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Matthew Slaughter named Tuck dean

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Associate dean for faculty at the Tuck School of Business Matthew Slaughter has been appointed the school’s 10th dean, the College announced Thursday afternoon.

Slaughter, who is also the Signal Companies’ professor of management and has been at the College since 1994, will assume the role on July 1.

He will succeed dean Paul Danos, who announced in March that he would not be seeking reappointment after 20 years in office. He will finish his fifth term in June 2015.

Slaughter currently serves as the associate dean for faculty and is the founder and faculty director of Tuck’s Center for Global Business and Government. Previously, he served as the associate dean of the MBA program and has public secCOURTESY OF DARTMOUTH NOW

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Tuck associate dean for faculty Matthew Slaughter will assume his role as Dean of Tuck on July 1.

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Tutor Clearinghouse experiencing shortage of tutors

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A shortage of tutors available through Tutor Clearinghouse resulted in the service meeting 325 of 475 requests, a situation that resembles previous terms, Tutor Clearinghouse manager Holly

Tracy-Potter said. Nearly a third of students who requested tutors this term were unable to be matched with one.

Tracy-Potter said that there are shortages of tutors every term. Tutor Clearinghouse matches students with peers who have succeeded in the course in a previous term, and

pays the tutors $9-15 per hour.

Tracy-Potter said that classes with a deficit of tutors every term include “General Chemistry” and several mid-level economics courses such as “Econometrics” and “Macroeconomics.”

Despite these shortages, they met demand for other frequently

requested courses like “Introduction to Programming and Computation,” “The Price System: Analysis, Problems and Policies” and the introductory math classes, she said.

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Hanlon and Gentes will match United Way donations B y Steffen Eriksen

College President Phil Hanlon and Dartmouth United Way campaign cochair Gail Gentes will boost Dartmouth’s total contribution, with a pledge to match $25 for every donation made from Jan. 15 until the end of the campaign on Feb. 14, Amy Olson, the College’s senior media relations officer, said in an email.

Thus far, the campaign has raised $252,000 of the $320,000 goal, Olson said.

Dartmouth United Way began providing funding to non-profits in the Upper Valley over 40 years ago as a member of the larger statewide organization Granite United Way and its 40 participating agencies and non-profit organizations, Olson said in an email. This year’s campaign saw a significant increase

in the number of donors involved, United Way steering committee member Bill Platt wrote in an email. The campaign gained 200 first-time donors, 100 more than the target figure, and increased participation from employees of Facilities, Operations and Management and retirees, he said.

Tracy Dustin-Eichler, steering committee member and Tucker Foundation program officer for local community service, said she finds the success of the campaign so far to be encouraging.

“We’re always excited to see the Dartmouth community supporting our local community, both through the volunteering that students and folks are doing through our office but also through donations that are made to the campaign,” Dustin-Eichler said.

Gentes said in an email that while this SEE UNITED WAY PAGE 5

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Dartmouth has raised $252,000 of its $320,000 goal.

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DAily debriefing Researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock found that underage minors who see and like ads for alcohol on television are associated with a higher likelihood for binge and hazardous drinking, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center reported on Tuesday. The research was based on online and phone interviews conducted in 2011 and follow-ups in 2013 with more than 1,500 young adults between 15 and 23 years old. The survey involved more than 300 national TV alcohol ads, with receptiveness gauged from seeing and liking the ad, as well as identifying brands.

Respondents under 21 were only slightly less receptive to the ads than those of legal drinking age, by roughly two to three percent.

A Dartmouth study indicates that the excessive development of new connections in the brain causes the sense to overload for autism patients, the College reported on Tuesday. The finding contributes to comprehension of the neurobiological roots of autism, and breaks with other recent research. Researchers are looking at neurons in mice to model genetic changes in humans with the disorder. The conclusion goes against recent discussion that failure of “pruning,” a refining in the brain, causes sensory overload in autism cases.

Norris Cotton Cancer Center researchers recently reported on denoising autoencoders, used to obtain and summarize important biological principles from data on gene expression in cancer, with the aim of measuring which genes a cancer is expressing and at what level, then automatically summarizing both the cancer’s actions and how it might be managed, the Geisel School of Medicine reported on Thursday. To get results, researchers had to find a way to make cancer gene expression less “noisy” for a computational model to work, so they taught a computer about features of breast cancer and trained it to remove noise.

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Tutor Clearinghouse hopes to expand FROM TUTORS PAGE 1

and we are going to be turning our focus to students who have done well in these classes but haven’t thought to step up,” Tracy-Potter said.

Tracy-Potter said they use this strategy every term to bridge the gap between requests and available tutors. She said recruiting is often a simple matter of bringing the idea of tutoring to students’ attention.

“A lot of students don’t think to step up because they’ve got so many other things on their plate,” Tracy-Potter said. “Many of those, when we approach them, volunteer immediately.”

Nina Maksimova ’15 worked as a physics study group leader for three years, meeting with groups of eight to 10 students once a week.

She said she had not heard of the Academic Skills Center until the Tutor Clearinghouse contacted her after a professor recommended her to be a tutor.

“T he opportunity seemed really exciting because I really enjoy physics and I think it’s very engaging,” she said. “I also think that a lot of the time it’s easy to miss how exciting and engaging it is if you’re having trouble with it.”

Maksimova said being a study group leader provided her with an opportunity to meet students and share her passion for physics. She said the experience has been positive, and she tried to make each study group unique to prevent the work from becoming repetitive.

“It helps me become a better physicist and I understand the material better from teaching it,” she said.

Maksimova said that many students choose not to be tutors because of their busy schedules.

She herself chose not to run a study group this term because she is taking two challenging courses.

She said that students who could be good tutors may be unaware of this opportunity, just as she was before they contacted her.

Tracy-Potter said that they receive excellent feedback from both tutors and tutees, which leads to a greater demand for the service.

“We feel that the work that we do is valued by students here,” Tracy-Potter said. “It’s a place where students can come and be listened to.”

Cecilia Lu ’16, who took “Macroeconomics” her freshman winter, said that she received a tutor without any difficulty or time lag, but she did not personally find it

beneficial.

“I found that studying on my own, working with friends on the problem sets and asking the professor questions were more helpful that term, so I haven’t gotten a tutor since,” Lu said.

Kendall Ernst ’18 said that she did not request a tutor for “Microeconomics,” one of the high-demand classes, because she finds professor office hours and working with peers to be sufficient.

She said students in the course seek out tutors since the math component of the course can be challenging without prior experience.

Tracy-Potter said that Tutor Clearinghouse offers other options beyond one-on-one tutoring for those who are looking for academic assistance in their classes. These include study groups for many high demand courses and general subject study halls facilitated by students with experience in a certain department.

These study halls are currently only available to student athletes and students living in the River and East Wheelock residence halls. Tracy-Potter said that Tutor Clearinghouse is looking to expand the service to other students who may be interested.

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Slaughter plans for the future of the Tuck School of Business FROM DEAN PAGE 1

tor experience, taking leave from Tuck to serve on the Council of Economic Advisors in the executive office of the President of the United States from 2005 to 2007. He also is a member of the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Economic Advisers.

In an interview with The Dartmouth, Slaughter said that he hopes to refine and strengthen aspects of Tuck’s MBA and undergraduate programs, such as the Tuck Business Bridge program. He also said that he plans to work with faculty and alumni to anticipate where business education will be in the coming years and how to best position Tuck to address those needs.

In addition, Slaughter said he hopes to create new undergraduate-focused spaces within Tuck’s opportunities, citing the popularity and success of the undergraduateoriented December Tuck Bridge session as an example of undergraduate interest in business education.

Slaughter cited his work at the CEA as an experience that would help him direct Tuck in an increasingly globalized business world.

In this Senate-appointed role, Slaughter advised former President George W. Bush and his cabinet on the international economy, currency and energy markets and the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.

“When I was working with the government, we thought a lot about the global economy, how the world is changing and how the U.S. fits

into that,” Slaughter said. “I think it’s a good parallel for Tuck today.

As the global economy and emerging markets change, the kind of academic thought process I used to think about how the U.S. fits in the world will help me see how Tuck can fit into that.”

Slaughter graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 with a degree in economics. After receiving a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994, he came to Dartmouth to teach economics until 2001, and moved to join the faculty at Tuck in 2002.

Tuck senior associate dean Bob Hansen, who served as the head of the search committee for the vacancy, said that the committee aimed to find someone who could understand and appreciate Tuck’s history and traditions while having the capability to move forward into the future.

Hansen said that Slaughter’s experience and tenure at the College, as well as his positive relationships with students and faculty, makes him uniquely qualified to assume this role.

Hansen said there is a “delicate balance” between where Tuck is now and where it may end up.

“We were looking for somebody who could chart that new path for us, but one that starts from where we are,” he said.

Tuck finance professor B. Espen Eckbo expressed support of Slaughter’s appointment. He said that Slaughter’s work thus far at

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Tuck combines strong research with in-depth teaching, something he hopes Slaughter will continue to emphasize in his role as dean.

One challenge for Tuck, Eckbo said, is its isolation. While Tuck is positioned near the top of the business school rankings, he said its location in Hanover poses a challenge for recruiting strong faculty

“As the global economy and emerging markets change, the kind of academic thought process I used to think about how the U.S. fits in the world will help me see how Tuck can fit into that.”

- INCOMING DEAN OF THE TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MATTHEW SLAUGHTER and students. The small town setting can make it difficult for spouses of potential students and professors to find jobs, which makes relocating to accept a position at Tuck less appealing. Eckbo said that Tuck can strengthen its recruiting power by building connections and collaborating with other departments and the Geisel School of Medicine for “dual-career opportunities.”

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tance of recruiting both students and faculty for maintaining Tuck’s reputation and standing in business education. He emphasized the increasingly competitive nature of business schools fighting for the top spots in the country.

“Students are not just looking for the best curriculum or the best career placement,” Hansen said. “They want the best overall environment, alumni networking and the two-year experience.”

Hansen also said that students are increasingly considering tuition and scholarships when picking a business school. While Tuck continues to do well in its scholarship offerings, Hansen said the bar is constantly being raised by other schools throughout the country.

Following the announcement that Danos would be stepping down, Provost Carolyn Dever reached out to Hansen to form a search committee. The committee then consulted with an outside executive search firm, Spencer Stuart, to complete the search.

Hansen said that the firm helped to create a list of top leaders in business education who would serve well in the role. Hansen said that the position garnered a significant amount of interest from candidates.

“There are a lot of people who if they want to be the dean of a business school, Tuck is where they’d like to be,” Hansen said.

After several finalists were chosen, College President Phil Hanlon and Dever made their final selection.

Hansen also said that while Slaughter comes from the Tuck faculty and from the College’s economics department before that, his appointment should not be thought of as an internal recruitment. He emphasized that the search committee and the firm considered many applicants from a wide array of backgrounds in an open search, and that Slaughter ultimately emerged as the strongest candidate.

“I’m equal parts excited and humbled to take on this role,” Slaughter said. “I hope to do a good job to help Tuck succeed as part of Dartmouth and the broader business world.”

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President Hanlon’s proposal should aim for realistic reforms.

This past Tuesday, College President helpful. Binge drinking is a symptom of an Phil Hanlon announced that the “Moving unhealthy culture and at times indicative Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering of underlying mental health issues, and committee submitted their final report. Hanlon’s policy should reflect that.

Hanlon will review their recommendations, Good Samaritan calls, including those formulate policy and present that policy to made from Greek houses, should never the Board of Trustees on Jan. 28. On Jan. end in punitive actions for either the caller 29, Hanlon will present his plan to combat or the subject of the call. Students should binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusiv- never be afraid to seek medical help for ity to the public. themselves or others.

We hope that Hanlon’s policy changes Regarding sexual assault, the first step are as thorough as the long and highly- must be enforcing the College’s existpublicized “Moving ing policy. Expulsion Dartmouth Forward” “Exclusivity may be the should be the only process would sug- most difficult item on course of action for gest. It is crucial that Hanlon’s agenda, but its students found guilty of when Hanlon releases violating the College’s importance cannot be his plan, he include sexual misconduct polevidence that clearly underestimated.” icy. Individuals who demonstrates how both commit acts of sexual he and the presidential violence do not have a steering committee arrived at their conclu- place in the Dartmouth community. While sions. the implementation of regular, mandatory The policies must be transparent, effec- programming is a good step, it is not enough. tive and pragmatic — it is impossible to While binge drinking and sexual ascompletely eliminate binge drinking, sexual sault are harmful behaviors that can be assault or exclusivity, so the focus must addressed and combated, exclusivity is an be on harm reduction. Further, Hanlon’s ambiguous concept. “Exclusivity” carries plan must be a working solution, one that strong associations with Greek life on this can be revisited and revised as policies are campus. While the two are closely tied, implemented and evaluated.

Hanlon’s proposals should look toward a There are a wealth of options, both more comprehensive understanding of the models from other schools and suggestions ways in which race, socioeconomic class, from student leaders, but what is most im- gender identity, sexuality and more can portant is that Hanlon remain transparent shape a person’s Dartmouth experience. and open to feedback.

Exclusivity may the most difficult item on To address binge drinking, the College Hanlon’s agenda, but its importance cannot could subsidize third-party bartenders for be underestimated, particularly because it registered parties on a case-by-case basis, intersects with both binge drinking and relax its regulations surrounding kegs and sexual assault. allow Greek houses to install permanent Many of these suggestions have been taps or implement an open-door policy around long before the “Moving Dartmouth regarding drinking in dormitories.

Forward” process began. Student leaders If students want to get dangerously have already been addressing these issues drunk, they will find a way to do so. for years, and we hope that the policy anRhetoric about eliminating the epidemic nounced on Jan. 29 will both honor and of binge drinking is neither realistic nor credit such work.

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Legal distinctions for Jewish citizens undermine Israeli democracy.

The state of Israel, as declared in 1948 by first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, was founded with the goal of “complete equality of social and political rights for all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.” Nearly 70 years later, that basic tenet of the Israeli state has yet to be fully realized. Ben-Gurion failed to follow through on Israel’s “democratic” character, neglecting to create a codified constitution, a bill of rights and the legal separation of church and state . The absence of these elements has led to a fundamental tension in Israeli democracy — can the state be both democratic and Jewish? The answer seems to be no.

The status quo in Israel today — where Jews are recipients of state-sponsored privilege in areas like public land allocation, where the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate has a monopoly on judging those aspects that characterize a Jew — paints a somber picture that brings Israel’s liberal democratic character into question, especially by its “non-Jewish” citizens, namely, Israeli Arabs. A secular democracy cannot simultaneously serve the political or cultural self-interests of a single group (in this case, Jewish people worldwide).

Unlike the genesis of most nation-states, Israel’s origin charter was born out a people united by a religion, Judaism and a cultural ethos, Zionism, with the task of providing for the uniting of Jews in the face of almost certain, eternal oppression.

Therein lies the obstacle to the divorce of Jewishness and democracy in Israel.

Ben-Gurion prioritized the notion of unity and transformed the assembly in to the first Knesset, postponing the constitutional process for future generations of leaders. For the sake of coalition, Ben-Gurion ceded control of Jewish religious affairs to the Orthodoxy, leaving the issue of legal separation of church and state unresolved.

The legacy of Zionism, too, prevents Israel from achieving its democratic aims. Israel’s modern history prior to statehood was built on Zionist institutions like the Histadrut and the Jewish National Fund. The remnants of Zionist institutions continue to influence Israel today.

These organizations, though they played an important role between 1900 and 1948, are now

anachronistic.

Zionism should have been let go as the basis of Jewish unity. Its prioritization of Jewish aims above all else was directly at odds with Israeli leaders’ visions for a new liberal democracy in the state of Israel. It remains now as a crutch to what should be a free-standing legal system, perpetuating a de facto apparatus of discrimination against those who are not legally Jewish. The erosion of that democratic ideal is caused by the absence of a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. Simply put there is no way for citizens, especially non-Jews, to effectively legally challenge Jewish privilege in Israel.

In many ways, Israel is democratic — it has its Basic Laws, which provide for voting rights for all citizens, judicial protection and fundamental civil liberties for Israeli citizens. It has free and fair elections and a popularly elected Knesset parliament. But these things are not apt placeholders for a written constitution. Israel needs to provide equal treatment for its Arab citizens under law.

Institutional discrimination against individuals due to birth or profession of faith outside the bounds of Judaism should not be acceptable.

Moreover, the 1950 Law of Return grants immediate citizenship to any immigrant who can claim Jewish ancestry or heritage. This “certified Jewish” status, which is determined by the Chief Rabbinate, facilitates unequal privilege to citizenship in Israel. It is impossible to have a democratic state where being “something” — whether it be Jewish, or white, or black or Buddhist — inherently confers privilege on one group of citizens over others.

How then, might Israeli citizenship be more democratic? As suggested in “The Hebrew Republic” by visiting professor of government Bernard Avishai, the Hebrew language could make Jewishness a more inclusive concept. Non-Jew or Arab can acculturate to the Hebrew language of the Jewish people. The language offers a way to preserve the Jewish culture and heritage of Israel without privileging any one group over another in terms of citizenship and other legal protections.

This can provide the basis of an Israeli democratic state that is also Jewish in character.

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is only her second year at the College, she has been seeking out new and effective means of raising funds for the campaign.

She said these methods include asking unit coordinators to increase communication with those in their units and holding more raffles with the support of local retailers.

Granite United Way relationship manager Katie Kobe said that the incorporation of an online donation site and increased student involvement led to the program’s success.

Students personally wrote to professors asking them to make contributions to the campaign and explaining to them why they think United Way is a cause worthy of their support, she said.

The Lambda Rho chapter of the Order of Omega at Dartmouth, a honor society for Greek-affiliated students, worked with undergraduate students to sponsor a number of campaign-related events, Olson said in an email.

Joseph O’Donnell, steering committee member and professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, said that the value of donating lies not only in

the charitable nature of giving, but also in the way that giving improves the health of the donator.

One such benefit is the effect of eudemonic happiness, the pleasure gained from “getting outside yourself and giving to others,” O’Donnell said.

“Those people that are eudemonically happy have lower levels of bad immune proteins that correlate with you getting heart disease,” he said.

With three weeks still remaining, Kobe said she believes that Dartmouth United Way can reach its goal.

“I am so impressed with all of the dedication, time and top-down support that we have from Dartmouth College,” Kobe said. “As a fundraiser, it has been an absolute dream to work with Dartmouth College and everyone on the steering committee, and all the sub-committees and agencies that helped with this campaign.”

Until Jan. 30, those who pledge funds online will be added to a grand prize raffle pool with prizes including three nights’ lodging at a Dartmouth Outing Club cabin, one night’s stay at Six South Street Hotel, a gift certificate to PINE for $100 and a season pass to ski at Whaleback Mountain, the College reported.

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Track teams continue early season success B y CHRIS SHIM

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The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their stellar winter seasons with strong team victories against the University of Maine, the University of Vermont and Colgate University on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Leverone Field House. This marked the second victory in two weeks for both teams.

The quad meet presented a strong contrast from the excitement of the previous week’s Dartmouth Relays, also in Hanover.

“While the Dartmouth Relays is a large meet with a lot of teams and a huge crowd, this meet was a much quieter, more laid back atmosphere,” men’s head coach Barry Harwick said. “Our goal was to win the meet and to make sure that each athlete was making individual progress in their event.”

Both teams received strong performances from many athletes, featuring several individual winners. On the men’s side, five runners brought home wins, including Phil Gomez ’17 (500m, 1:05.38), Alex Frye ’17 (60m Hurdles, 8.36), Daniel Salas ’17 (3000m, 8:31.05), Adam Couitt ’18 (200m, 22.70) and Joe Carey ’15 (1000m, 2:33.46).

Two other first place finishes came from Dom Filiano ’14 (shot put, 5210.25/16.11m) and Corey Muggler ’17 (triple jump, 46-11.50/14.31m).

The women’s side benefited from 10 individual winners.

Erica Hendershot ’15 (500m, 1:17.19), Jennifer Meech ’16 (200m, 25.27), Marissa Evans ’18 (400m, 57.04), Meghan Grela ’17 (800m, 2:18.31), Reid Watson ’16 (mile, 4:55.17), Abby Markowitz ’16 (1000m, 2:59.51), Sarah Bennett ’16 (3000m, 9:57.58) and Molly Shapiro ’16 (triple jump, 389.75/11.83m) each earned a win for the Big Green. Kaitlin Whitehorn

’16 added two victories of her own as well in the 60m (7.65) and high jump (5-8.75/1.75m).

The coaches for both teams said they were pleased with how the meet progressed.

“The meet went very smoothly, and I was very happy to see that we won a ton of events,” Harwick said.

“It’s a very young season, but some of the athletes made great strides in their individual events.”

Women’s head coach Sandy Ford-Centonze echoed similar sentiments.

“I was pleased with how it went,” she said. “I think there are areas that we can improve on, and I think we saw some of those things, including how people attack certain areas of their events.”

Many of the athletes attributed their successes to their teammates.

“We have a number of 500m runners this year,” Gomez, who won the 500m and anchored the second-place 4x400m relay team, said. “We push each other in our training, which is surely being exemplified in competition.”

Shapiro, who won the triple jump, said she was happy to compete in Hanover with her teammates.

“Compared to most of our meets, the quad meet is pretty small, but you can’t beat being able to compete at home,” she said.

After achieving a personal best in Saturday’s meet, she credited her performance to her teammates’ slow clap. “You get the rush of

energy you need to pull out one last big jump,” she said.

The men’s team also featured strong performances from second and third finishes in the high jump from Jeremy Birck ’15 (6-6.75/2.0m) and Frye (64.75/1.95m). Also, Ben Colello ’18 placed second in the 400m (50.54) and 60m (8.57).

Whitehorn’s teammates followed closely, earning two second place finishes behind her victories.

Allison Frantz ’18 took second in the high jump (5-7.00,1.7m) and Sara Kikut ’16 placed second in the 60m (7.93).

Overall, the men’s side took the top two places in the 60m, 500m and 3000m, the top three spots in the 60m hurdles and the 200m and

the top-five places in the shot put.

The women’s side took the top-four slots in every middle distance event, as well as the first five in the 200m and the top three in the 3000m.

The Big Green teams look to build on their success this weekend when they travel to Yale University for the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia tri-meet on Saturday, Jan. 24, in New Haven, Connecticut.

“This is always a fun meet since we get an opportunity to compete against some teams in our league,” Ford-Centonze said. “The team gets pretty pumped up for this.

We’re going in, putting our best foot forward and hope to come out on top.”

On Saturday, events are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. at Yale.

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The men’s and women’s track teams posted team victories as well as several individual event wins this past weekend.

Nordic and alpine ski teams runner-ups at Bates Carnival FROM SKIING PAGE 8

behind Vermont’s Elise Tefre.

Also in the women’s giant slalom, Foreste Peterson ’18 scored the second-fastest first run with a time of 1:07.51 and the thirdfastest second run to earn thirdplace (2:13.31), while Kelly Moore ’18 placed 13th with a combined time of 2:16.55. Vermont finished ahead of Dartmouth, 122-118, in the event.

The women’s competition was a new experience for Gibson, she said.

“I felt some pressure,” Gibson said. “But, I was very excited to land on the podium and contribute

to the team scoring.”

On the men’s alpine side, Brian McLaughlin ’18 posted a combined time of 2:11.54 in the giant slalom to earn fourth-place while teammates Dylan Brooks ’17 finished in sixth-place (2:12.07) and Ben Morse ’14 placed 12th (2:13.01).

The Big Green found itself trailing Vermont by 21 points after Friday and attempted to surpass the Catamounts in the second day of competition. The squad fell short despite a strong overall effort and four individual podium finishes on Saturday. Men’s Nordic continud dominate with a first-place team finish with 129 points in the 10K Free.

After a successful first day, Caldwell finished in first-place more than 45 seconds ahead of the next skier with a solid 23:17.5.

Talbot finished in 24:15.6 to earn third place while Stocek placed seventh with a time of 24:30.4.

“I’m pleased with my individual races and the team results,” Caldwell said. “The 20K race definitely fired me up for Saturday’s race.”

Women’s Nordic earned 95 points and tied for third with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats in the 5K Free off of a third-place finish by Stock (14:11.1) and a 16th and 19th place finishes

by Emily Hannah ’16(15:01.5)

and Julia Harrison ’15 (15:10.8), respectively.

In women’s slalom, Maisie Ide ’16 placed second among the collegiate skiers with the secondfastest first run time of 53.30 and a combined time of 1:47.85. Riding the high from Friday’s success, Peterson earned fourth-place with a time of 1:48.33 by posting the second-fastest second run time (53.82). Nicole Anderson ’17 placed 17th with a time of 1:52.49, bringing the alpine team’s score to 112 points for a second-place finish behind Vermont.

Dylan Fisher McCarney ’15 led the men’s alpine team in slalom with a time of 1:45.88 and a

seventh-place finish while Morse finished 13th (1:46.25) and Sam Macomber ’16(dnd) placed 14th (1:46.35). The men tallied 92 team points and a third-place finish behind the Catamounts, who scored 135 points and recorded four of the top five times in the event.

“We have seen steady improvement,” men’s alpine head coach Peter Dodge said. “We will continue to work on refining technical and tactical skill.”

Looking ahead, the ski team will travel to Stowe Mountain Resort, where they will face the Catamounts again in the UVM Carnival this upcoming weekend, Jan. 23-Jan. 24.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015

FRIDAY LINEUP

WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. CORNELL 7 PM

Ski teams finish second at first carnival event of season

B y KOURTNEY KAWANO The Dartmouth Staff

Kicking off the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Carnival Season, the men and women’s ski teams placed second out of 16 teams at the Bates Carnival competition held at Sunday River Resort and Black Mountain for alpine and nordic, respectively. Maine from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17. The Big Green finished with 854 points and trailed the University of Vermont’s team, who earned 914 points after winning both slalom races.

“The team performed well,” women’s alpine skiing head coach Chip Knight said. “There are always some nerves to start the season, but we overcame those with good overall results.”

On Friday, the team scored 426 points with several strong performances, including three podium finishes in the men’s 20K Classic and the women’s giant slalom races.

In the 20K Classic, the team tallied 125 points and defeated the Catamounts in the event by 27 points.

By BLAZE JOEL AND BRETT DRUCKER The Dartmouth Senior Staff

As Dartmouth teams turn to the heart of league play, 14 Big Green teams will head into the weekend looking to position themselves for post-season opportunities. The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams host their annual Dartmouth Invitational on Friday and Saturday while men’s and women’s tennis teams will also host kick-off weekend matches. The men’s and women’s track teams look to build on two positive results as they take on Ivy Leauge foes Yale University and Columbia University while the men’s and women’s ski teams head to the University of Vermont Carnival to try and take down the defending EISA champs.

This week, however, we take a look at

Patrick Caldwell ’17 led the men’s Nordic squad in the 20K with a time of 59:33.1 fora second place finish behind Carleton University’s Colin Abbott, who finished only five seconds ahead of him (59:27.7). Rounding out the top 10 finishers, Fabian Stocek ’17 placed fourth with a time of 59:53.6 and Silas Talbot ’15 completed the course in 59:58.7 to earn sixth place.

The women’s Nordic team tied for fifth with Carleton in the 15K Classic with 75 points off of a seventh-place finish by Corey Stock ’16 (49:48.8), a 21st-place finish by Cara Piske ’18 (52:18.7) and a 23rd-place finish by Carly Wynn ’15 (52:41.2).

Libby Gibson ’18 began her collegiate career with a second-place finish in the women’s giant slalom after recording the fastest run in the field of 58 competitors with a time of 1:05.03 and a combined time of 2:13.16 for her two races.

Gibson’s final combined time was just 0.24 seconds out of first place

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three Dartmouth teams who are riding impressive win streaks into the weekend, looking to keep up their momentum and add a few more victories.

Women’s Hockey vs. Cornell University (Friday 7 p.m.)

Fresh off an impressive win over No. 5 Harvard University last weekend, the women’s hockey team (10-7-1, 6-5-1 ECAC) looks to continue its four-game win streak with another tough match up against Cornell (9-6-3, 7-2-2 ECAC) at Thompson Arena. The Big Red come to Hanover just three points ahead of Dartmouth in the ECAC standings.

Last weekend, the Big Green fought from behind, erasing Harvard leads of 1-0, and 2-1 to tally four goals against the Crimson in the final stanza, dealing the visitors their first loss since November. Dartmouth’s goaltender Robyn

The men’s and women’s nordic and alpine ski teams placed second out of 16 teams at the Bates Carnival.

Chemago ’17 was stout in goal, making 37 saves in the game including 21 in the third period alone. Cornell brings its own three-game win streak into the matchup including wins over ECAC foes Yale University and Brown University and a commanding 6-2 victory over No. 4 Boston University.

The Big Green will have to shut down Cornell’s potent offense, which ranks second in the league with a 3.28 goals per game average. This is in large part thanks to senior forward Brianne Jenner, who leads the ECAC in both points and assists. Dartmouth needs to come out strong and avoid falling behind early, but if they do, they have a great opportunity to knock off another Ivy rival in front of the home crowd.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 3-2 Women’s Basketball vs. Harvard University

(Saturday 6 p.m.)

After having last weekend off from competition, the Big Green (10-5, 1-0 Ivy) returns to the court this weekend, sporting a five-game win streak of their own as they meet the Harvard Crimson (7-8, 0-1 Ivy) in Leede Arena. The two teams met in Cambridge in Dartmouth’s last action, a confident 76-61 Big Green victory. Dartmouth was led by forward Lakin Roland ’16, who contributed 25 points and nine rebounds to the team’s highest-scoring game of the season.

While the first half went back-andforth with the Big Green holding a slim 32-29 lead at the break, Dartmouth exploded for 44 points in the second period and maintained a lead of over eight points for the final 17 minutes of the game. Harvard did earn a 66-54 win last weekend over the New Jersey Institute of Technology, but it likely will not be enough to overcome Dartmouth. Expect more of the same from the Big Green this weekend who seem to have Harvard figured out. Add in Dartmouth’s home court advantage this weekend and the Big Green should come away with another win.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 74Harvard 64 Women’s Squash vs. Bates College (Sunday 12 p.m.)

Making their first appearance in this space, the women’s squash team returns to Hanover after a pair of upset wins last weekend over then-No. 7 Stanford University and then-No. 8 George Washington University to climb back into a slot in the Howe Cup competition at the end of the season, where they will compete for a national title. In the previous matches hosted by Yale University, the Big Green notched its second win of the season 7-2, losing the matches at the first and second positions but winning matches three through nine to come away with a victory.

Oona Morris ’15 won the only five-game match to give Dartmouth a commanding 4-1 lead before Madeline Fraser ’17 closed it out for the Big Green.

The next day, Dartmouth continued its winning ways with a dramatic 5-4 win over GW, with Helena Darling ’15 taking the decisive ninth point after her opponent was forced to retire due to injury. Dartmouth jumped three spots from No. 10 to No. 7 in the national rankings thanks to the two wins and will look to keep the win streak alive back in Hanover taking on No. 15 Bates, who has already lost to both Stanford and GW this year.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 9 – Bates 0