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Today On The Hill Check out events happening around campus today.
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News
Outrunning a Climbing Obesity Rate
As U.S. obesity rates climb, many UA students have taken up running to relieve stress.
Features
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Community Garden Brings Produce to UA Campus A campus community garden will provide produce for the Full Circle Food Pantry.
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My Head is an Animal is Dreamy, Fun Folk
Of Monsters and Men show off their talent in most recent album.
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Sports
Brotherly Love
Arkansas offensive coordinator Paul Petrino loves his brother, but wants to stay at UA.
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The DREAM Act: An Immigration Compromise Opinion
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A Traveler columnist discusses the DREAM act and offers potential solutions to immigration issues.
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Interfraternity Council Plots Expansion by MANDY MCCLENDON Staff Writer
Interfraternity Council, like Panhellenic Council, is expecting changes in its upcoming fall recruitment process. IFC is currently comprised of 13 chapters and is expecting to gain two more this spring, officials said. “Our numbers continue to grow each year, and we believe it is time for us to expand to provide additional opportunities for students to be a part of our Greek community. We are excited about expansion,” said Mark Machen, IFC president. Because of record-breaking university enrollment, Greek Life has experienced unprecedented recruitment numbers for all of its councils. For example, Panhellenic Council is expecting pledge classes of 150 in the fall—a significantly higher number than the usual 70 to 80 members that chapters receive. Similarly, IFC has received an increased number of men seeking bids. Phi Delta Theta’s membership alone grew by 30 percent from 2011 to 2012. To accommodate the increasing numbers, IFC is currently reviewing criteria of four fraternities seeking to join the UA Greek system: Alpha Tau Omega, Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha Order and Beta Theta Pi. The chapters have each come to the UA and given a formal presentation on why they should be chosen to open a chapter on campus. Presentations were made in front of the Interfraternity Expansion Council, comprised of undergraduate and alumni representatives from fraternities. Selections are
”We the council are looking forward to hopefully making row of 2013 a successful week,” said IFC President Mark Machen. expected to be announced sometime this semester. Daniel Massanelli, an IFC vice president of recruitment, agrees that enrollment numbers are growing at an unprecedented rate. “At this stage, it’s difficult to estimate what recruitment numbers will look like in the fall. In recent years the numbers have increased, and with the rise in enrollment, we don’t anticipate the increasing numbers to
stop,” Massanelli said. Whenever the two new chapters are chosen, recruitment will begin for them immediately and continue into formal recruitment in the fall. The new chapters will also continue recruitment efforts after formal recruitment to help establish their membership bases, Massanelli said. Changes for IFC’s recruitment are not limited to the addition of new chapters—scheduling changes
Spring Cleaning
Greek Life Ramps Up Hiring
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Sophmore Robert Joiner helps clean up at his chapter’s fraternity house. Over the past weekend select fraternities held their “Sadie Week,” providing food and entertainment to guests.
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IFC community. J.R. Baxter, vice president of philanthropy for IFC, said the rate at which fraternities are growing is “phenomenal.” “This fall is going to be even greater due to the fact that IFC will be expanding to add two new chapters to campus,” he said. Anyone wishing to go through IFC recruitment must submit an online application. A 2.5 GPA is required.
ASG Names New Chief of Staff
by MANDY MCCLENDON
By the end of this semester, UA Greek Life will have two new Panhellenic chapters and two new Interfraternity chapters and a slew of new staff members to accommodate the larger Greek population, officials said. Ashley Bloxom, a senior at Missouri State University, was recently hired as Panhellenic’s 2012 graduate assistant. “I know I will be advising one of the Greek Organizations, such as GAMMA and New Greek Council. I will also be helping Phi Mu and Alpha Chi Omega when they come on. I was the Panhellenic VP of Recruitment at MSU last year and am therefore very knowledgeable about recruitment,” Bloxom said. Greek Life is currently hiring a new graduate assistant for Interfraternity Council as well. Greek Life now has three graduate assistants. “I believe they are hiring one other graduate assistant in addition to me,” Bloxom said.
will be made as well. “One major change that is being made for formal fall recruitment is that the schedule will be divided up between two weekends instead of recruitment being held during the school week. We did this mainly to help with overall scheduling and to help the potential new members with conflicts,” Massanelli said. Expansion and recruitment changes have been well-received within the
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Newly elected Associated Student Government president Tori Pohlner has begun the process of establishing her cabinet by selecting a new chief of staff for next year, an ASG official said. Pohler has chosen Tyler Priest, who worked as the ASG liaison to the Residents’ Interhall Congress for the 2012-2013 chief of staff. “Tyler blew me out of the water,” Pohler said. Priest said he applied to be Chief of Staff to make an impact on ASG. “I applied to be Chief of Staff because I want to make a positive impact both within ASG and the university as a whole. I also wanted to help play a part in the restructuring of cabinet proposed by the new ASG executive officers,” Priest said. The new system “will dramatically increase col-
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laboration and communication within ASG and between cabinet members,” he said. After Pohlner’s proposed cabinet restructuring is completed, 51 people will be a part of the ASG cabinet. Priest’s duties as Chief of Staff includes making sure that these member are doing their jobs to get proposed initiatives done along with meeting with administrators, Pohlner said. “During my term as the ASG Chief of Staff, my primary goal will be to carry out the platform of the new ASG executive officers,” Priest said. Priest was chosen from three applicants. “It was a tough choice. It definitely was not easy,” Pohlner said. ASG officials are accepting applications for cabinet member positions. The applications are due April 18, and Pohlner said she hopes to announce the members of cabinet on April 26.
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