f' ' ' - • ..--rl e' •~--~ · ' ,, I'J'J'i WrU l'uhlir .t-lron'i flcMrcl. ·\II Ru~ht" R<'"l'rH·d ~ . ~ . .. ·KiSs of Death LD VoLUME 78, No. 28 "COVERS THE CAMPUS LIKE 1HE MAGNOLIAS." THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1995 "' .-· Sii.dents abducted from campus parking lot· Bv LISA MARTIN were walking in the parking Jot adjacent to lice, said she could not release any in forma- campus, notices were posted in campus build­ in security on campus will be made to prevent NEWS Enno• Collins Residence Hall at I :20 a.m. Monday tion because officers are still investigating. ings and distributed to all resident students such incidents from happening in the future, when they were apprehended. "The case is still heavily under investiga- and a campus alert was placed on the com put- she said further analysis of the case will be. Two female residents of Luter Residence The suspects are two males, about 5 feet6 tion. We're moving rapidly on it," Lawson ers in all the computer labs. done . Hall were abducted at gunpoint early Monday inches tall, one who is white with a thin brown said. "We're hopefulthatsomething will come An officer was also placed in Luter for the "We're always working to evaluate every morning and. forced to drive to an off-campus mustache who was wearing jeans, a blue of it very soon." protection ofthe kidnapped students, Lawson case, and we have evaluated this one," she automatic teller machine and withdraw $300 hooded sweatshirt and a Charlotte Hornets The students, a senior and a sophomore, said. She said she did not believe the students said. "We're always open to student input." for the kidnappers. baseball cap. The other is black with curly refused to speak to the Old Gold and Black, were in any danger, though. · To protect themselves from suc_h assau!ts, The stLJdents were not hanned, and the brown hair wearing a gold, black and white even on the condition of anonymity. The residence hall has been locked down on Lawson· said students should avOid walkrng suspects have not yet been apprehended. Wake Forest University windbreaker. As a result of the incident. Lawson said a a 24 hour basis. alone aftdr dark: She also pointed out that According to Campus Police, the< students Regina Lawson, the chief of Campus Po- larger number of ofticers are patrolling the Although Lawson said no definite changes See Abd~tion 1 Page 5 ! SLC to VOte on postponing Rush BY JENNIFER FowLER posal is being considered now partly report in September 1993. said they Graham, along with junior Roger A.~si!>"TANT NJ:ws EonoK because of the recent adoption of the were concerned with the aftccts of Young, the president of the Interfra­ Program PlanningCommittee's "Plan Rush and pledging on academics. ternity Council, junior April Arden, Thtf Student Life Committee will for the Class of 2000," which creates "Students need a full year to get the vice president of Panhellenic vote .'tomorrow on a· proposal that a mandatory freshman seminar course. their academic lives and academic Council, and junior Ralph Rossi, the wQuld f!rohibit students from rushing "Some see Rush and pledging to be. records in order, and to get used to vice president of IFC, spoke to the Greek:organizations until fall of the in conflict with some of the goals of being a part of the Wake Forest com­ committee on behalf of Greek organi­ sophomore year. If passed, the pro­ the freshman seminar," Wilkerson munity rather than a comparatively zations last week. posal would take effect in the fall of said. Issues involved in the Rush de­ small group," he said. According to Graham, the student -. .. ~ " -. ~ . .. .. - 1996. ferment proposal are the cohesive­ Junior Emily Graham, the presi­ representatives told the committee According to Jack Wilkerson, an ness-of the freshman class, academics dent of the Panhellenic Council, said they object to the proposal because assodate professor of business and and allowing students another semes­ she does not believe freshman Rush they feel the decision is being made in accountacy and the chairman of the ter to mature before deciding to join a and the freshman seminar are incom­ haste at the end of the semester, that - . committee, the proposal was part of a Greek organization, he said. patible. 'There is a great chance for the committee has not fully consid­ : : .. : : report on campus Greek life commis­ Marcellus Waddill, a professor of the.Greek system to enhance the suc­ ered how it might affect the campus sioned four years ago. Though the math and computer science and a cess of the seminar by promoting it community and that none of the committee decided last spring to al­ member of the subcommittee that re­ within their freshman membership," present Greek organization leaders low freshman Rush this year, the pro- viewed Greek life and submitted its she said. See Rush, Page 5 SG treasurer aims at Shorty's fix-up BY LISA MAR1'1N ~~ summer, Goodrich said he will :work on finding a would be assurance that the candidates are appro- NHws EmToH donorfortheShorty'sproject · priately qualified. As the process stands now, many during the coming months. of the members are chosen through campus-wide Student Government's newly elected treasurer, . AnotherofGoodrich'spri- elections. junior Graham ·Goodrich; cite& the-renpvatidn of- . fn:lf)/atinsrofffie"next Yeilr is "I want to make sure the members are people who ·shorty's as his primary goal for the upcoming year, a revision. of several aspects can best perform their duties, which are to uphold along with revising some aspects of the judicial ·of the judicial process. the judicial system in the best interests of the uni- process •. creating a written honor code and improv- Goodrich said he feels change versity and of students," he said. ing communication between SG and the student is forthcoming, and he would Goodrich pointed out that further discussion is body. ratherthecliangescomefrom necessary before any such r!!forms are made. He Goodrich said the renovation of Shorty's is the students than another source. said his interest in this matter stems from his expe- first priority for all the newly-elected SG execu- HesaidhebelievesSGshould rience as a Judicial Board member and the subse- tives. He cited the social benefits of a new coffee- take the initiative. Goodrich quent frustration he has experienced working in that house or pub as a reason for the emphasis on ''The change should come body. completing the project, and he also said the officers from SG rather than having it imposed on us.·· he He also pointed out that the university is in a class joeWet-k~ would like to see it completed because so much said. of only two percent of the colleges in the country Whee! effort has already gone into working on the pro- In particular, Goodrich said he would like to sec . that incorporate such a high level of student in- posal. : . a revision of the selectioll process of Honor Coun- volvement in the judicial system. Junior Ryan Weimer swings on a natural tree vine last ''It's been evident to everybody that Shorty's is cil and Judicial Board members that would reduce However, he said that 70-80 percent ofthejudi- theNo .. J goal,'' he said. "We'd hate to see it fall by the effects of popularity in the selections. cia! cases are handled by Paul Orser, an associate weekend while camping in the Smokey Mountains as a the wayside." He said he would like to see the institution of an dean of the college and the dean of freshman, so he relaxing break before exains begin. Since he plan~ to work in Greensboro over the interview screening process for candidates so there See Goodrich, Page 5 PPC report, Pit Jam incident head list of year's top stories BY lJRIAN DIMMICK outlined in the Program Planning ment. the faculty and the trustees early this semester in an event which confirm this report. Students felt that men's basketball team through a spec­ Committee's ''Plan for the Class of passed the measure despite over­ has ignited new racial tensions on officers did not understand the situa­ tacular weekend and to its first A<!:C 2000," calls for the implementation whelmingstudent opposition; students campus. Students apd police reported tion and did not handle it properly, championship since 1962. Childress Asoneofthemost eventful years at of a number of new programs. The surveyed by the Old Gold and Black difterent versions of what happened and many felt the pepper spraying, brought the Deacons back from an the university in recent memory draws most controversial of these has been opposed the plan by a 3 to I margin. A at the party sponsored by Delta Sigma the tirst incident of its kind on cam­ 18-point first-half deficit against last­ to a close, there are a few stories the one calling for all students to be group of students organized a protest Theta sorority in the early hours of pus, was racially motivated. An ad­ place Duke in the first round, and which stand out as the most important ··provided with laptop computers by in front of Wait Chapel before a uni­ Jan. 22. Forsyth County she1iff s depu­ ministrative hearing found the soror­ continued his excellent play through­ and controversial of the year. Follow­ the ·university beginning in the fall of versity convocation April IS. Student ties, who were responsible for crowd ity innocent of any wrongdoing in the out the semifinals and finals, where ing is a list of the 10 top stories of 1996.