A weekend of Winter Carnival revelry yielded few major incidents for the Hanover Police Department and College authorities, and numbers of alcohol-related incidents were slightly down from a year ago when all Coed Fraternity Sorority-sponsored parties were cancelled.
Carnival weekend was "extremely quiet," Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone said. "For us, it was no busier than a regular weekend."
In addition to a Driving While Intoxicated arrest, Hanover Police are investigating a fight that broke out at Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, Giaccone said. While Safety and Security officers were not involved in the incident, they too are conducting an investigation, College Proctor Bob McEwen said.
For the most part, the Hanover Police Department's efforts were focused on dealing with non-Dartmouth students. Three intoxicated students were picked up by the police, and one arrest for marijuana was made during a motor vehicle stop, but none were Dartmouth students.
According to McEwen, Safety and Security had a lighter weekend than last year's Carnival, responding to 32 complaints, as compared to 42 in 1999. Thirteen of the reports were drinking-related, with 12 of those dealing with inebriates. Six students were sent to Dick's House while four were turned over to roommates. Safety and Security handed two non-Dartmouth inebriates over to the police.
Last Carnival featured two more inebriates and 17 more alcohol-related events, which McEwen said was not a big difference, and that it was "a pretty quiet Carnival all in all."
In 1999, 10 students were referred to the Dean's office for possession of alcohol, four intoxicated students were returned to roommates and three others were sent to Dick's House for intoxication by Safety and Security.
In 1998, there were eight alcohol-related incidents while in 1997 there were 22 such incidents.
Officials did report a keg violation at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on Friday night where officers discovered eight kegs when only five had been registered for the party, McEwen said.
While four Psi Upsilon fraternity brothers were transported to the hospital for injuries from their keg jumping travails, McEwen said Safety and Security was only involved in crowd control of the event and that the injured were probably escorted by friends.
Vandalism, too, was down from last year. Two reports consisted of broken screens and windows, one at a residence hall and one at a College building.
"We always find out about more thefts and vandalism the Monday and Tuesday after a big weekend," McEwen said, noting the possibility for a slight increase in reports.
While incidents declined from a year ago, McEwen said the reports remain higher than a typical weekend at the College. "You always have more activity for big weekends," he said.
