Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 7-5-1994 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. 1320. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1320 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]. Hill+ Crime in the 'Boro > Those summer months r* Soccer mania! Many incidents and arrests involving GSU Columnist reflects on the wonders - and wetness - of Americans are hoping the sport will \ students have occurred since late May life in South Georgia during the heat wave become more popular in the States Please see "Police Beat," page 2 Please see "Reflections from the Edge," page 4 Please see column, page 3 EAGLELINE BLUE EDITION TUESDAY, July 5,1994 Vol. 67, No. 1 Fair suspended from GSU Georgia Southern University's Official Student Newspaper Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Founded 1927 after charges GSU student-athlete Clint Fair was Fraternity suspended from school for one year due Study calls for moving to a violation of the student conduct code following an investigation. placed on His suspension includes this sum- mer quarter along with fall,winter and some grad programs spring quarter of next year. By Chris Sherwood affiliation placed the responsibility for probation He was arrested following a wreck at News Editor conferring all of these degrees on GSU. approximately 6 p.m. May 21, and GSU needs to return some gradu- "We have made quite a lot of By Chris Sherwood charged with driving under the influ- progress in the four years with the News Editor ence, vehicular homicide, driving on ate degree programs to the Savannah arrangement, and there has been an The GSU chapter of Alpha Tau the wrong side of the road and reckless State and Armstrong State colleges, according to a study which was com- increase in the number of programs Omega fraternity is currently on pro- driving. offered/'GSUVicePresidentof Gradu- bation for violation of party rules, ac- The GSU Student Conduct Code piled for the Board of Regents. The study, conducted by former ate Studies and Research Wilson cording to Director of Judicial Affairs reads as follows: Bradshaw said. Edward Bayens. "Violation of local, state, or federal University of North Carolina Academic Vice President Raymond Dawson, was Along with the number of programs 'They were placed on disciplinary law off the campus, which violation increasing, there have been several probation for spring, summer, and fall constitutes either an aggravated mis- completed in May. He was responsible other positive effects due to the affili- quarters," Bayens said. demeanor or felony, will be presumed for the original study which was com- ation. The probation was appealed during to have negative implications concern- piled in 1989. The report by Dawson is Wilson Bradshaw The graduate enrollment at all three the first week of June, but Alpha Tau ing the student's ability to function jonly a study, and is not officially a Board of Regents plan for implemen- nah State and Armstrong had offered schools has increased by 16 percent Omega advisor Kent Murray said Fri- normally and without danger to the since the fall of 1989, according to the day that the President's office has yet program of the University and/or uni- tation. some well established master's pro- In 1990 when GSU gained univer- grams. study. to respond to the appeal. versity personnel and will subject the "The faculty at all three schools 'We have asked for an additional student to disciplinary action by the sity status, the school assumed the The arrangement made the gradu- responsibility for all the graduate de- ate degree programs which were of- should be commended due to their conference with President Henry be- University." commitment to the programs," cause we felt there were many dis- Driving under the influence and ve- gree programs offered in Savannah. fered at Armstrong State and Savan- Prior to the courtship, both Savan- nah State affiliated programs. This Please see STUDY, page 5 crepancies in the information which hicular homicide are both felonies in led to the probation," Murray said. the state of Georgia. Fair will be eli- According to the Associate Dean of gible to appeal for re-instatement at Students James Orr, the President's GSU following spring quarter 1995. He office has already responded to the will have to appeal to be readmitted, as appeal. any other student who is suspended Henry bows out of running "They only modified the probation would have to do. slightly, but they upheld the finding of According to Director of Judicial Af- the board," Orr said. fairs Edward Bayens, Fair is not the for Connecticut position According to the GSU Student Con- first student to be suspended for an off- duct Code, the fraternity will be re- campus violation. ■ The GSU sity Optimists at a noon meeting June necticut State in New Haven and stricted in several ways. Fair, who was a member of the GSU 2, at R. J.'s Steakery. Western Connecticut State in They may not have social events, baseball team, had an 8-5 record this president decided to Answering a question about the post Danbury. which constitutes as more than seven past season. During his junior season following his speech on the status of He said the larger amount of money members together in a public place or he compiled an 7-5 record while posting withdraw his GSU, Henry said, "I don't know any- he would have received if he had been more than five together in a private a 3.49 earned run average. » candidacy for the thing." selected as the new CSU president gathering. This includes exclusion In this year's major league baseball Henry said in a later interview that compared to his GSU income made his from intramural events. draft, he was drafted by the Cincinnati high-level job he was "probably in the process of decision more "problematic." Secondly, the fraternity may not Reds. making a decision at that point." The Henry is paid $105, 474.3 for ser- have meetings except for regularly In a related matter, the state De- By Enoch W. Autry CSU Board of Trustees announced vices and $18,560.57 for expenses, ac- Editor scheduled business meetings held in partment of Administrative Services is their selection of William J. Cibes Jr. cording to the 1992-1993 State Audi- academic classroom buildings once a conducting a routine investigation into After considering the options, GSU June 10. tors Report. week. the accident to determine if the school President Nicholas Henry made a de- Cibes replaced Dallas K. Beal, who On April 21, Henry was named as Thirdly, only members living in any is liable in any way. cision to renounce his candidacy for retired after serving nine years at the one of six remaining candidates for residence operated by the organiza- the Connecticut State University Sys- post. Cibes was the chief budget advi- the post. He became just one of four, tion may be present there. tem presidency approximately a week sor for Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. May 24, when two dropped from com- They may have no fund-raising WEATHER prior to the announcement of a new Weicker Jr. and long-time Democratic petition. projects, and the president of the orga- chief executive. party activist for the state. Henry completed his interview with nization must report weekly to an in- In a letter dated May 31, Henry An avenue of communications CSU officials May 17, following a day dividual to be designated by the Vice TODAY informed Peter M. Rosas in the Con- played a part in Henry's choice. and a half process. At that time, he Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent President of Student Affairs. necticut State University System Ex- "A well centralized system like Geor- said, "how well the interview went is . The probation can be no shorter chanceofrain.Highwillbeinthelower ecutive Office that he "reluctantly de- gia or Connecticut is fairly bureau- in the eye of the beholder." than six weeks, and no longer than 90s and low will be in the lower 70s. cided to withdraw" his candidacy for cratic with not a lot of interaction with From his vantage point, Henry said two quarters, excluding summer. the post. faculty and staff," he said. "I like the the trip was a "pleasant experience." Murray could not be reached for MID-WEEK FORECAST "I believe that I am more attuned to interaction with faculty and staff." He arrived back in Statesboro on May further comment. Despite numerous Wednesday, there will be isolated the life of a campus than to the life of The CSU post oversees some 35,000 18 after taking an airplane flight attempts, chapter president Jeff thunderstorms throughoutthe day with a system executive," Henry wrote. students that attend the system's in- north on May 16. Safarriyeh could not be reached by a high in the mid-90s and a low in the The time at which Henry made his stitutions of Central Connecticut State If another high-level job opens, press time, nor could any other repre- mid-70s. final decision conflicts because of a in New Britian, Eastern Connecticut Henry said, "no one knows for sure" if sentatives of the fraternity.