Safety and Security fielded more complaints this weekend than they have during other recent Winter Carnival weekends, according to College Proctor Robert McEwen.
McEwen described S & S as busy this weekend, but said no major incidents occurred.
Inclement weather partially explains the rise in security incidents, according to McEwen.
For instance, nine students this year called S&S to report personal injuries such as cut lips or injured hands, as opposed to just four last year, he said.
There were four reports of property damage this year, as compared to two last year. McEwen attributed the difference to the high winds this year.
In general, the colder weather of Winter Carnival tends to diminish wild activity, according to Safety and Security Patrol Officer Bobby Young.
"The colder it gets, the less activity we see on campus," he said.
Safety and Security is more likely to deal with small incidents of vandalism, like dorm damage, or petty theft of items like jackets or book pages, rather than serious crime over the Winter Carnival weekend, Young said.
There were two arrests made over the weekend, one for resisting arrest and one for illegal possession of alcohol, according to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone.
Overall, McEwen said that the number of arrests made and the number of intoxicated students seen by the Hanover Police was fairly typical for a Winter Carnival weekend.
A Hanover ambulance also had to transport an intoxicated student early Saturday morning from a fraternity house to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for treatment.
S&S dealt with 17 inebriates this year, as opposed to 12 last year, said McEwen.
S&S also observed three miscellaneous alcohol-related incidents, including underage students found in possession of alcohol.
Gabrielle Lucke of Health Services noted that weekends such as Winter Carnival often lead to excessive drinking.
"On the bigger weekends we tend to see more people who are having admitted problems with alcohol," she said.
But three years of statistics disagree, says Health Services Nurse Manager Charlie Bradley. She says there is no increase in the number of injuries over other weekends, big or otherwise.
"We don't admit nearly as many as over Homecoming weekend," she continued.
Bradley suggested that this may be due to incoming freshmen.
"Homecoming weekend is the first big weekend of the year, and the first big weekend for first-year students. First-years are testing the water," he explained.
One '03 agreed, saying, "The reason that homecoming is the worst night for drinking problems is because all the freshmen who've never had experience with alcohol are suddenly surrounded by it and they drink themselves stupid."
The number of fire alarms set off increased significantly this year.
There were eight fire alarms set off this year, as compared to only one last year, McEwen said.
According to McEwen, some additional incident reports will likely trickle into the S&S office in the next week.
If sexual abuse happens over the Winter Carnival weekend, it is not likely it will be immediately known, according to Acting Director of the Dartmouth Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Abby Tassel.
"One of the things that does happen at Dartmouth is that it's pretty rare that people report a sexual assault right after it happens," she said.
Director of the Women's Resource Center Giavanna Munafo assured The Dartmouth that there would be support available for any victims of sexual abuse.
