NPHC Week: Fostering Unity Within the Greek Population at Vanderbilt
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www.insidevandy.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 120TH YEAR, NO. 50 LEADERSHIP: English classes for international students help translate success. SEE PAGE 3 VERSUS: O.A.R. tells all about their new album and upcoming show. COMPLETE SECTION INSIDE COMMODORE QUAKE TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY New rst-year meal plan What: Ticket sale for Commodore Quake 2009 featuring Lil’ Wayne, Lupe Fiasco and Free Sol Where: Sarratt Box O ce and confuses students all Ticketmaster locations When: 10 a.m. by ETHEL MICKEY How much: $20 for Vanderbilt News Contributor students with ID $40 for Vanderbilt Much has been said over the alumni and general past few years about creating public and preparing the Commons experience, and Vanderbilt Note: Vanderbilt students will only Dining has worked hard to be able to purchase one ticket at the make this talk a reality with its student price. Only students will be new freshman meal plan. allowed to sit in the oor section. e new plan, which includes up to four meals a day and $200 of meal money per semester, was designed to work in tandem LEADERSHIP with the Commons. Director of Dining Camp Howard calls VSG RESULTS the plan “ exible” and “user- Towers Area friendly.” Special events such Representatives: as house dinners and cookouts, Joshua M. Sirchio which will occur later this year, Veronica Hawkins are also included in the plan and Matthew Snyder are unique to the Commons. Josh Levine Last year the freshman meal Highland Area plan consisted of $150 of meal Representatives: money per semester and only Chip Witherspoon 19 meals a week with a three- Evan Kaiser dollar rollover for missed meals. Elisa Boody Now that the current plan o ers more meals, rollover has been Kissam Area discontinued. While rst-year Representatives: student Kristen McCabe thinks CHRIS PHARE / The Vanderbilt Hustler Andrew Morse the new plan o ers “a lot of First-year student Mallette Asmuth purchases a meal from cashier Alisha Sharp at The Food Gallery in the Commons Center on Sept. 8. Brent Curry good choices,” when it comes Branscomb Area to both the variety and timing worth. Howard calls the each of those meals.” by the preparation of plan and out the kinks of the plan. ey Representatives: of the meals, she feels rollover fourth meal a “huge bene t” Howard, who was at rst assumed its details would be modi ed their website, http:// Tyler Boyd would be a bonus. considering the overall cost of confused by the mad rush for clear. www.vanderbilt.edu/dining, Alexa Papaila “If I don’t get a meal, I the plan. the fourth meal at midnight, “ e functionality of the plan which now includes detailed feel bad. It’s like I’m wasting “ e way that (the rst-year realizes much of the blame for is really good, but we weren’t overviews of each of the meal Alumni Area money,” said McCabe. meal plan) is priced is that we this misconception falls on out in front explaining how it plans. ere will also be an Representatives: A common misconception are giving students the ability Dining and himself. He wished works,” Howard said. informational booth in the Sira Ndam about the plan, however, is to use one meal during a meal a better explanation was given With this in mind, Dining Commons Center ursday, Jonathan Kitchell that students must eat all of the period,” said Howard. “It’s not to freshmen during orientation has been working tirelessly the Sept. 11, to answer any O Campus/Greek 28 meals to get their money’s priced for you to actually take week, but they were consumed past couple of weeks to work questions about the plan. ■ Representative: Kyle Larson House Presidents: GREEK SCENE Towers I House President: Andrew Payne Towers II House President: NPHC Week: Fostering unity within the Alex Kurtz Towers III House President: Adam Norris Greek population at Vanderbilt Towers IV House President: Tracy Okoli by LINDSAY ABRAMS and member of Delta Sigma eta May eld House President: News Contributor sorority, discussed the range of events Deanna Joe happening throughout the week from a Cole House President: The seven historically black carnival to a shadow day for elementary Faydra Buford fraternities and sororities that make up school students, saying they would McTyiere House President: the National Pan-Hellenic Council at all primarily be inspirational and Bryan Cawthon Vanderbilt are hosting a week of events community-oriented. to celebrate community and promote Another highlight of NPHC Week Vanderbilt House President: active service. is the highly acclaimed influential Kevin Bolton “Being that we are such a small council, speaker, Steve Birdine, a member of Iota Lupton House President: it gives us a chance to give ourselves Phi Theta fraternity who many current TBA - technical issue exposure to the campus and introduce members heard speak in Chicago Scales House President: who we are and what we are about,” said at the National Black Greek Leaders Lauren Wagner Charles Stanley Jr., senior and member conference. Vaughn House President: of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. “He inspires and motivates you to Jennifer Reed Whitney Hubbard, senior and be the very best person that you can be Currey House President: president of Zeta Phi Beta, also stressed and to not make exceptions in your life Cameron Hill the importance of having NPHC Week for unexceptional things. Whenever you Reinke House President: and said it “fosters unity and makes us want something done, (he suggests) for Emily Degerberg really focus on doing events together you to act and be a rmative,” Hubbard rather than just working with our own said. Lewis House President: respective organizations.” Birdine’s speech, titled “A rmation in Melodee Toles Since organizations within the NPHC Action,” will take place on ursday at Dyer House President: vary in size, it is important for them to be 7:00 p.m. in the Student Life Center and Mariah Deans able to work on events together. “(It’s a is open to the public free of charge. Tolman House President: great) opportunity for everyone to come “He is so dynamic and will leave you Vernon Pearson together and collaborate to organize wanting to do better, wanting to be better BRETT KAMINSKY / The Vanderbilt Hustler events that everybody can be apart of.” and it is just excellent,” Hubbard said. ■ Steven Townsend checks out the Phi Beta Sigma display at the NPHC Fair on Sept. 8. Aldenise Ewing, NPHC vice president SPORTS: New turf fi eld provides club teams with updated amenities. PLUS: SEC power rankings. SEE PAGE 6 2 Wednesday, September 10, 2008 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com FROM THE BLOG SNAPSHOTS compiled by KELLY SWOPE WEATHER NEWS BRIEFS WEATHER.COM TODAY Obama: Bush plan for Afghanistan still comes up short ISV on campus this week with an Amazing Travel RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP)—Barack Obama said President Bush isn’t acting Opportunity quickly or forcefully enough to get more U.S. forces into Afghanistan Submitted by marielled on 09-08-08, 10:12 pm and out of Iraq. Bush “is tinkering around the edges and kicking the can down the International Student Volunteers (ISV) is looking for students from road to the next president” with his decision Tuesday to bring home Vanderbilt University to travel overseas this summer on its exciting volunteer HIGH 83, LOW 68 only 8,000 combat and support troops from Iraq by February, said and adventure programs. Partly cloudy Obama, who hopes to be that next president. Selected participants will have the opportunity to travel with a group of Bush said a Marine battalion scheduled to be sent to Iraq in students from all over the world (18 years and over) on volunteer projects THURSDAY November will instead be deployed to Afghanistan, followed by an and adventure tours to either Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Army combat brigade early next year. In all, that would add 4,500 to the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Eastern Europe and South Africa The 4,700 combat troops in Afghanistan. standard program lasts for one month but some students elect to travel from Less than two hours later, Obama went before reporters during a two weeks up to three months. campaign stop in this Midwestern battleground to respond. “His plan comes up short — it is not enough troops, not enough For more blog entries, go to InsideVandy.com resources, with not enough urgency,” Obama said. “The next president will inherit a status quo that is still unstable.” HIGH 81, LOW 70 Isolated t-storms No questions, please; Palin will stick to her script until late this week SNAPSHOT STAFF LEBANON, Ohio (AP)—John McCain took a risk in picking little- Editor Michael Warren known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate, but now the [email protected] campaign’s playing it safer. She’s sticking to a greatest hits version A ‘HOLE’ NEW HIGHLAND QUAD Day Managers Kelly Swope of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear [email protected] of questions until she’s comfortable enough for a hand-picked Eve Attermann interviewer later this week. [email protected] More than 40 million people tuned in last week to listen to the Janelle Stokes [email protected] speech from Palin, the 44-year-old fi rst-term governor whom McCain Opinion Editor Thomas Shattuck announced as his surprise vice presidential pick just days before. [email protected] Since then, that basic script is all anyone has heard from her publicly, Senior Copy Editor Hannah Twillman [email protected] and her only interaction with the media was a brief conversation with Academics Specialist Judy Wang a small group of reporters on her plane Monday — off the record at [email protected] her handlers’ insistence.