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V^IU^WIIwQp • • • ■ ■ ...11 III Free speech controversy Comics ...10 Band "Follow for Features ..5-6 News .2-3 Now" reviewed sparked by college disturbance Opinions ....4 See Story, page Sports ...5-9 See Story, page 3 'm***iiiii£iii*iiiiiiii Liked By Many, Cussed By Some, ...Read By Them All George-Anne ■a 912/681-5246 Vol. 63, No. 35 • Tuesday, April 16,1991 Since 1927. Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern University • Statesboro, GA 30460 News Briefs ©Copyright 1991, USA TODAY/Apple College Information Network NIXON WOULD HAVE SADDAM KILLED: Discrimination suit filed against GSU Former President Richard BY MISTY McPHERSON His degree is for teaching and Since Dunlap received his Nixon says Saddam Hussein is News Editor research in agricultural rural Ph.D from Louisiana State an "international menace" geography. University he has had 16 rejec- whom Nixon would have killed if Dr. Clarke Dunlap has filed "The incumbent was not quali- tions from colleges and univer- he were still president. Nixon, 78, suit against GSU for discrimina- fied and I was. I expected this to sities across the United States. said he would be "greatly tion in employment on the basis happen," said Dunlap. "Knowing "I took from the 16 rejections, tempted" to agree not to prosecute of age and physical handicap. the biases against older people the two most blatant rejections on Saddam for war crimes if he left Dunlap is 62 years old, and re- and the handicapped, I knew I the basis of age and handicap and Iraq. He also said Soviet sides in Baton Rouge. He was would have to get involved in filed suit," said Dunlap. President Mikhail Gorbachev seeking a position as Assistant civil suits." has made a "fundamental error" Professor in the Department of in turning to hard-line conser- Geology and Geography at GSU. Dunlap walks on up to the el- Dunlap also filed suit against vatives. He was denied that position. bow crutches due to an injection of Radford University in Virginia "I believe I was equally quali- for the same reasons as he filed TROOPS ARRIVE AT BORDER: a defective influenza vaccine in fied or surpassed qualifications," 1979 at the University of against GSU. He won the admin- The first U.S. troops arrived said Dunlap. Kentucky Health Center. istrative law compliance and is Sunday at a remote refugee camp The qualifications called for waiting for settlement. on the northern Iraq border as the someone with a Ph.D in geogra- Dunlap said his handicap pace of the U.S. pullout quickened phy with academic training and would not hinder his work per- Radford University had five in the south. Army helicopters research interests in fluvial pro- formance nor would he need any days from yesterday to settle. If flew 30 U.S. troops into the cess and/or coastal environmen- special accommodations on cam- they don't, the U.S. Department of squalid tent encampment of tal systems. pus. Labor said their federal contracts Isikveren, Turkey, home to about The applicant needed aca- would be taken away. This 200,000 Kurds fleeing Saddam demic training and teaching ex- Of the 25 applicants who ap- equals about $240,000. Hussein's Iraqi regime. To the perience for teaching undergrad- plied for the job, 10 were selected east, an influx of almost 1 mil- uate courses in physical and for consideration and five of the "I'm expecting about 20 rejec- lion refugees was taxing Iran. world regional geography. 10 were called back for an inter- tions this year," said Dunlap re- HEART DISEASE COSTS YEARS: Dunlap possessed an M.A. in ferring to the applications he has mailed out for positions begin- If medical science could con- regional studies and a Ph.D in Dunlap wasn't called back for ning next Fall. "Again I will quer heart disease, the average physical geography. an interview and he believes this pick the two most blatant rejec- 35-year-old's life expectancy According to Dunlap, the was due to his age and his handi- tions and I'll start the process would increase three years, ac- Geographic Professional cap. over again." cording to a computer analysis of Membership Directory indicates health data. But those at high risk the professir hired did not have teaching experiences and aca- Both Daniel B. Good, Chair of In the suits, Dunlap acts as his for the nation's No. 1 killer stand own lawyer. He has had two to gain more if they change their demic training in physical geog- the Research Committee, and raphy, or in fluvial processes and Ruth Ann Rogers, Executive years of lawschool and has about )r. Clark Dunlap claims that he was denied a job as Assistant habits, the researchers say. 20 units to go before he can earn Professor in the Dept. of Geology and Geography due to his Using a computer program, re- landforms and coastal environ- Assistant to the President refused his law degree. age and physical handicap. Officials refused comment. searchers plugged in different mentar'sys'teni"."'--'" comment on the matter. - risk factors and analyzed the out- comes. NRA FACES'INTERNAL CONFLICT': SGA elections to The NRA, the USA's most powerful lobby, is beset by inter- nal conflict, the erosion of 10% of be held Thursday its membership in two years, state legislative defeats and the mo- By David G. Berny The executive positions to be mentum of the Brady Bill. The contested include president, ex- NRA endorses the "instant Staff Writer ecutive vice president, and vice check" bill. It would create a na- With April showers and May president of finance. Candidates tionwide hotline through which flowers, the Student Government include: Chris Clark, Bo gun sellers could run instant Association elections are another Davidson, and Tommy Sears for background checks on would-be sign of the arrival of the spring president; Niles C. Dixon and buyers - with no waiting period. season. David Miles for executive vice BOARDS FOCUS ON BRUTALITY: Cathy Powell, SGA member, president; and Patrick Bass, Iris Now that Los Angeles Mayor explains, "Candidates will be S. Lavant, and Matt Whiten for Tom Bradley and Police Chief allowed to begin campaigning vice president of finance. Daryl Gates have made amends, after the April 11 nomination The two other executive posi- two civilian investigating boards deadline. tions are uncontested with Cathy are focusing on the primary is- "However, there are many re- Powell running for Vice presi- sue: police brutality. The civilian strictions that the candidates dent of auxiliary affairs, and Police Commission is searching must abide by." Amber M. Cornelius slated for records of residents' complaints The display of campaign ma- the position of vice president for against the department for evi- terials is prohibited within class- academics. rooms, the Student Union, dining dence of brutality or excessive Along with the executive posi- force. A final report is due in late halls, all administration build- ings, the infirmary, and in the tions, 14 senators will be selected May. form the following candidates: Just golfin' around on a weekend library. In addition, campaign Jeff Barker, Rex Benton, David BASE CLOSINGS FIGHT 'HEATS UP": Freshman Tom Williamson, shows just how empty Sweetheart circle can get on the weekend signs are not allowed to be posted G. Berny, Jonathan Brown, The fight over the fate of tens on the aforementioned buildings. by turning it into a driving range. Williamson is a journalism major. Nothing wrong with that. Tanya Burdette, Charisse of thousands of military and re- "Candidates may not cam- (Photo by Clint Home) Chisholm, Tim Griffis, Ursula lated civilian jobs across the USA paign, in person or in proxy, L. Hamilton, Julie Hawkins, heats up Monday. Defense within 100 feet of the Union or Elizabeth Holley, Jeff Hylton, Secretary Dick Cheney goes be- within 100 feet of the other voting Jennifer Jacobs, John Key, fore a bipartisan, independent locations," adds Powell. Micheal Marchesseau, Connie commission studying his plan to 80% of girls dropped out Fines for campaign violations Phillips, H. Keith Roughton, close 31 major U.S. bases - the will be levied for election proce- Andrea Renee Tigger, Lance biggest military downsizing dure violations, with a limit set at since World War II. Thirteen See SGA, page 12 bases are in Republican districts, during sorority Spring Rush 19 in Democratic ones. BUSH'S NON-CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN: This new rush structure is de- Many of rushees had conflicts Bush popularity drops due BY DODIE VANCE because Spring Rush coincided President Bush's gurus have Staff writer signed to keep both Fall and taken the attitude that the best Spring classes smaller. with classes, but class excuses politics is no politics to win the GSU's Panhellenic Council "Spring Rush is designed were sent to the sororities if a to Kurd situation, says poll White House. Consensus: hold sponsored the second annual because it is hard to integrate that rushee could not attend. sorority Spring Rush last week.