THE WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF BETHANY COLLEGE FRIDAY Jan. TThehe 27 TTOWEROWER 2006 www.bethanywv.edu/tower/ Vol. 80, No. 16 Greeks give out bids tonight, Beta’s back Brian Cook • The TOWER and Phi Kappa Tau. However, that and women, recruit new members. is quickly changing. During the return of the spring se- Beta Theta Pi is returning to mester multiple houses have been Bethany after a three year absence, having Rush parties to help their which began in 2003. This was due recruitment. Rush parties are events to fi nancial circumstances. where Independents, both freshmen “We’re very excited to bring back and upperclassmen get the opportu- one of our oldest chapters. The Col- nity to learn about particular Greek lege has been incredibly supportive organizations. as have the students. Our alumni are Bid Night will be tonight starting very engaged about the return,” Beta at 7:30 p.m. Representative JB Scherpelz said. Currently, 35 percent of all Betha- Beta was founded in 1839 at Mi- ny students are Greek. An additional ami University located in Oxford, 45 are either defi nitely going Greek Ohio. They currently have about or at least considering it according twenty males interested in joining. to the offi ce of Student Life. After For more information, visit the Beta Bid Night 2006 is completed, around table located in the Cafeteria. 40 of Bethany students will begin In addition to Greek Life being the pledging process to become a rich here at Bethany, it is also very member of their respected Greek A Beta Theta Pi representative JB Scherpelz sits in the Benedum Commons looking old. The sororities have apart of the organization. for possible students to become a founding father as the Bethany College Beta chapter Bethany community between eighty At one point in time, seventy per- looks to recolinize after a three year absence on campus. and one hundred years. The male cent of students were going Greek. organizations, on the other hand, “We want to increase the number By KELLY FRY currently three female Greek orga- have a more broad age span. They of Greeks on campus and hope we TOWER staff writer nizations - Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Mu are seventy-fi ve to one hundred fi fty can make Greek life a big part on and Zeta Tau Alpha. There are also years old. this campus,” Director of Student eing Greek at Bethany College fi ve male fraternities to choose from Formal recruitment is in full Bshows pride, especially within including Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta swing right now. That is the process see Greek a particular organization. There are Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu in which current Greeks, both men page 3 Casino night, Jarhead success on campus By GARY GERBA away to those in attendance was the TOWER staff writer ‘I went along winning a little here and there ‘Half Hour Raffl e’ which gave away $100 every half hour to the holder of This past Saturday Bethany Col- until I made it to the fi nal’s table.’ the called ticket. Those taking home lege’s Student Activities Council - Brett Bartholomew cash prizes from this give away in- opened up its spring campaign with cluded Palo, Anthony Taolatta, Luke their fourth annual Casino Night played throughout. well,” Bartholomew said after taking Luallin, Mark Cummins, Coulter held in Renner Too, just below Phil- Coming out on top at the final home the fi nal pot. Lewis, Chris Simmons, Alicia Mader, lips Hall. table was Brett Bartholomew with When asked what he was going Randy Gibson and Megan Pistorius. The event, once again on the night the grand prize of $1,000. Chris Palo to do with the prize Brett quickly Not to be overshadowed by the of Jan. 21, turned out to be a huge was runner up taking home $500 and replied he would be sending the check popular Casino night was the show- success drawing in a crowd of more Craig Owens rounded out the top to his parents as a sort of thank you ing of critically acclaimed Jarhead on than 250 students and faculty alike. three collecting $250. for his new car. Friday night. The movie follows the With over 120 people signing up to “I was doing pretty good when I The event also played host to trials and tribulations of a young ma- take place in the Texas Hold’Em fi rst started out. I went along win- SAC’s very own craps table and slot rine enlisting just as his father and tournament and only three taking ning a little here and there until I machines which turned out to be a home cash prizes from the event the made it to the fi nal’s table, and once crowd favorite once eliminated from see casino competition was fast paced and well I did it as you can see turned out very the tourney. Another cash prize given page 2 2 - NEWS - January 27 , 2006 • The TOWER Gary Gerba • The TOWER WV Governor pushes mining legislation ‘I never want By BRIAN COOK TOWER staff writer to tell another child that I’m A recent bill intended to improve safety in coal mines was passed with not sure if Dad- lightning speed through the Legisla- dy has enough ture, in a rare instance where state air,’ lawmakers upended their usually lackadaisical legislative process to get a bill done in one day. - Gov. Joe Manchin Monday, just two days after the Bethany College students partaking in the Casino Night sponsored by Student Activi- bodies of two coal miners were found month’s coal disasters. ties Council this past weekend Renner Too. The winner of the event, Brett Bartholomew, in a Logan County mine, lawmak- In the meantime Gov. Manchin sitting second from the left took home the grand prize of $1,000. ers in both the House and Senate has begun his battle with the federal bypassed the usual steps necessary government to follow up on West casino from to see a bill through passage. The Virginia’s lead with protection of coal page 2 coal mining legislation they passed miners nationally was not studied by a single legisla- “I never want to tell another child grandfather had done before him. continue providing the Bethany com- tive committee prior to the session that I’m not sure if Daddy has enough The young marine who eventually munity with high quality entertain- -- a rare occurrence for a government air,’’ Manchin told the Associated after making it through the constant ment week in and week out. body that typically wrestles with Press. “I don’t want to tell another drilling and training ends up on the The next SAC events will include even the least controversial bills for wife that we haven’t found him yet sniper squadron of one Jamie Foxx. HBO Def Jam poet J Ivy on Saturday, weeks. but that we’re still looking.’’ The eventual mission leads to their Feb. 4 for at 7 p.m. in Wailes Theatre. Gov. Joe Manchin, whose offi ce Manchin joined West Virginia’s participation in desert storm which The following event will be SAC’s worked through the weekend writing congressional delegation in calling they quickly had found through all second annual Mardi Gras party on the legislation, introduced the bill for new safety laws and demanding their training they were not nearly Friday, Feb. 10. early Monday morning. Fewer than that the agency that oversees coal prepared for what lye ahead. SAC meets every Wednesday night 10 hours later, it had been passed mine safety be more aggressive about The movie, which sat roughly at 6 p.m. in the SAC lounge in Renner unanimously through both the House enforcing existing rules. 150 people, was one of SAC’s most Union. and Senate with only minor tweak- The group met with White House successful thus far and they hope to ing. Chief of Staff Andrew Card and of- Aladdin looks to retain Bethany’s business The bill now requires mine acci- fi cials with the Labor Department dents to be reported at a much faster and its sub-agency, the Mine Safety pace to state offi cials, requires mine and Health Administration. Food service bids taking place operators to buy new electronic track- Deputy Labor Secretary Steven By RENEE COLEMAN Another company buying for the ing equipment for workers and man- Law said federal offi cials were re- TOWER staff writer food service contract is AVI Food dates larger air supplies for miners viewing the mine safety legislation System out of Warren, Ohio. AVI cur- who might be trapped underground. Manchin pushed through the West Bethany College’s food service pro- rently serves students at Carnegie “It is a shame that it takes an Virginia Legislature on Monday. vider Aladdin Food Services’ recent Mellon, Ohio State, and many other event, like these past two mine acci- Senator Jay Rockefeller said im- updates may not be enough to keep large universities. dents, to make this legislation come mediate action should be taken by the their contract with Bethany, with Parkhurst Dining System, a divi- into play,” Communication Professor mine agency to put extra breathing competition from fellow food provid- sion of the Eat’n Park Hospitality Ted Pauls said. “When something as devices in the mines. “Now, we will do ers: Aramark, AVI Food System, Group, has created their own brands tragic as this happens it’s nice to see that by law if we have to,’’ Rockefeller Parkhurst Dining System, The Nu- of food to help with the large number a politician – referring to Gov.