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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 69, NO. 15 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 February 1,1991 Greeks receive stern warning By Michael Wilson Contributing writer Vincent Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, met Tuesday night with representatives of Loyola's Greek social organizations to "clarify and rcemphasize" the university's policy concerning banned organizations. The meeting centered around a recent memorandum that Knipfing sent to all fraternity and sorority presidents, in which Knipfing demands all Loyola Greeks to "stop any interaction with ... off-campus groups at the organizational level, whether formally or informally." The off-campus groups specifically referred to in the memorandum are Pi Kappa Theta fraternity, the Beggars fraternity and Phi Phi Phi sorority. The need for this clarification arose after Delta Gamma sorority violated the policy concerning interaction with off-campus organizations last fall, Knipfing said. The violation took place on October 5, 1990, when a "significant number" of Delta Gamma members attended a party at the Beggar house, located at 824 Broadway, wearing their sorority jerseys, he said. The Beggars, no longer officially recognized by any university, chose not to renew their charter in the fall of 1989 after violating the university's hazing policy in the spring of 1989. Knipfing said Delta Gamma is the first Loyola organization charged with violating the university's rule forbidding the the promotion of "the goals, purposes, identity, programs and activities" of off-campus organizations not recognized by Loyola. Judy Deshotels, assistant director of Student Activities, said thatafterconducting a hearing, Knipfing ruled that active members of Delta Gamma cannot host or attend any Greek social function, until March 9. The sorority must also host a nationally recognized speaker with some expertise concerning the betterment of Greek organizations, she said. The lecture will be open to the entire Loyola community some time this semester, she said. The DG incident was brought to Knipfing's attention by the Panhellinic council late last semester, when DG sought an appeal to an alleged rush violation, Deshotels said. He chose not to hear the appeal, she said, but focused on the infraction of the university policy. Chcri Montero, biology senior and president of DG, refused to comment. Deshotels said, "Our sororities and fraternities will unify for a stronger Greek system by not supporting Greek groups that are not recognized by any university." On the other hand, Knipfing sees the policy as important for the "vitality and survival" of Loyola's Greek community. "I hope that they [Greek organizations] will use positive peer pressure to keep people away from [banned] groups ... who are in competition with their system," Knipfing said. "Let us face a fact: Greek organizations prefer to socially interact with other Greek organizations... [but] 'You can't have your cake and eat it too,' " Knipfing said in the memorandum. Donald Albro, marketing and management senior and president of Beggars, disagrees with the policy for its contradictions with "education" in general and called it "an infringement on people's rights." "By someone restricting you to what you can and can't do, you're not going to be open to different ideas, different views," he said. "If a person wants to go [to a Beggar function], I don't think they should be restricted," he said. Prescott Kerutis, communications junior and member of the Beggars fraternity, said he is concerned about the "rebel" reputation of his organization, and the subsequent attraction to Beggar functions simply because they are forbidden. "That draws the wrong kind of crowd [to such functions], not the crowd we're looking for. We're trying to improve our reputation, if anything," he said. He also said the attendance of Beggar functions held last weekend was not visibly affected by the recent crackdown. Scholarly humor— Dr. Anthony Recasner (far left), director of the academic enrichment program, leads the African- American Scholars for Youth program at Wright Middle School on Tuesday. The scholars, who give students remedial help, include Warren Johnson, history first-year student, and Calvin Kelly, psychology junior. /Photo by Charles Baker Dorm rooms remain unoccupied By Jada Armour Contributing writer Due to 20 unexpected vacancies, Residential Life is offering rooms in Biever Hall to convention-goers this semester. Residential Life will market the residence halls in order to make up for revenue lost to students who broke their contracts, Robert Reed, director of Residential Life, said. Reed said that 3-South in Biever Hall will house these conference-goers while they stay in New Orleans. Joy Raulerson, assistant director for Residential Life, said a class from the University of West Florida and two high school bands will be staying in 3-South in February. "3-South is also open to individual overnight guests who have been sponsored by a Loyola student, staff, or faculty member," Raulerson said. Reed said 3-South was closed because there were not enough students to fill the wing. Reed said many students are turning down on-campus housing because they are moving back home, transferring or have decided to live off campus. Reed came up with these reasons for students moving off campus after conducting a survey of on-campus residents a few weeks prior to the end of last semester. "When we add all the numbers of those leaving, we lose, because there are not enough new students to make up for those leaving," Reed said. Reed said a survey is done at the end of each semester and historically there is a 3 or 4 percent drop in occupancy. Wilfred Christian, English sophomore, moved out of the residential halls and into an apartment after the fall semester. "The amount of money that I pay to live in the dorms is too much for what I am really getting," he said. Christian said Biever Hall was too noisy and it was not conducive to an individual and personal life. In an effort to increase the number of See Res Life/page 6 JQ Da d o