The DePauw, March 13, 1990

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VOLUME 138 , NUMEER 35 th DEP
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Rush proposals, changes considered
Shacking up_ . . ~p~to by Carrie La~n
Sophomore Drew MacGregor and Georgia Fuller, first-year
student, listen to senior guitarist Kelly Leigh last night in Habitat for
Humanity's shanty town. The shanty town is part of Habitat's
"Homeless Awareness Week" running through March 16.
(see related commentary, page 6)
by Laura Bond
Spring is in the air, but
DePauw Panhellenic and Inter­fraternity
Councils are already
looking ahead to fall-particularly
fWI rush. Both councils are work­ing
on rush rules in response to
student evWuations of last year's
rush.
Last week, Panhel voted fIrst-year hWI, and vice-versa.
unanimously to eliminate skits Panhel delegate Jennifer
duringfrrstandsecond-roundrush Lentz said, "The idea behind the
parties. In the past, skits have proposal is that escorts will elimi­played
a large role in rush prepa- nate groups of upperclassmen and
ration because they are consid-, first-year students entering the
ered entertainment during the dorms prior to rush."
parties. 1 Panhel will also vote on
Sophomore Jill Darnall,l whetherornotupperclasswomen
Panhelvicepresidentofrush,said, may wear their greek letters dur­the
skits were cancelled "to ease / ing rush week, according to Car­up
preparation time and to pIO- nahan.
duce more conversation (during According to DarnaIJ,Panhel
rush parties)." is trying to reapply the rush rules
According to junior Michelle to the sororities, rather than im­Carnahan,
Panhel president, the posingrulesonfirst-yearstudents.
new rule on skits has received lots "You can't tell unafftliated
of positive feedback from other peuple to follow your rules, " she
universities and the National said. "We're trying to make rush
Panhellenic Council. simplilled and easier for every-
"DePauw's greek system is a one."
trendsetter, "she said. "People are Darnall added that Panhel
looking to see what we do." would like tosee a more informal,
Wednesdaynigh~Panhel will casual dress during rush. One
vote on visitation rules for fIrst- ,waytodothis,'shesaid,wouldbe
year students and upperclassmen to take pictures of suggested· ai'
in the residence hWls. A proposed tire for rush parties out of the'
visitation rule would require that DePauw rush booklet., .
upperclassmen be escorted by a "We want rushees to feel
flfst-year student when entering a [rush] is caSual and that you can
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wear whatever you want," Dar­nWlsaid.
Carnahan said Panhel
wants to set anew tone on campus
prior to rush next fall.
"Panhellenic's goW is that for
the flfst six weeks before rush that
everyone rush for the (greek)
system: she said, "and during
rush week, everyone rush for
themselves."
Most of the proposed and
fmalized changes in fall rush bave
stemmed from first-year student
rush evWuations. Both Panhel and
IFC are taking the students' con­siderations
seriously and the conn­cils
are each trying to learn from
lastfWI'sshortcomings;Carnahan
said.
First-year student surveys
reveWed that both frrst-year men
and women were uncertain of the
rush rules and were not really sure
what was or was notdirtyrushing"
Nol knowing who they could talk
toorwhencieatedtensionamongst
the students.
SopbomoreGregPorteU, vice
see RULES, page i!
Board cfvisitors meeting explores effects:ofCenter for Contemporary Media
by Jill Austin and Dan Draheim
The university Board of Vis i­tors
is scheduled to' meet at
DePauwMarch 16-17,.withplans
to focus discussion on the Center
for Contemporary Media.
University president Robert
Bottoms will open the visitors'
conference with a presentation
titled "Why aMedia Center?" Ken
Bode, Media Center director and
Associate Dean John White will
follow with an explanation of
facilities and programs planned
for the center.
Later, Dr. Mark Fissel, asso­ciate
professor of history at Ball
State University, will present a
panel discussion on "Integrating
Media Into the Classroom." '
Eric Bernsee, editor of The
Banner Graphic, and Margaret
WGRE radio and theDePauw will
join Greencastle Mayor, Mike
Hannless, David Bohmer, senior
vice-president of goveqlment re-
'~They serve as a resource for'the campus to
share issues and ideas with people on the
outside;"
Josephs, news director of WFIU
radio in Bloomington will head a
panel discussion titled, "Is TV
News Getting Better or Worse?"
DePauw professors and students
wiU sit in on the panel.
Later, representatives from
- Associate Dean
John White
lations atCentel Corporation, and,
DePauw professors to discuss
"Media Center Impact on the
Campus and Community."
Bode said the, meetings will
help to show how he plans 10 get
students interested in the media.
"We'll show how to bring the
media and its effects into use in
regular classes," Bode said ','We
want to make students 'more
media-literate.
Bode added that theBoard of
Visitors has an' important role,
particularly inregards to the media
center.
"If the media center is going
to be successful,' it'll be success­ful
because it reaches beyond the
DePauw campus," he said. ''We
want to show the board what the
media center should be doing for
DePauw."
White said'the H'·member
board consistsofWumni or friends
of the university; all of whom are
chosen on staggered terms by the
university president.
White said the board serves
as a "window on the world" for
the DePauw commuIiity.
"They serve as a resource for
the campus to shirre issues and
ideas with people on the outside,:'
White said
He added that, after WI the
panel discussions, the board will
meet to compile a report, which
will then be made available to
anyone interested. Whlte said
these reports are very helpful.
'Tney help us put issues in
perspective," he said.
White said the Board ofVisi~
tors meets every semester.