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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, MLK Jr. 's Son Speaks Against 'One Florida DAVID MARK thunderous applause of more than Associated Press 300 people at Bethel AME Church. "Affirmative action is not about uifair preferences, it's about leveling the playing field." One Florida would replace preference programs with more financial aid for needy students and better university outreach programs. It also cails for a streamlined system to assist businesses owned by minorities and women who want state contracts, and it would widen anti discrimination laws. The plan has met stiff resistance from many minorities. Bush was booed during a Miami hearing on the plan Thursday. He wasn't present at Saturday's rally. Martin Luther King Jr.'s son preached Saturday against Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's plan to replace racial and gender preferences in education and business with increased outreach efforts. He said his father's dream of a color-blinsociety has yet to be achieved, and he implored Florida residents to protest Bush's "One Florida" program. "Many women and minorities are not better off in 2000 than in 1963, when my father dared to dream," Martin Luther King III said to the d DUKE Steven Uhlfelder, a member of the Florida State Board of Regents, which oversees the state university system, said One Florida could increase minority enrollment on campuses. He cited burgeoning figures at Florida State University and the University of North Florida, where officials have dropped race as a consideration in admissions in favor of better outreach efforts. "We all want to accomplish the same goals; we just have different means," Uhlfelder said. "I think it's a way to creatively solve a problem," The plan also could head off an initiative cambusinessman California paign by minority-enrollme- which can include both. continued from page 4 The National Panhellenic Council's hazing position statement is adopted by most sororities in the United States, including Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi. The policy defines hazing as "any part of bid night to do anything to the new members," said Beard, the Delta Gamma president. "Delta Gamma has a policy for hazing, and it is made clear to each and every member that such behavior is grounds for dismissal from our sorority. New members are also informed that at no time should they ever feel pressure to do anything they are uncomfortable with, including drink"No, it is not a zero-toleran- action or situation with or without consent which recklessly, intentionally or unintentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or creates risk of injury, or causes discomfort, harassment or ridicule." The univer- ce sity's ing." But even if drinking is voluntary, Atkinson said the choice to overconsume is certainly influ- enced by peer pressure. "Sisters are older, more mature," she said. "They should understand that these are people who are eager to be accepted and therefore they might be more likely to do high-ris- k policy closely mirrors that of detailed hazing at Pi Beta Phi's bid night. The let- ter claimed pledges were "expected to drink until they vomited" and made to walk home, seme without coats or wearing sandals. Pi Beta Phi Executive Director Renee Mercer said the national organization has a hazing hotline so it can be notified of any incidents. "If we do find these things going on, we investigate and tions, it seems like an easy way to make friends." Wallace added that sororities can face judicial charges for just "creating an environment" in which excessive or underage drinking is encouraged. Also, national organizations explicitly forbid hazing and binge drinking as well as bid nights, SALARIES g chapter said they are investigating the incident described in Monday's letter to the editor, which behaviors...because alcohol does reduce inhibi- continued from page anti-hazin- NPC. According to Pi Beta Phi's national alcohol policy, "No alcoholic beverages shall be consumed at ceremonial events or related activities, at any rush or pledging function or any required chapter function." Representatives from Pi Beta Phi's national nt csu ur going to be reprimanded. Whether it's the chapter as a whole or individual members depends on what we find." Pi Beta Phi President Liz Box, a senior, could not be reached for comment Thursday. Delta Gamma's Executive Director Betsy Fouss said she had not heard about the two students, one freshman and one junior hospitalized after bid night, but that she would look into it. The university is continuing its investigation, too. "There was definitely something that happened there that is of concern; and we want to address that," said Wallace, who oversees the university's judicial process. "And there certainly could be judicial consequences." Donna Lisker, Panhellenic Council's current adviser, said that although the organization does not support bid nights, it can do little to stop them. "Once rush is over, pledges are turned over to individual sororities," she said. "How they do that is specific and unique to each group." Plummer said it is "some sort of miracle" that overindulging on bid night has not yet brought any tragic consequences. "There is a real drinking culture within the student social scene, and I think the greek scene might exacerbate it," she said. "And all that gets really concentrated on bid night." U S continued from page 3 Ward Connelly, who led similar successful ballot petition drives in Californiaand state, Washington Uhlfelder said. Officials in Bush's administration have said much of the criticism of One Florida has been political. The issue came to a head in January, when two black lawmakers staged sit-i- n a inside Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan's office, demanding that 3ush rescind his executive order to put One Florida in place. Bush refused, but he agreed to public hearings on the plan. The two held so far, in Tampa and Miami, have been dominated by critics. A third is planned for Thursday in Tallahassee. take action." she said. "It's hard to say if anyone's 2000 to help our name and make our public appearance better ihan it was," said Pi Kappa Alpha President Ben Lorensren, a CSU junior. "The frat life that our house knows right now is community service and campus involvement It's not based around partying and hazing; it's based on what a fraternity should be, which is brotherhood and service. We're a different house than we were before." Eighty percent of Pi Kappa Alpha's 83 active members are new since the homecoming incident, Lorenzan said. Jennifer Rosling, a CSU graduate student, said she supports the reinstatement "I think they probably learned their lesson. They've shown they are community driven, so I guess it's okay they have come back," she said. Rich Farkas a sophomore n systems major, disagreed. "I kind of think they should have been kicked off permanently. The float incident was pretty harsh; they picked on one kid," he said. "If they don't like gay people, fine. Just don't pick one person to single out." Melissa Purr.phrey, a member of the Alpha Chi has said she mixed Omega, computer-informatio- now-defun- ct fcei-ir.g- s. "I just think it is unfair because we are supposed to be kicked off for five years," said a CSU senior. Pumphrcy, Nonetheless, Pumphrey said she thinks it is a step in the right direction for the greek system. UWire Wire raise to all of them. 1 Pershing would not directly make decisions about any money allocated for raises. The deans of each college-woulhave that responsibility, Persh- d ing said. He did say that the deans would, probably uses the funds to give salary increases to the most under- paid employees instead of a small He indicated fine arts and humanities as two areas with large salary problems, but said there are underpaid employees campus-widBennion said SUU has the largest problem in the state, and that it is "a morale issue" that needs to be addressed immediately. "How can we attract quality teachers? 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