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...brothers of the University of Miami chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity have found themselves under intense scrutiny this week for their failure to show brotherhood with the Arab community. The largely Jewish fraternity is facing serious allegations of anti-Arab sentiment in the wake of Sept. 11. The accusations stem from a video circulating on campus which allegedly recorded the drunken rantings of a pledge screaming into the camera, “What are we going to do about these goddamned Arabs...
Unsurprisingly, the Harvard chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi is quick to play down the ugly specter of ethnic antagonism in their own chapter. Eliot J. Rushovich ’03, president of the Harvard chapter, says that he was “personally shocked” to hear of the troubles in the Miami chapter and states that he “didn’t even hear about it until the article was printed...
Those who are still ready to go after a night of clubbing head to late-nights (fraternities), hitting Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) on Thursday, Beta Theta Pi (Beta) on Friday, and Zeta Psi (Zeta) on Wednesdays and Saturdays. These places are alive until everyone falls asleep, usually around 3 or 4am. Latenights are known for their chill atmospheres, or as one student characterizes them: boys drinking beer...
...those skittish business passengers who since Sept. 11 have avoided commercial flights by flying chartered corporate jets. "People ask me if there will ever be a supersonic business jet," says Bannister. "I tell them, 'You're looking at it,'" pointing to British Airways' first Concorde to be modified, the Alpha Foxtrot. The airline has given each plane's interior a $2.8 million upgrade. Each seat is now 32 in. from the one in front of it, though that is still cramped compared with first-class seats in other aircraft, which come in at 50 in. or more. It will still...
Jonathan S. White, who is president of the historically black Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Rho Nu chapter at MIT, urged organization leaders to work to keep members constantly involved...