VOL.104 No.31 reeA STUDENT PUBLICATION OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ~'~'Wl.ll.'''''''_'Bl.~~~'~~'''~'' SPoRTS Thursday, October 2, 1997 Donovan's size not an FDA needs more authority to Weather 2 I Sports 9 issue on the soccer field protect U.S. citizens' health Opinions 5/ Classifieds 13 www.online-green.com Page 9 ~ Page 5 Intruder suspect charged, let go on bond By 1\1 for arraignment on Thomas is accused of entering the rooms of of different variables. Those include whether a Th AY BACCARI weapon was used in the crime, if the crime was e Daily Evergreen Wednesday at the two females on two separate occasions, in Whitman County Stephenson and Streit-Perham halls, and against a person or property and if the suspect fO~The Whitman County Prosecutor's Office Superior Court in Col- unlawfully touching the women. has a prior record. day ~~y charge? a ~SU undergraduate Mon- fax. In one case, he knew the victim. In both If Thomas is found guilty of the charges against him, he could face five to six years in and .Ith breaking mto residence hall rooms No trial date has cases, Thomas was positively identified by the prison for the indecent liberties charges and an nusrepresenting himself. been set, but it must be victims, said Sgt. Don Maupin of the WSU additional five to six years in prison for the bur- onald Thomas Jr., 30, was charged with within 90 days of the Police Department. tw: glary charges, Cobb said. The sentences would fJrst_~~untsof indecent liberties, two counts of arraignment. In 1990, Thomas was convicted on a sec- run concurrently. ond-degree assault charge in Seattle. His prior degree gr~e .bur~lary and ~ne count of first- Thomas "I anticipate a not- Thomas' sentence would be longer if the llJean cnrrunallmpersonatJon, a gross rnisde- guilty plea, which is the record could influence sentencing if he is er, indecent liberties charges are coupled with found guilty of the charges against him now. normal thing," Deputy Prosecutor Monty forcible compulsion, which means a threat was on ~e was released from Whitman County Jail Cobb said. "After that, there's a period of nego- According to the 1995 Sentence Reform Uesday on $20,000 bond and is scheduled tiation and the court dates are set." Act, a person'ssentence depends on a number See THOMAS Page 15 YVhole 'lotta holey bodies going on WSU leaders Y KERRY WILSON The Daily"Evergreen tout school's closed his eyes and tuck out his tongue, achievements s if to say "ah" for a IEdOCt . h or, only to have a needle s OVedth . leao: rough his tongue, Wednesday aVing a studded rinz in its Pace.l 0 Christopher Broom an By SETH TRUSCOTT exchan ' I ge student from Eng- The Daily Evergreen :d , had his tongue pierced in le obb The fum:e of WS U and the well-being of its on W, d Y of McCroskey Hall students relies on a close and good working rela- with e neSday night along tionship with the community. "It?ther volunteers. That was the message WSU president Sam can' s not that bad, I just Smith conveyed to members of the Pullman sli t talk," he said with a Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at w~;t lisp. "It's not as bad as his annual President's Breakfast. n Ihad my nipple done." Just after dawn at Pullman's Quality Inn, cooTer:'YLoerch, the activities Smith began the annual 11 rdinator for McCroskey speech on a light note, all, mvited Fay Hammond saying that he seems to and Telissa Swan Coahran frOIli th L I· .. give a lot of speeches p. e Itt e City Studios m these days. dalouse to give everyone a "When travel i;monstration of body pierc- around," Smith said, fr g and a custom tattoo in "whenever someone taps e Ont of more than 50 onlook- STAFF PHOTO BY CHUCK ALLEN rsw,d . a spoon, I end up talking. e nesday rught. Christopher Broom, a junior American Studies major from Southampton, Eng- At a dinner once, I acci- . Loerch had his nipple Pierced . land, gets his tongue pierced by Fay Hammond of Little City Studios in Palouse dentally tapped a glass Smith wi as everyone watching and 22 people stood up. Inced. Wednesday evening at the body-piercing demonstration in McCroskey Hall. Three people remained the"1be nee~le isn't that bad, seated, and they were retired." get the right size ring put in. bad part IS when the jewel- it's stimulating," said Shaun I have my ears done and that's The president expressed pleasure in the recog- ry "If it's too small, it will rip ISput in " h id Van Eyk, who had a larger enough for me," she said. nition WSU received this year as one of the bet- B '. e sam. right through your skin like a h lOOdtnckled down his stud put in his tongue. "You Hammond, the body ter colleges in the nation in technology and alum- piercer, educated everyone on cheese cutter", she said. c .est while Hammond fu~sed get an endorphin rush off it." ni donations. what to look for when going After the piercing is done, it WI~ the jewelry. Loerch agreed. U.S. News and World Report ranked WSU as . to get a tattoo or part of your is important to keep the wound . I don't exceed three holes "It's so addictive," he said. having the highest alumni giving rate in the body pierced. clean to prevent infection and In by body at a time not Other residents of nation. Yahoo magazine rated WSU as one of the Includin . ' "You want to make sure the follow all directions," she said. ri " g earrings and a nose McCroskey were not as Top 20 cyber universities and Forbes magazine artwork they do is something Coahran, owner of Little hng, Loerch said. "Jewelry impressed with the body pierc- cited it as one of the 100 most wired universities. you like and the place is City Studios, said, "It's a kick. masa lot of sensual qualities, it ing idea. Smith also highlighted some of the new bene- clean," Hammond said. We came last year to do this, akes everything better." Christina Boeje, an agricul- fits for local businesses in Pullman. One exam- "Make sure everything is ster- its fun." Some of the students had ture student on the exchange ple, Smith cited, is the WSU research labs, such ilized before, and they only Little City Studios, Custom ~Y piercings done before and for the semester from Den- as Yogi Gupta's Shock Physics Institute with its use the needles once." Tattoo and Erotic Body Pierc- th ed about the addicting rush mark, said she wouldn't get many assistants and employees. In addition to Hammond also advised ing, located West 100 Maine in e7.feel after being pierced. anything pierced herself. performing research, the institute serves as a everyone to make sure they Palouse. Whenever you get pierced, "It makes me sick watching, moneymaker for the community. "Think of it as a business," he said. Smith also spoke about a plan to lease Martin Stadium to the University of Idaho, so the Van- dals can enter Division I-A football. If the Van- ~areer Expo visits Beasleytoday dals were to play here, Pullman would have a home football game every weekend, which 01\1 STAFF REPORTS kind in the Pacific Northwest, is sponsored at the all-day event include Boyd's Coffee Smith said would be healthy for the city. The 1997 C E by the Career Services offices at WSU and Company, Fairmont Hotels, The Boeing He also said he'd like to reinstate the old UJ- debUts at WSU areerTh xpod of iththe Palouse. the University.. of Idaho. Last year, the expo Company, NabiSCO,.. Microsoft Corporation WSU football rivalry. - frOllJ on urs ay, WI recruiters .' c more than 130 companies representing was held at UI. the Multicultural Alliance, Toys "R" Us and Provost Gretchen Bataille then informed the chamber about university enrollment numbers. entareers rangIng. from insurance agents to law All stud en ts, even fres hmen and sop h0- Ulwas himgton ,ITwater Power. Bataille said tuition is up, growth is only ~rce~ent officers to computer engineers. mores, are encouraged to attend, make con- In Tuesday's Daily Evergreen a Career slightly up, and WSU is less racially diverse than in B::ruIters participating in the expo will be tacts with the recruiters and explore different Expo Guide was available to help direct you 1n ::Iey Coliseum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. careers. with resumes, cover letters, interviewing and e cond annual expo, the largest of its Some companies who plan to have booths networking. Lookfor copies in Murrow 122. See BREAKFAST Page 15 PAGE 2 THE DAiLy EVERGREEN • ''hru"RSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1997 Pullman forecast from the National Weather Service at Career Expo of the Palouse www.weather.com/weather/ Weather us!citiesIWA_Pullman.html a WSU, UI collaboration THuRs. FRI. SAT. SUN-. By ZOE WERNER sented at Thursday's event. ing to see companies like Stryker H H H H 66 . 66 66 64 The Daily Evergreen "There is not a major on campus Endoscopy, a company that is first in that could walk away from this thing the field of specialty surgery tools, L L L L It took five years for the idea of empty-handed," Blanco said. "We come up from Santa Clara." 52 45 43 44 The Career Expo of the Palouse, co- contacted more than 2,000 business Companies like Stryker Showers Showers I Showers and sun sponsored by the Universityof Idaho and organizations, looking for the Endoscopy are looking for more and WSU, to come.