VOL. CLXXII NO. 43
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Students, experts react negatively to alcohol sanctions
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By Kelsey Flower The Dartmouth Staff
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Yesterday’s announcement of the details for the implementation of the hard alcohol ban, stipulated by “Moving Dartmouth Forward,” spurred discussion and has received mixed reaction from both students and outside experts. The changes to the alcohol policy include harsher punishments for the possession of hard alcohol, while punishments for possession or consumption of beer or wine will remain the same. A student found to be in possession of or to have consumed hard alcohol will face a College probation for a SEE ALCOHOL PAGE 5
A panel of administrators answered student questions about “Moving Dartmouth Forward.”
Asian/Asian-American group will resume in spring
B y Erica Buonanno The Dartmouth Staff
The Asian/Asian-American Exploration Group, an organization formed to encourage open discussion about what it means to be Asian or Asian-American on campus, will resume with weekly discussions starting next term. The group, created and facilitated by Dick’s House counselors Da-Shih Hu and Sarah Chung, has operated in two previous terms and is
open to self-identifying Asian and Asian-American undergraduate and graduate students. “It’s focused on Asian and Asian-American students having an opportunity to explore aspects of ‘Asianness’ within this largely nonAsian college and largely non-Asian culture,” Hu, a psychiatry professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, said. The Asian/Asian-American Exploration Group was not active this term due to scheduling con-
flicts. Last fall, the group discussed topics such as differences in Asian and Western social and cultural norms, emotional expressiveness among Asians and encounters between Asians and Asian-Americans. Discussions were interesting and commonly overlapped, Hu said. “Largely this was a group for exploration and understanding, not for action,” Hu said. As facilitators, Hu and Chung both share their experiences as well. Hu added that these group
Sexual assault bill aims to protect survivor and accused B y Annie Ma
The Dartmouth Staff
A bill aiming to protect the rights of both the survivor and the accused when combating sexual assault on campuses was reintroduced to the Senate last Thursday. The revised bill, titled the Campus Safety and Accountability Act, contains proposals outlining initiatives for campuses to adjudicate sexual assault cases. A bipartisan coalition of six Demo-
sessions are not considered “therapy sessions.” T he Asian/Asian-American Exploration Group first met during the winter of 2014 with about nine members, and the next active term was last fall with about five members, he said. Hu said that after meeting with several students and realizing that they were dealing with these issues, which he had also encountered in SEE GROUP PAGE 2
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crats and six Republicans introduced the bill. Sponsors include Dartmouth alum Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY, and Kelly Ayotte, D-NH. The original version of the bill was introduced last summer but never came to a vote before the 113th session of Congress ended. Among the proposals suggested by the bill is one amending the punishment for colleges and universities that TIFFANY ZHAI/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority hosted a bake sale to raise money for WISE.