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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
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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. The stu- men will be charged with as
it then fled the scene. and battery with intent to kill,
The 20-year-old student, who said.
>hes to remain anonymous, lives "Certainly, it's something
Preston Residence Hall and was we take seriously," Ellis said,
ilking alone in front of the Ellis said they have no idea
ssell House at the time of the the identity of the suspects,
ident. said they could be students oi
rhe case is still under investiga- campus visitors.
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