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Volume 100, Issue 18 Carnegie Mellon’s Student Newspaper since 1906 20 February 2006 Zeta becomes Alpha Chi Omega The only local sorority, Zeta joins national organization ffect ngton a by Nicole Barley ashi Staffwriter sals in W t propo ld recen try? Add another item to the list of wou e coun changes taking place on Carnegie Mel- How ss th lon’s campus this year: Local sorority ife acro ollege l llege Zeta Psi Sigma is no longer. The letters c co adorning the house have been removed to me st,” and are soon to be replaced by three co nd of te y that ki , new ones: AXΩ. ma to take Brown ts need e Julia es test homor ajor. d t would said sop iting m ze exam tical nal wr i- di The cri ofessio uman ar d riting, a pr est a h nd e gaine nts’ w m-solv- o you t uter ta s to b stude proble How d comp S ntage tan- and be “ rsus a A) e adva g a s nking, would ajor ve ’s no th isterin thi esults ties m There admin specifi - lls. Its r ount major? e from signed ing ski total am cience ndardiz test de sess the ing s ally sta nstern ardized udents. ed to as occurr to re Morge d llege st 13 us that is way y Claire ly for co bruary arning which up- b cal to a Fe of le ut also that.” is s Justin Brown/Assistant Photo Editor fwriter ording Times, eges, b dents college Staf Acc ew York in coll the stu “Each gs dif- s have n The N t of ontain ost do thin student rticle i ised ou hools c the m d to ecca On February 1, Zeta Psi Sigma offi - onally, col- a was ra re sc arning pose d Reb Traditi ing of issue or mo are le y,” sai n cially asked national sorority Alpha Chi beginn - the need f who ferentl t-year i ted the e’s stan ceived olleges east. ards , a fi rs Omega to become part of the Greek com- equa nd of on a per in c — and l t stand esman istics. th the e How- bility sion ernmen ds Re d stat lege wi career. ccounta ommis ut gov the min ics an munity on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. testing no a sities. C e B deal in phys rdized o may univer ould b r from i ents. After 12 years as part of the University, da hese tw and that it w are fa lon stud age A4 soon t lusive. rs felt one gie Mel ason ESTS, p ever, ally exc membe create f Carne any re See T the local sorority has been adopted e mutu the eous to nis- o hink of or onger b on on vantag e admi can’t t want by a national organization. Following l mmissi n, ad st to b t “I t would he Co ducatio dard te studen studen much deliberation on behalf of the 28 T igher E stan college that a e of H Secre- o every Futur ction of tered t sisters of Zeta Psi Sigma, the women the dire rgaret tion. under on Ma the na g of Carnegie Mellon’s Panhellenic Coun- ducati ng in in of E scussi p tary been di cil, the dean of Student Affairs, and the gs, has s slip Spellin ce coordinators of Greek Affairs, Alpha n n’s Mello d scie arnegie Chi Omega was chosen as the best fi t. an ckey, C ical sci- h n Ma hemat Previously known as Chi Omega, at Joh of mat rom m Secre- t head dents f Zeta Psi Sigma was formed when Chi n ” said sistan at stu ica science, gs as rmed th aiwan, er cs and Spellin s, confi pore, T Omega’s national charter was revoked m hemati rgaret ence s Singa m, )A mat tion Ma ording s such a , Belgiu for fi nancial reasons in 1992. This B Educa tee, acc ountrie Russia tary of commit oni- c rlands, er basic Senate The Chr Nethe ave bett marks the second change in affi liation a U.S. ticle in the em to h zgerald to y 10 ar hina se ses. during the sisterhood’s history. l R. Fit Februar . and C ath clas ichae to a ucation global early m “It was a hard decision. A lot of the by M igher Ed erican kills in riter cle of H s for Am n a s ge A4 Staffw row- lication ave bee REP, pa sisters didn’t want to give up Zeta. But rica’s g The imp ance h n See P on Ame ce l domin shingto we knew if we didn’t do it now, Zeta scourse d scien ologica ny Wa ublic di ath an techn n in ma P es in m concer would die,” said former Zeta Psi Sigma fi cienci . growing ing de nsifying pare president Jamie Moroco, now president n is inte e to pre rcles. ducatio do mor vel ci of Alpha Chi Omega. e a must llege-le Americ s for co “ student ns “You want something to come back to hool a high sc cut lo in fi ve years,” Moroco said, noting that ld the choice to be adopted by a national ou ation of elimin et w sed the f the sorority was a long time in coming. dg ss propo eceipt o u Congre nnual r e,” “It was hard to hang with the other d b st year st the a s receiv se hile. La , not ju college nationals here without the support of a po w program which ervices ro entire ibution llment S P the l contr of Enro cing national organization,” she added. C) l capita irector n fi nan federa erson, d ducatio s Emerging empty-handed from this da And pular e e Perkin ated Lin . A po ents, th fall’s Formal Membership Recruit- ckett st Mellon lon stud . If ap- min Ha arnegie gie Mel g option y Benja at C g Carne lendin imi- ment session, Zeta welcomed four new b a little d amon rest rate ould el fwriter t gotten metho low inte udget w members following an additional week Staf have jus pre- vides a posed b ck may W. Bush oan pro nt’s pro nd che George or L Preside tinue of Informal Membership Recruitment. UB refu sident oposal f ed, the to con That H ry 6, Pre se’s pr prov intends its Comparatively, nationally sponsored Februa ite Hou s, there e loan. that it g it in ler. On the Wh t passe nate th shown ncludin sororities like Delta Gamma and Kappa smal ss with e budge r ed- ss has ... by i ent in Congre et. If th popula “Congre ogram endm sented 7 budg ing for Loan pr r Ed am At Alpha Theta welcomed 27 new sisters ear 200 s in fund udents. erkins Highe stated. e fi scal y duction llege st the P of the derson into each respective house. th cant re cting co other rization ills,” An tudents e signifi tly affe an and reautho enate b 1000 s will b s direc rkins Lo e and S oughly ond “As a local sorority, Zeta didn’t have program the Pe h Hous re are r the sec cation target bot llon the This is the resources available to them to help u get cuts as been gie Me at risk. he bud . ogram h Carne ld be 3 them be successful,” said Monica Bebie, T ograms loan pr for a ans cou page A ased pr Perkins eview hose lo DGET, need-b “The under r w See BU coordinator for Greek Affairs. See GREEK, page A3 Justin Brown/Assistant Photo Editor and J.T.Trollman/Contributing Editor Panel discusses RIAA Campus stores annually lose money to theft not deviate from the amount a by Michael R. Fitzgerald by Matthew McKee typical retail store loses to steal- Staffwriter Staffwriter ing in a fiscal year. The National Association of Analogies fl ew fast and furious Bookstore officials do not College Stores reports that over at the Public Debate on Electronic raise textbook prices just to the 2003–2004 fiscal year, the File Sharing hosted by the Univer- inflate their pocketbooks. median sales amount for col- sity of Pittsburgh last Friday. Last fiscal year, the University lege stores was $3.5 million. In an October article, The Tar- Shoppe, campus art store, and Nationally, students spent an tan reported that an undisclosed Entropy lost over $150,000 in average of $704 during that fis- amount of students were facing stolen textbooks, souvenirs, cal year. subpoenas from the Recording and other merchandise. Store The shortage at Carnegie Industry Association of Amer- officials said that while lam- Mellon does not affect student ica (“RIAA returns to campus,” Stacey Chu/Photo Staff entable, this figure remains tuition, because the stores act Oct. 10, 2005). Now, four months relatively constant from year as auxiliary services of the Charles Lee Mudd, Esq., one of the later, the University of Pittsburgh to year. University. Profits earned from debating attorneys, discussed RIAA invited two involved attorneys “It’s a fairly consistent num- lawsuits last Friday at Pitt.