CAMPUS 3 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1973 Brawl Breaks out in Baldwin Hall
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VOLUME 97, NUMBERCAMPUS 3 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1973 Brawl Breaks Out In Baldwin Hall from a standing height upon the from entering. "Don't try to go cording to an informed source, Yesterday the Dean of Students An altercation in the 3rd in," they told the counselors. they had obtained a master key Office sent letters to the Prospect section of Baldwin Hall victim's back with the force of the fall being centered on one "We're counselors. We have to from another counselor in the presidents of the Crow and Delt promises to have ramifications go in," the counselors said. When building and were trying to get that will endure long after the knee. The assailant has been houses and to the floor counselors positively identified by an one of the counselors tried to into the room of another Delt in 3rd Prospect stating that the physical pain sustained by in- move one of the obstructors of the pledge, but the occupant had jured participants has subsided. eyewitness. After the victim was Dean of Students Office will thus subdued he was carried into doorway out of the way, he was barricaded his door. Failing to make a full investigation and that At least one of the persons in- told, "Don't touch me. Get your gain entry, the group left the volved in the half-hour long the lavatory and "swirled", as any further continuance of the one assailant stood on his back hands off me." At least one of building at about 12:00 incident will lead to immediate disturbance late Wednesday these persons has been positively Campus security officers, who night plans to press charges and forced his head into the toilet disciplinary action by the Dean of with his other foot. identified as well. had been notified of the distur- Students Office. through the college judicial When the counselors did get bance at 11:40, arrived ap- system. While this was ,going on, three A person close to the situation or four Crows stood outside the into the lavatory, the group had proximately five minutes after The incident involved ap- finished and departed. Ac- the group left Baldwin. See Brawl, page 8 proximately 30 persons, the lavatory and prevented counselor majority of whom were either upperclass members or pledges of the Alpha Chi Rho ("Crows" Referendum fraternity. An eyewitness told the Campus that at about 11:30 Wednesday night a gang of 25 to 30 allegedly results intoxicated people, mainly Crows, showed up - looking for Delt pledges." The group located two Delt pledges, took them into a out lavatory, and subjected them to a Allegheny students favor ••• "swirling" in the toilet. This is a funding the Lacrosse Club, but practice that consists of placing they really don't care by whom, the victim's head in a toilet and ASG's most recent referendum then flushing it. indicated. According to an informed In the closest tally of the four source, this action was taken questions on the referendum, ro against the Delt pledges by the students voted to have ASG give Crows in reprisal for a the Lacrosse Club $400, partially "swirling" that had been in- fund the Ciub's $1,000 operating flicted earlier in the week upon a costs for the upcoming season. ' Crow pledge who lived in the (see box ) same section. The Campus' The Lacrosse Club petitioned source confirmed that this earlier ASG to have the first referendum incident had occurred, but that it question put on the ballot. had absolutely no fraternity Despite a belief to give the Club An artist's conception of Allegheny's proposed library. overtones. Rather, he alleged ASG's money, students over- that this initial "swirling" in- whelmingly favored full funding flicted upon the Crow pledge had by the Athletic Department, on been committed by a diverse the second question on the ballot. New Library Plans group of fraternity due to feelings On question three, given a choice Released of animosity that had risen between ASG funding and among the residents of the sec- athletic support, the poll, again, By SUE BYROM library specialist was hired to need for additional information. tion towards the person. turned in favor of having the look at the possibilities of We later had new ideas and some "Apparently the Crow pledge people in Mellon and the In 1931, Reis Library, built in renovating Reis a second time. It changes but they were all able to went back and gave the im- fieldhouse supply the team for 1902, was rennovated under a was decided that it would be too be explained orally." pression that this had been done expenses. plan that was to last for the next expensive. The new library, a three floor to him by Delts because he was a The referendum centered 25 years. Forty-two years later After much research and building covering 90,000 square Crow," said the Campus' source. around a recent controversy in the executive committee of the planning the report of the 1972 feet, will be located on the block The first two victims of the ASG, involving the financial Board of Trustees has decided to faculty library was presented to opposite the observatory and group submitted without a status of the Club. construct a new library in the the trustees and then sent to Mr. Carnegie. Brown house, the old struggle to "swirling", but a The Club has been seeking immediate future, hopefully in J. Russell Bailey of Bailey and Phi Psi house, and the other third attempted to resist. An funds from some source -- either 1974, in accordance with a plan Gardner, a building company of buildings on that block will be eyewitness reported that he was ASG or the Athletic Department - submitted by the 1972 faculty Orange, Virginia that specializes torn down. About the architect's physically assaulted by - since the first term. library planning committee. in libraries. picture of the new library, Mr. assailants who held him, pinned The Athletic Department, This 1972 faculty library "The report was sent with the Zack said, "you do not get the him on the floor and did "knee however, contends it does not committee is the second of such idea that it would be revised," right perspective of the building. drops" on his back, a practice committees. The first was set-up Miss Moser said, "but his that is accomplished by dropping See Referendum, page 4 in 1965. Subsequent to 1965, a response was that there was no See Library, page 8 Judicial Board's Statement The Student Judicial Board, after careful deliberation, has reached C.C. Cabinet Appointment unanimous decisions regarding the charges brought against the Campus Center Cabinet by the Student Committee of the Listening Lounge. The charges and the Board's decision on each one are as follows: CHARGE 1. "That this cabinet denied William Maze and Allen fluff Controversy Settled the correct interviewing procedure that was due to them as applicants to the position of CC Manager." The Board agrees that in the initial selection process inequitable and CC of acting in an "arbitrary and the selection process. incompetent procedure was employed which resulted in not only the By SHERI HOISINGTON capricious manner, both in the The Student Committee of the abrogation of Mr. Maze and Mr. Huff's rights as candidates for the specific breaches of procedure Listening Lounge, composed of post in dispute, but also in the repudiation of the selected candidate's Last Monday evening, April 2, and in the general manner in persons who felt the February 12 legitimacy. Such repudiation could possible have led to ill effects for the. Student Judicial Board met to which the selection was held. decision unfair, to the two other both the CC Manager and staff and the Allegheny student body in make a final decision on the three The Judicial Board also applicants, William (Burner) general during the new Manager's term of office, had the election been charges brought against the CC recommended that the CC submit Maze and Alan Huff, brought this allowed to stand. concerning the controversial a written constitution to ASG to to the attention of.the CC. The CC CHARGE, 11. "That in the second selection that was held, that the selection procedures followed by be ratified by ASG or the student committee met again on Wed- CC Cabinet is guilty (sic) of conflict of interest, in so far as it was they the CC in selecting a manager for body and that ASG review the nesday, February 28 to reselect a who were guilty (sic) of the first breach (sic) of procedure, and it was the 1973-74 academic year. selection procedures of other new CC manager. they who held the second selection under compromising cir- Careful and extensive campus organizations in an at- Bob Olmstead was again cumstances." scrutinizing and deliberation by tempt to prevent future conflicts chosen, the committee deciding Considering the evidence presented, the Board recognizes the the committee of all available of this sort. him to be the best qualified questions of "conflict of interest" and "compromising cir- evidence resulted in the following This meeting was the result of candidate. cumstances" which are raised. However, we conclude that these decisions: 1) The Board agreed an incident occurring on Still voicing dissatisfaction possibilities did not in fact materialize. The second selection that the first charge made was February 12, 1973 when the CC with the decision, the Student procedure followed as closely as possible tradition-established valid in that the initial selection committee of ex officio seniors, Committee of the Listening precedent (excluding the unfortunate first selection procedure procedure employed was not CC cabinet members, past CC Lounge brought the conflict to the previously discussed) in the absence of other alternative procedures.