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lardefC bids more than 300 new members
> American IndiA,, p owers
it was 24 P«l« TAUON
mong Asians
3 12 per] 00,000. ^ Unity Rush ‘94 ended Friday in
f same fashion as it did last year.
15 times more’li br s Nelson > chair of fraternity rush,
rvomen to get their} 16 turnout for rush this fal1 was
males, with a rat|! he same as last y ear - ^
0 000, were ne; le ^ on sa ' a about 450 men went
more likely that® 1 rush, with nearly 340 men receiv-
,o get AIDS. bid He said 280 to 300 men accepted
itraphy also maktiJI'd 8 -
e in how the|tb ou gh the numbers are not greater
3, said Dr. Teresa! Ipt fall, Nelson said they are happy
>C’s National CerBe turnout this year.
>us Diseases. H are always hoping for more inter
hough we aggrej but we feel our numbers are still in-
together, there arsing for the future,” he said.
>hic differences ai | e l S on said that getting the word out
groups,” she saicH 0 new students is important for con-
ind Hispanic MiHimprovcment.
ast, it s spread b;H g y ear we sent out a pamphlet to all
drug use, while kM an anc j transfer students who were at
act is the greater r^ ( , n t a tj on this summer,” he said. “It was
‘ ° r .r of information about fall rush, the Greek
BS , ol AIDS mfediM, and each individual fraternity.”
16 s a " "PTlald Eknoyan, president of the Inter-
th and MidwestarM 0 -i •. u i j
■mty Council, said rush was also ad-
tped on sandwich boards and in The
iwer.
ime states, vast—. f . . . . , ,
etween minorities® 1011 ihe first week of sch ° o1 -
da, the rate for bln
three times greate»
tanics. _ B
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Eknoyan said the basic rush policies
have remained the same. An eight day
process allows interested Aggies to check
out the Greek system and allows fraterni
ties to take a look at rushees.
“It’s a two way street that allows them to
evaluate each other,” he said. “The men may
visit with as many fraternities as they wish.”
Eknoyan said an open forum was held
the first day of rush to increase visibility.
He said all 23 chapters had tables avail
able with information.
Nelson said a Fraternity Life Seminar
was held the first evening where Dr. J.
Malon Southerland, vice president for stu
dent affairs, and several campus coordina
tors for the Greek system spoke to rushees
about campus life.
“The first day was a good way for inter
ested Aggies to take a casual look at the
Greek system,” Nelson said.
Eknoyan said rush is a process which
continues throughout the year.
“Anytime you wear the letters you’re
making an impression,” he said.
Nelson said the fraternity system had
two closings this year. Beta Sigma Psi and
Zeta Beta Tau were both closed by their
national chapters.
Slew Milne/I he Battaiion
Members of Pi Kappa Phi tackle new
pledges in front of the Systems building Fri
day concluding this fall’s fraternity rush.
ompanies take advantage of students
iangClersonal information on mailing lists sold by businesses for gain
n outside Upjohn* Messer
taaw*| A1TAU0N
n that the company*
, . Bchnological advancements
se see Halcion ^Bmarket competition are
imising to make personal in-
H iCk P i fpffl 1 ! 3 ^ 10111 ' ess P r ’ va f e as sfU"
kH U U1 ILU'itt may find themselves being
Bd on mailing lists without
Icion. ;ir permission,
level had an ) P ro "® rr y Lightfoot, executive di-
she said, addinr.jj rofthe Better Business Bu-
d taken Halcionc:.,^ ()f the Brazos Valley) Inc „
? v- • 1< ' n . rave . id businesses using people’s
' 11 fe'u*'! R nn . rsonal information for their
month that dusii, „ ,
■es in Houstoii B o “"’ are doming more
diking Uk u j becomes more of a prob-
■ users have not te , , , , ^ „
,e in their ex P e m ," s t ( ect ' n . olo .?J; advances,
• world's 8 f ld - Now we won-
3r it the technology isn t as
ad as it is good.”
College students should be es-
ecially cautious of who has ac-
iss to their personal informa-
[oh, he said.
»\ lot of offers, like sweep-
gtes, are targeted to college
Bents and senior citizens,”
®tfoot said. “That’s because
ey re the people looking for
•no thing for nothing.”
lightfoot said modern ad-
Icements allow more busi
es to access more informa-
such as individuals’ names,
■esses and buying habits,
ightfoot said danger arises
when unscrupulous businesses
gain access to individual’s per
sonal information.
“People collect lists of people
that they have successfully
scammed and then hit these
people time and time again,”
Lightfoot said. “They also sell
those lists. The lists go for $100
The Texas Public Utility
Commission, however, is now re
quiring telephone companies to
notify their customers that they
have the right to restrict the use
of this personal information.
Anne Rowssos, PUG
spokesperson, said a telephone
company could potentially sell
^d sleeping pi!
e see Victims
"People collect lists of people that they have
successfully scammed and then hit these people
time and time again. They also sell those lists.
The lists go for $100 to $150 a name."
—Larry Lightfoot
executive director of the Better Business Bureau of
Brazos Valley, Inc.
to $150 a name.”
Lightfoot said selling person
al information is not uncommon.
"Businesses sell their mailing
lists, and companies sell their
subscribers,” Lightfoot said.
“The sources of personal infor
mation are endless.”
Telephone companies have a
long list of personal information
about their customers, including
characteristics of services and
long distance billing.
their lists of customers’ personal
information.
“They could keep a record of
how many times a person calls a
certain company for pizza,”
Rowssos said. “Then, they could
sell that information to another
pizza company.”
Martin Wilson, deputy gen
eral counsel for the PUG, said
increasing competition to mar
ket this personal information
led the commission to propose
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“As you move more and more
into the electronic age, this be
comes more of an issue as to in
formation being gathered with
out people really knowing that it
is being gathered,” Wilson said.
Bill Erwin, public affairs man
ager for GTE Southwest, said
they will accommodate the PUG.
“As a matter of policy, we do
not give out personal informa
tion,” Erwin said. “With this no
tice, we’ll reassure people that
their privacy is being protected.”
Rowssos said the Federal Com
munications Commission is
thinking about revising their
rules governing telephone compa
nies’ use of customers’ informa
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“A lot of local telephone com
panies are merging with com
panies that aren’t restricted by
the FCC,” Rowssos said.
“That’s potential for the infor
mation passing along.”
Lightfoot said the Better
Business Bureau receives daily
complaints of businesses using
people’s personal information.
“We are made aware daily of
people whose names were
placed on mailing lists without
their knowledge or their au
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around here.”
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