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(09/29/14 10:38pm)
After the first round of Panhellenic Council sorority recruitment ended last Tuesday, Panhell executives said they spent hours calling sorority presidents, asking them to invite more women to their second round. This followed a guarantee announced in May that all potential new members would receive invitations to round two parties at four houses.
(09/21/14 10:57pm)
Fraternities must abolish pledge terms for new members, members of the Interfraternity Council decided unanimously on Sunday night. The vote does not come with any new enforcement measures, IFC president Wil Chockley ’15 said, noting that College and government policies already ban hazing. Its student-driven nature, combined with a fear of system-wide retribution if a fraternity violates the policy, will contribute to its enforcement, fraternity presidents interviewed said.
(09/17/14 12:20am)
College President Phil Hanlon urged Greek leaders to take the lead in addressing binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing in a closed meeting Tuesday night. For an hour and a half, Hanlon, Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman and “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee chair Barbara Will spoke with fraternity and sorority presidents and other Greek leaders about potential reforms, including eliminating fall pledge term.
(05/15/14 11:12pm)
About a year ago, a group of students interrupted a prospective students show chanting “Dartmouth has a problem” and citing incidents of homophobia, racism and underreported sexual assaults. Both the chant and the issues have since become ingrained in the Dartmouth lexicon and discussions of campus events.
(05/11/14 10:26pm)
The final set of “Campus Conversations” will take place today, concluding the Office of the President’s series of biweekly public talks with a discussion of global learning experiences at the College. Approximately 415 people have attended the talks since they began in February under the banner of “Moving Dartmouth Forward,” according to the office of public affairs, and the videotaped sessions have garnered a total of over 3,000 views.
(05/05/14 10:39pm)
A presidential steering committee will spend the next six months examining issues of sexual assault, high-risk drinking and inclusivity, College President Phil Hanlon announced in a campus-wide email Monday afternoon. Three professors, two administrators, four sophomores and two alumni comprise the committee, which will spend its first phase — until June 30 — gathering community input.
(04/23/14 10:40pm)
Up to three students can now request a secure pickup at night from Safety and Security. Previously, only a single individual could use the Safe Ride service. The policy, amended earlier this month but not announced to campus, followed requests from students who said that the former policy made them feel vulnerable, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said.
(04/20/14 10:49pm)
Comparing the benefits of friendship with the dangers of hazing, the value of community with the prevalence of sexual assault and rich tradition with hurtful stereotypes, students will convene at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Dartmouth Hall to debate the potential abolition of the College’s Greek system. Mathematics professor Alex Barnett and economics and public policy professor Charles Wheelan ’88 will give opening statements, and four students will then debate, answering students’ questions submitted beforehand.
(04/07/14 10:45pm)
Students’ familiarity with technology gives them skills that are often inaccessible to more experienced workers, but may also leave them vulnerable to social gaffes in the workplace, Center for Professional Development director Roger Woolseysaid at the fourth set of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” discussions, held on Monday. About 20 alumni and administrators gathered at noon in the Hood Auditorium for the first of two discussions and spoke about Dartmouth students’ professional needs, including business etiquette, networking and communication skills.
(04/01/14 11:34pm)
Members of the College community expressed mixed opinions about the sit-in staged in College President Phil Hanlon’s office yesterday, with some faculty and students praising the demonstrators’ boldness and others criticizing their methods.
(03/07/14 1:50am)
Since Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson announced of the creation of the Center for Community Action and Prevention in early February, a group of professors have renewed their call for an independent review of campus climate at Dartmouth and increased transparency in the administration’s decision-making process.
(02/18/14 12:31am)
Though she is currently experimenting with an electromagnetic calorimeter as an intern at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, Laura Bergsten ’15 never anticipated studying science at Dartmouth. With encouragement from her freshman advisor and other faculty members, however, Bergsten began to explore beyond her original interests in government, working as a paid research intern through the Women In Science Project, experimenting with quantitative studies classes and running computer simulations in physics laboratories. She eventually declared a physics and math double major.
(02/06/14 8:35pm)
Many local stores and restaurants anticipate a spike in business this weekend, a welcome relief during winter, which some say is the slowest season for business.
(02/04/14 12:34am)
The D-Plan’s flexibility is both its greatest advantage and biggest drawback, faculty, staff, alumni and students concluded at the first set of Moving Dartmouth Forward discussion sessions on Monday. The two meetings, held in the afternoon and evening to allow more community members to participate, were presented by the D-Plan Study Group, a research committee formed in response to College President Phil Hanlon’s address to the faculty last November.
(01/28/14 12:41am)
President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on Jan. 22, giving the group 90 days to submit recommendations for a coordinated federal response to campus rape and sexual assault. Students and community members supported the move, but they were not confident that it would directly influence College policies.
(01/22/14 12:42am)
In an effort to boost one-on-one interaction between upperclassmen and their undergraduate advisors, the office of residential education has been working over the past year to change the upperclass UGA model to emphasize individualized interactions instead of traditional programming and floor events.
(01/14/14 2:12am)
Approximately 40 students gathered at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement on Monday evening to discuss the decision of five Panhellenic Council executives to abstain from this week’s sorority recruitment.
(01/13/14 3:46am)
Sorority presidents sent an email to members of their respective houses on Sunday evening announcing changes made to this year’s winter recruitment cycle. These changes include replacing the choreographed song-and-dance presentations that traditionally follow recruitment parties with financial aid presentations and anonymous question-and-answer sessions, as well as relaxing dress code expectations.
(01/10/14 3:03am)
In a meeting that began at 10 p.m. and lasted until around midnight on Thursday, the College’s eight sorority presidents met with nine executive members of Panhellenic Council and voted to proceed with winter recruitment.
(01/07/14 4:14am)
A two-hour blackout left students and faculty in the dark on Monday, the first day of winter classes. After trudging through the slush to arrive at class, students were forced to read their syllabi by the light of their cellphones’ flashlights while professors had to improvise without lecture slides.