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John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 2-13-1997 The aC rroll News- Vol. 90, No. 16 (1997) John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: https://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 90, No. 16 (1997)" (1997). The Carroll News. 1242. https://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/1242 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ove NETWORk Vo lume 90 Number 16 • February 13, 1997 Court orders deputies to JCU Gina M. Girardot countersuit against ESP by Mercury Iron search for the DFR was funded by $50,000 the product. Tom O'Konowltz and Steel Co., after ESP, a fiber optics corpo Ohio Ed1son eed Grant that was gtven to Despite repeated reque!>t~. VJCe President ~The Carroll News ration, filed a civil suit against MlSCO for John Carroll University for the research of Busmessjonathan lvec ref used to release On january 28, Cuyahoga Co unty unpaid research and development services. Carome said that ESP has had grants or disc uss the State of Ohio grant, whtch ts Sheriff's Deputies tagged property in two According to court documents, Carome with the umve rsity to do similar types of funded by public money and IS therdore John Carroll physics labs. The property be was doing research for MISCO, a refracto work on campus. considered public mformauon. In fact, two longed not to JCU but instead to Edjewise meter corporation, to develop a digital re According to Norm Chagnon, manager Carroll News reporters were essentially Sensor Products(ESP),acompanyof which fractometer (D RF). "Ref ractometers are of the State of Ohio's Thomas Ed1 son Pro ejected from h1s office after they had sub physics chairman Edward F Carome, is an used w measure different chemical con gram, the grants areg1ven to umversities on mmed a wntten request for th1s mforma executive officer. centratio ns," said Mike Rainer, vice presi behalf of companies to develop products. tion. The tagging was part of the procedure to dent of MISCO. "Any company that uses The money must be repaid to Thomas According to jeff Herbert, expert wit collect on an $875,000 court jud gment chemicals th atare mixed with water[would Edison only if the product is successful. ness for Ml CO, "The developmenr [of the against ESP for neglige nt misrepresenta use ref ractometers]." The money is given w the university, but ir DFRI would have prov1ded MISCO With a ti on. The jury judgment resulted from a According to Carome, pan of the re- is the company's responsibihty to develop see DEPUTIES, page 3 Finally... Beato wins SU President elec t in the spotlight gains 63% majority Brian Murphy Tom O'Konowltz Assistant Sports Editor mo · i Da 1 , and he needed one quickly. The John Carroll University men's basketball team had possession of the ball under its own basket during the second half of its Saturday night home game against Otterbein. Pfundstein needed head coach Mike Moran to call a play, but Moran was still sc reamingat the official who had, in Moran's opinion, made an incorrect possession call referendum vote the last time the Streaks had the ball. and last year's Pfundstein futilely attempted twice to get a play called. executive elec Finally, he simply sc reamed, "Coach!" Pfundstein's tone, tion, according however, said, 'Get your head in the game.' toSU representa When Pfundstein, 5'10", 170 pounds, from Solon, steps tives. onto a basketball court, everyone play ing with him knows "I'm so ex what he will provide for hi s team. cited,"Beatosaid. He will give every ounce of his energy diving for loose "But it's really a balls.sink ing key shots, throwing great passes, making big bittersweet vtc steals, taking care of the ball , playing tough defense, and tory for me. It providing invaluable leadership. was a well fought "I just know that when he walks out onto the court, he's campaign from g01ng to play the game hard, 110 percent," senior guard joey both ends." Chris Beato Bigler said. "He's going to put forth his best effort in what Beato said ever way he can." that his oppo- For four seasons at Carroll, Pfundstein has been giving it nent,jeff Becherer, was a friend of his who was very his all every second of every game. He is the consummate qualified for the position. worker:sprinting,scraping,skidding,slashing. Thatissome As for his presidecy, Beato said that his primary thtng only someone who plays with or coaches Pfundstein focus will be the diversification of the Union. can understand, senior JJ. Richardson said. "I want to get more people involved ," he satd. "I "You can't appreciate what a great player he is until you want the Union to speak for what the students play with him, until you catch one of his passes, until you really want." coach him," Richardson said. Beatosatd that he is interested in doing a lot wtth Ri chardson's point is seen in the fact that Pfundstein has the new House of Representatives. He said that he never been named roan all-Ohio Athletic Conference team, is considering creating separate meetings for the which is voted on by the league's lO coaches, whether first group, defi ning the role of Speaker of the House, ream, second team, or even honorable mention. and placing the review committee under the House. Lastyear,Pfundstein led theOACinsteals pergame(2.4), Senior Dave Pfundstein splits two defenders as he He also has suggested a possible reorganizatiOn was second in assists per game( 4.8),and thi rd in free throw drives to the hoop of SU committees and the creation of a committee percenrageC.873). Those statistics were not good enough for fai r so more students could be involved. even an honorable mention. that kind of stuff." Among his first actions in office, Beato said that Pf undstei n holds his scoring average accountable for not he would like wwork with thecreationof a student making the team. "The people on the committees look at Although other coaches seem to not nonce Pfundstein's comri burions, his own team matesand coaches realize what activity fee, which he sa1d IS already being re scoring and not really the other things I do .. .! think the big searched by joe Whalley, co-chair of the student thingiswithscoring," hesaid. "I'm not m the double digits." an integral pan he plays in their success. Moran praised Pfundstein saying, "I've had a lot of great point guards, and tssues committee. Pf undstem, however, rare! y has a problem dealing with I really think this young man is the greatest I've been asso "!The activity feel will at least double fundmg for bemg overlooked. He said that initially the news is some organizations," Beato sa1d. "Our organizations are umes hard to take because he feels he dese rves the honors. ciated with." In just observing Pfundstein, however, one might think grossly underfunded when compared to other Je "But I thmk just hearing the coaches around the league suit universities." say, 'You're a good player,' is more important than getting that he does have quite the ego. He wall<;s with a confident swagger and has an air of cockiness about h1m. But only if Beato said that he wasappreciauveof the people recognized outside (the league!," he said. "It's really never that helped him in his campaign. bothered me, I guess, because I really don't have an ego for see PFUNDSTEIN, page 12 see ELECTIONS, page 2 2 NEWS The Carroll News, February 13, 1997 The Carroll News, February 13, 1997 NEWS 3 ELECTIONS DEPUTIES tal loss of $1,729,920 as a result of County Court of Common Pleas continued from page 1 And the winners are ... continued from page 1 the representations of ESP and "The development [of the DFR] . .. would have I INJEWS JBJ!RlEIFS I Carom e. judge Daniel 0. me around buildingsdunngmycam sigmfi cant com The jury, mad Corngan which provided MISCO with a significant competitive paign,"hesaid "I'dalsoliketothank President: Chris Beato pe titive advan dition to finding read: "Go with RickCarfagna for hismnovativecam tage m the mar against ESP for out delay to Lab advantage in the matketplace." House elects speaker patgn ideas. but especially Amy 63percent ketplace." negligent repre 39 (Dr. Edward Sophomore Laura Witkowski was elected Kerner for her support and belief m However, sentation m the Carome's labo- Speaker of the House of Representatives at Tuesday's me." Vice President: Barry MacEntee statements and amount of ratof)•), lab 77 jeffrey Hubert, CPA Student Union meeting. The House also elected Beato said that he was looking for representations $875,000, also de- (Dr. Carome's jumors Mike Coughlin and Meg Martin and sopho ward to working with Vice-President 39 percent (write-in) by ESP and cided against storage area) more Robb Giambrone co the Review Committee. F.lect Barry MacEntee. as he would Carome con MlSCO for and Dr Carome' s office, all of Green Road address wh1ch the Fredenck Travis. john Carroll diversify the executive board, since Secretary: Meghan Rogers cerning the $69,744 for un which are located in the Physic Ohio Secretary of State's office provost, said that he knew of no Valentine's Dance is tomorrow he has never held an elected SU posi progress on the paid development department.