This article is unnecessary and cruel- why would you report that student’s name? Obviously she has enough trouble to deal with- having her name associated with a misdemeanor (a lot like getting caught with alcohol underage) forever on the internet is a lot of public shaming she probably doesn’t deserve.

Agreed. Why do you guys keep publishing the names of students? Stop taking your publication so seriously and for once have a tiny bit of consideration for your fellow students' privacy. YOU GUYS ARE STUDENTS.

While these matters need to be taken seriously by the law and by the administration, there is no reason that a college publication, dedicated to supporting our student community, should be naming individuals in relation to such serious offenses for others to gawk at. The campus news can and should be reported without public humiliation for those mentioned in your articles.

I’ve always been a supporter of The D, but articles like this seriously make me question the intentions of your publication. Our prestigious paper should not operate like a gossip blog or celebrity tabloid. Please show more respect to your fellow students and demonstrate some journalistic integrity.

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Her name is reported because she was arrested for a potential felony. She committed the crime. There is no coddling done after that. Her name being in the D is not only quite normal for such a serious matter, but also it is certainly the least of her issues. The name would be reported in any reputable newspaper anywhere.

I guess you people have never read a police blotter this is pretty standard.

but aren’t arrest reports public record anyway? unless there is some legal or practical precedent that these commenters are referring to that protects a person from having it publicly known that they’ve been charged with a crime until they’ve been convicted, please stop living in a fantasy world where just because you go to dartmouth you get people to cut your steak for you, wipe your bottom, slap you on the wrist, and send you on your entitled merry way.

wake up, once you get arrested for a crime on this level it’s hard to cling to the cushy privilege you may have once enjoyed. and the idea that one’s “reputation” should be protected at the expense of journalistic duty to report the publicly available news is really nothing more than a symptom of out-of-control privilege.

While obviously it sucks to have your name permanently on the internet (because of the chance she’s innocent or at least not under felony charges), it’s pretty obvious that this story is already public. It’s not the D’s fault that people will know about this, it’s already public knowledge once she gets arrested. Who cares if the people writing this are students? It’s the same in the real world. We’re all peers now.

I’m not sure why my comment is not being approved, but I’ll try again.

We might want to protect a fellow student from the shame that comes from having your name printed in the D for everyone to read about the allegations being brought against you, but unfortunately, it is a part of the price you pay for committing a crime. Even though we are fellow students, we are also adults.

Ridiculous argument. The D is under no obligation to “protect the reputations” of those who are accused of breaking the law, especially when it is such a horrible and egregious offense as stealing another student’s credit card for purchases. The Dartmouth is a reputable, long-standing newspaper and thus it follows a basic reporting standard, including reporting the stories and names of those who break the law. This student is neither under the age of 18 or involved in a privacy-controlled situation. Those who think that the D is responsible for protecting the student’s namesake clearly do not understand the point of a newspaper and accurate reporting. If you do not want your name in the D… don’t do something horrible.

you know why the rest of us don’t have our name printed in the d? because we didn’t steal someone’s credit card. don’t do that, and your name won’t be printed. simple.

My issue with this article is why mention the sorority? I’m not familiar on the standard operating procedure for naming someone, so I can’t comment on that. But was naming the sorority a necessary component to this article? I’m not a Kappa, but as a member of a Greek organization on campus, I would feel very offended and even harassed if my organization’s name were attached to the actions of one person.

I understand that she was arrested at Kappa, but wouldn’t it have been more prudent to just say “Greek organization”? You’ve vilified the girl on the Internet. Why vilify the organization as well?

Granted, the girl has done a bad thing. But this article makes her face public humiliation, not only in the face of the Dartmouth campus but also her own house.

@anon 3:42am There’s this little thing in this country called “presumption of innocence.” Until she is proven guilty, she should be presumed innocent. An arrest is not proof of guilt. How sad that you don’t seem to understand that’s exactly why the D should be protecting her reputation.

Just because there’s presumption of innocence doesn’t mean newspapers don’t report the names of people who get arrested. As others have mentioned, any police blotter in any regular newspaper would do so.

As above. Innocent until proven guilty. The authors of this article need to have a think about the information they have shared and the legal ramifications it could create. I know Dartmouth isn’t exactly a leader amongst the Ivy’s but this is low even by D standards.