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random student interview by teddy papes
Welcome to the Ran-
dom Student Inter-
view, where the line
betweenjournalistic integ-
rity and personal boundaries
becomes blurred. Hello there!
What's your name?
Brianne.
What's the first word that
comes to mind when you think
of the Business School?
Um, awesome?
Same with me. What's the first
word that comes to mind when
you think of The Michigan
Daily?
Paper?
What would you say the worst
part about the University is?
Well I live on North Campus so I
have to take the bus everyday...'
Do you think it's especially cold
up there, or do you get the same
weather as us?
I think it has the same weather as
central.
What do you think of video
games?
Video games are cool.
Someone once said video games
are the art of the possible. Do
you agree?
Art of the possible? Yeah, I guess...
What do you think about the IM
soccer rule where girls get two
points for a goal?
I think it's fair because guys are
faster than girls.
Do you have a positive opinion
of affirmative action?
Yeah, I guess.
Or is it strictly soccer related?
It's situational.
OK, but soccer definitely?
Yeah.
What about a female presiden-
tial candidate? Should she get
bonus electoral votes?
No.
What do you think about peo-
ple who don't wash their hands
after they use the bathroom?
Gross.
People say hands are the dirti-
est part of your body. Shouldn't
you wash your body after your
hands touch it, not the other
way around?
Um ... no. You touch your hands to
your face and that's how you get
sick, you don't really touch your
face to other parts of your body.
What is the difference between
humans and animals, besides
that some humans wash their
hands after using the bath-
room?
Imagination and ingenuity.
It's actually a trick question:
humans are animals. Based
on this fact, would you say it's
wrong to eat meat?
That's a biased question.
Well feel free to answer it how-
ever you want.
I eat meat. I guess humans are
technically animals but they're ...
different.
How many goals, would you
say, an antelope should get if it
scores a goal?
A what?
An antelope: four-legged,
Simba eats them in "The Lion
King"?
A lot, they get like 20 points.
Are you a football fan?
Yes.
Does Lebron actually think
Ohio sucks?
Probably not.
Do you think Mark Sanchez
actually picked his nose and
wiped it on a fellow teammate?
No.
Did you see that video? Do you
know what I'm talking about?
No, I haven't seen that video.
You should Google it. Do you
have an opinion on the new
7-Eleven on campus?
I haven't been there yet, but I got
to 7-Eleven alot back home.
Is the reason you go there to
study?
No.
You know they are putting a
study lounge in the 7-Eleven?.
I was unaware of that.
So what is your main draw to
7-Eleven?
Slurpee.
Slurpee. Will you end up study-
ing there or bring it to the
library after you get it?
Yeah, I probably won't study there.
One more question, do you
know who Will Grundler is?
No.
Terrific.
invitations.
During the next couple years, Smith
said there are no plans for further
expansion in Panhel, mostly because of
the lack of housing.
"It's really difficult to find houses,"
she said. "We're also pretty comfort-
able with our numbers right now. If our
chapters start getting a little bigger, and
we feel the need for another chapter to
come in to put some of the membership
weight on them, then that's what we'll
do in the future."
Schmidt said because Zeta and
AEPhi have completed all the steps in
the returning process, all the Panhel
chapters are now "viewed as equals."
Smith said there is not a downside
to joining a sorority that has recently
returned versus one that has been on
campus for a long time.
"They do the same things as the rest
of us," she said. "There is an appeal to
new sororities in the sense that they're
your chance to really make an impact
on your organization. You really have
a say on the direction that your group
goes since everybody is new and you
don't have old chapter members that
have been there forever."
However, Smith said others might be
less inclined to joina returning chapter
because the process during the first few
months is not ironed out since the orga-
nization is still "adjusting to things."
Smith added that all chapters in Pan-
hel have the organization's full support.
"It's not like these groups are just
new sororities that spring up out of the
dirt," she said. "They still have a rich
history like all sororities and have sym-
bols and traditions that they share, as
well as a great amount of support from
their national organization."
Despite potential competition when
seeking new members, Smith said
existing chapters on campus are happy
when other chapters return.
"I don't think other houses feel
threatened really by other sororities
coming back because we already have
a lot of us," she said. "So we are happy
with our own chapters, we've become
members there and we are happy to see
others succeed."
McAvoy said one of the best parts
of joining a chapter that has newly
returned, such as AEPhi or Zeta, in its
first year is the age variety of the join-
ing members.
"They have seniors, juniors, sopho-
mores and freshmen," she said. "While
the house may be new, there are so
many different types of girls that are
joining. Since they'd only have one
pledge class, it puts everyone on a more
equal playing ground."
Smith said it's exciting when new
chapters join the community.
"Obviously we feel a sense of connec-
tion with our sisters and our groups, but
I think there is a bond that exists with
all Panhellenic women and all Greeks,"
she said. "The more members that we
have, the more opportunities we have
to make friends and make connec-
tions."
Additions to the
Interfraternity Council
Haughee said in the six years he has
worked at the Office of Greek Life, there
has been an expansion in IFC every
semester. This is due to the increase
of fraternities nationwide and a more
comprehensive procedure for chapters
that return or start on campus.
According to Haughee, there are
three main ways chapters join the IFC:
National organizations spearhead the
expansion, groups of students reach
out to national and local organizations
to seek help in starting a chapter or
a small group outside IFC chooses to
enter the council.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity is one chap-
ter that returned due to a push from
nationals last fall. According to Haugh-
ee, the national organization made
the decision for Beta to both leave and
return to the University and has been
supporting the chapter through each
step. Haughee added that a key role in
Beta's success could be attributed to
the constant involvement of its national
organization and alumni board.
"A cohesive unified group of alumni
can make a big difference," he said.
Sean Jackson, LSA sophomore and
IFC vice president of public relations,
said Beta has been successful in its
return to campus thus far.
Haughee said Pi Lambda Phi frater-
nity is the perfect example of a group
lookingto begin a chapter.
"In the fall of 2005, 18 men who did
not find their comfort zone with the
existing chapters got together and said
'Hey, let's do our own thing,' " he said.
"They researched and found their com-
fort level in Pi Lambda Phi and came
to the office saying they had a group of
guys that want to start a fraternity and
have already spoken with the national
organization."
Haughee said Theta Delta Chi frater-
nity - which existed as a small group,
but decided to become part of the coun-
cil in 2010 - exemplifies a chapter's
wish to joina council.
LSA junior and IFC President Jared
Jaffe said the most challenging aspect
of returning IFC chapters is trying to
rush new members. Existing chapters
have the necessary experience, while
new chapters have to play catch up.
"They have to try to figure out every-
thing when everyone else already has it
figured out," he said.
Jackson said working with the chap-
ter's national organization is a great
way to assist and facilitate the new
chapter's return.
As with the sororities, Jaffe said one
of the main appeals to interested mem-
bers in joining a newly-returned IFC
chapter is the possibility of becoming
a founding member and making the
chapter unique.
"Every house has something specific
to it," he said. "If you are a freshmen,
instead of joining something that has
its own identity and being formed by
it, you get to use whatever you are as a
person to make the house be what you
want."
Jaffe said his fraternity, Pi Kappa
Alpha, is known on campus for being
into sports and Triangle fraternity
has a large interest in engineering. By
joining a new chapter, the members
wouldn't finda place where they fit, but
rather create a place of their own.
Jackson said having new chapters
return to campus doesn't cause compe-
tition with the existing fraternities, but
rather creates incentives for students
to join the Greek community because
it provides another option for them to
pick from.
Jaffe added that though no compe-
tition exists in the newly formed or
returning "little guys," there is always
a bit of competition among the pre-
existing fraternities that serve as the
"heads" of the Greek community.
An undercurrent of competition
exists in many aspects of Greek Life,
Haughee said. He explained that a few
years ago, the competition among IFC
chapters was much more apparent,
but it has now died down due to the
reformed structure in its expansion
process.
"If we were having this conversation
four or five years ago there would be a
much larger sense of competition with
the new chapters and the existing chap-
ters that isn't there now because of the
structured growth IFC went under," he
said.
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