The DePauw, October 10, 1997

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Pledging numbers
These are the numbers of pledges each house had
as of yesterday. The numbers will be in limbo until
the end of today when the snag line period ends.
Sorority quota this year was 38, and fraternities
establish their own quotas.
Fraternities Sororities
Ben 33 Af1J 41
ATn 28 TIBtt> 41
f1Ja8 28 AI' 40
tt>K'¥ 28 KAS 40
~ 27 Am 38
IAE 26 KKf 38
~ 26 AZ ' 3
flY 24 AOn 17
SEE NUMBERS, PAGE 3
Kappa burglarized over break
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by David Clucas
DePauw Police say four burglars
smashed a basement window at Kappa
Kappa Gumma sorori ty in the wee
hours of the morning Thursday Oct. 2,
and walked out the fron t door with
framed photos of Kappa members and
a chair va lued at more than $800.
M;lrk Freeman, director of
DePauw pol ice and sec urity, said
pol ice round the chair doused in nam­mah
le liquid and burni ng outside the
Sigma Chi fratcr nity house a fcw
hours later. They arrested four mem­hcrs
or the frat ernit y.
The rour student s, juniors Scoll
I)urns and Wi lliam Lobe, sophomore
Waltcr Moore and rreshman I)cnj amin
Rceh were arrested and charged wi th
class I) felony hurglary and class D
relony thcrt. Rceh is a Sigma Chi
pledge. The rour elltcrcd preliminary
Three chairs remain of what,
before the break, was a foul' piece
set.
not-g uilty picas in court last weekend.
It was n't ulltil 8 a.m. th at morning
that Kappa 's house moth er, Joyce
Gebhart, noti ced that Ihere had been a
break-i n, she sa id.
"I saw the kicked- in basement
window and ca lled the DePauw Police
to report it," Gehhart sa id. "I then left
1'01' fall hrea k. I didn 't know th at any­thing
was stolen until I got back."
SEE BURGLARY, PACE 8
Kappa advise·pest Library ~
upset with suspects
House corporation president
not blaming Sigma Chi
by Jessica McCuan
Megan Gregor, the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority's housing corporation
presidenl , said Ihe four studenls who
allegedly broke inlo the Kappa house last
TI1Ursday took their apparent prank way too
far.
"Sympathy for Ihose guys? Absolutely
not," Gregor said. ''11lOse guys are over 18,
they' re from well-established fami lies, and
they've got good heads on their shoulders.
They just used very poor judgment."
Housing corporations, the alumni
landlords of greek houses, essentially own
DePauw's greek houses and make many of
their rules. Sorority and fraternity members
pay dues to their housing corporations,
which in tum make decisions about the
physical maintenance of the house.
The four men who are accused of
breaking into the Kappa house lasl
Thursday allegedly broke in through the
back of the house, stole a composite photo
and a parlor chair valued at more than $800
and then burned the chair in front of the
Sigma Chi house. The mel1, all members of
Sigma Chi fraternity, are juniors Scoll
Bums and William Lobe, sophomore
Walter Moore and freshman Benjamin
Reeh.
They enlered preliminary not-guilty
pleas in court last weekend.
Gregor said she docsn't blame Sigma
Chi for Ihe incident, but docs hold Ihe indi­viduals
responsible for Iheir alleged actions.
The crimes commilled, she said, wi ll reflect
on the Sigma Chi house whether the break­in
was a house-sponsored event or not.
'nlOugh Gregor said she docsn't Ihink
the four men's actions were vindictive, she
bhL~tcd them for going overboard with a
prank.
"They just can't do that," she said. "It's
a real world out there, and in other situa­tions,
the consequences would be more
severe,"
Gregor said she knows composite­stealing
is a DePauw tradition, but the
111llrsday incident jusllVCnl too far.
''The I Kappal house is just an innocent
victim in this case," Gregor said. ''11lis is a
situation where these men went above and
beyond a rratemily prank in about fi ve dif­ferenl
ways."
TIle Kappas and their housing corpora­lion
are still assessing damages and still are
uncertain about the action they will take.
Gregor said she and the other housing cor­poration
members are scheduled 10 meet
with members of Kappa on Sunday. Some
members of Kappa would not return phone
calls, and others refused to comment.
Teresa Loser, dean of greek affairs-,
said the University has notlaken any disei­plinary
action in the case yet and that a
University diseipline board will deal with
the four men in the same manner they
would deal with any other siudent. Loser
also said the men will receive lellers from
the student affairs office within the next few
days that will initiate the disciplinary
process.
Alan Hill, dean of students, said he
hopes a campus-wide discussion will
emerge from this event. Traditions like
composite-stealing, he said, arc difficult
ones to change and only a dialogue between
students will bring about any real change on
Ihe issue.
Loser, who will se~ve on the
University discipline board, said it's often
________ difficult to
'These men went
above and beyond
a fraternity prank
in about five
different ways.'
draw a line
b e t ween
pranks that
are fun and
pranks that
are harmful.
Hit IS
kind of like
..,. MEGAN GREGOR the hazing
KApPA HOUSE
CouP PRESIDENT
ana logy, "
she said.
"Peo pl e
_________ should have
fun In
school, butthcy should never hurt people or
damage property."