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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004
Groups devise
various criteria
for membership
BY EMILY STEEL
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
In a sense, the Alpha lota
Omega Christian fraternity is like
many others that operate at the
University.
The group must adhere to
national guidelines, and it fol
lows very specific standards when
selecting its membership.
But the fundamental difference
between the fraternity, which
recently filed a federal suit against
the University, and others that
operate at UNC is its mission to
spread Christianity.
“We are not just a social frater
nity,” said TVemayne Manson, pres
ident of the Alpha lota.Omega Inc.
board of directors. “We also have
a mission where we, as Christians
and as brothers, we go out and we
share the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
As officially recognized student
organizations, all participants in
the four Greek governing councils
the Interfratemity Council, the
Panhellenic Council, the National
Pan Hellenic Council and the
Greek Alliance Council must
sign on to the University's nondis
crimination clause, said Lisa Kat?
director of news services.
“There’s no discrimination
based on anything besides gender,”
said Walker Rutherfurd, president
of the IFC. “Just like any group of
friends, the personality, die culture
and the membership is unique to
each fraternity."
Alpha lota Omega's recognition
as a student group was revoked
last fall when members of the fra
ternity refused to sign the same
nondiscrimination policy required
of all University organizations.
“The University of North
Carolina is not saying that they
cannot meet and have a frater
nity,” said Jerome Barron, a pro
fessor of constitutional law at
George Washington University. “I
don’t think there is any interfer
ence with their free exercise rights
or their free speech rights because
the University is not punishing
them.”
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The selection procedures for
officially recognized fraternities
and sororities vary from group to
group, Katz said.
As organizations with national
affiliations, she said, the groups
follow guidelines and values set
forth by their national chapters
when selecting new members each
year.
“We are in the rush process
now, and everyone is welcome,”
said Derwin Dubose, a member
of Chi Psi and co-president of the
Campus Y. “We don’t turn back
anyone from coming out and get
ting to know the place, but each
organization has the right to
choose who best fits them.”
Alpha Epsilon Pi, a nondis
criminating Jewish social frater
nity, was notified Dec. 10, 2002
that it too needed to modify the
organization’s constitution, which
read that members must “believe
in God.”
“Before we gained official
University recognition, we were
told that that phrase, that people
had to believe in God, had to be
taken out,” said Daniel Singer,
president of the fraternity. “We
unanimously voted to remove it”
Singer said removing the phrase
from the fraternity's constitution
did not lessen the group’s ability
to provide Jewish men the oppor
tunity to join a nondiscriminating
organization with a social and cul
tural purpose.
Jay Anhom, director of Greek
affairs, declined to comment on
any University policies.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
Inside Scoop shuts its doors
Financial strains
take toll on parlor
BY MEREDITH LEE MILLER
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Chapel Hill lost some flavor this
weekend when local ice cream par
lor The Inside Scoop closed its door
because of financial difficulties.
The ice cream parlor, located
at the Midtown Market shop
ping center on Airport Road that
includes the Flying Burrito and
Foster’s Market, had been in busi
ness for six years.
Owner Vivian Olkin cited cost
restraints and high rent as the rea
son for the store’s closing.
“While I haven’t made money, I
am proud of what I’ve done,” she
said.
Throughout the years, The
Inside Scoop created an eclectic
atmosphere with its homemade
ice cream, fun mirrors, handmade
hats scattered everywhere and local
artwork adorning the bright walls.
“I wanted something outrageous
and fun,” Olkin said about the con
cept for her business.
She said the unique atmosphere
of her store is what set her apart
from large chains around town.
The freedom of being a small
owner allowed her store to look
and feel however she wanted with
out corporate approval, she said.
The ability to make on-site deci
sions for a business is great for local
owners if they have the financial
resources to do so, Olkin said, but
sales could not support the high
rent for the business’s location.
Corporate chains on Franklin
Street such as Cold Stone Creamery
Proposal aims to aid international TAs
BY STEPHANIE JORDAN
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Learning the culture of discussion
and debate in American classrooms
can be a difficult task for internation
al graduate students, leaving them
with questions about how to create
an effective learning environment
A proposal to the Council of
Graduate Schools, if passed, might
help these students become an
integral part of the classroom. The
News
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Anna Baynes, 8, creates an ice cream concoction with Jennifer Wilkinson, a four-year employee of The Inside
Scoop, at the ice cream parlor Saturday afteroon. The store closed this weekend because of financial problems.
and Ben & Jerry’s are advantaged
because they can afford the rent
even if sales are down, she said.
“I always hate to see some
one go out of business,” said Phil
Campbell, owner of the Flying
Burrito, a Mexican restaurant.
He said Olkin had a passion
for her business, which is missing
from corporate retail chains.
Campbell, who has owned the
Flying Burrito for the last 19 years,
said it is more difficult for small
owners to keep costs down than it
is for national businesses.'
“I don’t want a corporate Chapel
Hill,” said Olkin, who said she tried
proposal, soon to be reviewed, asks
for funding that will provide inter
national graduate students with
ethics training.
Linda Dykstra, dean of the
Graduate School, said it can be dif
ficult for international students to
acclimate to American classrooms.
“The American training culture
(might be) different from what
they may have come from,” she
said. “(They) need to be taught the
ways of the American classroom.”
Dykstra added that this sort of
program, in conjunction with the
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to make her customers and staff
feel at home in her store.
“I am sad that the place is clos
ing,” said Jennifer Wilkinson, a
UNC graduate who worked at The
Inside Scoop the last four years.
She said the staff had become
a family over the years because of
Olkin’s enthusiasm.
“Vivian’s attitude was great at
the store,” said Zach Ward, a UNC
graduate and executive producer of
Dirty South Improv, a group that
performed at the shop-on Friday
and Saturday nights last year.
Ward said he had been an Inside
Scoop customer for years.
existing International Teaching
Assistance Program, could be ben
eficial to those students.
She said international students
would become more familiar with
the student-mentor relationship
and realize that it is acceptable
to disagree with professors. The
program also would help students
prevent plagiarism.
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“The (improv) group could not
have grown without that opportu
nity,” he said.
Ward said local businesses are
usually willing to sponsor local
organizations. “They will usually
try to help in any way that they
can,” he said.
Olkin said she wants to stay
involved in the business commu
nity. She said she plans to open a
dessert shop in Carrboro.
“I have too much energy,” she
said.
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The proposal came about when
the Council of Graduate Schools,
which encourages colleges to
think of innovative techniques,
asked more than 400 universities
to establish methods of teaching
ethics training. The council is pre
pared to fond an idea with $15,000
over the span of two years. i
Dykstra said she and other senior,
staff from the school reviewed the’
request, and because of the small
amount of fonding offered, decided
to narrow ethics training down to
international graduate students
because they would get the most
out of the proposal.
If the proposal is not accepted,
officials in the graduate school are
planning to re-examine the pro
posal. ‘
“We heard from faculty that
international students would benefit
from this approach,” Dykstra said. ■
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
COBiIECTIONS
■ Due to an editing error, the*
Aug. 27 story “Honor Court cases on
the rise” stated thatthe Independent
Defense Council appeals to stu
dents who do not want to be tried
by members of the Honor Court’
It should have stated that those
students do not want to be tried by
members of the Student Attorney
General staff. In addition, a similar
error appears in a paragraph in
which a source states that she will
only take the best applicants for
the Honor Court; “Honor Court”
should have stated “the Student
Attorney General’s office.”
■ Due to a reporting error, the
same story stated that Honor Court'
convictions for cheating carry a
“routine” sanction. It should have
stated that there is a usual sanction
of suspension and an F; in addi
tion, there is a minimum sanction
of academic probation and an F.
■ Due to a production error, the
Aug. 27 story “ACLU sues to strike
amendment” was uncredited. It
came off The Associated Press wire.
To report corrections, contact Managing Editor
Chris Coletta at ccoletta@email.unc.edu.
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