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Fraternities begin winter rush with
new meeting format to lessen crowding
by Julie Wolfe
Fraternities courted potential
members with a new "open form"
meeting in the Union yesterday to
kick off winter rush.
Instead of sitting in a formal as-
sembly, the rushees visited tables
representing different fraternities.
Fraternity members spoke with po-
tential rushees and presented
information.
"Usually there are chairs and
speeches, but the rushees usually fell
asleep," said Interfraternity Council
Rush Chair Steve Fisher, an LSA
junior and member of Sigma Chi.
"That's not what rush is all about. I
am hopeful that the open form will
encourage more interactions be-
tween rusher and rushee."
Fisher said the previous format
- when rushees visited the tables
after listening to speeches - caused
crowding at the stations.
"By having a three-hour open
block, everyone can come at differ-
ent times," he said.
Fisher said he hopes the meeting
will positively influence those who
are unsure about joining the Greek
system.
Fisher said during winter rush,
most rushees are more interested in
joining a specific fraternity than
learning about the Greek system in
general. He said rushees, who have
been on campus for a semester,
often begin the process with a list of
houses that interest them.
LSA first-year student Ian Rosen
said, "Rushing winter term is better
because you have time to get settled
into school and find out about the
houses."
GOP
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- and their jobs - before and they
expect to regroup quickly, Kessler
said.
Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Jack Kemp - whom
many predict will seek the
Republican nomination in '96
- also plans to continue working in
Washington.
He will organize a group to re-
search and promote "bleeding-heart
conservatism" with two other Bush
staff members - former Education
Secretary and director of drug-con-
trol policy William Bennett and
former congressional member Vin
Weber (R-Minnesota).
Former Defense Secretary Dick
Cheney, a potential '96 presidential
candidate, will also join a research
institute.
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Vice President Dan Quayle has
returned to Indiana, most likely to
take charge of his family newspaper
business and plot a political
comeback.
Former Secretary of State James
Baker will practice law in Wash-
ington and expects to write a book.
Many former White House staff
members are said to be planning to
take up their pens and write books
about their adventures in Wash-
ington. Among the possible future
authors are former White House
Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater and
former budget director Richard
Darman.
Other Republicans are seeking a
break from Washington. Former
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator William Reilly has
said he plans to vacation in Brazil
for the next month to forget about
politics.
DUDERSTADT
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handled by presidential orders,
Duderstadt said.
Charley Sullivan, a Rackham
student and volunteer at the Lesbian
and Gay Male Programs Office, said
he does not believe the University
will change its policy, even if
Clinton changes federal law.
"I don't see a connection be-
tween anything Bill Clinton does
short of getting the federal civil
rights law of 1964 to include sexual
orientation," Sullivan said. "That's
the only thing that will have an ef-
fect on this campus. (The Bylaw)
will be changed when pigs fly."
But Duderstadt said the
University has chosen not to take a
public stance opposing the ban on
INAUGURATION
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overwhelmingly liked the speech
and its message.
University of Pennsylvania
sophomore Sally Scott said she felt
the speech reached out to everybody.
"For the first time in my life, I
felt as if the political process cared
about young people. I believe the
new president will be extraordinarily
compassionate," Scott said.
Most of the 1 million attendants
could not see the president, except
on a few giant TV screens, and
many could not hear the speech.
Noted poet and Wake Forest
Professor Maya Angelou read an
original poem about change and its
effects on nature and the country.
After the ceremony, President
Bush and Barbara Bush boarded a
helicopter for Andrews Air Force
base where they were flown to their
new home in Houston.
President Clinton walked his
predecessor to the helicopter, who
waved to the crowd before depart-
ing. Many in the crowd were
Republicans who had served with
Bush for 20 years in various
administrations.
More than 150 groups and bands
performed in the inaugural parade.
The parade, which lasted more than
two hours, included Native
American dancers, Michigan cheer-
leaders and Sesame Street
characters.
Clinton and Gore and their fami-
lies walked much of the parade route
waving to the crowds along
Pennsylvania Avenue.
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homosexuals in the military.
"We have chosen to deal with
these issues through other measures.
I rarely put my name on a list just to
put it on a list. I'd rather pull to-
gether peer institutions to address
the problem," Duderstadt said, ex-
plaining why his name did not ap-
pear in a Dec. 13 New York Times
advertisement opposing the ban on
homosexuals in the military.
Duderstadt also denied rumors
yesterday that he is a candidate for
the president of Yale University.
"I'm not a candidate for Yale and
I have not been contacted by Yale,"
Duderstadt said. "Now that I have
this Rose Bowl thing figured out, I'd
like to stick with it. I promised to
lead the University into the 21st
century and by my count we've got
seven years left."
Former President Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush wave to
supporters as they prepare to beard their plane at Andrews Air Force Base
for their trip to Houston yesterday.
RIOTS
The Office of Minority Affairs
is now taking applications for Student
Leader positions for the
KING/CHAVEZ /PARKS
College Da Spring
Visitation Program
Application deadline is February 5, 1993
Student Leaders accompany visiting middle school
students throughout the day serving as guides
and role models while providing information about the
college experience. Student leaders usually work in
teams of three. They should be fairly outgoing indi-
viduals and have a keen interest in and commitment to
helping students underrepresented in higher
education develop personal motivation for a college
education. Many positions available,
flexible scheduling.
Applications and job description can be obtained at
The Office of Minority Affairs,
1042 Fleming Building, 1st Floor.
For additional information contact
Felton Rogers at 936-1055
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and racism is institutionalized and
come to terms with it. If we don't,
racism will destroy our society,
Bady said. "The challenge is for
white people to change their atti-
tudes and outlook."
But Regina Freer, a Rackham
graduate student who spent a few
months in Los Angeles researching
African American-Korean American
relations, said conflict is not isolated
between whites and African
Americans.
"The trial was the spark that set
off the powder keg full of jobless-
ness, racial conflict and basic in-
equities. The problem is with the
concept that civil rights are separate
from economic rights. It'll get a lot
worse before it gets better," said
Freer, who works at the Ella Baker-
Nelson Mandela Center for Anti-
Racist Education.
Freer said the riots will have a
negative impact on African
American-Korean American rela-
tions, but added that the riots' reper-
cussions will affect other ethnic
groups as well.
Others attributed the riots to fre-
quent police violence and judicial
inaction.
Theodore Shaw, a law professor
and former lawyer for the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) Legal
Defense Fund in Los Angeles, said
juries are often reluctant to convict
law enforcement officers.
Shaw said two other factors con-
tributed to the "not guilty"tverdict:
the court's decision to move the trial
to the conservative Simi Valley, and
the defense attorney arguing to the
jury that "the police are all that stand
between you and the Blacks."
Shaw explained that the officers
will be found guilty in the federal
government's retrial only if the
prosecution can establish a specific
violation of civil rights. He said that
under normal circumstances it would
be almost impossible to reach a,
guilty verdict.
However, Shaw predicted that ju-
rors serving in this retrial may vote
to convict the police officers, fearing,0
the potential consequences of an-
other "not guilty" verdict.
Shaw, who frequently argued
similar cases when he worked for the
NAACP, said such beatings are not
unusual.
"The actual occurrence of the
beating was not surprising to most
Black people, although watching the
beating was shocking because of the
violence involved," he said.
Shaw said he hopes the beating's
exposure will bring reforms within
police departments and will make
courts take notice of injustice.
Ellsworth said she fears race rela-
tions could worsen if the officers'
retrial ends in the same outcome.
"If in the second trial the police
get off, then the riots could be na-
tionwide and more extreme. In that
case there could be a possible white
backlash," she said.
But Freer said the riots probably
will not provoke the same phe-
nomenon of "white flight" from Los
Angeles as the 1967 riots did from
Detroit because Los Angeles is al-
ready very segregated.
However, Bady speculated that
white Americans fear future violence 0
spilling over into surrounding Los
Angeles suburbs like Beverly Hills.
In light of the violence of the past
year and the recent Martin Luther
King Day celebration, Shaw criti-
cized apathy and indifference.
"In the spirit of Martin Luther
King Jr. we must continue to wage
battles. But we must be realistic in
how hard that battle is going to be."
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