The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, February 18, 1983, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHomecoming Cluster VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 16 FEBRUARY 18,1983 Pep Rally, Talent Show Highlight Homecoming There will be two homecoming \ celebrations on the eve of the big game on Friday, February 18 in Willingham Auditorium. At 7 p.m., a special homecoming pep rally will begin the homecoming events. Guest speaker will be President R. Kirby Godsey. Dean Armour will also speak and introduce the coaches who will in turn speak briefly and introduce the Bears and Teddy Bears. Dean Powell will^then introduce the cheerleaders, captained by Tim Stapleton and Vicki Rome, who will lead the pep rally with cheers and skits. Following the pep rally, at 8 p.m., will be the First Annual Homecoming*Show v featuring College Street Singers, Stacy Frank, the Phi Mu Alpha punk Rock Band (guest starring Dean Powell), the Lord’s Players, Paul Joseph, the R.A.'s. and Phi Mu’s Washboard Band. Also. Bill Bristol from the Medical School and two alumni acts will perform. The emcee for the show will be Judge Tommy Wilcox (class of ’65). He will do his own monologue. All are encouraged to show Mercer spirit and attend both the pep rally and the show. 1 Fearing Lawsuits, Colleges Nationwide Crack Down On Fraternities By David Gaedc TUCSON. AZ (CPS)- University of Arizona officials ’’just couldn’t stand it anymore." Over the last five years. Sigma Nu fraternity members had done everything from driving gblf balls off the roof of their frat house — occasionally hitting cars, windows, and bystanders -- to dumping trash on parked cars, and even throwing oranges and other objects at the campus police. But then officials at the nearby campus hospital discovered bullet holes in an office window, and a .22^fcaliber bullet lodged inches from where a hospital worker normally sat. Police traced the angle of fire to a third floor window of the Sigma Nu house. “That was the straw that broke the camel’s back." recalls Dean of Students Robert S. Svob of the shooting incident. “We finally had to get tough.” Less than a month tyter, on Jan. 10. 1983, one Sigma Nu member was facing charges of illegal firearms possession, and the remaining 69 members of the fraternity — which had been on campus since 1918 — were ordered to vacate the house indefinitely. / There arc. in fact, increasing numbers of homeless brothers like Arizona’s Sigma Nu. Scores of fraternity chapters around the country are being disciplined and suspended in a new. nationwide get-tough administrative crackdown. It’s the first time in decades - some observers say it’s the first lime ever — some colleges have actually disciplined their fraternities. A couple of schools are even toying with the idea of banning the Greek organizations altogether For the first time in 20 years, for example, the University of Georgia last spring abolished a fraternity -- Chi Phi - because of alleged hazing and drug use. Alabama A&M permanently banned Omega Phi Psi last semester for repealed disorderly conduct over the last two years. The final straw: members ubducted a student and threw him over a cliff. The University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff suspended two houses last semester for beating pledges, one of whom was hospitalized for internal bleeding after his brothers-to-be severe ly paddled him. Dozens of lesser penalties have been Continued on page 5 Cadets Experience ^Operation Landshark’ Last Friday afternoon the skies above Mercer erupted as three Huey Helicop ters from Fort Benning, Georgia landed on the Mercer ROTC field to signal the beginning of two day9 of activities known as “Operation Landshark.” The operation included highly motiva ted cadets from not only Mercer but also Middle Georgia College and Georgia Southwestern College. Friday afternoon found the Marauders of-Mercer University and their counter parts from Middle Georgia College, the Raiders, engaging in an Airmobile Operation. During the operation the cadets were transported by helicopter from Mercer to wooded areas south of Macon where they encountered each other in offensive and defensive operations throughout the afternoon. “I found the operation very exciting and educational. My first experience of this type proved to be very enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the next time we get to participate in this type of operation.” said Cadet Butch Chewning following Friday's exercises. The following day more cadets frorr. Mercer and Georgia Southwestern entered the area to continue the operation. They participated in Tactical Training for the Individual Soldier and Tactical Application Exercises where the cadets learned skills needed for advanced camp 1983 at Fort Bragg. North Carolina. The day's final event was a land navigation course It was very beneficial to me." commented Cadet Bruce Foreman. “I got u lot more than I expected to get The field training gave me so much more than I could ever gel in a classroom. ’ Following the days activities the cadets were exhausted hut still in good spirits. Inside Carrying Guns '. From My Open Window...*. Bear Facts ...*. Grand Prix Kappa Phi..!? Black History... Kappa Sigma Hallquist Recital Wellness ), Sesquicentennial: Toby-Tot Mercer Growth P*ge 2 Page 3 •Pege 4 PiiTM ..PegeS ..PegeS Pege5 Page 6 P»ge7 ■ Page 8 Page 8

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The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, February 18, 1983, Image 1