Update Fri. Nov. 12 -- Possible Hazing at Dartmouth
The Nov. 12 issue of the student paper has a new story on the investigation, and I think it's a) priceless and b) revealing.
http://www.thedartmouth.com/article....=2004111201010
"Priceless" -- not priceless like a mother's love, but the other kind (to use a "Simpsons" reference) -- because:
*** the national general counsel for Tri Delta was reported as saying he was unaware that the chapter was being investigated by the police;
*** the national executive director of Theta Delta Chi is quoted as saying, among other things, "I would presume this would be a Tri-Delt problem." He also was reported as being unable to take action until Dartmouth gives him some details.
Now, I'll readily admit that both those people may actually be far more aware of and involved with the progress of the police investigation than they're willing to admit, but it does sound like they're . . . is clueless the word I'm looking for? Or maybe the victims of a communication problem?
And "revealing" because the staff of
The Dartmouth was evidently successful in getting hold of, and getting comments from, people reasonably highly placed in the Tri Delta and Theta Delta Chi hierarchies. Seems as though the student journalists there are not content with just reporting what comes from the local police and the college administration -- they go as close to the top as they can get. Equally revealing, perhaps, is that the general counsel and the executive director talked with the Dartmouth paper - - is this an instance of being willing to cooperate to some extent with students at an Ivy League school?
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