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News Briefs
Opal lashes out
The northeast Gulf Coast is bracing itself for Hurricane Opal.
Opal is the first storm with an “O” name in the Atlantic Ocean,
Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico since forecasters began naming
tropical storms and hurricanes in 1950. Hurricane Opal, with 100
mph winds is expected to strengthen and was centered late Tuesday
380 miles south-southwest of New Orleans. A hurricane warning
will likely be issued for Thursday for somewhere between Morgan
City, La. to near Cedar Key, Fla. Opal left seven dead and twenty
missing in Mexico.
Affirmative Action on back burner
Republicans have removed eliminating affirmative action from
their congressional legislative agenda this year. Both houses of
Congress have heard criticisms of government-enforced quotas and
set-asides based on race. However, no bill ending federal affirmative
action has been introduced. Leading Republicans say that while their
desire to end affirmative action is far from dead, there will be no vote
on it this year.
Citadel fight continues
A federal judge has formally approved Nancy Mellette to replace
Shannon Faulkner in the legal battle to get women into the corps of
cadets at The Citadel in Charlestown, S.C. Mellette, 17, is a senior
at Oak Ridge Military Academy near Greensboro, S.C. A move to
make the case a class action on behalf of all women wishing to apply
to the military college was rejected. Next month, the court will
decide on whether a women’s leadership program at private Converse
College in Spartansburg is a suitable alternative to Tbe Citadel.
New faces for rock archives
Alternative music is nothing new. According to the new “Spin
Alternative Record Guide,” the top alternative album ever is 1976’s
“The Ramones.” Anti-commercial pop, punk, new wave, hip-hop,
and more are covered in the 468-page book aimed at baby busters.
“Spin” magazine wanted to give definition to the second generation of
rock V roll, not the music of baby busters’ boomer parents. Some
bands joining the Ramones on the top 100 list are Public Enemy,
The Velvet Underground, Husker Du, Nirvana, Patti Smith, Big Star,
R.E.M., Sonic Youth, and X.
Daddy’s World
explores relationships
BEHREND- “Daddy’s World” is back. This semester, the forum
will be held Thursday, October 5 at 9:00 pm in the Dobbins Gazebo.
“Inter-Cultural Relationships” is the topic for the fall installment of
“Daddy’s World.”
“Daddy’s World” a discussion-style educational event, is co
sponsored by Residence Life, Association of Black Collegians,
Student Programming Council, Human Resource Programming
Council, National Society of Black Engineers, Organization of Latin
American Students, and Inter-Fraternity Council.
Rally to protest budget
cuts
BEHREND-There will be a rally against federal and state cuts in
student aid at Perry Square in downtown Erie on October 12 starting
at 10:00 a.m. The rally is sponsored by the Student Government
Association at Behrend as well as at Gannon University.
Also being opposed is die proposed campus “gag rule” in congress.
Recently proposed legislation would prohibit student organizations at
colleges that receive federal funds from “demonstrations and activities
rt<»gign<vl to influence legislation or policy of the federal government.”
Transportation will be available to those wishing to attend. More
information can be obtained by calling or stopping by the Student
Activities Office at 898-6171.
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Welcome to O.J.
University
O.J. Simpson’s acquittal may
mark the end of Simpsonmania,
but the effects of his nine month
trial still remain. The “trial of
the century” touched all aspects
of American culture, including
college campuses.
At Broward Community
College in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, Humanities Professor
Allen Witt uses the OJ. case to
teach his honors students about
Greek tragedies. Students
perform a play, “The Tragedy of
Orenthal James,” to look at the
type of character flaws that can
lead to a hero’s downfall, a
common theme in Greek
tragedies. The tragedy does not
contain courtroom scenes, but
focuses on Simpson’s dealings
with his family.
An art history professor at
California State University in
Northridge saw a potential art
exhibit among the numerous
pieces of personal art outside the
Los Angeles County Courthouse.
Kenon Breazeale saw the
unorganized collections as a
political commentary on crime,
racism, women’s rights, and a
host of other issues. Breazeale’s
exhibit, “The Courthouse
Spectacle: Art, Politics and
Commerce at the Simpson
Trial,” includes paintings,
photos, T-shirts, and poems
created by local artists, as well as
various human rights
organizations. Breazeale said the
exhibit may eventually tour the
nation.
Many law professors have
turned the Simpson case into
Gross National Product: The political satire group, GNP, will appear at Behrend during
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classroom material, as a real me
“how to” in the criminal legal
process. However, most law
school professors agree that few
cases are as exciting, but it does
provide a fresh approach to
teaching legal principles.
An O.J. Simpson murder trial
archive is being created at Cornell
University. The archive focuses
on deoxyribonucleic acid, or as
Students peform
“The Tragedy of
Orenthal James, ” to
look at character
flaws that can lead to
a hero's downfall.
O.J. knows, DNA. Cornell
science historians received a
$17,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation and began
assembling a collection of
everything they could find
pertaining to the DNA. They
have collected numerous media
reports, legal briefs, videotapes
and transcripts of testimony,
editorial cartoons and various
other bits of DNA data.
Defense attorneys hired Floyd
W. Bodyfelt, a professor of Food
Science at Oregon State
University, to test the melting
time of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Nicole Simpson’s daughter had
left a now infamous scoop of Ben
Thursday, October 5,1995
& Jerry’s on her property.
Bodyfelt, one of the leading
experts on ice cream in the
nation, spent four days testing
Ben & Jerry’s but never took the
stand.
The “Trial of the Century”
provided schools with ample
amounts of free press. “Legal
experts” usually came from the
hallowed halls of academia and
most stories about the case
included at least one quote from a
law school professor. When the
verdict was announced, a
“Chicago Sun-Times” story
included quotes from no fewer
than five law professors. Some
schools sent reporters a list of
legal experts willing to share
their opinions about the case.
Source: College Press Service
Teens...
What are they
thinking?
BEHREND-’Teenagers in the
90’s: What are they thinking?”
is the topic for Behrend’s first
Open Fora Series event this
semester. The forum will be held
Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00
p.m. in the Reed Lecture Hall.
The Open Fora Series provides
the Behrend community with
opportunities to discuss current
social and human relations
issues.
The next forum will discuss
“Latino: The Other Minority” on
Wednesday, November 15.