SERVING THE MONDAY STOCKTON NOVEMBER 16,1998 COMMUNITY VOL. 55 NO. 10 FREE SINCE 1973 THE ARGO http://www.stockton.ed uA'argo Smokers Coastal Scared Court Adjourned Research Straight The Board of Trustees voted that Vera King at Nacote Farris will be reimbursed for her legal fees ^item- Joshua Heines Creek The Argo ming from her lawsuit against Prof. Ralph Bean If you're a smoker, on Nov. 19 Susan Evrard this year many people may be Joshaa Heines our president falsified some that our president falsified some The Argo telling you to get your butt out of The Argo expense vouchers, she vvrote a expense vouchers is clearly a Steve Hafner graduated RSC their face, Nov. 19 marks the Controversy can arise from damage control screed that misstatement of fact and not an in 1987, but before donning his Great American Smokeout. Mything. Unfortunately, for the became known as the confiden­ opinion cap and gown, he was wearing a The Smokeout was started to feichard Stockton College of tial document" "(The] Defendant stated, and wetsuit and lugging a survey -raise-aomsciousness about the New Jersey^ -more-thanJu^t a lit- "Questions were raised by my at the least inferred, that the pros­ pole hundreds of feet into a frigid danger of smoking and to give tle bit of controversy stemmeid peers because Mr. Bean -said I ecutors had made a finding as to winter ocean. smokers the initiative to quit. from a letter written to the col­ was guilty of that act. We got the plaintiff's guilt. Certain-state­ Now, II-years later, he may The health risks of smoking lege Boand of Trustees, The Argo, dozens of letters asking if it was ments such as false attributions not be swimming"hi the frigid are very serious. 430,000 and the irttemet by Ralph Bean, true," said Farris. of criminality denote defamatory ocean, but he bears the title of professor of mathematics at Ten years ago, there was an meaning, and they are defamato- Coastal Geologist, as he contin­ (Smokeout condoued on page 4) Stockton and former Stockton investigation conducted by the r>' as a matter of law under the ues his employment with the Federation of Teachers president. Atlantic County prosecutor in Romaine case. Stockton Coastal Research Transition The letter was published in the regards to the handling and dis­ " [According to laws on Center, at the Nacote Creek Field April 7, 1997 issue of the Argo. bursement of certain funds from defamation] The are certain ele­ Station, located in Port R^ublic. _ ^ _ Two days later, ^Apri^ 9, 1997, the. President's- QTficial ments that -have to be shown: Hafnef, and a handfOTOf^EESl'"'"^"'"'"""'^ Made .Easy. »,\&ra.King'Fafris, pfesident of the? Reception Account, as well as the first, a false and defamatory RSC gfaduates"all Richard Stockton College "insti­ expenditures of money receiyed statement concerning another; want ad, which calle<lfor "nxoti-'"- With tuted this action filing a com­ from the Richard Stockton two, an unprivileged publication vated, physically fit students for plaint alleging^ two counts of Foundation and for certain rpim- to a third party; three, fault a field research survey position. Internships defamation against defendant bursemenLs received by Farris. amounting at least to negligence Experienced lifeguards, surfers Richard Bean," according to The prosecutor found that on the part of the publisher; and and divers and confident off­ Chick Yeager Judge Miqhaei Winkelstein, in "there does not exist sufficient four, either actionability of the shore swimmers apply only The Argo the Oct. 10,1997 court report. evidence that would justify the statement irrespective of the spe­ please." Stockton's Washington "On June 19, 1997, Bean filed prosecution" of Farris. cial harm or the existence of spe­ "We'll use real 'true' surfers - Internship Program announces a an answer and counterclaim Although, the assistant to the cial harm caused by the publica­ the local diehards who imder- new minority fellowship pro- which contained 11 counts," said president Brian Biddings, entered tion," said Winkelstein. stand the ocean's conditions," gram, which pays student's Wnkefstein. a guilty plea to the offense of Judge Winkelstein found in Hafner said. tuition, room and up to $3,300 in Farris' complaint with the let­ knowingly making false entries favor of the plaintiiT, Vera King Coastal research, although spending money to go to ter was not with the criticisms in state docimients. Farris, on the count of defama­ only one part of the studies con­ Washington for a semester. Bean voiced upon the Board of "I find that even when consid­ tion, but stated that the count of ducted at the Field Station, per­ The free spending money, Trustees, The President, and the ering all of the words used and malice would have to be deter­ forms research under cpntracts tuition and housing, available for- Vice-President, but with one spe­ not any particular phrase or sen­ mined by a jury to see if Bean with municipalities, the state and Afro-Americans, Hispanics, cific line, "Yeai^ ago, at the time tence, [the] defendant's statement (Internships continued on page 5) the County Prosecutor found that that,the count prosecutor found (Legal Fees continued on page S) (Nacote Creek continued on page 5) The Night of Broken Glass Remembered Brian M. Nelson led a responsive prayer with a student from Members of the surrounding community Kristallnacht, and how the rest of the The Argo Atlantic County Community College. honored Farris for her 15 years of service world did not react to Nazi aggression Last Monday about 800 people gathered Kristallnacht symbolizes the events of to the community. until world war broke out. at the Beth El synagogue in Margate for an the night of November 9, 1938 in She was honored for creating a strong Some Germans also observed the 60th interfaith observance on the (E»0th anniver­ Germany. bond between the local Jewish community anniversary Kristallnacht. In Berlin peo­ sary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken During this night the Nazis began their and the college, which has been at the ple lit candles in the shape of the Jewish glass. rampage against the Jews, hundreds of route of the development of the nation's Star of David in front of Brandenburg The observance included a presentation synagogues were burned down, thousands first Master's in Holocaust and Genocide Gate, and Germany's newly e^cted of the colors by the Jewish War Veterans, of Jewish businesses were ransacked, and studies program at Stockton. Chancellor, Gephard Schroder, attended songs by many choir groups and speeches 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent off to Dr. Murray Kohn, who is an Associate observance ceremonies at a Berlin syna­ by various community leaders. concentration camps in Germany. Professor at Stockton and Rabbi of the gogue with leaders of Germany's small In addition, Gregory Seltzer, President Stockton President Vera King Farris was Beth Israel Congregation in Vineland, Jewish community. of the Jewish Student Union at Stockton, one of the featured speakers at the event. spoke aboiit the events that led up to Page 2 November 16,1998 EDITORIAL THE ARGO Meal Plan is Overpriced and Malnourished Dana-Carmody Burns aspected [sic] of their lives." thing, but why is the quality of cookies pus besides Chartwells. The Argo How are customers supposed to make more important than the quality of lettuce? Talking to people who run Chartwells A few weeks ago, I ventured to N-vving healthy-choices about their diet when they Chartwells is getting further and further seems to make no difference, and neither for the first time this semester. I was har­ are forced to choose between hamburgers away from environmental friendliness. does filling out the suggestion and opinion boring some animosity towards and grilled cheese? And if Chartwells is There are often paper plates and cups, and cards they have out every once in a while. Chartwells, left over from last semester, encouraging students to make educated plastic utensils, instead of reusable plates It does not affect them if we don't eat but decided to look past it and give meal decisions about what foods thep' eat, how and silverware. This is so wasteful. there. plan another tr>'. come it is so hard to find nutritional infor­ People should have to ask for disposable It is hard to boycott a company that As I handed over my I.D. card, so the mation on the food they prepare? items, instead of the converse. already has your money, so really, price of meal plan could subtracted Also, many of the vegetables served by There does not seem to be anything that Chartwells has complete control. from my unrestricted account, mempries Chartwells are frozen, which in and of we can do to change this. Living in, the of why I had decided not to haye meal plan itself is hot terrible (nutritionally), but dorms requires one to have a meal plan, this sejxiester began drifting back to me. they are then over-cooked, thereby reduc­ and there is no other food service on cam­ As of 1996-1997, the cost of a 19-meal ing their nutritional value even lower. plan, paid for by the third payment plan, Speaking of low nutritional yal,ue, the was $1736 a year. The cost of a 15-meal juice machines contain juices made pri­ plan, paid for by the third payment plan, marily of water, sugar^'and food coloring. was $1625. This comes out to $868 per Juice is supposed to be high in vitamins, semester for a 19-nieal plan, and $812.50 not high in sugar.