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  • wi © S * © ■ fl March 25, 1998 Volume 62, Issue 24 lan western Carolina university's independent student voice WCU Fraternity Pushes Alcohol Usage to Limit Story Makes'20/20'on CBS By Staff Reporter The use of alcohol has become a dangerous part of fraternity and sorority life. It has been present for many occasions, but especially for their new member's pledge period. This has recently happened at a few colleges across the United States. Unfortunately, Western Carolina University has been included in the group of colleges with this problem. This problem was recently brought to the nation's attention by the popular Friday night show 20/20 on CBS. Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs took a look at the problem and Elizabeth Vargas interviewed some of the pledges of a WCU fraternity that was having problems with alcohol. Adam Feimster, Chad Hansen, Tim Kump, and David Morse were the four young men interviewed by Vargas. They gave their story of what it was like to be a pledge for the fraternity Delta Sigma Phi. They were brave enough to come forward with their stories in a system that demands secrecy. In talking to the four, 20/20 found out what really happens in the shadows of fraternity life. The boys were pressured by peers into drinking way over their limit. 20/20 stated pledges drink because they are new students trying to fit in and impress the older fraternity brothers. The pledges drank on many occasions, even if they did not want to, because they felt that they had no other choice. Saying "no" was not an option. The pledges were afraid to find out what would have really happened if they had said "no" to their brothers-to-be. These four pledges were lucky, because they did not end up like eighteen-year-old Scott Krueger or 20-year-old Benjamin Wynn. Scott Krueger was a freshman at MIT. He slipped into an alcoholic-induced coma and three days later died with a blood alcohol level of nearly five times the legal driving limit. Wynn was a student at Louisiana State University,who died with a blood alcohol level even higher than that of Krueger's after celebrating bid night with his fraternity. Wynn was pledging Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Both of the boys' fraternities were suspended. Delta Sigma Phi at Western was suspended by the school and by the national organization for hazing. According to Jonathan Brant, the executive director of the National Interfra- Coach Hennon discusses strategy with pinch runner Tracy Biggs in WCU's 10-7 victory over Clemson. Story on Page 9 -Photo by T.K. Roberts Alcohol abuse at WCU: Is it a problem? ternity Conference, which oversees and educates an association of 66 national fraternities, says that most incidents described by pledges involved alcohol. Brant says that 98 percent of situations involve alcohol. The pledges are forced to drink in excess, but this is not what fraternities should be all about and Brant hopes that they will walk out of that situation. -photo by Seth Sams A handful of fraternities and sororities are now trying to forbid drinking in their chapters by the year 2000. At Western Carolina University, one fraternity, Sigma Nu has developed into a dry organization. By becoming "dry," an organization refrains from drinking alcohol at mixers, socials and other functions. Sigma Nu went dry nationally to achieve the true meaning of brotherhood. To Be or Not to Be: WCU's New Fine and Performing Arts Center by Phoebe Esmon There is a relationship intrinsic to all fine and performing arts. They feed and inspire each other. Nothing is so helpful to creativity as a community of people, all of whom are involved in some sort of artistic pursuit. Thus it seems strange that the various fine and performing art programs here at WCU are scattered haphazardly about the campus. The Art Department is located in Belk Building, which also houses criminal justice, interior design, nutrition, and industrial engineering programs. The Theatre Department is in Stillwell. Also located in Stillwell are the Political Science, Biology, Philosophy, and Geology Departments (to name but a few). The Music Department shares Coulter Build ing with the English Department. (English should also come under the heading of fine and performing arts, since some of the greatest artists of all time were writers.) Most of the time these three disciplines are treated, and projected, as functioning independent of their sister programs. Indeed, it is a rare occurrence that any sort of cross-cur- ricular programs or projects are undertaken. (The most recent was the Cullowhee Arts Festival of '93.) So, it was with great anticipation and approbation that the art community at Cullowhee greeted the news of the new Fine and Performing Arts Complex. The new building was to house the Theatre, Music, and Art Depart- C ENTER, C ONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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