AMP was a flawed policy just as SEMP is. The concerns brought by those whom the policy affects most (the Interfraternity Council) were serious and numerous AMP needed to be shelved. Yes, lots of people put a lot of time and effort into it some would call it a "crown jewel" of their time in Student Assembly but that's no reason to push something through. Phil Aubart '10
AMP, SEMP I don't care what acronym we use. Just liberate the kegs, and that will be enough reform for me. With that said, I really don't see why this is such a protracted process. It would be the easiest thing in the world to go into SEMP with some white-out and just change the number of kegs you can have at one time from one to infinity.Tom Mandel '11
SEMP is irreparably broken. The rules outlined by SEMP are inconsistent with the party experience in which Dartmouth students partake on a nightly basis. With an unrealistic keg policy, an alarmingly high student alcohol arrest rate and a rampant disregard for the current SEMP guidelines, we must bring out the dynamite, not the scalpel, as we look to revamp the Dartmouth alcohol policy.Kevin Niparko '12
Ultimately, the Kim administration will have to take responsibility for the successes or failures of all of the College's policies, regardless of whether or not it had much to do with their construction. To that end, it is only natural for the new regime to lean more heavily on its own research rather than relying on past consensus.Raza Rasheed '12Replacing the AMP student advisory board that formulated the now extinct policy last year is only going to slow the process down. The administration should keep the first committee their expertise will help to quickly bring about a fair and comprehensive policy.Ben Gonin '12
I would be interested in hearing more from Dean of the College Sylvia Spears about the specific elements of AMP that were causing students to raise their eyebrows as I understood it, AMP was itself the product of representative student discourse about the campus social scene and security. That said, nothing that the new president or dean has said about the alcohol policy has me very worried that we're in for a fascist takeover based on unrealistic conceptions of student preferences. Perhaps Dean Spears might elaborate on the rationale behind the decision in a letter to campus or an editorial in this paper.Cameron Nutt '11
It is too early to criticize College President Jim Yong Kim's move to re-examine AMP. My only hope is that Kim addresses the reform with the same reasoned and scientific mind for which he is renowned.Jacob Batchelor '12
Killing AMP disregarded the countless hours spent by administrators and students alike in reforming social policy on this campus. It is an unfortunate step backwards, and I have a hard time believing that student discord was responsible for its demise. Surely what we need most right now is another task force to do the same old things and expect new results.Isaiah Berg '11
Imagine a world where every problem has a single right answer - a world where there's a single "correct" way to tackle global warming, to reform health care, to end poverty. Too bad the world doesn't work like that. When tackling complex issues like alcohol use, the findings of one group is not the end all be all.Ethan Wang '13
