The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 28, 1993 - Page 3 Tufts Greeks going coed by Megan Lardner Daily Higher Education despi Reporter Some Tufts University students believe a new Greek system policy will bring tragedy to their sororities and fraternities. , A new Tufts policy may soon require Greek houses to open their doors and welcome any- one - male or female - if the university's Board of Trustees supports a faculty decision to make the Greek system coed. After a number of incidents involving racism, homophobia and sexual harassment were reportedly connected to the Greek sys- tem, the Medford, Mass., university organized the faculty Committee on Fraternities and Sororities to investigate the problems. A report from the committee cited exam- ples of glorified sexual assault, vandalism by ffaternity members and abusive behavior to- ward minorities. But Tufts' Inter-Greek Council President Kevin Conroy said the criticism fraternities and sororities receive is unwarranted. "Some of these negative incidents may oc- cur in a Greek setting, a non-Greek setting or a coed setting," he said. The faculty voted last year to merge the Greek system, despite results from two student surveys. Polls from both the Tufts student. newspaper and the student senate showed overwhelming student opposition to making the Greek system coed, Conroy said. If the houses turn coed, they will not only lose their national charters, but will also be re- qbired to accept anyone wanting to join. "Anybody that walks in the door could be a brother or a sister," Conroy said, adding that both the rush and pledge period would be eliminated entirely., ite protests One central reason for the Greek opposition to this proposal is the importance associated with single-sex living, Conroy said. He added that merging fraternities and sororities would destroy feelings of "brotherhood and sisterhood." Tufts currently has only one coed house - Alpha Tau Omega. Conroy said the house seemed to be functioning well. "It seems like they're very happy with that set-up." Other colleges across the country have al- ready either disbanded or merged campus Greek systems. Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine, has offered some coed houses since it began to admit women 20 years ago. Beginning July 1, 1993, the 12-house Greek system at Bowdoin will become completely coed, opening four more houses to both men and women. Bowdoin Director of Public Relations Scott Hood said the administration thought the change would prevent problems caused by homophobia and racism. "Bowdoin University is an institution fully dedicated to coed education. While we value freedom of association rights, we also value rights of non-discrimination," Hood said. The possibility of coed fraternities and sororities at the University of Michigan is not currently an issue. Delta Gamma junior Beth Wallis said she thinks the coed system might work, but would defeat the purpose of fraternities and sororities. "I don't know how members of the present Greek system would feel about it. It could def- initely cause a lot of problems, but it could solve others, like how the Greek system is seen as elitist," Wallis said. Computer upgrade adds 200 machines by James Cho Winter break was no vacation for Information Technology Division (ITD) employees. ITD employees spent the winter holiday installing new computers in the Michigan Union, 611 Church St. Building, and the residence hall computing centers. They also added a multimedia lab to the Michigan Union Computing Site. The Campus Computing Sites di- vision of ITD spent nearly $400,000 on the purchase of 200 new Macintosh IIsi computers for the computing sites. James Sullivan, manager of Campus Computing Sites, said the upgrade was long overdue. "The old Macintosh Plus com- The old ... computers are essentially obsolete.' - James Sullivan Computing Sites manager puters are essentially obsolete for our purposes. They are too slow, have too little memory, don't have hard drives and can't run much of the software which is now being re- leased by manufacturers," he said. Macintosh SEs were distributed to other sites and Macintosh Pluses were sent to Property Disposition to be sold. "The machines we are getting rid of are over five years old and have become more expensive to maintain than to replace," Sullivan said. The new multimedia lab is open to students in social work, art history and science classes. The Office of Instructional Technology aims to bring students and faculty the latest in instructional technology to im- prove teaching and learning through multimedia, said Director Ed Saunders. "Multimedia is the marriage of video, (audio, animation and graph- ics) with computers to present in- formation. It's a very powerful teaching tool," said Laurence Kirchmeier, systems software devel- oper for Office of Instructional Technology. Students reacted favorably to the computing sites upgrades. "The color is a lot better than the humdrum of black and white moni- tors," said first-year Engineering student Mike Vanderploeg. 'I will destroy you' LSA juniorJohn McCaw works out yesterday at The Boxing Club at the corner of Hill Street and South Division Street. Area police departments Theft attempted at S~T S ff~4 ~ bust teenage by Shelley Morrison Daily Crime Reporter Three youths suspected in a rash of burglaries across four counties were arrested early Monday morning after attempting to burglarize a Ypsilanti business. Officers from the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department (WCSD) apprehended the youths at 2:45 a.m. while they were attempting to burglarize Wong's Food and Gifts in Ypsilanti. The suspects are members of a 'breaking and entering ring which is believed to be responsible for more than thirty crimes across four coun- lies, police officials said. Seven area police departments including the AAPD and the WCSD combined their efforts in response to 'burglary attempts on small busi- nesses like Wong's in Washtenaw, Livingston, Wayne and Oakland counties. " As of yesterday, police said four members of the seven- or eight- 'member group are in the Washtenaw -County Jail on breaking and entering charges. According to an Ann Arbor po- lice report, three of the suspects have :been identified as Ypsilanti youths " ." crime rmg Cary McCune, Adrain Swain, and Timothy Browning. These three sus- pects and the other members of the ring are believed to be over the age of seventeen - old enough to be tried as adults in Michigan courts. WCSD Lt. R.J. Smith said a conviction under adult breaking and entering charges could mean a lengthy prison term for the ring members. "If these individuals are tried as adults they will undergo a prelimi- nary exam, be arraigned, and stand trial," Smith said. "If they are con- victed (as adults), they could receive up to ten years in prison." WCSD and AAPD officers said they agree that the dissolving of this ring will mean at least a temporary decrease in area burglaries. AAPD Staff Sgt. Rich Kinsey, who headed the surveillance team, said the similarities of the crimes and the collaboration of different departments made the bust possible. "When you have this many of the same kind of breaking and enterings, the burglars have a tough time re- membering where they've hit, and who they were with," Kinsey said. Kinsey said it was this repetition that tipped off "some very alert offi- cers" from around the county. I310; tal member assaulted Tuesday morning at approxi- mately 11 a.m. the Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a re- port of two men fighting outside the south entrance to the Institute of Social Research building on Thompson Street. Police investigation of the inci- dent revealed that the fight resulted from a staff member's attempt to re- cover a clutch bag stolen from his fourth floor office by an unknown suspect. In the struggle, the staff member was assaulted by the sus- pect, who then fled the area before DPS officers arrived. The suspect was described as an African American male, about 5'9" in height, with a goatee, mustache and black-rimmed glasses. Reports said the staff member sustained slight injuries from the in- cident but declined medical attention. Watch stolen from student in Amer's Delicatessen A student dining in Amer's Deli on Church Street at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday night reported to the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) that a person seated a few tables away stole his watch. AAPD officers have since appre- hended a subject fitting the descrip- tion given by the student and presently are interrogating him about the incident. The stolen watch, valued at $50, has not yet been recovered. PoliceQ Beat6 Periodic table tile stolen from Dow Chem. Building DPS received a report of a stolen tile from a wall-sized periodic table in the Chemistry Building Tuesday afternoon. The 10" x 10" tile, one of over a hundred composing the wall repre- sentation of the periodic table of el- ements, was taken from Room 1800 in the Chemistry Building. Police have been unable to determine the time of the theft. The $200 tile has not yet been found. Missing man, feared suicidal, found unharmed On Tuesday, Ann Arbor Police were informed of a person missing from 2655 Braeburn. Thirty nine-year-old David Came was reported missing when co- workers discovered a suicide note left on his desk at work. No one re- ported seeing him at work the fol- lowing morning. Came was found by AAPD offi- cers late Tuesday apparently unharmed. - by Shelley Morrison Daily Crime Reporter EIME SOFTWARE CORPORATION FAME Software Corporation, the premier supplier of time series analytical and database products to worldwide financial and economic institutions, is offering recent or summer 1993 graduates paid internships which can lead to full-time employment. CLIENT SUPPOR TINTERN The Client Support Group provides Hotline support, training, and on-site consulting services for our software and data products. 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Student groups Q AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, meeting, East Engineer- ing, Baker-Mandela Center, 7:30 p.m. Q Amnesty International, meet- ing, East Quad, Room 122, 7 p.m. Q Circle K, club meeting, Michi- gan Union, Room 2203, 7:30 p.m. Q Hillel, orthodox services, Hillel, Chabad House, 7:30a.m.; Israel Conference Day, meeting, Hillel, 7 p.m. 'Q Institute of Electrical and Elec- tronics Engineers, technical luncheon, EECS Building, Room 1311, 12:30-1:30 p.m. I Intervarsity Christian Fellow- ship, meeting, Michigan Union, Pendelton Room, 7 p.m. Q Islamic Circle, meeting, Michi- gan League, 1st Floor, 6 p.m. Q Korean Student Association, meeting, Michigan Union, Room 2209, 7 p.m. Q Pro-Choice Action, meeting, MLB, Room B 137, 7:30 p.m. Q Society of Women Engineers, general meeting with speaker toring at the Peace Neighbor- hood Center, MLB, Room B 134, 7:30 p.m. Q U-M Sailing Club, meeting, West Engineering, Room 311, 7:45 p.m. Q U-M Shotokan Karate, prac- tice, CCRB, Small Gym, 8-10 p.m. Q U-M Snowboard Club, The Cube, 5 p.m. Q Women's Issues Commission, meeting, Michigan Union, Room 2909, 8 p.m. Events Q Art Museum, The Other Side of Michael Kenna, ArtTalk, AV Room, 12:10 p.m.; Caring for Your Collection: Painting Con- servation, Collector's Seminar, 7:30 p.m. QI Do Very Small Benzene Clus- ters Melt and Freeze? 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