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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Voi 99, Issue 11
Kappa Alphas; Phi Delta Thetas fined
Two SU fraternities are facing disciplinary action for alcohol violations and lewd acts
By MILLY LEE_
Meqaphone Staff Writer
The Kappa Alpha and Phi
Delta Theta fraternity houses
have been closed due to sanc-
tions placed against both houses
by the Student Organizations
Disciplinary Committee.
Both fraternities were
charged with alcohol violations
and lewd and obscene personal
behavior in direct violation with
the University’s core value of
“respecting the worth and dig-
nity of persons.” Both frater-
nities were found guilty of the
charges.
The Kappa Alpha Order trial
lasted five hours, from the night
of October 29 and the morning
of October 30.
“The ruling wav a just reac-
tion to what the committee saw
as a breach of trust between
the Kappa Alpha Order and the
University. The ruling and the
sanctions that we as a committee
put on were just in response to
that,” junior and Chairperson of
the Student Organizations Disci-
p I i nyry Committee Andrew Kerr
said.
"Both offenses were serious,
but I think the committee paid
more attention to personal code
of conduct breach with the lewd
and obscene activities. That is
where the focus was, but gener-
ally for the Kappa Alphas, any
disciplinary charge had to be
taken seriously."
The Kappa Alpha Order was
fined $500 and was ordered to
he completely dry with no alco-
hol in the rooms as well as in the
common areas. In addition, the
fraternity house is to be closed
to all non-members until the end
of the spring semester.
The fraternity cannot host
any formal events at their house
and is only open to 26 non-
members until the conclusion of
the spring 2007 semester. All
functions hosted hv the Kappa
Alphas are to he registered and
approved bv the university.
Also required by the univer-
sity, an RA must he appointed,
legislation must be sponsored
to reform recruitment practices
and specific fraternity members,
are barred from imbibing alco-
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ruling.
Pres, cabinet resignations
Condoleeza Rice appointed to replace Powell as Secretary of State
By BOZE HERRINGTON
Megaphone Staff Writei
Speculation has swirled
around the so-called "Wash-
ington Cabinet Shuffle" since
the beginning of this year, and
the ensuing foray in the days
following President (ieorge W.
Bush's re-election turned out to
he quite a dance indeed.
At a press conference on
November 4, the Commander-
i tY-Chuff fielded"questions about
possible departures from the
Cabinet
"In the Cabinet, there will be
some changes," he said, sound-
ing mysteriously like Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,
who is expected to remain for a
year or two. “I don’t know who
they will be,” he added., “It’s
inevitable there will be changes
It happens in every administra-
tion.”
The Attorney General. John
Ashcroft, was the first to hand in
his letter of resignation, which
he placed upon President Bush’s
desk on November 2. He was
quickly followed by the Secre-
tary of State, Colin Powell.
They were both quick ly
followed by Energy Secretary
Spcneei Abraham. Agriculture
Secretary Anne Veneman, Edu-
cation Secretary Rod Paige,
and Commerce Secretary Don
Evans.
"It has always, been my
intention that I would serve one
term," said Powell.
"And after we had had a
chance to hav c good and ful-
some discussions on it. we came
to mutual agreement that it
would be good for me to leave
at this time ”
Part oft he reason mat have
had to do with the tact that
Powclfand the President were
diametrical-lv opposed on almost
ever)' foreign policy issue: Syria,
the Isiaeli-Palestmian peace
negotiations, and the handling
of the War in Iraq were a few
of their more famous disputes.
Powell was known to quibble
w 1111 Rumsfeld and remarked to
President Bush on the eve ol
battle m earlv 2005 that nation-
building follows the “Tottery
Barn” rule: "You break it. you
Deputy National Security
Adviser, will take the place of
his superior.
Unlike Powell. Attorney.
General John Ashcroft was one
of the most divisive figures in
recent history; depending on
what you believe, he was either
a radical proponent of disman-
tling the Constitution, or he
was demonized and vilified by
the left, lie either lost an elec-
tion to a dead man in Missouri
because people would rather
elect a corpse than Ashcroft,
or because they loved the dead
man very much and wanted to
display their affection.
Ashcroft wrote his letter of
resignation himself to prevent
any potential leaks, lie said,
"The objective of securing the
safety of Americans from crime
and terror has been achieved.
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Recent presidential appointments mean that Rice will be taking
over for Powell.
Some critics have charged
that the president is placing him-
self nr n Tight -wing cocoon by
replacing all the moderates in
his administration, particularly
Powell. However, others insist
that it is simply good policy:
with the recent death of Yassir
Arafat, the Secretary of State
does not want to begin Mideast
peace negotiations and then have
to change camels mid east
Settling lot someone with
fewer ideological differences.
Bush chose Condoleeza Rice,
Ins current National Security
Adviser, to he the new Secre-
tary of State. With Powell. Bush
became the first president to
nominate a \Incan Vmcncan
man fot the position; wiili Riee.
he becomes the first president
to nominate an \ Incan \mcn
can woman tot tile role.
Stephen I lad lev. the t. m i cut
strengthened and upheld m the
courts. Yet, I believe that the
Jttsttee Department would "be
well served by new leadership
and fresh inspiration."
\ides say he feels like he
accomplished everything that lie
set out to do, and wanted to quit
while he was ahead. In a letter
circulated among members of
the Department of Justice, he
took credit for preventing any
possible terrorist attacks in the
past three years.
"But it would be the height
of arrogance to assume we
achieved this alone.” he added
" 1 he Psalms remind us: * Unless
the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stands guard in
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see CABINET on pg 2
hoi at all chapter functions.
I he Phi Delta T heta frater-
nity was also fined $500; how-
ever, their house is closed until
the Cud of fall 2004 and all
events must he open to the entire
student body and registered with
the university until the end of
the spring 2005 semester.
Any closed parties during
the fall 2005 semester must be
registered with the university.
The house is to be completely
dry.
Included were requirements
for education, ordering the ha.
termty to co-sponsor legislation,
contact a liaison to educate the
chapter on issues of sexual coer-
cion. and present an educational
forum on similar issues.
_.....JTcvdis^epaiicy in the sever-
ity of the punishments is primar-
ily based upon each fraternity's
status. The Phi Delta Theta
fraternity was in good standing
with the university before these
charges were prosecuted with
a 12-year span between proba-
tionary periods.
"The offenses charged to the
Phi Delta fraternity were the
same as the offenses charged to
the Kappa Alphas I lie Phi Delta
fraternity had no prior serious
disciplinary infractions, so there
was a different precedent set
for them, which the committee
took into consideration in their
ruling," Kerr said
T he Phi Delta T heta frater-
nity expresses concern and apol-
ogizes for an offense taken bv
the campus community
“We are really sorry; it was
a really bad judgment call. At
the time we were being selfish
hut we have learned van ksam.
and it will never happen again
Hie punishment is fine and we
are just really sorry to the entire
campus, it should have never
happened,” Phi Delta Theta fra-
ternity President and .senior Jeff
Bodenman said.
“I thought the ruling was
fair and we deserved everything
that we got. We happened to
have a clean slate at the time so
it wasn't as harsh as the othei
fraternities were. I feel that
the punishment fit the crime.”
see FINES on pg. 2
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By MELANIE LOOP
Megaphone Staff Writer
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One of the many joys of
college life is deciding on a
major which will affect not
only the classes a student has
to take but also the entire direc-
tion of his or her life. The
major dilemma in this (no pun
intended) is that the career a
student picks may not be a field
in which there is high demand;
even though we do attend a
prestigious university, this may
not be enough to launch us into
a successful career.
Recently, CNN published
“The Top 10 Degrees in
Demand.” Among these
decrees are accounting, four
■ and even first semester sopho-
mores can be overwhelmed by
these options
So, how can it
be narrowed down to the career
that one will be happy in for
the rest of one’s life?
Students have many have
trouble choosing their major,
so there are many sources to
help with this process.. The
closest resource fdfSoutttWest-’
em students is the Career Ser-
vices center. Located on the
east side of campus. Career
Services has many resources
not only for deciding a major
and getting an internship, but
also for after graduation—grad-
uate school ratings or inter-
views with employers.
types of engineering, two dif-
ferent types of management,
Another possibility Tor
helping students find their
computer science, economics
and information sciences and
systems, fn addition touthtsr
CNN has a list of the most
lucrative college degrees and
compares the average begin-
ning salary to those of last year.
For the most part, the salaries
rose proving the job market to
still be a demand in the areas
listed in the article.
Southwestern offers about
half of these areas as majors—
economics, accounting, com-
puter science, and business.
The possibilities seem end-
less with the number of careers
and the various majors that
can be used for each career
with assortment of the special-
ties in each field. These com-
binations seem impossible to
choose from because the possi-
bilities are endless. Freshmen
choice career path is the myriad
of online resources. To learn
more about the skills and qual-
ifications of specific jobs, go
online to online.onetcenter.org.
This site offers a plethora of
information: job summary,
skills needed, suggested degree,
and average salary, not only
for the United States, hut also
broken down by state.
Whatever one decides to
major in and go on to do as a
career, it is important to remem-
ber that this is the job that
they will have for the rest of
their life- and it should he an
enjoyable one for that person.
The monetary incentive of a
job should be a consideration
but not the entire reason for a
career choice.
If you know something you
are interested in, explore it.
see DEGREES on pg. 2
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