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I 'I ~ . , 1-:) e ~ I 'j ld . 1 I;' q d r··. ,~ '-. E.' illf'.' ,j en: 1:1 'J - ;:< 1'1 - ':J ('1 ,,!, f: h if'. Ivl l.. j d H /" HI -- (:::c. U. (; H 11": [J Republican Club criticism California State University, Chico sparks rebuttal Chico, California Volume 25, Issue 3 page 21 Wednesday, September 19, 199J I I I Column One Dorms halt searches at A.S. demand I rights, and Illimandignity, and in my capacity as a represen Beer, wine served on By LISA RHOADS food service, said the residence halI searches will not tative of thl: studl:nt body, , am making the fol\owing continue. He said his staff met last Thursday to discuss the StajjWriler demands - I campus for new profs issue ;\I1d decide.d to shel ve the policy. I. That the policy of searching residence h;tlI residents '" think (BousqUl:l) has an obligation to protect the Chico State University's campus re University administrators met Associated Students be repealed. ception for new faculty members served Si interests of students, and I applaud him for that," Bankston President Tim Bousquet's demand last Friday to end bag 2. That the university administration makl! a public I erra Nevada Pale Ale, cabemet sauvignon, said. "If (the se;trches) had been brought to my attention checks in campus domlitories after they discovered resident apology to al\ individu;tls whose rights have been violated. and white wine Tuesda)' afternoon, despite !;ooner, it could've been handled differently." advisors were searching students' belongings for alcohol. 1'11,,1: (kmands are 10 be met by noon, Mllnd;ty, Sept. President Robin Wilson's new no-alcohol Bag-check st;ttions were set up at the entrances of In an diort to enforce Chico State University President 17,1990." policy for legally aged students in campus n:sidence halIs to dleck for alcohol possession, Bankston Wilson's alcohol ban in the donm, resident advisers had dormitories. At a prc:;s conference last Friday, Bousquet was said. Some residents h;td their purses, lunch bags and begun inspecting personal possessions of students on The alcohol was served in the Univer asked what \\ lluld h;tppen if his demands were lIot met. I k groceries searched while RA 's checked for alcoholic bev weekend nights. sity Center, the same building in which the quoted U.S. I'n:sident George Bush. erages. Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center Last Thursday, Bousquet said he learned of the searches "Watch and learn," he s;tid. "One doesn't give away Wilson said last Friday that he did not know about the is located. and drafted a memorandum, which stated: the game plnn." Though it is against university rules to "In the name of constitutional principles, indiYidu;t1 Eddie B;tnkston, director of university housing and Sec SClIrch, page 6 consume alcohol on campus, the administra tion was able to serve the booze through a special permission procedure approved by Eddie Bankston, director of housing and Goalie glory food service. Wilson, at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, addressed the nl!w faculty members at the reception. In contrast to Tuesday's affair, Wilson's annual reception for all faculty, which he held last Friday at his Mansion Avenue home, did not serve alcohol. Last year, amid a Wilson campaign against student alcohol consumption, the president's on-campus general reception served wine. This summer Wilson implemented a no-alcohol policy for students of all ages living in campus dormitories. In previous years, legally aged residents were allowed to drink alcohol behind "closed doors." Like the dormitories, Wilson's Man sion Avenue home is part of the Chico State University campus. The question this se mester was whether Wilson would serve alcohol behind his closed doors, as he had done in the past. But when guests showed up for the reception last Friday, the only beverages served were fruit punch and water, said Bob Stanley, a political science professor who attended the affair, . - ,,:, .,' Carol Berg, an assistant to Wilson, said the president decided to avoid serving alcohol this year at his mansion. But Berg said she did not know why he made that decision. Berg said last Friday's party was the first faculty reception to not serve alcohol in the six years she has been at Chico State. Associated Students President Tim Bousquet said the serving of alcohol at the Tuesday reception was inconsistent with Wilson's present campus alcohol policy. "(The facuIty) are obviously of age," he said. "But they probably have the same - percentage of alcohol related problems (as .' students)." Wilson could not be reached for com ment Tuesday. -Greg Bardsley Chico State goal keeper Nancy O'Donnell is mobbed by teammates Jaymee Stone, Leondra May Dodge, Tracy Davis anti others after mal<ing the game winning save in a 6·5 penalty shootout victory over the University of British Columbia. Sec page 9 for related story. NEWS Wilson seeks quiet Halloween Handcuffed students Tau Gamma Theta letter not Page 2 protest library hours blackmail;mernbers claim "Our major concern is to keep a level By PETER GAVIN ENTERTAINMENT By LISA RHOADS I I I", ~: of service that isn't embarrassing," Assistant NeltlsEdilor Staff Writer :i\. Dusenbury said. -----.----------~------------~.~>.- The library has been tightening its ':;." , '1 ... ·;:.::. Three Chico State University foren Tau Gamma Theta fraternity members 'ire reeling ill defense of a letter asking; J 'Kihntagious' music plays in BMU budgetary belt because of the increasing sics students handcuffed themselves on the its neighbors to refrain from calling the police if noise from the fraternity becomes '; Page 7 costs of periodicals. The periodicals budget disturbing. ..' .' . .'. second floor of Meriam Library last Friday this year was cut $8,000, Post said, and it afternoon to protest the lack oflibrary hours .. The frnternity seth a letter to its neighbors n~ar W. 10th andChestnut streets 011(/ takes an additional $120,000 to buy the at the university. Sept. 8, urging them to attempt to "remedy any (noise) problem withoufthe intr~isj()J(.'. same books which were purchased last year. At4:50 p.m. last Friday, Shawn Lewis, 'ofpolice force" and "not to sign complaints llsainst (the fraternity)." ';.' SPORTS Post said he doesn't know if library John Tindell and Chris Davis expressed The letter also said the "high cost of Iseviolilt ions" is makinsi t Illore diff!cl.llt::.~ hours will be reduced even further in the no their discontent with the library hours policy. for the fraternity to move to II new house they are planning toco'nsiruct ncxt fall'on': future. The library is currently open 88 hours Handcuffed for 20 minutes, the trio was told West Third Street. across fromlheCmig Hllll Comp1ei . ..... ..... ; ." . JV football program shelved per week. "Each noise violation tbatwereceivcdircclly:i\ffccts·()urul:illhy}o\noxe.ot.lt of. ,; Page they would be arrested by university police He suid the reserve book room on the 9 if they did not leave. neighborhoood," the letterstnted. .• .. :: '. .' .';«':..',, ..... first floor of the library opens at 7 a.m., but YOll'r "We're graduating and carrying a that students don't take advantage of those ... ... ;.Responding to n front page IIniclei~Jli(qhic:;() ~nrerprise.R(!~:~"d;: ~nSept.l1~. reputation with us for the rest of our lives," . members ofthehousc maintained the letlerWIl~n.Clt a"wtlrnins" directed toward their extra hours. Post added he thinks President said Lewis, a speech communication major "nelght*>l;s, ," /. ", .... ",." ~ " ;',~r: :",;,;,~;-~,/::::, ,'';,,: ~ I ...• ;·:~>~k~~;;;~i,\\~~i:·":'::·;':~ :" :,"., ", Focus Robin Wilson has done a good job protect from Newbury Park. think that, given that the WIlS to was to "I ing library hours from the budget axe. " .' "Tho lqtcnt' of letter not i!lf~IUtll1,' It· Infqiin;\~~(~,Dtwid : fact, if we care about our education and of Tau It is not possible to extend library ;:Wohlrab;. pre.~i~ent .onnlJliaTheta.~\We ',I/al1t.th~inlo knoW:.~")o'~;ilrc·il.Ud,:.: future, we should do everything possible to :~\vhQt~e 'r~d9irg.'?· .. '.. '. .i: ,',' .:.' .......... ;" ........ >:(j;j":.>.;~\'/~~).;;\; :;'\,~(i3·V:;;:.,/;);:: hours because of recent budget cuts, staff ·.r.; Chico not immune to violent crime improve Chico State's tattered reputation. .......... ; Chico St(\tp Univel'sitYllresidclltRQ1)itiWHson .snid .tho Ictlq~:Wi,sthC .~s.ult of' shortages, ~nd increased operating costs, What better symbolizes academics thun the Page 13 Post said. ••... ·.·'clthcr 1I1allc.c of"stupidity';tli~e );~urp'i£k.~!·;i;·\";"··'·.'. .;~. <.i";:: :·'i/:. ,X!/:·.·.~·· library?" • ',. i'· . "I think the situRtlon (regftfdlngth~ le:itc.r)i~riliherl\musing.but 1don~tfeelv~at; "We huve a responsibility to students, The protestors said Chico lacks quiet faculty und alumni to improve the image· sYlnpathy .for the TG ~ 8;" W~l~tm SlIid; ...•..•. : ';' '':;);'')}.:''':.'?' .. i/':j;' :;!;·o}ii;.;·':;.,;:i .."\~~t!;. places to study. As forensics members they , ! here at Chico State," suid Tindell, a speech . A ncighblJf ofthefmtermty, who ~~\}feiTcdto~.mt~i~~rt?~Y:~~~~,;,~~i~,.~~~f~~~,(!>2 EDITORIAL 1 said they rely heavily on library research and communication major from TIlousand Oaks, the lene~~uapp~lllng;.~and cqul ... nlcnt.~?·"bll\ckm~,'I,'!~ ... ;•• ;i,·· '('C:::;,'i\t';j'" '·><:;!~S(\\:·/ii!.h' the current library hours arc inadequate. ..... : .Other neighbors howCVer,5l\idthe)',undl,1rst()w.twhftq~e:fr"t¢mlty w~s"~~~i:~·:~;,t "We feel there are more students out there Bill Pl':lt, directoroflibrary collections, :,1 who feel the way we do," .•.. to.·.·~ommunlcl\te'/bitlfeh their.··cholceof~9r4In.·1I~,w~s,~"kl~~II.,i';:.:,!M.iil>; i;!'.\;!kA~(:;d.;:.;;);:~. Wilson's vision of student culture blurred and Carolyn Dusenbury, director of library :,i:;.:::.' ;::"Thclencr,~ Wlch ~li. ··1~na'iQn!(tt·tu$ii!J~u',,~a'.~;~dmiIi5j 'n;'!lti·"t)tM~e'·;.'tt ,I" , University Police warned the protest Iris an services, met with the protestors lind told citii' Page 21 ors thllt if they continued the protest, the ;".\:b·~~hts bC'dis~I"rbli;g't~' tho:en~r"I' iiiili6sl}j)~ij~t :ihC:~'~iShbO'rho~;i',.i'\::\?;;il;j::;')1r them the Ii brill)' is facing financial difticulties and d.oes not hllve the budget allotment .••• :': •.