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Mar 18

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Community Council Votes to Disband Delta

ADP

Update: Community Council member Barrett Smith ’13, issued the following quote to MiddBlog in a phone interview tonight:

“Going forward, I believe the most important thing for the community will be for [the houses of] Palmer and Prescott to be social houses. These spaces were meant to be social houses and should serve that purpose. New student organizations can be created to fill these roles and I hope to work with the council to outline what the process of forming new social houses. It takes a lot of work, but I hope that student leaders on this campus will step up to the challenge.”

Middlebury’s Community Council voted earlier this evening to disband Delta, the social house often referred to as ADP, in a 13-4-1 vote. Last Tuesday the council held an open meeting to discuss the house’s future but tabled the vote until today when they reconvened in an executive session. Discussions over the fate of the social house lasted over an hour and other possibilities were considered, although ultimately discarded. The ruling will now go to President Liebowitz for approval, though he is unlikely to overturn the council’s decision.

The rest of MiddBlog’s coverage on the Delta case can be seen here. Keep following MiddBlog for updates as they come.

Mar 12

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Community Council Meeting on Delta House

UPDATE 3/12:

Read the report released by Community Council Res Life Committee here: Social House Review 2013.  Some highlights:

  • ADP’s dorm damage was $8,511 last year and $2,592 already this year.
  • Registered parties can go until 3 am?
  • 400-600 people fit in ADP for a party in J-term.
  • The Mill has 85 members and only 9 beds in the house.

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ADP

This afternoon, the Community Council set out to determine the fate of Delta House (ADP). Delta is one of the 5 social houses at Middlebury, which act as a rough alternative to Greek Life here on campus. After a warning last year due to excessive dorm damage and a social house review process this year, the house was in jeopardy of being disbanded.

After the presentation of the Residential Life Committee Report, the Council considered the fate of Delta house, the one house recommended by the committee to not be continued.  The major concerns of the Community Council were the lack of member participation in hazing prevention training, the failure to register parties, and the amount of damage done.  All social houses are allowed up to $2,500 of dorm damage each year, but after ADP exceeded that limit by over $5000 last year, Community Council put them on probation with a $1,500 damage limit, under threat of disbandment.

ADP was represented by Dan Lungo (former President), Emma Kramer (3 year member) and Jake Vacovec (next year’s president).

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Mar 6

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Res Life Committee Recommends Disbandment of Delta (ADP)

According to Community Council guidelines, every other year each of the five social houses goes under review  On review years, leadership of the houses is brought in for an initial 15 minute interview at which point the Residential Life Committee of Community Council determines whether further investigation is needed.  This year, Tavern, the Mill, and Xenia were each given the green light, while KDR and Delta (ADP) were brought in for further review.

While KDR resolved the concerns of the Residential Life Committee, issues persisted with Delta, leading to a further investigation and report.  At last week’s Community Council meeting, the Residential Life Committee presented the conclusions of their report, recommending that Delta House be disbanded due to a number of warnings and probation violations over the course of this year.

Last year, Delta house dramatically exceeded their dorm damage limit, inflicting over $10,000 of dorm damage on the house.  At the end of the year, Community Council voted to put them on probation instead of disbanding them, giving the social house essentially a second chance.  The council set a dorm damage limit of $1500, giving Delta the chance to meet the concerns of the council before any more significant action was taken.  However, as of late February this year, Delta had already exceeded that limit, with more work orders pending.

The recommendation from the Res Life Committee will be formalized at the Community Council meeting on Tuesday, March 12 with the discussion of a 35-page report detailing Delta’s numerous infractions which include failing to register parties and these counts of excessive dorm damage.

The rest of Community Council will then vote on the fate of Delta house, which may occur on the 12th or after if deliberations take longer.  While they are interested in hearing community voices, Barrett Smith ’13, the student co-chair, said that they “want to respect the hard work of the Res Life committee.”

We will have more information after the meeting on the 12th.  The meeting, as all community council meetings are, is open to the public; however, the vote and final deliberations will be held in executive session.

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