WELCOME BACK| A NEW STUDLIFE YEAR| SEE ‘FRESHMAN PRESS’ INSIDE TUDENT IFE THE SINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY L IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 2 MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM SAE loses University recognition BY SAM GUZIK out in January 2006. SAE was first put on pro- there’s not a lot of latitude,” Although SAE has lost president for Kansas and SENIOR NEWS EDITOR The July 5 decision to re- bation when members of said Jill Carnaghi, the assis- University recognition, the Missouri. scind SAE’s University rec- the fraternity were taken tant vice chancellor for stu- fraternity’s national office While Martin recognized Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra- ognition was the result of into custody for possessing dents. “They made progress has not officially rescinded that SAE is no longer an of- ternity (SAE) lost its Wash- conduct at the SAE formal in and selling marijuana from in some areas and regressed the charter. ficial student organization at ington University recognition Nashville, failure to improve the fraternity’s University- in other areas. The behav- “We have a good group the University, he would not this summer after 18 months significantly since being owned house. Since then the ior actions were not accept- of men at that chapter and comment on the national or- on probation and numerous placed on probation in 2006 fraternity has been housed able or up to the standards I hesitate to close any chap- ganization’s future actions. allegations of failing to ad- and a collection of smaller off campus. of what we expect for Greek ter unless there’s something Specifically, he said that here to the requirements of incidents that violated the “Once you’re on proba- Chapters at Washington Uni- seriously wrong,” said Ryan the development plan laid chapter performance plan. tion and don’t have a house, versity in St. Louis.” Martin, the regional SAE See FRATERNITY, page 2 CCTV Class of 2011 gathers for Freshmen Convocation added to dorms BY SAM GUZIK SENIOR NEWS EDITOR In an attempt to deter crime and heighten the safety of mem- bers of the Washington Univer- sity community, the University has installed a closed-circuit tele- vision (CCTV) system in campus residence halls. “To students, residence areas are homes, where they sleep,” said Director of Campus Police Don Strom. “Many students, par- ents and faculty members have asked why don’t we have CCTV in our residence halls.” Over the summer, CCTV cam- eras were installed in and around the entrances of residence halls. There will be no monitoring of in- dividual and common rooms. After a sexual assault took place in Myers residence hall last semester, student support for residential surveillance seemed to increase. SCOTT BRESSLER | STUDENT LIFE Vice Chancellor for Students and Dean of Students Justin Car- Freshmen cheer for their ResColleges on Thursday night at Convocation in the Athletic Complex as family members look on during the ceremony. Chancellor Wrighton, SU President Neil roll feels that the implementation Patel and senior Shaina Goodman, among others, spoke about the freedoms and responsibilities associated with the transition from high school to college. of CCTV is a great response to the incident. “CCTV will serve both as a deterrent to criminals and an ad- ditional tool for our university police,” said Carroll. Strom said that cameras will not be used to monitor students’ social activities, such as under- STS backs off rate hike after age drinking. “Of course we didn’t get 100 percent support,” said Strom. “[With CCTV] there is a sense of being watched. It is important for students to understand that the student uproar cameras will be used primarily for investigation.” Despite the University’s in- v Facebook group for all on-campus residents, revision was feedback from sistence that the cameras will will continue to be included students in the form of com- not monitor students’ activities, draws 1,000 mem- in the package. munication from Student some students are still skeptical Under the plan, students Union (SU) and a Facebook about how the cameras will be bers demanding will still receive 512kb/s of group that formed to protest used on campus. bandwidth, with the option the increased fee. Senior Lizzie Schwartz said, “affordable Inter- of buying an additional 1mb/ The group, “Demand Af- “The cameras are a good security s for $120. Premium cable fordable Internet for WashU measure, but they could lead to net” services will also be avail- Students!” currently has over an invasion of students’ privacy. able. 1,000 members. About 4,000 They give the University the op- BY DAVID BRODY Associate Vice Chancellor students subscribe to Inter- portunity to use the cameras EXECUTIVE EDITOR for Technology and Informa- net services each semester. against students.” tion Services Andy Ortstadt Sophomore Eric Reif, the There will not be a 24-hour Student Technology Ser- said that STS decided to creator of the group, said surveillance team monitoring the vices (STS) announced that postpone the rate increase that the lack of discussion cameras, but during the course the price of residential Inter- because of poor communica- was one of the biggest com- of an investigation the Univer- net access will remain $135 tion about the fee. plaints voiced by the group’s sity police might review security for the fall semester after “It rea l ly wasn’t fa i r to st u- members and that he was tapes. widespread student protest dents and parents who didn’t pleased that STS returned to “We have talked about closed- erupted over the announce- have enough information on the old rate. circuit television for nine years, ment of a rate hike to $240 this,” he said. “We did not “Taking some time to re- ANNA DINNDORF | STUDENT LIFE it is pretty exciting to see it actu- per semester. communicate it as well as we evaluate that price is a good effect next semester. “It’s sion STS made was likely to ally come about this school year,” The added features offered should have.” first step,” he said, indicat- still not an ideal price.” be unpopular because “Inter- by STS, including residential Ortstadt said that one ing that he was not in favor SU President Neil Patel, a See CCTV, page 3 wireless access and cable TV factor leading to the cost of the new price going into senior, says that any deci- See INTERNET, page 4 We’ve got you covered Livin’ la vida local INSIDE: NEWSROOM PHONE 314-935-5995 Forum. .6 Ever wonder where your Music in your own Mis- souri backyard. 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U. If students want these group. It started in De- that the fraternity was on Senior Forum Editor: Nathan Everly ship. sorts of groups, then I think it cember of 2005 and many, probation. Senior Cadenza Editor: Brian Stitt Senior Scene Editor: Felicia Baskin Washington University’s Brown said that he is im- will happen faster now that I many chances were given to “We were following ev- Senior Sports Editor: Trisha Wolf resources for Lesbian, Gay, Bi- pressed by the University’s am here.” them.” erything as best as we could Senior Photo Editor: David Hartstein sexual and Transgender (LGBT) decision to create a LGBT coor- The President of Pride Al- Regardless of the decision and we had outstanding Forum Graphics Editor: Rachel Harris students and awareness on dinator position. “Something liance, sophomore Maryse made by the national office, rush classes both semesters Information Graphics Editor: Meaghan campus will now be central- horrible didn’t happen here, Pearce, said that identity SAE will not be able to par- [last year],” said Bremer. “I Willard ized under the coordination of and Wash. U. is hiring some- groups have already been ticipate in any elements of think we just kept screwing News Editors: Josh Hantz, David Song, one man—Mike Brown.