Athletic Director Studies Football

·VoLUME 75 No. 13 WAKE FoREST UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NoRTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NovEMBER 21, 1991 ~SG approves Athletic director resolutions ·on reform studies football BY KIMBERLY GRIFFJNG Coach says he had no knowledge OU> GoU> AND BLACK REPoRTER The student body will vote on a resolution of secret, year-long investigation .to reform the Constitution of the Student Government in a referendum Dec. 5. The BY Mncr FITZGERALD Hooks said: "Whether anything reforms, which were approved by the SG SPORTS EonuR wouldcomeofthat, who's to say? I'm Legislature Tuesday. will transform various certainly not throwing it out there as articles of the constitution into statutes. Athletic Director Gene Hooks has something I might speculate on, and · · The proposed change would "increase the been conducting an investigation of have somebody say, 'Gosh, they might effectiveness of the SG, particularly the judi the football program for more than a take this thing and say they need to get cial process," says the resolution. The changes year without informing Head Coach a new coach or something.' We may would convert the sections of the constitution Bill Dooley, according to a story pub take it and say this is about as good as that deal with procedures and definitions into lished Wednesday in the Charlotte we can do in football at Wake Forest." statutes. Observer. Dooley has been reported in the Senior Chris Baugher, the speaker of.'the With Wake Forest's lack of success Observer to have an adversarial rela house, said the reforms will make the consti in recent seasons in football, and with tionship with the university adminis tution a "more workable document." : the sport's role as a major revenue tration and the academic standards it The reforms were submitted by the SG producer, Hooks established a com enforces, which are more stringent Judiciary Committee, of which junior Chris mittee to analyze Wake Forest foot than the national or conference stan McDonald is chairman. The Ad Hoc Judicial ball and determine what changes could dards. Committee drafted the resolution. The chair improve the school's status in the The committee was formed by man of the Judicial Council, the vice presi increasingly competitive Atlantic Hooks to look at these standards as dent ofstudent life and instructional resources, Coast Conference. well as such aspects of the football the SG president, two SG legislators and the However, Dooley was not informed program as recruiting, financing and four officers of the judicial system compose of the study until asked about it by competitiveness, the Observer says. the committee. · Randy Hall Charles Chandler of the Observer "Our objective is to try to see if we An information session about the reforms Lecturer Carey Casey speaks to a large crowd at the race relations forum Tuesday night. Tuesday afternoon. can help WakeForestfootbaii,"Hooks will be held Dec. 3. "I had not wanted to keep it from said in the Obsener. "The university In other business, the legislature approved coach Dooley - I thought he knew needs to look at itself, because it's the revised inspection policy ofleasedlounges we were doing it," Hooks said in the been an embarrassment. We don't and block housing in its meeting Tuesday Student organizations host Observer. "I'm sorry it caught him by want to lose. All our other programs . night, as presented by Connie Carson, the surprise." are successful." associate director of residence life and hous Dooley has won just seven games The repott remained completely ing. in the past three years after winning confidential until this week. Hooks · The new policy would replace the policy discussion on race relations seasons in his first two years at Wake refused to comment on the that was implemented in September by Den Forest. committee's findings or release the nis Gregory, the director of RLR. Under that He has two years remaining on his names of the members except Bill CYNDI Fo-rrA David Upchurch, the SG president, said the pur policy, leased lounges were inspected twice a Bv contract and denies reports that he Faircloth, the assistant athletic direc CONTRIBUTING REPOR'JER pose of the forum was to "attack the issue of racism week, Monday and Friday, and failed inspec plans to step down. tor for football operations. in some way and to try to take a positive stride tions resulted in $50 fines for each violation. "People keep asking if Dooley is Dooley did say he would be open to Over 50 people attended the race relations forum towards a sol uti on." In the Sept. 5 issue of the Old Gold and retiringand,heckno,I'mnot,"Dooley coaching offers from other colleges, with guest speaker Carey W. Casey Tuesday in the Upchurch said he was pleased with the turnout ' Black, Carson said RLH "didn't feel the said in the Observer. "I like it here. but he insisted that he is committed to Benson University Center. and felt that speaker Carey Casey presented "a lounges were kept clean on a daily basis" and I'm looking forward to Navy on Sat making the program competitive. Student Government, along with the tremendous challenge" to the crowd. "had the same kind of feeling about common urday, and after that I'm looking for "It's not easy, but you don't ever Interfraternity Council, the InterSociety/sorority Casey is the national director of the Fellowship areas ... (Students) felt like the::y could treat ward to recruiting." give up," Dooley said in the Obsener. Council, the Asian Student Alliance and the office of Christian Athletes, the chaplain forth~ Olympic their lounges anyway as long as they had them But when asked about the possibil Hooks, Dooley and Faircloth could of minority affairs, sponsored the forum. Senior clean by Monday." See Race, Page 5 ity of Dooley's removal, Hooks' re not be reached by the Old Gold and . :Carson said Greek organizations ex: pressed ply was, "It's conceivable." Black for comment. concern over the old inspection policy. After talking to Greek representatives. Carson said she suspended the policy, saying it was neces sary to allow the development of a better Judicial officers reflect on public Meroney hearings policy. ·The policy that was in use during the 1990- BY JAY WooDRUFF tory Revision, which changes parts of the constitution into "We will be thinking of many of the problems that grew out 91 academic year will be in place until the ASSOCIATe MANAGING EDITOR statutes. The resolution was passed by the SG Legislature of the Meroney case," Earle said. "We will be mindful of that, new policy can be formally approved and Tuesday. Senior Chris Baugher, the SG speaker of the house, and perhaps incorporate some measures that will help us to implemented in January. With the conclusion of seven months of public judicial said the constitution and the statutes are equally binding, but avoid some of stresses that grew out of that case." She said in the past there had been a "num proceedings for junior John Meroney Nov. 13, members of the statutes are less difficult to change. Meroney, the editor of The Wake Forest Critic, an indepen ber of problems" with "maintenance" and judicial system are reflecting on the case and how problems The resolution will be put to a student referendum Dec. 5. As dent student magazine, was charged with disorderly conduct, "cleanliness" of the leased lounges and block arising from it can be handled better in the future. a constitutional revision, the resolution requires two-thirds a violation of university rules and regulations, and three housing areas, so an inspection process was John Earle, a professor of sociology and the chairman of the approval by the members of the student body who vote. incidents of lying, an honor code violation. instituted and operated formally for about two Judicial Council, the governing body of the judicial system, The committee, which was formed last year to improve the The advisers of the Judicial Board dropped the disorderly years. said the Ad Hoc Judicial Committee will address many of the judicial system at the request of the board of trustees, is conduct charge after they declared two mistrials in the case . In addition to input from the Interfraternity issues raised in the Meroney case nex:t semester as it continues composed of the chaim1an of the Judicial Council; the vice during hearings May 2 and Oct. 3. The student constitl!tion Council and Intersociety/sorority Council, to work on reforming the judicial system. president for student life and instructional resources; the SG says a case will be dismissed after two mistrials. The faculty student representatives from the Resident Stu The first reform proposed by the committee this year is a president; two SG legislators; and the four student officers of advisers granted the mistrials because key witnesses were dent Association formed a committee to ad Resolution on Student Government Constitution and Statu- the judicial system. See Meroney, Page 5 dress the problem. They also considered con cerns from the student body as a whole before offering the revised policy. Senior Mike Carter and Paul Barnes, an SG begins campus assistant director of RLH, are the co-chair men of the committee. Carter said the impor tance of student representation was based on newspaper recycling the belief that "Wake Forest has always pro moted self-governing," and "that students be involved in a policy affecting so many." The committee discussed concerns about program this week "what would be inspected and what : See Legislature, Page 5 BY KELLY BLUE OLD GOLD & BLACK REPORTER The Recycling Committee of Student Government collected its first batch of newspapers Tuesday.

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