NEWS FEATURES
BYOB Rules: Latest Bomb Dropped on Greeks
Policies Implemented to Combat
Alcohol Abuse, Reduce Liabilities
By Emily Culbertson
■ The Daily Pennsylvanian
U. of Pennsylvania
Last semester, members of the new Delta Epsilon
chapter at the 1 ofPennsylvania'l I’'were busy print
ing up invitations and setting up the bar for the frater
nity’s housewarming party
Hut while the music was blaring, the Interfratemity
Council was voting on a policy that would make 1)1"'
first keg party its last.
At the IFC meeting that night, the council adopted a
new “bring your own liooze" alcohol policy - jierhaps
the latest trend in nationwide measures aimed at buck
ling down on campus Greek systems and limiting fra
Anti-Rape
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through education." Jason added From here, he said,
individuals attitudes can begin to Is* changed
Mark has reported growth in the organization and
said that men attending the meetings have started to
get in touch with their feelings
Jason said the men at group discussions "are close to
(the topic of rap** i or are interested in being convinced
They might not attend if they're scared or stuck in the
belief that men have the right to rats*." Jason said
Discussions are based, in part, on a Ixiok by Tim
Beneke, titled ‘Men on Rape The book consists of
interviews with men on their views of rape
Men Against Rape members talk among themselves
regarding their own sexual experiences, and where
they tit into the picture of sex, violence and rapt*
Mark said that with the method tiles are using, it is
liest not to include women in the discussion group ‘It's
not tin* responsibility of women to stop rape," he said
"As 1 see it. this sort of work would probably be easier
just among men," Mark s.nd ‘ We each need to discuss
'what I am, what's inside of me. and how 1 was socialized
into niasculmitv
term t v liability
('iting insurance nsks. the council of fraternity lead
ers prohibited all Greek organizations from buying
alcohol with chapter funds, a practice which tradition
ally has been a major draw to their parties
And fraternity parties traditionally have been a
major draw tor new pledges
Changing the Campus Atmosphere7
Both administrators and IF<' members at UP have
supported the BYOB policy as a way to reduce insur
ance risks.
But many fraternity members say they view the pol
icy as just another attempt by the administration to
decrtvi.se the importance of fraternities on campus
Former I FT President Garrett Reisman said that he
thinks UP President Sheldon Hackney has an “over
w helming desire to change the campus atmosphere ’
But Vice Provost for University Life Kim Momsson
said the recent rash of changes to fraternity social poll
cies attempts to exercise caution and safe practices, and
are not meant to de-emphasize the system.
"It certain I v isn't part of a long-term strategy.
Momsson said "I think the whole trend has been to
adopt a more responsible behavior in the light of real
ities that very serious things can happen.
“(Hherwise the dangers are too great." she said.
At the 1' of Florida, where a similar BYOB policy
was approved in October. Greeks overwhelmingly
approved the policy, which they said made it a safer and
a more organized way to conduct parties.
Duke U. students are only able to consume alcohol
on Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays, due to the alco
hol policy passed bv Duke's administration in October
And because* fraternities and sororities at Duke are
located in campus residence halls, they also will Ik* sub
ject to the restriction.
The new policy was enacted because of students' fail
ure to adhere to the previous, more complicated policy,
See BYOB. Page 7
Up, Up and Away
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David Galloway (left| and Todd Lowe seniors at Kansas State U . release a group of homing pigeons on the K-State
campus Galloway raises and races the pigeons with Lowe s help at his home in Manhattan Kansas.
Marijuana
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"Smoking marijuana is much Ix-tter for
your health than smoking cigarettes,'
Kellner said “Besides, nobody could
smoke two packs of marijuana cigarettes
a day*
Health Concerns
Some doctors agree that marijuana is
not as harmful to the body as other drugs,
such as alcohol and nicotine Others
even advocalethc drugs use as a medical
treatment
Dr Robert Rowan, a holistic health
practicioner in Anchorage, said manjua
na dilates the air
ways to help asth
ma patients
breathe, dilates
the blood vessels
for patients with
hitfh blood pres
sure. relieves
intraocular pressure tor glaucoma
patients and also is used by cancer
patients as a painkiller, he said.
i say it is hypocrisy," How an said
“iAnti-drug activists aren't doing any -
thing about alcohol and tobacco, and
they're maligning another substance
with a much safer record on the body "
While marijuana may not tie as harm
ful iis other drugs, doctors agree that it
does pose some health hazards
“Marijuana is an addictive drug that
destroys lives." said Dr Jeanne Bonar a
medical doctor in Alaska, where posses
sion of marijuana for recreational use
was declared legal by the state Supreme
Court in 197f> Bonar was on the board
of Alaskans for Recriminalization of
Marijuana, the group that in November
successfully made marijuana illegal to
possess m that state
“In tile I'm ted States we are not living
in the dark ages." Bonar --aid “We have
significant evidence that marijuana is a
dangerous drug
“The real danger in marijuana is that
if you smoke today, tomorrow you are
“When you smoke anything to
excess, it’s bound to hurt you.
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I
'till a hazard
while driving or
at work.' Bonar
said 'Then there
are the long-term
health effects In
experiments done
on animals, there
is an increase in birth delects even two
generations after exposure A single
joint of marijuana is 15 times as irritat
ing to the lungs as a cigarette "
Even students favoring the drug's
legalization realize it.- dangers Hut most
say moderation is the key
"Doing anything in excess is had.
(hidden said People have collapsed
because they've exercised too much
When you smoke anything to excess it*
bound to hurt you "
■ Writers contributing to this
report: Scott Axtell, (ilenn Boledovich
and Harold Schneider. The S’urthern
Light, 1' nt Alaska. Anchorage: William
r
Douglass, Mustang Daily, (’aliform.
Polytechnic Suite 1' , San Luis Obispo
Marc Wallace, The Daily Iowan. I oi
Iowa; Kendall (Ira\. Gateway. 1 o!
Nebraska, Omaha, and Lisa Schmeiser
Collegiate Times. Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State l\
Alaska Law Contrary to Student Views
In Alaska, a new law goes into effect
this month, making it illegal once
again to possess marijuana Fifty
four percent of the state’s voters
passed a ballot measure in November
that recnmmalizes the drug.
But this doesn’t necessarily paral
lel student opinion there.
In a poll taken bv The Northern
Light, the student newspaper at the
U. of Alaska, Anchorage, just prior to
the election. 66 percent of students
surveyed felt the drug should remain
legal, although only 35 percent
admitted they smoked marijuana.
Despite favorable attitudes toward
pot. students also realized its dan
gers. Forty-four percent answered
that they believed pot led to the use
of other drugs (39 percent believed it
did not, and 17 percent said maybej.
Further. 41 percent said they
thought marijuana was a dangerous
drug, while 40 percent did not, and
19 percent said maybe.
Under the old law, Alaska residents
could each possess up to 4 ounces of
marijuana, as long as it was not taken
or transported out of the home. U. of
Alaska, Anchorage, gchool policy,
however, prohibits marijuana use or
possession on campus.
If students there were caught with
marijuana on campus outside their
dorm rooms, they would be breaking
the state marijuana transporting law
and could be prosecuted under state
violations.
If students were found to possess it
in their dormitories, they would be
guilty of breaking only the school’s
anti-marjjuana policy, but would not
be in violation of any state laws.
— D. DiFranco. U. Editor