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March 31, 19881Western Maryland CoUege/Page 5 60 Seconds on Campus Should the television be returned to the Pub? V:{~r§~"pubwithouta It's just typical of the Firstlhadtodowithout I think it should be re- What I want to know is' television? school's waste to pur- my beer, and now my turned partly because who has really got use chase a TV like that soap operas!? it takes away from the of the TV now? and stick it away in a "homey" atmosphere, closet. Joe Faber Dotty Whealton Joe Cliber Darolyn Milburn Erin Rigley Letters/ Sayre denies black fraternity ~rrAcalis letter unfair Editors: members on the issue. In fact. that there was no "real" social sys- tentia1 members were minorities, Last spring, the Admlnlstra- nothing was ever done about the tem for them; it was true that some ratberthehst was ahealthydivision tion of Western Maryland College situation except the Dean of Stu- had joined the ranks of existing of all the ethnic backgrounds of Editors: wanted the local Greek organiza- dent Affairs, Philip R. Sayre, said Greek organizations. but the fact WMC. The minority females of This article is in response Lions to affiliate themselves with something along the lines of the remained that there was no true WMC a1so have been faced wilh to a letter recently sent to all national societies. The Admini- amountof Greeks that wehave isa society that they, the minorities, this dilemma of joining the ranks of freshmen by Dean Philip Sayre. seation was so supportive of the good number and we could not could join and feel like they be- sororities with which they couldn't A large portion of his letterdea1s local-Greeks going national that justify expanding. longed. really identify. They have three with the subject of Delta Pi they even offered $1,000 to an He also questioned how choices. either Phi Sigma Sigma or AJpha fraternity. In this particu- organization that sought a new many new groups would be al- The males have two choices Phi Mu (national) or Phi Alpha Mu lar letter. "The Preachers" are sponsor. Well, as mostof us know, lowed to begin and where theselec- when Itcomes to fraternities, either (local), referred to as an "unrecognized" this push for the change didn't go tionprocesswould stop. Thatisto Sigma Phi Epsilon (national) or The question that stands out organization who nearly "killed" too well. In fact. only one sorority, say, that the existing Greekorgani- Alpha Gamma Tau (local). That's in all of this, is the fact that if the a pledge in 1982. This incident the Phi Mu's (formerly Delta lations of WMC. at least the ones fine, but there should be more Administration is as "gung-ho" led to a suspension of our charter Sigma Kappa) opted for national recognized by the Administration, choices for the minorities-the about attracting more minorities as and . various other privileges. status. are good enough for the Admini- proposed national fraternity that they say they are, and keeping the including clubroom usage. Also around this time last stration and that should be good was delivered to the Administra- retention rate high, then why don't First of all. let us start by year, a proposal was presented to enough for the students. tion on a silver platter was indeed they give the minority students a saying that the pledge in ques- the Inter-Greek Council and the OnFeb.29,theBlackStudent such an alternative. The organiza- social system with which they can tion went on to become a very Student Affairs Office that would Union held a program which had a tion not only has the proud history identify? Or is it just that the active member of the fraternity create a new national fraternity. film and a discussion afterwards. of almost eighty years of national Administration ofWMC just wants and hadno regrets about rushing. The issue being addressed is the Dr. Ira Zepp was the speaker at the recognition but it would enable the to appear that it is really concerned Secondly, no current Administration's, as well as the affair.andaronepointheaskedthe male minorities to feel like they about minorities when this is in- member was incoUege whenthis Inter-Greek Council's. failure to minority students why more mi- belong/to an organization with deednot lite case? respond to the letters. or the re- narities weren't attracted to WMC. which they can identify. That is not continued on page 6 quests by the would-be fraternity • One of the responses was the fact 19.~y that the entire listing of po- M. Gary Williams. III