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StatesmanCampm News Page 4 Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 Utah Public Radio works toward $75,000 goal drive, is $75,000, said Ives. Ives and other UPR staff members had a strategy meeting before this fundraiser to decide whether or not the pledge drive should be postponed or if goals should be lowered, however, the UPR workforce was determined to keep sights set high because of the confidence and trust in the UPR members. Listeners have been extraordinary about telephoning in or pledging online over the past week, Ives said, and she believes UPR will make or slightly exceed this year's fundraising target. As of Tuesday morning, Ives said more than $60,000 had been raised and these funds will go toward programming. Josh Lockhart, senior majoring in human resources, said he has been an avid UPR listener since 2006, and has been volunteering this week accepting phone calls of listeners wishing to pledge. "I don't listen to anything else on the radio except for UPR," said Lockhart. "I listen in my office for probably four hours every day." UPR offers the real stories, current events and information about political issues one does not hear in magazines or from other radio stations, Lockhart said. Ellie Edwards, senior at InTech Collegiate High School, said she is planning on coming to Utah State in the spring and also volunteered this week during the pledge drive. Edwards said she and her family love listening to UPR and even her 4-year-old brother saves his pennies and nickels and gives them to his mom and tells her to donate. Every pledge is important and appreciated, Ives said. "We are blown away here at UPR by the support of our listeners in light of everything going on in the economy," she said. By COURTNEY SCHOEN staff writer At Utah Public Radio, programming and satisfied listeners are the priority, so UPR urges the listening community to support the station during the current fundraiser. The annual fundraiser going on right now at UPR is in the form of a pledge drive and Cathy Ives, general manager at UPR, said that despite all the volatility in the economy, donors have really stepped up to the plate during the fund drive. While every pledge is gladly accepted, the financial goal UPR is trying to reach by Wednesday, the final day of the week-long Bryan Earl, development director at UPR, said that although the Dow has been down, but the majority of members were not affected and were consistent with their donations when compared to previous years. Earl also said there are approximately 2,500 active contributors and about 60-65 percent of those contributors are from North Logan. There are about 3,200 people on the USU campus that enjoy the benefits of UPR, Earl said, and at least 10 percent of those people are contributing members. "What I enjoy most is extending service to areas that are not served," Earl said. UPR is located on campus as a service of USU and broadcasts through 31 translator stations from Montpelier, Idaho to St. George, Utah. KUSU, the student station, works with UPR and benefits from the HD programming that is offered from UPR on three different channels. UPR is a member of National Public Radio and offers a variety of information, said Ives, and in Logan one can listen to 91.5 FM or 89.5 FM for two different broadcasts of news information or fine arts programming. Earl, a USU graduate, has worked at UPR since 1989 and loves offering listeners the intelligence that commercial radio stations simply cannot, he said. Those who feel like they are recipients of the intelligent programming service UPR offers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 356 days a year, are invited to support UPR by donating because every little bit helps reach the goal, he said. [e-mail] Fraternities seek to tighten social event rules after binge drinking incident By MONICA SWAPP staff writer With the help of fraternity officers, a USU student got medical attention after he was found non-responsive and having chest convulsions as a result of binging alcohol Saturday, Sept. 20, before coming to a Delta Sigma Fi house party. As a result Greek officers came up with set of rules for social events, said Lance Brown, USU athletics vice president and Delta Sigma Fi president. The student had snuck into the fraternity that night and no one knew where he had come from until the police and ambulance came, Brown said. The student had been sneaking into the fraternity houses for a couple weeks in a row, coming in drunk, said Kyle Milne, member of the Sigma Fi fraternity. The police had been looking for him for various charges and they had come to the fraternities several times to search for him, he said. The fraternity wants to cut out people who sneak in belligerently drunk and disrespect the house because behavior like this ruins the image fraternities, Milne said. "We want to show people that kind of behavior is not welcome," Milne said. "We aren't just the 'drinking club' that people think we are." According to general stereotypes, irresponsible drinking, partying and breaking the law are typical behavior for fraternities but in this situation, Delta Sigma Fi proved otherwise, said Cody Littlewood, Sigma Nu house president. The fraternities did the right thing that night by calling the police and paramedics immediately, he said. "What we did that night broke fraternity stereotypes; because we acted the way we did, we probably saved his life," Brown said. There are really great people in the Greek community, Brown said. Although some people's beliefs and values differ from those of the dominant religion and culture, they are still good people trying to do the right thing, Brown said. The fraternities are trying to crack down on binge drinking and underage-drinking, and have no problem calling the cops if anything illegal is going on, Littlewood said. People wouldn't think fraternities would want the police involved because they would "bust people," but the fraternities have nothing to hide, Brown said. Because of this event, the fraternities have decided to collaborate and create a strict set of Greek-wide rules to abide by during social events, Brown said. There is a common black list among the fraternities containing names of anyone who has disrespected the house and can't come in, Brown said. Some of the Greek-wide rules include having four sober fraternity officers at the door to check the invited guests list and black list as people come in, Littlewood said. All minors get a black AS A RESULT OF A BINGING ALCOHOL EVENT, USU fraternities have decided to create a strict set of rules for social events. STATESMAN photo illustration X and those over 21 get a yellow wristband, Littlewood said. "We do not condone binge-drinking or underage drinking and we are not what the media makes us out to be," Brown said. The ultimate goal of USU fraternities is to be able to have social functions where everyone is invited, functions that anyone can feel safe and comfortable coming to, Littlewood said. Greeks set themselves at a higher standard, so allowing drinking and behavior of this sort doesn't let help to keep them high, he said. The Greek system can be a powerful tool for student involvement, Littlewood said, and the fraternities are trying to help create that. [e-mail] Violence: Victims get to speak out Di continued from page 1 ing that alcohol is a big contributing factor in domestic violence, sexual assault and rape," Barfuss said. The reactions to the Clothesline Project among the student body were varied. "It's very interesting to see the ebb and flow, to watch the people who come through. The students who choose to be a part of it get a raised level of awareness and commitment. Some students however, look and look away for whatever reason and choose to not become aware of what's going on," Stevens said. "So it is interesting to see the different reactions that occur." As students walked around the display of shirts, a gong was playing in the background along with a whistle and a bell. "Each of the sounds represents something and helps you to have a better understanding," Barfuss said. The sounds were brought by a student who was really impacted by a different display at Utah Valley University that had the sounds, he said. Over 90 Graduate Programs Nationwide & Utah Stale Visit www.usu.edu/toreer (or a complete list of schools attending or Universily Inn Room 102 - [phone] ^n P^ 102 iGiou.id itwl) (435) 797-777? wffw.usu.adu/cneti [e-mail] Cache Valley's Original A sign in the display informed students of what they were hearing. The gong, sounding every 10-12 seconds, represented a woman reporting being assaulted. The whistle, going off every two minutes, indicated someone being sexually assaulted. The bell represented a woman being killed by an intimate partner, noting that three to four women are killed every day by their intimate partner. Other statistics were reported throughout the display. One read "If all the women in the United States who had been assaulted stood hand in hand, they would stretch from New York to Los Angeles and beyond." "One statistic I saw was that only 74 percent of males would intervene if they witnessed an assault, which I thought was strange. 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