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The Dally Collegian
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1990
College News from Around the US
U DC s Indents protest,
seek trustee change
WASHINGTON - Several hundred
■University ofthe District of Columbia
students, demanding major changes
in the way their school Is run.
stormed two buildings late last
month, vowing not to leave until their
i demands are met
The students submitted a list of 20
demands. Including the resignation of
11 ofthe 15 members of the Board of
Trustees, an Increase in library
hours, better cafeteria services,
capital Improvements and an African
American studies curriculum.
"We chose to do this because of our
disgust with the board of trustees."
protest leader Mark Thompson said.
This school is in a situation of
disarray. Our accreditation Is In
Jeopardy and that Is a direct result of
the board of trustees."
Chicago rejects
student tax
EVANSTON. OL - As she promised,
Mayor Joan Barrvetoed a city council
effort to make students at
North western University. Kendall
College and other schools In the
Chicago suburb pay taxes of $ 15 per
quarter on th 1 er tuition. The city
council. In turn, failed to override the
veto.
The tax, which angry council
members had wanted to help pay for
the water, police and fire services the
city provides to the tax-exempt ■ •?
campuses, would have been the first
student tax In the nation.
Colorado students
reject Coors name
BOULDER, Colo. - The University
of Colorado student government voted
Late last month to oppose CU regents'
decision to rename a campus sports
arena the Coors Events Center.
The school's Board of Regents had
agreed to rename the building after
the Coors Foundation, largely funded
by the conservative Coors family that
controls the Coors Beer company. The
foundation donated $5 million to
construct a campus field house.
Claiming they had not been
consulted above the move, student
poli tlcians approved a resolution to
bar Coors from sponsoring any >
student events.
Court says drug testing
may be illegal
SAN JOSE - A federal appeals
court said the NCAA's program for
testing athletes at member schools
unconstitutionally in fringes on
students' privacy rights.
The program, first challenged In
court by Stanford University athletes
In 1988, unfairly punished athletes
without necessarily proving they were
abusing the drugs found in their
d substances
, Il In birth control
a and herbal tea. the
6th District Appellate Court ruled
SeptaS.
Stanford lawyer Debra Zumwalt
said she hopped the ruling would
convince ihe NCAA to change its
program. "Stanford is not against all
drug testing. We want to make sure It's
Enrollment steady
at Mills College
OAKLAND- Enrollment at Mills
College, dissuaded from admitting
men by a seven-week student strike
last spring. Is down by three people, to
774 undergrads, college spokeswoman
Vickie Bates announced.
Trustees of the all-female Mills
dropped their plan to admit men to
reverse a long enrollment slide when
alumni promised to help the school
with fundraising. and student
recruiting drives for fall.
Miami, Ohio paper
dumps cartoonist
OXFORD. Ohio - The Miami
Student the campus paper at Miami
University of Ohio, fired cartoonist
Richard Carr Sept. 25 for a cartoon
depleting shackled, mouthless black
students being graded for cotton-pick
reing on a plus / m in us grading
system. -
Carr said the work was Intended to
criticize the school's new grading
system, equating it to slavery.
"You do not relate the plus-and-
minus superficial grading system to
something as serious as slavery." said
Mario Beatty of the Black Student
Actfon Association, which gathered a
petition of 2.000 signatures on a
petition objecting to the cartoon. -
Editor Carolyn Piccone. who had
approved the cartoon before
publication, wrote an apology and
said she fired Carr because he could
nrtunderstandwhathehaddone
wrong.
Women get Into _,.
Princeton dining club
PRfNCETON, NJ.- Justdays aJter
a federal judge refused to stop them.
21 Princeton University women ,
formally applied to become the first
female members of the 111 -year-old
Ivy Club, one ofthe two all-male
eating clubs left on campus.
In mW-September. federal Judge
John Lifland refused to delay a state
Supreme Court order to Integrate the
club. The decision stemmed from a
1979 lawsuit by a female student who
wanted to loin the all-male clubs.
, traditionally treated as a first step
into Princeton's powerful "old boys
network!" • •
Members ofthe Tger Inn. the .
remaining all-male club at the
school, hooted and Jeered outside the
Ivy Ctub as the women toured It Sept
£ L V I O is alive and he teads
.
.■
The Daily Collegian
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
financially and emotionally - the
rest of the civilized world doesn't
want to listen anymore.
Stacy Fielding
P.S. Does world over-population
and dwindling availability of natural
resources mean anything to any of
you?
Trickled out
Editor.
After 10 years of supply-side
economics and the trickle-down
theory. I would like to say something
on the behalf of America's poor' Tm
hungryr
Kevin Cronin
V
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| Title | October 10, 1990, Page 4 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1990 |
| Description | Daily (except weekends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif. : BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Assocated Students of Fresno State. |
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| Full-Text-Search | /* Page 4 \ The Dally Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1990 College News from Around the US U DC s Indents protest, seek trustee change WASHINGTON - Several hundred ■University ofthe District of Columbia students, demanding major changes in the way their school Is run. stormed two buildings late last month, vowing not to leave until their i demands are met The students submitted a list of 20 demands. Including the resignation of 11 ofthe 15 members of the Board of Trustees, an Increase in library hours, better cafeteria services, capital Improvements and an African American studies curriculum. "We chose to do this because of our disgust with the board of trustees." protest leader Mark Thompson said. This school is in a situation of disarray. Our accreditation Is In Jeopardy and that Is a direct result of the board of trustees." Chicago rejects student tax EVANSTON. OL - As she promised, Mayor Joan Barrvetoed a city council effort to make students at North western University. Kendall College and other schools In the Chicago suburb pay taxes of $ 15 per quarter on th 1 er tuition. The city council. In turn, failed to override the veto. The tax, which angry council members had wanted to help pay for the water, police and fire services the city provides to the tax-exempt ■ •? campuses, would have been the first student tax In the nation. Colorado students reject Coors name BOULDER, Colo. - The University of Colorado student government voted Late last month to oppose CU regents' decision to rename a campus sports arena the Coors Events Center. The school's Board of Regents had agreed to rename the building after the Coors Foundation, largely funded by the conservative Coors family that controls the Coors Beer company. The foundation donated $5 million to construct a campus field house. Claiming they had not been consulted above the move, student poli tlcians approved a resolution to bar Coors from sponsoring any > student events. Court says drug testing may be illegal SAN JOSE - A federal appeals court said the NCAA's program for testing athletes at member schools unconstitutionally in fringes on students' privacy rights. The program, first challenged In court by Stanford University athletes In 1988, unfairly punished athletes without necessarily proving they were abusing the drugs found in their d substances , Il In birth control a and herbal tea. the 6th District Appellate Court ruled SeptaS. Stanford lawyer Debra Zumwalt said she hopped the ruling would convince ihe NCAA to change its program. "Stanford is not against all drug testing. We want to make sure It's Enrollment steady at Mills College OAKLAND- Enrollment at Mills College, dissuaded from admitting men by a seven-week student strike last spring. Is down by three people, to 774 undergrads, college spokeswoman Vickie Bates announced. Trustees of the all-female Mills dropped their plan to admit men to reverse a long enrollment slide when alumni promised to help the school with fundraising. and student recruiting drives for fall. Miami, Ohio paper dumps cartoonist OXFORD. Ohio - The Miami Student the campus paper at Miami University of Ohio, fired cartoonist Richard Carr Sept. 25 for a cartoon depleting shackled, mouthless black students being graded for cotton-pick reing on a plus / m in us grading system. - Carr said the work was Intended to criticize the school's new grading system, equating it to slavery. "You do not relate the plus-and- minus superficial grading system to something as serious as slavery." said Mario Beatty of the Black Student Actfon Association, which gathered a petition of 2.000 signatures on a petition objecting to the cartoon. - Editor Carolyn Piccone. who had approved the cartoon before publication, wrote an apology and said she fired Carr because he could nrtunderstandwhathehaddone wrong. Women get Into _,. Princeton dining club PRfNCETON, NJ.- Justdays aJter a federal judge refused to stop them. 21 Princeton University women , formally applied to become the first female members of the 111 -year-old Ivy Club, one ofthe two all-male eating clubs left on campus. In mW-September. federal Judge John Lifland refused to delay a state Supreme Court order to Integrate the club. The decision stemmed from a 1979 lawsuit by a female student who wanted to loin the all-male clubs. , traditionally treated as a first step into Princeton's powerful "old boys network!" • • Members ofthe Tger Inn. the . remaining all-male club at the school, hooted and Jeered outside the Ivy Ctub as the women toured It Sept £ L V I O is alive and he teads . .■ The Daily Collegian LETTERS Continued from page 2 financially and emotionally - the rest of the civilized world doesn't want to listen anymore. Stacy Fielding P.S. Does world over-population and dwindling availability of natural resources mean anything to any of you? Trickled out Editor. After 10 years of supply-side economics and the trickle-down theory. I would like to say something on the behalf of America's poor' Tm hungryr Kevin Cronin V JEAN ALLENWORTH IS WORKING FOR YOU AT DECKER FORD • 5% OVER COST FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF ON ANY NEW OR USED VEHICLE. • FIRST TIME BUYER SPECIALIST • GRADUATE BUYER PROGRAM Vs Thursday) October 11 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Satellite Student Union _ $2 CSUF 8tudento/$3 General Sponsored by Union Programs Committee 920 W.SHAW AVE ^CLOVIS, CA. 93612 WK 296-2581 HM. 658-7657 AS*CFOR JEAN ALLENSWORTH Please... Compositions in Piano VEDNESSDAY, OCTOBER 10 1 9 9 0 7:30PM -Satellite Student Union \ |
