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Graduate Greeks
Professional fraternities offer alternative lifestyle
By LOUIS STANCATO
The cameraderie, all-night partying, and
rituals associated with fraternities doesn't have
to end upon graduation, as many graduate
students prove by joining the University's
professional Greek system.
Unlike undergraduate houses, professional
houses, which include dental, medical, and
social houses, don't have time to stage a
formal rush. Anyone interested is invited to
visit, and members keep rush informal. The
houses recruit pledges by advertising openings
early each year, and also rely on word-of-
mouth.
THE GRADUATE Greek system differs
from the undergraduate Greek system mainly
in academic and social maturity. Academic
success is a main goal at Nu Sigma Nu
Medical fraternity, where members aid each
other in studying, according to- Rich Fessler,
fraternity president.
"You've got people from all four classes,
which is the real advantage for students...
These people can tell what is important to
know. That's a big help," Fessler said.
For the most part, the professional Greek
system offers an alternative lifestyle for
today's graduate students. As Fessler said, at
a professional fraternity "you really find your
friends."
ALTHOUGH the fraternities emphasize
academic pursuits they still party and have
fun. At Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity,
fun sometimes centers around the fully
equipped dental lab in the basement. Here
members crank some tunes, relax, and work
on cavities and crowns.
For dental students, this is fun.
According to Cass Radecki, grand master of
DSD, graduate students "have closer ties with
faculty and staff." About 100 current dental
school professors are DSD alumni.
At Phi Chi, a medical fraternity, studying
is also stressed. President Bruce Elson says,
"Graduate students have their goals established
and know what they have to do to reach
them...Undergraduates tend to be less inter-
ested in studying."
As in any social situation, living with
people interested in a variety of subjects pro-
motes friendships. Graduate fraternities are no
exception. At some houses diversity makes
for excitement as is the case at Phi Alpha
Kappa.
Unlike other professional fraternity houses,
PAK does allow undergraduates to join, and is
largely comprised of transfer students.
While not a true professional fraternity,
PAK is a social organization. Like most
graduate houses, it has no formal rush.
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diplomas was not directed at the
University of Michigan.
"It was not leveled at the 50
selective universities (mentioned in
the report.) Michigan has the
highest quality student body of any
public institution and certainly is
not a credential mill," Duderstadt
said.
Duderstadt added that the study as
a whole does not apply to the
University. "The report is not
targeted at the top universities. For
this institution, we set our own
standards which are very high."
CARNEGIE Foundation Vice
President Vito Perrone disputes
Duderstadt's view, saying the report
applies "to all four-year colleges in
the country."
Other top University and LSA
officials refused to comment on the
study.
Specific recommendations in the
242 page study include:
-scaling back athletic programs
that are "rife with shocking abuses
that undermine academic integrity."
-requiring all seniors to write a
thesis in which the historical,
ethical, and social perspectives of
their major would be examined.
Students would also be required to
defend their thesis orally in front of
both a panel of professors and an
open public forum.
-prizing and rewarding good
teaching rather than emphasizing
research in the awarding of tenure
and promotions.
-ending the practice of forcing
college applicants to take the
Scholastic Aptitude Test, or the or
American College Test, as many
institutions do not need the
multiple-choice test scores in
acceptance decisions.
Officials at different universities
differ in their responses to the
report. Harvard University President
Derek Bok has scheduled a two-day
symposium to discuss issues the
study raises.
At the University, Associate
Athletic Director Don Lund respon-
ded to the suggestion to cut back
athletic programs by saying: "I
don't think that the Carnegie thing
is 100 percent correct. The
(National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation) is our governing body, not
the Carnegie Foundation. The body
to do the study is the NCAA along
with the college presidents."
"In our program, the main
emphasis is on getting a college
degree," he added.
DONALD SWAIN, Associate
Director of Admissions, responded
to the charge that SAT scores are
unnecessary by saying the test
plays a significant role in deter-
mining whether or not a student is
admitted to the University and other
top schools.
"The bottom line in admitting
students is being able to predict
success. The best single indicator
of success is a (grade point
average.) The second best is stan-
dardized test scores...We have found
that success on the SAT does
correlate with future successes in
addition to acting as a thermometer
for people out of different types of
school systems. The other top-rate
colleges share this viewpoint," he
said.KP
Lewis Kleinsmith, Professor of
Biological Sciences, agreed with the
report's charge that research is
taking the place of education,
saying, "there is no question that
research is a prime criteria in
determining promotions."
Duderstadt stressed the impor-
tance of being a strong teacher.
"The faculty must be both strong in
research and in teaching. in order to
get tenure. If the professors are not
active as scholars, however, they
simply will not have the riew
knowledge which applies to their
course," he said.
Duderstadt does not feel Univer-
sity professors have sacrificed teach-
ing to concentrate on research.
The Associated Press contributed
to this story.
Pool movie
brings 'U
billiard
bucks
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major John Keegan, said, "playing
in the Union beats playing in a
bar-they've got great tables here."
Paradise hopes the Game Cen-
ter's quality tables will keep the
recent first-time customers coming
back.
Indeed, praise for the Union's
pool tables was widespread among
Saturday night patrons of the
crowded, smoky establishment. Pat
Williams, a worker in the snack-
food industry and one of the many
people not associated with the
University at the pool hall said,
"this is a good place to play the
great game of pool."
He enjoys the Game Center's
facilities, but he enjoys the game
even more. "There's a lot of
IN BRIEF
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Syria may face sanctions
LONDON-The Common Market met in special session yesterday to
consider sanctions against Syria, including a ban on arms sales, in
support of Britain's allegations that the government of President Hafez
Assad sponsors terrorism.
Greece is the only nation among the 12-member group that appears
opposed to the economic or diplomatic moves to isolate Syria.
The four-point package of measures on today's agenda is considered
likely to be adopted by foreign ministers from the other 11 countries,
officials say.
Besides banning arms sales to Syria, Britain proposes the indefinite,
suspension of visits by European Economic Community officials to the
Syrian capital of Damascus, tighter restrictions on Syrian embassies in
EEC countries, and increased surveillance of Syrian Arab Airlines.
Britain broke diplomatic relations with Damascus on Oct. 24 after an
Arab was convicted of trying to smuggle a bomb aboard an Israeli jetliner
at London's Heathrow Airport last April. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey
Howe said there was conclusive evidence of official Syrian involvement
in the attempt to sabotage the El Al jumbo jet and kill the 375 people on
board.
U.S. accused of 'eroding'
agreements with 'Star Wars'
MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze accused the
United States yesterday of trying to "erode the ground reached in
Reykjavik." He demanded anew that a superpower arms accord include a
ban on space weapons.
Shevardnadze said that Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan agreed
during their Oct. 11-12 Iceland summit to steps that would eliminate
medium-range missiles from Europe within five years and all strategic
nuclear weapons within a decade.
U.S. administration officials have refused to enter into an accord that
would restrict research and development into Reagan's Strategic Defense
Initiative for a space-based defense system, dubbed ".Star Wars."
In Washington, meanwhile, White House spokesman Larry Speakes,
said published reports that the United States will exceed limits of the
SALT II arms agreement this week by making a new cruise missile-
carrying bomber operational are "premature." Speakes said plans are to
make the bomber operational "before the end of the year."
GM locks S. African plants
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Hundreds of black workers on
strike for the past 12 days trooped to the front of two General Motors
Corp. plants in Port Elizabeth yesterday, but the gates remained locked.
Officials of the South African subsidiary of the U.S. automaker met
with shop stewards who said most of the 2,000 strikers wanted to return
but approval was needed from the National Automobile and Allied
Workers Union.
The work stoppage is over demands for severance pay and for
repayment of pension contributions when the company changes hands
next year.
GM said in a statement later that the plant would stay closed because
union general secretary Fred Sauls indicated he had no mandate from the
employees that they wanted to return to work.
Peugot headquarters bombed
PARIS-A large explosion rocked the headquarters of the automaker
Peugot last night near the Arc de Triomphe, but first reports indicated
that no one was injured, police said.
The blast, which occurred at about 7 p.m-'EST on the Avenue de la
Grande Armee, just off the Place de l'Etoile, was loud enough to be heard
miles away in the capital. There was no immediate report on the extent
of the damage.
In September, a series of bombings in Paris killed 11 people and
injured 161, and were claimed by groups demanding freedom for three
Middle East terrorists.
Other previous bombs, most set off in the middle of the night in
uninhabited buildings, have been claimed by the extreme leftist group
Direct Action, sometimes aiming at firms with ties to South Africa.
Officers prepare for hunters
More than 700,000 hunters will invade Michigan's woods for the deer
firearms season that opens Saturday, and watching over them will be 177
conservation field officers.
Twenty-three of those officers will be new recruits who finish training
this week and will be working with senior officers, and state officials say
that as usual, the contingent will be outmanned by the hunters.
"We run into everything out there. We run into dopers, into people
drinking, just a multitude of things," said Patrick Pyers, assistant chief
of the law enforcement division at the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources.
He said fishermen who illegally snag, net and spear fall salmon are
more of a problem than hunters.
"When we go through a week or a month'*without an attack on an
officer, we feel lucky," Pyers said.
The officers make a total of about 20,000 arrests a year, said Dave
Purol, a research specialist in the DNR's law enforcement division.
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