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For more information, please contact [email protected]. » 912/681-5246 VoL 63 No 7 ' \ ' Tuesday, October 9,1990 Since 1927, Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern University • Statesboro, GA 30460 L(sfe ^@w§ O'Connor gives history lesson' Sp®^@ ©GfiKd] By ANTOINETTE BURKE lieves that it deserves to be cele- hand." brated as the birth of this univer- From USA Today Copy Editor "The more appropriate analogy sity is celebrated. is ball and chain," she said, ex- U.S. Supreme Court Justice 'Anti-federalist' was a title plaining that the Bill of rights was ©Copyright 1990. USA TODAY/Apple Sandra Day O'Connor gave a claimed by many eighteenth-cen- College Information Network a restraint imposed on the U.S. short lesson on the Bill of Rights in tury Georgians during the time Federal Government in order to LEADERS PREDICTING AGREE- Sweetheart Circle on Monday. that the Constitution was being rat- protect individual freedoms from MENT: Following an introduction by ified. This group did not want a abuses of governmental power. GSU President Nick Henry, centralized government, and pre- O'Connor closed by encourag- Democratic leaders are predict- O'Connor addressed the crowd of ferred power to be in the hands of ing students to be more aware and ing that a new deficit-cutting plan more than 1,000 students, faculty the people. will be reached in time to avert a exercise their individual rights. members, state and local digni- Although the Anti-federalists US Represenative Lindsay total government shutdown Tues- taries, and Statesboro residents. did not win the battle against the day. Informal talks continued into Thomas did not attend the convo- In the address, O'Connor Federalists, they did not give up. cation this morning but he sent a the night Sunday as the House re- stressed the fact that the Bill of "Like those who supported this uni- letter apologizing for his absence. mained on standby to consider any Rights represents "a longstanding versity's creation, they kept plug- plan put before it. Any plan is Additional opening remarks were struggle between two groups seek- ging away." made by Vice President for Aca- likely to ease reductions in Medi- ing to find a balance between the The anti-federalist aversion to care and increases in excise taxes. demic Affairs, Harrison S. Carter, rights of individuals and states an all-powerful federal govern- State Representative Terry Cole- LITTLE KNOWN THINGS: and the need for a strong central ment is still present in the way that man, President of the Alumni As- j Nearly one-quarter of the USA government." individual rights are protested in sociation, William E. George Jr. has not had sex lately, while only O'Connor said that she spends a the Constitution and the Bill of and SGA President Curtis about five percent have it four or great deal of time looking closely Rights. Whi taker . more times a week. That is just one at what the Bill of Rights allows the Referring to the constitution's Musical presentations included of the conclusions in the book "An government to do and what it does anti-authoritarianism, O'Connor "Fanfare for a Festival" by the American Profile: Opinions and not allow. After nine years as a said that "the great irony" of the GSU Chorus and "A Brand New Behavior 1972-1989," based on sur- U.S.Supreme Court Justice , she Bill of Rights is that "most Ameri- Day" (Everybody Rejoice) which Justice Sandra Day O'Connor addresses a crowd of more than veys of 1,600 people. Other find- said that she is still in awe of this cans think that the constitution and was performed by the Afro-Ameri- 1,000 at the University Celebration Convocation ceremony 200-year-old document , and be- ings: 30 percent have had an out-of- the Bill of Rights go hand and can Choir. Monday morning, CPHOTO: KIM PERRY) body experience and 78 percent say kids sometimes need a spanking. PIRATES PLAY REDS: Rested and ready, the Pitts- Accused rapists bond set burgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds resume the National League get into the bed Mercer was in. At approved after he agreed not to Championship series with Game 3 By KEVIN HUDSON this point, Mercer allegedly forced contact the victim or anyone else Monday at Three Rivers Stadium Staff Writer the girl to have sex with him. involved with the case. In addition, in Pittsburgh. The series is tied, 1- Afterwards, the student went out Mercer must stay off the GSU An 18-year-old GSU freshman 1. The two-day weekend layoff, the of her dorm room and returned campus. The conditions were set by reported Sunday, September 30 that extra day a concession to NFL tele- about a minute later. The report Superior Court Judge Faye Sanders she had been raped in her Hen- casts, afforded both clubs a chance further stated that she then re- Martin. dricks Hall dorm room. Statesboro to wonder where their hitting went. turned to her own bed alone and the resident Jamie Vincent Mercer, 21, Mercer's court-appointed attor- Each club has scored five runs in two went to sleep. was arrested Wednesday and ney, Michael Classens of States- the two games. Later on Sunday, the student charged with the offense. boro, said that he would possibly DUKE LOSES IN LA.... BARELY: went to Bulloch Memorial Hospital Mercer had attended a party claiming that she had been raped. conduct a preliminary hearing Louisiana state Rep. David where he met the student Saturday University Police were contacted sometime in the future. A request Duke lost his bid for the U.S. Sen- night. According to reports he met about the incident around 10pm. was made by Classens and Assistant District Attorney Joe ate this weekend, but his surpris- her, uninvited, at her dorm. When Hospital authorities released Martin that a grand jury hear the ing showing puts him just where she went to her room, he went with information concerning the case at a later date. his opponents do not want him - as her. The two talked for an extended probability that coercion was used a political power for the future. The period of time, and he asked if he in the incident. There were no This was the second rape re- ex-Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard could spend the night in her room. bruises found on the student's body, ported on campus in three days. On got 44 percent of the vote, while in- The student allegedly agreed to let however a "small (vaginal) tear" September 27, A student at In the cumbent Sen. J. Bennett Johnston A musical pause... him use the extra bed in her room. discovered by doctors may indicate Pines Apartments reportedly got 54 percent. According to published reports, The GSU Marching band had the week-end off, and will enjoy force. claimed that she had been raped. the two talked for a while longer ABORTION ON BALLOTS: the next two week-ends off, until Georgia Southern plays Mercer was released oil $5,000 The student in that case decided Abortion rights supporters and Savannah State at home Oct. 27. (Photo by Tony Tocco) and the student was convinced to bond Friday. His release was only not to file charges. foes are taking the issue back to the people. More than a year after the Supreme Court gave states greater power to restrict abortion and cre- 13 arrested in undercover police operation ated a flurry of legislative activity, activists on both sides have adopted By KEVIN HUDSON Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly, South- employee did card the girl when a new strategy: The ballot mea- Earlie Shipmon, an employee at people in Statesboro or the students' Staff Writer side Beverage, Substation II, Din- she came in; he was doing all that sure. In November, Oregon and Substation II, was one of the per- parents to think that we are en- gus Magee's, the Flying Eagle, was necessary to follow the law. I Nevada will have abortion issues During an undercover operation sons arrested Thursday. "I don't couraging the students to drink Willie G's, Zax and Westside believe he simply miscalculated on ballots. concerning the sale of alcoholic think they're getting much out of underage." Minit Mart. beverages to minors last Thursday her age," continued Dunn "He was this," said Shipmon, referring to WHITE SUPREMACISTS ON really our most experienced em- The owner of another restaurant night, the Statesboro Police De- The stores will not be charged the police "going after the busi- TRIAL: ployee, and had even turned down whose employee sold to the under- partment (SPD) made arrests at 13 with the offense. Arrests were nesses" instead of the ones that are cover buyer was also upset. Willie A legal showdown begins Mon- his own fraternity brothers that buying and attempting to buy when of the 25 businesses checked. made of the 13 employees who sold G's owner, Mary Sue Hodges, said day in Portland, Ore., when Ku night." they are underage.