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3 Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1979 Fraternity placed on probation United Press International BATON ROUGE, La. — For the next year, the Louisiana State Uni versity chapter of Theta Xi fraternity will be barred from holding social activities and placed on probation because of a pledge prank that left one teen-ager in a coma and five others with broken legs. Six blindfolded Theta Xi pledges were struck by a car on the Mississippi River Road last Thurs day night near Brusly. Bruce Wise man, 18, of New Iberia, La., has been unconscious and in critical condition at Baton Rouge General Hospital since the accident. LSU Chancellor Paul Murrill said Sunday the fraternity will not be al lowed to participate in social ac tivities, rush or induction of new pledges for at least one year, after which the order will be reviewed. “I will seek to have the chapter’s charter revoked if there are any violations of these sanctions at any time,” Murrill said. The five pledges who suffered broken legs were not seriously in jured. A fraternity spokesman said the blindfolded expedition was not a part of hazing the new members. Utah legislators want to kill ERA for good DISCOUNT y 2 PRICE Students, Faculty & Staff $8.15 THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE delivered to your dorm, apartment or house every day for the entire spring semester. January 15 - May 11 - $8.15 January 15 - May 31 - $10.25 EXCLUDING 8 DAY SPRING BREAK INCLUDING SPRING BREAK Just call 693-2323 or 846-0763 Houston Chronicle v - • >■ •' :v nmiiiiiiiuii United Press International SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state legislators are so anxious to vote down the Equal Rights Amendment again that they have proposed their own anti-ERA resolutions they hope will set an example for other states. Instead of voting “no” on a resolu tion to ratify the ERA, they want to vote “yes” on a resolution rejecting it, which would be sent to Congress. The resolution would also prohibit any more ratification votes by the Utah Legislature. “If states can’t rescind ratification of the amendment, we don’t think we should have to keep voting on ratification, either,” said Republican Rep. Lloyd Selleneit, sponsor of one of two resolutions calling for a “posi tive rejection” vote. “It isn’t fair that ERA supporters can keep bringing it up at their tim ing,” added Rep. Lee Farnsworth, Republican sponsor of another mea sure. “All we can do is vote no to their resolution. We can never do anything positive except react to them.” ERA supporters view ratification of the amendment in Utah as a lost cause since Mormon Church Presi dent Spencer Kimball announced his opposition to it four years ago and urged church members to fight it on moral grounds. The state and the Legislature are predominantly Mormon. Thus, while ERA backers are seeking ratification in 12 other states, there are no plans to rein troduce the amendment in the cur rent session of the Utah Legislature, which has twice rejected it — in 1973 and 1975. “It’s a dead issue,” said Rep. Ber- verly White, D-Tooele, who co sponsored the ERA in both unsuc cessful bids. But not so with Selleneit, Farnsworth and other lawmakers who want to make sure ERA is dead and buried with no chance of resur rection. Three anti-ERA measures were introduced in the first week of the legislative session — all sparked hy Congress’ vote to extend the ratifi cation deadline for ERA by 39 months. One resolution offered by[, AnriI7 T Roger Livingston, R-Salt Lakt m j structs the Utah attorney gener* P ' m ' file suit challenging the extets VVELCO The other two hy Selleneit: ? held a Farnsworth are designed to JoCEANC the issue of whether states car cuss “ scind a ratification vote. F 3:30 p. 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