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the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 103 no 26 friday february 2 1996 all the lehigh news first ifc passes controversial decision by kristen chanley assistant news editor the interfraternity council revised its social policy tuesday by lifting the ban on kegs from fraternities according to ben malekzadeh 96 president of ifc there is a big discrepancy between the university social policy and the ifc social policy malekzadeh said the school does not have a ban on kegs from the campus but ifc has had a ban on kegs from fraternities the ban on fraternities having kegs went into effect in the spring semester of 1993 the main reason for the ban was the fact that 15 of lehigh's 28 fraternities are under ftpg the fraternity insurance purchasing group these fraternities are not allowed to have kegs according to their individual national rules and by-laws with the newly revised social policy those fraternities would still not be allowed to have kegs but those who can have kegs nationally would now be able to parties would still be byob with beer cards and stamps for those over 21 malekzadeh said the kegs would be used for other fraternity social events according to malekzadeh the idea to change the ban on kegs just surfaced this past saturday at a greek leadership retreat the ifc executive board and fraternity presidents held a 20 minute discussion involv ing the pros and cons of the issue and then voted the revised social policy was passed with a vote of 23 to 5 michael mcnally 96 former secretary of ifc agrees with the ifc's decision to legal ize kegs basically kegs are cheaper and easier for everyone mcnally said if it's in the power of the ifc they're going to do it scott walter greek affairs coordinator and ifc adviser strongly feels that a 20 minute discussion is not enough to make a decision that will affect the ifc's entire relationship with university administration i just don't agree with it walter said the repercussions of such a huge decision definitely need to be discussed thoroughly the nationals of those 15 fraternities have rea sons for banning kegs the ifc should not creative arts house opens arms to greet potential residents by dan evans news writer house for rent in warren square tastefully styled rooms large house kitchen that smells like homemade cookies spa cious front porch and living room housemates creative accepting extremely friendly sometimes labeled artsy inter ested in learning and appreciat ing new people and new situa tions this was the message at the creative arts house last friday and monday the group held two open houses on jan 26 and 30 to promote interest in the living group it is one of six special interest houses at lehigh where residents are looking for new members they need a total of 22 stu dents to ensure they can keep their house and only have 11 people who have signed rental agreements with the possibility of losing their housing to another special interest group residents in the arts house held the open houses in order to show students their diversity although in the past mem bers have mostly been involved in choir and theater groups on campus the house is now trying to change its focus and draw in a more diverse group of people house resident jessica mina said when the creative arts house first moved into their warren c house across from the alumni memorial building four years ago it was composed mainly of a group of friends from the lehigh choir interested in living together in a creative b&w photo by chris faile students grooved along with sherri jackson who played at the stage door wednesday jackson has opened for rusted root playing her funky and soulful sound new policy gets mixed reviews by sarah zabrenski contributing editor the final residential environment report created by the board of trustees to improve residential life on campus has received mixed reviews from stu dents affected by the plan the initial proposal published last may detailed changes includ ing an overhaul of the greek review process a promise of guaranteed housing and plans for a campus pub the report created controversy prompting members of the greek community to hold a rally in early fall after accepting feedback from students faculty alumni and par ents the board took recommenda tions from an adhoc committee to create the final draft of the pro posal since the report was distrib uted to the lehigh community reactions have been more positive toward the final draft but some students have reservations about the plans brad unger 97 was the chairman of the student senate adhoc committee for the report the senate passed its own propos al nov 9 after the initial report was published in my opinion the theme in our proposal was options unger said the most controversial ele ment of the initial report was the greek review process based on a point system to grade fraterni ties and sororities for participa tion housing and other areas the final draft of the report contains a similar provision with a few changes including a mini mum occupancy standard that was lowered from 90 percent to 85 percent there is no question that this report is more stringent and at the see ifc page 7 see arts page 7 see life page 7 wrestling team beats university of pittsburgh and makes history see page 24 sports 20-24 jason kutz 21 women's b-ball 23 scholarship debate 24 sororities give the scoop on how the new no frills rush policy went into effect see page 4 news 1-7 world news briefs 2 hip jazz speak 3 eating disorders 5 lifestyle takes aim at the controversial new film l2 monkeys see page 15 lifestyle 9-16 miniversity 13 crossword 14 dave amidon 1 5 voltaire drank between 50 and 65 cups of coffee every day source elliot's amazing orange juice
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FullText | the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 103 no 26 friday february 2 1996 all the lehigh news first ifc passes controversial decision by kristen chanley assistant news editor the interfraternity council revised its social policy tuesday by lifting the ban on kegs from fraternities according to ben malekzadeh 96 president of ifc there is a big discrepancy between the university social policy and the ifc social policy malekzadeh said the school does not have a ban on kegs from the campus but ifc has had a ban on kegs from fraternities the ban on fraternities having kegs went into effect in the spring semester of 1993 the main reason for the ban was the fact that 15 of lehigh's 28 fraternities are under ftpg the fraternity insurance purchasing group these fraternities are not allowed to have kegs according to their individual national rules and by-laws with the newly revised social policy those fraternities would still not be allowed to have kegs but those who can have kegs nationally would now be able to parties would still be byob with beer cards and stamps for those over 21 malekzadeh said the kegs would be used for other fraternity social events according to malekzadeh the idea to change the ban on kegs just surfaced this past saturday at a greek leadership retreat the ifc executive board and fraternity presidents held a 20 minute discussion involv ing the pros and cons of the issue and then voted the revised social policy was passed with a vote of 23 to 5 michael mcnally 96 former secretary of ifc agrees with the ifc's decision to legal ize kegs basically kegs are cheaper and easier for everyone mcnally said if it's in the power of the ifc they're going to do it scott walter greek affairs coordinator and ifc adviser strongly feels that a 20 minute discussion is not enough to make a decision that will affect the ifc's entire relationship with university administration i just don't agree with it walter said the repercussions of such a huge decision definitely need to be discussed thoroughly the nationals of those 15 fraternities have rea sons for banning kegs the ifc should not creative arts house opens arms to greet potential residents by dan evans news writer house for rent in warren square tastefully styled rooms large house kitchen that smells like homemade cookies spa cious front porch and living room housemates creative accepting extremely friendly sometimes labeled artsy inter ested in learning and appreciat ing new people and new situa tions this was the message at the creative arts house last friday and monday the group held two open houses on jan 26 and 30 to promote interest in the living group it is one of six special interest houses at lehigh where residents are looking for new members they need a total of 22 stu dents to ensure they can keep their house and only have 11 people who have signed rental agreements with the possibility of losing their housing to another special interest group residents in the arts house held the open houses in order to show students their diversity although in the past mem bers have mostly been involved in choir and theater groups on campus the house is now trying to change its focus and draw in a more diverse group of people house resident jessica mina said when the creative arts house first moved into their warren c house across from the alumni memorial building four years ago it was composed mainly of a group of friends from the lehigh choir interested in living together in a creative b&w photo by chris faile students grooved along with sherri jackson who played at the stage door wednesday jackson has opened for rusted root playing her funky and soulful sound new policy gets mixed reviews by sarah zabrenski contributing editor the final residential environment report created by the board of trustees to improve residential life on campus has received mixed reviews from stu dents affected by the plan the initial proposal published last may detailed changes includ ing an overhaul of the greek review process a promise of guaranteed housing and plans for a campus pub the report created controversy prompting members of the greek community to hold a rally in early fall after accepting feedback from students faculty alumni and par ents the board took recommenda tions from an adhoc committee to create the final draft of the pro posal since the report was distrib uted to the lehigh community reactions have been more positive toward the final draft but some students have reservations about the plans brad unger 97 was the chairman of the student senate adhoc committee for the report the senate passed its own propos al nov 9 after the initial report was published in my opinion the theme in our proposal was options unger said the most controversial ele ment of the initial report was the greek review process based on a point system to grade fraterni ties and sororities for participa tion housing and other areas the final draft of the report contains a similar provision with a few changes including a mini mum occupancy standard that was lowered from 90 percent to 85 percent there is no question that this report is more stringent and at the see ifc page 7 see arts page 7 see life page 7 wrestling team beats university of pittsburgh and makes history see page 24 sports 20-24 jason kutz 21 women's b-ball 23 scholarship debate 24 sororities give the scoop on how the new no frills rush policy went into effect see page 4 news 1-7 world news briefs 2 hip jazz speak 3 eating disorders 5 lifestyle takes aim at the controversial new film l2 monkeys see page 15 lifestyle 9-16 miniversity 13 crossword 14 dave amidon 1 5 voltaire drank between 50 and 65 cups of coffee every day source elliot's amazing orange juice |
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