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Vol. XClV. No. 34

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Kentucky Kernel

if Kentucky. Lexington. Kentucky

Tuesday. September 25. 1990

IFC votes kegs back in houses, drawing fire

By VICTORIA MAR'nN
News Editor

With 12 fraternities powerless to
vote, UK's Interfratemity Council
decided yesterday to allow kegs
back into fraternity houses.

In a meeting that lasted about an
hour and a half, the IFC voted 6-4
to amend its year-old alcohol poli-
cy, which had prohibited fraternities
from purchasing alcohol with chap-
ter funds or distributing it at social
functions.

The amendment’s passage drew

“We're taking a huge
step backwards."

Sean Coleman,
IFC president

strong criticism from several frater-
nity leaders who called it “unrepre-
sentative” of IFC. Twelve of the 22
UK fraternities lost their vote on
IFC issues after failing to meet cer-

tain academic criteria last semester.

“It's not a total reflection of our
IFC, just of basically of the six (fra-
ternities that voted for the change in
policy),” said Daris McCullough,
IFC vice president in charge of pub—
lic relations.

The amendment states that no cen-
trally distributed liquor of any kind
except that of beer — including kegs
and “party balls” — will be allowed
in fraternity houses.

A critical factor in the revision of
the policy rested with a motion
brought before IFC prior to its vote

to amend the alcohol policy. Had it
passed, voting power would have
been restored to the 12 fraternities
currently ineligible to vote, said IFC
President Sean Coleman.

‘The decision was motivated by
an underlying decision to not allow
all the chapters participating in IFC
to vote due to last semester's scho-
lastic requirements," Coleman said.
“I’m disappointed that it passed,
disappointed that it came up at the
point that it did."

Five of the six fraternities who
voted to change the alcohol policy

“...With only 10 chap-
ters voting, it made it a
close call."
Ron Lee,
fraternity adviser

were Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Tau
Delta, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Pi and
Lambda Chi Alpha, said Ricardo
Nazario-Colon, an IFC member.

The sixth fraternity that voted for
the amendment is believed to be Al-

pha Gamma Rho.

Victor Hazard, associate dean of
students at UK, said he didn't un-
derstand the “swingback” decision.

Last year, faced with mounting
social pressure and increasing liabil—
ity costs, UK t‘ratemities took what
many said was a revolutionary step
by prohibiting central distribution
of alcohol. Already, alcohol use in
UK sororities is prohibited.

“This decision sways from the na-
tional trend of BYOB (a bring-your-

See IFC, back page

UK Police:

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Campus nightlife

is action-

packed

for police officer

By TONJA WILT
Executive Editor

Editor's note: The events in this .ttory
took place on the night of Sept. 15. The in-
formation was gathered while a reporter
observed some of the events occurring dur—
ing a typical night in the life ofa UK po-
lice officer.

Work is the furthest thing from the
minds of most UK students at 10 pm. on a
Saturday, but that’s when UK Police Offi-
cer Jeff Schroering‘s shift begins.

Schroering patrols UK until 7 a.m. —~ 3
time when there is “a different type of per-
son" on campus.

”You are actually catching the bad guys,
the people who crawl through the win-
dows," Schroering says.

A night in the life of a UK officer begins
with installing and checking car equip-
ment. Occasionally something will be
missing, like the blue and red strobe lights
on top of the cruiser.

“Somebody stole them off the top of the
police car while it was sitting in the park-
ing lot,” Schroering says. “They took a big
chance and they got away with it."

The night is busy. As Schroering waits
at an intersection in front of the police de-
partment at South Limestone and Rose
streets he sees a woman run a red light.

Flipping on the sirens and lights,
Schroering slams the accelerator to the
floor and pulls over the red 1986 Mazda.
He calls in his location on the radio and
steps out of the patrol car, approaching the
vehicle cautiously. The red and blue lights

ﬂicker off his uniform silver.

After checking the license plate and
driver‘s license numbers, he gives the
woman a warning.

“A lot of them want to argue with you
and that’s what you don‘t want to do,"
Schroering says. “You (the officer) don't
want to sit there and argue in the streets
about it. That‘s what courts are for."

There are two types of people who re-
ceive citations, he says —— those who know
they have broken the law and admit their
guilt, and those who break the law and
deny it.

“Usually I try to be as nice as I can be
with them. as nice as they'll let me,“ he
says, although his courtesy is not always
retumed.

Schroering, who graduated from UK in
1988, proceeds to patrol South Campus,
one of six districts patrolled at night by the
campus police.

There are four driving districts anti two
foot patrol districts. As the vehicle, unit
22-162, cruises down Huguelet Drive,
Schroering sees a man waving his arms
and whistling.

Schroering parks his cruiser and ap-
proaches the man. The click of the offi-
cer‘s shoes on the pavement cannot be
heard above the music blasting from a
nearby fraternity house.

The man, pointing to a woman hurrying
down the sidewalk, says he is worried
about his friend.

The officer runs to catch up to the tall
redhead, calling out to her as he weaves

See, POLICE, back page

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UK investigation team closes cases

By MEREDITH LITTLE
Special Projects Writer

The head of the UK Police's Criminal
Investigations department has a no-
nonscnsc philosophy about the cases he
works on.

“My job is to get it closed - - get them
arrested, get them prosecuted, get them
convicted," said Lt. Robert Abrams.

This hard