It didn't take long for the college to move last week's snow to the sidelines at Memorial Field as this shot taken Monday afternoon shows. With the temperature predicted to top 60 degrees later this week the piles of white stuff will shrink quickly.•
The Houston Chronicle had an Athlete of the Week Q&A with incoming Dartmouth football 
player Earnest Evans. Asked about his decision to choose Dartmouth, Evans said:The opportunity is unparalleled. Going to Dartmouth allows me to study at one of the best universities in the world and play quarterback.Click on the clipping (right) to access a PDF of the story.
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The Daily Dartmouth is publishing a three-part series about the athletic program at Dartmouth. Yesterday's first installment was an overview of recruiting that didn't break much new ground but if you are new to the school or the league, be sure to check out Athletic recruiting reflects Ivy norms.Today's installment, Teams seek greater national prestige, had some interesting nuggets. Among them:
• Dartmouth has won 130 Ivy League titles since 1956, leaving the Big Green sixth of the eight conference schools.The story also looks into the athletic budget and where the money comes from. LINK
• Princeton leads with 406 Ivy League titles, followed by Harvard with 353.
• Columbia is last with 87 Ivy championships.
• "Dartmouth is currently on track to win 20 Ivy League Championships from 2006 to 2016, representing the school’s lowest league title total since 1966-1976, when Dartmouth won 10 championships."
• Dartmouth won 43 titles between 1986 and 1996, its most successful decade.
• Cornell leads the Ivy League with 20 endowed coaching positions.
• Dartmouth is last in the Ivy League with three endowed positions.
• "Overall, football has the largest budget, but per athlete, football is 'around the middle' when compared to other teams, according to Deputy Director of Athletics Bob Ceplikas.
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If you missed last night's overtime conference championship thrillers between Davidson and Western Carolina, and between Gonzaga and St. Mary's, you missed out on something incredibly special. . . . Just like Ivy League basketball teams do every year.By the way, 6-foot-10 Jake Cohen, chosen by the media as the SoCon player of the year and brother of former Dartmouth quarterback Josh Cohen, filled up the box score for Davidson with 17 points, seven rebounds, seven blocks and four assists, hitting 7-of-9 shots from the field.
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After posting a bunch of pictures of the view from Moose Mountain, I figured it was time to shoot a picture of our mountain. Here's the view from about three miles east of campus. And no, you can't see the world headquarters of Big Green Alert in this picture, but yes it is up there somewhere. ;-)
