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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 100
members to vacate house by Monday
Dan Hallenbeck: Already re-
cieving inquiries on house
Sigma Chi
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
After an appeals process that
lasted five months, Sigma Chi has
decided to accept its five-year sus
pension and not take its case to the
Board of Regents. The fraternity
will move out of its house by
Monday.
Four fraternities and one so
rority have indicated interest in
the Sijpna Chi house at 590 S.
Lumpkin St.
The fraternity was originally ex
pelled in December 1989 by the Or
ganization Court of the Student
Judiciary after it sponsored a band
party featuring A Flock of Seagulls
at the house. Eight hundred to
1,000 people showed up, and the
band never played.
Sigma Chi was found guilty of
disorderly conduct, and on appeal
to the Judicial Council and Stu
dent Affairs Vice President Dwight
Douglas, the expulsion was re
duced to a five-year suspension
with the possibility of parole in
three years if the national office
made a case for the chapter’s re
turn to campus.
After Knapp upheld Douglas’ de
cision, International Sigma Chi
suspended the fraternity’s charter
indefinitely.
Douglas, who was out of town
Wednesday, has speculated that he
would call Knapp and Allen
Barber, vice president for Business
and Finance, and together they
would make a decision on the
house’s fate. But he said there is no
precedent for dealing with frater
nity suspensions.
Adviser to Sororities Claudia
Shrimp said Delta Sigma Theta so
rority indicated to her it had an in
terest in occupying the house. She
told the members to write a letter
to Dan Hallenbeck, associate vice
president for Student Affairs and
former housing director, which
they did.
Hallenbeck said he’s received
several letters from different
groups about the Sigma Chi house,
but wouldn’t elaborate on the iden
tities of the organizations.
Shamp said she talked briefly
with Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
members about acquiring the
house.
Adviser to Fraternities Ron
Binder said Kappa Alpha Psi, with
26 members, is the largest black
fraternity at the University. He
said that in the past, individual
members got together and leased
houses in Athens.
Shamp said, “On a personal
level, 1 reel like this is a great op
portunity for the black Greeks.
They should maximize that oppor
tunity."
James Brittle, president of Beta
Theta Pi, which occupies a house at
357 S. Milledge Ave., said the fra
ternity’s faculty adviser talked to
Student Affairs Vice President
Dwight Douglas on April 23 about
acquiring the Sigma Chi house, but
beyond that, nothing is certain.
Richard Young, president of
Sigma Tnu Gamma at 1393 S. Mil-
ledge Ave., said the Sigma Chi
house is only one of five options the
fraternity is considering in its
search for a bigger house in a dif
ferent location
Binder said Acacia fraternity,
which occupies a house at 745 S.
Milledge Ave., also is interested in
the Sigma Chi house.
Sigma Chi President Craig
Beard said he was more concerned
about finding housing for the 11
members living in the house now.
Remembering the Holocaust
In observance of Israel Week, Georgia Hillel sponsored Holo
caust Rememberance Day Wednesday. Hillel members designed a
Holocaust museum with posters of people, concentration camps and
events during World War II in the Tate Student Center plaza.
Hillel President Linda Mann said the museum was a tribute to the
victims of the Holocaust. A moment of silence was held at noon in
observance of the day. Ronette Bloom, assistant chairperson for
Georgia Israeli Network of University Students, co-sponsor of the
event, said national observance day is April 22, but Hillel decided to
have a separate observance day coinciding with Israel Week.
The week ends today with Peace Day, a day for students to learn
about Israeli peace proposals. A ceremony with Athens Mayor Dwain
Chambers and Evan Muney of the Israel consulate will begin at 1
p.m. at the Tate Plaza. Israeli goods will be on sale.
Above: Sophomore journalism major Tanya Woods views posters
at the Holocaust museum at Tate Plaza.
More measles
3 new cases
are reported
By PEGGY McGOFF
Staff Writer
Three new measles cases have
been reported at the University
since Tuesday, making a total of 10
reported cases on campus, Gilbert
Health Center officials said.
Two male students who are
roommates and live on Seagraves
Drive and one female student had
blood tests after reporting measles
symptoms, said Gerry Glasenapp,
coordinator of the allergy, immuni
zation and travel clinics at the
health center.
Health center officials weren’t
able to confirm where the woman
lives, but said that she has a class
with one of the students who first
contracted the virus.
Only one measles case has been
verified by blood-test results,
Health Services Director Jac
quelyn Kinder said.
Seven other students, however,
have been treated at the health
center for the virus since the first
case was reported April 21. Clin
ical indicators, such as rash type
and pattern and a fever above 101
degrees, allowed health care
workers to make these seven mea
sles diagnoses, Kinder said.
Two other students reported
measles symptoms at the nealth
center but have been treated for
the virus by family physicians.
Kinder said the majority of these
cases have been diagnosed since
April 25.
“We are seeing a slight increase
in the rate at which measles cases
are being diagnosed," Kinder said.
If Health Services sees a dra
matic increase in the rate of mea
sles cases, it will ask the state
health department for help in im
munizing students, she said.
When Clemson University had
an'outbreak of measles last winter,
the South Carolina health depart
ment required students to show
proof of immunization, Kinder
said.
University health services would
like students to volunteer to be im
munized, she said, to avoid a sim
ilar situation.
Officials at the Georgia Public
Health Department couldn’t be
reached for comment Wednesday
Health Services gave about 5,-
000 vaccinations last week but only
about 400 Monday and 300
Tuesday, Glasenapp said.
“We are very concerned that stu
dents are not taking advantage of
the opportunity to get a free vacci
nation,” Kinder said.
Health Services will be giving
vaccinations from 9 am. to 4:30
p.m. through Friday at the health
center and the Tote Student
Center and the same hours next
week at the health center.
Anti-Drug
rule only
applies to
Pell Grant
By GWINN BRUNS
Contributing Writer
Details are sketchy ns to why the
Pell Grant, a need-based federal
student aid program, is the only
federal aid program requiring a
student’s pledge not to use drugs.
Ray Tripp, the University’s fi
nancial aid director, doesn’t under
stand the logistics behind this. He
said the drug information should
be required “regnrdless of the kind
of aid.”
As with other aid programs,
such as the Supplemental Loans
Program and the Student Incen
tive Grant, the Pell Grant reouires
that information be valid ana cur
rent. The statements of educa
tional purposes and registration
status must also be signed. How
ever a fourth statement, the anti
drug abuse act certification, per
tains solely to the Pell Grant.
The statement became effective
September 1989 as a result of the
Anti-Drug Use Act of 1988. It re
quires Pell Grant recipients to cer
tify that they “will not engage in
the unlawful manufacture, distri
bution, dispensation, possession or
use of a controlled substance”
during the period covered by their
Pell Grant/
Enforcement of the anti-drug
policy is non-existent. There are no
computer checks with the Justice
Department Data Bank to deter
mine whether a student has been
convicted of a drug-related crime.
However, Tripp said he believes
the Department of Education will
begin computer searches.
The Department of Education
w
Ray Tripp: Feels rule will
soon apply to all aid
already verifies one’s registration,
or exemption from the draft,
through computers in the Depart
ment of Selective Service.
There have been no objections by
students concerning the anti-drug
statement. As of yet, no one has
lost a Pell Grant due to a violation
of the statement. There is a small
warning on the grant application
threatening fines up to $10,000 or
five-year prison terms if informa
tion is found to be false. However,
this is of little significance if there
are to be no drug checks, he said.
It isn’t clear why the Pell Grant
was singled out. Tripp said he spec
ulates that when Congress voted
on funding for the Pell Grant,
someone suggested the need for a
drug policy somewhere.
Art Leed, Student Affairs legal
adviser, said he is confident there
will be "new legislation where uni
versities must make public their
steps to deal with drug use. The ad
ministration is taking many dif
ferent steps to the drug situation,
and one of the approaches relates
to college students.”
Tripp said, “I think sooner or
later there will be some big bill so
that this anti-drug stuff will apply
to all federal aid grants, loans and
work opportunities."
Greek system leaders must accept liability
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Greek life is known as a world full of fun and
parties, but for some fraternity and sorority of
ficers social functions imply responsibility.
Greek leaders say they are aware of the lia
bility that comes with their offices. Many say
they think about what might go wrong every
day.
Jeff Cole, president of KaDpa Sigma frater
nity, said, “Every time you nave a party you
have a close call. It really stinks. Band parties
from the officers’ point of view are a real pain;
you can’t wait for it to be over."
At Kappa Sigma parties, officers aren’t al
lowed to drink, ne said.
"I know it sounds strange, but that’s the way
it is," Cole said.
John Hearn, former Sigma Nu president
whose term of office ended three weeks ago,
said liability was a concern to him when he con
sidered running for office in the first place. The
fraternity’s Woodstock party held last weekend
was different for him because he wasn’t presi
dent.
“I was off duty; I enjoyed the band. It was
nice. It’s always good to sit back and relax and
let another guy take responsibility,” Hearn
said.
While Hearn is relaxing, Lee Andrews, the
GREEK
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current Sigma Nu president, is thinking about
liability.
“It’s always a concern in the back of my
mind,” he said.
Andrews said his concerns are more about
the safety of the fraternity members than a fear
of a lawsuit.
Rick Sirman9, president of Alpha Tau
Omega, said, "It’s usually not all that bad. You
really don’t have to worry about it that much,
as long as you are careful. Plus, you have secu
rity."
Hon Binder, adviser to fraternities, said, “It’s
a tremendous responsibility. They are really
running a small business and have very little
guidance.”
Lawsuits against Greek organizations within
the last two years include a settlement of
nearly $21 million against Kappa Alpha frater
nity at the University of Texas, according to the
University Greek Life office. An underage
brother was severely iryured in an automobile
accident after drinking at a fraternity-spon
sored event.
Binder said several of the recent lawsuits
against fraternities listed the officers by name.
In one, every fraternity member who contrib
uted money to buy alcohol was listed individu
ally.
In another lawsuit an underage student
sought millions of dollars in damages following
a party held by the Delta Tau Delta fraternity
at the University of Arizona. Again, the student
was severely injured in an accident after
dnnking at a party.
Binder said sororities run a lower risk of lia
bility because they hold fewer social functions,
but sorority officers are still concerned.
Lee Woodham, president of Alpha Gamma
Delta sorority said, “A lot of times it’s scary to
think that I might be held liable for another’s
actions.”
It’s not the actions of Greek members that
the officers said concerned them, but mainly
the actions of uninvited guests to Greek func
tions.
Curtis Foster, the owner of Globe Security
who works as a security guard at many frater
nity parties, agrees.
‘Tnat’s the only problem we ever have. I can
say we never had a problem with a brother,” he
said.
Other schools also face funding investigations
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
The University isn’t the only in
stitution facing a growing public
interest in its operation or having
its private funding investigated
The Greenville News in South
Carolina has investigated the
Clemson University Foundation
and is in the midst of a legal battle
with the University of South Caro
lina over financial records.
Last September, The Red and
Black requested and obtained the
University of Georgia Foundation’s
financial records. The Red and
Black also requested vouchers of
the foundation's entertainment ex
penses and is reviewing those doc
uments.
In January, the foundation
Board of Trustees voted to open its
meetings after numerous requests
from The Red and Black and the
Athens Observer
The News’ April 29 edition con
tained a detailed report on the ex
penses of Clemson’s fund-raising
branch. According to the report, it
was the first time Clemson’s foun
dation had released its financial
records.
'The disclosures provide an un
precedented view of the way the
(Clemson) foundation spent the
money donated by Clemson
alumni, corporations and others
who placed no restrictions on its
use," the report states.
Kathy Sams, Clemson news
service director, said the Clemson
foundation released the records be
cause it had nothing to hide and
wanted to cooperate with The
News.
The News requested similar fi
nancial records from the Univer
sity of South Carolina’s Carolina
Research and Development Foun
dation, but USC refused. As a re
sult, The News and The Associated
Press filed suit to obtain the re
cords in 1987. The case is pending
in the South Carolina Supreme
Court.
Public Information Director Tom
Jackson said the University and
the foundation opened their re
cords on the advice of their attor
neys and the desire to comply with
state laws. But some officials do
feel openness has a chilling effect
on some subjects.
"Basically, if the law says it’s
open, it’s open,” he said 'Then, you
just have to trust that the (media)
will interpret the information cor
rectly ana fairly.”
Sams said the interest in the op
eration of public institutions is
growing.
"I’ve seen the level of interest in
what goes on (at Clemson) in
crease,” she said. “It’s all related to
a trend toward accountability."