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Group files to reinstate student housing at notorious Dartmouth frat house
The Alpha Delta Alumni Corporation has filed an appeal with the Hanover zoning board a decade after the college derecognized the fraternity for hazing violations.
An off-campus fraternity in Hanover has filed to reinstate student housing at its building on the Dartmouth College campus. The Alpha Delta fraternity is known to have partially inspired the 1978 movie “Animal House.” In 2015, the fraternity was derecognized for hazing violations, and its status as a student organization was revoked.The Alpha Delta house had already been under investigation at the college for prior hazing, branding, and underage drinking in 2012 before the judicial committee revoked its status as a student organization. After the fraternity was derecognized, the town of Hanover decided the fraternity’s house on Wheelock Street was no longer a student residence because zoning rules required that such buildings operate in conjunction with an institution, such as the college.Alpha Delta tried to appeal the decision, but its arguments were rejected by the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2017. Now, almost a decade later, an agent for Alpha Delta Alumni Corporation has filed for a special exception from the Hanover zoning board to convert the fraternity’s building from an office space back to student housing. The meeting is scheduled to take place Thursday, Nov. 20.
An off-campus fraternity in Hanover has filed to reinstate student housing at its building on the Dartmouth College campus.
The Alpha Delta fraternity is known to have partially inspired the 1978 movie “Animal House.” In 2015, the fraternity was derecognized for hazing violations, and its status as a student organization was revoked.
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The Alpha Delta house had already been under investigation at the college for prior hazing, branding, and underage drinking in 2012 before the judicial committee revoked its status as a student organization. After the fraternity was derecognized, the town of Hanover decided the fraternity’s house on Wheelock Street was no longer a student residence because zoning rules required that such buildings operate in conjunction with an institution, such as the college.
Alpha Delta tried to appeal the decision, but its arguments were rejected by the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2017. Now, almost a decade later, an agent for Alpha Delta Alumni Corporation has filed for a special exception from the Hanover zoning board to convert the fraternity’s building from an office space back to student housing.
The meeting is scheduled to take place Thursday, Nov. 20.
