must fill take back the bulk of this them openly and efthis position permafectively. She should responsibility, one who can nently by November. readily supply data For decades, ad- deftly juggle these roles and used to plan initiaministrator s have connect meaningfully with tives and make decistruggled to address students.” sions. Administrative Dartmouth’s student departures that imlife issues. The student pact student life should life initiative in 1999-2000 brought in- be announced to students promptly. tense criticism and protest. More recently, We need a dean who is not afraid to Johnson’s random walkthrough crackdown be bold. No measure should be “off-theand subsequent characterization of the table” or dismissed as unfeasible. She approval of the “silent majority” attracted should resist the ever-tempting move to derision and ridicule from many students. form committees for all issues at hand and Historically, the Dean of the College instead take action — making mistakes is has served as the top administrator who okay, as long as she then follows them with handles social initiaa direct response and tives. Yet with his “Most of all, she must not quick, responsible more public, proac- allow for any lag time upon fixes. Most of all, she tive stance rallying arriving on campus. The new must not allow for any for systemic social lag time upon arrivdean must hit the ground change, Hanlon has ing on campus. The ste pped into this running.” new dean must hit the role. ground running. Hanlon’s job is not to address student We recognize that the position is not life issues. We need to select a strong an easy job. Our opinion page routinely leader who can take back the bulk of this features students’ frustrations with Dartresponsibility, one who can deftly juggle mouth Dining Services, the College’s health these roles and connect meaningfully with services and the undergraduate judicial students. We need a dean who will will- affairs office — all of which fall under the ingly and enthusiastically become a public dean’s purview. figure, one who is receptive and engaged Many have called this current era in in student life issues. Dartmouth’s history a turning point. The The next dean should be accessible. She next dean will arrive on campus fresh, should follow Hanlon’s lead and meet with with the capital to make much-needed, student groups for dinner and discussion long-lasting improvements to the College. to familiarize herself with campus. She She must not waste this opportunity.
When I first received my acceptance to mostly on your own. When I took Math 3, it Dartmouth, I responded how I am sure was a huge class that lacked a textbook and many accepted students did — I researched the tools to succeed. Yes, there are student groups, classes, contacted professors and tutors to help with your work under a strict tried to get a general sense of what I could schedule, but the help is insufficient. During do in my four years. In my three years here, my time at Arizona State University (Go I’ve been fortunate enough to take advan- Sun Devils!), there was a math-tutoring tage of many of the opportunities provided center open all day where a student could by the College. However, I cannot say that go any time and get help. Graduate students one of these areas was mathematics. In were available for office hours, and class the future, the College should revise and sizes never crept above 30 students. Oh, expand offerings in the math department and we had a legitimate textbook. so that a larger number of students can I understand that level of focus may be have the opportunity to succeed. not be reasonable due to Dartmouth’s size, Growing up, I did but if the College not have the best edu- “It is in the interest of the is going to increase cation. My mother College to invest in these its focus on STEM had a very rough life students and fully develop majors, it will be and her faith helped necessary moving these individuals.” to carry her through. forward to help all As a result, I went to students succeed. I small, Christian schools. The curriculum came from a pretty meager background, was lacking in many areas, none so much and I have met many students here from as math and science. I graduated high backgrounds more difficult than mine. school having never taken trigonometry. Many of these students have dreams to be Calculus was not even an option. doctors, mathematicians, scientists and a Coming to Dartmouth, I hoped to host of other professions for which math finally have the opportunity to pursue an is an essential skill. It is in the interest of interest in math with thoughts of minor- the College to invest in these students and ing. I took the math placement test but was fully develop these individuals. worried about not having any background There are a few things that the College in trigonometry. A math professor told could do immediately to invite this change. me not to worry. My algebra was solid, For starters, Math 3 offerings could be so he suggested I take Math 3 and teach overhauled and a greater effort could be myself trigonometry during my spare time. made to provide students aid outside the Looking back, that idea was laughable. I classroom. Students with AP credits in had two pretty hard courses in addition the courses should be denied the option to Math 3. I made an attempt and even of taking lower-level courses for easy As. had two wonderful friends do their best to Tutoring hours could be expanded, and help me through it. Maybe I could have outside tutors with the skills to help studone more to succeed, but I would have dents should be brought in. Long term, had to make this pursuit my sole focus of the department should be expanded with the term. Eventually, I dropped to Math programs in place for students who enter 1. But it was too late, and I was too far Dartmouth lacking the skills to succeed behind. I withdrew from the course. in calculus. Over time, Dartmouth could At Dartmouth, if you do not have a create a math department accessible to all proper mathematics background, you are students.
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Poll of more than 400 state voters shows Obama approval drop FROM POLL PAGE 1
tween potential Democratic nominee Clinton and potential Republican nominees Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and Rand Paul would be competitive. When matched against Paul, Clinton received 36 percent of respondents’ support, compared to his 38.4 percent, while the remaining 25.6 percent said they were unsure. Both Huckabee and Christie trailed Clinton’s support by just over 2 percent. Similarly, the poll found that the New Hampshire Senate race between Shaheen, former Massachusetts Republican senator Scott Brown and former Republican New Hampshire senator Bob Smith is too close to call, falling within the margin of error. Unlike the respondents’ divided opinions over the presidential and congressional elections, 40 percent indicated support for gubernatorial incumbent Hassan over both Republican candidates Walt Haverstein and Andrew Hemingway, who received about 20 percent each. The remaining 40 percent were unsure of their thoughts on the race. Public policy professor and survey director Ron Shaiko said Hassan will likely “sail pretty easily into victory,” noting that she has been insulated from the Democratic side. Shaiko said that while most national political pundits predict Shaheen’s victory, the poll’s results indicate fierce competition from the Republican side.
“If the New Hampshire Senate seat goes Republican, there’s a much greater likelihood that the Republicans will take over the Senate,” Shaiko said. “It’s almost a certainty if Brown wins.” College Republicans president Michelle Knesbach ’17 said in an email that Shaheen’s support of the
“If the New Hampshire Senate seat goes Republican, there’s a much greater likelihood that the Republicans will take over the Senate. It’s almost a certainty if Brown wins.” - ron shaiko, survey director and public policy professor Affordable Care Act upset many New Hampshire residents. College Democrats declined to comment, president Spencer Blair ’17 said. The New Hampshire gubernatorial and congressional elections will both occur in November. This year’s poll showed that President Barack Obama’s approval dropped from 45 to 36 percent over
the past year. The poll also asked about statewide issues, from the decriminalization of marijuana to voter photo identification requirements, sexual orientation discrimination policies and the death penalty. Opinions on most topics were divided along party lines. While 59.9 percent of Democrats indicated support for decriminalizing marijuana, 52 percent of Republicans were opposed. Only 17.8 percent of respondents opposed a state constitutional amendment to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, with most opposition coming from Republicans. Significant support for requiring the display of photo identification to vote in New Hampshire elections was found across party lines, which Shaiko said was one of the poll’s most surprising results. Over two dozen students from government professor Deborah Brooks’s “Polling, Public Opinion and Public Policy” class helped write the poll’s questions and conduct interviews. Students will present the results to State Sen. David Pierce, D-Etna, in class today. Alex Wasdahl ’16, a student in Brooks’s class, said he thought the poll’s results reflected that people do not have confidence in the nation’s current economy. No respondents described the national economy as “excellent” and 82 percent said it was “fair” or “poor.” Positive perceptions, however, showed a slight uptick from last year.
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Wasdahl said polling gave him a “taste of the Granite State.” While some respondents wanted to justify every answer, others, he said, yelled at him. The survey included 46 questions and took about 10 minutes to
complete. Although the participants’ average age was above that of New Hampshire’s registered voter population, the results were weighted to reflect this disparity. Blair is a member of The Dartmouth opinion staff.
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:00 p.m. Sapienta lecture series, “Utopian Thinking in Kant’s Ethics and in Everyday Life,” Thornton Hall 103
3:30 p.m. Physics and astronomy colloquium with Dr. Jean Dupius, Canadian Space Agency, Wilder 104
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TOMORROW 10:00 a.m. Humanities summit, “Reframing the Discussion,” Filene Auditorium
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Baseball faces Columbia in rematch Track teams look to build on winter success FROM BASEBALL PAGE 8
by co-captain Jeff Keller ’14, the first of his career. Also in the pen for the Lions is senior Joey Donino, sophomore George Thanopoulos and sophomore Kevin Roy. Thanopoulos handed Dartmouth six strikeouts over seven innings in the Lions’ 5-4 win this year. Donino started the second game of the championship series last year against Dartmouth and gave up three runs in five innings. Dartmouth’s lineup, which stumbled out of the gates early in the season, has not scored fewer than three runs in the last 11 games. Most recently, the team knocked in 11 runs against the Bulldogs in the Division playoff game — six of them against Yale’s best pitcher, Chris Lanham. The momentum propelling the team, Nick Lombardi ’15 said, will push Dartmouth toward success. “I think that we can handle their pitching,” he said. “It’s going to come down to what we have. Right now, we have momentum, good cohesiveness and everyone is having fun. I think last
year we were nervous to have something taken from us, but this year we’re going to go and take it from Columbia.” Both teams have seen incredible success in the late season, so momentum could work both for and against Dartmouth. The team left eight men stranded in its last game which, Keller said, will be something the team will focus on. “That’s been our problem all year,” he said. “I think we’re going to work on taking advantage of every opportunity, not every other one or every third one.” The Dartmouth rotation is down one of its most reliable starters this weekend after Beau Sulser ’16 came out of the playoff game holding his elbow. The remaining starters, Louis Concato ’14, Michael Danielak ’16, Duncan Robinson ’16 and Mike Concato ’17 will continue to work together to keep Columbia’s offense at bay. Because the Ivy League is structured around four-game weekends, catcher Matt MacDowell ’15 said, the staff should be able to go the length of the series without too much fatigue.
With two shutouts in his last two outings and the team’s lowest ERA, freshman Mike Concato appears likely for the game one start — a critical match in determining the tone and subsequent outcome of the rest of the series. In the last two seasons, the teams have faced each other in two doubleheaders and in last season’s Championship Series, which Columbia took 2-0. The first game of each face off has been decided by just one run — twice that game has been decided in extra innings. This year, Dartmouth beat Columbia in Hanover in extra innings before the Lions came back to win the second game of the doubleheader by again just one run. In a dead heat, co-captain Dustin Selzer ’14 said, the team that surfaces as champions of the Ivy League will be determined only by who can come out and leave it all on the diamond. “We’re not going to win based on our name, who we are or what we’ve done,” he said. “It’s going to be, like coach said before, whoever plays the best on Saturday.”
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ever happens, happens. Hopefully it works out in my favor.” Other sprinters that the Big Green will look to for points include Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 and Jenn Meech ’16. After winning the 200-meter dash indoor, Meech holds the third fastest outdoor time, and Whitehorn has the fourth. On the men’s side, the distance team will have to make up for the loss of Will Geoghegan ’14 to injury. While his sub-four mile capabilities will be hard to make up, Steve Mangan ’14, the indoor mile champion holds the 12th-fastest 1,500 meter time and Silas Talbot ’15 has the 14th-fastest time. John Bleday ’15, Curtis King ’16 and Henry Sterling ’14 will also be distance runners to watch, as Bleday and King have the eighth and ninth
fastest times, respectively, in the 5,000-meter run, and Sterling has the 12th. King also has the ninth fastest time in the 10,000 and Sterling will run the steeplechase, where he has the second fastest time this season. The sprinters will be led by Edward Wagner ’16, who specializes in the 400-meter hurdles, where he has the fastest time going into the meet. Coaches and athletes stress that the meet is like any other to help keep athletes calm and ready to compete. “Everyone needs to prepare the same, since this is not a time when you want to change any routines,” Ford-Centonze said. “We make sure that we get the little housekeeping things done. We’ve been going since September so we are letting the momentum continue to grow.” The championships will begin Saturday at 11 a.m. with four field events.
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014
SPORTS
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Baseball heads to Ivy Champ. Series B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth and Columbia University emerged from the carnage of an all-out battle for the Red Rolfe and Lou Gehrig Division titles last weekend, ending one of the most dramatic regular seasons Ivy League baseball has seen in years. Both teams rallied from second place deficits forged in early season play to come back and take their divisions in one-game playoffs against surprise Division competitors, Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. This sets up a rematch of last year’s series, which the Lions won. This will be the teams’ fourth championship meeting since 2008. In the series, the Lions stand 2-1 against the Big Green. Dartmouth (18-19, 11-9 Ivy) put itself in a deep hole earlier this season after dropping both games in the first doubleheader against Brown University, but answered the call for a perfect finish, winning its last eight games — seven against conference opponents. The Lions (25-17, 15-5 Ivy) quickly fell three games behind the Quakers,
who scorched out of the gates to an 8-0 Ivy record. Columbia salvaged its chances with sweeps of both Princeton University and Cornell University before splitting the doubleheaders against Penn. The Lions stifled the Quakers’ offense in the 4-0 playoff shutout, led by senior pitcher David Speer, who allowed just five hits. Columbia’s staff is without a doubt one of the team’s greatest strengths. Speer, with a 2.00 ERA, has struck out
62 batters in 10 appearances and has surrendered just five walks all season. Last season, he started the first game of the Championship Series, which the Lions won in 10 innings. Speer took the mound again against Dartmouth in the first game of this regular season’s doubleheader, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings pitched. Dartmouth went on to win the game on a walk-off SEE BASEBALL PAGE 7
JIN LEE/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
The baseball team has won eight in a row heading into the Ivy Championship.
Track teams set to compete at Heps
B y jordan einhorn The Dartmouth Staff
After the women finished second and the men finished sixth at the indoor Heptagonal Championships this winter, the track and field teams look to a strong finish at this weekend’s outdoor Heptagonal Championships, hosted by Yale University. Last year, The Big Green women finished in fifth place with 81 points at the championship meet, and Cornell University won the meet with 145 points. The men finished in sixth place with 58 points, as Princeton University won with 190 points. After winning seven indoor events, the women will rely on athletes in all disciplines to repeat their performances from the indoor season. Both teams will also rely on athletes in the steeplechase, 400 meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay, hammer, javelin and 10,000-meter run, all of which are not competed during the indoor season, to contribute toward the point total for the Big Green. The women’s team looks to build
on the momentum from the indoor season, women’s head coach Sandra Ford-Centonze said. After spending the week bonding as a team — making posters and doing the traditional team cheer at the Class of 1953 Commons Thursday night — Megan Krumpoch ’14 said the team is excited for the weekend. Thus far the teams have both enjoyed incredibly successful seasons, posting new school, Ivy League and personal records, and runners look forward to the excitement of the Heptagonal championships. “There is an energy unlike any other meet,” Krumpoch said. The meet will be the last for Abbey D’Agostino ’14, who will have the opportunity to add to her 13 Ivy League championships. Her event schedule for the weekend was not set as of press time, but last year she won the 1,500- and 3,000-meter run and was part of a team that came in third in the 4x800-meter relay. After finishing second behind D’Agostino in the mile at the indoor championships, Liz Markowitz ’16 recorded the fourth fastest time in the 1,500 among Ivy League athletes this
outdoor season. Dana Giordano ’16, the indoor 3,000-meter champion, recorded a strong performance in the 4x1,500-meter relay at the Penn Relays and has run the third fastest time among Ivy League athletes in the 5,000 meter run. Sarah DeLozier ’15 holds the second fastest time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Four Dartmouth athletes hold top-15 Ivy-League times in the 800-meter run. Krumpoch, the indoor 800-meter champion, leads the pack with the second fastest time of the spring, while Meggie Donovan ’15, Arianna Vailas ’14 and Meghan Grela ’17 all look for good finishes to back up their strong springs. Krumpoch will also compete in her signature event, the 400-meter hurdles, which she won last year. She has run the third-fastest time in the event this season, while Katy Sprout ’17 holds the seventh-fastest time. “There is a little more pressure because everyone expects the defending champion to repeat,” Krumpoch said. “I’m just going to relax and run my race, and whatSEE TRACK PAGE 7
B y dan bornstein The Dartmouth Staff
This weekend the baseball team will play in its seventh consecutive Ivy League championship. Yet the team’s longstanding success has hardly captured the same attention as, say, the football team’s third-place finish this past fall. That’s rather jarring, considering how deeply baseball is ingrained in American sports culture, snd shows the large gap in popularity between professional and collegiate baseball. Football and basketball have wider public followings than do other collegiate sports — games are nationally televised, experts break down the games and the players and postseason play always rises to the top of the sports world’s focus. Why, then, has baseball failed to achieve the same stature? The simple answer may be that, for basketball and football, the collegiate level is the avenue that superstars must take en route to the professional league. This inevitably means that the nation’s most talented players are broadcast to a national audience. In baseball, often the exceptional players get drafted and directly enter the minor league, bypassing college ball altogether. Baseball has such allure, regardless of the skill level of those on the diamond, and that’s what makes it particularly striking that baseball doesn’t receive anywhere near the same attention at the college level. First, fans’ experience at the ballgame is unlike that of any other sporting venue. It is about so much more than just the game itself. In this sense, attending games has become a sort of ritual, not just a display of great athleticism. In my trips to almost half of the MLB ballparks, I’ve seen the unique features that each tries to provide for its visitors. Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are known as the three “cathedrals,” with their sacred history and loyal fan bases. The building of Camden Yards in 1992 ushered in a
revolution in baseball stadiums, placing an emphasis on aesthetics (the warehouse in right field), signature food (Boog Powell’s barbecue) and shopping (the shops on Eutaw Street in right field). Many stadiums built since have emulated Camden. Yet we hardly differentiate among football stadiums or basketball arenas; at most, we’ll talk about which ones are rowdiest, or which fans are hardest to control. There is little about those venues that would render them an American cultural icon. An outing to the ballpark, in fact, is often many young people’s first encounter with sports, and it continues to be the most familyfriendly sporting event to attend, which you can’t say about football. Second, little league baseball is many athletes’ first experience playing sports. It can start at age 5 and is highly inclusive, giving everyone the chance to get playing time. As we grow up, becoming an avid fan is a way to stay connected to the sport we first played. Third, there’s much more focus on history in baseball than in any other sport. The World Series, at over 100 years old, is one of the longest-running championships. Fans are generally knowledgeable about the best players of a bygone era — think Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams and Willie Mays. Fans nationwide have a relatively good collective memory of the highlights, traditions and myths of the past — just consider how, until 2004, baseball observers inevitably linked the Red Sox’s woes to the Curse of the Bambino. In football and basketball, however, we don’t hear nearly the same extent of historical references. All of this should leave us thinking: why not channel our nation’s love affair with baseball at the college level? Doing so would give baseball student-athletes the appreciation they deserve and would show us that the revenue-producing sports aren’t the only ones worthy of our support.