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The Chronicle 75th Year, No. 87 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Tuesday, February 5, 1980 • TEPs may lose section By Mark Ayanian and Bill Hulbert Douthat showed Conrad this letter during their The Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity is in danger of losing meeting on the 28th. Conrad said he considered the its housing for fall 1980, according to James E. 1978 letter to be "a hazy warning." Douthat, dean of student life. The fraternity will consider its options this week. Douthat said the TEP fraternity was issued a Conrad said he is aware that the administration's warning two years ago from the student affairs office decision can be appealed, but "at this point we don't for failing to meet the University's minimum 75 know if we want to keep the section." percent occupancy requirement. However, the The TEPs have contemplated an off-campus move fraternity hat. yet to satisfy the housing requirement. for two or three years, assuming they could get the Douthat said the administration is currently approval of their national organization and the considering alternative uses of the TEP section, University administration, although the fraternity still has the right to appeal the "Right now I have the feeling we want to move off decision. campus," Conrad said. He added that the fraternity "We haven't decided which option is best," said has looked at two or three possible off-campus houses. Douthat. "We assume we will have a decision in the If the University prohibits this move, the TEPs' other next couple of weeks." As of Feb. 1, no formal request options include occupying a floor of another for the TEP section has been received. dormitory, becoming a non-residential fraternity, or The Duke chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity was dissolving the fraternity. founded in 1951. In 1978 the fraternity moved from Conrad said that the fraternity rushed hard this House Y to their present House Z location because of past fall, but "we traditionally do not do as well as small pledge classes. TEP currently has 15 members, other fraternities in the formal rush period. That form some of whom live off campus. This year the fraternity of rush does not suit our purposes." He said the had three pledges. fraternity usually attracts more members during According to Rick Conrad, chancellor of the TEP informal spring rush. fraternity, his organization was not formally advised Conrad cited two other reasons for not attaining about its housing status until Jan. 28. Conrad said a their rush goals: a rumor circulated among possible former TEP chancellor received a fetter in January rushees that the TEPs were losing their section in fall STAFF PHOTO 1978 informing the fraternity that they could lose their 1980; and the image of the TEP fraternity. Rick Conrad, president of Tau Epsilon Phi. housing if their membership continued to dwindle. Continued on page 2 Silver enlarges photo costs By Elizabeth A. Batten Alexander said "graphics arts and black and The price of silver, like the price of gold, has white films have gone up more than color." escalated recently, and the result is that the price "Naturally," Alexander said, "there is a of photographic supplies has increased as well. general price increase at the first of each year on Silver is used in the film, paper and chemicals all film." which are the backbone of the photographic "As of yet," said Alexander, "the price increase industry. that went into effect January 25 has not affected Robin Alexander, sales manager for film buying, although film shipments before the Northgate Camera Center, said "on the average, 25th were scarce." > BY MA< K Rl FK1N all inclusive, film has gone up in price 25 to 30 Processing of the film will also go up Rising silver prices have made photography an percent." Continued on page 12 expensive proposition. IFC escorts, van service to increase safety at night By Bob Neuhaus Campus. The driver will still be available to pick up students through In response to last semester's one requests to Public Safety. rape, four attempted rapes and one Another safety measure now under assault, Duke's transportation division consideration is an escort service has been operating a late night van proposed by Taylor, a Phi Kappa Sigma service since Nov. 15, 1979. In addition, member. He began a pilot program in Trinity senior Sam Taylor is working to that fraternity last semester, which, he begin a Interfraternity Council-run said, met with widespread approval escort service. from both students and the administra Statistics show that use of the van tion. service has increased since its inception, Taylor said that in order for the Transportation Manager Tom King program to be effective the IFC would said. King also said he is pleased with its have to be involved. He suggested that success and hopes more students will two fraternities could participate each take advantage of the late night van. night — one on each campus. He said The van service is funded entirely that the fraternities have enough through the student transportation members, along with the ability to budget, King said. The cost of the service enforce participation, to make the has dropped sharply, from a nightly cost service work. per student of $40.50 during the first IFC President Chris Scott said he week to $.66 now, he added. hopes to get the escort service The transportation division now has implemented by the end of February. one van which is dispatched through According to Taylor, Public Safety Public Safety from 10 p.m. until 12:30 has offered to supply each fraternity PHOTO BY SCOTT INMAN a.m. The van will pick up students and with flashlights and jackets to wear on David Feldman and Brian Bell wait outside Placement Services. A Imost 20 take them anywhere on campus. the job and the University has offered students spent the night there last Wednesday to sign up for job interviews After 12:30 a.m. the van runs until 2 full financial support for the escort with companies like Merrill Lynch and Dow Chemical. a.m. from East to West via Central Page Two The Chronicle Tuesday, February 5, 1980 Bacteria manufacture human antiviral agent Researchers develop interferon production Editor s note: This is the second in a series of articles of using it for the treatment of viruses and possibly But researchers still have much more work ahead of on cancer. cancer. However, they have lacked the means of them before they reach their goal of abundant By Beverly Norwood obtaining large amounts of the substance making the interferon at reasonable prices. According to Dr. Two weeks ago, molecular biologist Charles high cost of interferon prohibitive. Cancer treatment Wolfgang Joklik, chairman of Duke's Department of Weissmann of the University of Zurich and a research using interferon would cost one individual Microbiology and Immunology and one of the nation's team of genetic engineers announced that they had approximately $50,000 over a one year period. leading virologists, "each of Weissman's bacterial successfully induced bacteria to produce human Weissman's discovery may now be the first step cells is making about two or three interferon interferon, a body protein with antiviral properties. toward producing interferon in large quantities and at molecules. Each bacteria will need to produce a reasonable price. thousands in order to collect usable amounts of Starting with white blood cells which were interferon." When a cell is infected with a virus, antibodies, or producing interferon, Weissman and his colleagues Joklik said the emphasis currently in interferon proteins which counteract the virus' effects, require extracted messenger RNA from the cells and used it to research on devising a method of creating large about a week to be produced in sufficient quantities to generate sections of DNA, some of which would have amounts of the substance is a necessity before it can be defeat the virus. To keep the virus in check during the the interferon gene. These sections were spliced into widely used for clinical treatment of viruses and first week of infection, interferon is secreted, plasmids, rings of DNA removed fromE. coli bacteria. before it can be tested as a viable cancer treatment. inhibiting the spread of the virus until enough The plasmids were then put back into the bacteria and Bob Aiegler, a M.D./Ph.D student at Duke is antibodies are produced. were "cloned." Out of the thousands that were cloned, currently investigating the use of interferon to inhibit Since 1957, when interferon was first isolated, the researchers were able to isolate the interferon the growth of IRNA tumor viruses. scientists have been enthusiastic about the prospects gene. There has been some speculation by the scientific community that interferon will be an effective treatment for cancer based on the theory that cancer is . .. Housing doubtful for TEPs caused by a virus. Joklik said, however, that interferon's success in treating cancer would "lend no Continued from page 1 Conrad said he believes the TEP image arose from i credance to this idea." According to Conrad, the fraternity has had a past member rumored to be involved with the Duke In fact, interferon's effectiveness against cancer is homosexual label for the past eight years. Conrad, Gay Alliance. Conrad said the development of the TEP yet to be proven. Although it has beeen known to however, disagrees with this image. He said, "We are image corresponds to a time when fraternity decrease primary legions in the breast, it has yet to be not homosexuals and we are not looking for membership, rush involvement and athletic proven effective against metastasis, the transfer of a homosexuals.

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