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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 11-22-1994 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (1994). The George-Anne. 1339. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1339 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. > Money matters + Volleyball fr Enough's enough! Financial Aid Director Tolly Nagy steps Lady Eagles volleyball coach Dee Nichols ^§ Judge decides 700 frivolous down; GSU now in search of a new one explains why GSU lost to Furman lawsuits is too much; woman must stop Please see story, page 2 Please see story, page 6 Please see "Only in America," page 3 EAGLELINE The BLUE EDITION Tuesday, November 22,1994 Vol. 67, No. 36 Happy Turkey Day!i Georgia Southern University's Official Student Newspaper This is the next- Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Founded 1927 to-last issue of The George-Anne for fall quarter — enter Student alleges assault in residence hall classifieds and By Chris Sherwood had actually taken the phone," Mountain said. "Well, that he better watch his back. announcemnts be- News Editor about 8:15 that night I saw that same friend along fore going home for "After it was over with, I tried to get in touch with A student at G-56 was allegedly assaulted in his with [the assailant] on the elevator. I told him why I the holidays! my RA, but he wasn't there. I tried to get in touch with room last Thursday night. hadn't been talking to him for the past few weeks." the RA on the second hall, but couldn't get in touch Demonstrators arrested at Sophomore Andre Mountain reported the matter Next, according to Mountain, he walked toward with him either," Mountain said. "I then tried to call to the University Police. his room from the elevator and the assailant followed the RA in the Commons, but got an answering ma- Fort Benning protests "I told Captain Peaster at the University Police him into his room. chine so I called the University Police." The Associated Press that I wanted to take out a warrant, and he told me "He grabbed me by the neck and said some things, According to Mountain, when the officer showed to think about it before I did it," Mountain said. "I'm and he let go. I told him I had no obligation to talk to up, the assailant had left and gone to The Pines, so FORT BENNING, Ga.—Demonstra- going to go Monday to get it." him," Mountain said. "He never mentioned the phone the officer gave him Captain Buddy Peaster's tele- tors arrested for chaining the doors of According to Mountain, he and the alleged assail- again, it was like he just wanted an excuse to confront phone number. the School of the Americas planned a ant in the fight were once good friends. me." "He told me I could go through the Judicial Board memorial service today to temporarily "We (the alleged assailant) have been pretty close According to Mountain, 10 or 12 people who had with the incident, but doing community service won't end their protest. friends up until a few weeks ago," Mountain said. "At gathered in the hall laughed at the assailant. The phase (the asailant)," Mountain said. "Mr. Peaster Five protesters, includingaNew Mexi- 4:15 a.m Thursday, I got a call from him, and he more they laughed, the more frustrated and angry told me to think about whether I wanted to actually can, were arrested Tuesday as they accused my acquaintance or I of taking his phone the assailant got. obtain or not, so I did. The next day, I heard from marked the five-year anniversary of the from his room. I just hung up on him." "They all were telling him that it wasn't worth it to several of my friends that the assailant was still deaths in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests According to Mountain, nothing happened during fight," Mountain said. "None of them tried to break it talking about the incident, and I felt threatened so I and two women, all slain by soldiers the day on Thursday, until he came back to G-56. up or anything though." decided to go ahead and take out the warrant." trained at the school. "One of our mutual friends came up to me and told Accordingto Mountain, after the assailant slammed Because he could not get in touch with any of the Military police charged Louis me not to worry about it because he, along with some him into the wall, he told him that he was the one who RA's, Mountain said he felt that taking out a warrant Debenedette, of New Haven, Conn., and other guys, had played a practical joke on him and got slammed into the wall in front of 50 people and was what he had to do. the Rev. William J. Bichsel of Tacoma, Wash., with criminal trespass and ob- struction of a public building for chain- ing the school doors shut, a Fort Benning Special Olympics helps children Business college statement said. They were released pending trial in building to be ready federal court. William Prior Jr. of Las Cruces, N.M., by fall quarter 1995 the Rev. Frederick Mercy, of Spokane, G-A Staff Reports Wash., and John Linnehan, of St. Marys, "We know our strengths, Ga., were charged with criminal tres- By next fall quarter, the new and that is why we put all our pass for distributing fliers that said the College of Business Adminis- resources into the undergradu- school had shut down. The MPsgave tration (COBA) building will ate program," Gooding said. them "ban and bar" letters ordering them be ready for occupancy. The "Most people don't come here to stay off post. original estimate for the build- for an MBA, but it is a good The protesters planned a memorial ingwas set at $1.2 million and program." service today for those slain in El Salva- thus far, the College has raised There are many factors dor. The protests, including signs and over $900,000. which have made the COBA fasting, temporarily end after the ser- 'Well $350,000 has come successful according to vice, but efforts to shut down what the from the lottery and the rest Gooding. protesters call 'The School of Assassins" came from private sources "All our classes are taught will never stop, said the Rev. Roy Bour- through the capital campaign," by professors, there aren't any geois, who heads a group that organizes COBA Dean Carl Gooding said. graduate students teaching the annual protests. "We have the best undergradu- the courses, and we don't have ate school in the country. The to have any of our classes in a "big" named schools like Michi- large auditorium," Gooding WEATHER gan have undergraduate said. "Over the last 10 years schools, but they put more we have been able to get su- emphasis in their graduate TODAY per- qualified faculty to teach programs." Partly cloudy, with in the business program, and Each contribution to the there are a lot of people out a high in the mid- Stephen Burt building of over $3,000 brings there who want to, but can't." 50s and a low in The two GSU students shown here were among many who turned out to help the children who with it a plaque, which will be The overall growth of, not the lower 60s. participated in the Special Olympics at the Grady Street gym last week. placed in a specific area de- only the campus, but also pending on the amount. COBA was one of the reasons MID-WEEK While GSU does offer a Mas- a new facility was planned. FORECAST Student group fights campus crime ters in Business Administra- "Currently we have classes Wednesday, it By Lauren Mestel Capt. Williams of the distribute 5,000 copies of this tion, there is more emphasis in three different locations on will be sunny, with Staff Writer Statesboro Police Department newspaper, and a news watch put into the undergraduate de- campus," Gooding said. "We've gree. a high in the mid-60s Last year, then Student will be working with SACC. supplement for campus crime Please see COLLEGE, page 3 and a low in the mid-30s. Government President Jerald One of the main golas of the will also be published in The Thursday, it will continue to be Carter started a group on cam- group will be to work out a George-Anne. A reason for the season sunny, with a high in the mid-60s and pus to help students keep better system of getting on and With students heading off-campus crimes reported. home for the holidays, crime a low in the upper 30s. aware of crimes on campus, and how to inform and prevent Many other projects are be- prevention is a major topic. them. ing discussed. One big project "If it is not bolted or tied "Students Against Campus is an off campus housing guide. down take it with you," Royal INDEX Crime, SACC, is a pro-active One of these is to develop a said.