IFC hands fraternity probation, 28 convictions

By Rachel Witkowski
News Editor

After nearly a month-long trial, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity was charged with 28 convictions and sentenced to probation until Dec. 31 because of a social event that occurred in January.

The InterFraternity Council approved the probation March 7 and required the fraternity to complete 1,000 community service hours and to pay court costs, and lost IFC dues for 2006.

“I felt that the sentencing here tonight set an important precedent for all students of Greek affiliation,” said Keenan Webb, representative of Chi Phi Fraternity in IFC. “We can only learn and hope to improve by SAE’s unfortunate occurrence.”

New photo lab to be occupied in near future

By Christal Bolden
Contributing writer

Construction is almost complete for the photography lab at the University of North Florida, and move-in should be any day, said Dominick Martorelli, head of the photography department.

As the student body began to increase, the department saw a need for more space. “Everything in this photo lab was built for 15 or 20 students, and we have about 200 students taking photography,” Martorelli said.

The current photo lab is about 18 years old, according to Martorelli. And not only is the photo lab too small for the number of students, but the 20-year-old equipment doesn’t work properly, he said.