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STAFF EDITORIAL| BREAK THE WASH. U. BUBBLE| SEE FORUM, PAGE 6 TUDENT IFE THE SINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY L IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 8 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER IN REMEMBRANCE OF 9/11 SAE remains open despite July decision BY PERRY STEIN ing and doing community ser- CONTRIBUTING REPORTER vice and philanthropy activi- ties.” In a near unprecedented sit- Martin said that while he uation in Washington Universi- does not agree with the Uni- ty’s history, a fraternity that is versity’s decision, he, along not approved by the University with other members from the will remain open and continue regional offi ce, will continue to to accept members. meet with the fraternity broth- Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s (SAE) ers to help them to improve national offi ce announced that their chapter and their broth- it would not revoke the nation- erhood. al charter of the fraternity’s “To not allow undergradu- Washington University chap- ates to make mistakes and ter, even though the University learn does not further the mis- no longer recognizes it as an sion of our organization,” said organization on campus. Martin. “They will be allowed to op- Other new plans for SAE in- erate as a fraternity from our clude establishing strong ties perspective,” said Ryan Martin, with the fraternity’s alumni regional president of the Kan- community. sas-Missouri area of SAE. “Our biggest challenge is to The University’s decision fi nd a group of men who can stemmed from a series of in- guide the chapter through ups MATT LANTER | STUDENT LIFE cidents including improper and downs,” said Martin. Father Gary Braun leads a 9/11 memorial service at the Catholic Student Center on Tuesday afternoon. The service, designed to remember those conduct at the SAE formal in Despite SAE and the Univer- victims that lost their lives on 9/11, was open to all members of both the Wash. U. and surrounding communities. Nashville, failure to improve sity’s confl icting viewpoints signifi cantly since being placed on how to penalize the chap- on probation in 2006 and a ter, Martin said that the SAE number of smaller incidents offi ce’s decision to allow the that violated the Chapter’s per- chapter to remain open was formance plan. not out of spite or aggression. Barnes doctor copes with Lou Jill Carnaghi, assistant vice “Wash. U. has clearly set a chancellor for students and di- high bar for student conduct rector of campus life who made in fraternities and sororities. Gehrig’s disease the July decision to disband It’s a very prestigious univer- SAE as a student organization, sity and they have the right to said that the University is sur- hold a high standard of con- BY AARON WEIDMAN a close colleague puts it, “the rig’s disease for the crippling cane. Over the next year and a prised at the national offi ce’s duct,” said Martin. “We don’t CONTRIBUTING REPORTER highest quality medical educa- effect it had on the former half he replaced the cane with decision. take this action in some sort tion.” baseball star. ALS is a progres- a walker and then got a motor- “We have a great community of aggressive state towards the Jason Goldfeder tries to be But Goldfeder, a specialist sive, neurodegenerative dis- ized wheelchair in January. held to high standards and SAE University. We merely disagree normal. in internal medicine at Barnes- ease, which disables the nerve Goldfeder’s arms followed was not able to meet them. We with the sanctions the Univer- He mentors medical stu- Jewish, can’t be normal, not cells that control voluntary a similar deterioration to the did what we needed to do and sity took against the chapter.” dents, sharing with them his when he is confi ned to a motor- movement in the body. point where it became diffi - they [the national offi ce] did According to Bremer, sig- insight, clinical judgment and ized wheelchair, when he has Goldfeder, the former di- cult for him to write anything what they felt they had to do,” nifi cant improvements have knowledge base about the fi eld. to wear a split on both index rector of the Wohl Clinic, was at all. E-mails that once took said Carnaghi. already been made within the He gives weekly lectures on fi ngers in order to type and diagnosed in November 2004, him two minutes to type now Because the University does chapter. Although SAE cannot men’s health, his primary area when his voice is so weak that and since then the disease has take him half an hour. Over the not recognize SAE, the fraterni- use any University resources, of expertise. He volunteers each phrase becomes a long, la- robbed him of many of his past year, Goldfeder’s speech ty w ill not be able to participate the chapter has already start- at Washington University’s borious chore. physical abilities. Walking fi rst has become the latest victim of in any campus events—even ed its fall rush process and it Wohl Medical Clinic, helping Goldfeder has Amyotrophic became diffi cult in the winter ALS. such mainstays of Greek Life has a few prospective initiates researchers test the drugs of Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more of 2005 and by that summer as Thurtene or Greek Week. rushing. the future. He still delivers, as commonly known as Lou Geh- Goldfeder had begun to use a See GOLDFEDER, page 2 SAE’s current chapter presi- “We’ve grown so much dent, Jon Bremer, said that the through this struggle. Where brothers are remaining op- we were one or two years ago is timistic and that they are al- so much different than where ready planning events for this we are now,” said Bremer. “We year. hope the University does recog- Turner returns as computer science “We’re all very positive and nize the good things we do and confi dent we can move for- the improvements we make. ward,” said Bremer. “We’re still We think we’re worthy of their chair after resignation looking forward to participat- recognition.” BY JOSH HANTZ gram in computer science. of graduate students.” NEWS EDITOR Tuner emphasized that the Nick Benassi, associate dean change in leadership does not for public relations in the En- Hotline provides Catalin Roman stepped refl ect a change in policy. gineering School, said the way down unexpectedly as chair of “There are a number of ex- Roman stepped down is “very the department of Computer citing things happening in the common” and even “expected.” Science and Engineering (CSE) engineering school as a whole Turner explained that it a new weapon over the summer after 10 years that will affect students going can be hard for one to be a to focus on his work in mobile forward,” he said. “But they are department chair and focus computing. going to happen independently on research at the same time against hazing Roman will be replaced by of a change in the department’s because maintaining constant Jonathan Turner, who served as chair.” growth in research takes a de- chair from 1992 to 1997. In the And he is looking forward gree of commitment and con- BY ELI KEEHN interim, Turner was a professor to them, even though he feels centration, which often fall by CONTRIBUTING REPORTER victims of hazing by any or- of several CSE courses. the confl ict of not being able to the wayside as a result of the ganization. “Ten years is a long time,” teach as much. administrative planning re- In an attempt to combat The fi ve Washington Uni- said Turner, who has been at “It’s a good time [to be quired of the position. incidents of campus hazing, versity chapters whose na- Washington University since chair],” he said. “Some of the “He can devote more time 21 national fraternities and tional organizations were in- 1983. “[Roman] did a good job most important jobs that the to getting funding for research sororities, including four of volved in the founding of this of building the department chair has lie in the area of re- and building that back up in a Washington University’s so- hotline include Alpha Epsilon over the time he was chair. cruiting both faculty and stu- more substantial way,” he said. rority chapters and one of Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Al- He attracted a number of new dents and we want to work at While he has no fi xed term, COURTESY OF JONATHAN TURNER its fraternities, have joined pha Epsilon Phi, Chi Omega faculty during that time. The attracting the best new faculty Turner sees himself holding Dr. Jonathan Turner forces with a Cincinnati law and Alpha Phi. department had a good record to enable the department to the position at least three years, fi rm to create a hotline that “While I’m not sure how of being successful and pur- grow. You work hard to get the and maybe fi ve or more. ents. students can use to anony- widely it’ll be used, I think suing research objectives and best students you can. We’re Turner’s area of expertise is Roman’s strong points are mously report incidents of it’s a positive step toward expanding the teaching pro- doing quite well at the under- with high performance routers mobile commuting, which he hazing. holding active fraternity and gram.” graduate level. But we’re also and switching systems, exten- is currently pursuing, formal Although sponsored by the sorority members account- Under Roman’s tenure there trying to do more at the gradu- sible communication networks design methods, declarative Greek community, the hotline able for their actions,” said was also signifi cant growth in ate level for the whole school in and analysis of algorithms.

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