O p in i o n / Ed it o r ia l A rts & L eisu re Bookstore is monopolistic Opening Hops Sports Non-profit Kerry Collins Air Force FTX, orgunb.ation U.S. Postage Not Welcome in Chesty Puller PAID Permit No. 14 Carolina Biography Lexington, VA 24450 Catiet $ 1 . 0 0 VOl UME XCI Friday, 23 October 1998 Numher 07 News Briefs Governor Gilmore Renovation To National Shake Up VMI Latest law tool: Re- mote-controlled spikes Grants Amnesty POMONA, Calif. - Los Angc- le.s County police have become the first in the nation to arm themselvc.s with a new device designed to stop speeding fugitives - road spikes that can be operated via remote control by police. The new gadget is de­ signed to deflate the tires on the ve­ hicle of bad guys, while not affect­ ing other motorists or the pursuing officers. Each strip costs about $13,000; The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department hopes to have Scotl Shipp Hall will not he used fo r at least a year 126 in use by next year. Aspokesman for the West Virginia company that the displacement committee, stated, Ben Kincaid "Many options were taken into con­ makes the strips says authorities in sideration, but we have been able 10- Florida and other states also are or­ Editor-in-Chief keep scheduling the same. The class dering them, and the Border Patrol “Its going to be a super screwed .schedule is not going to be disrupted.” is looking into a semi-permanent ver­ up mess.” stated a faculty member un­ He added, "We have a heck of a lot of sion. happy about an inevitable move next classroom space on post, even with­ semester. Over 800 cadets and faculty out Scott Shipp.” Nichols Engineer­ Black smokers sue to­ will be forced to find a new academic ing Building. Mallory Hall, Lejeune bacco industry home as VMI’s Mecca for liberal arts, Hall and Cocke Hall have already been Scott Shipp Hall, is to be completely marked as spillover .solutions. PHILADELPHIA - Several renovated beginning in January. Stockwell explained that al­ black smokers have filed a lawsuit According to Buildings aiid though cadets and faculty will be ac­ against the tobacco industry, claim­ Grounds, approximately $10 million is commodated that “there is going to being spent to “gut” the inside of the ing they violate the civil rights of Committee (EC), or Rat Disciplinary benefits of Governor Gilmore’s gener­ have to be some pain.” This “pain" Matthew IWilburn______ 70 year old building in order to shore blacks by marketing more-danger- Committee (RDC). Those cadets not osity on both occasions. will come in the form of displacement News Writer under any confinement or penalty tours Cadet Brian Skusa ‘00 has up its structure, modernize the class­ and the moving of offices around post. ous menthol cigarettes in their com­ were not endowed with two days as twice benefited from the governor’s rooms and satisfy safety regulations. “Everyone is going to have to give a munities. The lawsuit, filed Mon­ before, but instead received thirty mer­ generosity. Last year he was excused General Farrell. Dean of the Faculty little," stated Stockwell. day in U.S. District Court, is believed Last Thursday, the corps was pa­ raded once again in front of the more its from the remaining balance of his stated, “The sooner we start this, the “A disruption to Scotl Shipp is to be the first to use the approach of esteemed members of the There has been some confusion penalty tours and this year he was sooner we can finish it.” The estimate bound to be felt across Post,” stated suing tobacco companies under fed­ Commonwealth’s governing body. The related to the matter of these newfound emancipated from his alcohol #1. His for construction time is two semesters Farrell. He added. “Nobody is terribly eral civil-rights law rather than per- honorable guest for this parade on Oc­ freedoms or accumulations. Only tho.se thoughts concerning the governor and two summers. happy, but they .seem to understand the sonal-injury orproduct-liability stat­ tober 15, was the Governor of Virginia, cadets who Teceived confinement or were, “I think Governor Gilmore is a ' The Dean expressed concern- necessity.” utes. The suit contends that menthol, Governor James Gilmore. The man penalty tours prior to 1200 on 15 Octo­ wise an enlightened man, a beacon over the time students and faculty Bob Wells. Head of Buildings when burned, releases toxic sub­ who ran on a "no car tax” campaign has ber were subject to the amnesty. Also, for lost souls sailing the murky wa­ would be displaced and wanted to get and Grounds, spearheaded a similar stances, making cigarettes even also brought to VMI a no more confine­ demerits, conduct probation, and aca­ ters of contemporary politics." “the ball rolling” with anticipation that project at Hampden Sydney College in more harmful. “If you are selling a ment or penally tours agenda. demic probation were not affected by Perhaps the most celebrated the project could reveal more work than Farmville. The B & G staff is opti­ defective product targeting the black Last January, when the corps par­ amnesty. Tho.se cadets who did not case of reprieve is that of Cadet Chris at first realized. mistic that this renovation effort will consumer community, we think it is ticipated in his inaugural parade in have penalties prior to this time were Abbott *00 who only had to serve “You have to die before you get go just as smoothly. Buck Shorter, a .. violation of their civil rights, Richmond, he granted amnesty to those bestowed with the thirty merits. These twenty-eight hours of his alcohol # I. to heaven.” stated Farrell in regard to Buildings and Grounds Manager, will said William R. Adams Jr.. who filed cadets who were on restrictive status are two distinct rewards. Cadets either Chris said he is excited about faculty and student discontent at hav­ be a.ssisting Wells with the supervision the lawsuit. due to confinement or penalty tours. received relinquishment of their con­ his e.scape from the rigors of .serving ing to pack up and move. A displace­ of the renovation process. He stated, Those cadets who were fortuitous finement and penalty tours or they were such an infamous penalty. Finally, ment committee has been formed to “We pretty much well know what to enough to not have either of the.se re­ granted thirty merits. one of the cadets who received the address the problems of less space, less expect - we have to get the asbestos strictions were granted two days. Another clarification should be thirty merits. Cadet Tom Craig ‘00, time and the inconvenience that will be out first and then the demolition on the World Likewise, on October 15, the noted in that tho.se cadets who did re­ said, “The governor seems to under­ caused. The committee is a cross-sec­ inside will begin. Everything has been governor once again granted amnesty ceive the merits must submit a merit stand the pressures of being a cadet, tion of faculty that will be affected by well plotted out. and we don’t expect to those cadets with confinement or approval form before they arc officially and it was gracious of him to reward the move out of Scotl Shipp. any complications once we begin." endowed with them. us for all the hard work it takes to be “I normally don’t like commit­ According to Shorter, VMI is going to 22M kids killed in penalty tours from the Commandant, General Committee (GC), Executive Many cadets have reaped the at this school.” tees. but these people have a direct stake make use of stale funds to hire private wars since ’87 in what happens and have been able to contractors to do the bulk of the work. come up with some good solutions.” “The staff here at VMI is going to a.s- UNITED NATIONS - Chil­ .stated Farrell. Some ideas included a sist with some of the manpower," dren are increasingly the innocent possible 7:00pm class. a added Shorter. VMI Cheerleading reconfiguration of class schedules, such victims of wars around the world, Some members of the faculty do according to a United Nations report as Monday, Monday, Friday classes or not share Shorter’s confidence that the released Wednesday. Two million perhaps even going back to dreaded Saturday clas.ses. have been killed since 1987, six mil­ See Renovation Met With Controversy Colonel Stockwell. Assistant lion seriously injured or perma­ Dean of the Faculty and Chairman of Page 5 nently disabled, and 300,000 are cur­ rently fighting in government or rebel armies. The number of children under the age of 18 serving as com­ Parents Visit Their Cadets batants in government armed forces or armed opposition groups in on­ John Bolt tinued until late in the evening. After going confiicts is estimated to have SRC. the Cadet Program Board .spon­ increased from 250,000 some 2_ Executive Editor sored the band “Coconut Groove’^ sc( up in the middle of the parade grouod^ years ago to 300,000 today. For Rats, making it to Parent’s The band played classics by JimO>/ weekend marks a milestone in their sur­ Buffet, the Grateful Dead, Allnn^ .; vival of the ratline. For many upper­ Brothers, among others, and soon jii; $730M marked for classmen. it means Thanksgiving is not traded a large group of revelers, danc-; French schools far away. Parent’s Weekend is for most ing into the night. This party on the cadets, a chaijce to see the families that parade ground, according to cadets a t.