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John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 2-14-1991 The aC rroll News- Vol. 80, No. 5 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 80, No. 5" (1991). The Carroll News. 973. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/973 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]. Serving the John Carroll University Community Vol. 80, No.5 John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio 44118 February 14,1991 SU nominations complete STUDENT UNION EXECUTIVE Sophomore Lori Polisseni was take responsibility not credit. I BOARD CANDIDATES by Allee Corle also nominated for SU secretary envision you and I working to NewsEdHor by freshman Joe Parks. gether to make the Student Union "The Student Union secretary better." does not require Sophomore Class President, Four srudents accepted their good handwrit Dan Hanson nominated Dennis nominations for the Stud em Union ing or typewrit McAndrew, current junior class Executive Offices ofsecretary and ing skills," said senator, for the SU treasurer's treasurer last Tuesday at the SU Polisseni. "A office. meeting. secretary re "The Student Union is more Freshman Amy Gohr nomi quires dedica than an organization that distrib nated current Freshman Class tion, intelligence • utes money and plans dances," President, Danielle Dachller for and volunteer~~==~ said McAndrew. the office of SU secretary. activism ... all of which I believe I "It is a place where student's "I feel that once I set my mind have." voices are heard and their actions to something, I can accomplish Dachtler and Polisseni join are seen." anything," said Dachtler. "I am junior Adrienne D'Angelo in the General elections for the Ex dedicated, honest, respectful of race for the secretary's position. ecutive offices of president, vice other people's opinions and I stick "The time for action is now," president and chief justice will be with what I've set my mind to." said D'Angelo. "It is the time to Feb. 18 and 19. Delegates attend NASCCU puses across the nation. eluded." by Anton Zuiker This year's conference, titled Students and administrators "AIDS Education: How can a from Mt. St. Mary's College in AIDS education on Catholic Catholic campus approach it?" was Emmitsburg, Maryland presented campuses was the focus of the aimed at urging students and their their acclaimed ATDS program, second annual conference of the universities to unplement educa which includes freshman worit National Association of Srudents tional programs concerning the shops and a booklet distributed at Catholic Colleges and Univer world's fastest growing epidemic. throughout the campus. The sities (NASCCU). Rev. Rodney DeMartini, S.M., NASCCU delegates were en "AIDS is obsolete; once you director of AIDS education for the couraged to return to their re see it, it's too late," said Dr. Kevin Archdiocese of San Francisco, spective campuses to implement Harris of the Franciscan Univer gave the keynote address. similar programs. Drugs confiscated from sity of Steubenville. Harris ad "I think we have our priorities Two John Carroll Student dressed the 90 student delegates, screwed up when we can't find Union programs were offered at 1\ilillor Hall resident who gathered on the campus of money to fight a social disease the conference as resources for the University of Dayton on the and poverty, when we can find the the student delegates. by Elmer Abbo and his father Monday morning. weekend of Feb.S-10. money to fight a war," said Joe Cimperman, SU chief jus Farrell said the srudent withdrew The conference, attended by Demartini. "We can't wait for the tice, presented the Project Gold A Millor HaJJ resident with fonn the University after consul eight John Carroll University hierarchy to act ..:... we are the service program, hoping for other drew from John Carroll University tation from his father. students, was focused on the AIDS church... Don't discount your schools to follow suit in imple this past Monday after having been No charges have been made by epidemic and the growing call for power, the power to change menting service project opportu found with possession of mari the University against the student; AIDS education on Catholic cam- another's behavior, yours in- nities for students. juana however, Farrell said charges will "Never in the inception of According to Donna Byrnes, be pressed. Project Gold did we feel that it directorofhousing,an instirutional University Heights Police could go national. Our support search of the student's room was Dept. was consulted, said Farrell. goes out to any school that wants conducted on the afternoon of "They're in concurrence with to try its hand with major service Saturday, Feb. 9. A search warrant the way it was handled," he said. projects," Cimperman said. for illegal d111gs was presented to Byrnes said it was the flrst such Mike Ryan, Senior Class the student. incident in several years. president, presented the SafeR ides Byrnes said that infonnation Both Farrell and Byrnes said program, a project to cut down was received that there were ille the action was not part of an effort drunk driving incidents. Many gal drugs in the room. Joe Farrell, to \,ncrease enforcement against delegates took the information dean of students, said there was illegal drug use on campus. provided by Ryan, in hopes of indication that marijuana was be "I think we have been and are starting similar projects. ing used the previous night doing all we can . I don't see any Elections for NASCCU also Six bags of marijuana were step up in enforcement," said Cash or took place at the conference. Joe confiscated, according to Farrell. Farrell. Charge? Cirnperman ran for the office of Farrell visited the resident Satur "There has been no policy a student's national president, but a founding day evening, at which time the changes. Given the samesiruation dilemna NASCCU member was elected. student compHed to Farrell's re last year or next week, we would Sophomore Lori Polisseni ran for quest to temporarily leave the have done it again," said Byrnes. regional director, but lost to a campus until Monday. John Carroll security was un Dayton delegate. Farrell met with the student available for comment. Page2 EDITORIAL The Carroll News, February 7, 1991 Diversification demands education John Carroll University is a liberal arts college that professes to offer a has done it in his classes. The saddest thing is that many people will read well-rounded education. A student can learn a multitude of facts about this anicle and ask themselves, "Who are James Kilgore and Maya business, communication, literature, or science. It seems, however, the Angelou?" For those readers who are genuinely uninformed, they are two diversity of education stops when it reaches the outer edges of the of America's greatest black poets. Eurocentric. World history, American Literature, and other courses seem Although poetry will not solve the problem of racial tension, it, along to always overlook the accomplishments of minorities. This oversight on with music, an, philosophy, science, and world history, certainly is a stan. the pan of scholars adds sap to the sticky mess we call racial intolerance. Students should be made aware of the fact that minorities have had a direct Mr. Ronald Oleksiak, director of minority affairs; Anthony President, effect on their way of life. Anytime anyone is sitting at a traffic light they president of the Black United Students Association; and Linda Seward, should give this idea some serious thought. This may help to curb some of professor of intercultural communications, each agree that racial prejudice the ill-founded hatred that has been fostered by centuries of ignoring stems from an ignorance that is instilled in the prime of youthful innocence. everything but the mainstream. The traffic light, by the way, was invented Ignorance is the manifestation of life without a well-rounded education. by Garrett Morgan, a black man. Although university students are beyond the years ofchildhood training, the fact that there are universities proves that education of America's post high school youth is not an impossible task. Unfortunately, the adminis Let's start facing reality tration at John Carroll has not fully implemented a plan of learning that All right, kids, happy for a little while. allows young people to rise above the tar pits of racial prejudice. All of the time to face real But Saddam Hussein must not be able 10 classes offered in the curriculum, with the exception of a few, barely offer ity. Today, weare see this. He holds fastiO the beliefs that he so much as a candle to the issue of racial diversification. at war with Iraq. can go in and take over some land simply What is called for is a broadening in the scope and dimension of present Tomorrow,wewill because he wantS iL Whether Hussein had courses. It seems only appropriate to take more than a glance at the nations still be at war with a reason for this or not is not the point. The Iraq. Most likely, fact of the mauer is that Hussein invad~ of Africa in World History class. It would not take much to talk about we will still be at an independent country with no provoca.j James Kilgore and Maya Angelou along with Robert Frost and William war with lraq next Lion. Carlos Williams.