The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol.XCIIINo.12J The University of Connecticut Friday, April 27,1990 Assault provoked by misunderstanding By Andrew Slitt with the fraternity, were walk- "They were all pumped up, Other students from the ugly," he said. "When they told Daily Campus Staff ing down Babbidge Road and they thought we were an- group of singers attempted to us they weren't saying 'nig- and Eric P. Larsen singing a Monty Python song. tagonizing," said Shipman, convince the attackers mat they ger,' we told the crowd to cool Campus Correspondent Steven Shipman, 20, suf- who was taken to Windham were saying, "Heidegger," and down." A misunderstanding between fered facial contusions and Hospital where he was treated not, "Hey nigger." All of the victims agreed two groups of students early muscle damage. He was and released. "I heard tires squeal behind fraternity members did their Thursday morning escalated punched and kicked repeatedly As Shipman was running me and I ran behind a pole," best to restore order. into a brawl and sent one stu- in the face and chest while be- from the scene, he was chased said Sarah Wishncvsky. "At "We do not consider this a dent to the hospital with seri- ing held down by one of the 40 and tackled, then held by one that point, every thing hap- racial incident," said police ous injuries. spectators of the ceremony. man and punched and kicked by pened at once," she said. Maj. Donn A. Hcrindcen. Po- The incident occurred shortly Shipman said the crowd rushed two others, one of whom said, lice are still taking statements after midnight last night out- the group thinking they were "You should know about those Patrick Milling, president of from participants, although no side the School of Business chanting, "Hey nigger," when sportscastcrs saying we niggers Alpha Phi Alpha, said frater- arrests arc expected to be made, Building during an initiation if fact they were singing part of arc a bunch of athletes. You nity members rushed after the he said. ceremony for Alpha Phi Alpha, the song which mentions should have known you can't crowd of spectators, trying to "It ended up a lot of apolo- a black and Hispanic fraternity. Heidegger, a German phil- get away from me!" according restore order. gies because of a misunder- Seven students, not involved osopher. to Shipman. "It could have gotten really standing," he said. Few attend forum By Julie A. Linden Daily Campus Staff Press outnumbered the public at yesterday's forum concerning the presidential search, as four students showed up to give their opinions about what UConn's next president should be like. Richard Bachu, executive assistant to President John T. Castccn III, was also in attendance. Christine Young, a senior associate at the Academic Search Consultation Service, answered questions and took notes at the forum. She and Ronald Stead, director of the consulting firm, are on campus for two days to speak with student groups, faculty, staff, deans and vice presidents. Young said they would also meet with both governmental and non-governmental concerns outside UConn. The consultants have been hired by UConn's board of trustees to aid the presidential search committee. Although the consultants' visit to campus was announced Tuesday, April 24, the only publicity for yesterday's forum was an article in Thursday's Daily Campus, Bachu said. Stead was not at yesterday's forum as originally planned because the consultants' schedule was still being developed and he was meeting with another group during that time, Young said. Eddie Woods, president of the Black Students' Association, focused on minority issues. He said he wanted UConn to create a See page 4 Polhill finally —Kevin Fraser/The Daily Campus home Eileen McGann and Brian Mitchell sit by Mirror Lake yesterday afternoon ANDREWS AIR FORCE attempting to write music to a poem "Piece of Mind", written by McGann. BASE, Md. (AP) — Freed hostage Robert Polhill returned to American soil Thursday, offering a broad Soldiers kill three at Gaza Strip smile and a thumbs-up salute JERUSALEM (AP) — Soldiers fired into a hospital report of the third death. but no word on his 39 crowd of 4,000 Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Ahmad, a street vendor who was wounded in months in captivity. Strip on Thursday, killing three and wounding the arm, told a reporter from his hospital bed that Polhill, 55, stepped off a more than 120 in the worst clash in nearly a soldiers panicked when crowds chanting "Allahu military jet minutes after year, hospital officials and Arab witnesses said. Akbar!" (God is Great) approached a fenced-off landing at Andrews Air Force i In the West Bank, soldiers killed a Palestinian army encampment on their way to a traditional Base outside Washington. —UPI youth when a procession of Moslem worshipers cemetery visit. He smiled and offered Back on American soil pelted an army compound with stones as they About 20 soldiers inside the camp then fired intermittent waves and again, Polhill waves to marched to a cemetery to honor the dead, the tear gas, he and other witnesses said. thumbs-up signs but would the crowd on arrival at military said. "Wc were heading to visit our dead people and not respond to questions Andrews Air Force Base. The Gaza confrontation began as thousands of then they started shooting tear gas at us," he said, shouted by reporters. He tests. chanting believers left two mosques after refusing to give his last name because he feared pointed to his throat at one He gave a final salute as the morning prayer services for the Eid al-Fitr, which arrest. "I think the army thought we wanted to point when pressed to speak car passed by reporters and celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadan. attack them after they saw such huge crowds." and mouthed the words, "I about 30 other people, most It was one of the worst incidents of the 2-year- Witnesses said scores of Arabs responded with can't." of them uniformed Air Force old Arab rebellion and the bloodiest since three a barrage of stones until a dozen border police His reception was low-key, personnel, gathered on the Palestinians were killed and about 50 wounded jeeps, several armored personnel carriers and a with a State Department edge of the tarmac. during the same holiday last May 6. The upsurge helicopter came to the soldiers' assistance. protocol official and Army Polhill was flown here of violence came in marked contrast to the They said troops and border police clashed with and Air Force officers on hand from Wiesbaden, West subdued level of conflict in recent months. the worshipers as the helicopter dropped dozens to welcome the New Yorker Germany, where he spent The army confirmed that two Palestinians were of tear gas canisters. and his Lebanese wife, Feryal. three days in an Air Force killed and 117 wounded in the Jabaliya refugee Gaza commander Brig. Gen. Shmuel Zucker Polhill walked from the hospital after his weekend camp, a shantytown of 53,000 where the revolt told army radio soldiers had been given special plane to a government car and release. against Israeli occupation began more than 28 orders to restrain from opening fire. was whisked away under Army doctors on hand for months ago. He said soldiers avoided shooting "until the sunny skies to Walter Reed the arrival said the length of It said 12 soldiers were slightly injured by stones began to endanger their lives. ... The Army Medical Center for a Polhill's stay at Walter Reed stones in the clash and that it *as checking a See page 5 physical and other medical depends on his condition. PAGE TWO What a Weekend! Today: Becoming mostly sunny and warm. High around 85 Tonight: Partly clear, lows in the 50s. Saturday: Partly sunny and warm. High in the 80s. Around the World H L Bangkok 97 79 New Delhi 106 75 Conn. Vienna 58 48 Lottery Sydney 68 57 55 Auckland 66 Daily: 4-5-4 Play 4: 6-9-6-7 Husky Talk —Hillary Jackson/The DailyCampus How are you celebrating Spring Weekend? John Rivera Pre-Business "I'm going to a party at Sig Ep— there s a cookout there all day." —Kevin Fraser/The Daily Campus DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN! — It's just Bart Simpson and Patti Spieth mugging for the camera of Patti's boyfriend at the South Campus International Festival. Imelda's health delays trial Alison Calderera NEW YORK (AP) — Imclda The nurse, Marian Leonard, Mathematics up and down at this particular Marcos' blood pressure soared time," Spence said. Mrs. Mar- refused to answer questions "I'm going home— / pretty Thursday, forcing a recess of cos rested in the nurse's office, about Mrs. Marcos' physical much go home every weekend." her trial, after she heard testi- then left the courthouse on fool symptoms, but said: "She be- mony about the day she and her and with friends. came very upset, kind of emo- husband fled the Philippines "She's very distressed about tional. She's under a lot of with a "tremendous amount of her memories," Spcncc told re- stress, as you know. ... jewels" and cash. porters. "She has been the pil- "She's improved. She just U.S. District Judge John F. lar of strength for our side up needs a little rest." Kccnan adjourned the trial until to this lime." Friday morning, provided the former Philippines first lady Cheaper than privacy for no-frills prices.