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INDEX
News Digest.2
Editorial.4
Sports. 9
Arts & Entertainment . .12
Classifieds.15
September 9, 1988 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 9
Five UNL fraternities placed on probation
By Victoria Ayotte
and
Ryan Sleeves
Senior Reporters
t least five fraternities were placed on
probation in the past week and at least
four others received warning letters
for violating the University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s drinking policies, according to fra
ternity presidents who were issued the letter
from UNL’s director of Greek Affairs.
According to the letter, Jayne Wade Ander
son placed the fraternities on probation for
drinking on campus. Most of the offenses oc
curred before the school year began.
Anderson did not release the names of the
fraternities, but fraternity presidents confirmed
to the Daily Nebraskan that they were put on
probation or issued warnings.
All fraternities and sororities have an agree
ment with the NU Board of Regents requiring
them to follow all UNL rules, including the
drinking policy. UNL rules prohibit alcohol on
campus.
The fraternities on probation arc Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Kappa Sigma, Sigma
Nu and Phi Gamma Delta.
Fraternities that received warnings included
Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Xi, Phi Delta Theta
and Sigma Chi. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was listed
as on probation, but Jerry Hoffman, SAE presi
dent, said the fraternity only received a warn
ing. Two other houses were allegedly repri
manded but could not be reached for verifica
tion.
‘Many of our fraternities
have lost sight of their
.purpose on campus.’
— Anderson
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In previous years, Anderson said, she only
checked a fraternity for alcohol when there was
a complaint. This year, she visited the fraterni
ties unannounced at late night hours, according
to several fraternity presidents.
Anderson said she initiated this policy
mainly because the risk of accidents increases
when students consume alcohol.
“Two factors arc of the utmost importance
—preserving lives and maintaining our chapter
strength and numbers,” Anderson wrote in the
letter, which was sent to fraternity and sorority
officials, and administrators.
Enforccmentalso was necessary, she said, to
keep congenial relations between UNL offi
cials and fraternity and sorority members.
.. many of our fraternities have lost sight
of their purpose on this campus ...” Anderson
wrote. ‘‘Frankly, I could not be more disap
pointed in our fraternal attitude.”
Anderson said she senses that fraternities are
being more casual about drinking this year,
which could strain relations.
Punishments for fraternities varied depend
ing on the severity of the infraction. All frater
nities put on probation have to attend at least
one student health alcohol abuse program.
According to a memo, Sigma Nu, Phi Gamma
Della and one other fraternity must attend a
scries of such programs. Sigma Nu and Phi
Gamma Delta are allowed two official social
functions First semester.
Andy McDowell, president of Phi Gamma
Delta, said his house was placed on probation
the weekend before school started for “a variety
of things.”
Loud music brought Anderson to the house,
where alcohol and drinking were discovered,
McDowell said.
Jerry Woodward, president of Sigma Nu,
said house members were placed on probation
last week, but were not having any illegal
parties.
Woodward would not say why his house was
placed on probation. “That’s really our busi
ness,” he said.
Sigma Phi Epsilon was placed on a less
severe probation.
Sig Ep President Todd Bush said the frater
nity was put on probation because they had
alcohol on the premises and because the frater
nity was disorderly before school started.
Bush said fraternity members must attend
two educational programs and display more
orderly behavior prior to next school year.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was also listed as on
probation. Hoffman said the house is not on
probation but did receive a warning.
The warning was not for a party, he said, but
for an infraction that he refused to name.
“It was a slap on the hand saying not to do it
again,” he said.
S AE members have not held illegal parties,
Hoffman said, and the only punishment they
received was to have a Student Health Alcohol
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$25 graduate fee
helps recruitment
By Jim Beckman
Staff Reporter
Since July 1, the University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln has collect
ed a S25 fee on all graduate ap
plications for admission for the sec
ond semester of 1988-89.
The Executive Graduate Council
approved the fee last fall al ter consid
ering it for nearly five years.
John Yost, vice chancellor for
research and dean of graduate studies,
said the fee assessment “brings the
university into line with its peer insti
tutions.” Most of those institutions
have collected a fee for more than a
decade, he said.
Money gathered from the fee will
be used to improve recruitment of
graduate students, hire a foreign cre
dentials analyst, offer training for
graduate teaching assistants and
support graduate student fellowships.
Yost said because more under
graduates arc moving directly on to
their careers, the improved recruit
ment of quality graduate students has
become necessary.
uasi year, on a icsi oasis, a memoer
from the graduate studies office
worked with the department of veteri
nary science to make recruitment
brochures, he said. The graduate
application fee will make more of this
kind of activity possible, Yost said.
The foreign credentials analyst,
who reviews foreign students’ tran
scripts, will help UNL’s “over
worked” graduate studies staff proc
ess foreign applications, Yost said.
Offering training for graduate
teaching assistants is crucial, Yost
said.
“Teaching is how most graduate
students spend their time at the uni
versity,” he said.
Adding to the pool of graduate
fellowships will be an important use
of the fee, Yost said. UNL currently
ranks below its peer institutions, such
as Iowa State University, University
of Missouri and Colorado State Uni
versity, in the number of fellowships
and the dollar amount of stipends
available to graduate students.
Yost said he doesn’t think the fee
will reduce the number of graduate
students at UNL because UNL’s peer
institutions added similar fees a long
lime ago.
Also, Yost said he thinks the $25
fee is more attractive to foreign stu
dents. who are often charged up to $50
at other institutions.
Yost said he thinks the graduate
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Doug Carroll/Daily Nebraskan
Officers D.W. Haumont and S.B. Wetzel of the Lincoln Police Department take measurements at the scene of
a motorcycle-car accident Thursday afternoon on Vine Street near Sandoz Hall.
No serious injuries
Motorcycle and car collide Thursday
By Jerry Guenther
Staff Reporter
Two University of Ne
braska-Lincoln students
escaped serious injury
Thursday when the motorcycle on
which they were riding collided
with a car on Vine Street between
17th and 19th streets.
Sgl John Kems of UNL Police
Department said the accident oc
curred at about 12:45 p.m. Thurs
day when a motorcycle driven by
Craig Davis, 19, of 1425 R St.,
collided with a vehicle driven by
Leslie Dierking, 19, of 860 N. 17th
St
Kerns said Davis and a passen
ger on his motorcycle, Peter Sartori,
19, of £425 R St, were westbound
on Vine Street when Dierking
pulled out of a driveway at 860 N.
17th and the two collided.
Davis and Sartori, suffering
from multiple abrasions, were then
taken to Lincoln General Hospital,
Kerns said.
Carmen Draper, hospital
spokeswoman, said Davis and Sar
tori were treated and released.
Kerns said Dicrking’s injuries
did not require hospitalization.
Kerns said damage to Davis’
1987 Kawasaki was estimated at
$2,500. while Dierking’s 1982
Chevy Citation received $600 in
damage from the accident.
Neither Davis nor Sartori were
wearing a helmet when the acc ident
occurred, Kcms said.
Griesen initiates review of Center
By Eve Nations
Staff Reporter
After numerous complaints
about the performance of the
Women’s Resource 'rnter, a
team of University of Nebraska-Lin
coln representatives and two visiting
consultants will meet next week to
review its services.
The review staff will study the past
performance of the center and deter
mine what actions are required to
improve its programs and services.
James Griesen, vice chancellor for
student affairs, initialed the review
after receiving numerous complaints
from alumni, staff and students about
operations of the center. The review
will be Sunday through Tuesday.
Griesen said some of the com
plaints came after the center ended its
peer counseling program last year.
Others questioned the role and mis
sion of the center and the type of
programs it should offer, he said.
Two consultants who have as
sisted other women’s resource cen
ters in the past will help determine
improvements in the office.
Anne Hill-Beuf, from Cedar Crest
College in Pennsylvania, will be lead
the review team with Peg Lonnquist,
former director of Women’s Re
source Center at Iowa State Univer
sity in Ames. Hill-Beuf has served on
the executive board of the National
Association for Women’s Centers.
The review team also includes two
UNL undergraduates, two graduate
students and two faculty members.
Peg Johnson, director of special
projects in Griesen’s office, said the
review team was chosen by herself
and Griescn three to four weeks ago.
“The Women’s Resource Center
made recommendations on possible
people to be on the review staff,”
Johnson said. “We are excited about
it. Reviews have been done before but
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