Th University fiME wr Vc4ume£9/1ksueNo^ A Student Newspaper Since 1906 October 13,1994 Convocation celebrates Lelyveld UTC's 25th anniversary speaks on By Mary Rehyansky purpose," he said. media Echo Asst. News Editor Mayor Gene Roberts By Mary Rehyansky said The New York Times is Echo Asst. News Editor The convocation cel­ widely regarded as the pre­ ebrating the 25th anniver­ miere newspaper in the The executive editor of The New York sary of the birth of UTC world and gave Lelyveld a Times described the chance to speak at and the 200th anniversary key to the city where "the UTC's convocation Tuesday as "more than of the UT system inspired vision for the modem New a chance to babble." For Joseph Lelyveld, system President Joe John­ York Times began." the trip to Chattanooga was a "pilgrim­ son to speak of UT's The convocation was age," he said. humble beginnings. not without its problems, Chattanooga is the place where the "Knoxville had seven however. Many who at­ "modern New York Times got its energy taverns, one church and one tended left before or during and sense of purpose," said Lelyveld. In college," he said. "We're the speaker's remarks, and 1896, a bankrupt and "enfeebled" New trying to return to that sta­ Dr. Peter Pringle, a mem­ York Times was revitalized by tus," he quipped. ber of the planning com­ Chattanoogan Adolph Ochs, who had taken mittee, called this behavior He called the merger of over The Chattanooga Times by the age of the University of Chatta­ "rude in the extreme." Faculty, administrators and gussts join voices for UTC's alma mater 21, then went on to invest $75,000 in an He said he understood nooga and UT in 1969 a ailing New York Times. when people left during the time for class "grand experiment that has worked well," Company and former New York Times re- Though many young reporters may not change, but said those who left at other and said he hoped the convocation would porter Ruth Holmberg introduced the con- know the story of Ochs, the paper is still points during the ceremony were "an em­ become an annual event of celebration and vocation speaker, Joe Lelyveld, executive very much "guided by his legacy," said barrassment.'' recognition. editor of The New York Times. Lelyveld. Chancellor Frederick Obear was happy Chancellor Frederick Obear echoed that Lelyveld spoke of Chattanoogan Adolph But Ochs may not have understood or with the turnout at the event, but said stu­ wish, saying he hoped the con vocation would Ochs, a newspaper pioneer and Holmberg's approved of the direction modern media dents who left early really missed out on a be the first of many "to bring together all grandfather, who revived the ailing New has gone, said Lelyveld. components of the university to celebrate York Times in 18%. wonderful opportunity. People don't often Lelyveld discussed the trend toward our common purpose." "Chattanooga is where the modern New have the opportunity to hear someone like sensationalism, gossip and the blurring of Vice President of the Times Printing York Times got its energy and sense of Lelyveld speak—especially for free, he said. the line between news and entertainment in the media. He said the omnipresence of Alcohol Awareness Week begins Monday news through sources like CNN, news By Terri Evon UC lobby at noon. be sponsored by the Campus Ministers' radio and Internet has "put a premium on Echo Sled] Writer MikeGrecn, president of Collegiate Con­ Association. The panel will meet in the speed and brevity rather than oo reflec­ sultants on Drugs and Alcohol, will present Hiwassee Room of the UC at noon. tion." Alcohol Awareness Week offers UTC his "Four Stages of Alcohol Development" Alcohol Awareness Week ends with a "Information is getting to be like fast students a chance to learn something new on Oct 19. Green serves as a consultant to non-alcoholic wine and cheese party Oct 21 food," said Lelyveld. "It's available every­ through other people's experiences, accord­ the Student Affairs and athletic departments in the UC. UTC Marriot Food Services will where, but is less and less sustaining and ing to Gina Jones, coordinator of the event of numerous universities, is a Sigma Chi sponsor the party and invites all students to nourishing." The week begins Oct 17 with a DUI Alumnus, has been an athlete and coach on attend. Lelyveld also discussed the erosion of reenactment in front of the University Cen­ both high school and collegiate levels and is Alcohol Awareness Week is a chance "to trust in the media, public institutions and ter at noon. Acarwill be wrapped around the a recovering alcoholic. alert students to the dangers of alcohol, elected officials. The media generally gets tree located on the Vine Street side of the "He is an excellent speaker who is also focus on personal health and the damage more approval than Congress but "that's UC. entertaining," said Vice Chancellor of Stu­ drinking can do to you and to help make no trick—almost anything does," be said. "The scene will be graphic, so if you are dent Affairs Charles Reneissen. Green will students more knowledgeable," said The mistrust of media reaches politi­ sensitive to these kinds of things, stand discuss his four stages of alcohol develop­ Reneissen. cians as well as the general public, said back," warned Jones. The reenactment will ment, what they mean and how people can Throughout Alcohol Awareness Week, Lelyveld. He told the story of Congress­ involve UTC students. change their behavior. a video, "UTC Students Speak Out" will be man Barney Frank of Massachusetts who On Oct 18 Omega Phi Alpha, Kappa Green will speak at 1 pjn. in Chatta­ shown in the UC lobby. Brochures and leaf­ angrily told a New York Times reporter that Sigma and the Association for Campus En- nooga Room C in the University Center, and lets on drugs and alcohol will also be avail­ "Nothing about government is done as tertainmentwillsponsora"Mocktail Party." at 8 p*m. in die Roland Hayes Hall of the able in Lupton Library throughout the week. incompetently as the reporting of it" O-Phi- A will supply non-alcoholic refresh­ Fine Arts Center OcL 19. All students are "Abstinence is great but we're not tell­ But Lelyveld said be is less interested ments and Two Blonde," a two-man guitar welcome. ing students not to drink. Let's teach them in debating for or against the media than in act, will provide entertainment. The party is "When Bad Things Happen to Good how to drink responsibly," said Jones. open to all UTC students and will be in the People," a panel discussion on Oct 20, will See SPEAKER, Page 6 2 The University Echo I Thursday, October 13,1994 and Sherman Mathews will speak against needed to find a girlfriend, and for handing mmmmmmmmmwmmmwm the consolidation. out "panty roses" last Valentine's Day to rfrmtifa/fttf Voters will decide for or against the women who work in his office or appeared AwwdtkMw consolidation in November. in his court Fund-raising effort Meyer apologized for his conduct but Military buildup in begins at UTC was still suspended from Oct 15-29 for the first offense, and from Oct 30-Nov. 13 for Iraq continues A Chattanooga businessman will chair the second. The United States and its allies pursued UTC's phase of a University of Tennessee School bus knifing Meyer's term expires in 1998. $250 million fund- raising campaign. their massive military buildup in the Persian Joseph F. Decosimo, senior partner in leads to charges EPA studies Walker Gulf on Tuesday despite signs that Iraqi troops were pulling away from Kuwait the accounting firm Joseph Decosimo and Two teen-age girls involved in a stab­ Washington was assembling its biggest Associates, will lead UTC in efforts to raise bing incident on a school bus Tuesday will County dump site force since the 1991 Gulf War to face down $20 million. Scott L.Probasco Jr., president each be charged with one count of aggra­ A team from the U.S. Environmental the Iraqi leader. Tens of thousands of Ameri­ of American National Bank and Trust Co. in vated assault police said. Protection Agency will be in Walker County cans were ordered into the gulf along with Chattanooga, will be honorary chairman. The girls, ages 13 and 14, both seventh- this week to ask and answer questions about hundreds of the most potent U.S. aircraft and The campaign will provide resources graders at Orchard Knob Middle School, industrial waste dumping. warships. beyond those of state tax dollars to support apparendy got into an argument while riding Over the past three decades, local manu­ Fivedays after die crisis began, there was the needs of the Chattanooga area, accord­ home on a school bus. About 50 students facturers likcVelsicol Chemical Co. in Chat­ fairly broad movement away from combat ing to Chancellor Frederick Obear. were on the bus at the time of the incident tanooga, dumped industrial wastes in four positions by the 80,000 Iraqis assembled at As the bus approached the 1300 block of landfills on the 610-acre Shaver Farm five the Kuwaiti border, according to Gen. John Wamp and Button Roanoke Street the 14-year-old reportedly miles north of LaFayette, Ga., in Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs pulled a knife on the 13-year-old and cut her Chickamauga Valley. debate on campus of Staff. face, said Chattanooga police spokesman The EPA team also wants to see if 470 Third District Congressional candidates Richard Heck.