English Professor Tom Luxon, who cut short a viewing of the "Hell Night" video and audio tapes last week because of comments by the audience that he called "disrespectful," said he is trying to organize another showing of the tapes in a more formal environment with a more diverse group of people.
Luxon said he does not know when or where he will hold the second viewing of the 1987 Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity "Hell Night" tape and the 1988 Alpha Delta fraternity "Sex Room" tape.
He said he would like to have administrators and faculty at the event, but said he does not know if any will attend.
Last Wednesday, Luxon abruptly ended the showing of the Alpha Chi video after about five minutes because he said he was "so angry at what I was seeing and hearing."
During the presentation, several audience members, who later said they thought Luxon came into the event with an anti-fraternity agenda, told Luxon to stop giving a running commentary of the video's content.
"I feel like I missed a lot of opportunity last Wednesday," he said, and said it is "important to me that I get a chance to finish the program that I started."
Luxon said his decision to present the tapes again was influenced by "at least 20 people who asked me to do this," which included both administrators and students. He also said he "wants a chance to do it again to keep cool."
He said he plans to retry the presentation in a place "where the room is more conducive to respect and listening" and also said he "would like the program to be attended by a wider cross section of the Dartmouth community."
Luxon said he would like administrators and faculty members to attend the discussion, but said so far no administrators or faculty members have expressed an interest in attending.
Luxon said he is not trying to bring in faculty members to monitor student behavior.
"It is a complete misconception to think of the faculty as policing students," he said. "That can't and won't ever happen."
