The Michiaan Daily - Sunday, May 20, 1984 - Page 5
Indiana fraternity draws probation

The Indiana University chapter of
Sigma Nu fraternity was placed on
social probation by the Appeals Com-
mittee of the Greek Judicial Board.
The four-month probation period will
run concurrently with the fall semester
and will prohibit the fraternity from
participating in social activities.
Indiana's Dean of Students charged
COLLEGES
Sigma Nu last March with hazing
violations. The charges were brought
against the fraternity by a former
pledge class president.
The Greek Judicial Board originally
recommended suspension, but the
fraternity appealed the recommen-
dation at a hearing before the Appeals
Committee.
Social probation will preclude par-
ties, serenades, exchanges and other
social events. Sigma Nu will be allowed
to participate in the Intrafraternity
Council and intramural athletics.
-Indiana Daily Student
N.H. pledges to study booze
Fraternity pledges at the University
of New Hampshire next fall will be
required to attend an alcohol-education
seminar conducted by the campus
health service.
The requirement was adopted by the
Greek System Senate as part of a
university-wide effort to combat
alcohol abuse. At least 80 percent of the
pledge class of each of the 12 frater-
nities and 5 sororities must attend the
seminar or the chapter will face a
penalty.
"Nobody told them to do it," said
William Kidder, associate dean of
students. "The idea originated in the
senate executive board. We're very
pleased they did it on their own
initiative."
-The Chronicle of
Higher Education
Iowa sorority
drops born-agains
Three members of a University of
Iowa sorority claim they were asked to
leave the sorority because they are
born-again Christians.
Members of Iowa's Gamma Phi Beta
sorority asked freshwoman Ellen
Strasburg and sophomore Rachelle
Gummow to deactivate and
"depledge" Rachelle's freshwoman
sister, according to Strasburg. She said
a fourth woman, her older sister, is
deactivating voluntarily.
Strasburg quoted the sorority's
president as saying that "we couldn't
play religious music or speak about the
Lord on the first floor of the house."
Sorority members would not com-
ment, but one former member said ten-
sion had existed in the house for more
than a year over the religious ac-
tivities.
iites --The Daily Iowan
Princeton SLUGS
gamble for charity
An underground campus charity
organization at Princeton University
has finally come to light, and their ac-
tivities are hardly slimy. Leaving a
trail of good will and funds behind
them, the ten members of
SLUGs-Several Lonely Ugly
Guys-found an excuse to play poker
and turned gambling into a fundraiser.
At each game, some of the poker kitty

is set aside and deposited into the SLUG
fund.
"At first we were going to spend the
money on ourselves at the end of the
year, but then we came up with the idea
of giving it to charity. We had a big
debate over it, but altruism won out,"
said junior Michael Gallagher, the only
non-senior SLUG.
The group is considering supporting a
foreign child through the SLUG fund,
which is kept under high security at a
local bank.
Recently, the SLUGS celebrated a
milestone in their brief history. The
group was given official recognition as
a student organization by the Office of
the Dean of Students.
Since the group is all male, members
often take along the Friends of Slugs, a
female branch organization, on their
outings.
-The Daily Princetonian
Texas school offers
drive-in registration
A student enrolling in a continuing-
education course at Odessa College can
now be in the drivers seat: The com-
munity college this month opened a
drive-through registration window.
It was installed to make registration
more convenient for continuing-
education students, for whom parking
on campus has been a problem. The
idea came from a secretary at the
college, which is located in Odessa,
Texas.
Gayle Noll, dean of continuing
education and community relations,
said the college processes 17,000

registrations for continuing-education
courses-all of which are non-
credit-each year. She said she hoped
as many as half would eventually be
handled at the window. For courses for
credit, students must register in the
traditional way.
Donated to the college by the Inter-
First Bank of Odessa, the window was
installed in a specially built structure
located just inside the main entrance to
the campus.
The drive-through window also ser-
ves as the college's information center.
In its first eight days of operation, 35
registrations and 265 requests for in-
formation were handled.
-The Chronicle of
Higher Education
Man charged with
MCAT theft
A Philadelphia man was indicted last
week for allegedly stealing copyrighted
examination booklets from the Medical
College Admissions Test (MCAT) and
using them to coach potential medical
students.
The man, Viken Mikaelian, was
charged in U.S. District Court with
three counts of interstate transpor-
tation of stolen property and five coun-
ts of criminal copyright violations
following an inquiry by the FBI.
According to the indictment,
Mikaelian and another unnamed per-
son enrolled to take the MCAT at the
University of Delaware, Wilkes
College, and Franklin and Marshall
College between 1980 and 1983. The test
is offered four times a year to a total of

about 50,000 people seeking to enter
U.S. medical schools.
The pair allegedly stole examination
booklets and used them in Mikaelian's
business, Multiprep Inc., which offers
$485 courses to prepare students to take
the MCAT. -The Chronicle of
Higher Education
Iowa to build indoor field
Plans to build a $3 million indoor
practice facility demanded by Iowa
football coach Hayden Fry were given
the go-ahead by the State Board of
Regents Thursday, but not without
some criticism.
Regent Charles Duchen, who said he
is an avid sports fan, cast the lone
dissenting vote against the indoor
facility, saying he thought the Univer-
sity of Iowa was placing too much em-
phasis on athletics.
Other members of the board ex-
pressed the same concerns but voted to
approve the construction of the facility
behind the university's recreation
building.
The building was requested by Fry,
who threatened to resign if one was not
constructed. He said the Iowa football
program could not remain competitive
with other major colleges if players
cannot practice in incelement weather.
The inflatable structure will be raised
on the northeast side of the present
recreation building. Money to build the
project already is available from
athletic department funds, UI officials
said. -United Press International
Compiled by Daily staff writer
Michael Beaudoin


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