Class Notes
Applications for the class of 2019 were up by more than 6 percent, totaling just under 20,500.
On January 29 President Hanlon announced a wide range of policy reforms to curb high-risk behavior and to improve residential life on campus.
In September Dartmouth’s Interfraternity Council voted unanimously to do away with initiation hazing for fraternity pledges. It’s felt that hazing in the past has led to high-risk behavior and binge drinking.
In the last issue we mentioned that Dartmouth would be hosting a national summit on sexual assault. It took place in July. There were 270 participants from more than 60 colleges and universities.
The media has been on overload with reports of sexual assaults at colleges and universities all over the country. The government is now in the act with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88 and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill leading the way.
On April 10 Dartmouth announced it had received the largest single donation in its history—$100 million—given anonymously.