Local bar provides jazz scene Victory boosts Pac-10 confidence In playjpage 5 sports/pap 7, Vol. 107 No.5 A Student Publication of Washington State University since 1895 Thursday, August 31, 2000 'Three strike' program not official By Kara Rosman This "new alcohol policy" is not official. tion to many other leadership confer­ dents, agreed there is no official policy, ASWSU President Steve Wymer said ences on campus earlier this month. rather a set of guidelines WSU adminis­ It was a message that spread almost the rumor of a three-strike policy is sim­ Nowak said he was sending the mes­ tration has been working on since last as quickly as the news of WSU "drying ply not true. sage of a program Student Affairs plans year. up" four years ago. ''It's not a policy, and it shouldn't be to initiate. "We have been working on a compre­ Rumors of a new "Three Strikes, treated as such," Wymer said. "My only role is in trying to communi­ hensive, pro-active approach that You're Out" policy flew through the ears The rumored program includes tenni­ cate what I was told to residence hall and includes a series of increasing interven­ of almost every student, making many nating students who receive three crimi­ Greek students," Nowak said. tions," Bettas said. either worry or laugh. nal offenses, such as a minor in posses­ The "policy" is one of many ideas The guidelines include sending first­ "If you're dumb enough to get three sion or driving under the influence. This kicked around by the administration, but time student offenders a letter enrolling MIP's in the first place, you shouldn't be message was delivered to students by the nothing has been finalized or implement­ them in the counseling session called here," said senior Katie Severance, when Director of Residence Life Thny Nowak ed, Wymer said. she heard the news. at the New Student Convocation, in addi- George Bettas, associate dean of stu- See Three strikes, page 3 METRO running smoother this year New server provides better service, access for students By Cameron Probert Students using METRO during the first few. days . of classes are finding 1t eas1er than last spring semester. The server that controls all of the secure operations for the WSU InfoNet era hed during the first day of spring emester 2000. leaving about 5,000 transactions undone. LaVon Frazier, the associate director of university informa­ tion systems. aid the problem happened because of new soft­ ware. The first day of cla s was the first test of the software. When the system was set up STAFF PHOTO/DAILY EVERGREEN in the fall of 1997 it was hard to Chris Clark, WSU alumni, Alicia Jones, a senior majoring in sociology, and Codie Hanke, a sophomore bio-systems engineer­ anticipate the problems, ing major, enjoy free barbecue from the CUB outside Todd Hall Monday. Backes said. The overload on the server was one of those problems. "CThe overload) was totally CUB barbecue heats up on mall unforeseeable," said Richard Backes, associate registrar. 8yJennHerJackson 'The turnout this year was Some organizations included Savings and Loan. "Web registration was on the awesome," said Kelly Brandter the Community Service "This fair is great because it cutting edge <when the system The smell of hot dogs lured of the CUB marketing depart­ Learning Center, Gamma lets people know who we are was set up l. With the phone tudents to Glenn Terrell Mall ment. ''You couldn't even get Alpha Omega sorority, the and what we do," said Norma registration sy tern, we could Wednesday afternoon, where through (the crowd) for a Chinook yearbook and several Sandoval, Gamma Alpha use the basic ystem <that was the CUB sponsored its fourth w hile. " sports groups, including rugby, Omega secretary. at other institutions)." annual Welcome Back Picnic. The picnic, which lasted from water polo and ice hockey. This is the first year student The school does not plan any With the upbeat sounds of 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., gave stu­ Many franchises from the organizations were represented other major changes to the sys­ local band ZuZu Pedal coming dents the opportunity to hang­ Pullman area also were present at the picnic. Any club or orga­ tem. Frazier said. Only one from the mall's peakers, sever­ out and snack on free hot dogs, at the mall market. Students nization can have a booth at the minor change is planned. al hundred students stopped by chips and soda, while visiting were able to shop from the fair, and organizations wanting '·We want to change the loca- for a bite to eat and browsed the numerous booths set up by booths of Cellular One, to become recognized by the through the student organiza­ recognized student organiza­ Ricoshay Jewelry, All About See METRO, poge 3 tion fair and the mall market. tions from around campus. Sports and Washington Mutual See Barbecue, page 3 Police investigate Rosalia school shooting threat By Jennifer Jackson circulated throughout the town. our power to create a safe envi­ this threat can definitely be a threat. Investigator do not believe ronment," said Rosalia Schools taken seriously," said Sgt. Kirk A recent string of crimes, The Whitman County police any real threat exists in. t?e Superintendent 'Ibm Crowley. Banks, Whitman County. ''But including a theft of several are investigating a harassment Rosalia School. School admmis­ Crowley added the school as of now, the rumors have been firearms, prompted police to case that leave many Rosalia trators have been working with saw the threats as "bogus" and completely substantiated. investigate the rumored shoot­ school students nervous about the Whitman County Sheriff's said the rumor mill exaggerat­ 'We found the source and the ing. Sept. 9-the first day of chool. Department to ensure the first ed the situation. victim, and they told us that it Whitman County officers A 16-year-old student at the day of school is safe. As an extra Since the incident took place was one person threatening contacted seve~allocaljuveniles school. grade K-12, reported to precaution, the town marshal off chool grounds, the Rosalia another, not a threat against and arrested an 18-year-old officers that he wa told if he promised to dispatch police offi­ School, which has about 300 the school as a whole." male on a charge of harass­ went to school next week he cers on and around the grounds students, does not have the Banks also said the officers mept. After being interviewed would be shot. ' on the first day of school. authority to take action against have gone over training for sev­ by the officers, he was released The threat came at the same "We want to make sure that the suspects. eral school scenarios in the into his mother's custody and time as many rumors of possi­ the students and parents know "With all the serious school event that they would have to ble assaults on Ro alia students that we are doing everything in shootings such as Columbine, respond to an incident based.on See Threat, page: 3 2 THE DAILY EVERGREEN THURSDAY, AUGUST 3t, 2000 NEWS Scaffold collapses and Woman. still Wolllan finds Jesus Ill seriOUS kills Kennewick man statue on her porch The Associated Press sheriff said. condition The Associated Press Patchin said she heard nois­ Harker was conducting an KENNEWICK, Wash. -A 55- inspection inside the shed when es the night before but didn't go year-old Kennewick man died RICHLAND, Wash. - If you outside to investigate. When an old wooden scaffolding bolt­ following opened your front door and Wednesday when scaffolding . ed to the ceiling collapsed, drop­ unexpectedly found a statue of she went outside the next day, collapsed and he fell onto the Jesus was gone. ping him 30 to 35 feet to the Jesus on the porch, you might floor of a potato storage shed he ground. accident "I really didn't think anyone was inspecting, Benton County think it was a miracle. was going to pick it up," said Employees rushed to his aid, From staff and wire reports That's what happened to Sheriff Larry Taylor said. but Harker was already dead, Sharona Lindgren, but it was Patchin, noting the statue Marlo H. Harker, manager of weighs more than 40 pounds. Taylor said. A 37-year-old woman is in no miracle. It was evidence of a Agri Northwest Storage, died Lt. Paul Hart said the acci­ crime. Patchin believes the statue about 9 a.m. at the scene at the serious condition following a was snatched as a prank dent will be investigated by the two-car accident on State Lindgren found the statue on company's potato shed five state Department of Labor and Thursday outside her apart­ because a pot containing plastic miles West of Plymouth, the Route 270 on Sunday. flowers was left in her driveway. Industries. Elsie Boyd was thrown from ment. ''We opened up the door, and Patchin's parents gave her - POLICE LoG ------- her car when she ran into a there was this 2-foot-tall Jesus the statue when she moved into stopped vehicle. She was not looking at us," she said. her house. Patchin, who is Tuesday, Aug. 29 wearing a seatbelt. On the other side of town Christian, felt more at ease liv­ She suffered a head injury and on the same day, Debbie ing alone and having the statue. Warrant Arrest Suspicious Person and still is in intensive care at Patchin reported to police that "It just made me feel a little 8:38 p.m.