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GOLD EDITION Thursday, February 22,1996 Vol. 68, No. 51 The * GSU beats Furman The Lady Eagles cruised by the Paladins 72-65 Monday night to break the three-way tie for Georgia Southern University's Official Student Newspaper second place in the Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Founded 1927 conference. Please see story, page 6 CLEC accused of excluding SGA members By Joshua Edmonson tion of Faculty Senate by-laws involv- Staff Writer cern," Nolen said. "It wasn't necessary stating that meeting time had been ing student membership on CLEC. to bring the agreement in front of the scheduled for 9 a.m. Student government has continued The agreement stipulated that SGA Faculty Senate." However, he said, his classes con- BRIEFLY... questioning the Campus Life Enrich- would approve eight of CLECs stu- The SGArepresentatives were asked flicted with the meeting time. tmmmmmmmiimmmmimmm ment Committee's violation of Faculty dents and appoint two directly from for their schedules, as well as the other Hall said he had Cahill for three Senate by-laws, and some have now SGA to oversee CLEC operations. Those members of CLEC, to set a time where English classes and, until now, had a Student charged in fatal alleged that CLEC meetings were two SGA represen- all members could great working relationship with her. scheduled when SGA representatives tatives were Ryan DUI-related car accident be at the meet- "John's (Walraven) got a job to do; could not attend. G-A Staff Reports Hall and Audrey ings. "(CAHILL) IS BATTLING Hyer's had a job to do," Hall said. 'They The student members of CLEC have Loeb. A memo dated A GSU student was charged with just got in Cahill's way." not been presented to SGA for appoint- However, both Nov. 8, 1995 was vehicular homicide Tuesday after an FOR COMPLETE Loeb, the other SGA representative ment by Maria Cahill, executive direc- Hall and Loeb said mailed to all accident that resulted in the death of on CLEC, said Wednesday she had tor of Southern Arts, for at least three this week that AUTONOMY IN A CLEC members, another student. informed Cahill that she could not meet » SGA administrations. Documents dur- CLEC meetings includingthe SGA The driver, Jason Rhett Royal, 22, of POLITICAL GAME." with CLEC in the mornings. ing that time show that the student were scheduled at representatives, Wray, was charged with vehicular ho- 'The mornings were hard for me to members served on CLEC in violation 9 a.m., when nei- — RYAN HALL asking for student micide and DUI pending. Police said go to," Loeb said. "I think it was very of Faculty Senate by-laws. ther of them could schedules. Royal was under the influence of alco- FORMER CLEC MEMBER convenient for professors." CLEC has a working budget of more attend due to class Hall said he hol. In the few meetings that the SGA than $60,000 of student money. conflicts. had checked his Harry R. Mixon, 20, of Ocilla, was representatives were able to attend, Cahill has refused to comment to "For the most part, I fault her Landrum box on Dec. 4th or 5th and killed after being ejected from the pas- they were apparently told that they student reporters throughout the quar- [Cahill]," Hall said Tuesday. "It's all the memo had not yet reached him. senger side of the car. were not allowed to vote. ter on the situation. Additionally, she just a political game." Hall said he left campus Friday, Dec. 8, Royal was traveling south in his 1993 "It can't happen, quite frankly," has failed to offer a response to the John Nolen, vice president of stu- for winter break, still without having Pontiac Firebird on Highway 67, two Nolen said. 'They are voting members latest charges. dent affairs, said Wednesday the agree- received the memo. miles south of the bypass, when he lost and they have to be allowed to vote." An agreement was reached in the ment should have rectified the prob- Upon returning from break on control of his vehicle, Officer Barton of "SGA met Cahill 80 percent of the November, 1995 meeting with Cahill, lem. Wednesday, Jan. 3, Hall received the the Georgia State Patrol said. way, but she failed to go the extra 20 former SGA president Lee Hyer and "Lee agreed that this agreement memo asking for student schedules. percent," Hall said. Royal ran off the road and struck a others to discuss and rectify the viola- would take care of the immediate con- Hall also received a memo dated Jan. 2 guard rail. After hitting the rail, his car Please see CLEC, page 12 traveled back across the roadway, strik- ing a bridge retainer rail. The car then skidded another 51 feet, coming to face SGA Presidents' Reception east, blockingboth lanes of travel. Mixon General Faculty was ejected from the car on impact with the bridge. amend GSU bylaws Royal and another passenger, Brice ByAlex Boney Fred Smith, faculty represen- R. Thompson, 22, of Sycamore, were Staff Writer treated by EMS personnel, but were not tative from the Henderson seriously injured. GSU's General Faculty de- Library. About 15 minutes later, another car cided last week to eliminate a Whereas all changes to the driven by James Stuart Perry of number of committees and statutes must be approved Statesboro struck Royal's car. Perry said position titles from the GSU by the Board of Regents, the he didn't see Royal's car until the last statutes in order to clear up bylaws can be amended by minute. Perry was not injured and re- obsolete references to former the Faculty Senate! tained moderate damage to his car. inter-campus organizations. Another change in the stat- Royal's car was totaled, police said. After the 1994 utes permits the Faculty Sen- Royal was given a blood alcohol test disaffiliation with Armstrong ate to vote on campus-wide and the results will not be available for State College and Savannah issues by means other than a week to 10 days, Barton said. State College, the position of simple meetings. vice president and dean of Wording was changed in graduate studies was discon- the statutes which opens up tinued so that each school voting possibilities such as [WORD OF THE DAY could regulate its own gradu- electronic vote or mail-in bal- ate program. lots. philoprogenitive (FILo • proJENutiv) The position was never re- 'The purpose isn't to get adj. being fond of one's children or moved from the statutes (the rid of voting at meetings, but Special Photo children in general; having many "Constitution") of GSU, how- to provide ourselves with an- children Representatives from various campus president of every organization on campus to ever, and the General Fac- other way to get decisions organizations mingle at SGA's Presidents' meet one another and the government that ulty corrected this discrep- from the faculty without a Reception Monday night. "The purpose of the Source: Weird Words represents them," SGA President John ancy at its meeting last called meeting," said John event was to provide an opportunity for the Walraven said Feb. 20. week. Pickett, statutes and bylaws The meeting also served to revision committee chair. 'BORO WEATHER move the description of the The last statutes change Graduate Council (formerly at the meeting will allow each Library to add more computers an inter-campus group) from college to elect up to seven By Jeni Smith "Before these computers Additional power cables are the statutes to the bylaws of alternative members to the Staff Writer could be used the library had to being run from the fourth floor the Faculty Senate. Faculty Senate, whereas al- New computer work areas rewire the area because it had to the first floor that are being The Academic Programs ternate membership had for- will be available for students terminated in a new closet that and Curriculum Committee merly been limited to two per by the end of this quarter if will be constructed near the was changed to the Under- college. construction on the first floor elevator. There were new col- graduate Council and its de- 'This change provides the of the Henderson Library re- umns added in the area to carry scription was also moved to Faculty Senate with a bigger mains on schedule. the electrical power safely to the bylaws. membership and a better rep- The changes are part of a the rows of electrical outlets These changes were made resentation of the college as a Henderson Library master being installed on the recep- not only to limit wordiness whole," Pickett said. plan. The plan includes many tacle stations, Hamilton said. within the statutes, but also All statutes changes were Today more changes for the library, A large portion of the bound to facilitate easier access to approved at the meeting, and Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of but these changes were the first periodicals and some micro- the councils should they need the revisions will be sent to showers with highs around 70.