The Dartmouth Sports Weekly 11/7/2016

11.07.16

Fantasy Football in Hanover p. 12

Just a Bit Outside with Sam Stockton ’19 p. 5 Hot Takes with Max Zhuang ’19 p. 9

The Big Green Weekend Roundup p. 2-3

Separate and

equal?

An in-depth look at Dartmouth athletics’ compliance with Title IX p. 6-7, 10

By Mark Cui

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The weekend Roundup

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

SOCCER

Compiled by James Handal, SAMANTHA HUSSEY, EVAN MORGAN AND EMMA SKLARIN

EQUESTRIAN

On Saturday, the Big Green equestrian team hosted and won the High Point Team Championship to finish its fall season. Olivia Champ ’19 placed second in the open fences class, while and Meaghan Haugh ’17 placed third. Haugh later won first in her open flat class. The Big Green also dominated the novice fences classes with Erin McCarthyKeeler ’19 winning first place and qualifying for regionals in April.

The team also made several second place finishes, including Nathalie

Ferneau ’18 and Meg Rauner’s ’17 in their novice fences classes, Sophie King ’19 in crossrails and Meghan Poth ’20 and Storey Dyer Kloman ’17 in their respective novice flat classes.

Cristiana Salvatori ’17 and Charlotte Johnstone ’17 also placed first the intermediate flat class and walk trot canter flat class respectively. Olivia Champ ’19 ended the day winning first in her open flat class and the title of reserve high point rider.

volleyball On Friday night, the Big Green was swept by Columbia University 3-0 (18-25, 23-25, 1825). Sara Lindquist ’18 led the team with seven kills and Kaira Lujan ’16 also had a strong performance with a .333 hitting percentage. Maddy Schoenberger ’20 and Zoe Leonard ’19 both made double digit assists, while Danielle Glinka ’17 paced the team with 10 digs. Columbia controlled the first set, despite the Big Green’s 4-2 lead to start the set. Dartmouth held the lead until the Lions pulled ahead midway through the set and did not look back. In the second set, the Big Green started well and had the lead for majority of the set — leading by as many as four points (14-10). Columbia closed the gap, however, and came out on top. In the third set, Columbia jumped out to

a 10-5 lead. With a few kills, Dartmouth was able to slightly close the gap, but was not able to overcome the strong Columbia team.

In its final road match of the season, the Big Green fell to Cornell 3-0 (19-25, 21-25, 17-25) on Saturday evening. Abby Kott ’20 made seven kills, recording a .583 hitting percentage, which was the highest of both teams.

Leonard led the Big Green with 16 assists, and Emily Astarita ’17 contributed 10 digs.

Following the two losses this weekend, the Big Green is 8-15 overall and 1-11 in Ivy play.

This Friday and Saturday, Dartmouth will play its final matches of the season against Brown University and Yale University.

Saturday will be Senior Night as the Big Green sends off its eight seniors.

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In its penultimate conference match, the men’s soccer team defeated Cornell University 1-0 on Saturday.

“In times of adversity [this season], I think we really showed our character.

Although it wasn’t the season that we hoped for, we fought through the good results, the bad results and showed what Dartmouth women’s soccer is about.”

- HOLLY PATTERSON ’17 After a tough loss against Harvard University last weekend, the women’s soccer team beat the University of Massachusetts Lowell 2-1 this past Tuesday. The River Hawks went into the game with a 3-5 conference record after defeating the University of New Hampshire earlier last week, before being defeated by the Big Green on its senior night. Co-captain Holly Patterson ’17 scored both goals with assists by Meredith Gurnee ’17 on the first and Hayley Soriano ’20 on the second, to bring Patterson’s season goals to four. Goalkeeper Casey Cousineau ’17 made two saves while the River Hawks’ Julia Schneider made four. UMass outshot Dartmouth, 12-10, and both teams took two corner kicks.

On Saturday, the women ended the season with a match against Cornell University. Dartmouth fell 1-4 to end the season with an overall record of 7-7-2 and an Ivy League record of 0-5-2. The Big Red scored three goals in the first half and a fourth in the second before Gia Parker ’18 scored the lone Dartmouth goal in the 64th minute off an assist by Patterson. The women end their season in eighth place in the conference.

Rugby

Women’s rugby took its second consecutive Ivy 15s Championship on Sunday, beating Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts 14-5. The Crimson pulled ahead in the first half, notching its lone try of the game.

Dartmouth’s two-try second half vaulted the Big Green to victory, but it was the defensive effort in the closing minutes that truly earned Dartmouth the win. Several try line stands endured waves of attack around the ruck as the Big Green

FOOTBALL

In Dartmouth and Cornell University’s historical 100th meeting, the Big Green clinched its first Ivy League win of the season by a score of 17-13 after erasing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter. It was Dartmouth’s eighth straight victory over the Big Red. With the win, the Big Green stands at 4-4 overall and 1-4 in conference play.

Miles Smith ’19 assisted the Big Green in the running game by recording the team’s first 100-yard

The men’s soccer team started off the week strong with a 2-0 win against Northeastern University in a non-conference game on Tuesday. Wyatt Omsberg ’18 headed the ball into the Huskies’ goal off a corner kick

by Justin Donawa ’19 and an assist by Matt Danilack ’18.

In the 30th minute of the contest, Danilack passed the ball to Jonathan Nierenberg ’18, who shot the ball into the lower left corner of the net for his third goal of the season. James Hickok ’17 defended Dartmouth’s lead, making six saves.

This past Saturday, the men defeated Cornell University 1-0 in its penultimate conference match for the regular season. Henry Baldwin ’20 scored the lone goal in the game, heading the ball off a corner kick by Matt Greer ’18 for his first career goal. Hickok finished the game with three saves for his fifth shutout this season.

Up next, the team will host Brown University for its last conference match. With a win, the team will secure its third consecutive Ivy League Championship. Currently, the Bears have a 3-2-1 conference record while the Big Green’s record is 4-1-1.

stuffed the Crimson in the A channel and held up the ball in the try zone.

Dartmouth entered the game the top seed in the League, knocking down every opponent in the Ancient Eight it faced this season. The win puts the Big Green 13-0 in Ivy 15s contests since turning varsity on July 1, 2015. The Big Green will enjoy only a short rest, heading out to the Varsity Quarterfinal on Nov. 12 against a team to be determined.

rushing performance in almost two years. Smith set career records with 25 carries and 119 yards, one of which went for a touchdown to set up the fourth-quarter comeback.

Quarterback Jack Heneghan ’18 completed 22 of 33 passes and threw for 226 yards. Six of those completions went to Drew Hunnicutt ’19, who had six catches for 63 yards. Folarin Orimolade ’17 led the team with six tackles, including two sacks and a forced

fumble. With passes to Hunter Hagdorn ‘20 and Charles Mack ’18 and a key 19-yard run by Smith, the Big Green was able to pull ahead 17-13 and hang on for the win. Overall, Dartmouth outgained Cornell, 405 yards to 270, despite a season-high 11 penalties totaling 102 yards.

Next Saturday, Dartmouth will celebrate Senior Night as they host Brown in the final home game of the season.

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TENNIS

The women’s tennis team hosted the Big Green Invite this weekend, facing off against players from the University of Missouri, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University and Yale University. On Friday, Missouri won three of the four doubles matches. However, Allison Chuang ’19 and Racquel Lyn ’20 came out on top, defeating the Gophers’ Kadi Fauble and Claire Sullivan, 7-6(8). In singles, the women finished 3-3. Taylor Ng ’17 defeated Missouri’s Brianna Lashway, 6-3, 6-2, while Jacqueline Crawford ’17 defeated Cassidy Spearman, 6-0, 6-1. Lyn ’20 also won her match against Missouri’s Tate Schroeder, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

On the second day of the invitational, the Big Green won five doubles matches and one singles match. Lyn kept up her momen-

tum, winning two doubles matches with Crawford and Ng as well as her singles match against Purdue’s Marta Ruedas, 6-4, 6-2. Ng and Allison McCann ’20 defeated Purdue’s Nicole Robinson and Andjela Djokovic, 6-3 while Crawford and Chuyang Guan ’20 defeated Yale’s Sherry Li and Caroline Lynch, 6-4.

The results from the third day of the Big Green Invite were not available by press time.

The men’s tennis team traveled to Minnesota on Friday for the Gopher Invitational. On the first day, the Big Green won one of its four doubles matches and two of its singles matches. Diego Pedraza ’17 and Paul Midgley ’18 defeated the University of Minnesota’s Josip Krstanovic and George Lovitt with a score of 6-3 after falling to the University of Pennsylvania’s

Nicholai Westergaard and Gabriel Rapoport, 6-2. Charlie Broom ’20 defeated the University of Notre Dame’s Brendon Kempin 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, while Max Schmidt ’17 swiftly beat the Fighting Irish’s Daniel Rayl, 6-2, 7-6.

On the second day of the invitational, the men played seven singles matches and two doubles matches.

Broom brought home another win after besting the University of Michigan’s Carter Lin, 6-3, 6-3.

Pedraza defeated Minnesota’s Jesse Sprinkel 7-6, 6-4. Two of the singles matches that Midgley and Broom played were retired. Midgley and Pedraza lost to Minnesota 0-6 and Schmidt and Broom lost to Penn 4-6.

The results from the third day of the Gopher Invitational were not available by press time.

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FIELD HOCKEY

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The field hockey team lost its final game of season on Saturday.

In the last game of the season, on Saturday afternoon, the Big Green fell to Cornell 1-9 at Cornell’s Dodson Field. Dartmouth ends season 4-13 overall and 0-7 in Ivy play ­— the first winless conference season since 1990. Joanne Nazareth ’17 scored the lone goal for the Big Green on a corner play

in the 33rd minute. Goalkeeper Emma Plumb ’20 made 13 saves and allowed seven goals; she was relieved after 52 minutes by Paige Duffy ’17, who made three saves in her first appearance this season.

Overall, Cornell out-attempted Dartmouth 42-11 and outshot the Big Green 26-6.

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The Big Green tied Cornell University 1-1 in overtime on Friday at Thompson Arena.

By JONATHAN KATZMAN The Dartmouth

The men’s hockey team tied Cornell University 1-1 on Friday and defeated Colgate University 2-0 on Saturday, giving the team a 2-0-1 record overall.

In the ECAC opening match against the Big Red, both teams did not score until the third period. Cornell’s Mitch Vanderlaan put the visiting team up 0-1.

Less than three minutes later, the Big Green responded after Corey Kalk ’18 scored a goal off an assist by Cam Strong ’20. With the 1-1 tie, both Dartmouth and Cornell picked up a point in the ECAC Hockey standings.

Head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 said the match was a really physical battle, but noted games against Cornell usually are.

“They have a good, veteran team, and I thought our guys played very well,” Gaudet said. “On defense in particular, we were strong from the net out, and offensively, we did some good things.

[Kalk’s] goal was huge for us. You love to win, but a point in the league is a good

result.”

The tale of the game was strong defense, as both teams failed to register many quality chances throughout the evening.

In fact, Cornell’s defense blocked just under half of Dartmouth’s attempted shots before they reached Big Red goaltender Mitch Gillam, who finished with 28 saves, just five more than Devin Buffalo ’18 registered.

Despite holding a 29-24 shot advantage over the visitors, Dartmouth needed until the third period to score on Gillam when Kalk took the puck down the left side into the offensive zone before cutting to the center and firing a high wrist shot past Gillam from the middle of the slot.

Kalk credited the offensive line for pushing the tempo of the game and Strong for giving him a nice pass.

“We always practice skating off the hip, and I did just that and just tried to get the puck on net,” Kalk said. “We just had to be really good to get one by [Gillam].”

Both sides struggled on special teams, as the Big Green went 0-6 on the power play, while their counterparts went 0-5.

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Dartmouth shutout Colgate University 2-0 on Saturday, marking its first ECAC conference win.

Similarly, the Big Green capitalized during the third period in the match against Colgate, scoring two goals late in the game to shutout the Raiders at Thompson Arena. After scoring the game-winning goal against the University of Michigan last week, Troy Crema ’17 recorded a goal in the 17th minute of play off an assist by captain Carl Hesler ’18.

Less than two minutes later, Hesler added an empty net goal to preserve Buffalo’s first-ever collegiate shutout.

Buffalo said the shutout was special, not only because it was the first of his career, but also because his father attended the game.

“To be able to get my first collegiate shutout in front of him feels amazing,” he said.

Gaudet said the team improved with each period, especially given the previous evening’s overtime test against Cornell.

“Colgate is a great team and played sound hockey, but [Buffalo] was solid all game and put us in a position to get the game winner down the stretch,” Gaudet said.

Though the Big Green again failed to convert on the power play, finishing 0-8 for the evening and 0-14 for the weekend, the penalty kill unit was a perfect 4-4, highlighted by thwarting a Colgate fiveon-three opportunity just minutes into the contest. While Buffalo could not be beaten, he received ample support from his teammates, who combined to block over a dozen shots and limited Colgate’s quality chances and passing ability all evening. Buffalo’s counterpart Charlie Finn made 26 saves in the losing effort.

The Big Green outshot the Raiders 2821, including a 13-5 advantage in the third period as Finn saw consistent Dartmouth offensive pressure in his own end. With the victory, Dartmouth improves to 1-01 in ECAC Hockey play, tying Harvard University for the third spot. Colgate falls to 1-4-4 overall and 0-1-1 in the ECAC. After playing its first three games at home, Dartmouth will play the next seven games as visitors, beginning this Friday with a game against No. 6 Quinnipiac University and Princeton University on Saturday.

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Championship Moments On Nov. 2, the narrative dramatically changed from “It’s gonna happen” to “It happened” for Chicago Cubs fans. After 108 years of suffering, mediocrity and disappointment, the Cubs finally took home the World Series. And what a Series it was.

The matchup featured a showdown between the two teams with the longest postseason Championship droughts in baseball history. It also featured a Cubs comeback to force an epic Game 7, which had everything: a 17-minute rain delay, a Cleveland Indians comeback, an extra inning and finally, a celebration 108 years in the making.

When I think back on this World Series, there will always be three moments, all from Game 7, that stand out in my mind.

The first came from the perfor-

mance by the Cubs’ very first batter of the game: Dexter Fowler. He drove a 2-1 fastball deep to centerfield for the first leadoff home run in World Series Game 7 history. All season long, the Cubs used the saying, “You go, we go” to describe Fowler. Then, in the biggest game of the season, against a pitcher who had dominated them twice already in the Fall Classic, Fowler rose to the occasion and got the Cubs going in the most dramatic way imaginable.

The second moment did not come until the 10th inning: free agent acquisition Ben Zobrist doubled down the left field line to drive in Albert Almora Jr. and put the Cubs up 8-7 in extras. Zobrist, normally restrained, leapt the final few feet to second base, overjoyed, while Anthony Rizzo stood on third base with his hands on his head. To put it simply, Zobrist was euphoric, and Rizzo could not believe what was happening; it seemed as though in that moment what was about to happen hit him. Rizzo, who endured a 100-loss season with the team, just saw his Cubs retake a commanding lead in Game 7 of the World Series.

The third moment is one that I would consider a perfect representation of the 2016 Cubs. It was the final out of the World Series. Left-hander Mike Montgomery, acquired from the Seattle Mariners at the trade deadline, delivered a 0-1 curveball to Indians outfielder Michael Martinez. Martinez got a piece of it but not much, dribbling a slow roller

towards third baseman Kris Bryant. pinch-hit, a two-strike bunt to score By no means was it an easy play, but Jason Heyward against the Mariners. the charging Bryant closed quickly, David Ross being carried off the field then fired a throw to first to retire after Game 7.

Martinez. A 108-year-long drought The problem with this tendency is that it inevitably leaves out certain was over.

What you couldn’t see live was moments that were just as crucial to Bryant’s face as he made the play. the eventual championship. Nobody Bryant had an ear-to-ear smile on remembers Derek Lowe’s masterhis face before he even picked up the piece in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS; ball, let alone made the throw. This is they remember Ortiz’s heroics and an epic exactly what comeback. the 2016 Cubs were all “Don’t look now but the last Already, it about. Con- time the Cubs won a title prior seems many people have fidence, excellence and to this season, it was the back f o r g o t t e n perhaps most half of back-to-back crowns. the Miguel Montero importantly, enjoying the The precedent is there for base hit that ride. the Cubs to fly the ultimate scored Rizzo and gave the F r o m Cubs a 2-run the start of W again in 2017.” lead heading the season, into the botmanager Joe Maddon encouraged these Cubs to tom of the 10th, an inning in which “embrace the target” and never to they did surrender one run. “permit the pressure to exceed the Obviously, it is unfair to say that pleasure.” More than anything else, without the run Montero drove in, that is what I will remember about the Cubs certainly would have althese Cubs. They had fun, and they lowed the Indians to tie the game. played as if they were about to lose, The inning would not have been whether it was a regular season game approached the same way with only or the winner-takes-all game of the a one-run lead. That being said, Montero’s RBI gave the Cubs some World Series.

It’s fairly natural to break down much needed breathing room in a a season of memories into a few game and series in which no lead moments. Beyond the three I men- was ever safe. tioned, there are many others from In Game 7, there were two playthe regular season and postseason I’ll ers with strong ties to Dartmouth. remember. Jon Lester laying down a At this point everyone knows about

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the Cubs’ starter, Kyle Hendricks ’12, who went four and two-thirds, giving up one earned run, putting an exclamation point on a breakout season.

The other, less well-known, tie to the College comes from Jason Heyward, whose parents met as undergraduates at Dartmouth. Heyward struggled all year to live up the expectations that came along with the mega contract he received this offseason. However, many Cubs have already pointed to a speech Heyward delivered during the rain delay that preceded the extrainnings in Game 7 for refocusing the Cubs before their eventual victory.

Heyward and Hendricks each represent one story on a team full of them. A team that turned “the lovable losers” from the north side of Chicago into world champions.

What should make that story even scarier for the rest of the league is how young this Cubs team is. The Game 7 lineup featured five players, Kyle Schwarber, Bryant, Addison Russell, Willson Contreras and Javier Baez, who are 24 years old or younger. This team will continue to get better. Frankly, there is no reason to suspect that they will not repeat.

They will go into the 2017 season the same way they started and ended the 2016 season, as the league’s best team. The only question is how will they end 2017? Don’t look now but the last time the Cubs won a title prior to this season, it was the back half of back-to-back crowns. The precedent is there for the Cubs to fly the ultimate W again in 2017.

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By Mar On July 1, 2015, the Dartmouth rugby team announced its formal transition from club to varsity. Title IX, a law that prevents gender-based exclusion in any federally-funded education program, played a major role in the administration’s decision to ultimately approve of the transition.

With Title IX looming over every gender-related sports decision at Dartmouth, several dedicated administrators spend time every day on the subject, and with nearly one quarter of Dartmouth undergraduates participating in varsity sports, the law undoubtedly shapes varsity sports at the College.

Enacted in 1972, Title IX requires gender equity in all education programs and activities funded by the federal government. It applies to employees and students of all genders and forces schools to adapt an established procedure for resolving Title IX complaints.

Although the landmark federal legislation is generally associated with larger issues such as limited education opportunities and sexual violence, it also applies more specifically to issues such as gender discrimination within varsity sports teams.

In total, the law applies to 10 key areas: access to higher education, career education, employment, learning environment, math and science, education for pregnant and parenting students, sexual harassment, standardized testing, technology and athletics. In sports, the ruling has actively guided college campuses in the United States to make drastic adjustments to prevent gender-based discrimination. In 2011, 193,000 women competed at the intercollegiate level compared to only 30,000 before Title IX. In addition, women are now more likely to play sports at the high school level. In 1972, one in 27 girls participated in high school sports; that ratio has since increased to two in five. The law has also significantly increased college scholarships for female athletes, travel schedules and federal funding.

Not only has Dartmouth been no exception to these dramatic increases in gender equity in varsity sports, the College has served as a paragon in this area for institutions nationwide. From 1992 to 1993, Dartmouth’s Gender Equity Committee conducted a comprehensive review of Title IX compliance and recommended many new initiatives that elevated Dartmouth as an early national leader in this area.

As explained by Bob Ceplikas ’78, a member of the Gender Equity

Committee at the time and Dartmouth’s current deputy director of athletics, those initiatives included elevating women’s volleyball and softball to full varsity status. “[The merge made] Dartmouth among the first to proactively ensure that our athletic participation opportunities were proportional to our female enrollment,” Ceplikas said. “And the merging of Friends fundraising accounts in sports in which we offer both men’s and women’s teams at the same level,

“We monitor compliance with all three prongs, but typically proportionality garners the most attention because it’s the easiest to quantify, and if an institution complies with it, the other two prongs are moot,” Ceplikas said.

Harry Sheehy, Dartmouth’s director of athletics and recreation, emphasized that proportionality is the best practice and easiest to understand, adding that Dartmouth currently also fulfills the third prong. By recently allowing wom-

Before the enactment of Title IX, 30,000 women competed at the intercollegiate level. In 2011, 193,000 women competed.

(That’s a 643% increase.) [ensured] equitable resources.”

Merging Friends fundraising accounts across genders allows women’s teams, which receive significantly less donations, to access a portion of the men’s teams’ donations for their budgets. The split varies and is based on the budget needs of the team. Dartmouth currently offers one of the country’s most comprehensive intercollegiate athletic program for its relatively small undergraduate population. There are a total of 35 varsity sports, with 16 men’s teams, 18 women’s teams and one coed team.

To comply with Title IX, a program must provide the following: athletic financial assistance, equivalence in other athletic benefits and opportunities and effective accommodation of student interests and abilities. The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education measures compliance with the third area by requiring schools to fulfill one of the following three prongs: provide athletic participation opportunities that are substantially proportionate to the undergraduate enrollment, demonstrate a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex, or fully accommodate the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.

Dartmouth, like other colleges, chooses to follow the first prong because the latter two are more qualitative and require increased monitoring of the student body.

Every October, Dartmouth and other institutions submit their Equity in Athletics Data Analysis reports, which present data related to gender equity in sports and elucidate the individual school’s approach to the three prongs, to the Department of Education.

“[Walk-ons] fluctuate from yearto-year,” said Sean Healey, the lightweight rowing head coach.

“We cast a fairly wide net early on to get interested student athletes down to the boathouse, drawing in anywhere from 20 to 40. After that, there’s significant attrition in the first one to two months as athletes learn about the sport and adjust to life in college. I’d say a typical walk-on class might range from four to eight athletes by the end of freshman year.”

Heavyweight rowing head coach Wyatt Allen noted that there were similar fluctuations in walkon numbers for heavyweight rowing; out of the 10 or so walk-ons per year, two to four make the team. Walk-ons are crucial for the teams because incoming experience is not a factor in determining the eight varsity spots. For heavyweight rowing, there are currently two walk-ons in the varsity eight, while there is currently one for lightweight rowing.

A year in which significantly more male walk-on rowers join the team can throw gender equity numbers off balance. In contrast to the two men’s rowing teams, based on the 2015-16 EADA form, women’s rowing only has a total of 54 members and has less variance, which is often not enough to mitigate the larger number of male

walk-ons.

Football will also throw off a university’s balance. The sport does not have a female counterpart and has a substantial number of male players while also taking up a large part of the athletic budget. In the 2015-16 season, Dartmouth’s football team single-handedly accounted for 16.7 percent of total revenues of the 35 varsity sports teams. The team also takes up 13.6 percent of the total budget for sports. While these numbers are significant considering that there are 35 varsity sports, it is far less than many other Division I schools. Many spend nearly 80 percent of all sports funds on football and basketball, the two largest sports. In contrast, Dartmouth only spends 21.7 percent of its total expenses for sports on men’s basketball and football.

To comply with the proportionality prong, two of the most common methods schools employ are eliminating certain male teams and capping men’s rosters while not limiting women’s rosters. Dartmouth has used a combination of these tactics to satisfy the proportionality prong. In the 1990s, Dartmouth cut men’s wrestling and gymnastics. The College expanded women’s sports in 1994 by adding women’s volleyball and softball.

Generally, as long as there is not a

en’s rugby to move to varsity and therefore supporting an expansion of women’s programs, the College is showing that it is meeting the needs of the current student body, according to Sheehy. Although Dartmouth currently fulfills one of the latter two prongs, it still continues to strive for the first prong from a the philosophical standpoint of equity.

For the first prong, the proportionality prong must be within a reasonable range, which is informally standardized at 3 percent or less differentiation according to Sheehy. Differentiation is calculated by subtracting the percentage of female varsity athletes from the percentage of female undergraduate students. In 201516, women comprised of 49.4 percent of the undergraduate population and 45.7 percent of varsity athletes, representing a 3.7 percent differentiation. Under Sheehy’s time as Dartmouth’s director of athletics and recreation, Dartmouth has made strides in reducing its differentiation, dropping from 8 percent from five years ago to 3.7 percent today.

At Dartmouth, the constant influx of walk-on novice male rowers presents one of the main challenges behind the differentiation.. In 201516, there was a total of 72 combined male heavyweight and lightweight rowers according to the EADA form, but that has varied from yearto-year. A ruling three years ago mandated that schools count novice male rowers for Title IX compliance.

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and commitment, than want to provide opportuni- “Most importantly, I maintain a “We submitted our proposal the average club team,” to attain varsity status in the spring ties for women in our procurrent co-captain Ash- of 2014, basing our argument on gram that are equal to the philosophical position that we ley Zepeda ’18 said. “We the three prongs of Title IX,” men’s opportunities and want to provide opportunities for were looking for a way Brouckman said. “[For the first that we will treat our athto get both the financial prong], the male-female enrollletes in a very similar fash- women in our program that are and structural support of ment is 50-50 at Dartmouth and ion,” Sheehy said. “I look equal to the men’s opportunities Dartmouth athletics so the school was approaching athat and dig into the numbers we could take the team letic numbers that were getting every year, and as long as and that we will treat our athletes and sport to the next lev- out of parity. Though the school’s you pay attention to it, you in a very similar fashion. I look at el and the best way to do reported numbers of athletes were can manage it.” that was to petition to go about a 53-47 split, when we went However, Sheehy em- and dig into the numbers every varsity.” phasized that equal does year, and as long as you pay through and counted the rosters of Two members of the our teams on the website we saw not necessarily mean that attention to it, you can manage it.” team at the time, Alison the numbers actually approached teams have the same budBrouckman ’15 and Di- 57-43. However, Dartmouth was get, even if the male and feana Wise ’15, were par- already aware that this was an ismale teams are of the same -HARRY SHEEHY, DIRECTOR OF ticularly instrumental sue, so they were open to discusssport. The men’s ice hockey in spearheading rugby’s ing how to improve this. We know team received a budget ATHLETICS AND RECREATION transition from club to for some schools, they keep the of $452,369, whereas the varsity. women’s team only received balance by cutting a men’s sport, The team worked with the then so we were thrilled that Dartmouth $239,335. But even factoring in set by Title IX can make it diffiteam size still leaves a discrepency cult for a team to transition from head of club sports, Joann Brislin, went the better route by adding a in spending. The men’s team has club to varsity. Adding a varsity and Megan Sobel in the athletic women’s one instead.”

27 members compared to 22 for team also has a significant impact department to pass the proposal Sheehy disputed the 57-43 the women’s team — per capita on admissions and requires sup- up the chain. Over the next nine claim. expenses for men’s ice hockey to- port groups, trainers and equip- months, the proposal was reviewed While the proportionality prong taled $16,754 relative to $10,879 ment. Already, Dartmouth faces by the athletic department, Harry was the general standard that for women’s. Sheehy noted that the significant budget issues for some Sheehy, President Hanlon and the Dartmouth used, the team also main reason behind this discrepan- of its varsity teams, provided cases cy was that men’s sticks, which can Sheehy said.

In the 1990s, Dartmouth cut men’s wrestling for the secSheehy noted cost up to $500 to replace, break ond and third at a much faster rate and that men that not being a and gymnastics in order to come closer to prong as backvarsity team can be require expensive shoulder pads. ups. For the Rowing expenditures also beneficial. Because Title IX’s ideal. In that same decade, both second prong, branch across teams. The men re- clubs are self-reg- softball and volleyball were elevated to the school had ceive $5,504 in per capita expense ulated and someto show a recompared to only $3,761 for wom- time self-funded, varsity status. cent history en. In the opposite extreme, students can deof expanding varsity women basketball velop a high level sport offerplayers have a per capita ex- of responsibility and leadership. In Board of Trustees. In March of ings for women, which is generally pense of $18,412 compared developing their own scheduling 2015, the team found out that it shown by the implementation of to $14,213 for the men. In and travel, clubs also have more was being promoted to varsity sta- new sports or competitive levels for tus. many of the other sports freedom than varsity teams. women within the past three to five “When you become varsity, Title IX played a pivotal role years. Unlike lacrosse and hockey, with both male and female varsity teams, per capita ex- things change,” Sheehy said. throughout the process. In order to which set limitations on women, penses actually slightly favor “You might be more beholden to convince the administration to ac- rugby is the only-full contact sport the women’s teams, including a coach. The experience might cept rugby’s proposal, Brouckman in which women can play with the golf, lacrosse, cross country change from something you don’t noted that the rugby team provid- same rules as men. and indoor track and field, want it to change to. You may not ed a strong case for how becoming swimming and diving, squash want more regulated experience. varsity would still be in compliance SEE TITLE IX PAGE 10 and tennis. The expenses You might not want the thumb of with the first prong. slightly favor men in sailing varsity oversight, so it really depends on and soccer.

The total operating ex- what you want out penses for men and wom- of the experience.”

10 Key Areas of Title IX For women’s rugen’s teams at Dartmouth for 2015-16 were $5,425,050. by, the transition to 1. Access to higher education In 2015-16, women received varsity was a long 2. Career education $4,697 per capita expens- time in the makes, which added up to 41.8 ing, as it allowed 3. Employment percent of the total budget, the club team to 4. Learning environment while men received $5,509 perform at a higher per capita expenses, or 58.2 level.

5. Math and science “For years before percent of the total budget.

6. Education for pregnant and parenting students “You can’t put two sports we went varsity, the Dartmouth Womside-by-side,” Sheehy said.

7. Sexual harassment “It’s more about percentage en’s Rugby Club 8. Standardized testing of opportunities available was a highly comthat you have within your de- petitive team in the 9.Technology partment for men and wom- Ivy League. We put 10. Athletics TIFFANY ZHAI/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF more into the team, en.”

The stringent limitations in regards to time ring the College into balance. budget issue, Dartmouth only cuts male teams as a last resort, according to Sheehy. Instead of eliminating male teams, Dartmouth uses a soft cap for managing male rosters and instructs coaches to instill an environment where females are less likely to quit, Sheehy said, adding that nationally women quit at a higher rate than men.

“Generally, schools have to use multiple approaches and do a little of everything,” Sheehy said. “Ideally, you’d like to do it without cutting a men’s team.”

Varsity coed teams at Dartmouth present an interesting scenario in regards to Title IX. In the fall of 2015, equestrian, which had traditionally been mostly female, formally became a women’s team, leaving sailing as the only remaining coed team. As of now, Dartmouth chooses not to place a specific gender ratio on sailing. In recent years, the team has maintained a relatively small roster size and has been composed of similar gender balances despite the lack of outside influences. In the 2015-16 season, the sailing team included 11 men and 16 women.

As the head of the athletic department since 2010, Sheehy plays a vital role in overseeing that Dartmouth complies with Title IX. “Most importantly, I maintain a philosophical position that we

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getting a young draft pick who an organization could easily coach up, teams are much less willing to pay for proven commodities. I think this had lead to overall worse quality of play in the NFL and higher turnover rates at starting positions that weren’t as common in the past; the NFL feels like a completely different league every year with the rate new players are entering the game. Sometimes, I hate football. Just a little bit.

9:47 p.m. Nov. 2, Cubs win the World Series — What a world. Nice things really do happen. Also, Ben Zobrist deserves everything he’s accomplished; since the days he was on The end of Baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays, he’s been my the start of Basketball season favorite baseball player. Throughout his entire career, Zobrist has had the and why I hate the NFL best glove and ability to get on base Sports fans are ridiculous, but it’s but is consistently and frequently fun to be ridiculous. From the kid undervalued by anyone who was a running down the street in his box- sabermetrician. And now he’s been ers when the Chicago Cubs won the able to deliver the Cubs a championWorld Series to suddenly everyone ship at age 35. Huzzah.

9:48 p.m. Nov. 4, Golden State rocking Cubs gear from head to toe, social media profile pictures and Warriors look pathetic — Honestly, I “Fly the W” flags popping up casu- love my Warriors, I’ll talk about them ally outside people’s windows, it’s all every week, and I will always be unkind of ridiculous. We do it though, apologetic about how sick my team and regardless of how insane it is. But, c’mon, the Dubs cannot prolooks to anyone else, real fans stand tect the rim to save their lives. I physproud. And finally through a 108- ically cannot watch another game in year World Series drought and being which Tarik Black, Timofey Mozgov down 3-1 in the series, the Cubs pre- and Larry Nance Jr. are dunking all vailed. They gave their fans some- over my team. Louis Williams having thing to be proud of. Kudos, Cubs his own 20-point highlight reel? Disfans, winning a world championship gusting. Lastly, Steph Curry finishes should be a fundamental right that 0-10 from the three. What is going every fan should be allowed to enjoy, on? Is this an apocalypse? I’m fearful that nothing I know is real. at least once in life.

1:20 a.m. Nov. 6, Sevyn Street9:33 a.m. Oct. 31, New England Patriots trade Jamie Collins to er confirms date to sing national the Cleveland Browns — For a third- anthem — I definitely should have round pick. This is what’s wrong touched on this story last week on with the NFL, but this is also why the Oct. 26, female, black singer Sevyn Patriots are so good. They’re ruth- Streeter was supposed to sing the less. In terms of Collins’ contract, national anthem for the Philadelphia I guess it makes sense; he would be 76ers organization when the perforleaving after the end of the season mance was suddenly pulled. Why regardless so receiving some value was it pulled, you ask? Streeter was such as a third round pick probably wearing a “We Matter” jersey. After the media found adds value that backlash, the wouldn’t otherwise be there, “I honestly think that 76ers have probut still isn’t it a a large part of what vided Streeter new perforlittle disgusting pushes smart teams amance date on that the Patriots don’t believe like the Patriots to Dec. 16. Seems a stale public they need one moves such as this is like relations move of the elite outside lineback- rooted in the current as the damage already been ers in the game collective bargaining has done. to continue to 3:00 p.m. be successful? agreement.”

Nov. 6, BasketChampionship ball is starting teams typically to get more fun, are not looking to accrue draft picks but rather looking to add pieces from and I’ve honestly been surprised by other teams — the exact opposite the start of the 2016 season. No, of this Patriots move, when they I’m not saying that just because the threw Collins off to the Browns like Warriors have actually lost a couple flotsam. I honestly think that a large games. How did the Indiana Pacpart of what pushes smart teams like ers manage to trick themselves into the Patriots to moves such a as this thinking Jeff Teague was a legitimate is rooted in the current collective option? James Harden has actually bargaining agreement; rookies are been ridiculous. Jusuf Nurkić looks paid vastly less than veteran players, emerging from the young mess of but because it now costs so much to talent in Denver. Oh, and my fantasy retain veteran players compared to basketball team is terrible.

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Dartmouth sets the pace for Title IX athletic compliance FROM TITLE IX PAGE 7

“We argued that since the school has opportunities for full contact sports for men in football, hockey and lacrosse that the same offerings should be made for women,” Brouckman said. “The easiest way to do this was [by making] women’s rugby a varsity sport.”

For the third prong, the school must fully and effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of female athletes as documented by regularly-administered surveys of women for emerging interests in sports.

“Although we didn’t administer any surveys [for the third prong], we argued that our interest and our abilities were not being represented

by Dartmouth at the highest level they could be,” Brouckman said.

“The very fact we submitted the proposal showed our interest.”

Given the strong argument by the rugby team, Ceplikas and the rest of the administration approved the women’s rugby team’s request to change from a club sport to varsity.

The student leaders of the then women’s rugby club approached the senior administrators with an unusually compelling case, Ceplikas said.

“After reviewing the level of interest, the availability of targeted resources, including facilities, endowment, NCAA support, the growth of the sport nationally and in the Ivy League and the opportunity to respond affirmatively to all three prongs of Title IX compliance, we recommended to President Hanlon that we transition that sport from club to varsity,” Ceplikas said.

While successful, the women’s rugby team transition to varsity led to mixed feelings among team members, and over 10 members of the original team dropped out. Varsity required a significant increase in time commitment and a more rigorous schedule.

“Most of it was attributed to the changes in culture and dissatisfaction surrounding that,” Zepeda said. “Going from being a walk-on to a club team to suddenly being a Division 1 varsity athlete overnight is not for everyone. We also unfortunately have had to let go of some traditions that don’t align with the standards of [Dartmouth Peak Performance]. Sacrifice is a part of success for sure, and that’s been the most relevant theme for me so far in this varsity experience.”

However, the remaining members on the team have felt that the move was well worth it, as becoming varsity provides several advantages over club. Zepeda observed that the team had greater opportunities to improve given the access to elite level rugby coaches

and increased funding.

Dartmouth has never formally faced a Title IX investigation regarding athletics. While individuals have brought up issues under Title IX to Dartmouth, they have turned out to be complaints about coaches and their treatment of players, which do not fall under Title IX. Title IX compliance has not been as smooth at other schools.

There were a total of 80 Title IX complaints related to athletics in 2009 and 96 in 2011. In November 1996, female athletes at Brown University won a ruling that the University violated Title IX by demoting women’s gymnastics and volleyball from university-funded to donor-funded varsity status. In 2000, Louisiana State University was found guilty of defying Title IX in the University’s refusal to field varsity women’s softball and soccer teams, and was subsequently forced to add the two teams. Another important case of Title IX occurred at Colgate University in 1990-91. The college funded a men’s ice hockey team with a budget of $238,561 SEAMORE ZHU/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF and $327,616 in financial aid. In Softball became a varsity sport in 1994 and has won two of the last three Ivy Championships. contrast, the women’s hockey team had a budget of $4,600, had to pay $25 each in membership dues practiced with the team. Oklahoma and swimming, the University of male and female coaches. While and had to provide for their own State University reported 35 more Delaware announced that it sought there are currently no female head equipment and traveling expenses. female varsity participants in the to demote the men’s track and coaches coaching male teams, there The college justified the women’s 2009-10 academic year than in cross-country teams to club status. are several male coaches coaching ice hockey’s club status by arguing 2003-04, despite the number of The official explanation for the cut female teams. Sheehy commented that women’s ice hockey was rarely women participating decreasing was not to immediately comply that this was reflective of a general played at the secondary level, and by 12 percent. The inconsistent with Title IX but out of concern national trend of decreasing female that the court should consider the numbers suggest that the university the men’s track and cross-country coaches available in the market. In school’s overall athletic program may have double or triple counted teams may not be compliant in the 2008, only 43 percent of coaches future. Subsequently, members of of women’s teams were women, rather than individual teams. female participants. the team have since filed a com- in contrast to 90 percent in 1972.

Stating that Title plaint with the federal Office for At Dartmouth, female candidates IX protected in“For years before we went Civil Rights. rarely apply for head coaching dividuals rather than just classes varsity, the Dartmouth Women’s While Title IX has made ex- positions of male teams, Sheehy traordinary strides in bridging the said. While being a woman is a of people, the Rugby Club was a highly gap between men and women in factor considered in hiring, Sheehy District Court for the Northern competitive team in the Ivy college sports, there still exists some pointed out that teams ultimately District of New League. We put more into the discrepancies between the two gen- end up hiring the best all-around across universities nationwide. candidate. In addition to differYork ended up team, in regards to time and ders At Dartmouth, in addition to the ences in hiring numbers, female ruling in favor of the women’s commitment, than the average budget differences described ear- head coaches also make less at ice hockey team, club team. We were looking for a lier (41.8 percent vs. 58.2 percent Dartmouth, with average salaries of total budget), significantly more of female head coaches at $81,596 forcing Colgate to grant the team way to get both the financial and money is spent on men’s teams compared to $115,512 for male varsity status. structural support of Dartmouth recruiting. In 2015-16, a total head coaches. Sheehy explained $647,542 was spent on men’s that the salary differences were G e n e r a l l y, athletics so we could take the of teams and only $330,643 spent on consistent with the market rate and schools can go under the ra- team and sport to the next level women’s teams. The differences in the salary is ultimately controlled dar for a while, and the best way to do that was budget and recruiting expenditures by the market. may be partially explained by the Overall, Dartmouth has sucsince the numrevenue differences: men’s teams cessfully complied with the sports bers within the to petition to go varsity.” bring in $13,590,655 in revenue aspect of Title IX. Led by Sheehy, October EADA whereas women’s teams only bring the athletic department has continreport can be - ASHLEY ZEPEDA ’18, RUGBY in $8,648,809. While the budget ued to reduce the differentiation for manipulated. For and recruiting expenditures are proportionality numbers without example, several CO-CAPTAIN skewed towards men, Dartmouth’s cutting any teams and has accomschools such as numbers are actually better than modated the needs of the student Texas A&M University and Duke University take It is important to acknowledge national averages: typical female body by allowing women’s rugby advantage of a loophole that al- that Title IX applies to all genders. athletes at Division I Football Bowl to become varsity. Although it lows them to report male practice Out of the 176 Title IX complaints Subdivision schools receive 28 does have some flaws, Title IX has players as female participants. related to sports in 2010 and 2011, percent of total money spent on been a driving force behind gender Cor nell University’s 2009-10 21 of them were related to dis- athletics, 31 percent of recruiting equality at universities across the fencing squad officially listed 34 crimination against men. In 2011, dollars, and 42 percent of athletic nation and will continue to play a crucial role in athletics in the female members, when in actuality having already eliminated men’s scholarship dollars.

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Students compete and keep in touch through fantasy football

By NATHAN ALBRINCK The Dartmouth

On any given Sunday at Dartmouth, the television room in the Collis Center is swarming with two things: New England Patriots fans and fantasy football players. While the Patriots fans celebrate Tom Brady’s most recent superhuman accomplishment, the fantasy football players manically check their lineups for injuries, scrounge for players on the waiver wire and hope they play the right sleeper.

Often in two or three leagues each year, fantasy football transcends the NFL regular season and becomes the fantasy player’s sole obsession for the 16-week season. Here at Dartmouth, fantasy football, like most other sports, takes a back seat to academics. Nonetheless, it is exceedingly important for those who do find the time to play.

Though fantasy football can originally be traced back to Oakland Raiders businessman Wilfred Winkenbach, who devised the game with two Oakland Tribune writers in 1962, the game’s popularity really began to take off in 1997 when CBS launched the first free fantasy football platform on the market.

Less than 20 years later, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, an estimated 57.4 million people play fantasy sports in the United States and Canada alone, a remarkable five-fold increase since 2005. The appeal of fantasy football specifically seems to be from its relatively short regular season, as compared to the 162 games that comprise a baseball season and the 82 games that make up a basketball season.

Furthermore, although legally not considered gambling, fantasy football certainly involves the movement of money, both publically and privately, thus satisfying those with gambling tendencies. Because fantasy sports lie in an online gambling grey area, the NFL was originally reluctant to back the new industry. Today, it is one of the NFL’s biggest marketing tools, yielding both an increase in live attendance and television viewership. Upstart companies such as DraftKings and FanDual, which began in 2012 and 2009, respectively, rose to prominence among fantasy football players as a way to keep track of games.

In 2009, fantasy football even entered the realm of pop culture with the popular FX show, “The League,” which follows a group of friends who struggle to balance their personal lives with their cherished fantasy football

league.

Fantasy football at Dartmouth, aside from Sundays at Collis, is also prevalent in fraternities. Justin Ferrer ’18 plays in a 12 team point-per-reception league with brothers from his house, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. With a $25 buy in, there’s money on the line for the top three players in the league.

In a standard fantasy football league, a starting lineup consists of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, one flex, one defense and one kicker.

Ferrer’s league gives participants an additional wide receiver, which makes the league unique, he noted.

“It makes the teams pretty deep, which is kind of neat, and it requires way more skill,” Ferrer said.

With byes, injuries and an overall lack of productive players, finding a valuable 10th starter each week is an exceptional challenge. Ferrer, though having scored the third fewest points in the league this year, is currently tied for first heading into week nine of the season.

Some students may play with people from their high schools. For Charlie Sukin ’20, fantasy football keeps him connected with his hometown friends and engaged in the NFL season. Each week, Sukin and his friends stay updated through a group chat, where they talk about sports. Since this is a competition, Sukin said some of his friends do trash talk one another.

“People get really into [fantasy football],” he said.

Sukin, who is more of a soccer fan than a football fan, said fantasy football, “makes the game more interesting to watch. It’s much easier to watch two random teams play if you have players on their teams.”

Beyond the actual game, league tradition, as documented in “The League,” is one of the most important aspects of fantasy football. Sukin and his high school friends play fantasy Barclay’s Premier League in addition to ESPN fantasy football. In both leagues, the player who finishes in last place has to eat a ghost pepper, one of the spiciest naturally grown peppers in the world.

Therefore, draft day is the most important day of each season because fantasy players must scramble to find their one last sleeper pick. While teams can acquire players through waivers and free agency, most fantasy teams will come from the drafted players.

Will Tackett ’18, who also plays fantasy football with his high school friends, said they add an additional layer of

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Phone apps make visualizing and assessing progress throughout the NFL season easier for fantasy football participants.

competition and importance to draft day, by playing a Super Smash Bros tournament to decide the draft order.

The toughest decision any fantasy football team player has to make each week is whether to root for his own favorite NFL team or for the players on his fantasy team. Sukin made it clear

that he always roots for the Cincinnati Bengals, and that fantasy always takes a back seat. Tackett, a Philadelphia Eagles fan, takes a slightly different approach, saying, “If someone has Carson Wentz, the Eagles’ quarterback, and he’s playing against me, I wouldn’t root against the Eagles in that situation

because he’s such an important player.”

As a personal rule, Tackett added, he tries to put the Eagles over fantasy, but in important fantasy matchups, he has to make an exception.

Will Tackett is a member of The Dartmouth staff.