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  • WCU's Independent Student V UTITCTirD %I ▼▼ JC*9 A Hri%r^ aroliniaN Famed Attorney Dershowitz me to WCU, Alan to page 10 2001, Vol. 65, Issue 20 www.westerncarolinian.com .llowhee, USA Student Dies in Harrill Residence Hall By Dawn Pasley News Editor Authorities are still investigating the death of a young woman, which happened early Sunday morning in Harrill Hall. According to Director of Public Safety Gene McAbee, WCU EMS received a call at approximately 6:14 a.m. about a student on the fifth floor of Harrill who was having trouble breathing. Officers of the university police were on the scene within minutes, as well as medics from WestCare EMS, who were called in to assist WCU EMS. Erin Revelle Hawk, 18, a first-semester freshman from Hendersonville, was unresponsive when paramedics arrived. She was transported to Harris Regional Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Her boyfriend, a 25-year- old non-student, had called EMS and was performing CPR on her in the room when help arrived. McAbee said that Hawk had severe asthma, and that her condition had been becoming progressively worse before the incident. He also mentioned that there has not yet been any speculation about the cause of her death. . At the request of Hawk's father, a physician in Hendersonville, Hawk was sent to Chapel Hill for an autopsy, and the results from that procedure and toxicology reports will be available next week. According to McAbee, officers had no reason to believe that alcohol was involved in the incident. McAbee notified the State Bureau of Investigations about Hawk's death, and SBI agents brought their mobile crime lab to campus, processing the room in which Hawk died as a crime scene. Agents dusted for fingerprints, took photgraphs, and collected any items that could possibly be used as evidence. This was done as a precautionary measure, and if anything pointing to foul play is found during the autopsy, authorities will be in a position to further investigate the case, said McAbee. "At this point, we may be dealing with a natural death," said McAbee. "We'll treat it was a criminal investigation until we know we don't need to treat it as a criminal investigation anymore." Hawk was a 2000 graduate of East Henderson High School. Hawk's funeral arrangements have been set for Wednesday afternoon. photo by Seth R. Sams Erin Hawk's suite door on the fifth floor of Harrill Residence Hall. IFC Votes on "All-Greek Parties" Resolution After Spring Break, Fraternities to Enforce New Ruling By Dawn N. Pasley News Editor The Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) recently voted to only allow members of fraternities and sororities to attend fraternity parties, beginning after Spring Break. This resolution, which would begin a trial period after Spring Break, was designed in response to low fraternity recruitment numbers, according to Luke Dean, president of IFC. Only about 30 men attended this spring's IFC "smoker" or information night, in which all the fraternities gather together to disseminate information to prospective members. Two years ago, over 75 men came to the smoker. Since neither fraternities or sororities can pledge first-semester freshmen starting next fall, Greek organizations,are concerned about their numbers. Dean said that the resolution is designed to give students an incentive to join a fraternity or sorority, since many independent students currently reap the benefits of being able to attend fraternity parties without having to pay the dues that the members must pay. "If we keep allowing just anyone to come to these parties, what is the motivation to even join a fraternity?" said Dean. Dean stressed that IFC made the decision to simply try out the idea and determine its feasibility. The organizations will endeavor to work out any problems that may arise with the new process. Several ideas have been tossed around concerning how members of Greek organizations will be identified so that they might gain entry to fraternity parties. According to Josh Paris, rush chair of IFC, under the proposed system eacti brother of a fraternity that is holding a party will be allowed to invite two other fraternity or sorority members. Delegates from each of the Greek organizations will be on hand to work the gate at each party, said Paris. Each organization will submit a list of its members and new members, and if an individual's name is not on any of the rosters, the individual will not be let into the party. If a new member drops from the pledging process, his or her name will be removed from the appropriate roster. Litta Adams, president of Panhellenic, the governing body over the National Panhellenic Council sororities on campus, supports IFC's decision. "I think all-Greek parties will be beneficial to the university for safety reasons," said Adams. Adams expressed concern about the students from Smoky Mountain High School who come to fraternity parties and are at risk for alcohol poisoning or other consequences of drinking irresponsibly. Both Adams and Paris hope that the switch to strictly-Greek parties will strengthen the Greek community at WCU and allow all fraternity and sorority members to form a closer bond. "I just believe that it will do a lot for this Greek system to go to Greek- only parties," said Paris.
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