VOL. CLXXI NO. 13
FLURRIES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Sororities extend 95 bids in winter rush
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By SEAN CONNOLLY The Dartmouth Staff
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New website offers platform for student suggestions
B y Michael Qian OPINION
Ninety-five women received bids at the conclusion of the winter Panhellenic sorority recruitment on Tuesday, according to Panhellenic Council vice president of recruitment Mandy Bowers ’14. At Alpha Phi sorority, 13 bids were accepted; Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 12; Delta Delta Delta sorority, 13; Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority, 8; Kappa Delta sorority, 12; Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority,
10; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, 12; and Sigma Delta sorority, 13, sorority members said. A representative from EKT added that due to its open recruitment process, its numbers are not yet final. Five Panhell members announced their decision to abstain from winter recruitment, citing systemic discrimination the Greek system. Sorority presidents, however, voted to proceed with recruitment. New and existing sorority members had mixed views on
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Improving the College’s printing system, divesting from fossil fuels and extending weekend library hours are among communitygenerated suggestions gaining attention on Improve Dartmouth, a new studentdesigned online forum. The website, launched Wednesday, serves as an outlet to
suggest, vote on and discuss ideas that could benefit campus. After logging in with a Dartmouth NetID, users can submit comments and click to agree or disagree with others’ suggestions. As of press time, 98 ideas had been posted, 3,749 votes had been cast and 1,071 users had registered on the website. Coordinated by Esteban
Castano ’14 and Gillian O’Connell ’15, Improve Dartmouth’s goal is “to better understand, prioritize and execute ideas that improve our community,” according to its website. Twice a month, student moderator s from Dartmouth Roots, an organization that aims to resolve various campus issues through concrete action, Student Assembly and Palaeopitus
Senior Society will meet to discuss possible implementation of the most popular or promising ideas. These moderators will then collaborate with administrative contacts and student organizations to help push forth changes. Student body president and site moderator Adrian Ferrari ’14, who helped Castano pitch the idea to College President Phil Hanlon last summer, said
one of his favorite suggestions so far mentions making the library’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Room more “Seussesque.” The website’s strength is its ability to aggregate student opinion, Ferrari said in an email, adding that he was excited to see suggestions that are within Student Assembly’s ability to fund and SEE WEBSITE PAGE 5
Faculty learn how to help Sustainability workshops survivors of sexual assault will teach design thinking
B y VICTORIA NELSEN The Dartmouth Staff
A new training program teaches professors to serve as resources for sexual assault survivors. Hosted by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning and Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, the 90-minute sessions use interactive discussion to teach faculty
how to assist students and colleagues that seek their help after incidents of sexual violence. Participants learn how to listen to students, assess situations and give control back to survivors, writing professor Peggy Baum said. Between 10 and 15 faculty members have attended each of the three sessions that SEE FACULTY PAGE 5
B y ERICA BUONANNO The Dartmouth Staff
Solving global issues of resource efficiency and pollution requires creative thinking and flexibility. To equip student leaders with these skills, the sustainability office will launch a new program called Ecovate next week. Small workshop groups will discuss brainstorming, need-finding, writing problem statements, decoding percep-
tion, thinking by analogy and telling an effective story. The program, which will feature four 90-minute workshops over four weeks, will target 25 sophomores and juniors who have demonstrated enthusiasm for innovation in environmental science. Alumni, professors and sustainability office staff will teach workshops beginning next Tuesday, posing susSEE ECOVATE PAGE 3