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For more information, please contact [email protected]. wm Liked By Many, Action Ads ....8 Life In Hell ....4 Cussed By Some, Comics 7 Opinion 4 Features 3 Sports 6 ...Read By Them All Thursday, November 5,1992 Vol.65 No. 31 912 681-5246 Celebrating 65 years as Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern University • ftat#*&oto, 6A &§460 Students, faculty react to Clinton's win G-A Staff Reports this may be the end of the Re- Richter also added that he is comment on Clinton's victory keep the government's role GSU students and faculty publican Party unless there is ready to have the environmen- beyond stating that he was "real smaller. voiced their opinions yesterday some restructuring. tal emphasis that Clinton and disappointed." Other voters expressed feel- after Bill Clinton's decisive Students and faculty packed Gore have promised. Nancy Dessommes, a pro- ings that they were tired of "poli- presidential victory. the Grady Street Gym in record Other people who voted for fessor of English, also voted for tics as usual." Although Bulloch County cast numbers Tuesday to cast their Clinton were not as enthusias- Bush. Dave Masi, a junior criminal " 44 percent of its votes for Presi- votes for the next U.S. Presi- tic however. Dessommes said: "It's not justice major, said he voted for dent Bush compared to 38 per- dent. Many agreed that Clinton Christopher Wilkerson, a se- just four years you're talking Perot because he was more cent for Clinton and 15 percent was a good choice because of his nior anthropology major, said: about. There are always reper- straightforward, and he was for Perot, America chose the stance on abortion, envi- "Clinton bothered me the least cussions for a long time." bringing new life into the polit- Arkansas Governor. ronmental issues and gay rights. of the candidates... I don't think Christina Sinisi, a psychol- ical situation. According to George Cox, pro- According to Fred Richter, he is the 'Mr. Fix-it' of the coun- ogy professor, said she was de- Warren Perry, a senior man- fessor of political science, "Bush professor of English, "I'm look- try though." pressed about the election and agement major, also voted for was living on borrowed time. It ing forward to the first pro-gay Those who voted for "four scared to see what will happen the independent candidate. was an overwhelming, landslide administration in history. I more years" were discontent under Clinton's administration. 'There's nothing else I can Election and a thrashing." think Clinton is quite serious with the election results. Sinisi felt government tries do," Perry said. "Clinton may do Cox added that he recently about a re-united U.S. includ- Chris Ingram, President of to do too much, and of the three a good job, but let's just see what heard a report which stated that ing all elements." College Republicans, would not candidates, Bush would try to he does." '92 NEWS BRIEFS . Health Policy Forum to be held at GSU BCCI SCANDAL LINKED TO GSU News Service and costs over the last 18 the audience to offer their per- those of Canada and Sweden, Primary Health Care and the IRAQI LOAN AFFAIR years. NEW YORK (AP) - A An estimated 35 to 40 mil- spective. according to state officials. Georgia Rural Health lion Americans have no health Association. Lebanese businessman linked The Hawaii model requires Hawaii's population now insurance and live with the "The Hawaii model is in- The conference will be held to the scandal-plagued Bank of all employers to provide cover- pays 25 percent less for out of fear that they may not be able triguing," said Dr., Charlene in Savannah November 11-13, Credit and Commerce Interna- age to all employees who work pocket health care costs than to get adequate medical care Hanson, director of the but conferees will spend an tional apparently played a more than 20 hours a week. the rest of the nation, despite a when they need it. Georgia Southern Center for afternoon and evening at GSU major role in getting an illegal Practices such as exclusions cost of living that is 30 to 40 A Health Policy Forum and Rural Health and Research. November 12. loan for Iraq to buy weapons, and non-renewals are prohib- percent higher than the con- * Town Meeting at GSU will fo- The town meeting will begin according to a published report ited and all employers are in tiguous United States. cus on one state's solution to The employer mandate to- at 4 p.m. at ht Georgia today. one statewide risk pool to keep this nationwide problem. gether with Medicaid and "The Hawaii model provides Southern Union Theater. It Mohammed Hammoud rates affordable. The forum will feature the Medicare, cover 95 percent of an interesting example of how will be followed by a cham- borrowed about $7 million from one state has solved its health co-author of Hawaii's much- Prof. Michael's address will Hawaii's citizens. A new pro- pagne reception, a "casino the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro care problems," Dr. Hanson touted universal health care be followed by a reaction panel gram was launched recently to night," and an evening of din- to supply high-grade steel to said. "Much can be learned by plan, Dr. Jerrold M. Michael. of Georgia health experts, who cover the remaining group. ing and big band dancing. Iraq, The Wall Street Journal studying what Hawaii has A public health professor at will talk about the strengths These events are sponsored reported Monday, citing bank done." documents and unidentified the University of Hawaii, Prof. and weaknesses of the model Everyone in Hawaii either by Georgia Southern's Center government investigators. Michael will deliver a keynote as it might be applied to already has insurance or is el- The town hall meeting has for Rural Health and Hammoud is a shareholder speech on the model and talk Georgia. Members of the igible for coverage through been schedules as part of the Research, a unit of the College in BCCI and in the holding about what his state has done Georgia Health Strategies these programs. Health care Joint Annual Conference of of Health and Professional company for First American to control health care access Council and others will be in costs in Hawaii are less than The Georgia Association for Studies. Bank, the Washington bank secretly owned by BCCI, the Journal said. COURT ORDERS HEARING SGA participates in annual United Way fund drive ON DESEGREGATION SUIT ATLANTA (AP) - The By Enoch Autry kick-off breakfast and will run drive both publicity and SGA's Vice President of Alcohol & Drug Council, Staff Writer NAACP must be given a new until 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. recognition. Academic Affairs, the Ogeechee Home Health hearingon its attempt to reopen "Helping Where Help is Yesterday, SGA raised A plaque will be presented organization that gave the Services, Statesboro a 1964 lawsuit over school de- Needed the Most: Right Here funds with a dunking booth lo- at the last home football game most last year was the Recreation Department, the segregation in Muscogee at Home" is this year's theme cated outside the University against Troy State on Nov. 14 Interfraternity Council (IFC). Council on Children & County, the 11th U.S. Circuit as the Student Government Union Rotunda. Some of the to the organization that raises Carter added that the IFC Parents, the Bulloch Humane Court of Appeals ruledMonday. Association (SGA) participates faculty and staff participating the most donations. SGA will gave about $700, and the orga- Society Joseph's Home for U.S. District Judge J. Robert in the 3rd Annual United Way in the booth were Ed Bayens, announce the total raised for nization has pledged to surpass Boys and several others. Elliott rejected the NAACP's Charity Drive. assistant Director of Student United Way at the game. the largest contribution made request in January, sayingmost SGA will contribute funds Affairs; Jane Thompson, assis- A transparent box for during this drive. This year's goal for of the plaintiffs in the original raised to the United Way of tant Dean of Student Affairs; donations is currently located "The United Way reaches Southeast Georgia United Way case had moved or were dead Southeast Georgia. The Mike Russell, Public Safety near the Information Desk in out to so many different as- is $412,000. The goal of the and called the subject moot. Southeast chapter provides Captain, Tolly Nagy, Director the University Union. There is pects of the community, so we student body for the year is But a three-judge panel of year-round financial support of Financial Aid and Vickie also an effort underway to decided to take that route," $2,500. the appeals court, judges Jo- for programs in Bulloch, Hawkins, Director of have small donation jars Carter said. seph W. Hatchett, J.L. Candler, and Emanuel Residence Life.