.... ---.-- ·-- -- ------- ---- LDAND VoLUME 75 No. 12 WAKE FoREST UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NoRTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1991 Mistrial declared; charges dismissed BY JAY WOODRUFF cording to the constitu­ ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR tion of the Student Gov­ ernment would be to The faculty advisers of the Honor Council schedule a new hear­ declared a mistrial at a public hearing held ing. However, this case Tuesday and Wednesday nights for junior would now be confined John Meroney, who was accused oflying. to the aspect of the Junior Allison Overbay, the chairwoman of charge concerning the the Honor Council, dropped the charges against memorandum an­ Meroney after the advisers announced their nouncing the Black Stu- ruling. dent Alliance meeting. Meroney David Levy, an associate professor of mu­ The council officers sic and an Honor Council faculty adviser, have determined that there is .not sufficient announced the advisers' ruling after three evidence to support this aspect of the charge. hours of deliberation Wednesday night. Therefore this charge is dropped." He said: "The constitution of the Student Senior Marc Dalton, the president of the Government of Wake Forest College states ... Black Student Alliance, and senior Nichola 'The student shall be immediately informed Marshall, the viet. president of the BSA, had of the results of the investigation and of spe­ accused Meroney, the editor of The Wake cific charges, if such charges are brought by Forest Critic, an independent student maga­ the council officers.' We regard the letter of zine, of lying to the Case Referral Panel dur­ Sept. 25, 1991, from Allison Overbay and ing a hearing April 29. That hearing was in Shannon Zeigler (the case investigator) to response to reports from Harold Holmes, the John Meroney as discharging this task. Within dean of student services, of possible viola­ our judgement, the investigation did, in fact, tions of university rules and regulations. continue after Sept. 25, and therefore Mr. Holmes filed the charges with the CRP after Meroney's rights ... have been violated. We an investigation of a confrontation between Honor Council members senior Ashley Hairston, junior Brad Hipps and senior Bob Ramseur await the decision of their faculty therefore declare a mistrial." Dalton and Meroney that occurred when advisers atthepublic Honor Council hearing for junior John Meroney. The advisers declared mistrial after three hours ofdeliberation. Overbay said: "The normal procedure ac- See Mistrial, Page 5 East meets West in historic peace talks· Students give perspectives on Middle East talks BY KRISTINA REYNOLDS States and the Soviet Urlion. and Israelis are finally sitting together," this move demonstrates "a rift that is not Ow GOLD AND BLACK REPoRTER "Though they are slinging insults, they Fayez said. "I am not confident of suc­ ideological, but that has to do with au­ are doing it in the same room," Kennedy cess," she said. "So far, however, the thority." Not only does Shamir have to For most members ofthe community, said. "It is amazing what (Secretary of Palestinians have been doing a good · deal carefully with Palestinian negotia­ the Middle East peace talks that took State James) Baker did. You really have job. They have kept their cool, they said tions, but he also has to maintain an place in Madrid from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 to give credit to the administration." what they wanted: an end to the occupa­ uncertain Israeli power base. are merely one more complex foreign While the Lebanese, Syrians, Israelis tion. The only way to peace is an inde­ The two main issues of the conference policy issue to ignore. and Palestinians have finally begun dia­ pendent Palestinian state." were what should happen to the occu­ : However, a professor and students logue, peace is by no means guaranteed. pied territories and what should happen who have a stake in the outcome of the Israel has not yielded to the demands of SOPHOMOREZAKIKHAN,ana­ to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. talks took an avid interest in the historic its neighbors. Israeli Prime Minister tive of Saudi Arabia, is less hopeful. He Shamir said the "goal of bilateral ne­ discussions. Yitzhak Shamir vehemently opposes an said he believes Palestinian Liberation gotiation is to sign peace treaties be­ : Charles Kennedy, an associate pro­ end to Israeli settlement in the occupied Organization leader Yassir Arafat has tween neighbors and to reach an agree­ fessor of politics who teaches a class on territories as well as an independent compromised reasonably by recogniz­ ment on interim self-government ar­ the Arab-Israeli conflict, said he be­ Palestinian state. ing Israel's right to exist. rangements with Palestinian Arabs." lieves the administration of President "Palestine did its part; Israel refuses George Bush has accomplished "amaz­ OPINION ON CAMPUS among to act," Khan said. HE WENT ON TO downplay spe­ ing" feats "just to have the Israelis and Arab students concerning the success of Israel's refusal to act may stem just as cific territorial negotiations and said: "It the Palestinians sitting in the same room the conference is varied. much from inability as from unwilling­ would be regrettable if the talks focus together." Sophomore Razan Fayez, an Ameri­ ness. Conflict between the Likud and primarily and exclusively on territory. It The talks marked the first time in the can citizen whose parents are Palestin­ labor parties as well as contention be­ is the quickest way to an impasse. history of the Arab-Israeli conflict that ian and whose relatives live in Palestine, tween the leaders of the Likud make What we need, first and foremost, is the Israelis and Palestinians have sat said she believes the negotiations have Shamir's position precarious. the building of confidence, the removal down and negotiated with each other. been of utmost importance. Shamir headed the Israeli delegation of the danger of confrontation and the This first in diplomatic history is the This conference was "different" from to Madrid in place of Foreign Minister development of relations in as many result ofjoint sponsorship by the United all preceding, "because the Palestinians David Levy. Kennedy said he believes See Peace, Page 5 Old Gold and Black graphic College security expert recommends crime prevention strategies BY STEPH M()HL ciation of College Law Enforcement "The truth is that the best police open, free campus atmosphere in light commitment to improving security the means to pay for solutions to crime NEWS EDITOR Officers, spent Thursday and Friday department in the world cannot pro­ of the recent increase in crime, he will be a large factor in correcting the problems at a time when money is meeting with university security per­ tect this campus I 00 percent of the said. problem. tight," he said. "And informing and All members of the community sonnel, eva! uating campus conditions time," Boynton said. "People must "The obvious cohesiveness of the "Another strength is genuine con­ educating people on campus about must work together to prevent crime, and observing operations at the re­ simply learn to protect their valu­ campus is a strength," Boynton said. cern of the administration to rid the their role in crime prevention will and individLJa!s should take further quest of the administration's Security ables, to use common sense in the "Every part of the community must campus of criminal activity. Steps require some effort." precautions to avoid it, said Asa Committee. evening hours. University security agree that preventing crime is neces­ have been taken to evaluate the situa­ He said prevention would pay im­ Boynton, a college security specialist In meetings with the committee, also must take some steps to maxi­ sary and then pull together. Univer­ tion and set in motion plans to resolve mediate dividends, and he suggested who evaluated the university's secu­ Boynton recommended further study mize its efforts, but the campus can sity security can 'tstopcrime by itself. problems," he said. immediate plans to tell the university rity operations last week. of university security's staffing to still be a beautiful, calming environ­ Wake Forest appears to be a commu­ However, Boynton said the univer­ community how they "can be a part of :Boynton, the chief of security at the detennine whether the number and ment." nity that works together on such prob­ sity faces financial and educational ridding the campus of crime. University of Georgia and the former deployment of officers is satisfac­ Wake Pores t has both strengths and lems." challenges. "That (type of education) of the president of the Intern<ttional Asso- tory. challenges in trying to maintain an He also said the administration's "The university will have to find See Security, Page 4 Alumni return for Homecoming in record numbers despite cold Bv JuLIE BouTWELL For the second year in a row, Wake Forest MA~t\Gil'iG EDITOR beat its Homecoming football competitor. During halftime, the Alumni Office presented The class of 1966 returned to Wake a $339,364 check to the college fund, and Forest for its 25th reunion this past week­ senior Nichola Marshall was crowned Home­ end, bringing enough alumni to defeat the corning Queen. record for the largest reunion ever in Wake The amount is the sum of all gifts from the Forest history. I0 reunion classes that held reunions this Despite the gloomy weather, Katherine year. Rand, the director of reunion programs, Sophomore Keith Gray escorted Marshall, said Homecoming weekend was a success. a nominee from the Black Student Alliance. "We were worried that the weather would Marshall said the announcement was a "com­ Brad Mattson dampen things, but we were happily proved plete surprise and especially exciting" be­ Excited students hang from the football goal posts after pulling them down to celebrate wrong.