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6 Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Subcommittee Looks to Reform Fraternity Rush By Alex Granados Staff Writer After months of discussion, a sub committee of the Chancellor’s Committee on Greek Affairs is nearing its goal of reforming the Interffatemity Council rush process. Although discussions are still in pre 306A W. Franklin St. FREE Pizza Wednesday Get a FREE MEDIUM 1 Topping Pizza OR MEDIUM Pokey Stix when you buy a Large, XLarge, or Giant Pizza at regular price Valid Wednesday Only OPEN LATE FAST FREE Mon-Wed: 4pm-2am nn n/^ni/ Thurs: 4pm-3am LJKZBmaS vrESHw Fri & Sat: 11 am-3am ahb| a £~ a 968-3278 Offers may expire without notice TUC K vThAiiMorni Tuck Business Bridge Program Information Session Thursday, January 30 th , 2003 6:00p.m. 108 Hanes Hall The four-week Tuck Business Bridge Program® at Dartmouth College connects juniors and seniors from the liberal arts and sciences to a business career. 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During a BOT committee meeting Jan. 22, Cindy Wolf Johnson, a member of the subcommittee, stated the four goals of msh reform that the group will pursue: restructuring, rescheduling, improving the processes and improving perception. The four goals are aimed at improv ing the rush experience and IFC’s rep utation. Wolf Johnson said the restruc turing of the rush format will ensure that students’ academic progress will not be stunted. She said she hopes the timing can be rescheduled so the intensity of the experience can be reduced. The third and fourth goals are more general. The third goal seeks to improve the rush process and marketing of fra ternities to the public, and the fourth goal will focus on improving the per ceptions of fraternities by exemplifying the good works they already do. The goals are the culmination of deliberations that began in November, when the subcommittee was formed. Jim Gray, chairman of the Fraternity Alumni Advisers Committee and mem ber of the subcommittee examining rush, said the decision to reform rush came about because many students, pat ents and members of the University (DAT) (GMfIT) (lsat) (mcat) (jBRE) How would you score? Take a free practice test to find out! Saturday, February 8,10 am Dey Hall to save a seat, call 1-800-KAP-TEST Last chance MCAT class begins February 8! kaptest.com *Test names are registered trademarks of their respective owners. I vvebsite to study anywhere in the U.S. News community have expressed concerns with the rush process. “The simple answer is that nobody is happy about the way it is being done,” he said. Jay Anhom, director of the Office of Greek Affairs, said the new process will not be derivative of any other institution. “I think we really had to jump out of the box on this one,” he said. “I think that what comes out of it will be really unique.” Florin said he wants to determine whether changes can be made that are positive for everybody. “I am looking at the broad issue of rush,” he said. “Are there changes that can be made that would be beneficial to the University com munity and the academic community?” Anhom said the reforms made will satisfy all involved. “It will meet the needs of everybody, I think,” he said. The subcommittee’s decision, which is anticipated in February, it will send its recommendations to the Chancellor’s Committee on Greek Affairs. From there, the proposal goes on to Chancellor James Moeser and then the BOT. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Faculty, Mediterranean Form Ackland Exhibits By Tacque Kirksey Staff Writer Art becomes life - past and present. The Ackland Art Museum launched two exhibitions Sunday: “Journey into the Past: Ancient Mediterranean Art in Context” and “Biennial UNC-Chapel Hill Studio Art Faculty Exhibition.” Art history Professor Mary Sturgeon and graduate art students directed the two-year effort to catalogue more than 200 pieces of ancient art. “The exhibit has been one of the most exciting projects I’ve worked on because the pieces are almost all previously unseen and of such quality,” Sturgeon said. These pieces range from Egyptian fig urines to Greek pottery to Mesopotamian pendants. Most of them haven’t been seen by the public for more than 20 years. “The full range of the collection can be seen; the art takes on a different appear ance when shown as opposed to being on the shelf,” said Timothy Riggs, assistant director for collections at the Ackland. Jerry Bolas, director of the museum, said the foremost challenge for Sturgeon, her staff and the personnel of the muse um was trying to catalogue the artifacts. “Most scholarship guides that deal with these works are in other languages, and the pieces themselves are often frag — farWletMC Sorontij 200& f?ecruftMerii — Session ‘Sctalarsbip ~ CeMMuriitu Service * *5 i 1. CaMpus SiVterhea^ ) 91 * ** * * . z % % < ** * # IhurscW 30 ~ '[pm 1 1 ) Craige ©erw (Jreen ■ f ' ** - yJljr Hatty (Tar MM mented,” Bolas said. The exhibit’s oldest relic is a frog shaped Mesopotamian amulet, dated between 3000 B.C. and 2000 B.C. Sturgeon said the piece is an example of how old the pursuit of naturalism in art is. Featured alongside the Mediterranean exhibit is the Biennial Faculty Exhibition in the museum’s Eaton Gallery. “(The exhibit is) an arts faculty mem ber’s equivalent of an academic faculty member writing a book or a scholarly journal,” Riggs said. The faculty display is a blend of paint ings, sculptures and mixed-media pieces. Among the highlights are a sculpture of a Native American thunderbird made from computer and audio-visual tech nology. Another piece is a patchwork of large cloth panels featuring haiku poems. “It’s nice to have both the Mediterranean exhibit and the faculty exhibit... when one considers the con temporary art juxtaposed against the ancient,” said Sturgeon. Both exhibits will run until March 23. The Ackland Art Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 1 p.m to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. The Arts 8 Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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