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LaCoste \ positive in By ROCHELLE KILLINGBECK ? Staff Wrjter Most non-Greeks have negative stereotypes aDoul sororities and fraternities. Images of drunken rich girls at snooty keg parties cloud many students' minds. Lauren LaCoste, president of mm USC's Sorority Council, wants to change that image and others. | The Sorority Council is the governing body of the 14 nationally gr recognized sororities on can^pus. Wi "I worked hard in Sorority mi Council to help change negative the images about sororities," said LaCoste, a senior accounting major taJk from Greenwood. gr< The Sorority Council Treasurer otl Ashley Grayson said, "Lauren is really enthusiastic, and she's a tio good motivator. She has compas- Cc sion for responsibility." Na Three goals LaCoste set for the US Sorority Council were to increase coi interaction between greeks and the non-greeks, increase multiculturalism between black and white soror- an< ities and focus on community ser- on vice. soi Since LaCoste became president of the Sorority Council in fro December 1991, the organization has sponsored workshops with non- foe mi _ a j inree men an From Staff Reports the Three unknown white men assaulted and Fired a gun at a black 311 student Nov. 11 at the Russell a| House, and police reports show it was over racial remarks made to dei the student. Early that Wednesday morning wi; at about 2:30 a.m., three men at apparently pushed the student in wa the chest and shouted racial f*u remarks. The student then respond- i?c ed by pushing one of the men to BUCK JHHMj The Uni Eug acclaimed Autk South Carolina Sti i and his new b Sensitivity to the feelines of his fellow hum > O beings is the hallmark of Eugene Piatt's wrii sensitivity bom of understanding and the re; Quickly discern how well Piatt understands in this splendid story, Buhba, Missy & Me. J. Douglas Chairman, StarGospe Friday Decemb at The Unive vants to restore nage of sororitit Lauret r ~W$ La^osti eek organizations like the well. The organization spon men Students' Association on the Carolina/Clemson blood ilticulturalism and participated in this semester and raised over ; WSA resource fair. pints of blood for the Ame "It's important for interaction to Red Cross. :e place between greeks and non- "We have also co-sponsore< ;eks. We can understand each ious programs and worksho] ter better," she said. alcohol abuse, date rape, eatin LaCoste said in 1986 the tradi- orders, campus safety and scl nally white National Panhellenic ships," LaCoste said. uncil and the traditionally black in addition to presiding ov< itional Pan Hellenic Council at Sorority Council, LaCoste JC rewrote their constitutions to intramurals for Zeta Tau A mbine the two councils through she is a student in the honor: : Sorority Council. lege and is active in several 1 Through the organization black societies 3 white sororities work together ?0ne of the main things various projects and have sister proud of is ^ sororities ave orities. a 3 005 Qpp last semester,' It s important for us to learn sajd ?That shows (hat SQI >m one another, she said. women exce, academicall The Sorority Council has otherwise:used on community service as tack student, pull piste ground. tion, according to Ernie Ellis, rhe man on the ground pulled ciate director of law enforce unknown caliber pistol and fired safety at USC. 11 descnptioi the student, apparently missing the suspects yield any results ri, according to reports. 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