The Dartmouth 01/28/2020

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VOL. CLXXVI NO. 123

MOSTLY CLOUDY HIGH 34 LOW 16

NEWS

VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP SUPPORTS COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALUMNI PAGE 2

OPINION

TUNG: NOT SO FUNNY PAGE 4

COLIN: CONSTRUCTIVE COMPLAINING PAGE 4

ARTS

REVIEW: MAC MILLER’S ‘CIRCLES’ A FITTING END TO A STORIED CAREER PAGE 7

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020

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Campus groups gear Sig Ep fraternity, disbanded in up for upcoming 2018, eyes fall return to campus presidential primary B y AMBER BHUTTA The Dartmouth

With two weeks to go until the New Hampshire presidential primary, student organizations — such as the College Democrats, College Republicans and Student Assembly — have mobilized in various ways to prepare for the event. According to College Democrats president Riley Gordon ’22, the club’s preparation for the primary has

focused on informing people on the candidates and encouraging them to register to vote. “We are preparing to get as many students to the polls as possible,” Gordon said. According to Gordon, a number of political campaigns have sent representatives to speak at club meetings, while some campaigns have also provided volunteer and leadership opportunities for SEE PRIMARY PAGE 5

Judge allows bail for suspect in fall 2018 shooting in Hanover B y PIERCE WILSON The Dartmouth

Gage Young, the 23-yearold West Lebanon man charged with the nonfatal shooting of a visiting Providence College student in the fall of 2018, has been granted release on bail by a Grafton Superior Court judge. Young had been held at the Grafton County House of Corrections since Nov. 3, 2018. The conditions of his $100,000

bail require that he must remain in New Hampshire with his family, abide by a 7 p.m.-to-8 a.m. curfew and have no contact with the shooting victim or his family, according to the Valley News. Young is accused of firing a single shot from a passing car on School Street and injuring a non-Dartmouth student who was visiting the College. According to the Valley News, SEE BAIL PAGE 3

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Sigma Phi Epsilon, formerly located at 11 Webster Avenue, is planning a return to campus this fall.

B y ANDREW SASSER The Dartmouth

Male students rushing next fall may have one more fraternity to choose from. After two years of inactivity, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity intends to return to campus this fall. Office of Greek Life director Brian Joyce wrote in an email statement to The Dartmouth that the fraternity will be working with the College to fully return by next winter. “The Office of Greek Life looks forward to working with Sigma Phi Epsilon and all members of the Dartmouth community for a successful return to campus,” Joyce wrote. SigmaPhiEpsilon’ssuspension in October 2018 came on the

heels of the revocation of its charter by its national board of directors. According to Isaiah Berg ’11, vice president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon New Hampshire Alpha AVC Board of Trustees, this was due to a number of alcohol-related incidents that occurred in the house. Those violations also conflicted with the future goals of the national fraternity, which voted to ban alcohol and other illicit substances at all of its chapters in August 2017. In spring 2018, an effort began to reform the house, including a membership review conducted by the national organization that resulted in the house’s membership being reduced from 102 to 19 members. Following a few months marked

by internal strife with the alumni organization, as well as a legal battle — which alleged that the house’s board of trustees had acted improperly in their authority — the house charter was revoked that October. Berg said that the house will have some difficulties in recruiting new members and competing with more established fraternities, but he noted that the organization has plans to attract new membership. He also said that the fraternity will rely on building personal relationships with undergraduates in the recruiting process. “We will have a full-time staff member from Nashville who will help the chapter throughout the SEE SIG EP PAGE 3


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