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PRESENTS:
The Media in 20th Century America:
Whose Side Are They On?
J public lecture by
PETER A. BROWN
( hit*! Political Writer for the Scrip ps-Ho ward News Service
730 p.m. Monday, October 2, 1989
I'rb Memorial Union Gumwood Room
Jhis l, < turr, free and open to the public, is the first in the JQSQ-^O Autzen
/ ii tuns in the Humanities and the Professions senes entitled "Moral*
and the Media: Information, Entertainment, and Manipulation " the
lei ture U'lll he followed by a rei eption
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I hr Theta Chi Aiademii fraternity will stirs* achievement anil l ’niversity involvement this
rear to receive support from its alumni organization.
Fraternity emphasizes academics
By Polly ( .implied
Emerald Reporter
I'lii' Theta ()hi fraternity just
isn't i .illed Theta ( In anymore
The hrit.k strut tun* at I liffi I.
19th Ave that houses the
brothers of the fraternity hasn't
t hanged, nor has the address of
the house that has heen a part
of the University Ureek system
lor more than GO y ears What
has t hanged is the name of the
fraternity anti the lot us of its
members
Tlleta ( In has offit lally he
t time the Theta ( In At .itlemit
ITaternitv Tim change evolved
this summer when the lire mar
shall inspei ted the fraternitv
and compiled a list of neces
sarv repairs that had to he made
m order to keep the fraternity
open said Darin l.innman. vice
president of the house
In order to make the required
repairs the members of the fra
ternitv asked the Theta Clu
Alumni organization for sup
port
"When the issue came tip,
we had to dei ide d we wanted
to i onlinue the fraternitv under
the same strut lure and the em
phasis on partying." said
Dwight I’linlv. alumni advisei
and legal counselor for the fra
ternitv
It was dei ided th.it a i hailge
would he made to shill the lo
ms and the mentality of the fra
ternitv members to scholarship
as well as campus and column
mtv involvement I’urilv said
I beta Chi is still a par! ol
the Theta Chi fraternitv system
and the Creek system, but we
felt a need to set it aside from
the lest to sliess excellence ill
si holarship and participation
V\e wanted to get away from
the socialization aspect and
start emphasizing involve
merit he said
Although i hanging the name
ot the fraternitv is .1 svmbolii
gesture. Purdy said drastic
( hanges have already been
made to promote a better aca
demit atmosphere
One of those changes was to
remove all the members who
had below .1 2.5 grade point av
eragc. I.innman said.
"As .1 part of the Creek svs
tern, we are trying to make <1
distinction in our bouse and
move in a direction that the en
tire Creek system is moving
into." I.innman said
(.'ailing themselves an aca
deniii fraternity may give them
positive recognition on cam
pus but internal 1 hanges must
he made to improve then
grades, said Shelley Slither
land (I reek adviser.
"While not as oln ions as
1 hanging the name on the dooi
1 hanges in other chapters are
also being made," Sutherland
said. \ lot of 1 hapfers have
academics as one of their lop
five priorities
"Our desire is to start out
with a corps group of men in
terested in academic achieve
ment and I adversity involve
inenl Purdy said
"In any < use every body will
yvati It to see what happens and
consider it i.irefullv." Slither
! a ltd said
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