Wednesday, February 17, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
Panhellenic Association announces rush changes
By Joi Patterson
Changes in the UNL sorority rush schedule and a pro
posed change in academic eligibility for participation in
rush have been announced by the Panhellenic Association.
According to Sharon Ash, program assistant of Greek
Affairs, changes have been made in the rush orientation
process and the first day of rush. A proposed change in
eligibility for rush will be voted on by nouses this week.
Instead of having one orientation for all the women
going through rush, women will be divided alphabetically
into three groups. Having one huge orientation was intim
idating, Ash said.
"It was uncomfortable, it looked like a scary mob of
girls walking in, it was impersonal, the acoustics were bad
and the lighting awful," she said.
By dividing the women into three sections and having
the orientation in a smaller room, hopefully the women
will feel more comfortable and free to ask questions, she
said.
The sorority orientation will be Aug. 1 7, the same day
the rushees can move into residence halls.
Suzy Waring, Panhellenic president, said that the same
day the rushees will attend a 20-minute open house at
each sorority. Traditionally, UNL's sorority rushees
attended the one orientation, and visted only eight
sorority houses.
Waring said women ought to be able to see every
house.
Rushees will be divided into groups and assigned to a
rush counselor, a Panhellenic delegate. The delegate will
escort her group to each house the first day for the open
houses.
More organized
"The counselors will be able to keep things more
organized," Waring said. "Also this way, the girls won't
have to find the houses themselves."
Annexation . . .
"Hopefully this program will help to eliminate stereo
types of houses," Waring said. There had been some dis
cussion that 20 minutes would hot be long enough to ac
quaint women with the houses, Waring said, but is was
decided that it is up to each house to make the time
worthwhile.
"We feel this is the right thing to do," Waring said.
"The issue had been debated for quite a while." In
addition to the rush counselor guides, a booklet contain
ing pictures of all of the houses may be printed so women
can recognize the houses they have been to, Waring said.
The rush schedule program has been voted on and
approved, Waring said. A proposal is now being voted on
and results will be published later.
The proposal states that incoming freshmen must meet
specific requirements to participate in formal or open
rush. The requirements state women must have graduated
in the upper 50 percent of their high school class or have
an ACT composite score of at least 21. Additionally, they
must have filled out and returned a Panhellenic applica
tion form and paid a registration fee by the required date.
Students already in college must meet the registration
requirement and have completed 12 credit hours with a
2.2 grade point average.
Eliminate disappointment
Ash said the program will help to eliminate the dis
appointment for women who are not accepted in a
sorority because of poor academic records.
"It's not fair to lead someone on," she said, be
cause most houses are looking for good grades. If led on,
Ash said, women will get a negative attitude about the
whole Greek system.
According to statistics from the Panhellenic office,
in 1980-81, 112 of the 124 women who went through
rush and did not pledge were ranked in the bottom half
of their graduating classes.
In 1981-82, the number of women not pledged was
219, with 162 in the bottom half.
These statistics show that most women in the lower
half of their classes do not pledge to a house, Ash said.
Waring said this program will lessen disappointments
in the long run.
"Even if a girl cannot participate in rush first semester,
she can get her CPA up and go through open rush," she
said.
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The Panhandlers now seem to be crying
secession for the third time, and with more
seriousness than before.
One reason the Panhandle wants to se
cede to Wyoming is the severance taxes
placed on the oil pumped from Nebraska
oil wells. Nichol said.
Jirdon said Panhandle residents feel
they are not adequately represented in the
Nebraska Legislature.
"We are a minority group," he said.
"The people out here have to travel 450
miles to Lincoln ... we don't have a voice
in the Legislature."
Nearly all of the oil wells in Nebraska
are in the Panhandle, he said.
The revenue from severance taxes, how
ever, has been spread all over the state,
Nichol said, and little has been done to
prevent the taxes from increasing.
Another reason for the proposed an
nexation is the Panhandle's representation
in and isolation from the state capital.
Eleven counties in Western Nebraska are
represented in the Legislature by three of
the 49 senators.
Comparing his district to those of Sen.
Sam Cullan of Hemingford and Sen. Rob
ert Clark of Sidney, Nichol said he has the
most urban constituents coming from
Scottsbluff and Gering with a population
one-tenth the size of Lincoln.
Nichol said it is difficult for Western Ne
braska districts to get representation in
Lincoln because their populations are small
and they are so far away from the capital.
But before Nichol approves annexation,
he wants to have a look at the pros and
cons of joining Wyoming.
A potential problem that could develop
if the Panhandle is able to secede would be
the payment for schools, state buildings
and roads built in the past by Nebraska
taxes. Should they be given to the Panhan
dle because 95,000 people do not want to
be part of the state anymore? This is one
of the questions that must be answered,
Nichol said.
Another potential problem with the an
nexation is the possible loss of a water con
tract for water running from Colorado and
Wyoming into the North Platte and even
tually into the Missouri River, Nichol said.
Parts of the Panhandle depend on irri
gation, and a break in the contract could
mean a serious loss to Western Nebraska,
he said.
The annexation process did not end
Feb. 10 when the Wyoming Legislature re
jected a proposal to annex the Panhandle.
"This is their short session and they are
dealing with only money matters," Nichol
said.
He said Gov. Ed Herschler of Wyoming
favors the annexation.
Before the Panhandle can secede to Wy
oming, a two-thirds vote is needed in the
Nebraska and Wyoming legislatures and in
the U.S. Senate and House of Representa
tives, Nichol said.
Citizens serious . . .
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Cheyenne, Wyoming's capital, and the
University of Wyoming, at Laramie, are less
than 100 miles from the Scottsbluff area.
Jirdon, who owns property in Nebraska
and Wyoming, said real estate taxes in Ne
braska are three times as high as in Wyom
ing. Max Hensley, superintendent of schools
in Kimball, said the Wyoming Legislature
works with educators better than the Ne
braska Legislature does, and includes them
as a "willing and able" part of the govern
ment." Hensley, who favors secession, said he
had seen one of the principals in a Kimball
elementary school wearing a button that
said "Kimball, Wyoming."
Ed Norden, manager of radio station
KIMB-1260 in Kimball, said many Pan
handle residents feel ignored by the rest of
the state.
"They (eastern Nebraskans) think
there's nothing out there west of Grand
Island," Norden said. "It's irritating to be
put into that kind of classification."
Norden said he did not object to seces
sion, but questioned the Panhandle's
ability to bring it about.
"I wouldn't mind being a Wyoming
Cowboy," he said. "But I question the
reality of whether it will really happen."
Norden said representation in the Legis
lature by population as it is done in the
Unicameral presents a problem for the
sparsely-populated Panhandle.
"Maybe we can get equal representation
in Wyoming," he said.
Christine Francis, an aide to Cheyenne,
Wyo., Mayor Don Erickson, said most east
ern Wyoming residents also favor the seces
sion of the Panhandle.
"I haven't heard any opposition, ever,"
Francis said. 'The people I have seen think
it's a really good idea."
Francis said the Panhandle area would
be an asset to Wyoming because of its
population, industries and agriculture.
"Nebraska would be on the losing end if
the Panhandle secedes," she said. "It
wouldn't be as if Wyoming was taking on a
bunch of poor people."
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