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Kappa Alpha Theta, an "all-female fraternity," and Sigma Chi, an all-male group, began their rush processes this weekend, while Delta Gamma, a new "fraternity for women," held two open houses for Harvard student at the Advocate building...
...would hand over an 8-in. by 8-in. metal container holding highly radioactive material. But as the traders and their client were about to make their open-air swap in mid-August, 15 police officers rushed out to grab them. The police seized the 130-lb. case emitting gamma radiation. Until a specialized laboratory can examine the material, the , police cannot be sure what it is or where it was stolen from, but they believe it is dangerous -- and illicit. This is the second major case of nuclear theft that Vladimir Kolesnik, the deputy chief of St. Petersburg...
Indeed, situations between TFs and students can get complicated. "Gamma", a first-year, found out that the person she had broken up with just days before the term started was the only TF in a class she wanted to take. "For the first week, it was a big mess," she says. Luckily, everything worked out when "he withdrew as a TF so that I could take the class comfortably...
Current safeguards include film badges which detect gamma ray and neutron emissions, regular monitoring of areas around the cyclotron and special locks on doors to ensure the cyclotron cannot run if there is an exposure risk. Workers are checked monthly...
COVER: Gun photograph for TIME by Dennis Chalkin; background from Nassau County Police-Gamma Liaison...