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The much-awaited Student Response Task Force report was released yesterday -- with most students and organizations opposing some of the major Greek changes recommended by the steering committee report such as non-student-bartenders, the living of a non-member Undergraduate Advisor in a Greek house, the moratorium on new Greek houses, winter rush and end of summer-term residency.
The Task Force report -- that compiled student opinion on each of the seven steering committee recommendations and had another section for topics omitted by the report -- was also supportive of some of its recommendations.
According to the report, students and organizations were largely accepting of making structural improvements to Coed Fraternity Sorority physical plants, of having a Sexual Abuse and Drug Abuse Peer Advisor and Tucker Liaison in residence, and the maintenance of centralized dining.
In congruity with the CFS and Student Assembly proposals to the Task Force, many students, according to the report, stressed the need for more education to improve alcohol-related problems on campus.
The Greeks
According to the Task Force, many students and group proposals expressed concern over the steering committee's recommendation to conduct a CFS review after five years -- primarily due to the possible pressure put on the Greek houses to achieve the new standards, in the absence of any long-term assurances.
Many proposals that were submitted to the Task Force also opposed some of the major changes to the Coed Fraternity Sorority organizations recommended by the steering committee report.
Students opposed the steering committee recommendation that no new selective social organization should be recognized, with many expressing the need for creating a seventh sorority to accommodate all interested women.
The report says that many group proposals raised concern that the presence of a non-member UGA would be uncomfortable for all -- possibly compromising the UGA's effectiveness.
According to the report, responses to the steering committee recommendation that pledge periods be eliminated stressed the difference between a pledge period and hazing.
