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"Dartmouth College has a problem."
Editor's note: This story is the second in a two-part series about the status of hazing at Dartmouth. This piece examines the efforts on the part of the College to address hazing.
Disciplinary committees' rulings that Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority had not violated College Standards of Conduct regarding hazing despite "threatening or causing harm" to new members has brought the definition of hazing at Dartmouth into question.
College disciplinary committees determined that Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority did not violate the College Standard of Conduct regarding hazing during a Oct. 9 new member bid-night activity that resulted in the alcohol-related arrests of 11 Kappa members.
This year's graduating seniors will now have the chance to honor a kindergarten through 12th-grade teacher during their final year at the College as part of the Dartmouth Prize for Exceptional Teaching.
The Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs notified Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority Wednesday that the organization, and several of its individual members, will be charged with violations of various College standards of conduct.
Each member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will meet with representatives from the Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs as part of a roughly two-week investigation following the alcohol-related arrests of 11 members last Monday, Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman told The Dartmouth on Monday. Redman also said that Kappa will undergo "extended probation" until the investigation or potential hearing closes.
Perhaps it's the danger inherent in a thousand people, many of whom will be heavily inebriated, running around a 60-foot inferno, or maybe it's the inconvenience of a handful of them, also heavily inebriated, rushing the football field at halftime; whatever the reason, Safety and Security will be taking extra precautions this Homecoming weekend.
Next year's graduating seniors will have the chance to honor a kindergarten through 12th grade teacher during their final year at Dartmouth, thanks to a program the College implemented recently.
Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said in an interview Monday that the investigation which resulted in a June 8 raid of Alpha Delta fraternity had been "suspended" for the time being. A majority of the materials seized in the search had already been returned in late June.
A study by the National Social Norms Resource Center published late last month found that college students are drinking more safely than public perceptions would lead many to believe.
July 11, South Main Street, 10:04 p.m.
The Mascoma Valley Free Health Clinic, run through Dartmouth Medical School, was awarded a grant of $8,000 on July 13 by the Association of American Medical Schools as part of its Caring for Community grant program. The clinic in Canaan is completely student-run and received the grant to develop its free services for the Mascoma Valley community.
Twenty-two years after its prohibition, the infamous chariot race may finally return to Dartmouth this summer. At a Tuesday night meeting of the committee to plan the tentatively-named Fieldstock, campus representatives, largely members of the Greek system, took steps to resurrect the Green Key tradition at the new summer event.
June 28, Hanover Coop, 1:34 p.m.
According to the Office of Residential Life, of the 948 sophomores enrolled this term, only 679 live on campus, which includes those who live in private Coed, Fraternity and Sorority houses. This means that the remaining 28.4 percent of sophomores have chosen to live off-campus for the summer, a statistic comparable with last year's 30.7 percent, but a number nearly double the normal estimated 15 percent of students who live off-campus during a normal school term.
June 9, South Main Street, 1:24 a.m.
Alison Crocker '06 was selected to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At-Large first team last Thursday. The skier received the honor after finishing fifth at the 2006 NCAA championship in the women's 15-kilometer free technique cross country ski race. This is her third selection to the All-America Women's At-Large first team; Crocker also placed 13th this year at the NCAA championship in the women's five-kilometer classical cross country ski race. Now a Rhodes scholar who plans to study for a doctorate in astrophysics at Oxford University in England, Crocker was a mathematics and physics major as an undergraduate and chaired the Cabin and Trail club, part of the Dartmouth Outing Club. Crocker hopes to go on to research and teach in the field of astrophysics.
Aug. 22, 2005, Boathouse Road, 4:12 p.m.
May 14, South Main Street, 6:38 a.m.