VOL. CLXXII NO. 48
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AD’ssuspension extendedfollowing brandingallegations
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By PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
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The College extended its suspension of Alpha Delta fraternity last week after allegations arose that members of the fraternity branded new members in the fall of 2014. AD responded in a statement from attorney George Ostler that acknowledged that branding had occurred but claimed that it represented “self-expression,” was limited to a small group of members, not the brotherhood as a whole and was neither a requirement for new or continued membership, nor did the decision to be branded affect a member’s standing in the organization. SEE AD PAGE 2
Alpha Delta fraternity allegedly branded new members in their house last fall.
Greek officers prepare as the hard alcohol ban begins
B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff
The “Moving Dartmouth Forward” hard alcohol ban, which prohibits any undergraduates, regardless of age, from possessing or consuming alcohol with a proof higher than 30 on campus, was officially implemented this past Saturday, and Greek leaders are planning for how the ban will affect their individual organizations and social events. Summer president for Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity Taylor Watson ’16 said that the policy makes sense to him. “The person most likely to fall off a roof is the person on the roof, and the people who are getting the most drunk are the ones drinking hard alcohol,” Watson said. “It is hard to deny that it is going to lower high-risk drinking.” Watson said that the Greek Leadership Council policy banning freshmen from attending Greek events serving alcohol during the six weeks of fall received similar criticism, namely that
high-risk drinking would be driven underground, yet campus saw a drop in Good Samaritan calls and alcoholrelated incidents involving freshmen. Watson said that his house will be compliant with the rule, due in part to the severity of the punishments. Prior to the ban some Greek houses auctioned off their hard alcohol, he said. Watson is also a co-chair of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” social event and alcohol management working group.
Thayer School joins White House initiative
B y SEAN CONNOLLY
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Thayer School of Engineering has joined 120 other U.S. engineering schools as part of a White House initiative to transform engineering higher education to tackle substantial social problems. Thayer Dean and professor of engineering Joseph Helble said that initiative aims to tackle a wide array of national problems connected to renewable energy, medicine, health care and the environment.
The initiative, which was announced last week at White House in a letter presented to President Barack Obama, aims to graduate approximately 20,000 “Grand Challenge Engineers” over the next 10 years. Helble said the initiative grew out of a series of meetings with other engineering schools’ deans with the explicit focus on what could be done differently in engineering education and how future engineering leaders SEE ENGINEERING PAGE 5
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity social chair David Bassali ’16 said that the ban will change how his house operates in terms of events. SAE sent out a survey gauging responses to the ban among its members last term, Bassali said, and a majority were not opposed. Bassali said he was not sure how effective the policy would be at curbing student drinking, but he trusts administrators to implement the proper policies. SEE MDF PAGE 3
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