.. Tonight in NYC Walk of Faith Index Oileman's A&E 85-8 Deacon Notes 82 Deacs advance to Briefly A2. Editorials A8-11 personal journey. Calendar 87 Scoreboard B4 Perspectives/A 12 Classifieds A7 Sports 81-4 VISit our Web site at www.ogb.wfu.edu Volume 83, No. 25 -. • ' .., ~. r· '' •' ' •..-. ' • • ......,:·_~·,ver appeals murder charge limit The Winston-Salem jury did not The drunk driver who caused the believe his actions merited the death 1996 death of two university students penalty, but instead sentenced him to life is appealing a controversial ruling. in prison without parole. Two decades ago, involuntary man­ slaughter was the most serious offense By Will Wingfield that could be brought before drunk driv­ News Editor ers. In the mid-1980s, second-degree murder chl!!'ges for drunk drivers re-. After hearing arguments from the de- fleeted . growin~ public intolerance of fendant and the state attorney general's drunk drivingJones' case was the first office,theNortltCarolinaSupremeCourt drunk driving case that resulted in a is currently deciding the outcome of the murder charge in the United States in 1997 murder conviction of Thomas Ri- which the death penalty was a possibil­ chard Jones, convicted in the Sept. 4, ity. Additionally,]ones was the first per- 1996 deaths of university sojhomores son in North Carolina to be convicted of Chris Carlstrom! Old Gold and Black Julie Hansen and Maia Witzl. ones was first-degree murder for killing so~eone Get stand convicted under a new application of the while driving under tlte influence ofalco­ up, up felony-murder rule, which states that hoi. According to the National Traffic University students gather in Shorty's to work and celebrate the Demon Deacons overtime victory over N.C. State March 28. The anyone who kills another person while Law Center, North Carolina is now one Deacs will take on Notre Dame in the NIT finals tonight at 7 p.m. committing a felony can be charged witlt of six states iri which drunken drivers first-degree murder. who kill can be put to death. Hansen and Witzl were traveling in a Previously, the felony-murder law was car~~~~~:!cr~:~s~ broadside near ;rc~;o:ck~:ili: the Sept. 4, 1996, at :~~~s:~~~~~~~~~i;:.c~:~beries and sexual assaults where peot: Pro£essors discuss philosophy the intersection of Polo Road and had died as a result. The law itself Brookwood Drive, about two blocks from been in existence in some form since the Ca.tt?-pus. Both !Iartsen ail~ .W!.~Lwete 16th century;· lo~g _befute atttOtit~l:J~~-~·-- ' ' i ' ' " ' members of 'Chi Omega'"sotol'ity:'-'l'htt' · ·were invented; Sincei997; bdWevet;fWo • ., , · ·· ·" " ·· ,.~ .. .....,!Bf:81iWGiinroJf ·· · tlie~ld Philosophy Funds and four other students, Lea Billmeyer '99, other North ·Carolinians have been News Editor "The conference's purpose was to bring The Steintrager Lecture in Political Phi- Aline Iodice '99, Fiona Penney and Paige charged with first-degree murder for losophy and Jurisprudence. Warren '99, were also injured in the. deaths that resulted from drunk driving. Philosophers from across the globe together the world's foremost moral "The conference's purpose was to accident. · State law already clearly specifies that gathered at the Graylyn International philosophers ... whose scholarly bring together the world's foremost Jones, who had a history of reckless after someone is convicted ofDWI within Conference Center last weekend to dis· interests run the gamut of all aspects of moral philosophers, political tlteorists, driving and driving while impaired, ran the course of seven years, the fourth cuss one of the major schools of philo- economists, intellectual historians (and) into the students' car after faking pre- charge becomes a felony. sophical thought- utilitarianism. utilitarianism and its critics." jurists ... whose scholarly interests run scription pain killers and drinking beer. The center of this controversy is that About 140 professors, graduate stu- David Weinstein thegarnutofallaspects of utilitarianism He was charged with four counts of as- the ruling is without precedent for traffic dents and undergraduates attended the Associate professor of politics and its critics," Weinstein said. saultwithadeadlyweaponwithintentto accidents.First-degreemurderis,bydefi- conference, representing over 90 uni- University president Thomas K. kill, which made the two murder counts nition, premeditated. Since Jones was versities and colleges and at least 15 HearnJr. opened the conference on the first-degree. Jones was not charged with not legally intoxicated, argues Jones' different countries. The event was orga- by the office of the president, the office night ofMarch 24. It was divided into 28 DWI, however, because his blood alco- nized by David Weinstein, an associate of the vice-president for finance and hollevelwasbelowthelegalintoxication See Murder, Page A7 professor of politics, and co-sponsored administration, the dean of the college, See Philosophy, Page A7 Peace vigil honors memory of Holocaust .GSSAholds By Phil Glynn Old Gold and Black Reporter "The purpose of the vigil was to spread a campus-wide message. third annual The night of March 26 on the steps of Wait Chapel, tlte Jewish We will take a stand against hate Student Organization, in collabo­ in any form." ration with other student groups, Julie Eling organized a peace vigil in response pride week Senior, member of to the events surrounding campus JSO reactions to, The Revisionis~ an By Laura Weems insert advertisement in tlte March Old Gold and Black Reporter 16 issue of the Old Gold and Black. Revisionistis that hate has no place The vigil was attended by ap­ here," senior Julie Eling of the The Gay-Straight Student Alliance kicked off proximately 35 people and was JSO said. Pride Week 2000 March 25 with a banquet conducted as an informal series of After a brief introduction to the honoring and thanking faculty and supporters eight brief speeches on the sub­ event, 11 memorial candles were of the gay and lesbian movement. The annual jects of reso1ving this issue and lit. Eling said in her speech, "We Pride Week, which will continue until March preventing similar situations that will be lighting 11 memorial 31, features movies, discussions and a vigil would be harmful to the campus candles. Six for each million of promoting awareness of hate crimes. community. the Jews killed during the holo­ "The purpose of Pride Week is to bring "The purpose of the vigil was to caust. The other five for each mil­ people together to talk about issues facing the spread a campus-wide message. lion gays, ·political prisoners community and issues that divide us one from We will take a stand against hate Students and community members gathered March 26 on the steps of Wait Chapel another," Perry Patterson, a professor of eco­ in any form. Our response to 17ze See Vigil, Page A5 to hold a vigil in response to Holocaust revisionism. nomics, the faculty sponsor of the GSSA, said. Pride Week was started two years ago in an effort to bring the GSSA into tlte student body's awareness. Students plan to travel with alumni to old campus "When I was a freshman, there wasn't much awareness of GSSA," Justin Lee, a member of GSSA, said. "Most people didn't even know they existed, and if they did know, they didn't By Andrea Arco The entire day will cost interested voted to telling tlte history of the old know much about it." Old Gold and Black Reporter "There is a whole house there devoted students ten dollars, a price that in­ campus with photographs and other That was when GSSA was known as tlte Gay to telling the history of the old cludes transportation and lunch. memorabilia," senior Adrianne Stone, and Lesbian, Bisexual Association. The GSSA On the weekend of April 1, inter­ campus with photographs A worship service will be held at the former president of the student was formed on campus in 1991 as a group ested students will have the opportu­ 10:45 a.m. in the chapel at the old alumni council, said. "Some of the called GALA, or Gay andLesbianlssuesAware­ nity to travel to the old campus in and other memorabilia. " campus and then students will have photographsinoutShorty'scamefrom ness Group. Later, the name was changed to eastern North Carolina to get in touch Adrianne Stone lunch in tlte old gymnasium. Follow­ their collection." GALBA to include bisexuals. with the university's roots and meet Former president of the student alumni coWlcil ing these activities, there will be sev­ The "Trek to Wake Forest" happens Early last year, the name was again changed alumni who attended the university at eral open houses and tours. Students every four years at the university so to GSSA or Gay-Straight Student Alliance in its original location. will have the opportunity to talk with that each class has an opportunity to the hopes of making the group open to anyone The student alumni council and pus in the small town of Wake Forest university alumni while learning the go. The April2 everit is actually part of who was concerned with gay and lesbian is­ alumni activities office has arranged about two hours away. The shuttles history of the old campus and seeing a weekend affair for the alumni who sues. Ever since, GSSA has been growing for shuttles to run from the university's will leave campus at 8:30 a.m. April2 the original Shorty's. Reynolda campus to the former cam- and return around 6 p.m. that evening. "There is a whole house there de- See Trek, Page AS See GSSA, Page AS Ne~ A2Thursday, March 30,2000 Old Gold and Black News - 'OGB' undergoes transition 9 Spring transition brings changes get people to think about things they "I want to give a forum for the voices of might not normally think about," to the Old Gold and Black editorial Walters said.