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Volume CX, Issue 3 The student newspaper of the College of Wooster Friday, September 17, 1993 TER Feature Campes Coeecil revises speech cede By TODD LEWIS not the result of student concern. aggressive kind of use of racially or esdycan"tanswerthatquestion. That's Rather, it reflected a wish on the part gender stereotypical slur." not a section which the committee Upperclass snxkjits atWooster this of Council to clarify a perceived mis- Asked ifthis meantthatonly speech looked at Clearly, all the other ex- year are returning to a campus where conception on the part of students directed at offending a fellow student amples listed in the code are directed restrictions on what theycan and can- about the ex- was prosecut-- " at an individual or group, so that isthe ' not say have been changed. At the tent of the able by the end of last year. Campus Council code's pre- board, he re-spond- ed. instituted changes in Section DC ofthe scriptions. The changes clarify the Forexample,if somebody decided Code of Social Responsibility. Hickey ex- extent ofrestrictions on That's right" to put up a Confederate flag in their These changes, which took effect plains. The student speech and change Dean of Stu- room, that would be judged as a ra- with the beginning of classes three only kind of dents Kenneth cially offensive symbol. That would ago, the procedure for the weeks reflect the concerns of cases which handling alleged Plusquellec.an certainly be a more ambiguous act WCWS on the air both students and Campus Council had ever of rape exofficiornem-- . than me other things described in the members with respect to protection come to theJ- - and assault cases. beroftheCoun-- Code." page 5 ofstudents from harassment,and with Board having cil,commented Steven Kaelber '94 ofGeorgia dis- respect to what were perceived as to do with on thejustifica- agreed. He has flown the Georgian severe restrictions on speech. speech on campus were cases where tion torthe institutionofthese restr state flag outside ofhis dorm room for The two major changes in Section an individual or a group of people tions on student expression. "I think a good part of this year, and does not K ofthe code, entitled Harassment were actually hurling insults at other the institution has felt that mere are fed that displays of the Confederate A&E CoerdonInti mkfarionAssault," were individuals or other groups ofpeople. certain expectations which it has the . flag are necessarily racist in be preamble and subsection C No one had ever been brought up right to establish, and that those are Responding to theopinion that the The changes clarify the extent of re- beforeJ-Boar- d for telling aracialjoke related to how someone behaves in Confederate flag is a symbol"known strictions on student speech and to a friend, no one had ever been the residence halls. ... Section K of through a historical context to be ra- J-Bo- change the procedure for the han-- brought up before ard for ex- the code, which deals with harass- cially offensive," Kaelber responds. (fltngnfp!Vg rqpeand assffliHciwn pressing an opinion that was politi- ment, intimidation, etc, was put in That's their opinion. U'sjustpartof Damon D. Hickey, director of cally incorrect in class." theretoaddresstlnsesiuuuoris where the Georgia flag, and it just sofcap-pen- s I w c Andrews library and faculty mem- Asked why the change was neces- individuals were acting in a way that that ithaspartoftheConfederate j ber of Council, described the first sary, he said, "...the mythology on was nc respectful to their felkw stu- flag there." - 5 change as ensuring that physical as- campus is that you say the wrong dents." .: thought 7; 0 t if v. ... ... .. Asked if he the display of ' sault and especially rape would be thing that you can be charged by J- -' Otherparts of the code remain un- the Confederate battle flag to be by If placed at the lop of the agenda lor the Board. So we wanted toadd language changed, including the controversial itself a racial statement, Kaelber said, J Judicial Board, which has jurisdic- to the code that would ... make itclear prohibition on "the display or use of "No, I don't think so." He further l) tion in disciplinary matters under the that the code was not aimed at aca-dem- ic sytnbolspictures known through a cibserved thathe thought that students t code. This was done as a precaution speech or discussions inclass." histcocal context tobe racially offen-- si from the South have aright to express t their heritage, as do students from TJULB.G. toprccctthosewhornalrrnlVgarions What speech, then, was regulated ve." Asked whythisbehaviorwould about sexual assault, and was in re-spo-nse under the code? Speech, he said, merit sanction by the Judicial Board other backgrounds, and that such ex- page 7 tointense student concernover "which is directed to an individual or even though it was not, as he said, pressions ought not be restricted by the safety of alleged rape victims. group by a student or group of stu- "directed to an individual or groupby the College. The second change, however, was dents. It really has to be a hostile, a student,"Hickey responded,! hon-- Sports Weekend -.- . m . .. m, Parents' ..i-w ' ' r. generates conflict By KATE PETERSON Kenneth Plusquellec, However, to manyJewish families, The decision that made Parents this explanation seems inexcusable. Weekend coincide with the Jewish Rob Martin 96 described the deci- holiday, Yom Kippur, has been a sion as being"inconsiderate"andsaid, sourceofconfljabetweentheschcol's "We should be given thesame consid- administration and some members of erations as other religions. They the student body and their parents. : wouldn't put Parents' Weekend over As the most importantJewish holi- Christmas or Easter." day, Yom Kippur is the day ofatone- Sharon Leventhal, mother of Josh Football loses opener ment and the day torepent one's sins. Leventhal "95, said that the decision page 12 According to the administration, to hold Parents' Weekend over such :fe)L. the decision was made because no an important holiday is "an insult to photo by BRITTANY BULLARD other weekends were available. Try- the Jewish student body and their ing to find a weekend in which there families." She explained her dissatis- would be an adequate amount ofath- faction with the timing of events by Editorials, columns letic activities, theater productions, pointing out what she sees as hypoc- Meet the Greeks with to the and also choosing one that would not risy on the part of the administration. and letters coincide with Homecoming or Fall The College goes out of its way to cookout on the Quad editor in Break, made the search for a satisfac- promote sensitivities to diversity and difficult. this decision shows a shocking tory weekerrf AO students were welcome at a general rush this past Sunday, just happened the last week in lack sensitivity and appreciation to "It cf sponsored by the Inter-Gree- k Council on campus. Representatives Viewpoints option we she said. September was the only other religions," from the dubs and sections served hamburgers and botdogs on the had. We were forced to settle on that Please see WEEKEND, page 2 Quad in an effort to get to know other students. r' page 3 date," explained Dean of Students Pate 2 The Wooster Voice News September 17, 1993 News Briefs Rain damages dorms, offices NATIONAL By UZ FUTERBAUGH 95 saidaheavy leak soaked the floor water into an open window. of the room she shares with Megan - 'Nothing in the room is at fault," Raff erty 95 in a matter seconds. Davis said. of the downspouts Women's groups are with Clinton's heafth care plan, claiming Two buildings on campus have of Xie nntifiri k3d like someone had poured clogged up; we weren't aware of it." that is jeopardizing the beafch of women. Parts of Clinton's plan limit the suffered damage due to rain flooding "It k gallon water on the floor," RnsseH said that although her win- number of times women can visit a physician far pelvic examinations. Pap from a heavy downpour two weeks a of Dreibelbis said. "Wesoeked up twelve dow, which is in the center of the smears, and mammograms. There is also a great deal of debate as to whether ago. towels before we called Security for room, was open, nothing under it, nor or not abortion wfll be included in the plan. During a heavy downpour on Sept more towels." the wafls, were wet. Russell also said Clinton started his publicity campaign for NAFTA (North American Free 2, rain flooded into the basement of- Dreibelbis claimed the water came she believes the College should pay Track Agreement) on Wednesday. If this agreement ispassed.it will merge fices of Galpin HalL according to in from the right-sid- e comer of their for the cost her dry cleaning, and 370 million consumers in Mexico, Canada and the United States during a VicePrtsiamtofRnance BillSnoddy.