WEATHER FORECAST High 79 Low 50 Partly Campus cloudy, windy Sorority fashion show this weekend Inside The Alpha Chi Omega soror- ity will hold its sixth annual TCU Rugby makes THURSDAY fashion show from 2 p.m. to 4 APRIL 2, 1998 p.m. Sunday at the Will Rogers the playoffs. Roundup Inn to benefit the Texas Christian University Tarrant County Women's See page 5 95th Year • Number 98 Haven, a shelter for battered women. Fifty models from TCU greek organizations will show- case clothing provided by Neiman Marcus in a "Caribbean Sunsets" theme. Dr. Ruth speaks LeAnn Rumage, a sopho- more graphic design major and fashion show chairwoman, said members expect about 400 peo- about sex issues ple to attend the event. Last year, the sorority donat- By Julie Redwine has nothing to do with whether or ed more than $8,000 to the STAFF REPORTER not he can impregnate his future Women's Haven from show Famous psychosexual therapist wife." proceeds, Rumage said. Ruth Westheimer spoke frankly It's important to talk about sex Tickets cost $15 for students and openly about sexual issues to and bury all the myths, she said. and $30 for all others, and they a standing-room only ballroom Westheimer also briefly may be purchased from any Wednesday night as part of the touched on abortion and homosex- Alpha Chi member. Fourth Annual Women's uality during her lecture. Airline tickets and other door Symposium. She said she thinks abortion prizes will be raffled off during More than 1.300 TCU students should remain legal in cases when the event. and staff filled the Student Center a contraceptive fails, but it should Students can call the Alpha Ballroom to capacity to listen to not be used as a contraceptive Chi house at 257-7919 for more Westheimer's lecture titled itself. information. "Sexually Speaking." sponsored She also said that scientifically by Programming Council's it is unknown what attracts a per- Nation Forums Committee. son to someone of the same sex. She used explicit language and but said she treats homosexuals Judge drops Jones' humor to stress the importance of with the same respect as hetero- suit against Clinton sexual literacy. sexual couples. WASHINGTON (AP) — A "Sex is an art that's a private Westheimer said she works federal judge has thrown out matter." she said. "I believe every- toward raising money for research all of the charges in Paula one should be sex literate." to find a cure to sexually transmit- Jones' sexual harassment law- During her I-1/2 hour discus- ted diseases and does all she can suit, delivering a major legal sion, the 70-year-old sex educator to educate people about sex. victory to President Clinton. wanted to dispel many age-old "We in this country are very U.S. District Judge Susan myths including the myth that fortunate because we have the Webber Wright in Little Rock, women can't get pregnant the first best icientificall) valued data Ark., informed lawyers in the time they have sex. about your sexual functioning that case of her decision this after- Westheimer said another myth has ever been available." she said. noon. states that if a man masturbates he "And I do believe that everybody "All the charges are gone. won't be able to impregnate his has to be sexually literate, but The suit is gone." a White future wife. never do I say if (people should House official said. Anne Drtbfcfcy OPINION EDITOR "Thinking you can't (get preg- have sex) before marriage or after The judge said while Jones' Dr. Ruth Westheimer addresses a crowd of over 1,300 students Wednesday night in the Student nant) the first time is wrong." she claims described offensive Center Ballroom. Her topic for the Programming Council-sponsored event was "Sexually Speaking." said. "(And) a man masturbating Please see DR. RUTH, Page 4 conduct, it did not meet the standard for sexual harass- ment. "The plaintiffs' allegations fall far short of the rigorous Pi Kapps to bike across Florida for PUSH charity standards for establishing a By Almee Courtice Chris Orr. director of marketing for PUSH another PUSH event. 'The Journey for Hope", handicapped children. claim of outrage under STAFF REPORTER America, said the purpose of the ride is to raise an annual bike ride from San Francisco to Orr said the men will make presentations to Arkansas law," she said in a Four members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity money and awareness for people with severe Washington. DC. "Gear Up Florida" was set up civic leaders and present puppet shows to chil- 39-page opinion. will head to Florida next month. developmental disabilities. as a way to get more undergraduates and states dren. John Whitehead of the But they won't lounge on any beaches. The TCU group is the largest group from a involved with the event. Orr said. Wilkinson said the purpose of visiting with Rutherford Institute, which Instead they'll take in the Florida sun and single university comprising the 20-member Wilkinson said they will begin riding May 17 the children is to gain a greater understanding has been financing Jones' suit, humidity as they bike ride 675 miles across the team. Orr said the men from TCU were chosen in Miami, pass through about 12 cities in and generate awareness of the lives ot those who said her lawyers will take a state. for a variety of reasons. Florida, and end up in Tallahassee May 30. are severely handicapped look at the case and said "if As part of their national philanthropy, PUSH "They are a recently chartered chapter and Wilkinson said during their days on the road, "It will be important for us to learn what peo- there are suitable grounds for America, fraternity members Carlo Capua, a they bring a lot of enthusiasm." he said. "They they will begin biking at 6:30 a.m.. covering an ple with disabilities can do." he said. "There is a appeal," they will do so. sophomore business major; Justin Hensley, a are very committed to PUSH and its traditions." average of 65 miles a day. person there with a personality." "We all said we'll be very junior radio-TV-film major; Ben Wilkinson, a The PUSH America organization raises At the end of each day's ride, they expect to Capua said interacting with the children will seriously considering about sophomore biology major; and Grant Wietzel, a money for recreation equipment for children be greeted by media as well as community and be a challenging experience for him. appealing this case," junior radio-TV film major, will participate in and adults with severe developmental disabili- civic leaders of the cities they pass through. "I have never had much interaction with peo- Whitehead said. "Gear up Florida", a 2-week bike ride from ties. However, most of the time the men spend off Wright's ruling comes Miami to Tallahassee. Orr said "Gear Up Florida" is a offshoot of their bikes is expected to be spent with severely Please see BIKE, Page 2 more than three years after Jones first went to court alleg- ing Clinton, as Arkansas gov- ernor, made an unwanted sex- ual advance. Roommates square off Clinton's attorneys had By Mandie Kreimborg the game. Students learn under the sun argued Jones had failed to SKIFF STAFF After all the questions were Jamaica offers beautiful atmosphere for Spring Break research prove she was harmed in her Excited chatter and bubbly laugh- asked, one pair of roommates, Sarah Arkansas state job and was ter filled the Colby Hall lounge Tooke, a freshman advertising/pub- Scott Crist. I senior biology motivated by politics in mak- By Jason Crane Coulborn and her classmates Tuesday night as residents found out lic relations major, and Julia STAFF REPORTER ing her accusations. in Tropical Biology, a graduate- major, studied the scavenger life if they truly knew the person they Guthrie, a freshman premajor. of fire worms on grass beds and Stepping up the pressure, For some, the island of level course which is also open were living with. emerged as the Colby champions, Jamaica is a biologist's dream. to biology undergraduates, went near coral reefs off the Jamaican Jones' lawyers released hun- Residents gathered for an all-hall answering all 20 of the questions dreds of pages of evidence Rebecca Coulborn, a senior to Jamaica to study different coastline. He said although he social to cheer on girls who competed correctly. They won two $50 gift premed biology and French dou- aspects of the diverse animal life learned a lot about the biological about other alleged affairs, for the championship title in a lively certificates to The Gap. included an unsubstantiated ble major, along with 13 other present in Jamaica's tropical cli- aspects of the country, he game of "How Well Do You Know The key to their victory. Tooke and TCU students and professors, mate. enjoyed getting to know the allegation of a sexual assault. Your Roommate?" Guthrie said, was their friendship Clinton's lawyer countered spent Spring Break studying ter- Coulborn studied whether Jamaican natives more. Ten pairs of women, who each rep- before they came to TCU. "It's nice being in a place far by charging Jones' case was restrial and marine animal life at snails on the rocky Jamaican resented the wing in which they live, "We've known each other since the away from tourists." Crist said. "garbage" designed to gain the Hofstra University Research beaches change their shell orien- sat with their backs to each other as seventh grade," said Tooke.