VOL. CLXXIII NO.26
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
SAE derecognized by the College
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By PRIYA RAMAIAH
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Tabard faces three terms of suspension and probation
By ZACHARY BENJAMIN OPINION
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by its national organization for a minimum of five years for violations of health and safety regulations as well as a failure to comply with the national organization’s standards, according to a statement released by SAE national executive director of communications Brandon Weghorst. Members of the chapter at the College have also been suspended indefinitely from SAE national. Investigations by the Hanover Police Department and
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Last Thursday, the College suspended the Tabard gender-inclusive fraternity for three terms after the house admitted to violations of the College’s hazing, alcohol and recruiting policies, college spokesperson Diana Lawrence said. Following their period of suspension, the house will be placed on probation until the end of 2017, she said. Hanover police department began an investigation into the Tabard’s activities
last June, Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said. He declined to comment on the current state of the investigation, as it is still ongoing. The information from the investigation has been forwarded to the Grafton County attorney’s office, he said. The policy violations occurred last spring, assistant director for judicial affairs Katherine Strong wrote in an email. During this time, the Tabard broke College rules against hazing, hard alcohol and serving alcohol to minors, she said. In addition, the house violated Greek Let-
ter Organizations and Societies policies against new member recruitment, which require that potential new members be sophomores or older, she said. While suspended, the Tabard is banned from participating in or hosting any activities, according to the College’s Standards of Conduct. Activities after the suspension ends are less restricted. While on social probation, the Tabard will be banned from serving alcohol, Strong said, but there are not restrictions on activities during College probation.
The new leadership has spoken with judicial affairs to explain the steps they plan to take to refocus and strengthen the organization, Strong said. The Tabard is not the only Greek organization that has faced disciplinary action by the College this winter term. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was suspended by their national fraternity for a period of at least five years last Thursday, and subsequently derecognized by the College, following violations of health and SEE TABARD PAGE 2
Feeder line failure leaves main campus in the dark
By CARTER BRACE
The Dartmouth Staff
From approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night to approximately 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, parts of the College campus and the town of Hanover suffered a power outage. The blackout was concentrated around the central area of campus, including all buildings around the Green, the Class of 1953 Commons, Massachusetts Row as well as southern and eastern parts of campus. The Choates cluster also lost power as well as some restaurants
and stores in downtown Hanover. The outage was caused by a failed “feeder line” from Liberty Utilities, the electrical company that supplies the College with power. “[The feeder line] is essentially one way for Liberty Utilities to provide the College with power and its one of the main routes from their utility to our campus, and that one failed,” director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said. Liberty Utilities eventually restored power to campus by re-routing the way the College receives its power, Kinne said.
During the outage, the College’s power plant was able to generate some electricity to buildings which had lost power such as Collis, ’53 Commons and Massachusetts Row, Kinne added. The College’s Facilities Operations and Management department is conferring with Liberty Utilities to figure out the specific reason for the failure of the feeder line. Kinne said the outage was due to a failure in Liberty Utilities’ infrastructure, not the College’s. Safety and Security responded to several alarms on campus during
the blackout. Kinne said that both fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors were triggered in relation to the power failure. Some generators on campus succeeded in providing emergency lighting. However, the generators did cause diesel fumes to come into one building on campus. “There was a report that came in that there was a smell and there was an indication that one of the carbon monoxide detectors had gone off in the generator room, so as a precauSEE POWER PAGE 5