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By MARIA FRATUS
Staff writer
Higher admission standards ai
University 101 program has given I
average student drop-out rate, a<
Fidler, assistant vice president f<
career center.
Although most universities 1
number of students after their fres
had 81.2 pcrcent of its freshmen r<
1985, which is an increase over th
75 pcrcent retention rate, Fidler s
Greeks
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forced to alt
By BARRY BRADLEY
Staff writer
i nc state's new drinking age
and USC restrictions regulating
campus alcohol programming
have caused fraternities to change
their focus to a non-alcoholic
alternative to having fun, Intrafraternity
Council President
Kevin Hall said.
The 16 members of fraternities
who make up the council made
the change before South Carolina
raised its drinking age from 19 to
20 last year, he said.
Hall said about three or four
years ago, the IFC and its sorority
counterpart, the Pan-Hellenic
Association, decided to
downplay the focus on drinking
in greek organizations and sponsor
responsible social events.
GAMMA, Greeks Against
Mismanagement of Alcohol, was
a result of the decision. The program
was designed to teach
greeks and non-greeks how to
have responsible parties and how
to be responsible with alcohol.
Since the drinking age was raised
and university restrictions
have increased, IFC has switched
to sponsoring non-alcoholic
events and encouraged its individual
fraternity chapters to
have non-alcoholic parties.
Hall said IFC now spends no
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alcohol. The money used before
I to purchase alcohol now funds
the GAMMA program and helps
fducate students about responsibility
in drinking. That extra
money is also spent on rush and
extensive publicity about greek
life and activities.
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By JOAN M. PRINCE
Staff writer
The resolution, "The greek
system should be abolished," was
overwhelming defeated at a
debate sponsored by the Athe<an
Literary and Debating
Society Wednesday night.
Athenian Society members and
guests voted against the resolution
to abolish the greek system
in a 28 to two vote with 14
abstentions.
Alex Johnson, an honorary
member, led the debate supporting
the resolution by arguing the
system molds individuals into the
greek's "sameness" image,
which contradicts university
standards.
He said the greek system is
largely anti-intellectual.
Johnson discussed the
privileges greeks receive that
other students do not, such as
housing. Also, he said greeks
have a "special line of credit" as
far as housing fees which are
allowed to be paid late.
He acknowledged the fact that
USC greeks receive no outside
fees from state or student government,
but said this is not true of
the greek system nationally.
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aid. "Our freshmat
tw booze laws,
er party habits
Even such traditional greek activies,
like Greek Week, have
become totally non-alcoholic.
Despite the new non-alcohol
emphasis, more pledges have
entered USC fraternities and
sororities this year than in the
whole history of greek life on
campus, according to Hall.
The fraternities have pledged
over 400 new members, and the
sororities have pledged about 360
new members. This is a 20 percent
increase over last year, Hall
said.
Although the IFC has the
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sanction individual chapter
members, the council has no
authority to force them to comply
with the new regulations by
organizing dry events.
The IFC does try to play an
educational role in teaching its
chapters to be sensible about
their drinking, Hall said.
In an effort to raise USC's lagging
enthusiasm and promote
non-alcoholic activities, IFC is
organizing a pep rally next Friday
at McBrydc Quadrangle at 4:30
p.m.
The rally will feature USC
football players, cheerleaders,
the band and a special appearance
by head football coach
Joe Morrison. The pep rally will
be hosted by Joe Pinner from
WIS-TV in Columbia.
Hall said the pep rally is an example
of the IFC's new emphasis
on non-acoholic functions and
responsible parties that do have
alcohol.
be abolished,
es by landslide
The system is segregated by
race, Johnson said. He argued
that a federally supported institution
cannot discriminate.
Dean Thompson, president of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, led the
rebuttal, stressing philanthropy
in the greek system, and how
greeks conduct many charity
fund raisers.
Thompson said greeks typically
have higher GPAs than most
students and that the system
develops leadership, mentioning
how several prominent citizens in
banking and university administration
positions were once
fraternity members.
He emphasized the
brotherhood and friendship
fostered in the system.
Johnson rebutted by saying a
student didn't have to be greek to
be charitable. He said high GPAs
are "bound to happen when picking
and choosing members."
On discrimination, Thompson
said although greeks in the North
may be integrated, it's different
in the South. He said blacks art*
welcome to rush.
After audience debate and
voting, the society censor concluded
by saying the society does
not endorse this resolution, but
asks for debate. He stressed that
thought and discussion on the
issue continue beyond the debate.
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difficult for it to get too much
here arc many legitimate reasons
ve college," he said.
by the USC shows that students
sity 101 arc more likely to return
lon't.
need that University 101 has been a
he freshman survival rate. Overall,
' mil uvvidgU SUIV1VHI raic. .
University 101 program has receival
recognition.
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By HAL MILLARD
Staff writer
Larceny on the USC campus is
the cause of most complaints that
come in to the USC-PD this
week. In the past week more than
15 cases of larceny have been
reported along with one case of
grand larceny involving a stolen
ring.
Most larceny cases are those inSfinatB
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"Each of the senate committees
is represented in the Golden Spur
committee."
In other business, Sen. Ed
Sookikian announced the Faculty
Advisory and Faculty Steering
Committee's plan to have the
Faculty Senate create a committee
on scholastic standards and
petitions for continuing educaf
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About 800-900 students are not
working toward a degree and fall
into this category. The proposal
would allow non-degree students
to have the same rights of appeal
as other USC students.
Sookikian opposed formation
of the new committee because of
this proposal.
All matters concerning nondegree
students, such as
withdrawal after drop date,
academic suspension, readmission
after suspension and student
code violations also would be
handled by a faculty committee
with no student response, instead
of by the College Academic Standards
and Petitions Committee.
"I think they're taking away
Student Government respon
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cellent results of the 101 progran
pie at the freshman program this
Many students go to school
courses or to see if they will lik<
cording to Judith Pfeiffer, dire
information service for the Art
Education.
According to a case study doi
percent of the students who
graduate from their original i
years. Ten percent will graduate
years.
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luring the recent power outage, but plan
rhese skylights are above stairs.
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volving the theft of such things as
bikes, wallets, purses, books and
small amounts of money, and
these thefts usually occur in or
around dormitories.
Though crime of a petty nature
is seemingly rampant on the USC
campus, acts of violence are not
as prevalent and rarely lifethreatening.
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sibilities. They're taking these
students from our jurisdiction,"
Sookikian said.
Sookikian hopes the Senate
will pass a bill saying they refuse
to allow the faculty to form such
a committee.
Dwayne Smalley, SG blood
drive coordinator, said the USC
blood drive is continuing and
asked that each senator get 10
people to donate blood for the
drive in the competition with
Clemson.
"The winner of the blood drive
will receivc a $1,000 scholarship,
and I would rather see us with the
scholarship than Clemson,"
Smalley said. The drive has
already reached 350 pints of
blood.
Edwin Fountain, chief justice
of the student supreme court,
swore in new SO secretary James
Belton, who won last week's
runoff election.
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has been a small increase
reports of malicious injury
personal property.
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are becoming common, especi
with cars which are parked
Blossom Street Garage.
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schools. Borkowski welco
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that USC would fare well.
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