Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1995-1996 Eastern Progress 2-29-1996 Eastern Progress - 29 Feb 1996 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1995-96 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 29 Feb 1996" (1996). Eastern Progress 1995-1996. Paper 22. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1995-96/22 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1995-1996 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LACROSSE ROADS HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEATHER TODAY High Mike Reid, the lacrosse team Nine Eastern students will 22, Low 10, goalie, helped the squad celebrate their first birth- sunny claim two shutout victories day since 1992 today. B1 FRIDAY High in its first three games. BS 32, Low 14, partly sunny SATURDAY CTIVITIES High 30, Low A A CCENT 16, light snow THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 74 /No. 22 14 pages February 29, 1996 Student publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 ©The Eastern Progress Greeks investigate downtown rumble BY MARY ANN LAWRENCE flicts that have occurred in the investigated. AND JAMIE NEAL downtown area over the past few On that date, Kevin Morrison, a months, Adams said. junior education major and inactive A free-for-all downtown involv- "Personally, I think the violence member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ing members of two fraternities is getting worse," he said. "I know said he was taken to the hospital for resulted in the arrest of an Eastern we get a lot of fights down there. injuries he sustained in a fight out- student Saturday, state police said. Something's happening down there side Bottles Tavern. Steven Lee, a freshman from every night." Morrison, on the advice of his Liberty and a member of Beta Theta Adams said he didn't know if the attorney, declined to comment on the Pi, was arrested for disorderly con- majority of the fights involved a fra- nature of the fight or his condition, duct and alcohol intoxication and ternity, but he believed the incident but said as far as he and Ins doctors lodged in the Madison County Saturday night was far from over. knew, his injuries would heal. Detention Center overnight, accord- "This was a fight between the "I've still got to go to the dentist ing to police. Lee had no comment SAEs and the Betas," Adams said. and the eye doctor again." he told about the brawl. "It is my understanding that there the Progress Tuesday. "As far as The right, involving at least 10 had been a fight earlier in the week charges and all that, it's really too people, was broken up outside the where an SAE had gotten beat up early to tell. It's a police matter." Family Dog, said Kentucky State pretty bad. so the SAEs went down- So far, no charges have been Police Trooper Stuart Adams, the town with the intention of getting made against Morrison's attacker. arresting officer. the Betas back. Detective Randy Isaacs of "It was a pretty good fight," "It was a revenge thing. That's Richmond police said ihe-ffffrcers Adams said. "I just happened to be what the young man I arrested told would have had to me the suspect driving by when I saw a gang of me. and that was the word on the actually hitting ihe individual in people fighting in the street. When I street. So. I'm sure it's not over." order to arrest someone stopped, I just grabbed the first one The fight Saturday apparently "There was a fight out in front of I saw swinging." stemmed from another incident on The figh is one of several con- Feb. 22 which Richmond police SEE FIGHT, PAGE AS GOP presidential_eiection^ tightens as primaries roll on BY MATT MCCARTY the conservative definition of what Managing editor a liberal is," she said. ' And while there is no clear-cut Conservative and liberal are two definition of what the two sides rep- words that appear distinct in their resent, there is no clear-cut favorite usage, but actually mean more. of who will win Ihe Republican Exactly what the meaning of con- nomination for President servative and liberal is was the topic There are four candidates who of discussion last night among polit- have moved to the head of the pack ical science professors Ken Johnson. But after rounding the first turn oi Janet Patton and Jane Rainey. the 1996 Primary Election, none Today's conservative was origi- have taken control. nally known as liberal, but the term America," Johnson said. One plays a song the conserva- got transformed through the years. Patton said she didn't think tive establishment seems to know Johnson said Tuesday. He said the either term "is very helpful in evalu- by heart. Another speaks to ami liberals had a link to Franklin ating the current candidates." abortionists and alienated workers. •-_«_ „,„ . , Progress/ MARIE MOFFITT Tamika Qlllenwator, a freshman social work major, and Dickie Smith, an operations techni- Roosevelt and his new deal policies. Each side also has a definition of A third is a moderate from the south cian for media resources, dance together at the Ebony Ball held Saturday night in the Keen Johnson also said the words con- what the other side represents. while the fourth is known by two words — Hat tax. Johnson Ballroom. The event was sponsored by Multicultural Student Services. servative and liberal are totally dif- Patton said, which isn't always ferent in other countries. accurate. "The two are pretty unique in "For example. I don't agree with SEE PRIMARY, PAGE A6 Net users must abide by ethics code or else BY TIM MOLLETTE Staff writer " Why is the vax always busy? See story A5 Two Eastern students were tem- porarily stripped of their vax access The code of ethics presents sev- privileges this semester due to vio- eral other activities which are con- lations of the university's Code of sidered violations, including send- Ethics for Computing and ing obscene, abusive or harassing Communications. material to other computer users The Office of Academic and starting or extending chain let- Computing would not release the ters. violator's names, but systems pro- Lane said finding a vax user who grammer Dudley Cornman said in is violating the code of ethics usual- both instances the violations cen- ly comes as a surprise. tered on harassment through the use "Our assumption is that people of electronic mail. are abiding by the code of ethics, so According to the abuses of mail we don't normally monitor a lot of utility guidelines, "use of the mail things." Lane said. "Users agree to utility to send offensive messages or follow the code, and we don't doubt to otherwise bother other vax users that they are until someone com- GOING TO THE OVC DANCE is a violation of the EKU academic plains." computer user's privileges and Once a serious violation has been Accent B1 The women's basket- responsibilities. Action will be determined. Lane said the user's Activities B5 taken against offenders." Progress/ VICTOR M. CUELLAR account can be turned off for the Ad Index B8 ball team celebrated "One user kept sending mail to semester, and the situation turned Arts B3 someone who had asked him to a triple overtime vic- without a complaint being filed. vax users agree to operate under over to regular campus disciplinary Classifieds A4 stop, and the other was about the Lane said, occurs during regular tory Sunday against when they open an account. procedures. News Briefs A4 same," Cornman said. "The rule is system checks when attempted Although this semester's mail If the user is unsatisfied with the People B4 Tennessee State and we turn it off until they talk to us. break-ins into the Eastern system utility offenders were only tem- decision of the disciplinary board. Perspective A2. 3 Then if the offense isn't too serious, are detected. porarily barred from the vax, more Lane said the user can appeal again qualified for the OVC Police Beat A4 the account is turned back on." "We try to treat e-mail as U.S. serious or repeal offenses can result to the university information and tournament. The Lady Although this semester's viola- mail as much as we can," Lane said. Preview B2 in long suspensions, Cornman said. technology committee, which can Colonels will play tions dealt with e-mail abuse, acade- "Unless there is an extreme com- Violations which have called for reconsider the actions taken. Sports B6. 7. & 8 mic support manager Margaret Lane plaint, we don't do any monitoring." longer suspensions.-Cornman said, Austin Peay Saturday "Violations on campus and CLASS PATTERN said an individual's mail is not mon- This monitoring "for the purpose include using programs to access or across the Internet are something we itored until a complaint has been in Nashville. B6 of detecting violations" is provided alter other user's accounts or inter- try to stop," Lane said. "It's an edu- filed with academic computing. R F for in the restrictions on privacy fering with the regular operation of cational experience for everybody The only monitoring that occurs section of the code of ethics, which the system involved." A2 PERSPECTIVE Thursday, February 29, 1996 THE EASTERN PROGRESS Feeling the Internet has stress of cool waves 'real world' for surfers "Wait until you get into the real world, then you'll really know what stress is like." Have you ever wondered what the Internet As college students, we have heard these is? Are you mystified by the strange "http://" words too many times before.