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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 1-26-1995 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (1995). The George-Anne. 1346. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1346 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. > Tragedy | The big game ?+ Trailblazing Columnist: The deadly mix of alcohol Read our predictions for the upcoming Super Campus Recreation and Intramurals and driving happens more than we know Bowl and how you responded to our survey now offers an Equestrian Club Please see "In Other Words," page 4 Please see stories, page 6 Please see story, page 7 EAGLELINE The GOLD EDITION Thursday, January 26,1995 Vol. 67, No. 43 Chaplain: Academy fired Georgia Southern University's Official Student Newspaper Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Founded 1927 him over hazing reports The Associated Press There's nowhere else to ride' GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A chaplain GSU may add women's sport By Chris Sherwood We don't want to take anything away from at Riverside Military Academy said News Editor Bikes could be banned Thursday he was fired after telling those sports." school officials he was going to report The GSU athletic department will look into Wagner also said he wanted to make sure alleged hazing at the school. possibly adding a women's sport sometime in GSU was meeting the interest of the students from the pedestrium "I believe the school has institution- the next three to five years, according to Ath- when considering a possible sport. alized hazing," said Guy Kent, who had letic Director David "Bucky" Wagner. Women's soccer, the last sport to be added at been at the school since 1988 as a chap- According to Wagner, the two sports which GSU, was awarded varsity status during Feb- lain and soccer coach, "and it's an in- would be considered are women's golf or women's ruary 1993. Prior to that time, there was a club credibly stupid thing to do." track. team for women's soccer at GSU. Kent said he was fired Tuesday after Representatives of each varsity sport at GSU "There are a lot of things that go into adding were told of the decision to investigate the saying he was going to report that al- a sport," Associate Athletic Director Frank leged hazing occurred during an initia- possibility of adding a team at the Student Ellwood said. "First, we have to have a recom- Athletic Advisory Board meeting Monday. tion rite earlier in the school year. mendation from the Faculty/Athletic Commit- David M. Williams, superintendent 'We are meeting with him (Wagner) today, tee. We look at whether the sport is sponsored of the school, denied that any hazing so we will find out more about it," SAAB mem- at the high school level in Georgia, we look at ber and current member of GSU's men's soccer has occurred. He said Kent's dismissal the cost and of course we look at what the cost was a personnel decision. team Greg Dundrum said. of scholarships and equipment and travel will SAAB member Gail McLeroy said Wagner Kent said students and faculty mem- be." File photo bers complained to him about the al- brought the topic up at the meeting . The Southern Conference currently declares Campus bicyclists such as these may find themselves restricted. leged incident. "He said that hopefully within the next few champions in eight women's sports (volleyball, be completed next month. The During the ceremony, an unknown years we will have another sport," McCleroy cross country, basketball, indoor track, outdoor By John Munford Assistant News Editor plan includes taking advan- number of new students were blind- said. track, tennis, golf and softball) and 10 men's tage of the new wider lane for folded and forced to walk off a ledge at The board is comprised of one member of sports. The issue of banning bicy- automobiles on Sweetheart least 10 feet high and land on a mat- each of the teams, and meets regularly with 'When it comes to adding a sport, we will clists from the pedestrium has Circle to add a bicycle lane. tress on a concrete floor below, accord- Wagner and several other members of the ath- have to have a full internal investigation," resurfaced again amidst stu- 'We are going to propose ing to the complaints Kent said he re- letic staff. Ellwood said. 'We will have the Title IX consid- dent and faculty concerns of "We will look into it (the possibility of adding the addition of bike paths," ceived. erations and we will also discuss what is right safety hazards caused by care- a sport) within the next year or so, we want to for Georgia Southern. The bottom line is, what- less bikers. Hainley said. The plan will meet the interest of the school," Wagner said. ever we do has to be right for GSU." A faculty senate committee also propose "alternative routes for. bikers other than CLARIFICATION "What we weigh is if there is really interest Currently GSU sponsors 15 sports, which is has been formed to further there (to add a particular sport) against what average for the Southern Conference. Appala- study the issue; the committee using the pedestrium" and the we can do with the sports that we already have. chian State sponsors a total of 19 sports. has been given the results of a usage of signs designating In the article entitled "Graduation rate June 1993 report from the Non- riding zones and no-riding lower for Learning Support" that ran in Motorized Vehicles on Campus zones. the Jan. 17 edition of The George-Anne, committee which looked into A few incidents GSU was incorrectly portrayed in corre- Faculty Senate voted to force possible policies, procedures GSU Public Safety Captain lation to the graduation rates of the Uni- and recommendations of regu- Mike Russell, who was also on versity of Georgia and Valdosta State payment of tickets in 1988 lating non-motorized transpor- the Non-Motorized Vehicles on University. tation on campus. Campus committee, said there Upon recalculation of the rates of VSU By Chris Sherwood Southern College has due pro- GSU Public Safety Director "Before you start telling have been "a few incidents" compared to GSU, GSU graduates a lower News Editor cess in the collection of fines. Ken Brown was in charge of people where they can't ride involving bicycle-pedestrium number of students through their Learn- Last summer, the Board of The college may collect fines writing tickets for faculty, staff their bikes, you have to pro- collisions. ing Support than does their counterpart. Regents approved a GSU Park- from students because they and students. vide them with a place that 'We wouldn't have this GSU actually ranks lowest out of the ing and Transportation re- agree to submit to certain rules 'They passed the resolution, they can," said William Ehling, problem if people would ride three institutions. We hope this misinfor quest that faculty and staff and regulations by virtue of but it had no teeth in it,"Brown chair of the committee and in a controllable manner, but mation did not cause any inconvenience would have to pay their park- accepting their enrollment. The said. "If the faculty didn't pay, Campus Recreation and some cyclists are rolling by at for those involved. ing fines prior to being issued motion passed unanimously. we had no recourse. They could Intramurals coordinator. 90 miles an hour down the their hang-tags. The proposal was approved hold students diplomas (if they "That's why we need the bike pedestrium," Russell said. Never before had faculty by President Nicholas Henry didn't pay), but they couldn't paths," Ehling said. "You have 'The problem is there's no- WEATHER and staff been told they must and went into effect Sept. 19, hold the faculty and staffs pay- to provide a place for them to where else to ride." pay their tickets. Faculty and 1988. checks." ride before you start giving tick- Part 40-6-294 of Georgia law staff who had outstanding tick- An excerpt from one of the Brown said there were "off ets. We reaffirmed for Dr. John states that bicyclists should TODAY ets would be allowed a grace 1988 faculty senate meetings: campus" parking lots for the Nolen (Vice President of Stu- ride on a roadway or desig- Partly cloudy, with a high period because they had never For the committee (Joe commuters and then there dent Affairs) that this is an nated bike path. Until two in the mid-60s and a low had to pay these fines before. Blankenbaker) moved that, were areas for the faculty and issue that needed more atten- years ago, sidewalks were in- in the mid-30s. As it turns out, this was not from now on, faculty and staff staff to park, and that the tion." cluded as acceptable places to the first time GSU faculty and members be required to pay charge for the decals was only Ehling filed the committee's bike, but they were amended WEEKEND staff had to pay parking fines. fines for tickets received for around five dollars for the full report with Nolen, who had out of the law.