Dickinsonian, April 7, 1988

Controversy surrounds the Finance Committee's budget for the fraternities and sororities for the 1988-89 school year, and several anonymous threatening letters were sent to members of the Finance Committee. Beta Theta Pi reversed their decision to withdraw from the Inter-Fraternity Council due to conflicts between the fraternity and the council, among other reasons. Freshman Dennis Albertson established a "national service fraternity" called Alpha Phi Omega and will be co-ed and open to both Greeks and Independents. Due to a recent rape and murder of a female college student at Lehigh University, the College's Women's Center has decided to sponsor an event called, "Take Back the Night." The HUB and Old West are to undergo some minor renovations. New changes in room draw feature new apartment buildings purchased for on-campus housing and that freshman who take seminars dealing with similar subjects will reside together.