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NEWS Wednesday, September 26, 2001 - Page 3 New Fraternity chooses phoenix Students question right of privacy Continuedfrom front page After they had the approval to the Greek system," Dougherty ex- Safety is supposed to announce privacy form a fraternity, Buschman and plained. They had to help coordi- DANIELLE LOIACONO & JESSICA themselves before entering a room, the students' representative rights? can ask "Any WATSON Dougherty went around the cam- nate fund-raisers and social events Siaff Writer & Co-News Editor and should not be allowed to search anybody for an 10 at any given pus to recruit people that would be just like a chartered fraternity. The Student Bill of Rights, pub- the room without proper documen- time," Webster said. Just because interested in joining. Dougherty added, "We're go- lished in the WMC planner, clearly tation. Campus Safety asks for your 10 By the Greek system, in order ing to be a positive influence on states that "students have the same "If we knock to establish a fraternity, they must campus." rights of privacy as any other citi- someone says come on the door and doesn't necessarily "We're mean that you not looking in, we come are in trouble. colonize 25 people before obtain- Both Buschman and Dougherty zen and do not surrender those in." said Michael Webster, the di- for violations, but if we look in the ing the charter. both agreed that brotherhood sym- rights by becoming members of the rector of the Department of Cam- room and we see the violations, we $0 far bolizes being academic this semes- brothers for community." have to deal ter,thegroup life and they Several with it." has had an hope that anonymous Cam- open smoker, people will students ex- pus Safety cao try to get per- with a closed respond well plained that mission for a smoker tak- to their more theyarehav- searcbend have ing place traditional ing trouble the student later in the fraternity, and understand- preseot during week in an became bet- ing when . the search if the attempt to ter people in Campus situation is not gain pledges. the process. S a f e t y an emergency. Although The crosses the the group Phoenix will line with For example, if currently has be the symbol student's at 3 p.m. Cam- gets pus Safety 10 members, of the group, rights to pri- the group because like v a c.y -,- i f a report that a a student" has was given GRAPHIC BY JESSICA WATSON the fraternity, there is a the responsibilities of a fraternity it keeps rises from the ashes. line. keg in their by the Inter-Greek council. The fraternity of Alpha Sigma Tho s e room and there "We were basically thrown into Phi will know by Friday how many students feel was 00 party, no or dis- disorder, pledges they have. thattheirpri- ruption, this is a vacy rights less threatening The BSU is having its first have already been violated. In or- pus Safety. When handling a pos- violation. party der to be cleared for searching the sible violation, Campus Safety Life is "If they see it, then it is their of a student, the Student premises to have a Residence supposed Saturday Sept. 29 Bill of Rights clarifies that appro- . assistant or coordinator at hand. obligation to come in and investi- gate it," said Jamin Bartolomeo, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. prime authorization must be pro- ' "Sometimes that's not possible and president of the SGA. Bartolomeo, So,.... vided by the dean of Student Af- the situation needs immediate at- a junior, worked with the SGA to come and fairs or the president. tention." If a RA is not available, get the Bill of Rights passed last for It states application "Get your freak on" authorization "the must specify the rea- "we're not going to haunt around, year. "They need to have probable if it's an extreme case, we have to Bartolomeo for inspection. or just enjoy some good music son for the search and the objects take care of it." cause" (0 make an updated Bill of plans courtesy of or information sought." The stu- What if a student was attend- Rights available to the students in DJ Hatchet dent must be present for the search. ing a party and then steps outside a couple of weeks. This. will help Admission $1.00 on/off The occupant is also to be notified for a moment? Campus Safety asks to clear up whether or not students' must re- for an 10, and the student entry 24 hours in ad- of the planned campus vance. turn to the party room to retrieve privacy rights have actually been violated. But what if a group of friends it. The student leads Campus Safety "It would be an issue if Cam- are in their room, music blasting up the stairs and in to the hallway. pus Safety just came into the As the student Correction and having a good time? Suddenly the 10, campus goes inside notices to get an room," explained Webster, "and is a knock there on the door. Ex- Safety there is no beer or violation." pecting they friends more yell "Come in 1" It turns out to be Cam- alcohol violation (with no relation "Students need to learn the to any of the visitors) and cards The first issue of The Phoenix incorrectly ran a page I photo ceptio policy and learn how to use it," he aying that the Gamma Gamma Sigma sorority was picture. The sorori pus Safety, and they walk in and . everyone inside the room. Once said, "they should be more in- in this The students see a violation. ies correct title is Gamma Sigma Sigma and technically is not consid again Campus Safety lacked proper formed about the policy so that they red Greek by the campus Inter-Greek Council. case feel asif their privacy rights documentation to enter the room. can be responsible while on cam- were violated, because Campus Does this mean that they violated pus." MC student on flight to LA during terrorist attacks Exhausted from travel in the Airlines to head out to Los Ange- J pictured it as being the least head after you found out? to sta arly morning hours of Sept. 11, les to visit my sister and go to a worst-case scenario, with two tiny A: When the women on the phones hotel room. So, I decided out that sh with her and it turned ophomore Courtney Federoff Madonna concert. I was going to planes and little damage because Md. We foun ound that despite the cramped return to school Thursday night. the pilot was so calm about it. said that it was a commercial air- was from Frederick, Bev and Eri named a couple liner it hit me thut 1 was in the same pace she had on the Southwest My plane was scheduled to land in Then two women from NY position as those innocent people irlines flight to LA. she was able LA around 3:50. made calls from the air-phones and Blumberg who were renting a c a doze off for a little bit. When found OUf that the crashes were ter- were. Ithought about the horror that to drive to Pittsburgh and the the people on the planes must have he awoke, the tlight attendants Q: what happened when you were rorist related. Then {he two women felt and I couldn't even imagine. r agreed to take us. So, instead 0 here making their way down the in night? staying at the hotel, we hit the road isles, giving OUI fake smiles and A: It must of been around 9 a.rn. announced that it was terrorists to was really scarred what would hap- That night we stayed in West Vir offee to the groggy travelers. But, and I had just woken up, when the everyone else, which made every- pen when we landed because Ipic- ginia and finished our trek" hom tured the country under attack. one extremely scarred. hey never quite finished-the pilot pilot announced that nothing was Then someone found out that the next day. They dropped us of nounced that they would have to wrong with us or with the plane, in Harrisburg, PA eke an emergency landin"g--New but that two planes had crashed it was a commercial airliner and it Q: How did you get home? It really showed how everyon I got off the plane and headed ark's twin towers had been struck into the twin towers and that we started to hit home that I was in the A: to the Southwest counter. They ex- pulls together in a time of crisis. same situation as those people y two planes. had to do an emergency landing. I were in. plained that all of the hotels were Federoff recalls what it was like was iii complete shock and didn't Q: How do you think the event. Periodically the pilot informed o be in the air at the time of the want to believe that it happened. us on our plans and also announced booked for their passengers and I will affect your future travel plans I'm ready to fly agai would have to find one on myown. People just starred looking around that a plane had crashed into the .4.: Actually, : Prior to the terrorist attacks, at each other. I was completely stuck and because you've got to keep on liv Pentagon. We were in the air for stranded and Iwas too young to rent ing your life. Idon't want them to hat were your travel plans for Some people thought it was a an hour before we landed in Nash- a car. I guess that I looked so dis- et the best of us. esday September II? joke and some were freaking out. I ville. : J arranged to leave Tuesday at was questioning what was going on tressed that this women named up to me :50 a.m. from BWl on Southwest and trying to piece things together. Q: What was going through your Hermine Bernstein came to share a The interview was conducted bv co and said she was willing editor-In-chief Claire Adams. .