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Find Russell Union last Sunday and out more inside. gave gifted GSU students the chance t:a«b(m,ofLtheir talent. RECEIVED Page 6 OCT<M2000Pa9e" HENDERSON UBF Vol. 73 No. 33 We ctober 4, 2000 Classes removed from Carroll Building due to poor conditions •Renovations continue despite cancellations By Jake Hallman casting classes have been held in power outages leading to a loss things like that," Buller said. Staff Writer the building. of air conditioning. "Apparently where they were Classes were removed from "Last year, we had a long se- "Some of our faculty have ac- having problems with the air the Carroll Building last week ries of discussion about where to tually gotten sick trying to teach quality wasn't where we were in the face of professors' and relocate broadcasting during the in the building," Murray said to holding classes. I'm sure it was students' complaints about con- remodeling," Buller said. "The the Herald. "I don't think it's a unpleasant, there was dust in the ditions during the building's problem with broadcasting is that real good idea to have people in building, there's always dust renovation. you've got all this equipment. there." when you remodel, but as far as "I think what a lot of profes- The difficulty was that it just When contacted by the imminent danger, I don't think sors have found that, as any time didn't prove to be feasible to dis- George-Anne, Murray referred there was any." you do some remodeling, there mantle all of the equipment, all questions to Dr. Hal Fulmer, Buller said that Fulmer had are a lot more problems than move it to another space, reas- comm arts department chair. reported students found broken people thought going in," Dr. semble all the equipment, use it, Fulmer refused comment, refer- glass on the floor of the build- Jeffery Buller, dean of the Col- dismantle it, move it back." ring queries to Buller and GSU ing. lege of Liberal Arts and Social Administrators decided to public relations personnel. As- "That makes me uncomfort- Sciences, said. keep the equipment where it was, bestos was removed from the able, but that's a matter of main- "The broadcasting faculty and work construction around the building, Mellett said, but work- tenance and cleaning up rather were finding that a lot of their classes, he added. ers followed all federal guide- than major problems," he said. expectations of the construction "We've got TV studio pro- lines for its safe removal. "We're trying to find a reason- working around their schedule duction equipment and digital Both Buller and Richard able and yet fiscally responsible was not being met." video editing systems in there Mellett, head of GSU's Physical solution to holding classes while The Carroll Building has been that are worth $10,000," Kent Plant, said there was no danger the reconstruction goes on." under renovation since the Col- Murray, an assistant professor in to students or faculty. "We think it's moving along lege of Education moved to its the communication arts depart- "I have not talked to any of pretty well," Mellett said." I think new building. After the construc- ment, told the Statesboro Herald the professors directly about it," they're still doing a little demoli- tion is completed, the psychol- last week. "They should have Mellett said. "We had advised tion on the second floor, but in Staff Photo ogy, political science, sociology moved us out of there before the them of the potential for some general we're pretty well satisfied REMOVED: Classes that were previously being held in and anthropology departments renovation." noise and confusion, and we tried with progress and I think we're on the Carroll Building have now been removed due to the will move into Carroll. Problems cited in the build- to minimize that as best we can." track to be completed in a March number of complaints concerning the conditions of the During the renovation, broad- ing include dust, noise, and "They did some air tests, and or April time frame." building during its renovation. Matthew Shepard's mother speaks against Rape reported at GSU hate crimes on campuses across the country near Southern Splash pool TMS Campus tained me. Matt would be disap- will learn to be more accepting of a mother who had their son "Matt is no longer here because pointed if I gave up and that's why the lifestyles their children lead. yanked from them and wonder By Jake Hallman in the investigation. Staff Writer two men learned that it was okay I've been going around the country Shepard was very accepting when how could they turn away when "They're continuing to to hate," said a emotional, yet stiff to show people what's its like not to learning of her son's homosexu- they had the chance to be there for A 19-year-old Tampa track leads down," Brown said. lipped Judy Shepard, whose son give up after such a tragedy." ality. When he first told her of that child?" she said. woman reported Sunday morn- "It seems like when we answer Matthew was slain in one the The Shepard family, which also his orientation, she continued to Judy noted that her other son, ing that she was the victim of a one question, another one sur- America's most brutal hate crime consists Matthew's father Dennis love him the same way she had Logan, who had hoped to room rape near GSU's Southern faces. It looks like it's going to nearly two years ago. "They were and his brother Logan, started the before. "We all should make con- with Matthew at the University Splash recreational facility. be a little while on this inves- given the impression that society Matthew Shepard Foundation to en- tracts with our children to let them of Wyoming, has also helped The rape was initially re- tigation." condones or is indifferent to such spread the mes- ported to the Statesboro Po- In response to the incident, treatment of those who are not sage of accep- lice Department, but the case campus police have increased like them." tance. "Instead was handed over to the GSU foot patrols, particularly Shepard's plea for peace was of just saying his Police Criminal Investigation around residence halls. one that seemed logical to those brother got division since the incident oc- "Certainly, we take it seri- gathered at North Central College killed or that he curred on GSU property. The ously," Brown said. "We still in suburban Chicago Thursday, is now an only victim is not a GSU student. think we've got a safe campus, Sept. 28, but she quickly pointed child, he tells "We don't have any reason we don't feel like anybody's in out that such behavior is easier people that that to believe she's telling us any- any immediate danger." said than done in American soci- his brother was thing but the truth," Kenneth Brown encouraged students who ety. killed as part of Brown, GSU's public safety feel uncomfortable walking on cam- She also told students of the a hate crime be- director, said. pus after dark to call the public additional struggles she experi- cause he was No arrests have been made safety office to arrange an escort. enced when she learned her son gay," she said. was homosexual. "As a parent of "That shows that a gay child, your hope is that they he is comfort- can go through the entire day with- able enough in Wild Style Showcase... out an incident," she said. "It his own skin to would have been a great day if tell people what nothing like that happened." really happen On October 7, 1998, this and educate mother's worst nightmare came them that crimes true when her 21-year- old son, a of such magni- student at the University of Wyo- tude take place ming, was pistol whipped, tied to but must be a fence post and beaten into a Special Photo stopped." coma in freezing cold tempera- SPEAKING OUT: Judy Shepard speaks to audiences about hates crimes and Shepard made tures. Matthew was left to lay in the destruction that they cause. Mrs. Shepard's 21-year-old son Matthew.a it clear that the misery for 18 hours until he was University of Wyoming student, was brutally killed in a anti-homosexual hate main audience discovered and treated for abra- act. anti-hate aware- sions, hypothermia, severe welts ness could be and a fractured skull at a nearby spread is the col- hospital. courage acceptance and embrace know we love them uncondition- lege demographic, particularly since Matthew held on for five days diversity.