T»" Wednesday, October 30,1991 The independent newspaper serving the SMU community since 1915 Vol 77 No. 40 Reagan appointed mHP Students circulate petition to student loan board By KAREN RINAMAN management, and I will help to against 10-man rule sanction Contributor to The Daily Campus oversee the working of the corpo­ By DAVID NELSON ration," Reagan said. received a f 3t of sanctions Oct. hinders certain individual Gov. Ann Richards appointed Contributor to The Daily Campus 16 that included the 10-man rights. Reagan said one of the issues 1 Barbara Reagan, former chair­ rale. The petition is still in prelimi­ the board must face is trying to A petition is being circulated woman of the economics depart­ The petition urges "SMU to nary stages, but is designed to avoid high loan delinquency around the SMU community ment and professor emeritus of rates. reconsider certain sanctions allow members of the communi­ questioning the 10-man rule, a placed on campus organiza­ economics, to the Texas The corporation guarantees ty to voice their opinions on the sanction recently imposed on tions." It also says, "The specific rule, Gray said. Guaranteed Student Loan banks that they will get their three-fraternities by University referred to is the The petition is currently being Corporation Board of Directors. money back from students who sanction being Judicial Council restricting to 10 10-man rule." circulated by ATO around cam­ The TGSLC covers a large take out educational loans, the number of fraternity mem­ The petition says that stu­ pus in fraternity houses, sorority number of higher education Reagan said. bers who can be at any location dents, like all citizens, are guar­ houses, first-year residence halls loans in the state, including "I'd be willing to fight if they where alcohol is served. anteed certain "rights as individ­ and area businesses, Grajgaaid. many at SMU. wanted to take the guarantee Professor emeritus of econo­ The council first used the 10- uals under the First Amend­ "There is a good deal of Mjg^jjrn Reagan's appointment to the away from private institutions," mics Barbara Reagan was man rule against the Sigma ment, and they cannot be arbi­ over the issue, and we wanted to Board of Directors was an­ she said. appointed to the Texas Alpha Epsilon fraternity last trarily taken away." document that and find out just nounced on Oct. 23. Reagan said the corporation Guaranteed Student Loan year in response to a violation of Dave Gray, ATO president, how many people were con­ "As a member of the board I covers student loans at state and university alcohol policy. said he has spoken with stu­ cerned," Gray said. Please see REAGAN Corporation Board of will aid in deciding whom the The Alpha Tau Omega and the dents who began the petition Please see PETITION Directors Oct. 23. board hires and fires from top page 2. Phi Delta Theta fraternities also and they believe the 10-man rule page 3. Senate Off-campus debates bus plan contact ban Student code authority debated under debate By NANCY DONISI By KRISS ANN FERNANDEZ that are fun and good things to Staff Writer of The Daily Campus Contributor to The Daily Campus do with rushees that do not After much debate, the involve alcohol," McClusky said. Student Senate voted to allow The Interf'raternity Council is "I think it is wise to consider sororities bus access to the com­ scheduled Lu vote No<>. 21 on trying to find an administrative­ muter parking lot across from whether to revise the moratori­ ly feasible way to have dry con­ the Delta Delta Delta house and um on off-campus contact tact, off-campus contacts . fea­ Sorority Park. between fraternity members and sible meaning easily enforce­ Most of the debate did not stem first-year males, IFC President able," McClusky said. Mark Orr said. from disagreements about the "I would certainly like to figure use of this lot, but from conflict- has accepted suggestions concerning <_>ff '_-;rrpus contact out a way for the IFC executive ing opinions as to whether fronte guidelines Senate legislation supercedes with first-year males, but there have been no changes to the cur­ for dry off-campus contact, it is the SMU student code. up to IFC executive committee ' rent regulations," Orr said. The student code limits buses now to consider the issue," Orr said no off-campus contact to the parking lot of Dedman McClusky said. with first-year males is current­ Center for Lifetime Sports and 'F'f" - in front of the flagpole in the ly allowed and this probably will Joe LaMothe, president of Main Quad. not be changed this semester. Kappa Sigma, said the fraterni­ IFC Sen. Drew Buckley, co­ He said any revisions that are ty does support the current IFC author of the bill, said sorority being reviewed will be for future proposal with the provision of no access to use the lot for. busing semesters. off-campus contact, but would purposes will be included in the Orr said IFC has been hearing like to see changes for future student code revisions, which proposals this week and will semesters. will be voted on in March. continue hearing them through "For the future we would like The first question for debate next week. to see limited off-campus contact was brought by Dedman Sen. Orr said some fraternity presi­ with first-year students where Ellen Fulton, concerning dents support reinstating off- no alcohol is present," LaMothe whether the Senate has the campus contact, if it does not said. authority to change the student involve alcohol, because it mmmm Chris Willis, president of Phi code through legislation. enhances rush activities. Delta Theta, said he doesn't Kathy Rowe, Senate adviser, "Off-campus contacts diversify think the current system is said she had no answer to the rush contacts and allow for dif­ ready to allow off-campus con­ question. ferent interactions than those on tact. He said off-campus contact "The technicality has been campus," Orr said. needs to be allowed in the raised that we are breaking the In a memo to Orr and the IFC future. student code. Can we vote on executive committee, Phi Kappa "For future semesters, once set­ this or can't we?" Dedman Sen. Psi President Todd McClusky tled by the IFC and under heavy Brett Robinson said, urging the asked that new proposals be cre­ restrictions, off-campus contact senators to table the bill until ated to allow off-campus contact should be allowed," Willis said. the issue is clarified. consistent with a dry rush. Senate voted 20-13 to table the McClusky said, "For some time "Whether any revisions will bill, and after the decision, a number of fraternities have happen or not is still being ques­ Students' Association Vice planned off-campus activities tioned," Orr said. President Jeff Zanarini said the which were entirely consistent Tom Pennington, coordinator of authors of the bill, Buckley and with dry rush and enjoyable." greek affairs, said the IFC is Panhellenic Sen. Jill Rush activities can be carried concerned with limited contact. Timberlake, "need to find out if DC photo by Seth Johnson out without alcohol and still be He said the rush rules for this this (bill) passes, will it be over­ Eddie Sinnott, men's swim team head coach, braves rain showers and 40-degree weather with consistent with dry rush poli­ and next year have been under ruling the student code, and Please see SENATE a trench coat and umbrella while freestyle swimmer Chad Hundeby enjoys the sanctuary of cies, McClusky said. review by the IFC and member page 2. an 85-degree pool. "It ought to be pretty clear that chapters, but he was unaware of there can be off-campus events specific changes taking place. Leadership center hopes Proposal calls for integration to supplement curriculum J. Quitman Stephens By BAILEY WIENER policy, is teaching a seminar on begins a journal from of more Hispanics into ministry Contributor to The Daily Campus stress management in the lead­ abroad... By CORR IE CARROLL In 1988, the United Methodist ative that we understand the ership center. He said, "While Contributor to The Daily Campus Church charged a committee nature of the Hispanic comuni- The Edwin L. Cox Business SMU MBA coursework gives page4i with researching this problem, ty," he said. Leadership Center, established students the knowledge to be The United Methodist Church and the Hispanic National Plan The goals of the national plan this fall for graduate business successful, that knowledge does must begin incorporating is the culmination of its efforts. are to establish 100 new orga­ students, was designed to make not guarantee the presence of Banner's Hispanic peoples within its min­ Hispanics constitute a very nized congregations, 1,000 new up for the shortcomings in tradi­ behavioral skills needed for suc­ Television Workshop istry, Rev. Joel Martinez, pastor large population of the United faith communities, 3,000 new tional business education, Paula cess." class provides practical of Emmanuel United Methodist States and the population con­ outreach ministries and 2,000 Hill, director of the center, said. He said the Business experience for would- Church, said. tinues to grow, Martinez said. lay missioners trained and in A traditional MBA program Leadership Center has been As the first speaker of Perkins The U.S. Bureau of the Census service, all within the Hispanic provides a curriculum but does structured around four themes be producers... School of Theology's Hispanic estimates that by the year 2000 ministry, Martinez said.