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Amherst Colli AMHERST, Mass. (AP) ? Amherst Friday to abolish the school's eight ren fective June 30, saying they have no rol life. In voting to abolish fraternities, the recommendation of an ad hoc comm while fraternities were not solely to bl blems, the buildings could be put to be The vote capped months of unrest be the college, which closed a fraternity others for building a phallic ice sculpture ing a naked pledge at the president's found by the president's wife. There are 239 students, including 80 houses. Fraternity members, saying they ha< the president's office this past weeker Rrppirc Continued from i BUT THERE is more to the problem than that, Opper said. "There are a lot of problems and liabilities with open parties...the open parties are dying here because of it," he said. "Those student/greek ties will then be gone and we'll have to cultivate them." In December, the National Interfraternity Council passed a resolution which came out against open parties and many schools are following the recommendation, Opper said. One alternative to open parties that UGA has been experimenting with is jointly sponsored parties between the greeks and residence halls. Although it is not too common yet, Opper said the idea is becoming more popular. HE SAID the cosponsored parties help dispell some of the stereotypes students have toward greeks. At the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, 20 percent of the students enrolled are in the greek system. Steve Hutson, assistant dean for student and leadership development at UNC, said students generally have favorable attitudes toward greeks. "Thp lr?r>al camnnc neu/cnanpr * "v ,vv"' ""?f"" "f? t > which I consider to be the voice of the students, has been very pro-active, critical when necessary, and responsive to the greeks needs. On the whole, it's W <p5H j ^HnK;3:: ^:; ege abolishes 8 fr College trustees voted (fasted to try to save their hoi laining fraternities ef- |pealed to the trustees before 1 e in improving college Students learned of the trus placed in their mailboxes, anc trustees accepted the "I'm disappointed,' ittee, which said that VanLonkhuyzen, 19, of Ca] lame for campus pro- students who participated in th tter use. "They probably had decided v itween fraternities and met with students to make it 1 in 1982 and scolded Fraternity members planne :ona lawn and dump- night to mark the official end house, where he was nity Council president David live on, with or without admi women, in the social Skaggs, 20, of Matawan, N continued to rush new pledge d reformed, occupied ministrative influence." He s< id, and nine students out later how they will surviv iage 1 againsl Carolii "There are a lot of orohlems one.iV ? , --1 n and liabilities with open par- greeks ties...the open parties are dy- |?tuar,"y ing here because of it. Those ?rr student/greek ties will then be direct* gone and we'll have to m AnP cultivate them." v^ver ? UGA fraternity adviser student John Opper system "Thi greeks, visor, a very progressive attitude," Hutson greeks i j campu Whi NOT EVERYONE, however, feels think t as strongly about the greeks as the campu school paper does, he said, adding that greeks the amount of exposure a student has is no r to greek activities determines how one "Nc views the greek system. fraterr To allow more students to par- the rig ticipate in greek activities, Hutson said said, the greeks are currently sponsoring a involv basketball competition that will raise volvec money for a local hospital. Both studer greeks and non-greeks will be able to He compete. tivitiej The first prize is a chance to play open t IGSOONL B. _\ r. ISSHtf of your college 8HBBe3BS4 news MISS IT! aternities Resean ises. Four fraternity leaders ap- ||&|!2|C* 11 Friday's vote. If WIMP 1# >tees' action Saturday by letters 1 some reacted in anger. 6<lfl>81li said sophomore Will pe Port, Maine, one of nine le hunger strike through Friday. vhat they had to do anyway and By Churls lie M. Gui look good." agmc Virus Wati d champaKne parties Saturday ' learn more about of fraternities, but Inter Frater- age people. Skaggs said the groups would The USC School nistration sanction. -.Health Center are J., said fraternity members will gram to promote tl s this spring "regardless of ad- . X the Herpes Sim! lid the fraternities would figure cause of infectiou e. ^ann^PibsoiJL said "The whole stu< rate of acceptance The study is aim< ???? Participants are se t the University of North clinic to fill out a < la basketball team, the number medical history an* mi in the nation. L.!; "The whole stud ey (greeks) are involving non- at any time,? Gibi more and more. The basketball About <50 perce; ment is new ground, but it's not have done so, he s; new," Hutson said. of the study with th S A positive step in the right semester, and the p >n ? we are definitely becoming ' rogressive." | <.what we are it indifferent attitude toward ovef ,he four seems to be the case at Clemson career," Gibson sa Slty, where 12 percent of the After entering th :s are mvolved .n the greek year um? . . f .u their medical histoi e students are tolerant of the i v.- ?i Frank Burkner, fraternity adsaid. "They realize that the I Selection of -sti pnntrihntp Hiffpr^rvt tViinoc tr\ I VVIltllUUlV Ull 1V1 VIII lllltlgjj IV * VgjUvJVt W4 J VmVJ^XIi s." students. Those chc le Bruckner said he did not any of the viruses, here was much competition on susceptible to gettii s between greeks and non- ^ rV:^s>> , he said he is certain that there 1 . veiyjinpor eal animosity toward them. )t everyone is interested in <^||p lities, but those that are can find - useful ht fraternity for them," Burkner Uttdq^P|Bdi|,g-;pf: "And some of those who do get -i< flDt ed in the greek system, get in- I i in everything ? just like other said he was unaware of any aci which are greek-sponsored and o both greeks and non-greeks. 1 >rr :v. 0+|?|-gui 75 Eye Of Your choice and a med. coff <g .* EL'tA MI ** jag ? ? ? ? w S R SC students ly viruses untSIs sh is a student virus-infection study to recent health problems among collegei of Medicine and the Thomson Student taking part in a national research pro* tie understanding of the Herpes Simplex plex II and the Cytomegalo Virus, the s mononucleosis, project director Dr. !y is super dependent on getting a high from the students," Gibson said. id at freshmen and fourth-year students, nt letters asking them to come into the confidential auestionaire recardinc their d to give a blood sample. y is voluntary and students can drop out on said. nt of freshmen selected to participate lid. Doctors are still in the early phases e fourth- year students, which began this articipation rate has not been computed sally interested in is what we can learn as the freshmen go through their college id. e study, freshmen are sent letters once a ion to keep the clinic up-to-date with ies. Even if students take a semester off llnic tries to keep in touch with them. lucius is utme ranaomiy irom tne l ?ent lists of first- and fourth-year 1 isen are not necessarily believed to have 1 nor are they believed to be any more 1 lg the virus, Oibson said. 1 * 1 lant for them to be characteristic of the l son said of those students picked. l >87 is when doctors believe they will have 1 information in which to gain a full 1 these-viral infections, Gibson said. 1 imistic that we'll get the numbers we need 1 that these results are really typical of the J itative of their class;'* Gibson said. I Ll ?A-..- . I ~JP H <u nener of danish ee (reg. 90*) jttv.CtrXXZTVtCExr X'