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A residential community system, a campus-wide ban on hard alcohol, a mandato-ry four-year sexual violence prevention and education program and a code of conduct are among the changes College President Phil Hanlon announced this morning as part of the Moving Dartmouth Forward plan. The College plans to start the hard alcohol ban

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this spring term, Hanlon said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Both pos-session and consumption of hard alcohol with a proof of 30 or higher will be pro-hibited at events organized by student organizations or the College. Individual students, including those over the legal drinking age, will also have to adhere to this policy. Hanlon said that stu-dents found in violation of the hard alcohol policy will face “stiffer penalties”

than those violating other aspects of the alcohol policy. This distinction will hope-fully limit the use of hard alcohol across campus, Hanlon said. The specifi cs of these penalties are yet to be determined, he said. The College will also require bartenders and bouncers for social events. Director of media relations Diana Lawrence said in an email that a working group, co-chaired by one staff

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College President Phil Hanlon outlined his plan to reduce extreme behaviors, bolster academics.

Hanlon shares MDF policiesDartmouth will adopt a hard alcohol ban

In a Thursday morning speech outlining a new social doctrine for Dartmouth, College President Phil Hanlon announced a campus-wide ban on hard alcohol — beverages containing more than 15 percent alcohol by volume — to be enforced the beginning of spring term and the mandatory presence of third-party bartenders and bouncers at parties

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hosted by Dartmouth or College-recognized organizations. Hanlon also reaffi rmed the continuation of the Greek system, but said that its existence could be revisited in the coming years. The changes, the subject of much speculation before their official announcement, were generally met with acceptance by Greek leaders interviewed by The

Class of 2019 will be placed in residential communities

College President Phil Hanlon announced new initiatives for resi-dential life, including a complete redesign of the undergraduate housing model. Beginning with the Class of 2019, incoming Dart-mouth students will be randomly assigned to one of six dormitory clusters. Beginning their sopho-

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more year, these students will live in these assigned clusters for the remaining three years of their undergraduate experi-ence. The College will commit $1 million annually to fund the social, academic and intramural programming in these residence communities. Freshmen will live on fi rst-

Student, faculty reactions mixed

Reactions to the announcement of a hard alcohol ban, new resi-dential communities and increased academic rigor were mixed follow-ing President Hanlon’s unveiling of

By NOAH GOLDSTEINThe Dartmouth Staff

Advancement of Learning direc-tor Lisa Baldez said that increas-ing academic rigor will shift attention toward an area in which Dartmouth excels, but that the changes themselves are minor. The

his Moving Dartmouth Forward policies Thursday morning. Faculty members interviewed generally supported the academic aspects while students were mixed on specifi c policies and the overall enforceability. Dartmouth’s Center for the SEE REACTIONS PAGE 3

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DAily debriefingLiving Learning Communities: New, theme-based, Living Learning Communities were introduced in the fall of 2014 as part of a larger initiative to improve alternative community living. These floors and clusters are centered around a shared student interest such as healthy eating and LGBT issues and feature a faculty advisor to the community. Of the Class of 2018, more than 200 students are enrolled in the new LLCs, making up 36 percent of their popula-tion. Additionally, a new initiative of permanent residential communities for upperclassmen is underway, and the policy will begin with the class of 2019.

Sexual Assault Policy: In spring 2014, the adminis-tration introduced new sexual misconduct policy to general approval from the community and student body. The new policy lays out stronger penalties for students involved who commit, aid, or incite sexual violence. Certain sexual of-fenses face expulsion, while individuals and institutions face sanctions for retaliating against students involved in sexual misconduct cases. It also redefined consent as “clear and unambiguous” and implements independent investigators to lead inquiries. The policies, which were adopted unani-mously by the Board of Trustees, were praised as leading the nation in addressing sexual assault on campus.

12F Alcohol Policy: New harm-reduction standards put in place by the administration aim to curb high-risk drinking and hazing in Greek houses. The policy, which went into effect Sept. 21, 2012, includes random walk-throughs in “common areas” by Safety and Security staff, as well as stronger requirements for student bartenders.

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Res life changes to improve inclusivityyear only floors, and first-year residential education will continue. Upperclassmen will have the option to live in Greek housing, affinity housing or in Living and Learning Communi-ties, but will remain members of their original residential community. Interim dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer said that she hopes the transition to the new community system will be transparent. While the system will begin with the Class of 2019, current ’16s, ’17s and ’18s may be given the choice to opt-in to a community if they wish, she said. The initiative also aims to facilitate faculty interaction and academic sup-port within the residential community system. In Thursday’s address, Han-lon said that the goal of the initiative is to create a campus that is more inclusive and cohesive between un-dergraduates, graduates and faculty. The residential communities will have faculty advisors and graduate students who live in the clusters, possibly along with their families. review of faculty candidates will begin this February, Hanlon said. “I’m hoping that each house will have its own identity and its own personality based upon the faculty leadership,” Ameer said. robert O’Hara, a consultant to col-leges establishing residential houses, said that the difficulty of implement-ing such a system is most apparent in the first years before house identities form. each house should represent a microcosm of the larger college student body. He said, however, that community can easily be fostered by having students coming together at weekly meetings that will kindle con-nections and friendships. O’Hara also said that the strength

of a house or residential college system comes from the rich social and aca-demic environment it fosters. The idea of membership, he said, is essential to the model’s success. dartmouth is unique with its aca-demic calendar, known as the d-plan, which makes study abroad programs and leave terms for internships pos-sible throughout the academic year. many feel, however, that the system makes it difficult to create a sense of continuity on campus, as students frequently move between dorms and friends’ d-plans often do not match up. O’Hara said that the implemen-tation of the residential community system would ameliorate the problem the d-plan poses for upperclassmen. He said it would give them a space where they feel they can always re-turn, with benefits that trickle down to underclassmen as well. “[The d-plan] is why the idea of membership in the house as op-posed to resident in a building is so important,” O’Hara said. “If I come in as a freshmen in a house, and then I study abroad my junior year, while I’m abroad I’m still a member of my house, and I can continue to stay in touch with them. It’s a wonderful thing for beginning students to see too, that there are juniors and seniors in their house that are now doing these programs, so they can see ahead to the opportunities they could have.” While the Greek system is a sepa-rate institution, O’Hara said that the development of a residential college system could affect its membership. While students who intend to rush will likely continue to do so, the availability of a community in the residential col-lege system might remove the appeal for students who are seeking a sense of continuity amidst the d-plan. The residential community initia-tive is similar to existing models found at other institutions. examples include the house system at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, the residential college system at princeton University and the dorm rush at the massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy. Students at these schools who were interviewed expressed support of their respective housing systems, emphasizing a sense of community and ease of access to faculty and other students. At the University of Chicago, fresh-men are randomly placed into one of 38 houses, each averaging around 70 students. After freshmen year, students are no longer required to live within their houses, but those who move out can still continue to participate in house events. June Huang ’15, an assistant resident head at the Univer-sity of Chicago, said that the house system can create a stronger support system from the start, especially in potentially dangerous situations. She cited examples of student intervention

in instances of alcohol poisoning “Knowing that you’re housemates and not just living in the same dorm can lead to a greater sense of respon-sibility for each other,” Huang said. “Sometimes, you don’t know their name but they’re a familiar face from the same house so you stay with them until they’re okay and make sure the house [advisor] knows.” O’Hara also said that the house system can remove barriers to inter-vention. A strong house system can create a family-like environment, he said, which can combat misconduct and promote bystander intervention as peers no longer seem anonymous. At Harvard University, freshmen are assigned to houses within the yard, a cluster of dorms at the center of cam-pus that house only first-year students. during their freshmen spring, students form blocking groups that are then sorted into one of 12 houses where they live for their remaining three years. Isabella Chiu ’17 said that the houses supplement the undergraduate experience, with each house provid-ing a network of professional and academic support in addition to din-ing halls and social spaces. Chiu said that while the houses themselves do not usually organize parties or social events, they often provide the physical space for organizations that wish to hold events. At mIT, students participate in a process known as “dorm rush” dur-ing orientation, where freshmen can sample living in the variety of housing options offered on campus. At the end, students select their preferences and are usually placed into their first choice. Linda Liu ’17 said that because students tend to live in the same dorm for four years, each community forms strong identities and subcultures. She said that through funding, students can take charge to create their own social spaces based on interest, which helps foster a strong sense of community and tradition. The moving dartmouth Forward recommendations outline a system of both academic support and social events for each residential commu-nity. In addition, the plan states that it aims to eventually have dedicated spaces for study and social interaction. The lack of physical social spaces on campus has been widely debated by dartmouth students. In the fall, the removal of residential space at Ledyard was widely contested, as students felt like it provided a social space that they had ownership of as opposed to other campus spaces like Sarner Underground or Collis. “Students have been coming to me since I got here five years ago saying that we are not offering in our residential communities the same kind of continuity that our affinity houses and our Greek houses are offering,” Ameer said. “We should be offering that to all students.”

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Hard alcohol will not be permitted on campus, at College eventsDartmouth. “I think a lot of it was pretty predict-able, and frankly, at the end of the day pretty tame in respect to its impact on Greek life and student life in general at Dartmouth,” president of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity Chet Brown ’15 said. Brown added that the elimination of hard alcohol will make managing social events easier for Greek houses and their leadership and praised the policy’s potential to mitigate risks. Panhellenic Council vice president of public relations Jessica Ke ’15 said the policies were still vague at the time of announcement and added that Panhell is looking forward to participating in the process of narrowing down the specifics of the policies. “Student voices really do need to be heard in this implementation process, and it’s really a function of the fact that we are the ones on the ground, we’re the ones in this culture,” Ke said. “The administration is overseeing it, but we’re living it.” In a statement provided by Inter-fraternity Council public relations and outreach director Brett Drucker ’15, the IFC lauded the role of the Greek Proposal — a set of policy recom-mendations produced in the fall by members of the IFC, Panhell and the Gender-Inclusive Greek Council — in influencing Hanlon’s recommenda-tions. The statement made clear that while the IFC does not agree with every aspect of Hanlon’s new policies, they look forward to continued collaboration with student leaders and administrators to implement these policies. Drucker is a former member of The Dartmouth Senior Staff. The specifics, including the timeline and enforcement structure, surround-ing the policies’ implementation have yet to be made clear. The hard alcohol ban states that hard alcohol beverages cannot be kept in students’ possession or be served at events sponsored by the College or by College-recognized organizations, including Greek houses. While the policy changes mention a commitment to expanding the size of Dartmouth’s Safety and Security force, the exact method of implementation for the hard alcohol ban was not made clear in Hanlon’s speech. Interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer said that some specifics will be proposed through a new social events and alcohol management work-ing group, which will be comprised of various community members. Experts in alcohol and alcohol policy have mixed opinions on the effectiveness of a hard alcohol college campus ban. David Hanson, an expert on collegiate alcohol policy and a professor emeritus of sociology at the State University of New York at Potsdam, said that he does not believe a ban on hard alcohol will be effective in combating high-risk drinking. “A ban on hard liquor really makes no sense,” Hanson said. “If [Hanlon]

wants to ban hard liquor, he should ban beer and wine, because a drink of beer or wine contains exactly the same amount of alcohol as spirits.” There is little logic in banning hard alcohol without banning all alcohol, Hanson said, though he did not advocate for the latter policy. Laura Forbes, the former chair of the American College Health Association’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Co-alition, said that Dartmouth’s new poli-cies likely would not dramatically “slow down the intoxication rate, because you can’t curb all the pre-partying.” Stu-dents will find ways to become “overly inebriated” if they wish, no matter the College’s alcohol policy, she said. Other colleges and universities around the country employ a hard alcohol ban, including Bowdoin College and Colby College. Colby, which implemented its ban at the start of the 2010-2011 academic year, has outlawed all hard alcohol on campus with the exception of a campus bar, Colby’s senior associate dean of students and director of campus life Jed Wartman said. “The primary sort of benefit or positive outcome is that the highest risk drinking seems to have been reduced,” Wartman said. “We still have issues with alcohol, and we still have students who consume to scary levels, but we are finding fewer students at high risk in terms of level of intoxication than we had before the ban.” Cathy Zhao, a junior at Colby, said that the ban has not stopped students from consuming hard alcohol. Instead, she said, it has pushed freshmen pre-games underground while upperclass-men continue to pre-game largely as they did before the ban. “It doesn’t promote pre-gaming any more than normal, it just promotes the hiding of pre-gaming,” she said. “It lim-its the healthy relationship that we need between campus safety components as well as the students that we’re trying to help.” Zhao also described the ban as “just a scare tactic,” and said that it has not succeeded in meeting the administra-tion’s goals. At Bowdoin, the hard alcohol ban is similarly ignored by some students, Chad Martin, a Bowdoin junior, said. The school made it clear that hard alcohol use was not acceptable when he matriculated, but Martin said he quickly learned that students partook with impunity anyway. “There are people who get caught with hard alcohol, and nothing happens really,” he said. “Just a small slap on the wrist and that’s about it.” Still, hard alcohol abuse is one of the more common reasons for alcohol-related sanctions against Bowdoin students, Bowdoin sophomore Hannah Miller said. “It doesn’t really impact the social experience — people still drink it,” she said. “It just gives security the ability, if they see someone drinking hard alcohol,

to make them pour it out.” Forbes said that a hard alcohol ban could only really be effective if it were enforced strictly. “How seriously is it going to be taken if there’s no teeth with the enforcement piece?” she asked. Stanford University briefly had a hard alcohol ban on its campus its summer 2012 sessions, but the ban was lifted after the university’s administration received negative student feedback, The Stanford Daily reported. Several Stanford officials either de-clined to comment or did not respond to numerous requests for comment. The ban at Dartmouth will simply lead to more high-risk pre-gaming and more secretive consumption of hard alcohol, Amarna undergraduate society president Julia Salinger ’15 said. “Prohibition hasn’t been successful in the past, and I’m not sure it will work here,” she said. Aylin Woodward ’15, the president of Phi Tau who noted that she was not speaking on behalf of her house, said that she expected discomfort amongst students over the policy. “Whenever you restrict a right to anything, especially a legal right, you’re going to have pushback, so that’s prob-ably going to be the basis of much of the collective malaise around his proposal,” she said. Woodward is a member of The Dartmouth Staff. Coed houses expect the impact of both the hard alcohol ban and the third-party vendor policy on their operations to be greater than the impact on single-gender Greek houses, GIGC president Matthew Digman ’15 said. “We have a disproportionate number of registered parties with hard alcohol, and we take great lengths to manage those well,” he said. Cristy Altamirano ’15, the president of Alpha Theta coed fraternity, said that the third-party vendor policy could potentially pose a financial problem for her house, for which dues are optional. The Greek Proposal contained a specific recommendation that hard al-cohol use be allowed at coed houses due to their history of safe events featuring such beverages and serving hard alcohol at numerous open-to-campus events. The exact form the third-party security and bartender policy will take is unclear, and Ameer said that specifics still need to be worked out. It is likely the third-party bartender and security policy will only effect “tier three” parties — registered events that serve alcohol and have more than 150 students in attendance, Brown said. Brown said that Beta has utilized third-party security in the past, and noted that he is not necessarily opposed to the change. It would, however, be logistically and financially impossible to have third-party vendors at every event hosted by Greek organizations, he said. Ke said that the loss of so-called “tails” events, at which hard alcohol mixed drinks are served, is not definite

FROM BAN PAGE 1 at this stage. Third-party vendor policies have a chance of success, Hanson said, as they shift legal liability away from the College and Greek organizations. The obligation of registered bartend-ers not to over-serve customers is an advantage of the third-party system, Forbes said, although she added that “a third-party vendor will never be able to tell is how much a student has pre-partied.” The University of Pennsylvania employs a similar policy for registered parties, which has seen mixed success, Penn junior Allison Higgins said. When Greek organizations or other social spaces host a registered event, officials are present to distribute alco-hol — usually only beer — to students 21 and older, she said. However, most students choose to go to unregistered events which are usually then broken up by Philadelphia Police, she said. Administrators at Penn did not respond to requests seeking comment. In addition to the specific policies

relating to alcohol, Hanlon also laid out a vision for Greek organizations to actively participate in reform. “Moving forward, it will be simple,” the recommendations read. “Individuals and organizations that choose not to fulfill these higher standards will not be a part of our community.” All Greek houses will be required to have two faculty advisors — one male and one female — and will eliminate any pledge term for new members. Brown said that the fact that the Greek system was not eliminated is re-lieving, and the changes offered were not burdensome when considered against that alternative. “I think there are going to be some very difficult changes that every Greek organization is going to have to make in the name of perseverance and self-preservation, but there’s no reason that shouldn’t be possible for every Greek organization on campus,” he said. Presidents of other Greek organiza-tions declined or did not respond to requests for comment.

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Not So Sweeping ChangeThe “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan leaves much to be desired. President Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” speech was measured.

It seems that few are completely happy with College President Phil Hanlon’s speech, but likewise, few appear completely unhappy. Yesterday morning, he presented a comprehen-sive — though perhaps not as far reaching as it could have been — plan to “move Dartmouth forward.” He started his address with a story about College President Emeritus John Kemeny and his visionary guidance of the school into coeducation. At this point, and based upon the fanfare leading up to the speech, I expected some drastic changes to be proposed that would fundamentally alter the course of our school and entirely reinvent the social system. I expected a set of changes that would be second only to coeducation, a visionary plan that would restructure the school’s very mission. He deliv-ered lofty goals and ambitions for Dartmouth’s future that we can all agree with, but in terms of sweeping changes, Hanlon left something to be desired — that is, if sweeping change is what you were desiring. What he delivered instead was the plan of a lifelong academic. He presented a series of measures that are all well-supported and researched. He relied on the facts and meticu-lously compared where we stand to other peer institutions in coming to his conclusions. The steps he chose to take will likely be effective on a small scale. What remains to be seen is whether they will be effective in actually combatting the large scale issues President Hanlon specifically intends to address: high risk drinking, exclusivity and sexual assault. Can an academic do the job of a visionary? Can Hanlon incrementally effect fundamental change, and capture the neces-sary support of the Dartmouth community to catalyze collaboration? Early signs point to no. Despite articulating the importance of real change coming from a partnership between the student body, the faculty and the administration, College Presi-dent Hanlon did not take steps today to win the alliance of the student body. Hundreds of people attended President Hanlon’s speech on Thursday morning, which seemed to seriously exceed his expectations. After Moore Theater was full before 8:15, almost half of the total number of people who attended were funneled into Alumni Hall where Hopkins Center staff hustled to increase the seating. Perhaps College President Hanlon expected that an 8:30 a.m. speech on a Thursday would not attract so many students, but apparently the student body cares more about the future of their school than the president might have expected. College President Hanlon has highlighted the importance of articulating the high stan-dards he has for the student body directly to the students themselves. It almost seems, however, as though he went out of his way to have as little student attendance as possible as he rolled out those expectations. If he had picked the single time of the week least likely for Dartmouth students to attend his speech, it would be 8:30 on a Thursday morning. While perhaps this was an intentional message to the student body that the administration intends to reclaim Thursday mornings for the realm of academia, it conveyed to many students, myself included, a serious disconnect between

ourselves and the man asking for our support in moving the College forward. The choice of such a relatively small theater to make such a monumental speech further undermined the importance of his words and the cooperation he claimed he was intent on fostering. To this end he outlined ideas that would see all student organizations face tighter scrutiny and tougher regulations. He appropriately left the articulation and enforcement of these policies in the hands of the Dean of the College, and it remains to be seen how the Greek system will change in light of new policies like a ban on hard alcohol and a mandatory annual review process. Hanlon focused on an ambiguous concept of “individuals — and organizations — commit-ting to live up to a higher standard of behavior,” while preserving the tradition of a social scene organized by students. The decision to ban hard alcohol on campus is perhaps the single boldest and most concrete step President Hanlon took. On the topic of sexual assault, Hanlon has implemented policies that mirror the best practices of schools nationwide, such as a zero-tolerance policy. The creation of an awareness program and a Dartmouth-specific mobile phone application are both reasonable steps in conjunction with the progress made last year by retooling the judicial policies and reporting procedures. Dartmouth is on its way to being a national leader in combating sexual assault. To truly address this issue, however, the College must empower women — and unfortunately there was no mention of local sororities, or even a movement towards a co-ed Greek system. Academically, College President Hanlon outlined a vision to push Dartmouth to fully realize its potential for academic rigor. He began and ended his speech with academics, making it clear that he cares about addressing the social issues facing our school in large part because he worries about how they interfere with the Col-lege’s academic mission. It is clear he feels that the environment in which Dartmouth students live and learn is holding us back academically. His academic plans, which include recruitment and retention of minority faculty and curbing grade inflation, are some of the best steps he has articulated for the College. I’m dubious, however, about the need for or efficacy of ear-lier classes on Tuesdays and Thursday, which seems a hollow statement about the primacy of academics above the activities of Wednesday nights. His plan is both measured and measurable — but it will only be effective if he receives the cooperation of the Dartmouth community. I challenge Hanlon to rise to the demands of his vision and lead the school not just with academic diligence, but also with dynamism and zeal. I challenge the student body to give these policies a chance and rise in working to meet the lofty goals Hanlon set for the school. Dartmouth, like any other institution of our caliber, has problems. Today at least, we have the courage to publicly admit them, and begin to fix them. Change is coming, and blind resistance or knee-jerk objection is misguided — it is far better to make our voices heard in a constructive way and work with the administration to effect change in the right direction.

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Yesterday, College President Phil Hanlon announced his “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan to combat binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. The plan includes a variety of measures that address sexual violence prevention, alcohol policy, residential life and academics. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Hanlon stressed the importance of community, safety, accountability and academic rigor. In his speech, he reiterated these goals, emphasizing leadership and courage. While Hanlon has the right goals in mind, the translation of those goals into effective policy will prove to be the real challenge. Yester-day, Hanlon presented us with a framework, but we are left with more questions than answers. It is clear that Hanlon has made an effort to consider student input, especially in terms of reform to the Greek system. We appreciate the plan’s recognition of existing student-led initia-tives to promote a safe and healthy campus, as well as its emphasis on increased accountability. These steps indicate a commitment to working with students, rather than against them. Without specific details about the structure and timeline of these initiatives, however, it is difficult to criticize or endorse the plan. The residential communities, arguably the most detailed proposal, still fail to explicate just how they will be different from previous, simi-lar housing initiatives. Changes to residential life can only succeed when they offer a better alternative to students than what is currently in place. Hanlon has yet to provide evidence that this new initiative will prove any more attrac-tive. We welcome this much-needed effort to support dorm-based community, but without a long-term vision for Dartmouth’s residential life, it falls short. As for Hanlon’s academic proposals, there is little evidence to demonstrate how earlier class times will result in a more rigorous cur-riculum, and even less information regarding when this proposed change will come into effect. Further, while the plan mentioned curb-ing grade inflation as a concern, it included no

concrete method to do so. Announcing that the College will devote money to experiential learning programs without defining any other aspects of the new curriculum is not enough. Hanlon devoted a significant amount of time to safety and accountability, yet those reforms were the least concrete. The hard alcohol ban, while the most memorable item on Hanlon’s agenda, lacks structure. It is unclear how the ban will function and to what extent it will be enforced, particularly in regards to first-years, for whom it has always been against College policy — and the law — to possess or consume hard alcohol. Further, the policy mandating third-party bouncers and bartenders at social events fails to convey its purpose. It is ambiguous as to which events will require these services, the function these individuals will serve and who will pay for them. As for sexual assault, the College is presented as a national leader, yet our reported numbers far exceed those of our peer institutions. Hanlon touts the zero-tolerance policy as progressive, yet announces that the College mandates expulsion only in the “most egregious” of cases. That the College finds some, but not all, instances of sexual misconduct “egregious” raises seri-ous questions about safety on this campus. To what extent can a smartphone app or online consent manual prevent sexual violence more than expulsion? In addition to holding individuals account-able for their actions, Hanlon intends to hold organizations accountable as well. To achieve this aim, Hanlon announced that student organizations will undergo an annual review process, yet he leaves the criteria for review open. What does it mean to “exhibit behav-ior befitting Dartmouth’s noble mission and name?” And what would the repercussions be if an organization fails to exhibit this behavior? This is not to criticize Hanlon or his propos-als, but to ask for more transparency as these proposed policies take a more concrete form. As Hanlon himself said, we hope that yesterday’s announcement is “only the beginning of much more to come.”

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Policies affect student life, academicsmember and one student, will review social event and alcohol management policies to determine the specifics of both policies. To enforce these policies, the Col-lege will hire additional Safety and Security officers, train residential life staff to enforce the new policy and require undergraduate advisers to complete inspection rounds of residence halls on “likely drinking nights” — Wednesday through Sat-urday, according to the proposal. The presidential steering com-mittee found through its research, including discussions with public health experts, that hard alcohol poses the most significant risks to student health, Hanlon said. The committee also considered an “open door” policy — under which students would not be punished for drinking in residential halls if their doors are open — but found that peer institutions who en-acted such policies had more severe alcohol issues than Dartmouth, so that the policy may not be suitable to the College, he said. Hanlon said that the College wants student input and perspectives on the new alcohol policy. Lawrence said that Safety and Security, the office of residential life and the office of judicial affairs will discuss and decide how to enforce the alcohol policy over the course of this term. This process will include meeting with undergraduate advisors and students to collect feedback. The College will also instate a mandatory four-year sexual violence prevention and education program in fall 2015. Lawrence said that the College will develop the program over the next two terms, but that specifics have yet to be determined. The plan also includes other initiatives that ad-dress sexual assault, such as an online consent manual — to be created by the end of the summer — and a Dartmouth-specific smartphone application students can use when feeling unsafe. The plan targets issues of inclu-sivity through a change to under-graduate housing. Beginning with the Class of 2019, first-year students will be assigned to one of six com-munities consisting of a cluster of residence halls that organize social and academic events. The College has dedicated $1 million a year to these residence communities. Starting their sophomore year, students who choose to live in a dorm will reside in the residential clusters associated with their community. First-year students will continue to live in freshman hous-ing. Students will remain members of their assigned community throughout their Dartmouth career, including during terms when a student chooses to live in off-campus, Greek or affin-

ity housing. A faculty advisor and a graduate student advisor will live in each community. Provost Carolyn Dever said that the residential communities will foster student and faculty interactions and bring the community together. To increase accountability, the College will require all student orga-nizations to undergo an annual review process. The College will also require all student organizations to eliminate pledge terms, an action that follows the decision of Greek leaders to ban probationary periods this fall. The College will also require all Greek houses to have one female and male faculty sponsor each and “an active alumni board,” beginning in the fall of 2015. A committee headed by Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer will create a written set of expectations concerning the annual review process and rules about hosting social events. “If in the next three to five years, the Greek system does not engage in meaningful, lasting reform, and we are unsuccessful in sharply curbing harmful behaviors, we will need to revisit its continuation on campus,” Hanlon wrote in the Moving Dart-mouth Forward plan. Hanlon said that the organization-al review will ensure accountability by asking Greek houses to explain how they further the College’s values, including inclusivity and safety. “It’s going to go beyond just, ‘Did I stay out of trouble?’,” he said. “It’s going to say, ‘What am I doing to pro-mote the values of this institution?’” He noted that the Greek Leader-ship Council took the lead in pushing for continued reform, and said that their proposals in the fall introduced more change than in the previous 50 years. While he said it is apparent that Greek leaders have thought ex-tensively about reform, he is counting on them to follow through with their plans. An external oversight committee chaired by Tufts University president emeritus Larry Bacow will report annually to the Board of Trustees and Hanlon on the progress of the plan. In addition, the College will be conducting two climate surveys — the Association of American Universities Sexual Assault Climate Survey begin-ning in April 2015 and continued on a regular basis and the National Health Assessment every other year starting in fall 2015. Ameer will head another com-mittee tasked with creating a code of conduct to be signed upon matriculat-ing to the College, which students will be required to sign starting this fall. The plan also outlines ways to increase the academic rigor of the College, Hanlon said. To this end, the College plans to commit an in-cremental $1 million a year towards experiential learning, and is also

considering earlier class times and ways to curb grade inflation. Dever noted that changing “cul-ture and expectations” concerning academics will be a long and slow process. Hanlon said that the addressing high-risk behavior is “a high-stakes” issue for Dartmouth, though he noted that campuses nationwide face similar issues. “Because the community is so tight, when a student harms another student or harms themselves, it really tears us apart in ways that on other campuses, it doesn’t have the same impact,” Hanlon said. These recommendations are the culmination of a plan laid out by Hanlon last spring, when he announced the formation of the presidential steering committee. For the past nine months, the 10-member faculty, alumni and student committee examined sexual assault, high-risk drinking and lack of inclusivity on campus. On Jan. 19, the committee submitted its recommendations to Hanlon. Hanlon presented the Mov-ing Dartmouth Forward plan to the Board of Trustees yesterday. Presidential steering committee chair Barbara Will wrote in an email that the difficulty will be keeping all community members engaged in the process. “This is not a process that is over — the recommendations are over, but the process is only beginning,” Will said. “What matters now is how the future plays out and how willing the campus is to follow President Hanlon in his vision.” Board of Trustees chairman Bill Helman ’80 said that it is important to think of the plan holistically. He noted that the alcohol policy is “very bold.” “It’s a package, one has to think about it as a package,” Helman said. “It’s a transformational opportunity for fundamental change that is only as effective as its implementation.” He said that moving forward, all community members must be held accountable to ensure the program’s success. They must also be open to introducing different reforms if the new policy does not have the desired outcome, he said. Hanlon said that while he expects criticism on some specific aspects of the plan, he does not expect any negative reactions to the plan’s over-arching goals and aspirations, as the community has expressed an interest in addressing these issues. Dever said that the future of Dartmouth depends on the success or failure of the College’s response to these issues. “I’m determined that it will be a success and I think if we can come together in partnership and really invest in Dartmouth, we can define the future of this amazing place.”

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Campus reacts to MDF policy proposals

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resources that Hanlon said would be provided for experiential learning, such as funding for materials, are going to help faculty expand what they already do in that field. French and Italian department chair Andrea Tarnowski said that Hanlon’s calls for more academic rigor will keep intellectual aspirations and ideals high at the college.Tarnowski said that she supported the faculty adviser policy because it will promote students faculty interactions outside of the classroom and prevent the partition between academics and the rest of student life. Computer science department chair Thomas Cormen said that while he supports that the policy will mandate that Greek houses have both a male and female faculty adviser, and he wants professors to take an increased role outside of the classroom, it could be a challenge getting faculty to give up their personal time to do so. Cormen said that despite the possibility that the hard alcohol ban could push drinking underground, he supports the ban and its inclusion of students over 21. “Plagiarism is legal, and Dartmouth doesn’t allow it,” he said. “They don’t need to allow everything that is legal.” Chair of the sociology department Kathryn Lively said she was not sur-prised by any of the recommendations through her involvement with the Com-mittee on Student Affairs and various discussions on campus. Lively said that it is important for the College to have a more diverse faculty and student body. She said she was skeptical about the effectiveness of the ban on hard alcohol. “If the students don’t want to change, then it is going to be hard for a policy, such as a ban on hard alcohol, to have them change,” Lively said. Student Assembly president Casey Dennis ’15 said that the student body should not be afraid of change and that Moving Dartmouth Forward should be taken as an opportunity for students to challenge themselves. Student Assembly vice president and student member of the presidential steering committee Frank Cunning-ham ’16 said he was satisfied with the recommendations that were being implemented but acknowledged that there were mixed reactions to the an-nouncement. Palaeopitus senior society and Stu-dent Assembly held a student forum Thursday night for students to voice their opinions, and questions were gathered to send to Hanlon and other administrators with the goal that they will be addressed at a town hall meeting later this term. Thirty students were in attendance along with four moderators from Stu-dent Assembly and Palaeopitus.

Palaeopitus member and moderator for the event Ashneil Jain ’15 said that the forum was held so the student body could work with the administration to change the parts of Moving Dartmouth Forward with which they do not agree. Discussions at the forum included questions and concerns over the policies.Palaeopitus member Shoshana Silver-stein ’15 said at the start of the forum that student involvement is key to Moving Dartmouth Forward succeeding. Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault president Victoria Nevel ’16 said that President Hanlon’s decision to continue the College’s rela-tionship with WISE is a step in the right direction for combatting sexual assault, but she would also like to see the results of the annual student climate survey be made to the public. Avery Feingold ’17, an undergradu-ate adviser, was disappointed by the announcement and said that the policy for UGAs, which will provide training on how to enforce the new policies, changes the purpose of the role. UGAs strive to be resources that students can come to if they get too drunk, rather than be people whose goal it is to report students for getting drunk or being irresponsible, Feingold said. UGA Tyler Fisher ’17 said that the announcement did not change much as UGAs are already expected to re-port any violations of College policy, including drinking in dorm rooms. He said that he believes that students who are drinking openly enough to be seen should be reported. Of 11 students polled by The Dartmouth, five questioned the enforce-ability of the policies and eight said they thought the policies went in the right direction. Hunter van Adelsberg ’15 said that while he thinks the general direction is right, he is less sure of logistics of some of the policies. “I am a little skeptical about how they are going to enforce some of the policies and handle some of the logistics and costs of what they want to do,” he said. Zoe Snow ’18 said she wondered how the current freshmen will fit into the new undergraduate housing system as they will be in the middle of the transi-tion but said it is good that Hanlon is addressing the criticism that Dartmouth has received. Anna Rowthorn-Apel ’18 said that she thinks the ban on hard alcohol will drive drinking underground. Julian Marcu ’18 said that the announcement, specifically the call to increase inclusivity at the college, painted the College in an unfair light compared to other schools who have similar problems. Several students attended the event and held up signs with slogans such as “Abolish the greek system,” and “boo.” Those students declined to comment.

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Skiing places second of 16 teams at Vermont Carnival

Continuing its successful run in its second carnival, the Dartmouth ski team placed second at the Vermont Carnival on Jan. 23-24. Held at the Stowe Mountain Resort for alpine and the Trapp Family Lodge for nordic, the Carnival featured tough competition from many Northeastern colleges. After a close race, the Big Green finished the two-day carnival only 56 points behind the University of Vermont — who dominated both slalom races — and 102 points ahead of the University of New Hampshire, which placed third. for a total of 884 team points. The team performed well across all four disciplines, women’s alpine head coach Chip Knight said. “We scored more total points than the previous weekend,” Knight said. “It was a step in the right direction to win a carnival.” The women’s alpine had a powerful start on the first day in the giant slalom race with a 1-2 podium finish by Foreste Peterson ’18 and Libby Gibson ’18. Peterson had the second-fastest first run (1:05.51) and the fastest second run (1:05.90) for a combined time

of 2:11.41 to earn first place. Gibson clocked an equally im-pressive combined time of 2:11.58 with the fastest first run (1:05.43) and the second-fastest second run (1:06.15) to finish right behind Peterson in the standings. Both competitors completed the slalom more than two seconds before the third-place finisher Lisa Wedsjoe of the UNH. Also representing the Big Green in the giant slalom was Kelly Moore ’18 who placed sixth with a com-bined time of 2:15.17. Overall, the women finished first in the giant slalom with 134 points while the UNH earned second with 109 points. A relaxed state of mind, Peter-son said, contributed to her ability to execute her game plan and make it on the podium. “I was happy to finish first and share the podium with Libby,” Pe-terson said. “We are very motivated to keep the momentum going.” Men’s nordic also had a success-ful first day, winning the 10K free with 114 points. Patrick Caldwell ’17 placed first with a time of 24:30.7, more than a minute faster than the second-place finisher Rogan Brown (25:38.8) of the University of Vermont. Fabian

Stocek ’17 placed seventh with a time of 25:53.9, and Silas Talbot ’15 placed eleventh (26:13.1) in the field of 92 competitors. Men’s alpine and women’s nor-dic struggled to make it to the po-dium the first day, placing fourth in their respective races. In the men’s giant slalom, men’s alpine finished with 101 (link 1)points off of a fifth-place finish by Kevyn Read ’18(dnd) (2:09.30), a seventh-place finish by Dylan Brooks ’17 (2:09.69) and a 14th place finish by Brian McLaughlin ’18 (2:10.63). UVM earned 128 points in the event, and Middlebury College claimed second with 105 points. In the women’s 5K free, Corey Stock ’16 placed sixth with a time of 14:46.8 while Emily Hannah ’16 finished in 12th place (15:09.03) and Carly Wynn ’15 placed 16th (15:14.0) to earn a combined score of 91 points. Overall, the Big Green scored 440 points total, putting the team in second-place behind the Cata-mounts by a slim margin of 17 points heading into the second day of competition. The men and women’s alpine squads placed second in the slalom races with 107 and 115 points, re-spectively. On the men’s side, the

University of Vermont continued its domination in slalom, winning the event by earning all three spots atop the podium. Read placed sixth with a time of 1:52.23, while Ben Morse ’14 and Brooks placed ninth and tenth with times of 1:53.13 and 1:53.17, respectively. Lizzie Kistler ’16 won the wom-en’s slalom with the fastest times in both runs and a combined time of 1:54.94, which was more than one second faster than second-place finisher Kristina Riis-Johannessen (1:56.06) of Vermont. Maisie Ide ’16 finished eighth with a time of 1:58.97, and Moore placed 11th in 2:01.28. The positive momentum from the first day’s alpine results, Kistler said, gave her energy to perform at her best. “It feels great to place first in the slalom,” Kistler said. “I hope to carry this confidence into the rest of my season.” In the women’s 10K Classic, the Big Green placed fifth with 86 points thanks to a podium finish by Stock, who finished third with a time of 33:21.9. Wynn added 24 points with a 16th-place fin-ish (34:32.6), and Jessa Fogel ’17 earned 19 points with a 27th-place finish (35:13.2). Vermont placed

first with 104 points, and New Hampshire finished with 102 points for second-place thanks. In the men’s 15K Classic, Caldwell and Talbot completed another impressive top-two podium finish for the Big Green. The duo, along with Stocek, dominated the field of 82 competitors for most of the race. After the first lap, Caldwell found himself in third place while Stocek and Talbot trailed close behind. However, by the final lap, Caldwell easily took the lead and won the race in 41:37.0 by a span of 11.7 seconds. Talbot clocked in at 41:48.7 to finish in second place while Stocek placed fifth with a time of 42:06.7. The men’s nordic placed first in the event with 136 points, and the Catamounts placed second with 111 points. This upcoming week, men’s nordic head coach Ruff Patterson said, the cross country men will have to adjust to the absence of Caldwell and Talbot who will be competing at the U23 Champion-ships in Almaty, Kazakhstan and the national level Super Tour races, respectively. The ski team will travel to Smug-gler’s Notch and Sleepy Hollow in Vermont for the St. Michael’s Carnival on Jan. 30.

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SPORTS FRIDAY LINEUP

MEN’S HOCKEYVS. RPI7 PM

This may be Super Bowl Sunday and the week before Winter Carnival, but that doesn’t mean that the big game (or planning ahead) should dominate your weekend schedule, as 14 Dartmouth teams are in action across the northeast this weekend as well. Here, we will refrain from making predictions on the Super Bowl, and instead offer our insight and analysis on three Big Green contests taking place this weekend.

Men’s Hockey vs. Rensselaer Polytech-nic Institute (Friday at 7 p.m.) After a successful trip to upstate New York last weekend, the Dartmouth men (7-8-4, 4-6-2 ECAC) return home to the friendly confi nes of Thompson Arena to take on RPI (9-17-1, 7-6-0) and defend-ing national champion Union College (12-10-2, 4-7-1 ECAC) this weekend. Last weekend, the Big Green broke a fi ve game win-less streak in a big way with a 2-2 tie against then No. 15 Colgate University before dispatching Cornell University 5-2 to vault back into the Receiving Votes category in the latest poll. On paper, this looks like a favorable matchup for the Big Green, but the Engineers defeated the Big Green early this season 2-1 in Troy. RPI averages under two goals per game and gives up over three, while the Big Green roughly break even – 2.45 for versus, 2.3 against. Goaltender James Kruger ’16 has been having a phenomenal year, and a typical performance should help guide the Big Green to a win. Last time, RPI used a two-goal third period to knock off the Big Green. This time, look for the home crowd to bolster the Dartmouth men to victory. PREDICTION: Dartmouth 3-1

Women’s Basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania (Friday at 7 p.m.) The women’s basketball team (10-6, 1-1 Ivy) comes off a heartbreaking defeat to Harvard University and stays at home to take on Penn (9-6, 0-1 Ivy). The Dartmouth women have been one of this year’s most upstart teams, needing only one win to match their total from the last two seasons combined. This also marks a down year for Dartmouth’s Keystone State foes, but the defending Ivy League champions are looking for

revenge against a Dartmouth team that upset them last season at Leede Arena. The Dartmouth women also post a stel-lar 5-1 record in the friendly confi nes, their only home loss being to Harvard last weekend. Penn only has one player who aver-ages double-digit points — sophomore center Sydney Stipanovich, who aver-ages 10.8 points and 8.1 boards per game. The Big Green only has two, but one of them — Fanni Szabo ’17 – leads the Ancient Eight in scoring at 18.4 points per game. Where the Big Green should be able to build an advantage is on the defensive end of the fl oor. The Dartmouth women average 28.7 defensive rebounds per game, including over seven per game from Lakin Roland ’16 . The Big Green also limit opponents to 36 percent from the fl oor, which is 34th in the nation. PREDICTION: Dartmouth 68-60

Men’s Basketball at Penn (Friday at 7 p.m.) The Big Green (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) comes into this weekend series against Penn (5-10, 0-1 Ivy) off a shocking upset win over Harvard last weekend in Cambridge. The team stays on the road to travel to The Palestra for Friday night’s contest. The Big Green have won just 18 games total in the famous Philadelphia arena, including just four of its last 55 contests. The Quakers are also coming in off a big win of their own against Big Five foe St. Joseph’s University. Penn’s offense is potent, shooting an Ivy-leading 45.2 percent from the fl oor, including 51.5 percent inside the arc. Tony Hicks leads the Quakers in scoring while Darien Nelson-Henry is the only other Penn player who averages double fi gures. However, the team struggles from long distance and the charity stripe, shooting a league-worst 31.2 percent and 65.4 percent, respectively. The Quakers also struggle to hold onto the ball, which will benefi t a steal-happy Dartmouth team that managed 13 thefts from Harvard last week. The Big Green are led by the three-headed monster of Alex Mitola ’16 , Connor Boehm ’16 and Gabas Maldunas ’15 , who all average double fi gures from the fl oor. The teams are relatively matched in scoring and assist averages, making this a potential for a very competitive contest. PREDICTION: Penn 65-62

By blaze joel & Brett druckerThe Dartmouth Senior Staff

Hughes ’15 captains team USA

For the fourth time since the start of the HSBC Sevens World Series, Madison Hughes ’15 has been selected to captain the USA Eagles sevens squad . The Eagles embarked for Wellington, New Zealand for the fourth leg of the series, set to take place on Feb. 6 and 7. Hughes, who has been fi lling the position of scrum half for the Eagles , has been chosen before each tour to maintain the position of captain, selected at camp in Chula Vista, California. Captaining the team, Hughes said, has taught him more about interpersonal connection and team dynamics than rugby itself. “I think I’ve defi nitely learned a lot about the different characters on our team,” he said. “I’ve learned how to motivate different guys because I think that’s what a big part of my job is. I am supposed to bring the team together with their different personalities and backgrounds.” Slotted at scrum half since the start of the World Series tour, Hughes fi nds himself in a unique spot among the seven-man squad to put his knowledge of his teammates to work from arguably the best pos-sible position on the fi eld. “I think my role on the team is to pull the different aspects together — the fast guys out wide and the big guys up front,” Hughes said. “I’m

sort of in the middle and kind of pull it together and get the ball to the best spot.” Also at the invitational camp prior to the Wellington Sevens was Nate Brakeley ’12 , a Dartmouth rugby football club member and former co-captain who played alongside Hughes during the latter’s freshman year. “The camp was great,” Brakeley said. “It was a very intense week and a very high level rugby. It was a re-ally neat experience to be part of an environment like that and see how they trained at the highest level. It was valuable to see where my weak points were at that level.” Brakeley played against Hughes this summer when Cambridge Uni-versity came to Hanover to play the U.S. men’s collegiate All-Americans. Hughes, who was playing fullback at the time, was selected to captain that squad as well. Brakeley, after having received his master’s degree from Cambridge, was invited to play with his old squad this summer because he lives in the area, and is now working for a software company in New York City. The culture of rugby in England, he said, made playing the game a different experience overseas. “The big difference between playing rugby in England and America is that everyone in Eng-land has been playing rugby since they were born, whereas on the Dartmouth team, you’ll have fi ve

guys who played rugby before col-lege,” Brakeley said. “In England, you have one to15 who are deep in their knowledge and skills.” A second row in 15s and a prop in sevens, Brakeley has also played rugby with the New York Athletic Club. Dartmouth rugby football head coach Gavin Hickie , who never had the opportunity to coach Brakeley but has seen him play, said the two Dartmouth players — despite play-ing very different positions — share a mentality on the fi eld. “Their attitude and desire to im-prove and their ability to galvanize those around them are strengths that they both share,” Hickie said. Now on his fourth stint as Eagles captain, Hickie said, Hughes has been exhibiting growth not only as a player but as a leader. “Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, Madison is maturing very, very quickly,” he said. “He’s becom-ing a very well-rounded world class rugby player. His leadership, game sense, game awareness is growing the whole time.” Hughes and the Eagles, after three rounds, fi nd themselves land-ing all over the standings, losing in the bowl semifi nals in Dubai before taking the plate in South Africa in the middle of December. Looking forward, the United States will be opening play in New Zealand by taking on one of the undisputed best teams in the world — South Africa.

By gayne kalustianThe Dartmouth Staff

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Madison Hughes ’15, four-time captain for the USA Eagles, is currently playing in the HSBC Sevens World Series.