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Pa. state police investigating
possible crimes regarding former
Penn State tailback Curtis Enis
By David Cotner
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. State
police are investigating whether
crimes were committed in Centre
County regarding former Penn State
tailback Curtis Enis and his
involvement with a sports agent, the
Centre County district attorney and
police said Thursday.
Cumberland County District
Attorney Skip Ebert, whose office is
also investing Enis and the sports
agent, has provided information that
related crimes may have been
committed in Centre County, Centre
County D.A. Ray Gricar said.
"I've contacted the state police at
Rockview and asked them to
investigate. All I will say about it is
that there is a possibility that some
criminal activity occurred in Centre
County," Gricar said. "I wouldn't go
so far as to say who the suspects are
or what type of crimes may have been
Former Tutors
Allege Class
Loading
By Ben Berkowitz
Daily Trojan
University of Southern California
LOS ANGELES--At the
University of Southern California,
several classes last semester had a
significant percentage of athletes --
in some cases more than 40 percent
-- according to documents obtained
by the Daily Trojan. About 4 percent
of undergraduates are student
athletes.
The allegations were made in a
memo, dated Sept. 2, by Dr.
Christopher Cairney, director of
learning support at Student Athlete
Academic Services.
"In certain courses in the current
semester, classes are 'loaded' with
student athletes," Cairney said in the
memo. Cairney has been on
administrative leave since Sept. 8 for
an unrelated reason.
That memo was sent to the athletic
oversight committee, which is under
the Provost's Office. The oversight
committee was created in the spring
of 1996 to monitor the athletic
department and make sure that the
university remained in compliance
with Pacific 10 Conference and
NCAA regulations.
While the practice does not
specifically violate university policy,
the committee has paid attention to
the claims.
That's one of the issues we're
looking into," university general
counsel Todd Dickey said, in
reference to class loading. He said
that the committee is in the process
of preparing the final report for the
Provost's Office.
Allegations have been made
recently by Cairney and other tutors
in SAAS that classes were
improperly loaded with student
athletes.
Janice Henry, the assistant director
of SAAS and the academic
counselor for football players, was
at the center of the university
investigation in the spring of 1996.
The investigation looked into a class,
CTSE 301, in which, according to
reports in the Los Angeles Times, 30
athletes were enrolled, out of 40 total
students. All but one of the athletes
committed."
Rockview state trooper Joe Cigich,
who is heading up the investigation,
said, "It's too early to tell, and we're
not releasing anything at this time."
Cigich added he hoped by next
week the investigation will be
finished.
The Centre County investigation is
just one of several being conducted
involving Enis and a suit and shirt that
cost between $325 and $4OO that he
said he accepted from Houston-based
sports agent Jeff Nalley.
Enis admitted on Dec. 23 that
Nalley did give him the suit in
question. Enis was immediately
declared ineligible for Penn State's
Citrus Bowl game against Florida on
New Year's Day. The Nittany Lions
lost, 21-6.
Then, on Jan. 6, Penn State
President Graham Spanier said the
university would give information
from its investigation into Nalley and
Enis to the district attorneys of
received an A. At that time, it was
alleged that Henry was pushing
athletes into the class, because it was
supposed to be easy to pass.
In March 1996, as the
investigation was concluding, Henry
went on six weeks' leave. At the
time, she said it was for personal
reasons.
The professor who taught the
course, Vernon Broussard, has
retired, and the class is no longer
taught. Broussard was unavailable
for comment.
In June of this year, Henry was
promoted to assistant director of
SAAS, while also retaining her
previous duties as the counselor for
the football team. Cairney has
accused Henry of being responsible
for the class loading alleged to have
occurred this year.
Henry declined to comment on the
investigation or any of the
allegations against her or SAAS.
"We're waiting for the
investigation to be concluded, and
then we'll go from there," said USC
Sports Information Director Tim
Tessalone.
A review of athlete-specific
documents obtained by the Daily
Trojan shows a high number of
athletes enrolled in certain courses
during the fall 1997 semester.
* Out of 14,750 undergraduates, 551
are student athletes, or 4 percent,
according to documents reviewed by
the Daily Trojan.
* Out of 200 students in Earth
Sciences 107, 39 students, or 20
percent, are athletes. In Critical
Studies 466, 72 of the 274 students
are athletes, or 26 percent. Of 117
students in History 200, 44 students,
or 38 percent, are athletes. History
346 has eight athletes out of 26
students, or 31 percent.
* Certain other classes also appear
to be loaded with athletes. Of the 35
students in Sociology 331, 15
students, or 43 percent, are athletes.
A total of 60 athletes, or 50 percent
of the 120 students enrolled, are
taking EDPT (Educational
Psychology and Technology) 110.
* Of those classes, History 200 and
Geology 107 are general education
courses. History 346 is a diversity
Dauphin and Cumberland counties
near Harrisburg in hopes that they'll
prosecute the sports agent.
"We are asking that the district
attorneys file criminal charges against
Mr. Nalley," Spanier said then.
The 1988 Pennsylvania statute
"unlawful actions by athlete agents"
prohibits sports agents from giving,
offering or promising anything of
value to a student athlete before the
athlete's eligibility expires. The
penalty for violating the statute is a
fine of up to $lO,OOO or imprisonment
for up to a year, or both.
Neither Nalley nor Ebert returned
phone calls on Thursday.
Enis has said he will make himself
available to this year's NFL draft,
where he is expected to be a Top 10
pick.
(Centre Daily Times staff writer Lisa
Haarlander contributed to this
article.)
course. The others are major or
elective courses.
Edwin Perkins, who teaches
History 215, a class that does not
appear to be loaded, said he does not
get many athletes in his course.
"I think it's five out of 50," he said.
Robert Douglas, who teaches
Earth Sciences 107, a class
appearing to be loaded, said that a
high number of athletes in his class
is regular.
"I frequently have athletes in the
class," Douglas said. He said that his
course is a popular general education
course that many students enjoy
taking.
Myron Dembo, who teaches
EDPT 110, said that some athletes
are required to take his class because
they do not do well in a normal
classroom learning environment. He
said that certain athletes have study
or work habits that lead them toward
requiring special attention, such as
receiving extra assistance from
professors, or working in
environments they find more
comfortable or relaxing.
Professor Thrry Seip, who teaches
History 200, and professor Thomas
Cox, who teaches History 346, both
courses with high numbers of
athletes, declined comment.
One question that has been asked
is whether or not class loading
violates any university regulations.
"There's no policy that specifies
that the proportion of athletes is
limited to a specific number," said
Joe Hellige, the vice provost for
undergraduate studies. "(A class
having a lot of athletes) might cause
us to look at it and wonder why."
He said that the athletic oversight
committee, using grade and
enrollment reports from the
Registrar's Office, determines when
and if certain classes have become
a problem.
However, he said that there is no
specific university rule or policy that
would be violated by having a large
number of athletes in one class.
Officials in the academic
advisement office in the College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences, declined
comment on class loading.
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One In Five Have Herpes,
New Study Finds
By Christine Tatum
CPS
Diane Judge, a nurse practitioner
who often treats University of bait
cago students. knows the routing.
The frightened look. The embarrass
ing story about the burning, itching,
and the bumps "down there" that
have made it difficult to sleep and
painful to urinate.
When Judge tells students they've
contracted genital herpes, she says
their reaction often is the same:
shock and anger. Many patients tell
her, "I'm not promiscuous. I've had
one partner --the same partner--for
a while now," she says.
Judge often makes a mental note
to set aside an extra 15 minutes with
these patients. When she breaks the
news, she knows they'll cry and ask
a string of difficult of questions.
"They want to know how they got
it and if they have anything else,"
said Judge, director of Womancare,
a division of the university's hospi
tals. "And they're usually very an
gry because they think someone has
deliberately concealed something
from them."
More than ever before, physicians
affiliated with college campuses na
tionwide are having similar conver
sations. A recent study conducted by
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention found one in five, or 45
million, Americans over the age of
12 have the sexually transmitted dis
ease. That's a 30 percent increase
since the late 19705, the study also
reports.
Especially troubling for college
students is that nearly 23 percent of
people between the ages of 12 and
29 have herpes. The disease also ap
pears to be spreading fastest among
that group, the study found.
"The findings are consistent with
some of the long-term changes in
behavior we're seeing in younger
age groups," said Robert Johnson,
who co-authored the study. "More
young people are seeking education,
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delaying marriage and having more
sexual partners. They're practicing
serial monogamy, but even though
they have one partner at a time,
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tiple Partners. There Is a rise"
Added Judge, the nurse practitio
ner: "A lot of students don't think
they're susceptible to STDs because
they know their partner. And they
knew the partner before that, and the
one before that, too. And they were
all really nice people.
"The trouble is that a lot of nice
people get herpes."
An even bigger problem, said
Christine Peterson a gynecologist
who treats students at the Univer
sity of Virginia, is that many people
don't know they have the disease.
According to the CDC study, less
than 10 percent of people who tested
positive for herpes were aware they
had it. Many carriers never have
symptoms, while others often mis
take herpes symptoms for ingrown
hairs, insect bites, jock itch, rashes
and yeast infections.
"Most of the [herpes] patients I
see say they got it from someone
who didn't have any symptoms,"
Peterson said. "They want to believe
that when someone says they
haven't had any signs, they also
haven't had any infections. Unfor
tunately, the two don't go hand in
hand. And if you have herpes, you're
contagious all the time, not just
when there's an outbreak."
There is no cure for the disease.
Experts recommend abstaining
from sex when symptoms occur and
using latex condoms when having
sex between outbreaks. Condoms
aren't foolproof because they don't
always cover herpes sores.
Researchers are trying to develop
a herpes vaccine but so far have
been unsuccessful.
For more information about the dis
ease, call the Centers for Disease
Control's National STD Hotline at
1-800-227-8922.
Student
Group
Prefers To
Be Called
weer
By Robin Huiras
Daily Minnesota
University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--A Uni
versity of Minnesota student group
recently voted to change its name to
the Queer Student Cultural Center.
Formerly known as the Association
of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Students and Their
Friends, the group decided to change
the title it's held since 1991.
Ana Clerc. the group's co-chair
woman said the reason for the change
is to advertise the group as a cultural
organization. whereas the previous
title indicated the association was
more of a support group.
"We are just as valid a culture as
ethnic or religious groups," Clerc said.
She added that the name change is
symbolic of movement toward a
stronger position and presence in the
student community. She said the new
title is more inclusive of people who
might not fall into a specific category
of sexual orientation.
"We want to strengthen the commu
nity by reclaiming the word 'queer'
and make it all encompassing," said
Paul Halacy, the GLBT representative
for the Minnesota Student Associa
tion.
Clerc said that using the word
'queer' in the title of the organization
would alleviate some of the negative
connotations associated with the word
However, MSA representative
Brandon Lacy pointed out that some
people might be uncomfortable with
the use of the word "queer."
"'Queer' is a political term," he said.
"People don't want to be forced to be
political when rust coming out of the
closet."
But Aimee Mclntyre. University
Bisexual and Transgender Commu
nity Coordinator said she thinks
"queer" is appropriate.
"'Queer' has a lot of potential. When
used correctly it can change percep
tions," Mclntyre said. "The purpose
is to connect people with similarities."
Clerc agreed.
"The word 'queer' is an umbrella
term that includes rather than catego
rizes," she said. "It better reflects what
all of our group members are."