DSP: Road to Home
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Michigan’s oldest college newspaper Vol. 137, Issue 19 - 6 March 2014 www.hillsdalecollegian.com Frats, dean develop alcohol policies Hannah Leitner standards of the chapter. Assistant Editor Petersen said that the main dif- ference between residence halls and fraternity houses is the frater- Hillsdale College’s Delta Sig- nities’ privilege to establish their ma Phi fraternity may get its house own rules within the boundaries of back this fall. If they do, the house the school and national fraternity will be dry. policies. “Now, we are just trying to “It really is an experiment in make sure that we are comply- self-government,” Petersen said. ing with the national and Hills- Through these students, the dale standards when it comes to dean, and local news reports, the the drinking policy,” DSP chapter national fraternity is able to keep president senior Joe Snyder said. tabs on the campus chapters. Pe- “Having a house will just make riodically, a representative will every aspect of the fraternity bet- come to check in on the fraternity. ter.” Petersen said that if a singular DSP is one of four fraternities issue of alcohol violation arises, on campus that abides by differ- the school and the local alumni ent regulations regarding alcohol board typically come up with the use. Each fraternity operates under (Caleb Whitmer/Collegian) punishment. However, if the issue its own individual alcohol policy, is reoccurring, the national frater- which depends on factors such as nity may step in. academic merit and national fra- “It is supposed to be left to the ternity policy. fraternities to self-govern,” Snyder DSP: Road to home Each policy, however, resides said, “but obviously, if there is a under the umbrella of the dean’s problem, then the college is sup- Evan Brune with them is to improve the heart satisfied one of our requirements “I’m moving forward with office campus-wide alcohol pol- News Editor of their chapter. We want them for accreditation,” Wendt said. them returning to the chapter posed to come in.” icy, as listed in the student hand- Consequences from the dean to continue being serious about “We got 20 guys down there in house, and I am presuming a book. fraternity, and making a strong contact with our national head- strong accreditation score,” Pe- can range anywhere from tem- Delta Sigma Phi fraternity lost In DSP’s case, dry houses are a porary renunciations of alcohol positive influence on this campus quarters, and before, we hadn’t tersen said. “There will be 10 nationwide policy for the fraterni- its house more than two years and in the community.” really had much contact with the to 15 guys that I’ll move into privileges to the loss of the house. ago due to a range of violations, ty, which was instituted in the past If the national fraternity chooses to In the past three years, DSP national fraternity.” the house. There are going to be several years. including possession of alcohol. has gone from an accreditation Wendt said the conference fo- some restrictions and expecta- act, consequences can include the Now, the men of DSP are on their Of the three current college fra- revocation of the chapter from the score of zero to a 72, accord- cused on recruitment tactics and tions, and we’re going to work ternity houses, only Sigma Chi has way to reclaiming their home. ing to junior Paul Wendt, future philanthropy ideas, as well as a together on those details.” campus. An agreement between Dean house-alcohol privileges, although After its rechartering in 2009 chapter president. number of team building exer- Snyder said his work with Pe- no liquor is allowed in their house. of Men Aaron Petersen and the “We have made a lot of im- cises. Petersen and Associate tersen was productive. and moving into a house in 2013, chapter states that an accredita- The other two fraternities, Alpha Delta Tau Delta fraternity is a dry provements over the last two Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers also “The focus was on getting the Tau Omega and Delta Tau Delta, tion score of 80 or higher will al- years,” Wendt said. attended the conference. house back and setting a good fraternity but Chapter President low the college to move forward once had wet houses but no longer junior Rossteen Salehzadeh said Fraternal accreditation is de- “Dean Pete kept the ship run- score,” he said. “After the meet- do for disciplinary reasons. with a plan to return the house to termined by a number of factors, ning and let the national frater- ing, all the officers sat down, and the fraternity is looking into peti- the fraternity. The accreditation Dean of Men Aaron Petersen tioning the dean in order to have including participation in philan- nity do their job,” Wendt said. we all made a plan, and, as long said the alcohol policy in fraterni- is done by the national fraternity. thropy projects, alumni events, Upon their return to cam- as we accomplish that, then we’ll alcohol at requested events. “We want to see a strong ac- ties depends on four factors: the “The actions from the past have and national conferences. pus, a conversation began about get the house back.” behavior of the members of the creditation score from them,” Part of those improvements how fraternity members could Snyder said aspects of that definitely help shaped our attitudes Petersen said. “We need to see fraternity, the college policy, the in the house now as to what we can included attending a conference return to their house. Petersen plan include service projects, fraternity’s national board, and the that they can sustain strong ef- of the national Delta Sigma Phi and Chapter President senior Joe philanthropy events, increased and can’t allow,” Salehzadeh said. fort and performance, which is local alumni association. Alpha Tau Omega Chapter fraternity in Indianapolis, Ind., in Snyder developed a plan that put recruitment, increased fraternity Within each house there are something we’ve talked a lot January. the men of DSP on track to return GPA average, and alumni en- President Dan Vandegriff said he about. What we’ve been after designated officers that are elected “The Indianapolis conference in the fall 2014 semester. See DSP A3 by the fraternity to maintain the See Alcohol A3 Off-campus permission rates Rebirth of Liberty & dropped for men The Freedom Freedom Founders’ Learning Campaign Morgan Delp tion to live off campus, the ad- Fund Quest Campaign Sports Editor ministration notifies the next stu- 1976-1980 dents in line that they are granted 1976-1980 1987-1996 2001-2012 permission. Because of this and Raised: $230 M In an effort to convert Nied- fluctuations in admitting the $32 M $202 M $635 M Goal: $470.2 M feldt Residence back to a male freshman class of 2018, the pro- dormitory for next school year, cess of notification could go on and due to the female-dominated until May. rising junior class, the adminis- Philipp said it has never been tration has allowed fewer men to a problem for seniors to live move off campus and increased off campus. Not all juniors and the girls’ allowance from last sophomores are always allowed year. to leave college housing, even if As of Feb. 28, 51 men and 106 they were granted permission the women were newly permitted to previous year, or one of their po- leave campus housing, joining Campaigning for capital tential housemates was granted the 109 men and 48 women who permission. However, for col- College has raised $1.1 billion in capital campaign fundraisers since 1976 will return to off-campus housing lege-owned houses, she said that this fall. This equals 314 Hills- returning residents may choose Alex Anderson avoid dependence on state and Title IX mandated that no vid that kept Goliath government dale students that are projected to underclassmen to move in with Web Editor federal aid, struck a chord with the person could be excluded from off its back,” Hiner wrote. live off-campus next year. them. national media, dignitaries, and participation, denied benefits, or In March 1976 a letter sent This number could change, “The key to housing is making thousands of individual donors. discriminated based on sex under by Martin Gerry, acting direc- depending on the number of ad- Hillsdale College has raised sure friends can stay with friends. $1.1 billion since it began its 40- Hillsdale’s Goliath: the any educational activity supported tor of the Office for Civil Rights, mitted freshmen in the fall. All residence halls are differ- threat of Title IX by federal assistance. informed Hillsdale College Presi- “The end variable is the admis- year fight against state and federal ent, but as long as we can keep regulations. Three completed cap- In October 1975, the Board of Despite the college’s historic dent George Roche III that stu- sions number,” Dean of Women friends together they seem to be Trustees published a resolution non-discriminatory mission, “to dents enrolled at Hillsdale College Diane Philipp said. “There are ital campaigns, led by Presidents happy,” Philipp said. George Roche III and Larry Arnn, which openly resisted The Higher furnish all persons who wish, irre- were participating in a number of usually slightly more women Niedfeldt Residence was con- Education Amendments of 1972, spective of nation, color, or sex, a government funded programs. than men, by our projections. have successfully endowed the verted from a men’s dorm to a security of Hillsdale’s academic an act signed into law by Presi- literary and scientific education,” Gerry concluded that such partici- We have to house the freshmen, women’s during the 2012-2013 dent Richard Nixon.