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The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1991-2000 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 1-22-1993 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1993-01-22 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), 1993-01-22" (1993). The Voice: 1991-2000. 56. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/56 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]. ill NEWS FEATURE A&E SPORTS News Briefs recap week in Best buys in Wooster Don't Throw Shoes to Semantic debate continues national and international found at Wal-Mar- t, not perform Thursday in over usage of Fighting i 1 I events the Florence O. Underground Scots' .. page 2 . page 4 ...page8 ...page 10 International Week Students experience Record Review The Students seek support for schedule of activities Clinton inauguration Orbs Wrestling dub . page 3 ... page 5 ...page 8 ...page 11 opens College's MLK celebration; ' Bond lecture says King and Malcolm X had similar messages STEFAN BEELSKI Bond said the prospects for the Staff Writer ClmtonAdministrationare"morethan encouraging." Explaining later that Civil rights activist Julian Bond evening, he said Clinton invoked the " Luther during ' ' legacy of Martin King - SSBSC was the keynote speaker Sunday jw evening in the first of series of events the campaign to a variety ofgroups honoring "The Legacy of Dr. Martin such as white auto workers rather Luther King Jrj Present and Future." than limiting himself to "preaching to Bond discussed the present situation the converted." of civil rights in American society. Attacking Ronald Reagan as an Bond began his civil rights activi- "amicable incompetent," charging ties while a student at Georgia's him with leading an "assault on the Morehouse College. He was twice rule of law" and attempting to erase elected to the Georgia House of Del- affirmative action. Bond maintained egates and twice barred from mem- "in some ways, blacks are worse off V bership by the House due to his out- than earlier." spoken opposition to the Vietnam War. Bond believes this erasure has con- ! - In 1974 Bond was elected to the tributed to ethic where people are Georgia Senate, in which he served more concerned with "trapped whales until 1987. Speaking of his days as a in Alaska than babies trapped in pov- politician, he joked he was a member erty in Alabama." He attacked the of the "finest body of men money can practice of "triage economics" while buy." Bond lamented the reputation spending billions to defend Europe politicians have, claiming it could be from an enemy that doesn't exist. One week later, one of the most important and honor- Asked about the respective mes- able ones. sages and legacies of King and no breaks in Bond is the host of "America's Malcolm X, Bond agreed they were Black Forum, "a public affairs pro- different but suggested they were also break-incas- e gram and the oldest black-owne- d and complementary. He said the message produced program on television. He of Malcolm X is "more than an X on with the notion JEREMIAH JENNE is an American University Distin- a cap." He disagreed emphasis on self Staff Writer guished Scholar in Residence and that Malcolm X's Chief saying "blacks LAUREN COHEN Visiting Professor at Williams Col- reliance was unique, have always practiced self help," and Editor-in-chi- ef lege. He has also previously taught at the Universities ofVirginia and Penn- cautioning that many people who are photo by PAUL BORDEN X have a specific "Still under investigation," is the sylvania, as well as at Harvard and invoking Malcolm Julian Bond speaks on political leaders and civD rights in America. "agenda". word from the Wooster City Police in DrexeL the week following the outbreak of reported break-in- s at the College of proposal passes after Wooster. But despite die ongoing Greek issues under examination Guidebook cooperative effort between the evaluations eliminated Wooster police and Campus Secu- of Trustees committee student yesterday by Board rity, a police spokesman COHEN members of the committee involved Inter-Secti- on Council LAUREN reported that "no major leads have JUDY NICHOLS ulty members, un- Editor-in-chi- ef in the guidebook's creation were Inter-Clu- b Council, group of surfaced." News Editor and a regarding members ofthe able to reach an agreement Captain Jim Foster, Associate Di- independentstudents, response section. ad-h- The Student Government the student ofTrustees' oc com- Dean of Students staff and represen- rector of Campus Security, however The Board faculty guide- After the student senators were un- the issues surround- tatives of the Admissions Office. Association's proposed remains optimistic. mittee toexamine by SGA for much of able to reach a conclusion about the and clubs met this past In the faculty meetings with the book, in review "I am not going to let up on this ing sections semester, was passed by the appropriateness ofa student response College to gather in- committee, faculty members voiced the first investigation," said Foster. "I have to Saturday at the Tuesday meet- section in their December 8, 1992 groups on many the same concerns that they student senate in their go home at night and I wouldn't feel formation from various of meeting, the SGA decided to ask for have presented in faculty meetings ing. that I did campus. all-camp- comfortable unless I knew The guidebook is slated to become an us response by placing a The committee was formed at the and elsewhere. Several faculty mem- possible." ion everything a reality before pre-registrat- for survey in the January 15, 1993 issue col- meeting ofthe Board ofTrust- bers remarked extensively on the nega- In an interview Wednesday, October fall classes takes place on April 3, of The Voice. ex- administrators, fac- tive impact of initiation upon aca- lege president Henry Copeland ees in response to according to the SGA president, se- According to McTieman, of the he is, "vitally interested ulty and students differing over the demics. surveys distrib- pressed that included nior Michael McTieman. The guide approximately 600 and distressed," about the rash of va- nature of the section and club system. Other issues that surfaced newspaper, only sec- is intended to provide a resource for uted through the s, indicated thai the exclusivity among various cation break-in- and added that he At that time the trustees regarding the professional about 50 were returned. would hold hearings tions and clubs, and a perceived state students was working to ensure that the col- the committee and personal methods of "The results of the survey were year to resolve hypocrisy in which the College will credentials lege took every "reasonable" precau- during this academic of Wooster professors. inconclusive," stated McTieman, who and clubs. officially recognize the existence College of tion to see that a problem of this issues concerning sections not although passed added that the surveys were not the meetings this past fraternities and sororities when sec- The guidebook, magnitude does not arise again. "I The committee's of senate, will be missing the deciding factor in the debate over first hearings that tions and clubs openly refer to them- by the have asked that every single detail of Saturday are the response section which had whether or not to include the contro- toward this end. In an selves by these very terms. student what we can do be examined," he have been held the reason for the extended de- versial student response section in the spanned over eight hours, Several faculty members expressed been stated. "We want to have as good a agenda that bate over the appropriateness of the met one hour each with the committee guidebook by SGA during the first the Greek Life Committee, Campus continued on page 2, col. 4 fac continued on page 2, col. 3 semester. During Semester I, even continued on page 2, col. 3 Council, two separate groups of January 22, Greeks scrutinized by trustees News IBriefs continued fromfront page their hope that the College would be When asked for student reaction to trustee committee should deal with CAMPUS associated with colleges that do not the idea of sections and clubs drop- issues concerning sections and clubs. have fraternities and sororities, since ping traditions such as initiation,Greek Campus Council expressed their to them that would attract the kind of names and selectivity, many of the hope that the trustee committee would Professor Clareson temporarily replaced students that the College ultimately students remarked that these aspects limit itself to providing a clear defini- sec- sections and clubs, ELISE M. BATES wants. help to define the identity of the tion for the state of resolution of other matters Assistant News Editor In response to questions about the tions and clubs. and leave effectiveness of the campus commu- Several commented on the integral ccocerning sections and clubs toCam- sev- importance symbols to the groups, pus Council. Dr. Darren Harris-Fai- n has joined the College's faculty to temporarily nity in dealing with these issues, of looked to the trust- Dr. Thomas D. Clareson, professor of English. Dr. Clareson is taking eral faculty members agreed that the that would make members ofsections Campus Council replace definition, instead of a leave of absence due to illness.