“The [swimming] program faces hurdles that no other athletic program at Dartmouth has endured. These include a recent administration attempt to end the program, no college money for the program, arguably the worst facilities that any Dartmouth Division-1 team sport must tolerate and inarguably the worst aquatic facilities in the Ivy League and among the worst in D-1 swimming.”
The Dartmouth, January 31, 2007
"Where is the outrage over the low position that academics seems to occupy in Dartmouth's current set of priorities?
"At a time when tuition and administrative budgets are soaring—between 2000 and 2005, administrative costs at the College grew at five times the rate of inflation—it’s unfair to deny undergraduates the courses they need, when they need them.
"'I'm running to be an independent. I'm not running to be a yes-man to the administration or a yes-man to the independents,' [Smith] said. 'I'm running to be Stephen Smith and be my own man.'"
--The Dartmouth, Jan. 29, 2007
