An Organizational Adjudication Committee student board will be formed by Winter term to hear allegations of minor misconduct involving student organizations, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears said in an interview with The Dartmouth on Friday.
Spears' announcement comes after a series of controversial OAC decisions last winter that resulted in lengthy probations for several Greek organizations.
The student board will consist of 50 students. Five of the students will be selected to hear each individual case, which will include allegations of Social Event Management Procedures violations, according to April Thompson, director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs. The committees will then recommend sanctions to OAC chair Nathan Miller, assistant director of Judicial Affairs.
For the first time, disciplinary action for SEMP violations will not necessarily involve social probation, Thompson said.
The full OAC, which consists of students, faculty and administrators, will still convene for serious matters, including cases in which organizations may be removed from campus or face more than a year of probation.
The student board will be composed of 50 students representative of the "breadth and depth" of the student body, Thompson said. Student Assembly and the Dean of the College will each select 25 applicants for the board from the sophomore, junior and senior classes, who will then be trained by representatives from the Judicial Affairs office, Thompson said.
The student board which was proposed by a committee of representatives from Student Assembly, Greek organizations and Undergraduate Judicial Affairs will undergo a two-term pilot process.
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