Greeks seek healthier image By Rebecca Oltmans Staff Reporter Newly elected Panhellenic and Inter-fraternity Council presidents said improving the Greek system’s image should be a priority next se mester. Panhellenic and 1FC new officers, who were recently elected, will be installed Dec. 8. New Panhellenic officers include Julie Anderson of Chi Omega, presi dent; Camilla Wacker of Alpha Omi cron Pi, vice president; Shelly Byrne of Kappa Alpha Theta, secretary; and Delia Montcjano of Alpha Delta Pi, treasurer. New IFC officers include Nick Reifschneider of Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, president; David Achcson of Al pha Gamma Sigma, vice president; Brian Hill of Theta Chi, secretary; and Bill Snyder of Farmhouse, trea surer. The' elections came only a few weeks after a UNL Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity pledge fell from a third story window after he reportedly was hazed. Rcifschncider said incidents such as those made attracting new mem bers difficult for the greek system. “We’ll have to dispel rumors that parents have heard,” Reifschneidcr said. “I’d like to see rush be more of a greek rush than an individual chap ter rush.” But that incident was just one of many image problems the greek sys tem needs to fix, he said. Reifschneidcr said fighting that was a result of fraternity rivalries also made the greek system look bad. Fraternities should try to resolve those problems and focus on turning out well-rounded members, he said. “It’s important to prepare them for college life as well as life after col lege,” Reifschneidcr said. “If they don’t stress it as freshmen by the time they arc juniors and seniors it’s a little late.” One way to do that would be by creating a model pledge program for chapters to follow, Reifschneidcr said. Anderson said she thought greeks’ image could be improved by getting the word out to the community about greek accomplishments. Greeks also should work to make their chapters more sensitive to cul tural diversity, Anderson said. -Police Report-1 Beginning midnight Sunday 7:47 a.m. — Reserve stall sign stolen, College of Dentistry, $170. 8:46 a.m. — Parking area sign sto len, Lied Center for Performing Arts, $177. 11:39 a.m. — Ground effect lights damaged, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, $25. 2:44 p.m. — Rose trellis damaged, south of Agricultural Communica tion Building, $300. 2:45 p.m. — Hit-and-run accident, Abel/Sandoz meters parking lot, $150. 3:48 p.m. — Wallet stolen, Selleck Residence Hall. $28. 6:07 p.m. — Fire, Culture Center. Beginning midnight Monday 10:20 a.m. — Clock stolen, Filley Hall, $129. 10:40 a.m. — Sign stolen, Filley Hall, $50. 12:39 p.m. — Mirror broken, re mote parking lot at 17th and Holdredge streets, $75. 2:04 p.m. — Book bag stolen, Sandoz Residence Hall, $169. 2:24 p.m. — Cologne stolen, 635 N. 16th St., $40. 4:33 p.m. — Vandalism, Love Li brary. 5:11 p.m. — Car vandalism, 14th and New Hampshire streets, $100. 6:13 p.m. — Backbelt, worn by custodians to support their backs, was stolen, Nebraska Hall, $40. 7:44 p.m. — Money stolen, 1548 S St., $80. Students run to economize inflates scholarship offers By Steve Smith Senior Reporter Two University of Nebraska-Lin coln students’ driving talents have paid off at the gas pump — and for UNL. Lonnie Behrends, a junior busi ness management major, and Christin Curry, a senior markeiing major, raced to a fourth-place finish in last week’s Geo Metro EconoRun. The seven-day, coast-to-coast road rally promoted automotive fuel econ omy and higher education. Teams from 20 U.S. universities left New York on Nov. 15 and arrived in Los Angeles on Nov. 22. The UNL team won two o( the race’s seven legs and earned $9,000 for UNL’s general scholarship fund. Race officials and a Chevrolet rep resentative were at halftime of Fri day’s Ncbraska-Oklahoma game to present Behrends, Curry and UNL Chancellor Graham Spamer a $9,000 check. Behrends and Curry averaged just less than 56 miles per gallon to take the fourth place. Howard University won the contest with a 56.6 mpg average. Michigan State and Penn State placed second and third respec tively. Race sponsors gave $4,000 to the school with the best gas mileage dur ing each leg of the race, Behrends said. Each participating school was given $1,000 for scholarships. The UNL team chalked up their first victory halfway through the con test, between Lincoln and Cheyenne, Wyo. “We probably had a slight advan tage with that leg,” Behrends said. “It was in our own back yard and we knew the area.” Curry and Behrends also won the leg between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, with a road-rally-high average of 61.981 mpg for that portion of the race. Behrends said the coast-to-coast road rally challenged his and Curry’s patience. “The hardest thing about the trip was keeping yoursclfdisciplincd,” he said. “You had to consciously keep yourself from accelerating too fast.” Aside from weather difficulties, the race went smoothly for the UNL team, Behrends said. The contest was extended an extra day when a Wyo ming snow storm closed the interstate west of Cheyenne. - (4 The hardest thing about the trip was keeping yourself disciplined. You had to consciously keep yourself from accel erating too fast. —Behrends EconoRun competitor - 99 — “The monotony of the trip was the biggest problem,” Behrendssaid. “But Christin and I talked a lot, and we got to know each other pretty well along the way.” Curry agreed. “1 was worried at first, driving across the country with someone 1 didn’t know all that well,”she said. “1 figured we’d be at each other’s throats after the third day. But now I’d prob ably consider him my best friend.” The competitors said they didn’t look forward to making up all the homework they set aside for the con test. But Curry said she wasn’t going to fret about the missed schoolwork. “I missed two tests during that week,” she said. “My instructors let me miss them, but now my finals count for twice as much. But right now, I ’in not too worried.” Lawyer to defend MU students From Staff Reports An Omaha attorney will appear in Lancaster County Court on Dee. 6 on behalf of five University of Missouri Columbia students charged with crim inal mischief in the theft of a statue on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Judge James Foster last week al lowed Attorney Woody Bradford to represent the five men at their docket call appearance. Jason Mott, Jason Meyer, Richard Daniel, Brad Schuster and Craig Rehmert were charged with criminal mischief in the theft of an Abraham Lincoln statue from the Sheldon Me morial Sculpture Garden. The criminal mischief charge, a Class IV felony, carries a maximum sentence of five years and a $10,000 fine or both. The felony has no mini mum sentence. The five men, all members of the Missouri Farmhouse Fraternity chap ter, were in Lincoln for a weekend outing when they were arrested early Nov. 21. The students spent almost two days in jail and were released on 10 percent of a $1,000 bond Tuesday. The students were arrested for theft by unlawful taking, but those charges were not filed by the Lancaster Coun ty Attorney’s office. Thieves hit union, video games From Staff Reports___ Thieves broke into the Nebraska Union this weekend and cleaned out change from seven video games. N ight security ofTiccrs for the union discovered the break-in Sunday morn ing, Sgt. Bill Manning of the Univer sity Police said. The thieves forced open a door at the south entrance of the building sometime between early Saturday morning and Sunday night, he said. Vendor operators took the games out of the union Sunday afternoon, Manning said. He said he did not know whether they would repair or replace the games. Loss and damage to the games have not been estimated, he said. Reserve Your Private Party Today! 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