2B Wednesday n Wednesday, January 26, 2011 / The Statement 1B the statement Magazine Editor: Carolyn Klarecki Editor in Chiet: Stephanie Steinberg Managing Editor: Kyle Swanson Deputy Editors: Stephen Ostrowski Elyana Twiggs Designers: Maya Friedman Hermes Risien Photo Editor: Jake Fromm Copy Editors: Molly Payton Chloe Stachowiak The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic year. To contact The Statement e-mail klarecki@michigandaily.com. THEJUNyKDtRAWyERs 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. WANT YOUR WORK PUBLISHED IN THE STATEMENT? SUBMIT YOUR SHORT STORIES AND POEMS FOR OUR ANNUAL LITERARY ISSUE. 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