Student Senate Balks at Sponsoring Bus Tour
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THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT The Morwick meets SAGAMORE his match. INDIANAPOLIS Ocl. 3, 1988 Vol. 18, No. 10 Student Senate balks at sponsoring bus tour By ANDREW CAHEY look good and not the good of the "The meeting was already run allowing senators an op dents and the sponsors of the school." ning long and we wanted to get portunity to review them. tour." said Smith, a member of After a heated discussion dur According to the press release home," said William Schilling, Proffitt said that the Univer the debate team with Proffitt. ing the IUPU1 Student Senate from the sponsors of the bus oenator -at-large. sity Forum debate team will fol At one point, the Political meeting Sept. 21, a senntor-at- tour, the United States Student After Smith questioned the ly sponsor the tour and feele Science Student Association large removed her motion for Association (USSA), the tour partisanship of the bus tour, that "student government (POLSA) was approached about Senate support of a national stu was designed to provide stu Proffitt asked the senators to deserves no credit for organising co-sponsoring the event, said dent bus tour which will arrive dents the opportunity to explore hand bock the information and the bus tour." POLSA faculty adviser Robert in Indiannpolis Oct. 11. election issues which affect removed her request for Senate Karen Marks, assistant direc Bloomquist. Linda L. Proffitt, president of them and encourage student support of the bus tour. tor of Student Activities, con However, after discussion at a the Indiana Students’ Associa voter participation. Student Government shows firmed last Thursday that Prof POLSA meeting, members con tion (ISA) and a senator-at-large At the Senate meeting, Prof!Ut no desire to provide issues to the fitt had completed all necessary cluded that there would be a in the Student Senate, sharply presented senators with in student body," Proffitt said. paperwork with the Student Ac "sufficient number of -other criticised the Senate’s decision formation (Vom USSA about the Schilling said that "on the sur tivities office for the event and sponsors" for the tour, said not to co-sponsor the bus tour. bus tour. face (the bus tour) is a great that the University Forum Bloomquist “I’m mad as hell (with Student Glenda Smith, student body idea. "But I wanted more details would be sponsoring the bus Student organisations that Senate). They deserve all the president, then complained that about it before we gave our ap tour. sponsor the bus tour are asked ridicule possible," she added. senators had to read through proval on it." Tm concerned that debate to provide financial support for Proffitt said some individual the two pages of information He said that resolutions money will be used to sponsor tour members' hotel accom- senators are "only concerned and refused to allow it to be pre should be presented to senate an event which ofTers little with what makes their school sented. members prior to the meeting, chance of dialogue between stu See USSA, Page 5 Human Pence is research ‘Sharp’ limited By RICK CALLflRAN shooter By DAVE CLARK Changes in a variety of factors affecting human research Republican congreeeional studies could threaten the very hopeful Mike Pence rode onto future of those important the IUPUI campus with both scientific projects, a campus re guns biasing last Thursday. searcher says. His target — 2nd Congres Dr. Steve Williams, a professor sional District representative of hemotology/oncology, says the Phil Sharp. His aim — a little to changing face of controlled clini the right, but carefolly targeted cal trials — studies in which hu for his audience. mans are enlisted to compare Invited to speak by the IUPUI the effects of new treatments College Republicans, Pence, who and drugs — have the potential is running against Sharp for In for creating a backlog of un diana's 2nd Congressional Dis tested hypotheses or yielding trict seat, quickly went on the studies with unreliable conclu offensive against what he said sions. was his opponent's reliance on The most immediately special interest group and politi threatening of these changes, An exorcist contacted by The S a ga m ore said that cal action committee (PAC) Williams says, is the recent vacation to find his offica invaded by cobwebs, Levy’s haunting was an inside job, somehow re funding. trend for patients suffering from ghosts and hobgoblins. Such is the sad case of Irv lated to Or. Patricia Boaz and his co-workers. “It’s legal," Pence said, refer terminal or life-threatening ail Levy of the Adult Education Coordinating Center. ________ . Photo by PAUL SUTTON ring to Sharp’s acceptance of ments to seek treatment at hos such campaign donations, "but pitals near their homes, rather challenge we hove as physicians it’s wrong." than travelling to larger, in the 1080s Is to continue to Foundation woes won’t affect “The question is," Pence metropolitan hospitals which make arrangements for these added, "who does Sharp frequently have established re people to participate in clinical fund raising efforts, says VP represent when he accepts search programs. trials. That’s a difficult thing to money from PACs and special* The effect has been a reduc do, considering all the factors at By MICK McGRATH president of the Foundation, interest groups?” tion in the number of patients work." James M. Elliott, vice president In a Sept. 19 article in TKt opting to participate in these The federal grand jury indict of finance, and Richard E. Wall S t m t Journal. Pence was Another of these factors, Wil quoted as saying that Sharp had irogroms, a situation that often liams said, is the fact that ment of three IU Foundation Beard, director of real estate, feaves researchers scrambling to employees last week on charges were charged with diverting for raised "One million dollars from physicians who express an inter special interest groups." find a sufficient number of est in conducting a research pro of misuse of Foundation funds is personal usq more than volunteers to take part in their ject are faced with the prospect not expected to affect donations $100,000 in funds from the gen In contrast. Pence said that studies. As a result, new drugs to the fond raising organisation, eral account of the Foundation. his campaign chest of $250,000. of completing an almost over "comes solely from the people ol and treatments that have the whelming amount of paperwork said an executive with the Foun Armstrong retired as Founda potential for improving a dation's Indianapolis office. Indiana.” before they can proceed with tion president in 1983 after 31 The question of who to accept patient’s chance of recovery can their plan. "People have confidence in the years at that position. Elliott remain in limbo. institution," said Eugene money from was a point that This paperwork, which in and Beard requested and Pence returned to throughout "Patients are increasingly volves everything for acquiring Tempel, vice chancellor for ex received administrative leave being cared for near their homes appropriate consent forms from ternal affairs at IUPUI and a much of his speech and during from the Foundation on Wednes the question and answer period by physician* who have not had patients to federal approval to vice president with the Founda day. The three are scheduled to a major commitment to clinical tion. that followed. research," said Williams. T he See CONCERNS, Page 21 William S. Armstrong, former See IU FOUNDATION, Page 5 See GOP, Page 4 Page 2 The SAGAMORE Oct. S, 1888 NOTICES deadline K rn T K ra ! is Thursday at noon. Campus police identify suspect in theft TODAY Mu Kappa Upsilon will diacuta the upcoming regional conference Campus police have identified a suspect in the said. theft of money from an office in the Medical Propst said the investigation is expected to be at thia month's business meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Businesa/SPEA Science Building amid rumors that a campus completed by the first of this week. 4088. Call Stephen Whitinger at 782-8985 for more information. police officer was involved. The 25 security officers at IUPUI are “1 can gunrantee you that there were no police employed by IUPD but are civilian personnel officers involved. I cannot gunrantee you that a and have no police powers, said Propst. The Student Activates Programming Board will meet at 8:15 p.m. security officer was not involved," said Larry Police used hidden videotape cameras to in the Student Activates Office in University Library 002. Call Karen Propst, deputy chief of police operations fa- the identify the suspect. Planted in an office in the Marks at 274-3931 for more details. Indianapolis division of the Indiana University building about two weeks ago, the cameras Police Department (IUPD). enable the police to monitor the area through time lapse recording, a kind of "stop-action" pro Because the investigation into the theft of $20 Phi Mu Sorority will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Businesa/SPEA 4095. to $25 from petty cash funds is ongoing, the cess that can produce a maximum of 72 hours of identity of the suspect is being withheld, Propst footage from a six-hour tape. All Phis must attend this mandatory rush workshop meeting. Members are reminded to bring money for Friday's hayride. Film company looking for extras for “Homeroom” movie TUESDAY and Technology building to film some of the Filmlndiana, a motion picture and television Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma members will meet at noon production company based in Indianapolis, is movie’s scenes.