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THE CO GE VOICE Volume XIII, Number 7 Ad Fontes October 17, 1989 Technicality May Give RTC House Governor Students Assembly Vote Impeached by SGA in "No one has expressed by Jacqueline Soteropoulos interest in the off-campus seat Associate News Editor anyway," she said. Unprecedented Move Fisfis justified the move by After extended debate on the referring to the Assembly's president of SGA, said the leader motion presented by Jamie Fisfis, decision to send a letter on the by Jac:quelJneSoteropoulos '91, house senator of Lambdin, the abortion rights result, although that Assoclilk News Editor "committed such a serious offense Student Government Assembly issue also failed to reach quorum. of the honor code" as to require granted Return To College students "I felt that if we acted regard- After closing doors to press impeachment, she said that the temporary representation on the less of quorum on one issue, we and students at large, the Student student's actions, in her opinion, did not harm the dorm's constitu- Assembly. should do so on another," said Fis- Government Association. in a Fisfis, reacting to the failed fis. He explained that the Assembly confidential executive session, ency. ~=========-===:JJamie FIsfts, '91 Munroe said, 'The actions of campus-wide referendum to amend should not "make judgement of the voted to impeach an elected stu- the SGA constitution granting RTC importance of one over the other" students," he said. dent official the student were reviewed through the appropriate channels ...when students their own assembly seat, by failing to act on both. Several senators expressed In an unprecedented proce- students elected us...we were motioned to allow RTC students to Nahcy Downing, a Connecti- concern that the RTC represents- dure, a house governor was elected to uphold the Honor Code. run and vote for the currently va- cut College RTC student, said tive would be voting on issues such brought before the assembly after It's our job to make sure that's cant position of off-campus repre- "RTC's have been trying to get on as dorm life, which do not effect the Judiciary Boardrecommended that the student be impeached due done:' sentative for this academic year this board for twelve years." Ac- RTC students. All minutes and attendance only. The original referendum, cording to Downing, there are 300 "We're justreally interested in to honor code violations. _ Specific charges against the records of the SGA executive ses: although obtaining a majority of RTC students total, 100 of whom the issues that involve us person- individual were not revealed be- sion are confidential. students in favor of the constitu- are matriculated and considered ally," Downing said. "Not all cause they "involved confidential According to Nicole Breck, jional amendment, failed to reach full-time. things pertain to us...but many do, and personal issues," said Joseph '90, public relations director, a quorum. "This is an issue of representa- and we would like to have a say," Tolliver, dean of student life. dormitory election, conducted by "We 're trying to get through a tion and we've been talking about she said. However, Tolli ver said, "You the housefellow, will be held in technicality for this year until this representation all year," said John Munroe stated that an RTC approximately two weeks to fill spring when we can hold [another Maggiore, house senator ofLazrus .. representative could abstain from must deduce that it involved his position" as a student leader. the vacated position. referendum]," explained Carla "We should be more concerned· particular votes, yet Huao Hwang, Although Carla Munroe, '90, Munroe, '90, president-of SGA. with this body ignoring the RTC See RTCp.S nlIDcdl~% Second FJaDer's Otber::hdrJt4a-S Features p.4 Identity Discovere Name Revealed Thursday Night Theater Group (TNT) b, CnII TlIIlberll The c..... Voke loving their work Campus safety has appiehended a man wbo The mystery lbat started in rnid-seprember, News p.6 has admitted to flashing a group students and wbenlWoinIrudersofsimilardesc:riptionsappeared making phone caJJs to a feoWe studenlfor several wilbin a week of each other, has been partially Oakes Ames and Dean weeks. resolved with !be identifICation of the second of Frank Johnson receive Although the college refused to release the those men. man'sname,theyhaverevealeddlathehasahistory According 10 Joseph Tolliver, dean of studenl emertius honors of non-violent sell offense sandisan outpatient ala life, Campus Safety has idenlified bim as Dean mental hospillil in HartfOllL Reels. age 39. JulieQlrlnn,directorofcoBegereIations, said _ _, ean There is no indication thaI !be identified man A&E p.l Campus Safety has identified him as a chunky.~~--~--~~_""-'-~""-'-""-'-"" had any role whalsoever in !be incidenla few days somewhaI muscular sill-foot IIIIl wffiremale. H Reels was arrested in earlier. had blue eyes andwascleallslllven. April, 1988 for robbing However, in a bizan'e lwisl 10 !be story. Reels According 10 the Seetlrily AIen, he was first does have a hislDry at the college. He was arrested noticed in Shain Library atllJll!O'imalcly 7 p.m. student rooms in Morri- in April. 1988 for robbing stodeal roomsin when he verbally harasseda.Nlia1e studenL son dormitory. ~ Morrison dormitory. Next, he followed I; temaJe studenl Allbat time be was deseribed as five feel. leD seea-p. see......-p.! Miklos Vamos, Hun- Underground garian playwright, is Policy Jeopardizes directing two plays at Asbestos Connecticut College. Students'Rights In a meeting with Hoffman on Discovered - b, Craig Tlmb<q; October 2, Angell was instructed to Sports p.ll-12 The College Voice b,........., KlaUktn refer all journalists, from on or off The College Voice campus, to Julie Quinn, director of In an apparent shift in policy, college relations. Stewart Angell, director ofCarnpus While repairing a faulty pipe According toQuinn, the policy Safety, has been prohibited from near Smith and Burdick dormito- has always been to refer outside speaking directly to student jour- ries last week, workers. discovered journalists to her and the apparent thaI the line was covered with nalists. change with regard to student jour- Student leaders havecriti~ carginogenic asbestos. nalists is just a reinterpretation of the move as a violation of student Physical Plant immediately existing college policies. rights and possibly detrimental to erected barriers and warning signs "It's anewpolicy to go through student safety. This new policy around the trenches containing !be Julie Quinn," said Angell. He makes the college's method of re- asbestos. added, Hoffman "just told me that It was exposed while patching Camel Soccer falls to leasing information about safety in- that's the policy." cidents different from that of many a leaky pipe intended to feed steam L;;A_m=h_e_rs_t_a_n_d_C;;::I_a_r_k==!Iother schools in the region. seeSilent p.5 see_p.' ..~===========~~=====~~==== l ~ .....~ ~ VIEWPOINT i~::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!::!!!i!f===========================-:====.-;;===- c; Campus Safety Progresses; SGA Handled Referendum Poorly;" I Needs to Take Next Step the Students Were Not Instructed .~ Letter to the Voice: ~ highly-publicized vote on which more emphasis was j This week Campus Safety's efforts finally began to This letter concerns the Abortion Referendum and the RTC Referendum. I have two complaints put. SGA President Carla Munroe said that the voters 8 payoff. Two of the repeat intruders who have been about the proceedings of these votes. First, Idon't didn't know what they were voting about in this in- • plaguing the campus were identified. The Knowlton think that the abortion letter should have been sent stance. Why? Not because it was overshadowed by the ~ fl asher and obscene phone caller was caught in the when we were asked to vote under false pretenses. abortion issue; instead, because there was not publicity Arboretum on Wednesday, October 4. When the vote was advertised, we (the students) were for it. I, personally, didn't vote on the RTC issue informed that everyone should have xpted. because because I had no clue as to what the issue was. I would The second "intruder was, although not appre- the letter would not have been sent unless quorum like to have a chance to vote, now that I know what the hended, identified as a man charged with theft on campus was reached. issue is, but I won't get that chance because, as Munroe on campus back in 1988. However, in the Voice's words ...... eleventh- put it, the SGA is "just too busy." I feel that this issue hour maneuverings salvaged the plan:' I would like shouldn't even have been put up for vote because It is comforting to see that the efforts ofthe Campus to know what "eleventh-hour maneuverings" allow ", even [SGA Assembly] didn't know too much about Safety Department are meeting with some progress. In theSGA to mislead the students of this college. SGA it," as Steven MOntjane said. both incidents, students were responsible for alerting should have stuck to its promise to the students, as Clearly, the SGA 's procedures are suspect. I hope that things are much more organized the next time they safety officers and clearly facilitating the identification of well as to the rules that it had set, no matter what the results of the vote.