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Show Union Ballroom homecoming skit and quartet winners announced Jniversity's Homecoming Skits and Quartets final competition went off Wednesday in the Union Ballroom without a hitch despite rumblings and rumors concerning a nentmade by Homecoming Queen Phi 1 1 ita Carney about sororities in Wednesday's licle. -dience of approximately 1,000 watched 16 campus groups participate in the annual :. First place winners in skits were Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Delta Delta isorority. In quartets, Chi Omega sorority and Delta Phi Kappa fraternity's "Green is" took the first place trophies. id and third place in skits went to Delta Phi Kappa and Sigma Nu fraternities in the s division and Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Chi Omega in women's. Quartet ;rs-up in men's division were Sigma Chi and Delta Phi Kappa No. 1 in the men's tetition. Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Delta Delta took second and third places in en's quartets. Carney, who is the first black Homecoming queen at the University, was introduced eopening of the skits and quartets competition. Queen contest runners-up Paula s and Shelby Mays accompanied Miss Carney. r in the day, the Homecoming queen, a native of Chicago, stirred the campus Jse of a statement she made in a Chronicle interview. She was quoted as saying, Jsethe language, but I was pleased as hell to see the shock on those sorority bitches when they announced I was queen. . .it took them five minutes to remember to md." Student Activities Center advisors reported several phone calls from students and community citizens objecting to the story and remark. Rumors circulating on campus included threats of withdrawal of fraternity and sorority support from Homecoming, requests for the removal of Miss Carney from her position and possible disturbances at the skits and quartets finals. Lynn Merrell, ASUU Programs Board chairman, said however, the rumors were false although several people were upset. When asked whether the Homecoming committee had received any complaints, Debbie Neslen, chairman, said she had been asked not to say anything further on the subject and asked the student paper to drop it. Jacque Conkling, chairman of the skits and quartets program, said before the competition com-petition she had talked with Miss Carney and that the queen had denied the statements printed in the story. However, Miss Carney stated before the skits competition she had made the remark. She did complain over the reporter's statement that her selection as queen might be construed con-strued as a "prime example of tokenism." "Tokenism? No way!" she said. "I just don't dig it that way." The Homecoming queen also said she was upset over the delay of the Chronicle story which should have run Tuesday rather than Wednesday. Miss Carney said she had received no harrassment from any individuals concerning her selection or statement. "They couldn't catch up with me." "You can imagine how I feel about it. When someone sends you through the changes I've been through, you can imagine how I feel," she said. Concerning her statement, Miss Carney added, "My connotation of a bitch is a snob. It was a remark about the whole Greek system and not individuals. To me, I've got to be honest about myself. I am known to be quiet, non-vocal, non-violent. But when something bothers me, I'll let it out." During the finals competition, three campus police were present at the Union Ballroom as a precautionary measure. One member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon skit who portrayed a character in black face was asked to remove his makeup by the Homecoming committee. com-mittee. He complied and the skit was presented minus the black face makeup. Despite all rumors, however, the annual event was presented to alumni, faculty and students without disturbances. Trophies were awarded for the first and second place winners in each division. All final groups will be awarded points toward the Homecoming sweepstakes trophy to be announced at half-time festivities at the Utah-Wyoming Utah-Wyoming game Saturday. Entertaining during intermission was a University singing group "Hamilton Court" who performed until the judges decision was made. |