A motion that would require fraternities to card students for proof of age before serving alcohol as well as one for making each fraternity have at least one representative on the Interfraternity Council's CrimeWatch patrol were proposed at the IFC meeting last night. The proposals will be discussed and voted on at a special IFC meeting next Monday.

IFC's Executive Task Force drew up the proposed policy, which reads as follows: "At fraternity social functions with publicly accessible alcohol and guests lists at the door, said alcohol may not be served to those present under the age of 21."

Kris Zwycewicz, a member of the Executive Task Force, said the purpose of the proposal is to prevent the fraternities from getting into trouble with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The LCB already has raided Carnegie Mellon University and other Pennsylvania campuses.

"We are trying to take a little more of a harsher stance -- wake people up about what is going on out there," Zwycewicz, executive vice president of IFC, said. "We are not void of what is going on (at other campuses)."

Some fraternities began carding people for drinks last weekend. David Glou, a brother at Beta Sigma Beta, said his fraternity carded people last weekend so they would not be held liable for violation of the law.

"We've been told that the LCB is watching and they are prepared to come in and bust underage drinkers," Glou said. "So we are using precautionary measures to make sure we don't lose our charters."

IFC's Committee for Community Relations also proposed mandating every fraternity to participate in the council's CrimeWatch program. Brothers in the program patrol the fraternity areas each weekend to watch for any acts of crime or vandalism in the community.

Glou and Howard Dieter, representatives from the committee, introduced the proposal, which would require every fraternity president to appoint a CrimeWatch chairman. The chairman's duties would include attending all CrimeWatch meetings and participating in watches, choosing and training others to go on watches and reporting any problems to IFC.

Reasons for the proposal include promoting unity within the Greek community and facilitating relations between community and fraternity members.

"It is our responsibility to regulate the fraternity districts before the local authorities come on by," Glou said. "If we help to reduce the amount of vandalism in the community, it will make the fraternities look better in the community's eyes."

But Glou added that the CrimeWatch patrols have no power to apprehend any suspicious characters. All the brothers can do is call the police.

"CrimeWatch has helped us a lot ... it makes us look good as fraternities, so your involvement is key," Eric Graves, president of IFC, told its members.

Graves said the proposals will be voted on at a special IFC meeting next Monday at 7:30 in 301 HUB. A two-thirds vote is required to pass each proposal, which means that at least 35 fraternities must give a positive response.