Sorority scare finds roots in legend
JWAoaACitE from page 1
an urban legend—a story that appears
mysteriously and spreads in varying
forms, contains elements of humor or
horror, makes good storytelling and
does not have to be false, although
most are, according to
nftp://www. urbanlegends. com/.
The site says the movie-like plot
rpming through UNL last weekend
ipade a “huge comeback in 1998” and
pas spread across several Midwest
college campuses, including the
University of Kansas in Lawrence,
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
and University of Wisconsin in
Madison.
When the legend hit UNL, police
and administrators prepared their
Strategy and spread information to
preek Affairs and housing before
sheer panic set in.
Regardless, the macabre lunch
table gossip spread from Harper
Schramm-Smith to Delta Gamma
Sorority in a matter of days.
And, as macabre gossip always
does, the story changed with each
telling.
Some people thought the killing
would happen at a_sorority. Others
said it would happen at an H-shaped
residence hall—for some, it was a res
idence hall starting with the letter H.
' And others had heard the mas
sacre was targeting a Big 10 school,
not a Big 12 school.
Einstein
\interviewed’
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via computer
EINSTEIN from page 1
Hitler’s Third Reich would develop its
own atomic bomb.
Einstein asserted his pacifism.
“He who cherishes the value of
culture cannot fail to be a pacifist,” he
said. “I am not only a pacifist, but a
militant pacifist
“Is it not better for a man to die for
a cause in which he believes — such as
peace — than to die for a cause which
l(e does not support, such as war?”
The opinionated Einstein did not
appear to be constrained by political
Correctness. Asked about the role of
<vomen in science, he said women
should have a chance to pursue
careers in science, but that certain
“obstacles” prevented them from
being judged by the same standkhds as
men.
; Einstein was equally cynical about
hie institution of marriage.
“I have survived two wars, two
wives and Hitler,” he said.
r And, he said, “Marriage is but
slavery made to appear civilized,”
Einstein also asserted his appreci
ation for the composers Bach and
Schubert, as well as his views on
Beethoven (“too dramatic”) and
Mendelssohn (“talented, but lacks
<fepth”).
The voice recognition system,
although mostly effective, isn’t fool
proof, Stevens said. At best, he said,
the device recognizes 90 percent of
What is said.
For instance, Einstein was asked,
“Have you ever owned a telescope?”
The brainy physicist confidently
replied, “I advocate world govern
ment.” p
l^ey use when watching a movie. Hie
goal, he said, is to make die interview
as realistic as possible.
Stevens said synthetic interviews
could have several different uses,
from entertainment to museum dis
plays.
For instance, die technique can be
used to produce “oral histories” of
famous people such as presidents.
Some day, he said, museum visitors
could ask a question of the subject,
and a voice recognition system would
trigger a quotation from the subject
providing the answer.
Just in case, Greek Affairs
Director Linda Schwartzkopf encour
aged sorority chapters to exercise
good safety and security measures.
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority member
Jennie Moran, a sophomore dietetics
major, said members were told not let
in strangers or “weird people.”
Many at Alpha Xi Delta decided
to flee Halloween night, Moran said.
Other houses, such as Alpha Delta
Pi Sorority, Pi»Beta Phi Sorority, Phi
Mu Sorority and Alpha Chi Omega
Sorority said the same. ,
“We were just uneasy,” Moran
said. “We didn’t know if we should
believe it or not.”
Kim Realph, Alpha Delta Pi pres
ident, said the chapter officers did not
officially prepare for the massacre,
but “people were freaked out.”
Erica Ballew, Pi Beta Phi vice
president for morale, said after hear
ing about the “prediction,” her sorori
ty’s president called UNL police, who
told them not to worry. That calmed
i-—
down sorority members, she said.
By Saturday, many sorority mem
bos had chilled a bit, but were still a
bit jumpy, Phi Mu President Molly
Egley said.
Egley said she slept in her house
on Halloween night and acknowl
edged she was a little scared.
“I know that I locked my door,
and I never lock my door,” Egley, a
junior communications studies
major, said.
UNL police received some calls
from concerned students and parents
but not anywhere near as much as the
University of Kansas, where Cauble
said police fielded more than 100
calls a day last week.
Rumors often circulate that “get
people excited,” Cauble said.
University police have a network
throughout the country that checks
out the seemingly contagious far
fetched stories.
“We’re pretty used to hearing the
rumors coming around.”
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