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Show Monday, January 23, 2006 ™ DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE LDS fraternities, sororities complete spring recruitment "It's the opposite of exclusiveanyone can join," said Cassi Anderson, president of Lambda Delta Sigma. Richardson decided to join the U's Lambda Delta Sigma group after the Weber State University Institute hosted games that involved running in circles and then passing an orange from neck to neck. "(The) U Institute has cuter, taller boys, and they don't play lame games," Richardson said. Spencer Thompson, president of Sigma Gamma Chi, estimates that 10 to 15 percent of fraternity members don't attend the U. Some women who aren't attending school join a sorority so they can meet people their age. Ashly Bybee just moved to Salt Lake City from St. George and said she hopes that joining an LDS sorority will help her meet new people. About 80 women and 120 men Rolf Cloward, a sophomore in engineering and Sigma Gamma Chi alpha member, serves tomato and macaroni soup to Billy Waltman, a junior En sociology, during Soupfest at the LDS Institute on Wednesday night. The event was part of the rushed last week. c.callister@chron icle.utah.edu LDSSA Rush Week. Catherine CalUster Chronicle Writer During the day, Kristen Richardson attends Weber State University, but last Tuesday night, she drove to the U to rush the LDS sorority Lambda Delta Sigma. Rush week for the LDS fraternities and sororities, Sigma Gamma Chi and Lambda Delta Sigma, ran from Tuesday to Sunday of last week. Although most of the members of the LDS sorority and fraternity groups at the U are also U students, the organizations attract men and women from BYU, Weber State University, Westminster College, LDS Business College and Salt Lake Community College. The LDS fraternity and sorority system is unique to the University of Utah and is not offered at any other LDS Institute. Anyone under 30 years old who enrolls in an Institute class and lives LDS standards can join. MIDDLE EAST SCHOLARS DON'T HATE THE WEST NEED MONEY? WE NEED YOU! continued from Page 1 U Fellow Kathrin Koslicki, professor of philosophy from Tufts University, said she thought Watenpaugh needed to clarify his definition of "modern." "He must develop a more concrete notion of what the term means in a non-Western, non-secular society," she said. "And establish how that changes his observations." Michaele Ferguson, U fel- You could qualify for a special blood program if you have recently been diagnosed with any of the following: •Herpes Simplex l/ll • Chicken Pox i Shingles • Chlmydia •Mononucleosis •Epstein Ban Vims * Other conditions may be suitable; call for details. Qualified Doners receive $200 per donation, plus mileage reimbursement* Please contact (888) 806-5215 for more information. Ail Calls are Confidential low and professor of political science at University of Colorado, Boulder, said she thought it important to show parallels between Western and Arab definitions of modernity, regardless of how vague the term is. The lecture was part of the Tanner Humanities Center Work-in-Progress talks, which are scheduled throughout the semester. A round table discussion on April 6 will further discuss these ideas. Watenpaugh's book, "Being Modern in the Middle East," will be available starting March 24. d.davis@ chronicle.utah.edu Professor Keith Watenpaugh, a visiting Research Fellow from Le Moyne College, talks about western perceptions of Middle Eastern ideology at Carlson Hall on Wednesday. The lecture was part of the Tanner Humanities Center Work-in-Progress talks, which are scheduled throughout the semester. ASUU BRIEFS Site I 04-030 Government Relations Director resigns •Father Kreenfofl may b* necesury in ordertoquilfy THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PROUDLY PRESENTS: FOUNDERS DAY 20 0 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Parker Jones, a junior film major who worked as the assistant director during Fall Semester. Government Relations Director Marshall Hendrickson, a senior majoring in political science, reService Director resigns signed from Jake Kirkham, a junior ecohis position nomics major and ASUU serlast week to vice director, resigned from pursue anhis position other job. last week to prepare for "His resigand run in the nation does 2006 student not come as government a surprise, elections. Parker Jones and he's left us in great In prepashape," said Nicola Saliendra, ration for chief of staff for the Associathis resignaed Students of the University Liz Bitner tion, Kirkham of Utah. trained reIn preparation for his resig- . placement Liz Bitner, a junior nation, Hendrickson worked in human development and closely with his replacement, family studies. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CELEBRATION CONGRATULATES THE 2006 FOUNDERS DAY AWARD RECIPIENTS: College of Science/College of Mines and Earth Sciences Frontiers of Science lecture www.science.utah.edu DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI TO COMMEMORATE the founding of the University of Utah in 1850, the Alumni AlanKayMS'68PhD'69 Association each year honors four alumni and one non-alumnus/a who have distinguished Merline Clark Learning ex'42 themselves professionally, served their local Matthew R. Simmons BS'65 and national communities, and supported the Joseph BitnerWirthlin BA'41 Harvesting the Tree of Life: Reaping What We Sow University in its mission. HONORARY A L U M N I PLEASE JOIN US AT THIS . ANNUAL GALA EVENT: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Ira A. and Mary Lou Fulton Michael F. Whiting For more information, call the 22, 2006 Alumni Association at (801) 581-6995 LITTLE AMERICA HOTEL or visit www.alumni.utah.edu THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS: DESERET MORNING NEWS Collaborative efforts are underway around the world to construct the Tree of Life project for all biological species! Professor Whiting will discuss the steps required to assemble the Tree of Life for the insect family - from trekking through rainforests, to using innovations in DNA sequencing technology to supercomputing! THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF • LATTER-DAY SAINTS FOUNDATION HOME & HEART REAL ESTATE AFFINITY PARTNER Professor of Integrative Biology Brigharn Young University \-CREFv O &j ZIONS BANK O.C. TANNER COMPANY Whiting will give a live radio interview on KCP1V 88.3 and 105.3 FM on Tue, Jan. 24 at 10:40 AM - Tune In! REGE^CE BLUECROSSBLUESHIELD- OF UTAH THE UNIVMSLTY OF UXAH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION '.'"Unking you with the U" www.alumni.utah.edu Weds, January 25 7:30 p.m. A. Wilmot Skaggs Biology Bldg. Free and open to the public! Helicopter plucks stranded hikers off Mt Olympus SALT LAKE CITY—Rescuers packing extra gear spent a frigid night on 9,026-foot Mount Olympus with a group of stranded hikers, including a woman who broke her back, authorities said. Four women and three men, all members of a Korean climbing club in Salt Lake City, set off early Saturday for a day hike on snowshoes. Mount Olympus is a popular but strenuous climb, rising 4,000 feet from a trailhead on the city's east side via long switch backs, talus slopes and rocky outcrops. The group took that trail to Mount Olympus and was malting its way down the mountain's backside when one woman lost traction and fell 60 to 90 feet, knocking others down with her and stranding the group on an icy, steep slope, sheriff's Lt. Jon Fassett said. None of the hikers was roped up, and they dug out a snow ledge for safety, he said. Fassett said injuries kept at least three of the hikers from walking, and together with another woman they were plucked off the mountain by helicopter Sunday morning after spending a night with a rescue team. At that elevation, temperatures plunged to 4 degrees with light winds, according to weather data logged by nearby ski resorts. Family members called authorities after the group failed to return as planned by 4 p.m. Saturday. The sheriff's office tried calling the hikers by cell phone, but their only phone was losing battery power, transmission was spotty and "it was dark by the time we got some response," Fassett said. After establishing contact, rescuers were lowered by helicopter with extra coldweather gear to spend a night with four of the hikers, who were brought down by helicopter Sunday morning. The other three other hikers were guided off the mountain by foot overnight. The hikers, all in their 40s to 60s, were members of the Korean Alpine Mountaineering Club in Salt Lake City, Fassett said. The Associated Press |