"Don’t blame Dean Wormer or double-secret probation; it was the New Hampshire Supreme Court that sealed the fate of the fraternity that inspired “Animal House.”
The justices ruled Tuesday that the former Alpha Delta fraternity house can no longer lodge Dartmouth College students under a town of Hanover zoning ordinance." …
No. It was the president and rest of his oh-so-PC administration who appear determined to eliminate the Greek system.
When I was speaking with my D last night I told her about this and she said “so what? it is not the big deal that the press is making it out to be”
While people pay not be able to live in the house, AD will not be the first derecognized frat that will hold meetings in their house and hold functions in their house (because it is still their house).
Without the rent/lodging money, I’m not sure how long they’ll be able to afford using it as a “clubhouse.” I’m sure the administration would put up roadblocks to using, for example, as a rental venue for events. Oh … maybe they can open a storage business for students’ possessions over the summer & away terms in competition with the hardware store. All those upstairs rooms are just going to be so much empty space if there’s no acceptable use.
Oh, don’t let @STEM2017 know about this; judging from his icon here, he’ll be broken-hearted.
…that was fast.
The house does not belong to the college, it belongs to the frat. It would be up to AD and their members (current and former) as to what will ultimately be done with the house.
What a shame. The end of an historical era.
But, sybbie, they have to comply with the zoning code, and the town appears be in the college’s pockets. If you don’t think the college is hoping to get its hands on the house, I think you’re sorely mistaken.
Dartmouth should purchase the AD animal house and turn it into a gathering place for Pre-Vet majors. A new twist to the old theme, allowing it to live on.
I did not say that the college may be looking to get it’s hands on the house; I said that the house did not belong to Dartmouth, but is owned by the frat.
You know, I think the idea that AD was the sole inspiration for the movie is a misconception that should be put to bed.
From Wikipedia:
Oh, the horror! WUSTL!! Canada, even!!
As usual, click bait articles are posted by Mr. Berry. Less sensationalistic coverage is ignored.
Further developments: Board of Trustees saying that re-recognition will not be allowed.
I think the telling part of the letter (apart from the stark admission that the college told AD one thing and then changed its mind) is the acknowledgement that "all, or nearly all, organizations seeking re-recognition have eventually been re-recognized.” But that’s not the case any longer. Sounds like a scorched earth policy to me.
Maybe the president & vice-president can marry each other every year and then adopt whoever wants to live in the house. Only half joking.
What’s next? A ban on former ADs associating? A ban on students attending “non-recognized” social events? A policy excluding such students from holding campus leadership positions and obtaining institutional endorsements for awards like the Rhodes Scholarship? Don’t laugh. That last one is Harvard (http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/5/6/college-sanctions-clubs-greeklife/), and Hanlon, of course, wants to be Dartmouth University, so why not copy the “best”?
AD’s actually gone now. The entire house is boarded up (because people broke in during the summer, had parties, stole composites etc.) and the would-be AD pledges went to other houses. The current AD brothers either hang out at other frats or in their off-campus house. Hanlon actually succeeded in erasing AD off the map.
And his big capital campaign just got canceled. Coincidence? I doubt it. He appears to be in the running for worst president ever. It’s hard to top Jim Wright and Jim Kim, but I think Phil can pull it off.
So are you in total disagreement with his efforts to move away from D’s frats/drinking/assaulting/hazing image, with the house system, etc? There are those who would claim that that image is what is really holding D back these days.
What do you think the president should be doing? Genuinely curious.
I think he should be developing a “real” house system instead of the faux thing he has come up with. I think there should be a right of return to a given dorm rather than the lottery. I think house advisers should not be tossed out on a whim. I think he should shrink the bloated administration. I think he should connect more with the faculty [more is the wrong word, since that implies he does so at all]. I think he should abandon this stupid energy project. I think he should support the things that made Dartmouth COLLEGE great and stop trying to make it into Dartmouth University. Is that enough?
I do not think his war against the Greek system is useful. I do not think the “frats/drinking/assaulting/hazing image” is accurate, since hazing and sexual assaults occur at institutions with little or no Greek presence. I have said so many times over the years in this forum. I am not going to engage in that discussion again.
I said “image,” not reality.
I am told that applications to D were down this year, while all of the other Ivies were up. Why do you think that is?