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John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 2-26-1998 The aC rroll News- Vol. 90, No. 18 (1998) John Carroll News Follow this and additional works at: https://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll News, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 90, No. 18 (1998)" (1998). The Carroll News. 1216. https://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/1216 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]. Volume 90 • Number 18 John Carroll University Cleveland, Ohio Vandals strike: Graffiti ·may be gang related Ed Klein signs o[ gang insignia. In the up Williams said. News Ed itor per left corner is the message According to Tom Reilley, di Spray-painted graffiti greeted "XTCY," which Williams believed rector of auxiliary plant services, members of the campus commu may represent the drug Ecstasy. the paint on the graffiti matched nity last Thursday morning. In the middle of the door is an that used on the Pacelli Lion, Using blue and white spray atypical marking for the Cleve which fraternities and soroties paint, an individualorgroup van land neighborhood of East !20th traditionally spray pain t as a dalized several exterior doors on street. pledging activity. "They weren't Murphy and Dolan Halls, trash According to Williams, this is too bright, they used the same receptacles near Kellar Commons, significant because graffiti artists paint," Reilley said. the front steps of St. Francis use this symbol when they leave The Greek le tters representing Chapel and a decorative rock in their usual neighborhood. the f raternityof Iota Beta Gamma from of the chapel. The bottom portion of the graf were the last to be pai nted on the A private clea ning firm re fiti is the artist's signature, or "tag." Lion before last Thursday. paired the damage Sunday. Williams said that the mark Rom balski questioned the f rater The cleaning bill amounted to ingson the Washington Boulevard niryregardingtheincident. They several hundred dollars, accord emranceofMurphyHall were not denied any involvement. ing to jerry Custer, director of gang related. Iota Beta Gamma declined to physical plant. "T here may be sexual symbol comment for this article. Dean of Students Patrick ism," on the door, he added. "We don't have any proof," as to Rom balski, and Campus Security "There shouldn't be much con· who is responsible, said arecurremly investigating the in cern unless it keeps appearing," Rombalski. cident. Williams said. He mentioned that the paint Said Lieutenant Williams of The mcldent, he a·dded, is cans may have been lyi ng around the University Heights Police De deemed crim inally damaging, after the fraternity paiDt~ the partment, the markings may sig andcarriesafineand possible pro Lion, and later used by the per nify gang involvement. bation time. sons involved in the graffiti inci The markings on the north en "There is little current gang dent. Authorities question whether a gang or an individual painted the tra nce of Dolan Hall show three activi ty [i n University Heights]," north entrance of Dolan Hall On the fast track Seven students cited at CV's Tom O'Konowltz occasions, and believed that some of the patrons were Erin Biehle will/eave JCU and successful Editor-in-Chief of questionable age, but could not prove that they a South Euclid Police cited seven female students were actually drinking underage, Lucha said. basketball career for dental school this fall Thursday night for underage drinking at CV's Bar A bartender at CV's was also cited for serving and Grille on Mayfield Road. alcohol to underage patrons, according to Lucha. He Brian Murphy Undercover officers in the bar witnessed the said that the report will be forwarded to the Liquor Sports Editor women purchase alcoholic beverages at the bar with Control Department of Ohio, which will determine Examinations always out being checked for proper identification, accord if it should sanction the liquor license-holder. In will remain a part of Erin ing to Chief of Police Tom Lucha. They were then such cases, the license holder could be cited and Biehle's life. Butaftergradu cited for underage drinking and given a March 12 potentially fined or shut down for various lengths of ating fro m sc hool, instead court date in the South Euclid Municipal Court to time, according to Nancy Cunningham, a represen of taki ng them, she will be respond to the charges. tative of the Liquor Control Department of Ohio. giving them. "We calculated that 80 percent of the people in CV's was cited for a violation by the board in the Bi ehle, a three-year the bar were between 18 and 21, but we could only past, according to Lucha. member of the john Carroll identify seven as consuming alcohol underage," He added that he will continue to cite those who University women's basket Lucha said. drink underage in South Euclid, and has already met ball team, will enter dental He said that his station has received numerous with tavern owners to discuss the problem with them. school in September. She calls about underage drinking in the taverns along "There is a great deal of underage drinking going will do so after only three Mayfield, and responded by placing undercover of on in this area by college students," Lucha said. "We years at JCU, and without fi cers in some of those establishments. Previously are goingtocontinuetokeepaneyeon those bars that an undergraduate degree. In the department had visited the taverns on various cater to this age range." doing so, she has decided to end her basketball career a year early. Biehle, 20, from Cincin· Underground newspaper surfaces nati, has mixed feelings Jill M. Jasinski very much above ground," he said. feedback and interest from people about the situation. "On one hand, I've had such a great experi The idea for The Carroll Voice wanting to submit pieces for fu ence atjohn Carroll with basketball and all the great friendships Staff Reporter For the first time in five years, was bornoutof frustration. "1was ture editions. !merest is vital to I've made," she said. "I have so many great memories and, in a way, members of thejoh n Carroll com frustrated -with the lack of voic keeping The Carroll Voice alive, it's disappointing knowing that you're going to miss out on a munity can read and express their ing of opinion at john Carroll. l accordingtojarmosevich, because whole year of that.' opinions in an alternative cam want this to be a way for students there is no set staff of writers and "But on the other hand, Ifeel this is such a phenomenal oppor pus publication, The Carroll Voice . to get ideas out there and start the frequency with which the pa tunity, to start a year early. I think I'm ready to move on to this According to Lisa Heckman, thinking," jarmosevich said per will be circulated depends on new phase of my life." direct-or of student activities, the The publication does not re the amount of submissions re Biehle, a biology /pre-med major with a 3.9 grade point aver last underground paper on cam ceive any university funding. In ceived. age, has progressed to this next phase slightly faster than antici pus. was not very successful or fact, the first issue of The Carroll For now he hopes the paper wi 11 pated because of JCU's senior year in absentia program that she truthful and did not last long. Voice was created by jarmosevich be available bi-weekly. learned of last spring. The program will ~. !low her to take in But the creator of The Carroll on his home com purer, then taken The cost of the next edition, dental school the final two courses that she needs for her under Voice , Marcjarmosevich,does not to Kinkos. The 2,000 copies made scheduled for circulation on graduate degree, and then transfer them back to JCU to complete want this pubhcation to be an there were paid for byJarmosevich March 9, will not fall entirely on her undergraduate work. underground paper. "There are himself. jarmosevich. He has received ad It is an odd, and rare, situation. Technically, Biehle will not negative connotations with un Since the first edition, venisingcommitmentsfromsev- see BIEHLE page 9 derground papers. We want to be jarmosevich received positive see PAPER page 2 2 NEWS The Carroll News, February 26, 1998 The Carroll News, February 26, 1998 W 0 R L D N E W S 3 News Briefs U.N. and Hussein reach agreement He·s FITTS-tastic President Clinton gives conditional approval Social responsibility job fair March 23 Ed Klein A graduate of james Shane Subler ture of the discussions we had," In a news conference on Mon A job fair for careers for social responsibility will be held on News Editor Ford Rhodes High Staff Reporter Azizstated, "We are going to work day, President Clinton said future Monday, March 23 from 7- 9 p.m. in the Recplex Intramural Gym. It is a story that would make School, Fitts is a father President Climon gave hiscon together in good faith and in full action would depend on Iraqi com More than 50 employers will be available to dtscuss internship, Horatio Alger proud. Marriott of two . ditionalapproval to an agreement cooperation" pliance with the terms of the v~lunteer, professional, and sum mer opportunities.