Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.8C.edu I^B|| - j J mom S, Wnt (Bamecock n Serving USC since 1908 USC,d KRISTIN RICHARDSON Asst. News Editor Negative attitudes toward fraternity organizations will come to a change as Phi Delta Theta announces to be totally substance free by the year 2000. The Phi Delta Theta Chapter at USC, as well the national chapter, has decided alcohol shouldn't be a part of their organizations. fraternity me today is an aiconoi? dominated culture. It has received a very negative image," said Robert Deloian, president of the Phi Delta Theta General Council. Phi Delta Theta came to this decision after looking at the common problems that result from the use of alcohoL Abuse of alcohol can lead to poor scholarship, increased insurance, hazing, sexual assaults, and most important, death. There have been three alcohol-related deaths in this fraternity alone in the last four years. The chapters want to focus more on self-development than entertainment. "We need to focus on the positive aspects of friendship, leadership, scholarship, brotherhood and community involvement," Deloian said. rm ; l ; i 1 me iiiitm quesuuii uemg us&eu is who will take the first step in helping Surfing the1 Professionals offei BRAD HEVCHER Staff Writer As much knowledge and information as there is available on the Internet, there are just as many opportunities to fall into traps and exposure to dangerous or embarrassing situations. For that reason, Raymond Ayers of Computer Services Secunty at UbC offers ways to avoid dangerous Internet encounters. Ayers said people should avoid giving out their Internet address to people imlnaa fU/ni'm aVionliitnltr ciim fVifliir uronl urnuoo ULicjr ic cuxtuiuwajt oui^ uiv/jr vraub the person to have it This helps people to avoid receiving unwanted mail. He also said writing any mail and sending it puts whatever was written into the public domain, making it legal for people to distribute it to anyone. Ayers addressed the junk mail many people receive from various web sites ational ?HMI ' * xL*? <? SSB ' wK' ':*A"V V 5^*3?'^^ ' Sg II-- ?-v ??.. - -rrJT""~~~ " "'*"V "~?^f ^&mgT ? - - ~ f ?S>< ' . ' . - ' -.^gsai " "'"*** ,* ?* Parties in USC's fraternity housing 1 other Phi Delta Theta chapters become < substance tree. 1 "The biggest concern of the national 1 chapters about becoming substance free is the enforcement of the idea," 1 said Brian Coker, Fraternity Council 1 advisor at USC. "Should the authority i web may prove safety tips for infon by pointing out almost all web sites are t configured to instantlv caDture the user a identifications of people who log onto v their site. After this, the web sites are t free to send mail to the addresses they t capture whether the person wants the mail or not. r The Internet is a long way from o reaching the level of security it should be, Ayers said. And people should be t careful when sending correspondence c to avoid embarrassment It could occur I if the wrong person receives e-mail, t and this happens as a result of I something as simple as a typographical I error or an address change that the sender may be unaware of. r Ayers also pointed out that people a should be careful when using any public s machines to send e-mail, since many _ of them don't automatically erase the frateri ?*.: < '> h h p. ~yg*r | J rill soon be alcohol-free. Two USC fin :ome from faculty advisors or should he fraternities make the final decision a hemselves?" a Most people think the fraternities tl hemselves should take action hecause heyVe the ones who have a negative d mage. 01 5 dangerous nation highway yping of the last user. Checking the to md from lines of the e-mail message eiy carefully before it's sent could help o avoid the message being received by he wrong person. Other dangers that may occur as a esult of the Internet include the chance if meeting someone dangerous. In North Carolina, for example, here was a case where a woman onversed with someone over the nternet and was later found dead in he man's backyard According to Tilda 'hniin of Sexual Assault. Servires at JSC, these types of things happen often. Phaup also said that there was a lotice on a USC campus bulletin board idvertising for black and white photo hoots that could have been related to INTERNET page 3 titles dr ( ;i IifeaTl - j also dec i0R" .* * * . - . ? freehoi im, :?- lni <* -:3t - ~ free ma; . future," ' Phi] MKKI THORPE The Gamecock in theil its hope to go dry by 2000. Indiana moving A study on alcohol use on American fraterni impuses by the Center on Addiction Phi nd Substance Abuse (CASA) reported to impn lat students engage in binge drinking, making Students living in Greek housing free wh rink three times as many drinks as respect ther students, averaging 15 drinks and oth University, studen for 'Carolina Wel( KRISTIN RICHARDSON Asst. News Editor Arriving freshmen will receive a warm "Can introduced to the University of South Carolina "Carolina Welcome" is held the week before c activities sponsored by different student orgaj campus life to freshmen. "We basically send out a call to academic organizations for programs," said Carmela Ca Welcome" week ine weeK is rniea witn programs mat can ne with people and places at USC. Campus and lil several Open House events will be held. Student organizations such as Carolina Pn African American Students (AAAS), Inter Varsi several others will hold different activities to we environment. Seminars on choosing majors, developing ii helpful academic programs will give freshmen tl v out k. Lizing the legacy of Phi Delta fuld come to an end, the chapters February they would eliminate ? j_l_ _ / _ _ _ irom ineir iacmues. leing the first fraternity to take ion nationally, Phi Delta Theta ither fraternities will do the Jl 111* A TTMWmV TT14VU VIIAVJ IV this fall. lasses begin at USC. Several nizations introduce ideas of : departments and student lit, coordinator of "Carolina dp freshmen become familiar iraiy tours will be given and xluctions, the Association of ity Christian Fellowship and lcome freshmen to their new aterviewing skills and other ae opportunity to learn about WELCOME WEEK pageS ter iratermues are watcmng us iat interest, and it is our belief ay of them will also make similar :hanges in the near future," said. y Brewer, director of Student JSC, said that Sigma Nu has ided to become substance free, o, have chosen to have alcoholising by the year 2000. i idea of becoming substance y even include cigarettes in the Coker said, Delta Theta is making progress r mission as one chapter in has improved their scholarship, ; from 27th to 4th among 32 ties on their campus. 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