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Chartwells introduces roving truck as new dining alternative
Your next meal could be on wheels.
Chartwells, in response to a request from Stu-dent
Government (SG), unveiled its custom-de-signed
new pizza truck, Uragano, on Monday.
Uragano, which means “hurricane” in Italian, is the
product of an evaluation conducted by the university’s
dining services, which determined that pizza is an im-portant
option to have on campus.
“We’re excited,” said Sandra Redway, the execu-tive
director of auxiliary services at UM. “This is a new
concept and it’s not your run-of-the-mill food truck. It
replaces the void left by Sbarro.”
Redway said that students have already given posi-tive
responses to the pizza truck.
“It’s really good pizza,” sophomore Natalia Rick-ards
said. “It tastes better than Sbarro.”
Planning for Uragano began when SG requested an
alternative to Sbarro once it was replaced by the tempo-rary
Rathskeller.
GREEK LIFE
Pi Kappa Alpha
suspended for
nine violations
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, also known
as Pike, was suspended as a recognized
student organization on Wednesday fol-lowing
an investigation by the Dean of Students
Office.
“We are all very upset over the entire
situation,” Pike President Harrison Potak said.
“The chapter has had to take a step back and
truly realize the repercussions of our actions.”
Two incidents involving Pike prompted the
investigation. The first was an unauthorized, off-campus
party during Labor Day weekend. The
second is the initiation of ineligible members
during the fraternity’s spring 2011 semester.
The Student Rights and Responsibilities
Handbook defines a student who is eligible for
initiation as one who has a cumulative GPA of
2.50 and is enrolled in at least 12 credit hours
during both pre-initiation and the time of initia-tion.
Pike was charged with nine violations of
university policy and pled “responsible to all
charges,” according to information released by
the Dean of Students Office on Wednesday.
As a result, Pike is no longer a recognized
student organization for the remainder of the
school year. Next fall, however, the chapter will
begin a probationary period during which they
will be required to participate in educational pro-grams.
If all the mandatory requirements are met,
Pike will be reinstated in the spring of 2014.
Despite the suspension, Pike will remain a
member of the Interfraternity Council (IFC), but
will not be able to participate in any IFC events.
“We will help them in any way we can as
they slowly get back into good standing with the
school,” said Brenden Kollar, president of IFC.
According to Potak, Pike is eager to get
reinstated as a student organization.
“We are making the necessary changes
to move Pi Kappa Alpha in the right direc-tion,”
he said. “The entire experience has al-lowed
us to better appreciate our brotherhood
and strengthen the bonds that our fraternity is
SEE PIZZA, PAGE 7 founded on.”
Fraternity could be
reinstated in 2014
BY ALYSHA KHAN
NEWS EDITOR
Amnesty International jams out
Uragano truck fills pizza void on campus
MARLENA SKROBE // Photo Editor
FOR A CAUSE: Junior Isabella Douzoglou paints a UM student’s face during Amnesty International’s
“Jamnesty” on Wednesday night on the Rock. Jamnesty was the fi rst annual human rights festival
organized by UM’s chapter of Amnesty International. The event featured musicians such as DJ Fresca,
Streetkind and NASA Committee, and artists such as Chelsea Rivera and Alejandro Valencia.
PHOTO BRIEF
BY SPENCER DANDES
COPY EDITOR
DINING