The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 7, 2002 Page: 1 of 8
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February 7 2002
A Student Publication of Howard Payne University
The Yellow Tacket
002!
Volume 92 Issue 16
Anti-terrorism
conference brings
experts to HPU
April proceedings
will play host to
nation's foremost
leaders in field
BY CARRIE McCARVF.R
YJ Staff Writer
Howard Payne University
students will have the opportunity
to come face-to-face with anti-ter-ronst
issues during the April 10
conference Terrorism: The State
of the Conflict. The conference
will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Brownwood Depot.
"This is going to be one of
the most loaded conferences on
terrorism to be found in anywhere
in the U.S. this year" said Dr.
William Lester assistant professor
of political science.
In the morning General
Terry Scott former commander of
U.S. Special Forces will be speak-
ing first about Special Forces.
After Scott Admiral Mike Ratliff
former director of naval intelli-
gence will be speaking over mili-
tary and intelligence capabilities.
Following lunch will be Will
Inboden from Yale University
who is involved with the Civitas
Fellows. Inboden will discuss the
impact of religion and public poli-
cy on the war effort.
Paul Marshall senior fellow
at the Center for Religious
Freedom will speak also about
public policies.
Hillel Fradkin president of
the Ethics and Public Policy
Center will be paired with James
Turner Johnson of Rutgers
University in the latter part of the
conference. Johnson is considered
one of the nation's foremost
experts on Jihad. He and Fradkin
will speak about the Islamic move
ment.
"To have the president
(Fradkin) of a think tank come to
Brownwood is a huge huge deal"
said Lester
Keith Pavlischek director of
Civitas will be the moderator
throughout the entire day
Pavlischek will be available to
speak in classes at HPU the day
before the conference begins
"To top it all off the White
House has an invitation to speak
witli us at lunch. They have not yet
turned down the invitation" said
Lester.
Every speaker has also
agreed to write an article for the
"Texas Journal of Public Policy
and Free Enterprise."
"All of these recognized
scholars agreeing to contribute an
original piece to our new journal
will add to the prestige of this pub-
lication and by association it will
benefit HPU as well" said Lester.
If any HPU students are
interested in going there will be
some available space but interest-
ed parties must contact Dr. Lester
first before attending.
Stomp to the Lord...
Devon Robinson THE YELLOW JACKET
Two dancers perform during chapel on Monday morning. During the month of
February the chapel services will be recognizing Black History Month.
Pledges eagerly start membership process
BY JOE MIRACLE and
LUKINDA DA SILVA
YJ Staff Writers
For many the decision to
pledge into a fraternity or sorority
made their spring semester much
much busier.
The greek organizations
kicked off the traditional six-week
pledging period with spring
RUSH. These events served as an
opportunity for students to meet
people in campus organizations
and decide which may be the best
fit for them.
Freshman Connie Gunter is
pledging Alpha Delta Kappa.
"I am pledging Alpha Delta
Kappa because from all the other
sororities I saw that ADK had
things I was looking for" said
Gunter.
A large part of pledging is
forming relationships with mem-
bers of the organizations. For this
reason the process of joining a
greek organization can be time
consuming
Sophomore Michele Dodson
is one of many students who made
the choice not to pledge.
"I am not pledging because I
don't have time" said Dodson.
The pledging process is dif-
ferent for each of Howard Payne
University's greek organizations.
Even so the fraternities and
sororities on campus serve a far
different role than greek organiza
tions on larger campuses. Student
Activities Coordinator Randi
Crosland grew up with a bad taste
in her mouth towards greek life.
"I came from Lubbock where
I grew up around greek life at
Tech" said Crosland "So when I
came to Howard Payne I thought
I'd never want to be part of a soror-
ity but I realized that sororities
were a completely different thing
at Howard Payne."
Issues such as hazing and
excessive partying are not big
problems among the HPU greek.
"For the most part what you
would find here is way above the
standards of other universities"
said Crosland.
Fraternities and sororities are
often accused of being exclusive
rejecting a pledge's membership
based on personality.
This is a misconception that
Matt McGowan senior and presi-
dent of Iota Chi Alpha disagrees
with.
He sees the pledging process
as being a way that those who
aren't serious about the organiza-
tion to be weeded out. Pledges
must fulfill the responsibilities set
out from the first day of pledging
to become a member.
"If someone didn't get in it
wouldn't be about personality and
lifestyle. It's that they haven't been
faithful" said McGowan.
The six week pledging peri-
od will end on March 22.
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