On January 29 President Hanlon announced a wide range of policy reforms to curb high-risk behavior and to improve residential life on campus. The new policy will prohibit hard liquor on campus (a policy already adopted by Bates, Bowdoin and Colby), eliminate pledge term and include male and female faculty advisors for single-sex Greek houses. The Greek system will remain on campus only if members adhere to the new strict rules. An external oversight committee, chaired by former Tufts president Larry Bacow, will evaluate campus progress. The speech was picked up by many newspapers. To quote The Economist, “The college, which inspired Animal House, [has announced that] if the Greek system does not engage in ‘meaningful, lasting reform,’ it could be ended.”


Dartmouth has also recently developed a sexual respect website, consolidating existing resources in an effort to produce a safer and more inclusive environment.


More housing will be added to the existing 13 living-and-learning communities that include entrepreneurial, triangle, global, Chinese language and Native American houses. Four more will open this year, increasing opportunities for students to interact with faculty and share similar interests with their fellow students.


Matthew J. Slaughter, a 45-year-old Tuck economics professor and White House advisor, will become the 10th dean of Tuck School in June, replacing Paul Danos, who is retiring. Edward Gerson ’35 has written about watching Orozco create his stupendous murals. My wife, Mary Mecklin Jenkins, shared that experience. To quote her, “As a 9-year-old I was drawn to watch Orozco because I wanted to see if he would spill his paints or fall from his scaffold because he had only one usable arm. He didn’t, but he did mange to enthrall me as his huge masterpiece evolved.”


Lots of snow this winter! Winter Carnival brought some interesting ice sculptures, but no victory for the Big Green, which came in second behind the University of Vermont.


Sorry to report the deaths of William MacFarland Jones and Harry F. Hopper. Our condolences to their families.


—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org