Thursday, October 29, 2009
Vol. 95, Issue 36
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I N S I D E T O D AY SPOTLIGHT
MEET THE DOC
Kappa Alpha members cause disturbance after suspension K E V I N M C C O R M AC K
Check out the on-camera interview with the doc himself, Dr. Stoddard. page 3
SPORTS
SEEKING REVENGE SDSU looks to avenge a 70-7 loss last season when it takes on the Lobos. page 8
TEMPO
LIVE & DANGEROUS The Low Anthem brought its unique folk tunes and plethora of instruments to The Casbah. page 13
CONTACT GENERAL INFORMATION
CIT Y EDITOR
San Diego State Police responded to a call last night about a disturbance at Kappa Alpha fraternity house. SDSU Police Sgt. Steve Harshaw said police received a call from the building’s property manager who was concerned about loud music and destruction of property occurring at the fraternity house. The property manager reported that fraternity members had recently received news that the SDSU Kappa Alpha charter was being suspended by its national chapter. Harshaw said when he arrived at the scene around 9:45 p.m. he heard loud music playing inside the courtyard and the sound of glass breaking. Police were not asked to enter the building. Harshaw said he could see damage incurred to the courtyard but was unsure if it had occurred prior to the incident. “We were advised to keep the peace while the property managers and their associates dealt with the situation,” Harshaw said. “We stood by outside the courtyard and made sure that nobody destroyed anything or caused any issue while we were there. … We were there a pretty short time and they said they would deal with it internally.” Harshaw said no arrests were made. According to Doug Case, coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life at SDSU, representatives of the fraternity’s national chapter met on campus Tuesday afternoon with members of the SDSU chapter to notify them of the chapter’s suspension. The members were allegedly angry at the decision and expressed their anger by creating a disturbance at the house.
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The suspension resulted from “the local chapter’s failure to meet the expectations and abide by the risk management policies set forth by the national organization,” according to a press release issued by the Kappa Alpha Order. “This kind of suspension is necessary to affirm the values which guide our policies,” Michael Wilson, direc-
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Hunger campaign San Diego State is participating in the this year’s Colleges Rock Hunger campaign against UC San Diego, the University of San Diego and CSU San Marcos, to benefit the San Diego Food Bank. Four student groups at SDSU, including the Greek community, the Residence Halls, the athletic teams and organizations represented on the MultiCultural Caucus, are participating in the challenge.
Fraternity supporting breast cancer research Sigma Nu’s entire chapter, consisting of almost 50 members, will be participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a race to support breast cancer, at 8 a.m. Sunday in Balboa Park. The fraternity has raised approximately $4,500 in donations this semester, according to Faryar Borhani, president of Sigma Nu. The fraternity will continue to raise donations until
December, and members are hoping to achieve $10,000, Borhani said. The money raised will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is the largest financial supporter of breast cancer research in the world, according to the organization’s Website, www.komensandiego.org.
Halloween carnival Lambda Sigma Gamma will be hosting a Halloween carnival for preschool children from 9 to 11 a.m. tomorrow at Head Start Center, located at 4111 Home Ave. Members of the sorority will dress up in costumes for the kids, give them bags of candy and do face paintings, Katherine Lopez-Ramos, Sergeant at Arms of Lambda Sigma Gamma, said. The sorority will host events for the kids at this school for every holiday of the year, she said.
—Compiled by Staff Writer Reem Nour
tor of Chapter Services for Kappa Alpha Order, said in the press release. “We appreciate the cooperation we have received from university administration and look forward to a successful return.” According to the press release, all current fraternity members have been placed on “disciplinary status” within the Kappa Alpha Order. The
status prohibits them from acting as individual members or an organized unit of the national organization. All chapter operations have also been suspended and students who were previously living at the chapter’s house will be finding other living accommodations. The chapter may be eligible to return as early as spring of 2011.
Canned food drive set to go C H R I S AR E C H A E D E R RA CONTRIBUTOR
An organization will be encouraging students to “Embrace the Streets” all next week. The week-long food drive, “Embrace the Streets,” will be collecting items for the San Diego Food Bank. San Diego State is one of seven locations where residents can drop off their donations of blankets and non-perishable food items. Students can drop off their donations on campus between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Open Air Theatre. “Embrace serves as an example that if you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else,” Sean Sheppard, founder and chief executive officer of Embrace, said, referring to a quote by Booker T. Washington. “We are happy that SDSU and (Associated Students) is living by this philosophy.”
Sheppard founded the Embrace program “with the purpose of creating programs that focus on life topics that galvanize the community,” according to the Embrace Web site. “I think it’s great to see everybody come together in the community for a great cause,” A.S. External Affairs board member and political science freshman Tom Rivera said. According to the Embrace Web site, the week-long community outreach and service learning effort is designed to draw more students into sustained community service and demonstrate the value and character of SDSU students to San Diego residents. The organization has plans to incorporate all San Diego colleges into a community service effort in the future. “Our main goal is to ensure that every student that is in college has an official way to serve the community,” Sheppard said.