Yale University has announced plans to continue its on-campus interview program, the Yale Daily News reported Thursday. Yale will now be the only Ivy League institution continuing to offer this service to prospective students, in which seniors are trained by the admissions department to conduct interviews on campus. Yale believes that on-campus interviews allow for direct communication between prospective students and the particular school and sees no reason to change its current process. Last week Dartmouth announced that it was discontinuing on-campus interviews in order to spend more time and effort expanding on-campus programs for admissions visitors and to create a more fair admissions process. Harvard conducts on-campus interviews but places no evaluation in the applicant's file.
The Interfraternity Council held its annual elections last night. Kappa Kappa Kappa member David Lindenbaum '08 was elected as IFC president and Psi Upsilon member John Mitchell '08 as vice president. Phi Delta Alpha member Mike Gabel '09 will head IFC programming, Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Andy Reynolds '09 will serve as treasurer, Tri-Kap member Tanvir Kabir '08 as service chair, Phi-Delt member Kendrick Li '08 as rush chair and Alpha Chi Alpha member Mike Knapp '08 as secretary. (Mitchell and Reynolds are members of The Dartmouth Staff.)
Penn State has announced no plans to offer co-ed housing on its campus since the school feels there has been no request for it, the Daily Collegian reported Thursday. While there are options for students of the opposite sex to live on the same floor, there is currently no option for a man and a woman to share a room. "The issue of gender-neutral housing for undergraduates at the university has never come up in the housing department," said Conal Carr, assistant director of housing and resident life at Penn State. Dartmouth's Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman was quoted in the article, explaining the College's recent decision to offer gender-neutral housing next fall. The new living option will allow students to discuss issues such as sexuality and gender in a safe environment.
