1961 - 12 (Dec)

              [IMAGE (PHOTOGRAPH) Five people sitting on couches] [ADVERTISEMENT: Pick up Sequel pictures] No More Flu Shots Available: Bernardy WESTERN COURIER VOLUME 59. MACOMB, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1961 NUMBER 12 The COURIER Reports News of Western Without Fear or Favor, Bias Or Prejudice SORORITIES IN MIDST OF ANNUAL RUSH By JUDY KARELA The hectic and fun-filled week of sorority rush is in full swing. The week, with its parties and activities, began on Sunday with a series of round robin visits to each of the sorority houses on campus. The laughter and conversation exchanged over coffee and cookies offered the rushees and the sorority members an informal atmosphere to relax and become better acquainted. On Tuesday and Wednesday from 7-7:50, 8-8:50 p.m. the Fine Arts Building provided the setting for the informal parties. The Alpha Sigma Taus acted as the travel agents offering a chance to ""get away from it all."" The Sigma Kappas guided a tour of the United States�North, South, East, West. The Alpha Sigma Alphas conducted a tour through Wonderland and acted as hostesses at a zombie party. The theme was Grecian at the Delta Zeta informed party. Sigma Sigma Sigma opened the doors of the Sigma Speakeasy. The formal parties will be held on Friday night from 7-7:50, 8- 8:50 p.m. Rushees are reminded to obtain and complete their preference sheets from Dean Erhardt's office before 11 p.m. Friday. Serving as rush chairmen are: Jan Fredreicks and Lynn Brehmer, ASA; Sandy Huffman and Joyce Peterson, AST; Georgia Englebach, DZ; Donna Orlandi and Linon Opat, SK; and Judy Nelson, SSS. The five girls who got together and decided why they liked Greek life are Alice Zander, Tri Sig; Jeanie Reeves. DZ; and Marge Bricker, Sig Kap, back row. Front row members are Madeline Gula, Alpha Sig; and Cathy Marshall, Alpha Tau. Feminine Confab Sheds  Light On 'Why I Joined' Five sorority girls got together at the onset of rush week at special request of the Courier and decided what they personally liked about being in a sorority. The Greek coeds are .Joanie Reeves, Delta Zeta; Cathy Marshall, Alpha .Sigma .Tau; Marge Bricker, Sigma Kappa; Alice Zander, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Madeline Gula, Alpha Sigma Alpha. Each of the girls mentioned as one of the outstanding features friendship and group participation of sorority life. Individual Personalities. Said Madeline, ""Sorority life is not only the banning together for achievement of common goals, it is one of the best outlets for the diffusion of one's individual personality and talents."" ""I have gained friendships that will last not just through my college but for many years in the future,"" said Alice. ""I have gained; a better understanding of people by close sorority contact."" ""In addition to friendship, I especially like the atmosphere of living in a sorority house. It is like a second home away from home. Also, I enjoy the activities and projects a sorority participates in,"" stated Joanie. Guidance, Understanding. ""Included in all this,"" added Cathy, ""is the extra-special guidance and understanding we get from sisters and our advisors. A sorority also can give a 'boost' when it comes to grades and social activities."" Summing it up, Marge stated ""I believe green life can be valuable to nearly every person for greeks engage in many different types of activities that can interest everyone. I think I have learned much from being a member of a sorority."" Debaters Score High At Iowa (PICTURE ON PAGE 6) Last weekend when everyone was going home for their vacation, Western Illinois University debaters journeyed to the University of Iowa campus where they competed in the Iowa forensic tournament, which included 30 colleges and universities from the Middle West. Bob Dann and Denny Sullivan took the affirmative stand on the proposition that labor unions should be under the jurisdiction of anti-trust legislation. They garnered an exceptionally good rating for the tournament. The negative debaters were Dave Murphy and Jerry Koehler, who also received a good rating. This weekend the debate team will venture to Chicago where they will meet and compete with a host of schools from that area. Students Are Top Influence In New Union Bldg. Site By DAVE RAMACITTT. ""The race for a Union Building at WIU has just begun!"" commented Union Building committee chairman Gary Baise. ""Something like a track man, we have only cleared the first few hurdles. We still have problems such as construction costs, building plans, interior decorating, and, the highest hurdle of all . . . TIME."" Architects Hired Four weeks ago the Teachers College Board, meeting in Chicago's Conrad-Hilton, approved the collection of fees beginning winter quarter, and hired Lankton, Ziegle and Terry of Peoria as architects. ""Six students scored a rare ""first"" as they attended the Board meeting in Chicago. They were strongly influential in the choice of site . . . an achievement rarely (if ever) gained by a student committee,"" according to The Pantagraph. In a report to the College Board Gary Baise said that, "". . . the students, faculty and adminsitration [administration] recommend that the new Union be located just west of and adjacent to the tennis courts. ""We recommend this site for these reasons: as the campus will be expanding to the north our site will be the logical center of activity, aesthetically the site offers a very fine view, the site is ideal for expansion, is easily accessible, and has parking nearby.""' Also included in the report were verbal sketches of what might be included in the new building, financial reports, and recommendations made by Dr. Max Andrews, union building expert of New York University. R. A. Stipes, chairman of the Teachers College Board, recommended that the union be constructed on the mall that separates Seal Hall and the Science Hall. He had this to say, ""The very financial existence of a Union depends upon its usage. A union building must be in use 14 hours a day to be practical. I feel that the site I recommend will be in the center of student foot traffic to and from classes and will, therefore, be used the most extensively."" He further recommended that the Board's Building Committee, chaired by Carl Dunbar of Macomb, visit the campus, study the two proposed sites, and return to the December meeting. On Sunday, Nov. 26, the committee made the visit to Macomb. Each site was studied by the members of the Building committee and the pros and cons of each were reviewed. Accept Student Proposal At the conclusion of the meeting Chairman Curi Dunbar moved that the commitee [committee] accept the students' and the university's site proposal and recommend that the Board accept it also. The motion passed unanimously. On Dec. 10 the committee returned to the Teachers College Board its recommendations, and it was accepted by the Board. Yesterday James Terry, representative from the architects, began a series of discussions with the Union Building Committee. Preliminary suggestions of design and interior decoration were discussed. ""We hope to break ground in May of 1962,"" was Bansas final comment, ""which is only two months off of our original schedule."" Top H.S. Students Assured Of Space Already In Dorms The best students are getting the newest rooms at Western Illinois University. Students in the top half of their high school classes this year are already being assigned rooms in the new 756-bed women's residence hall now under constructon [construction] on the campus of WIU. Already 400 students have been assigned rooms in the new structure, which has been under construction since late summer. Dean Jolin Henderson says that WIU has provided living 6pace first to students in the upper half of their high school classes. There are 756 beds in the new building. All rooms are air-conditioned. The Dean says that the eligibility of the students for rooms on the campus is based on six semester grades in high school. At tire end of June more students� not necessarily in the upper half of their class�will become eligible for living quarters. The Dean says this is the first year that WIU has accepted students in the early part of the senior year of high school. He points out that only the top students are being accepted.