<p>TheDartmouth.com:</a> Rolling Stone article targets College culture</p>
<p>How about this one:</p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com:</a> Pollard: Muckracking for a Buck](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/30/opinion/pollard]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/30/opinion/pollard)</p>
<p>The denouement:</p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com:</a> UJAO drops all 27 SAE hazing charges](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/30/news/sae]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/30/news/sae)</p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<p>The first 24 individual charges were withdrawn after SAE provided “physical evidence that proved specific claims by Lohse false,” Mahoney previously told The Dartmouth. The remaining three charges were rescinded for the same reason, he said today.</p>
<p>“In the current case involving alleged hazing by individual members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, information initially presented to the UJAO supported the charges,” Anderson said. "Information received subsequently, however, indicated that the initial information contained inaccuracies and was not a sufficient basis for the charges to proceed to hearing. Accordingly, all those charges against individuals have been rescinded.”</p>
<p>Thank you Consolation! I was just about to post the exact same link! Excellent piece by Ms. Pollard.</p>
<p>[Jim</a> Yong Kim and Dartmouth’s culture of sexual assault | Felix Salmon](<a href=“http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/29/jim-yong-kim-and-dartmouths-culture-of-sexual-assault/]Jim”>http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/03/29/jim-yong-kim-and-dartmouths-culture-of-sexual-assault/)</p>
<p>I found the Dartmouth’s President’s way of handling the hazing incident accusations and his appointment to the World Bank the same day the Rolling Stone article was published the most interesting.</p>
<p>Sexual assaults were at issue, not just hazing incidents.</p>
<p>Hazing will always occur. So will bullying, underage drinking, and sex before marriage. Knowing these things makes me more at peace with the world and able to deal better with issues.</p>
<p>parent1986, the ludicrously politicized attempt to smear Jim Kim by association with Reitman’s poorly-researched hatchet job is as ridiculous as Reitman’s claim that freshman DOC trips are hazing. Utter nonsense, and offensively so.</p>
<p>Consolation, the article in #5 speculates that the European Union will have objections to Kim being approved as the head of the World Bank because of his negligence in dealing with the fraternity issue at Dartmouth, which has been likened to torture. I’m aware of his resume and credentials, so it seems surprising to me, also.</p>
<p>Two teachers involved with the Florida hazing death were arrested today, incidentally.</p>
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<p>I agree. That’s total nonsense. As everyone on the Dartmouth board knows, I’m no fan of frats and their drinking culture, and I take a very dim view of hazing in general, but the DOC trips are one of the very BEST things about Dartmouth. </p>
<p>The DOC trip is a concept that Dartmouth invented and has been since copied by many other schools (Harvard’s FOP program for example) - to the great benefit of the students at those schools too.</p>
<p>beolein wrote</p>
<p>"“Hazing will always occur. So will bullying, underage drinking, and sex before marriage.”"</p>
<p>Humm, that is a poor list. Hazing should and will disappear when people stop condoning the savage practices and stop defending the guilty participants. Hazing should have no place on a campus if students could count on officials determined to eradicate every organization that remains determined to support the practices. </p>
<p>As far as the justice system, the answer ought to be lengthy prison sentences and multi million dollars judgments against the organizations that do not understand the term NO.</p>
<p>That Dartmouth is considered a leader in fighting the negative side of Greek life indicates how incredibly deep the problem remains. </p>
<p>A total disgrace! Just as this latest nomination to the WB. Is that REALLY the best the US had to offer? Really?</p>
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<p>How does hazing and bullying make it on to the same list as sex before marriage?</p>
<p>The former both involve intimidation, humiliation, and often violence. Sex before marriage might be against your morals but doesn’t usually include any of those. </p>
<p>I don’t understand hazing. If it’s consensual, then whatever- let it be because they’re choosing to do that. If it’s not consensual then it’s assault, rape, false imprisonment, or a number of other things which should be prosecuted. I don’t understand typical Greek life though so I won’t pretend to understand why anyone would go through pledging and all that. I don’t have any friends in fraternities or sororities and I have never been to a Greek life party. I am completely ignorant to most aspects of Greek life and I openly admit that. </p>
<p>I also don’t know where I stand on letting fraternities/sororities be associated with colleges. Maybe some honor societies, but I don’t know where you draw the line. I am a member of Phi Betta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi and I still don’t know. I really just don’t care about the Greek scene and the only reason I joined these was because I got a letter from the Dean of my college encouraging me to join.</p>
<p>romani, as has been said over and over, ther isn’t really a “typical” Greek scene, because it varies widely from region to region, school to school, and house to house.</p>
<p>I’ve never been a member of one, but certainly I’ve seen huge variation even within a single school.</p>
<p>When we talk about “hazing,” I think part of the problem is that the official definition these days is extremely broad. Some of the activities that are defined as “hazing” would be considered harmless fun by virtually anyone. Some of the activities are vile, dangerous, and humiliating.</p>
<p>Discussions about the exact definition of hazing are pointless, and only serve to bury the issue in semantics. Most people have no real problems to distinguish pranks or good fun from the practices that are humiliating or have led to bodily harm or even death.</p>
<p>The sad reality is that the most egregious examples of hazing are not pursued with the vigor they deserve. People who are trusted to make a difference --including the current spineless and apologist prez of Dartmouth-- lack the courage to face their donors and alumni who seem to have a romantic notion of the savagery of yesterday. </p>
<p>How many bodies do we need to realize that it has to stop? We do not need BS commissions. We need people with sufficient character to get rid of this cancer.</p>