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AD will not hold rush
Dari Seo ’16 confirmed SA VP
By KATIE RAFTER
Dari Seo ’16 was confirmed as the new Student Assembly vice president last Friday after members of the General Assembly voted in favor of his appointment in a near-unanimous decision, although only 57 percent of the General Assembly, or 42 members, were present. One Assembly member present abstained from voting. The Student Assembly constitution outlined the procedure for appointing a vice president in the case of vacancy but was unclear on whether two thirds
of all Assembly members must confirm a vice presidential appointment, or simply two thirds of Assembly members present at the time of the vote. For this confirmation vote, however, two thirds of the entire Assembly was not present, but the number of members did constitute a quorum, which the Assembly defines as half its members. Referring to the constitution’s statement that “a majority of the membership constitutes a quorum for any official Assembly business,” Student Assembly president SEE SEO PAGE 5
IFC sees second vacancy since spring By CAROLINE BERENS The Dartmouth Staff
Citing the feeling that Greek life was no longer a good fit for him, Interfraternity Council vice president John Comerci ’16 stepped down from his position after his recent disaffiliation from his fraternity, Psi Upsilon, Comerci wrote in an email. “He decided for his own reasons to disaffiliate from Psi U, and in doing so he chose to
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step down from the IFC as well,” IFC public relations and outreach coordinator James Verhagen ’16 said. Comerci has served as IFC’s vice president since last spring. IFC presdient Sam Macomber ’16 did not disclose Comerci’s specific reasoning or motivation for disaffiliating from Psi U, but said the IFC SEE IFC PAGE 2
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Alpha Delta fraternity, which was derecognized last spring, will not accept new members.
B y PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
Ending several months of speculation, Alpha Delta fraternity’s chairperson Lionel Conacher ’85 confirmed Sunday that AD will not accept a rush class this year. AD’s board of directors — all newly elected — voted not to recognize any rush processes that occur this fall, Conacher wrote in an email. Last spring, both former AD president Ryan Maguire ’16 and former alumni advisor John Engelman ’68 said they hoped to accept a full class of new members this fall, although they were not certain such an action would be feasible. Maguire did not respond to requests for comment over the weekend and Engelman, who left his post as alumni
advisor to AD, redirected comments to his successor, John Pepper ’91 Tu’97. Pepper redirected requests to comment to Conacher, citing time constraints. Conacher was not available for further comment due to time restrictions. Interfraternity Council president Sam Macomber ’16 wrote in an email that since AD is no longer recognized by the College it is not within the purview of the IFC to comment on the matter. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence also cited AD’s separation from the College, and declined to comment. It is unclear how or if the elimination of one of Dartmouth’s 14 fraternities will affect the rush process for other men on campus. Of the 353 men who joined
fraternities last fall, 37 joined AD, the largest rush class of any organization. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity took 36 new members, Psi Upsilon fraternity accepted 35 and Beta Alpha Omega and Chi Heorot fraternities accepted 34. No other fraternity had more than 23 new members in the fall of 2014, according to the Greek Letter Organizations and Societies office. AD was also the College’s largest fraternity at the time of its derecognition. Roughly 70 former members of the house in the Classes of 2016 and 2017 are also left without a formal Greek affiliation following its derecognition, according to GLOS. Numerous fraternity presidents either directed requests to comment to the IFC or did not respond to requests seeking comment.
Panhellenic council will review policy recommendations
B y PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
More sober monitors, contact lists for campus resources and an increased focus on peer-to-peer assistance could be staples of Panhellenic Council policy if a new set of recommendations is fully ad-
opted, Panhell vice president of public relations Allison Chou ’17 said. Existing door duty policy that calls for both fraternity and sorority representatives at each co-hosted event, coupled with every affiliated student’s Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training,
means that the policy will fit into a larger framework of sexual misconduct prevention measures, Chou said. “If these policies are ultimately passed and show great results, the hope is that other organizations in the Dartmouth community might follow suit,” she said.
The policies have in large part been voluntarily enacted by individual sororities already, but Panhell will still vote on the sexual misconduct agenda put forward by Panhell’s summer executive board, Chou said. “A lot of the houses already had versions of this
in place, and this was just to help them develop something more comprehensive, and if they didn’t have something in place, to put it in place,” Panhell’s summer vice president of research and policy Mercedes de Guardiola ’17 SEE PANHELL PAGE 3