U. NEWS
Alabama
No Hair. No Bid A 1' of Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, freshman claims she was
forced to de-pledge from the Sigma
Kappa sorority there after she revealed
her head is shaved The woman, who
wore a wig while attending rush func
tions. said she has to shave her head due
to a recent medical condition. “This is
the kind of situation that is supposed to
only happen in the movies," said 1K
year old Crystal Thompson. At a large
dinner where the pledges introduced
themselves, in front of everyone, she
revealed that her head was shaved “1
didn't realize that it made that much of
a difference." she said The next night.
Thompson said she was visited in her
room by three Sigma Kappa officers
not including the president — who told
her that because the chapter was new
on campus it could not afford to have its
reputation tarnished She said they
asked for her pledge shirt back and said
her pledge was not official because she
was not Sigma Kappa material.
Thompson has trichotillmonia, an
obsessive-compulsive disorder that
causes the victim to pull out his or her
hair After investigating the complaint
Kathleen Randall, director of student
life, said. "We did discover memliership
practices which were of concern to us, so
we recommended national intervention
by the sorority s headquarters ■Hayden
Child, lhf Crimson White l of
Alabama. Tuscaloosa
MASSACHUSETTS
Meal Deal . . Official- at Clark C in
Worcester. Mass . arc offering students
mones hack if thc\ do not like their res
idence hall meals The new program is
designed Uidispel the notion that all col
lege food is bad and to lietter accommo
date the individual tastes ol student cus
tomers. said Jack Foies, business man
ager "It seems to ho a common denomi
nator for students at all colleges and uni
versities to vs rite home alsiut the qualits
of the food.” he said I'ndertheness plan
students unhapps with the food on their
travs can complain to the food services
manager, who vs ill credit a student's uni
versitv account for the price of the meal
if an adequate substitute cannot Is- pro
vided Duka, the Massachusetts food
service compans that manage- Clark -
cafeterias, intends to "make the refund
plan ! available to all of our schools, -aid
Ron Cohen, Daka official ■ /Vic /i\ rien
1' of Delaware
Georgia
Losers Weepers . . Locks on the from
doors of nearly every residence hall on
campus were changed it Kmor\ 1' this
fall, and almost 3,000 new keys were dis
tnbutcd to students after a mechanic
misplaced a master key, said Robert
Stezkorn, the maintenance depart
ment's director of operations It took
several days to order the new keys
because, as one university employee
said, they don't "usually carry 3.000
blanks ’ Total costs associated with the
loss of the master amounted to $5,000
The mechanic had taken a master key
home after completing a late night
repair in a residence hall and lost it
w hile at home Lock and key hassles are
not new to Emmory Last year locks on
the doors of every residential building
had to be changed at a cost of nearly
$90,000 ■ Adam Biegel Th■ Emory
Wheel. Emorv l
KENTUCKY
What s in a Name7 A Western
Kentucky 1' freshman's name helped
him through fraternity rush Joe Rush
was a name most could remember Rut
when introducing himself at parties, "a
couple people thought 1 was lieing cocky
with them." he said "Most just made
jokes all week "Rush met memtiersfrom
ail the fraternities because of a new pof
icy adopted by the Interfraternity
Council that made him visit each and
even house a police that also made
Rush endure even more rush jokes than
he would have otherwise Hut he didn’t
mind 'I liked the new svstern " said
Rush, who finally pledged the Kappa
Sigma fraternity ■Raul Baldwin
College Heights Herald, Western
Kentuckv l
MISSOURI
Blood U. . . For the record, the 1 of
Missouri is the bloodiest place in the
world The school established a new
world record this year lor a peacetime
blood drive, surpassing tin- record set In
Southern Illinois 1’ at ('arliond.de in
19*6 According to Alan Klias. manager
of the Account Development for the
Missouri Blood ( enter. !.99f> units ol
blood were donated by 4, t*i 1 donors SIl
set the record with .1,706 units The
record-breaking pints were donated by
steering committee member Amir Jalali
and university Chancellor Haskell
Monroe "I was completely overwhelmed
by the accomplishment "said Stephanie
Simmons, chairwoman of the event ■
Karen Brooks Thr Maneater, I of
Missouri. Columbia
Oklahoma
Chocoholics Anonymous People who
give in to their cravings for chocolate
mat feel a sense of pleasure that goes
lievond the taste buds That's tiecause
chocolate triggers the pleasure center m
the hram, said Koh Holt, assistant phai
mornings professor at the l of
Oklahoma "It is the same pleasure as
u hen one feels love and satisfaction." he
said “It's tlie same satisfaction as when
\ou see the man tor woman of your
dreams” When eaten in large quanti
ties, chocolate may he a stimulant
because ot its caffeine content, hut the
treat has no nutritional value < >nly milk
chocolate has any nutritional value,
which comes from the small amount of
milk it contains ■ Piper 1.argent.
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