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ACROSS 1 Big bashes 6 Use an atomizer 10 Drivel 13 Uve 14 Foot support 15 Summon 16 News sources 17 It introduces me or John 18 Field of study 19 Stickup 22 ’80s TV puppet 25 Soul singer Rawls 26 Contaminates 27 Stuck-up 31 Contemptuous sound 32 Batman before George 33 Swinging 36 Well-ventilated 37 It’s before and after “de la” 39 “But — buts” 40 Biol, blueprint 41 Doughboy’s foe 42 Usher’s beat 43 Stock up 48 Lettermanor Leno, e.g. 50 “A Boy Named 51 Porker’s pen 52 Stack up 56 Yoked pair 57 Teheran’s terrain 58 Boise’s state 62 Hawaiian goose 63 His work is a bust! 64 Singing Carpenter 65 Environmental no-no 66 Merriment 67 Roast host DOWN 1 Jewel 2 Treetoppler 3 Pot topper 4 — Minor 5 Like a cloudless night 6 Fictionalized 7 Piqued 8 Slash mark 9 Fuel regulator 10 (or) on a page 11 Wide-awake 12 They can be double or triple 15 Log dwelling 20 Tattoo honoree 21 Ewe said that? 22 Syrian president 23 Russian revolutionary 24 Air freshener feature 28 Saute 29 Hotspots 30 Ewe’s mate 1 15 F5 12 Ik 34 Lagoon 47 Limey’s hangout entrance 48 Gov’t, issue 35 Bard’s output 49 Rubbed the 37 Aviary talk wrong way 38 Sprint 53 Russian sea 39 Lots of dough 54 Pink inside 42 Neanderthal, 55 Choice you might say cheese 44 In agreement 59 Rainbow 45 Sweet potato shape 46 Custom or 60 Tee — practice: Var. 61 Mo’ Time” Answers to this crossword are found on page 17 n in In ——in m 17o I Greeek life offers .many opportunities, rewards for students GREEK from page 12 ' nities to have fun. Dinner exchanges with other houses, parties, intramu Lrals, and road trips to your fraternity sorority’s fellow chapters across the country are just some of the many ways to provide that fun. But die most important con cept in joining a Greek orga nization is the experiences and memories you gain throughout colleges with your “brothers” and “sis 'ters.” “Living in a Greek house rjust gives you a much better family-like, home atmosphere that you don’t get anywhere else,” Schwartzkopf said. “It’s a unique chance to live with people you want live and spend your college years with, and you just simply feel more at home in that land of environment.” Although there are plenty of ben efits a student will get out of living in a Greek house, still the stereotypes and supposed negatives of Greek members and life linger: Greek houses are not diverse, are exclusive, and are only open to “one kind of person." Schwartzkopf said that contrary to this belief, a wide variety of students of ethnic and social backgrounds join Greek hous es, not to mention a wide variety of students from different geographical regions and college majors. It s too expensive to live in a fra ternity or sorority - it’s only for “rich kids.” Schwartzkopf said that the room and board costs of living in a Greek house are comparable and sim ilar to the cost of living in the resi dence halls. Yes, members must pay dues to the national organizations, but those dues include the social benefits that come with being in a fraternity, not to mention priceless experiences and memories. Drinking and hazing have become far too much of a focus in Greek life from what we learn in the media through countless incidents through out the nation at college campuses. Schwartzkopf said that as much as possible has been done at UNL to combat drinking and hazing, espe cially in the last five years. Some of those things have included several alcohol education programs and speakers that are specifically designed for Greek students and strict anti-hazing policies and penalties enforced by die university’s Code of Conduct. “It’s important to us that our mem bers become leaders and respectable people when they leave college,” Schwartzkopf said. “One of the advantages of the Greek System is educating the members about high risk drinking and rules so they will become that.” The Greek System, Schwartzkopf said, is just another of the many options a strong university such as UNL provides its students. If you are interested in exploring this option, all you have to do is fill out a fraternity or sorority rush application and you can then begin to see which Greek house is the one for you. “Rush,” or recruitment of new members is done year-round, but the main rush period for fraternities is in the summer and the beginning of the school year for sororities. If you think Greek life is for you, give it a rush! For more information, call Greek Affairs at 402-472-2582 or visit the office on the third floor of the Nebraska Union. Towne Club provides alternative to Greek life CLUB from page 11 getting these experiences is obvi ously a lot less compared to the expense of joining a Greek soror ity, and despite the fact Towne Club does not have a house, a lot of its members live together off campus and in the residence halls, and hang out with each other “all the time.” Towne Club rushes, or recruits new members, year round, Anderson said, and that the group is open to any kind of person who wants to join. “We are not exclusive at all,” Anderson said. “We’re looking for girls who are looking for something to do and want to have fun. We usually send out infor mational brochures two weeks after school starts, but even now we’re doing activities like going to movies and having parties at Holmes Park Lake so the girls can get to know the members better and see if Towne Club is forthem.” If you are interested in Towne Club or would like more infor mation about it, call Anderson at 402-477-0378 or visit its office in the Nebraska Union. College: new environment, new rules RULES from page 7 sions.” Drinking isn’t the only problem Blum runs into. Other punishable activities Blum runs into include smoking marijuana, assault, harass ment and academic dishonesty. The amount of disruptive behav ior in the classroom was also espe cially noticeable last spring, Blum said. ■ “Students need to understand that when they go into the classroom, that instructor has been given the oppor tunity to run that class how he or she wants to,” Blum said. “We stick by the instructor. It’s real important that they read the syllabi. We usually don’t allow ignorance to be an « We usually don’t allow ignorance to be an excuse. College is a learning environment as opposed to high school, which is more of a teaching environment.” Rosemary Blum UNL director of judicial affairs excuse. College is a learning environr ment as opposed to high school, which is more of a teaching environ ment” Aside from knowing the rules, Blum said, her advice to incoming students is just to use common sense when making decisions. “Any time you’re in violation of the student code of conduct, there’s a good chance that someone will turn you in,” Blum said. “It’s ail just becoming a part of the community and becoming a good citizen.”