Championship Teams To Be Honored

Most of you know that Dartmouth has captured more Ivy League football championships than any school in Ivy League history. But did you know that Dartmouth won the title 15, 25, 35 and 45 years ago? If you didn't, you will this fall.

The Dartmouth Friends of Football sent out an email yesterday announcing that the 1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 teams will each be honored on a home weekend during the 2007 season.

From the Friends email:

If you were a member of one of these teams or just want to relive the memories, mark the date(s) indicated below and plan to be in Hanover for these celebrations while supporting the 2007 team as it strives to add its name to Dartmouth’s long list of Ivy League champions.

1972 Team
September 29, 2007---Dartmouth vs. Penn
1962 Team
October 20, 2007---Dartmouth vs. Columbia (Homecoming)
1982 Team
November 3, 2007---Dartmouth vs. Cornell
1992 Team
November 17, 2007---Dartmouth vs. Princeton

More from the email:

The program for the weekend is still being developed, but the festivities will begin with a post-practice reception and dinner on Friday followed by a full day of activities on Saturday featuring the introduction of the team at half-time and a team dinner in the evening. Details will follow in the months ahead including information regarding blocks of hotel rooms and the full slate of activities that are being planned.

The Harvard Crimson has a story about the draft prospects of several Harvard players including tailback Clifton Dawson. The story notes that his most recent time in the 40 is a pedestrian 4.63.

In a story about improvements in Yale's athletic facilities, the Yale Daily reports that the second phase of renovations at the Bowl will begin at the end of the 2007 season. The story notes that a new scoreboard will be in place prior to this season. I believe I read somewhere that the old scoreboard will remain in place for historic purposes. I hope that's true. (As an aside, I asked again last week about whether there was any news on the new Dartmouth scoreboard -- which may or may not have a video component -- and was told nothing has been decided yet.)

The news side of the Yale Daily has an interesting (and long) story about academic likely letters. You've got to love this excerpt from the story:

Vivek Raman, a senior at the public Libertyville High School in Illinois, said he first received a phone call from his Yale admissions officer in February, and then received a likely letter.

“He said ‘Don’t commit a murder and don’t flunk out of school, and you’ll be in by April first,’ ” Raman said.

By now you've probably heard about the MIT admissions director falsifying her resume. Here's the New York Times story on it. I almost linked to another story simply for the headline: "MIT Dean Resigns For Resume Padding." Um, no. Padding is saying you graduated with a 3.75 when you graduated with a 3.5. When you say you have degrees from Union College, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College and took a few classes as part-time, unmatriculated student at one of the schools and didn't attend the others at all, that's not padding. That's lying.