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Report focuses on reducing alcohol use

By Brad Russo | July 28, 1999

While the campus may know little about William DeJong, the Initiative Steering Committee now knows considerably more about his views on alcohol and its role in colleges and universities. The director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, DeJong spoke with the committee during their meetings in Hanover last week. DeJong, who is also on the national board of directors for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, was unavailable for comment yesterday, but a 190-page report co-authored by the Harvard School of Public Health professor contains his recommendations for alcohol policies at colleges. DeJong writes in the report that "school officials need to ask themselves several fundamental questions" including: --"Should the school's admissions criteria be altered so that newly matriculated students are at less risk of binge drinking and other drug use?" --"Should fraternities and sororities be banned or otherwise restricted?

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Committee calls for 'drastic' changes

By Jay Krehbiel | July 26, 1999

"Substantial discussion" of the issue of alcohol was a primary focus when The Board of Trustee Steering Committee met with several groups over two days last week, after which Committee Co-Chair Susan Dentzer '77 said it is clear "drastic changes" need to be made to the College environment to eliminate the unsafe use and abuse of alcohol. After meeting with the director of a national organization which deals with alcohol prevention on college campuses, as well as members of the College Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Dentzer concluded additional education about alcohol abuse will not be enough to accomplish the goal set forth in the fifth of the Trustee's Principles, which were announced in February. Dentzer said the environment of Dartmouth must change to one that eliminates "cultural norms" that encourage binge drinking.

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Fees Committee could suggest fine reductions

By Nathan W. Chaney | July 26, 1999

While the issue of College fees and fines has long been criticized by students, members of a committee looking into the situation are close to making a recommendation that could reduce or even eliminate some penalties. The work of the committee, however, is kept somewhat secret, and its members were reluctant to give many conclusive details.

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Trustees offer few details on Committee visit

By Brad Russo and Jen Taylor | July 22, 1999

Committee co-Chairs and Trustees Peter Fahey '63 and Susan Dentzer '77 refused to give much information about their work -- including specific people they met with or what the meetings were about. Dentzer said only that the committee was "continuing our process of talking to a variety of groups." Fahey said the group met with trustees emeriti, and a group of students selected by the Dean of the College Office, specifying only that a "number of them had experiences in the residence halls" including undergraduate advisors and area coordinators. "The deans were asked to assemble a group of students that would give us just another slice of student and residential life," Fahey said. He would say only that the students discussed "general issues relating to the Initiative" and specific issues they were most familiar with. The committee also met with William de Jong, head of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and other Drug Prevention. Contrary to previous indications from the co-chairs, Dentzer said yesterday the group will not be meeting again in Hanover until the Fall term, but Fahey left the door open for another, off-campus summer meeting. The co-chairs previously told The Dartmouth the committee intends to present a list of options for residential life changes to the Dartmouth community after students return to campus in the fall. The committee with present a progress report to the full Board of Trustees at their meeting in August and will receive feedback from the Trustees. A full report is still expected to be presented to the Board at their November meeting, recommending changes to the College's social and residential living situation. This is the committee's third meeting this term.

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U.S. colleges debate mandatory vaccines

By Jennifer Kay | July 16, 1999

Six fatal cases of meningococcal disease this year - including the death of Dartmouth student Jenica Rosekrans '00 during Senior Week - have spurned a national debate over the need for colleges to mandate vaccines against the potentially deadly infections. The American College Health Association strongly recommends students receive the vaccine, which is not currently required for most college students. Dr. John Turco, director of Dartmouth College Health Services, said the College does not require students to be immunized, but strongly encourages them to do so. Whether the vaccine will become mandatory is still under consideration, Turco said. Mandating the expensive vaccine is problematic, Turco said, because people who are immunized can still carry the disease.

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