“Dartmouth President
Seeks End to 'Extreme' Behaviors”
“Phil Hanlon, president of Dartmouth College, Wednesday night told
student leaders that it was time for the institution to end certain
behaviors that he said are undermining the college's outstanding undergraduate
education and experience.”
“"Dartmouth's promise is being hijacked, hijacked by extreme
and harmful behaviors, masked by their perpetrators as acceptable fun,"
Hanlson said. "The list of offenses is familiar. From sexual assaults on
campus … to dangerous drinking that has become more the rule than the exception
… to a general disregard for human dignity as exemplified by hazing, events
with racist and sexist undertones, disgusting and sometimes threatening insults
hurled on the Internet … a social scene that is too often at odds with the
practices of inclusion that students are right to expect on a college campus in
2014."”
“Hanlon said that these behaviors are hurting the college, citing
a decline in applications this year as one example. "We can no longer
allow this college to be held back by the few who wrongly hide harmful
behaviors behind the illusion of youthful exuberance. Routinized excessive
drinking, sexual misconduct, and blatant disregard of social norms have no
place at Dartmouth. Enough is enough."”
“He called for a task force -- including students -- to move to
come up with strategies for changing campus culture.”
I think “extreme” is a conservative way of putting it, based upon
some the things that have been happening most recently…
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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