The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1991-2000 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 9-18-1992 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1992-09-18 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 1992-09-18" (1992). The Voice: 1991-2000. 44. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/44 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 1991-2000 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NEWS FEATURE A&E SPORTS I u International Relations Greek volunteer work The Death of Southern Wooster football team A ' 4 ; Colloquium .... page 5 Rock falls apart in final . page 2 A look at the Medieval ...page 11 minute of season I O s Bacchanalia Society on campus Sneakers reviewed opener vs. Kalamazoo . page 3 ...page 6 page 11 ...backpage to V i 0 f - Students victims of menacings, beatings L . by Wooster police fe-- r i : Several campus incidents under investigation up the two suspects and JEREMIAH JENNE charged with one count each of as- Town HalL rounded victims, requested medical attention for Assistant Editor sault Both were positively identi- According to one of the Mallinder. Three College ofWooster students fiedby one ofthe victims afterbeing when he and the other student America, Pre-tri- al and trial dates have been were attacked lastWednesday, Sep- picked up by police a short distance emerged from the Super set for Robinson and the other sus- tember 9, as they were walking in from the scene. the attack resumed. onto pect Both are out on bail pending downtown Wooster near the Town The incident began when one of Robinson alledgedlyjumped him Hall. the suspects shouted atone of the the back of a student, riding to trial repeatedly As of yesterday, Mallinder, who The three students were walking students. As the student answered, the ground, and began to head. had been transferred to Hygeia, was down East Liberty Streetat approxi- the suspect allegedly rushed him punch him in the face and leaving on his feet and in good spirits. A mately 11:00 PM when they were and punched him in the face. The assailants then fled, unconcious upon the side- release date has not yet been set - assaulted three separate times. The suspect then jumped into a Mallinder to i In a completly unrelated incident, at- car and emerged moments later with walk. All three were injured in the sepa- in- flag down police are still investigating two tack. One was taken to Wooster five other men. The attackers, McOurkin was able to call for assis- rate assaults on college of Wooster City Hospital where be remained cluding Robinson, began attacking a passing motorist to students by four unidentified males unconscious until this past Sunday, all three of the students. tance. city patrol officers ar- the evening prior to the downtown Septemer 13. During a lull in the fighting two of Wooster rived on the scene at approximately attack.' 1 the Super ( 1 An unidentified juvenile and the victims fled into spokes Robinson, of Wooster. America gas station. One student n:40PMaccordingto police Donald 22. - Tbey .- see assaults on page 3 Jl were arrested later that evening and reaching safety by running into the person Howard Zuercher. Schlesinger warns multiculturalism will disunite America NINALANY Pluribus turn-o- ne national identity Staff Writer for all citizens. In fact it is this The virus of tribalism risks be concept that unifies America and coming the AIDS of international keeps the country from disuniting. politics lying dormant for years, then The cult of ethnicity, he said, "be- j flaring up," said Arthur M. littles the union and glorifies the Schlesinger, Jr. in a speech atMcGaw pluribus." Chapel Monday night His speech The issue of the purpose of public addressed issues raised in his most educatknalsoarosedurmghisspeech. recent book. The Disuniting of "Multiculturalism gives overdue - this is America. credit to groups long ignored teach to President Henry Copeland intro- good. But when schools self-estee-m, we duced Schlesinger as "well known by promote minority 1 cheerleading and the cultural elite and its opponents.'' begin with ethnic segregation," Schlesinger's list of credentials in- end with separation and cludes being an associate professor of explained Schlesinger. national cohesion history atHarvard University for eight "The bonds of already," added. years, serving as special advisor to are weak enough he strengthen, not President Kennedy and receiving two "Education should Pulitzer Prizes. weaken them." having Schlesinger covered a wide range One of the benefits of in person is that of topics during his speech. He ac- Schlesinger speak opportunity to ques- knowledged the positive results ofthe students had the of his book. The "upsurge in ethnic awareness," such tion him about parts America. This work is as rt3gnitk oftheaccomplishments Disuniting of reading for first-ye- ar of minorities and women, but he at- part of the core photo by JOSH FACANS Schlesinger's speech, in fact, New York, tacked what he calls the "cult of seminar. Schweitzer Professor ofHumanities at the City University of Disuniting America irfSnrhWnwr Jr Albert September 14. ethnicity." This cult according to quoted The of Theatre following his lecture on word for word several times. - Schlesinger, challenges the very con- TSmZ6tT the professor de-- after the forum event "Political cor- chaUenged. who believe that was built Many students felt that the speaker a pop cepts upon which America -- and serves respect regardless ofpersonal rectness in the universiues is was not as direct as they would have Iw offended by the caliber and promotes the separation ofethnic tori issues he raised. fashion which I am confident wdl be answering the questions. 0 005." said junior reaction to the groups. wished in on other here today and gone tomorrow, he a good job MaaSeamaa .Heechoedthethoughts Schlesinger commented stated thatAmerica Others felt that be did Schlesingeralso and faculty his ideas when they were , of inany students alike. was founded on the concept of E defending Page 2 ill MTTr" 1 September 18, 1992 Fertlher questions raised Bringing the world to Wooster in defeated ISC charter JUDY NICHOLS such exclusiveness is allowed be- that sections on campus are more News Editor cause an alternative in the form of akin to fraternities. This reality was For the second week in a row. clubs exists for women on campus. pointed up by ISC members them- Campus Council tabled further dis- Penney further clarified that ex- selves at last Wednesday's Campus cussion of Inter-Secti- on Council's clusiveness is even permissible as Council meeting, in which ISC vice-preside- nt defeated charter after questions arose long as the potential for an alterna- Eugene De Pasquale ar- about substantive ideas in the char- tive exists on campus. Still, Campus gued that"the concept that our orga- ter. ISC's charter had failed, even Council left the discrimination ques- nizations promote is fraternal." beforeother importante issues such tion open for further discussion at Faculty members argued that ISC, -- as discrimination were discussed, at next week's meeting. as the umbrella organization for sec- - last weelfs Campus Council meet- Also receiving considerable at- tions on campus, must have had a mmMw ing because of objections to the re- tention at the meeting was the possi- significant hand in this trend toward naming of ISC as Inter-Fratern- al bility of Campus Council viewing fraternities. Council, or IFC. ISC's constitution. Although Cam- Akwasi Osei, professor of black Debate of substantive ideas in the pus Council does not have the au- studies andpolitical science, pointed "s ' : - charter surfaced, but after the de- thority to approve or fail the consti- out that "there's something wrong" 55 , VI J- feating vote last week. Campus tutions of organizations. Campus if ISC lias been operating legally Council chairperson Robb DeGraw Council can view such constitutions under its charter and sections are . , 1 opened the floor for discussion of in order to gain a better idea of the still becoming more fraternal in na- other concerns in the charter. Such operations of an organization. ture. discussion was designed to aid Cam- Information obtained from these When a motion was introduced to pus Council's charter committee, constitutions is helpful and even table discussion of ISCs defeated .which is responsible for helping ISC sometimes necessary when review- charter fornextweek. Campus Coun- revise its charter in order to gain ing the charters of organizations for cil member Oliver Preuss made an SPECIAL TO THE VOICE dors, diplomats, trade officers, ne- approval by Campus Council. Campus Council approval. Since announcement from Mike Holden, The International Relations gotiators and journalists, on cam- - When discussion ofrecommended several Campus Council members -- . president olISC -- JajfafrXYcnHhat. Colloquium plaasto ractuit acoom-- o revisions proved too lengthy for last did ask for additional information the diarter were tabledagain,Holden p'ished professionals in the field of The IRC Executive Committee, week's meeting, discussion was re- about the operations and structure of requested that it be tabled under the international affairs to speak at the as pictured above; is composed of be- semi-month- opened at this Wednesday's Cam- ISC, viewing ISC's constitution name "ISC Charter" instead of"IFC college on a ly basis. Tim Smith, Chairperson; Roth pus Council meeting. Instead of came an imminent possibility for Charter." The speakers will be brought by Kiambo, Vice-Chairpers- on; Jeff concluding the matter, however.