THURSDAY
The Student Voice Since 1903
OCTOBER 14, 1999
TKE continues after cancellation By Trent Dugas
Staffifiriter
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he executive members of the , Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity are reporting "business as usual" even after the university yanked their recognition and constitution. At a meeting Friday, the members discussed the fraternity's future, goals, personal aspects of not being a part of UCO, and the investigation that got them kicked off campus. The TKE fraternity was recently thrown off campus by UCO officials and its constitution revoked by the University of Central Oklahoma Student Association (UCOSA). The final event that resulted in the fraternity's dismissal was because of campus violations in UCO's drinking policy performed by the fraternity. TKE also was on academic probation at the time and had been unrecognized for three years prior. Lynn Means, director of student activities, conducted an investigation after students came to her office and complained about the party. Twenty-one year-old Ryan Bowman, TKE house manager, said he disagreed
with the investigation procedure and thought fairness should have played a bigger role. "There are a lot of fallacies that happened with it," Bowman said. "Maybe I'm just kinda kooky or whatever but I think when you have an investigation, it should take more than 24 hours." The decision to kick TKE off campus was made by Means two working days after the party. The members claim they were not told of the investigation until after the decision was made to kick the fraternity off campus. "I think there is something about getting both sides of the story," Bowman said. "But whatever, that's her investigation and she can run it the way she wants. In my opinion, if it were me, I would have at least gotten the other side of the story." Means jumped to conclusions and made a rash judgment with only half the information, Bowman said. The TKE fraternity will grow stronger and better even with the dark cloud hanging over its roof. And they have Lynn Means to thank, he said.
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Banned books on display By Robyn Lydick
RaftWriter
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— Staff photo by Chieko Hara
TWIST - A - BURST While waiting for the next call, Magan Worden, sophomore, displays her multiple talents playing Huge Twister at Laff Olympics. Laff Olympics was sponsored by the University Center Activities Board on the lawn behind the Human Environmental Sciences Building. Laff Olympic games will continue until tomorrow.
, t is an odd communion: Maya Angelou, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Shel Silverstein, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Herman Melville and a host of others. The librarians at Max Chambers Library want you to know why. Each of these writers' works has been the focus of book banning. Amanda Fuller, reference specialist, created a display to educate library users about banned books. The display will be up until Oct. 22. "A majority of the titles surprised me, like 'How to Eat Fried Worms,"'
Fuller said. "The people who protested that one said it encouraged peer pressure." Book censorship in the United States began with John Cleland's `Fanny Hill, a Woman of Pleasure.' It was banned in Massachusetts in 1821. Cleland's banning was the first obscenity case in the United States. The fact that Massachusetts banned several works led to the phrase "banned in Boston." In the 1990s, 'The Scarlet Letter,' `Moby Dick,' Twelfth Night' and `The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' have been contested. The library has policies and procedures for people who find
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