Beta returns as College examines ban on locals
Correction appended Despite official College policy that prevents any local Greek organization from colonizing on campus, the Inter-Fraternity Council officially recognized Beta Alpha Omega fraternity as a local fraternity on March 8, making Beta an exception to the six-year College standstill, acting Director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies Kristi Clemens said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Although the Board of Trustees lifted the ban on national organizations in 2005 overturning a moratorium on any new national or local Greek house enacted by former College President James Wright in 1999 College officials agreed to prevent local Greek organizations from forming at the College and prohibited national Greek organizations from becoming local chapters, Clemens said.
