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support for the Dartmouth Aquatics Programs - at the annual meeting  December 5 ~ 7.

New York Times -"our priorities and program decisions are set by the college, not by the interests of outside parties" (12/6/02)

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Bill McClung - ("I could do more and believe many alumni and friends feel likewise")

The Resolution passed Saturday (12/7/02) by the Alumni Councilors.

At its 185th meeting in Hanover, the Dartmouth Alumni Council adopted the following resolution:

We regret the decision announced by the representatives of the Dartmouth administration to terminate Varsity Swimming and Diving at Dartmouth. We regret what we perceive as a lack of dialogue in advance of the announcement of the decision with the members of the teams, who have worked so hard to represent Dartmouth as varsity athletes, their parents and support groups. We also regret a similar lack of dialogue with the alumni. Varsity Swimming and Diving are not recent, experimental programs at Dartmouth, rather they are longstanding traditions. As such, many alumni have participated on these varsity teams and the alumni have an interest in the issues regarding the teams' future.

We recognize that the Dartmouth administration has reached its conclusion after considerable thought and that the trustees and administration have responsibility for establishing priorities. The administration has carefully and clearly communicated the short term, as well as long term, obstacles to the retention of the program in swimming and diving on the varsity level at Dartmouth. We believe that this effort establishes the course for an appropriate alumni response.

Too often alumni have responded to decisions with which they disagree by commencing legal proceedings or withholding their purses. The current clearly articulated decision to eliminate Varsity Swimming and Diving leaves the Dartmouth alumni, along with students, parents, and friends with a clear opportunity to take a different path at this juncture. We urge the administration to immediately reinstate Varsity Swimming and Diving and thereafter to promote and ongoing dialogue to resolve the longer term obstacles that the administration has identified, as well as the broader challenges that are faced by the athletic programs at Dartmouth.

Again, while it is the responsibility of the Dartmouth trustees and administration to set priorities, we believe that it is also the responsibility of the administration and the trustees to recognize widespread interest and support on the part of the Dartmouth alumni, students, parents and friends for longstanding programs.