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University Leader Archive. 354. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/university_leader/354 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives Online at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Leader Archive by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. • NE~S Lle K Sl ~lS sec ~E~G~IAL euILOl~G TUPEI<~• 1<5 (;(;612 .· ... :.. ·. •:. -~ - ! ·: Features Viewpoint Sports ,•:;, ' - ·1 Mike Williams ("'rformed in the Gallery Series Monday . dJ The Fort Hays State University residence halls ate The Fort Hays State Tigcr basketball team concludes a ,,, I/ and Tuesday nigl-ts before small crowds at lhe Backdoor. ,-, · i!:1 a financial crisis. Some solutions' to the problem six-game road trip this weekend with league contests . ·• ~- ' : His pttformance was the second since· the re-opening of · ~i' have been proposed and discussed in today's issue of against Missouri Western Sute College and Wayne State ....,., i the Backdoor: · University Leader. · College. · · .. · See 1!tory,. page 2. - .. · See edltorlal, ·page 4. '1, See story, page 5. , .-. ·{: l :~, The. University. Leader ' , Vol. 80, No •. 34 SGA tackles HPER, GPA at meeting By KRISTY LOVE FeanreEdit>r . Voting on the Student Govern- ment Association's bill, which calls for funds to be divene4 from the HPER fund to aid housing, was put off until next week at last night's SGA meeting. The bill. which was read for the first time at last week's meeting, was originally scheduled for a final vote tonight · · · However, it was vcitcd by the senate to table the bill until lhc next meeting so efforts could be made to . inform students more about the situation. The bill called for.di\·erting Sl.75 or the $3 .50 HPER fee already attached ta studems'.credit hour fee to the housing department. The purpose of this action is to aid the housing department. which is losing money, without incurring an addiLional fee upon the studenlS. [f passed, the bill will s.how ·support or the . plan by SGA. The plan will then be tccommended LO the president of the university and to the Kansas Board of Regents. In other business al last night's meeting, Robert Van Poppel, Ptloto by i,rac:1 Norton director of aL.,.letics, addressed the Doug Stevenson,_ Sallna · freshman, practices the high crawl In the Army ~o,:_c lab yesterday affernoon near Cunningham Hall. senate on the problems the Fort Hays State athletic department has encountered this year. Van Poppel said he would approve Violent rate down at Average liPA - i-·au .'86 By RANDY MATHEWS more dangerous." "What was considered a battery is Brown has noticed one significant Brown said FHSU's policy on Fresbmeil Staff Wr!YH . Brown agrees with that assess· considered a sexual assault now,- trend in alcohol-related crime at student crime has changed very little. Norr-alhlet= t.84 "Beliavior problems are usually ~tudcnt-aihklcs 2.87 Despite a number of highly- menl, but he said the report is Brown said. FHSU. publicized violent crimes in recent misleading. Brown's statistics reflect this "Our vandalism has decreased taken care of here, but criminal cases Sophomore, ·months, Fort Hays State is not The increase in violent crime is change: His office investigated four tremendously since we haven't had arc almost always taken to court," he Non-llhlctcs 1.45 Sl\ldm.athJctes 1.55 experiencing a rise in overall the result of better reporting of assaults in 1985. That figure doubled alcohol on campus," he said. said. criminal activity, Donald Brown, criminal activity and a difference in . last year. The majority of vandalism One advantage Brown said his Juniors reporting methods, he said. · In adilition, Brown said, that rcponed to Brown's office involved office has over some other schools is Non-llhlctes 2.51 chief of university police, said.. · Studcnl-alhleta 2.35 "If anything, I've noticed a This difference in reporting number is even more misleading· damage to cars in the parking lots its rapport with unive~ity of(icials, decrease. ll's certainly down from methods is ·the result of a recent because or.e i:idividual was involved near the Baclcdoor. He said since the most notably Jellison's ofr~. Stators "They don't tell us what we can or Non-aihkta 2.18 what it was five 10 IO years ago; standardization by the Kansas Bureau in at least half of the school's Baclcdoor quit scrv ing beer, Sbldenl·llhktcs · 2.47 Brown said. of Investigation of what constitutes re~rted · assaults in 1986. That vandalism in that area has decreased. can't w:e to coun," he said. violent crime in reports filed with person is no longer at FHSU. Jellison agrees lhat alcohol has If they ·think they have enough GPA by sport Fall '86 The question was raised in light of a recently released report on nation- their office, Brown said. Bill Jellison, vice president for played a major role in such criminal evidence to seek a conviction. they will prosecute, he said . Football 2.30 wide campus crime sutistics. The "We didn't used to report a car student affairs, said he is not aware activity at FHSU. Wancn's Bukesb.ll 3.13 study was conducted by the first being broken into as a burglary. It of any substantial :n::rM~ in violent "Behavior rclat.ed to alcohol has Jellison said thc-relations-bet-'fl-ec-n------ ·Basmill 2.34 National Conference on Campus was just a theft," he said. · crime at FHSU. · been the predominant source or lhe two ofrices are very good. Volleyball 3.06 "The rapport with his office and Mais Btsked:.X} 2.25 Violence in Towson, Md. A burglary is considered a violent ·1 see no pattern. over my 27 years problems since I arrived here in 2.33 The report indicated the campus crime, and as a result of the new at this university of any more or less 1960, • he said. "At least 80 percent m111c is excellent," Jellison said. w:ticsmilin 2.1, women·fTmrus 2.58 crime rate nationwide has been reporting methods, there were 18 violent crime. I believe there is of the behavior problems here have They are always given a full Mcn's-WDCI'Gl's Tnck 2.51. foiling, but the number of violent burglaries reported on the FHSU some upswing in the destruction of involved alcohol," Jellison said. rcpon, and they l1USt them on which crimes is incn:asing. campus in 1986 compared with only propcny, but that is true or society Jellison concurs with Brown that way to go with a prosecution, he of a bjll amending the SGA Dorothy Siegel, Towson Slate four in 1985. in general," he said. the new policy prohibiting alcohol said. constitution LO require a 2.0 GPA for University's vice president of student Assaults is another area affected by Another conclusion drawn by the on campus has caused a reduction in Jellison said he is concerned with students of any department that services and organizer of the the change, due to the addition or conference is that alcohol consump- the amount of vandalism that had the trend toward more civil receives allocations from SGA and conference, consulted with security sexual assaults to that category. tion is involved in an increasing occurcd around the Backdoor and the prosecutions. uses those funds to pay student personnel from nearly 50 U.S. "'8S-'86 was the first year we number or campus assaults. Memoriru Union. colleges. reaJly had many calls on sei1:ual Although Brown does not keep The conrercnce swdy also reponcd "I believe colleges have made a salaries. mistake in attempting to force Van Poppel gave statistics "What we found was only about assaults," Brown said. He said he track of such statistics, he is not that more and more schools arc now one-third of campuses rcporled an believes this is due to increased surprised by the rcpon. referring studen1-rela1cd campus sludcnt problems into the civil showing that freshman and couru; he said. "We have more sophomore :uhlctcs have a higher increase or crime, but lhe violent public awareness about sei1:ual "I would think that campus crimes to civil couns: In the past. nature of those crimes is increasing; crimes, combined with the new assaults arc almost always involved most cases were arbitrated by on- experience in handling the problems GPA than the university-wide ounclves. averages for their classes, while Siegel said. "Crimes arc becomin1t reporting mcthoos. with liquor or some kind," he said. campusjudici31 boards- junior and senior athletes have an average lower than that or all juniors and scnim. He also g:ave that average grade point for participants in each sport on campus. Recent accident causes evaluation of drivers Van Poppel said he is against checking up on athletes to make sure By CARL PETZ l'.-IEd~ service workers, gtadll3tc students '"alid driva's lica\se.