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The North Texas Daily
Friday, May 1, 1987
North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
70th Year No. 110
Sig Ep's charter may be pulled
By Paula A. McKay
Staff Writer
Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity’s
charter will be withdrawn. This was con-
firmed by an administrator, but the Sigma
Phi Epsilon’s vice president denies it.
“It was a communication,” said Matt
Connell, assistant director for student
activities and organizations, “given by
the nationals, that they will pull their
charter.”
Connell said the fraternity’s charter may
be pulled before the end of the semester,
although, he said, “it is not confirmed,
and there is nothing concrete.”
Derek Dooley, vice president of the
fraternity, said, “We are in contact with
the national headquarters in Richmond,
Va., and alumni on a daily basis.
“As far as we know, they have no
intention of removing our charter. We have
asked specifically if they will remove our
charter, and they said no," he said.
A social greek organization which has
lost its charter is not allowed to live on
campus, is not recognized as a university
organization, and its members who are
guilty of the provocation of the charter
loss will be dismissed from the organi-
zation.
Connell said that the reason for the
charter loss is that it was a "culmination
of things. Most recently a situation was
observed by a university administrator
which was then communicated to the
national office; and based upon their
history of the chapter, it was in their best
interest to remove the charter.”
Dooley said, “It was one week after
pledgeship. There was a big brother/little
brother party which is a traditional party
where you trade decorative, not usable,
paddles.
“There were a bunch of brothers in
the yard. The brotherhood development
trainer gets doused in beer, and that’s what
happened because pledgeship ended a
week ago," he said.
The incident that the university ad-
ministrator witnessed would not be re-
vealed by Connell. A source said that
someone witnessed a hazing act in which
many members were hazing another
member. The Sigma Phi Epsilon National
Headquarters was notified by the witness.
Zachary Tucker, program and activities
coordinator, would not confirm that he
was the witness but said that he notified
headquarters.
Tucker said, “I did notify the nationals
because of the incident,” but it was not
the same incident mentioned by the fra-
ternity. “When I told the nationals, they
told me they would communicate the
penalties to the chapter.
“The nationals are the ones that said
they wanted to take action against the
chapter,” and that it was out of the
university’s hands.
From there, headquarters investigated
the incident, and with the fraternity’s recent
history, decided to take its charter. Dr.
Greg Sawyer, assistant dean of students,
said, "It wasn’t anything where it was
many on one.”
Dooley said, “The university has put
it into the hands of the nationals; and to
our knowledge, the charter will not be
taken away."
Sawyer said, “I have not heard any
official word in my office, nothing from
their nationals to me — no official
word.”
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Expert calls safe sex with condoms a myth
Increased sexual activity could multiply AIDS risk
By Michele Longoria
Staff Writer
By thinking that condoms can provide safe
sex, people may actually increase their chances
of exposure to AIDS.
That is the opinion of Dr. Daniel Schneider,
epidemiologist and member of the biology
faculty.
“You do reduce your risks with respect to
any one specific event,” Schneider said. “But
it is the nature of the way in which the condom
is being perceived as a device to allow for safe
sex. The offset in increase of numbers far
overshadows the decrease in risk by the increase
in chance."
SCHNEIDER SAID it is important to un-
derstand what epidemiology is before people
can understand why the use of condoms does
not provide safe sex.
“Epidemiology has to do with understanding
the dynamics of the disease and the popula-
tion,” Schneider said. “We deal with the
processes of numbers, equations and the forces
that effect what happens.”
Schneider said that the idea of using condoms
as a way to avoid contracting acquired immune
deficiency syndrome was almost an idea made
out of frustration on the part of the medical
profession. He said no profession wants to be
inadequate in its job.
“The fact is there is no suitable way to
prevent spreading of the disease other than
behavior,” he said.
Schneider said the condom is a point of focus
as a possible means of preventing the spread
of AIDS because it is an impermeable barrier.
The problem is that the effectiveness of a
condom is also dependent upon people’s be-
havior.
“THE ISSUE IS the use of condoms and
their effectivity from a epidemiological per-
spective. It is not really of concern in terms of
any one idividual’s behavior, it is the behavior
within the population that is important,”
Schneider said.
He said the message that condoms are safe
is getting around. This puts people into certain
classes. There is the permissive class and the
fearful class.
"One factor to see is fear," Schneider said
"There is a natural concern for oneself. When
you are confronted with a problem that says
you are permissive, you subject yourself to this
kind of virus and the consequences can be very
dear. The price is very high, it is your life."
He said there is a sudden influx of people
into the permissive class when people think using
condoms makes sex safe. Fifteen- to 30 year-
olds are less likely to be careful because they
do not know the facts about condoms and that
age group is more likely to experience break-
downs in their effectiveness.
IT IS SAID THAT the condom is effective
about 80 percent of the time, but the actual
peicentage is probably lower.
Schneider said that everyone is on. an in-
dividual risk basis. Each sexual act sign.ficantly
increases the possibility of contracting AIDS.
“If the average number of exposures is
increased, the chances (of getting AIDS) are
much greater,” he said.
Schneider said that no one is trying to apply
scare tactics.
“A condom will reduce the risk for that
one event and that one event only,” he said.
He said that he could not conscientiously tell
people to use condoms as a preventative measure
against AIDS.
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HOT WHEELS—Eric Cozby, left, and Lenny McCall Education Building. They attend Calhoun Junior High
take a cool ride through the sprinklers near the Physical School in Denton.
Offices move to Terrill Hall
By Shannon Drawe
Staff Writer
Offices in the philosophy and psy-
chology department and the Center for
Texas Studies and Classic Learning Core
have relocated to the newly remodeled
offices in Terrill Hall.
The psychology department’s main
office is room 351 and the psychology
clinic is on the first floor in 171.
The psychology clinic in the northern
portion of the building is chained off
from the remainder of the first floor.
Classrooms can be reached from the
entrances on the south side of the
building.
Dr. Jack R Haynes, chairman of the
psychology department, said. "The
clinic will be used by individuals from
the community. Thoroughfare traffic
would only be a disruptive force and
compromise the confidentiality of the
individual.”
Revolutionary holiday
Soviets celebrate May Day
By Paula A. McKay
Staff Writer
The philosophy office is in 330 and
the Center for Texas Studies is in 343.
The Classic Learning Core offices are
in 347, 349 and 350.
Dr. Robert Stevens, director of the
core, said, "Being here makes it (the
core) more visible and accessible to the
students."
Dr. Harold Holloway of the psy-
chology department and a faculty
member with the Classic Learning Core
said the new location is "great."
May Day, May 1st, predates the
Soviet Union as a holiday, yet it is a
symbolic holiday for them as a cele-
bration of international labor. It is also
referred to as a revolutionary day around
the world.
Dr. Milan Reban of the political
science faculty, said, “Since the Soviet
Union presumably became the first
worker state, they made it a holiday
for the first land of socialism."
More radical political parties, such
as the Revolutionary Workers Party,
U.S.A., consider May Day a day when
“the oppressed the world over let their
dreams and visions soar as they push
forward the revolutionary struggle.”
After the Soviet Union began cele-
brating May Day, the day became as-
sociated with socialism, Reban said.
May Day is celebrated in Europe where
the socialists are more democratic, he
said.
“We changed our Labor Day (in
September) so as not to have that
socialist taint."
On May Day, the Soviets celebrate
by having a large parade with troops
marching through Red Square. "It’s a
kind of claim today when workers show
their flags, their force. They show they
are the wave of the future,” Reban
said
The parade is viewed on Soviet tele-
vision which is carefully rehearsed.
“They try to show off their might,”
Reban said. Some of the troops carry
flags printed with slogans as they march.
“In reading their slogans of the day,
some of their slogans change and there
might be a shift in emphasis on a
topic,” Reban said.
When a slogan changes in position
or emphasis, for instance, "it is a tip-
off,” he said. "We look for a lot of
clues. ‘Kremlinology’ is the science of
Kremlin watching. It’s a facetious
term.”
The slogans on the flags may inform
subtly how the Kremlin is doing and
may reveal future aims it might lake in
international affairs.
“In recent years, they have not been
trotting out with their weapons. They
are toning it down. There is a message
they want to convey to the world,"
Reban said.
There are other elements the Soviets
would like to get across, he said.
"They might promote better relations.
1 don’t think they will be rattling too
many of their sabres,” Reban said.
“Gorbachev is interested in primarily
the domestic scene. Overall, the message
may be one of a more peaceful, non-
threatening message,” Reban said.
“They may make some gesture for
revolutionary change in South Amer-
ica. There may be some reinforcement
for this to provide for a backdrop for
arms negotiations.
“On the whole, they always pre-
sent themselves as the principle force
of peace in the world, by their stand-
ing. They may try to make it more
effective to their world audience.”
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Richards, Joey D. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1987, newspaper, May 1, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561638/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.