• i la .A f ♦ r r r p i p d r a N / ^ ^ F i n % B l d ^ lannelli Retiiril rector ..IJfejyiE xihange.a .f; Stadints Arrive , nuw^ y Bozeman^ Page 4 I" Page.'8 y. .:i£:^.ii:.-tA...................................‘£XA - Wf)t Caiiet $ 1 . 0 0 VOLUME XG Friday, 23 January 1998 Num ber 13 Vews Briefs Giimore Inaugurated Governor Dean Search Committee National Corps marches in parade, Governor grants amnesty Clinton meets with legal BenKlncaM Presents advisers Executive Editor Finalists to WASHINGTON - With his On January 17* at 12:00pm denial of an alleged afTair and cover- over 5,000 people gathered in Rich­ up still reverberating, President mond to watch James S. Gilmore, III Superintendent Clinton met Thursday with legal ad­ inaugurated as the Commonwealth of visers to respond to prosecutors’ de- Virginia’s 68"’ Governor. John H. inands for documents and promised Hager was sworn in as the new Lieu­ TabHha Stump 1^ fuller accounting of his relationship tenant Governor and Mark L. Earley News Writer ~ with the young woman. “There are a was inaugurated as Attorney General. lot of other questions that are, I think, The temperature was brisk, but a pleas­ The search for the new veiy legitimate,” Clinton said. The ant relief over the sub-zero weather at Dean has been completed and the president gave an impassioned denial the last inauguration four years ago. committee has presented five final of the allegations that he had an af­ The Virginia Military Insti­ candidates to the Superintendent. fair with intern Monica Lewinsky, 24, tute Corps of Cadets marched through The committee consisting and that he asked her to lie about it the streets of Downtown Richmond and of nine people includes one cadet, in testimony in the Paula Jones sex around the State Capitol in honor of the ope tenured professor from each harassment case. Sources said that in inauguration of VMI’s new Com- department and the commandant. a subpoena delivered to the White mander-in-Chief. All rats and third Committee members met up to House on Wednesday,Whitewater classmen participated in the parade twice a week, over Christmas jrosecutor Kenneth Starr sought while some first and second classmen break, and have interviewed ap­ locuments showing when Ms. marched to gain a free weekend. The proximately thirty-five potential [^winsky entered and departed the Corps was the feature event of the pa­ candidates for the opening since ,\^ ite House. rade as they were the last group to August. march by the Capitol. As the cadets Cadet Clark Twiddy, CIC neared the reviewing stand. Governor Judge: Kaczynski can’t of the committee, said candidates Gilmore stepped up to the microphone represent himself The VMI Corps o f Cadets march through downtown Richmond and around the State Capitol in honor o f the were from a wide range of aca­ and began to speak. Af\er leading the Inauguration o f Virginia's 68th Commander-in-Chief demic and military backgrounds. Corps to believe nothing was to be SACRAMENTO, Calif. - “The only easy decision was that granted, the Governor finally soothed ^Unabomber suspect Theodore reform to Virginia. Abolishing parole, This campaign promise was key to his make Virginia’s future worthy of its great everyone wanted the best for VMI. the attentive ears by declaring amnesty jl^czynski, who has bitterly resisted revamping the criminal justice system, victory in November. He is confident past.” He also pledged his dedication to From there things got progressively for the Corps of Cadets and a proper tis lawyers’ attempts to portray him reforming welfare, making Virginia a it can be done despite an underestimate the improvement in quality of the public harder,” Twiddy said. reward for those without penalties. 'as a madman, may not represent him- model for education standards and cre­ in the actual cost of the plan. Regard­ school system, continued economic pros­ Colonel Mayerchak be­ That reward was later decided to be two relf, a federal judge ruled Thursday. ating over 275,000jobs are some of the less, he expects to gamer support from perity, fighting violent crime, implement­ lieves the national search was done- days for all do-gooders. But U.S. District Judge Garland accomplishments that will be a part of both sides of the isle during this year’s ing welfare refonn and delivering his very professionally. The commit­ The inauguration, which took Burrell Jr. did not immediately say George Allen’s legacy. General Assembly session. promise of “no car taxes.” The new tee arranged for each interviewee place on the steps of the State Capitol whether he would insist Kaczynski Governor Gilmore hopes to In the Governor’s Inaugural Governor spoke with a theme of indi­ to have the same interview sched­ building, marked the end of the ex­ accept representation by his court- build upon the success of the last four address, Gilmore drew on Virginia’s vidual worth leading the drives of gov­ ule. This entailed the same amount tremely popular governorship of appointed lawyers. Quin Denvir and years as a Republican sharing many of founding history as a source to help lead ernment. He said, “Individual Virginians, of time for each candidate to come George F. Allen. Allen, who endeared Judy Clarke. Gambino’s Gotti Jr. sur­ Allen’s thoughts and aspirations for the the way to the fiiture. He said, “Can we their daily lives and problems are a light and tour the school and meet mem­ himself to Virginians through his renders to feds direction of slate government. The first in Virginia, the home of the American too often dimmed by the process of gov­ bers of the faculty. down-to-earth and folksy personality, item on his agenda is abolishing the idea of the rights of man - can we set the ernment. Let their lives guide us to a “Each candidate was treated used his charisma to bring sweeping AOL released officer’s personal property tax on automobiles. course for the future? If we do, we can better Mi^inia.” equally in the procedure,” said information Colonel Mayerchak. Respected Professor Passes General characteristics the committee was looking for was the America Online officials ad­ Corps Honors Jackson with ability to lead faculty and the abil­ mitted wrongdoing Wednesday in the Dave Durlach ity to conduct academic affairs at case of Senior Chief Petty Officer W reath-Laying Ceremony News Writer the state level in Richmond. “The Timothy McVeigh. The Navy is try­ possibility of having a bad Dean is ing to dismiss McVeigh for alleg­ It was a sad, cold, winter day on non-existent, the possibility of hav­ edly being gay. A naval investigator the grounds of the institute as VMI dis­ ing a good Dean is non-existent, reportedly called AOL in September played it’s flags respectfully at half-mast but the possibility of having an seeking background on the sailor in in honor of Col. J. Murray Vines of Lex­ outstanding Dean is the only pos­ an attempt to determine whether ington, Vii^inia. Col. Vines, 77, passed sibility,” added Twiddy. McVeigh was violating the military's away on December 16,1997 at the UVA Colonel Mayerchak would “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. AOL medical center in Charlottesville. like to commend the faculty for be­ acknowledges that a customer service Col. Vines came to VMI bringing ing pro-active during the search representative told the investigator expertise as a professor, and a rich, col- and asking questions of the candi­ that an AOL member calling himself o r^l past. Professors and cadets alike in 1988 after 21 years of dedicated and dates. The committee appreciated “BOYSRCH,” who listed his mari­ admired him for these characteristics. A unselfish service. the input from the entire VMI com­ tal status as gay, was indeed well-rounded individual, he was a sol­ Many found Col. Vines to be a munity. McVeigh. McVeigh has filed a law­ dier, an employee for the state depart­ caring, charismatic teacher and mentor During the next two suit against the Navy for violating his ment, a music enthusiast who studied in with exceptional talent who cadets loved weeks, General Bunting will be privacy. Paris, and most notably became involved and professors respected. He was a sports with the New York City Opera as a con­ enthusiast who in recent years could be meeting with each member of the ; World cert tenor just before his introduction to seen running around tiie track or lifting committee to discuss their respec­ »••••••••••••••••< VML weights with the corps. tive decisions. The new Dean will Col. Vines came to VMI in Col. Vines is survived by his be announced after General ^ Pope calls for openness in Bunting has made the final deci­ Cuba 1967 as a professor in the modem wife, Mary F. Vines of Lexington, VA, language’s department teaching both They were both members of St. Patrick’s sion. HAVANA - Tens of thousands French and Spanish until his retirement Church. of Cubans are streaming into a Santa Clara sports field today for John Paul’s first Mass on the island. The pope arrived Wednesday, to be "Sacred Assembly" Focuses on Values greeted by Cuban leader Fidel Castro fight of tomorrow must be more vig­ whelmed with the significant manifes­ clad in a double-breasted blue suit. Jen Jolln orous than the fight of yesterday. We tation of God’s presence” during the Castro in his welcoming speech de­ News Writer must not lose the essence of the Insti­ rally and particularly when Bellamy nounced the U.S. embargo against Thursday, January 15, the tute, regardless of the challenges placed spoke.