On Mondaynight, the Greek Leadership Council passed two changes to their code of standards and greater bylaws, explicitly banning Greek houses from displaying the Dartmouth Indian head. While the council’s code of standards had previously forbidden houses from engaging in acts of cultural appropriation, the new rule explicitly mentions displaying the Dartmouth Indian head as a violation.
Parties who see the Dartmouth Indian on display at a Greek house, or those who otherwise feel Greek houses are engaging in cultural appropriation, can make a complaint to the Greek accountability board. Houses found in violation of the new rule by the Greek accountability board will be required to pay a fine, the monies of which will be given to an organization or event agreed upon by the GLC and offended party or individual.
The new rules apply to organizational, public displays of the Dartmouth Indian head, Greek board of accountability chair Taylor Watson ‘16 said, not to individuals who choose to display the symbol.
The change was passed in part as a response to the display last term of a pong table stolen from Theta Delta Chi fraternity displaying the Dartmouth Indian head, Watson said. Other groups had also expressed complaints about Greek houses displaying the symbol, he said.
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