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Jacksonville State University JSU Digital Commons Chanticleer Historical Newspapers 1991-09-26 Chanticleer | Vol 39, Issue 4 Jacksonville State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty Recommended Citation Jacksonville State University, "Chanticleer | Vol 39, Issue 4" (1991). Chanticleer. 1042. https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty/1042 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Historical Newspapers at JSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chanticleer by an authorized administrator of JSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Features b Lindquist urges students: life is first priority if attacked can be sued, as well as the universities. Melanie Jones Lindquist said fratemity brothers should monitor each News Editor others' behavior. He said it is a part of most fraternities' When the sound of gunfire rang out in the Montgomery oaths that members swear to be gentlemen. Lindquist said Building Monday night, a surprised audience realized he likes to ask the men to define that. "Does it mean you lecturer Scott Lindquist's message - If you hurt a open the door for your date after you rape her?" he said. criminal a little, he's going to hurt you more. Lindquist said one of the easiest ways to prevent crime Lindquist's gun certainly was not real, but it served its is to be alert. He said that criminals watch prospective purpose. It forced his audience to accept the reality of victims for an average of seven seconds before attacking. crime. If aperson seems alert, the criminal will look for someone Lindquist is concerned that most people have been else, but a person who is looking for her car keys is likely taught to react physically when attacked, but he said that to become a victim. unless one can incapacitate his attacker, it is best not to Lindquist said another tool of prevention is cooperation hurt him. with officials. When he held up a soda can he identified Lindquist's two-part lecture dealt first with general it as serial killer and rapist Ted Bundy's best friend. It was crime prevention and then with date and acquaintance through a door propped open with a soda can that Bundy rape, which Lindquist called "the epidemic of the '90s." entered a Florida sorority house on one of his killi$ More than 200 students attended the seminar, but less sprees. than a fourth of those in attendance were men. Most of the "Your only priority is to escape with your life," men attending the seminar were members of Kappa Lindquist said of crime situations. He said a woman Sigma fraternity, which announced the seminar at its should dive underneath a car if a criminal tries to grab her Sunday night meeting. in a parking lot. "Never sacrifice your life for your Much of Lindquist's lecture was directed toward men. wardrobe," he said. He tried to get them to realize when pleasure ends and On the subject of date rape, Lindquist identified three rape begins. major factors: agenda, belief and communication. He said that it is important for fraternities to take Lindquist said there is a general conflict between men leadership roles on campus on the issue of date and and women for a date's agenda.- The man's ultimate acquaintance rape. Lindquist said that when a fraternity member commits rape, the local and national chapters See Lindquist page Fall enrollment drops 2 percent to 8240 Smith said. students did not complete the admis- Melanie Jones This year the University has imple- sions process when the found out News Editor mented admission requirements. about the requirements. Incoming freshmen must score at Smith said that the University ini- JSU's total enrollment decreased least a 15 on the ACT to be automati- tially rejected over 100 prospective by more than 2 percent this semester cally admitted. Students who score students, but some petitioned the due to several reasons. below a 15 may appeal to the @- board for admittance and others This year's totalenrollment is 8,240. missions board to gain entrance into gained admission after retesting. That is a decrease of 208 from last the University. The other cause of the decline in year's 8,448 students. "We know of about 70 to 75 stu- enrollment occurred before students "What we have this year is a double dents who were turned away," Smith even got to the college level. lick," Jerry D. Smith, director of said of the admissions policy, but he There were only around 25,000 Admissions and Records said. He added that he felt the numbers were graduating high sch~olseniors in said the Univerdty expected enroll- much higher. Alabama last year, and when the ment to decline because the number "My gut feeling, my 'guesstimation' number of high school seniors is low of graduating high school seniors in . is that (the University) lost be- one year, the number of incoming Alabama decreased last year, and tween 120 and 125 students because college freshman is going to be even because they expected to turn away of the admissions requirement," lower the next year. some students under the new admis- Smith said. Smith said he believed JSUactually sions standards. Smith explained the discrepancy has a higher percentage of the total 'The drop was not quite as bad as between the official numbers and the number of college freshman this year (administrators) had expected," real numbersby explaining that some than it did last year. The Chanticleer Thursday, September 26, 1991 Lindquist New business From page 1 agenda is often sex, whereas the woman's is a relation- ship. dean comes to He said the media has romanticized date rape and distorted men's beliefs. He pointed out that when Rhett Butler carried Scarlett O'Haraupthe stairs in "Gone With JSU from Alaska the Wind," he raped her. "We can't afford to be roman- establish the Christie Ware tic," he said of today's society. City News Editor College of Commerce Lindquist said the third, and perhaps most important JSU has a new face this semester and Business factor in date rape is communication. He said only seven in Memll Hall. Pat O'Brien has Administra- percent of all communication is verbal, 38 percent is tone taken over the position of Dean of tion as a pre- of voice and the other 55 percent is body language. He the College of Commerce and mier program, said when women whine no and seem unsure, their dates Business Administration. He was I would also should immediately take them home. To get their point the Head of the Department of liketoenhance across, women should say no forcefully. Economics at the University of the degree of Pat OIBrien He said universities need to provide a climate of believ- Alaska at Fkirbanks for 10 years scholarship on ability for victims, because the law won't do any good if prior to accepting his current psi- the part of the faculty and to in- students are afraid to report crimes. tion. crease research productivity. O'Brien resides in Jacksonville "We need to attract and retain the "Believe her first and support her Fist," he said to with his wife, Karen. They have highest quality faculty by showing University officials, "then you can question her." two children, Micheal, a student at an interest in the faculty.themse1ves Lindquist, a Georgia native, is the author of the book Gonzaga University in Spokane, and by creating a cumculurn that is ''Befor; He Takes You out." He lectures on the subject Author Scott Lindquist addresses an audience Wash., and Patrick, an employee of competitive with those of other in- of rape and crime prevention for universities and corpo- of ITIOrethan 200 JSU students on crime Preven- the Bureau of Land Management. stitutions in the state. rations across the country. tion techniques. In his spare time, O'Brien enjoys We need to provide the students golfing and salmon fishing, only with a broad liberal arts education one of which can be done in the and a state-of-the-art business edu- state of Alabama. One can only cation which enhances students' guess which of the hobbies is the abilities to reason and think for Faculty and staff take time off more accessible in this part of the themselves rather than simply country. memorizing everything," O'Brien O'Brien, as to why he came to said. to play golf, honor retiree JSU, said, "The position attracted He also wants to strengthen the participate in the event. me because it is an administrative ties between the students and fac- Kara Smith Jones said that in order to make the tournament more of position that would enable me to ulty toarea businesses. O'Brien said News Writer coordinate a program that would it would be beneficial to provide an a social event, the format was changed from individual become a premier undergraduate environment which stimulates in- Thirty-two members of JSU's faculty and staff took competition to team play. This year, eight four-man program in the state of Alabama. tellectual pursuits through work- time off for some friendly competition last week. teams were formed on the basis of the members' previous Another reason is that my wife and shops and seminars. On Sept. 17, the men headed for the hills, Pine Hills golfing handicaps. I have family in Birmingham and "My goal is to assemblea groupof Country Club that is, to compete in a recreational golf Donald Schmitz, dean of Student Affairs, is a proud accepting this position gives us the excellent teachers/scholars in order tournament.