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IFC cuts ties to Greek assembly
Fraternity presidents voted Tuesday to remove IFCfrom the Greek Student Assembly.
By TOREY VAN 00T
Staff Writer
Interfraternity Council President Randy Herrel announced Wednesday that IFC has withdrawn its support of the Greek Student Assembly.
IFC council presidents voted in a closed session Tuesday to remove their council from the assembly.
GSA is a division of Program Board responsible for allocating funds for events hosted by organizations within the Greek community. According to its Web site, GSA's mission is to promote interaction between the five councils and the non-Greek community.
GSA Director Talia Warren addressed IFC earlier in the meeting to raise awareness about GSA and ask for support
“We seek to be an autonomous body. If we lose the GSA. it will not be good to sav the least,” she said. "The ramifications will be great to Greek life if there is no GSA.”
Herrel wrote in an e-mail to the presidents of the five Greek councils that the decision was based on “the poor organization of Greek Week and lack of potential of the organization as a whole.”
Herrel said that after attending the GSA meeting, he questioned how productive and successful Greek Week would be, as well as how it would reflect on IFC as a community and the direction of GSA.
“One of the things that shocked me was that (Warren) had planned (Greek Week) all herself," he said.
Warren said IFC has forfeited its right to vote and receive GSA funding.
GSA currently receives $10,000 from Program Board to allocate to philanthropic and social events proposed by Greek organizations and to fund GSA-sponsored programs. Organizations requesting funding submit proposals to the executive board. Warren said GSA grants funding to proposals that support the assembly's mission.
GSA officers Steve Houchin, Mike Green and Rob Hughes will give up their positions on the board as part of the decision, Warren said.
“I think it speaks volumes about IFC that they are the only council that has left GSA not once, but twice now,” she said. "It's laughable to me that one of IFCs goals is to increase unity between the councils.”
“(IFC) has no intentions of disassociating with any of the other Greek organizations," Herrel said.
Herrel said the presidents of all five councils meet twice a month with Greek advisers to maintain communication and plan events involving the entire tireek community.
“(GSA is) an inefficient way of getting all five councils together. Attendance is poor (and) not all councils are represented to my knowledge,” he said.
IFCs actions come at a time when Senate is considering cutting GSA from Program Board.
The Student Programming Fee Control Board recommended that Senate cut GSA funding from the 2006-2007 budget. Although Senate has not delivered a final decision, Warren said Senate representatives feel GSA is an ineffective use of funds.
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DPS and transportation are spending about $90,000 on parking security cameras.
By WHfTNEY JOHNSON
Staff Writer
The Department of Public Safety and TrojanTransportation teamed up to strengthen video security at the Parking Center. Workers will begin installing new cameras in the structure next Wednesday
Tom	Kenna,	of
TrojanTransportation. approved the estimated $90,000 project in hopes that the new cameras would help reveal the criminals responsible for a 24 percent increase in year-to-date burglaries to motor vehicles, said Capt Gloria Graham. DPS captain of operations.
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Spot for tea. Students line up to order coffee and tea during the grand opening of the new teahouse m Doheny
Library The teahouse and adjoining courtyard were built with funding from the Y and S Nazarlan Foundation
Doheny Library teahouse opens
The teahouse, on the east side of the library, was first scheduled to open in October.
By JAMES R. K0REN
Staff Writer
Snacking on cake and pastries and sipping tea and sparkling cider, students, administrators and other guests showed up to the grand open-
ing ceremony for the teahouse in Doheny Memorial Library.
The new TrojanHospitality venue, which has yet to be officially named, was scheduled to open in October for the university’s 125th anniversary celebration. Problems with plumbing and fire alarms delayed the opening, Donald Ranasinghe, head of the project for TrojanHospitality, told the Daily Trojan in January.
The teahouse in Dohenys
Nazarian Pavilion — between the library and the Alumni House — offers many of the same items available at Trojan Grounds and other TrojanHospitality locations, including coffee and bagged teas, but also offers a selection of loose-leaf options.
New customers poured in and out of the small teahouse and stepped into the courtyard as Provost C.L.
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Verdict. USC alumna Judith Chirlin, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, spoke at Von KleinSmid Center Wednesday about her experiences on the bench and her views on important issues tn the legal Held.