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A Diversity Forum Indecent Exposure Volleyball Team Reviewed and Shocks Students 5-- 0 in Discussed NCAC Action nn o .he Kenyon Colleglan Volume CXV, Number 7 Established 1856 Thursday, October 29, 1987 Mock Arrest Demonstrates Dangers of Drunk Driving By Todd Van Fossen But was this all for real? According to check, personal check (frisking) and reading effect in the early 1980's, adds Parr. Friday, Oct. 23 seemed like any normal Webb, the event was staged by Kenyon's the suspect his or her rights. The important In its role at Kenyon, Parr says the DAPB eekday afternoon as this reporter strolled Drug and Alcohol Program Board (DAPB) part, Parr notes, is that the officer never tells understands that while alcohol is the drug out of Peirce Hall. But then the excitement as a part of National Collegiate Alcohol the suspect whether he or she is under the in- most commonly abused by drivers, people 'scan. Awareness Week. fluence of drugs. using any drugs which may impair their driv- At 12:07 that afternoon, a car driven by Daniel Parr, chair of the DAPB, explains As one of the event's major players, Webb ing abilities are at risk under Ohio statutes. sophomore James Webb was forced to stop that the event's purpose was to draw student says he thought the event was a very good But while understanding the law and mak- h; Gambier Deputy Bob Durbin of the Knox and community attention to what can happen idea. "It kind of turned out to be a big joke," ing the Kenyon community aware of the con- County Sheriffs Department at the side of when a person is caught under the influence of comments Webb, "but it helped people sequences involved with drug use and driving he road directly in front of Peirce Hall. drugs or alcohol when behind the wheel. It realize what happens. It was very realistic." are parts of the role of the DAPB, Parr A crowd of about 40 onlookers quickly was the DAPB, adds Parr, that was responsi- According to Parr, Ohio currently has no stresses that its role is not to preach or lecture inhered to watch the surprising events un-r:'- d. ble for bringing the deputy and students law concerning drunk driving. What is on the to students on the issue. Parr adds that the As Deputy Durbin stepped out of his together for this event. books is a Driving Under the Influence (DU1) goal of the DAPB is to make the campus ar, an empty beer can was thrown from a Parr adds that while the arrest was staged, law, which refers to all drugs including community aware of what drugs do to the ehicle driven by Webb, raising suspicions the arrest process outlined by Deputy Durbin alcohol. This law, which is much tighter and human body. While people are not urged to hat this incident was indeed another tragic was very real. It involves four phases: on the more comprehensive than a Driving While drink by the DAPB, says Parr, they are "ssalt of drinking and driving. spot check (for sobriety), license computer Intoxicated (alcohol-related- ) law, came into reminded to make responsible decisions when using any drug, including alcohol. More Information Renews Unfair Labor Issue And with 80 percent of all Knox County traffic accidents involving alcohol, a rumor heard by Parr, this mock arrest may provide By Paul Singer Employees and Restaurant Employees Local Meanwhile ARA has rehired the ter- a sobering reminder of what can happen 70), offered a different version of the story -- minated employee; the case now centers when people drink, but don't think, when According to the ARA employee union a version that the NLRB investigator con- around the restitution of back pay. ARA is taking the wheel. :presentative, the unfair labor practices suit firmed. apparently negotiating to settle with the -- led employee Mr. against ARA was not dismissed as out of court. Parr and the DAPB would like to ex- sported in last week's Collegian. According to Skaggs and the NLRB, the Missentzis was not available to comment tend a special thanks to Knox County Sheriff on the discrepancy between Paul union filed a three-pa- rt unfair labor practices his account and Rowe and Gambier Deputy Bob Durbin Last week, Kenyon Dining Services Direct- suit against ARA. The most serious part of that of Skaggs and the NLRB. for their cooperation in the mock arrest. or John Missentzis told the Collegian that which was the unfair termination of an ARA had been found innocent of any wrongd- employee. By the time the board had to in- Trustees Hear Student Concerns oing by the National Labor Relations Board vestigate, ARA had taken steps to rectify the a a suit the charges. Skaggs then withdrew the concerning, among other things, other two By Reid Carlberg that sense, and opportunities for women in 'ring of an ARA employee. The employee, three-par- t suit and refiled the charge of un- just a living sense." cording NLRB to Missentzis, had been rehired fair termination. The representative Sharon Ullmann, chair of the Student Af- Another widely discussed issue at the trough deter- seperate negotiations with the said that the board has yet to make a fairs Committee, along with the other five meeting was the lack of cultural diversity at nployee's union. mination on that charge. If the NLRB were members of the committee, met last Thurs- Kenyon. According to Ullmann, the Gambier But Steven Skaggs, the regional represen- to find ARA guilty, Skaggs claims that the day with their counterpart trustee committee, Organization for Cultural Awareness tee of the employees' union (Hotel case could go before a federal judge. to report on the things ". that rub off on us (G.O.C.A.), formed in response to a task in a non-academ- ic sense." The group also force created last year to study the problem, met to determine which and how the con- put forth its plan for the coming year. In- Student cerns of the students could be represented at cluded in the program, she said, were ac- Council Approves Budget the Board of Trustees meeting that occurred tivities designed to answer some of the con- later in the weekend. cerns the task force had identified and to council must also reserve funds for any By Adam Blankenship dent After the opening by Dean of Students raise awareness of the problem through the campus for unaccountable vandalism on Thomas J. Edwards and President Philip H. community. Council is solely responsi- The supplemental Student Council budget which the Student Jordan, Jr. topics discussed, Ullmann said, While the students and the trustees may f Si 2,568 was passed by the council on Oct. ble. included overcrowding in the dorms not always see the same side of a particular 18 by Last spring, the Student Council budget a vote of 19 yea, one nay and one Kenyon's lack of cultural diversity, the issue, Ullmann stated, the meeting was a suc- 1987-8- 8 was at approx- abstention. for the year projected renovation planned for next summer and cess. $145,000; this amount derived from The budget was originally projected at imately sororities. "I think we all walked away feeling like we S10.5OO activities fees. The sup- bv the Student Council Treasurer Bill the accrued student While Ullmann stated that nothing really all understood each other," she stated, "and budget drafted in the fall includes O'Hearn. "After looking at some past plemental new was brought up about the sorority pro- that the concerns of the college were really organizations for additional ac- models of spending," said O'Hearn "I was requests from posal, a "few" of the three trustees present well represented at the Board of Trustees Jble budget. to increase the budget by $2000 and still tivities conceived since the spring did not recognize the need for one. meeting." re- es organizations remain with enough funds to cover any con-agenci- In total, the student The Student Affairs Committee, according supplemental funds. "The "They didn't seem to quite understand," in the second semester." quested $19,893 in to Ullmann, represents a unique way for The did not receive the total Ullmann said, "why the group of girls wanted underestimation of available funds, organizations that students to get their ideas across to the requested did so under- an organization where they could share com- Jdds O'Hearn, is necessary because of the amount that they trustees. "It is the one time that the students mon experiences and make memories. My habitual decrease in the amount of student standably," said O'Hearn. have complete freedom ... of bringing what came guess is that they are mixing up extracur- ac'ivities fees for the second semester due to The single objection to the passing ricular activities, opportunities for women in page eight attenuation in the student body. The stu see BUDGET page eight see TRUSTEE OCT.