1997_04 The Daily Collegian April 1997

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THE DAILY
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Thursday, April 17, 1997
News
News Editor: Matthew Hart
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. Madonna to come un¬
der academic scrutiny
AMSTERDAM. Nether¬
lands — Pop star Madonna, one
of the world's best-known celeb¬
rities, is to come under academic
scrutiny.
The University of
Amsterdam said Friday it was
beginning a course of study
titled "Madonna: the music and
the phenomenon."
The course will run for 10
weeks with four hours of lec¬
tures per week, examining
Madonna's work and articles
about her controversial career.
So far. 63 students have en¬
rolled
"We think it's high time that
pop music is studied. Madonna
is the most famous female pop
artist of the last 15 years and has
expressed interest in many so¬
cial is-sues," said one of ihe
course instriK'.r.r.s. Mark van den
Berg.
Van den Berg, who holds a doc¬
torate in computational linguistics,
said Madonna's examinations of
racism, sexuality and feminism pro¬
vided ample material for academic
investigation.
But there were no plans to in¬
vite the star to make a personal ap¬
pearance.
Florida professor linked
to sex slave
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. —
A Florida Atlantic University pro¬��fessor appeared before a federal
magistrate in West Palm Beach
Monday to be arraigned on charges
of passport fraud and smuggling.
Professor Marvin Hersh is ac¬
cused of sneaking a now 17-year-
old Honduran youth into the coun¬
try nearly two years ago and keep¬
ing him at his home as a sex slave.
He has been suspended from his
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is being held without bond at the
Palm Beach County Jail.
Hersh is accused of convincing
the boy's parents he could provide
a better education in the Untied
States and obtaining a fraudulent
passport to sneak the teen into south
Florida, where he was enrolled in a
local elementary school under a
false name as Hcrsh's son.
Sexual assault charges against
the 58-year-old Hersh are pending
further investigation by federal
agents. Authorities say the uniden¬
tified youth has told them Hersh
paid him to have oral sex aboul
once a month.
Hersh has bcerrunder investiga¬
tion for a year, following a tip from
his ex-wife of 12 years. The former
Mrs. Hersh says her husband admit -
ted during divorce proceedings in
Atlanta that he was a homosexual
pedophile.
Agents say a search ot Hersh \
Boca Raton. Fla., home turned up
maps of locations where "boys
swim naked." along with computer
discs that are being examined for
potential child pornography
Officials say they have nol
touched Hcrsh's computer al the
FAU College of Business so fed¬
eral agents can see whether itjuis
been used to cruise the Internet for
sexual favors.
Professor quits over inci¬
dent with student
• BUFFALO. N Y. — A New
York professor of creative studies
who handcuffed and hog-tied a stu¬
dent has agreed in a plea deal to quit
his job. get counseling and perform
community service.
Buffalo State College professor
Scott Isaaksen faced felony
charges, bul pleaded guilty to ha¬
rassment.
He admitted to tying up and
blindfolding the student, who had
agreed to take part in a "role-play¬
ing experiment" instead ol writing
a 20- page paper.
Isaaksen took the 14-year-old to
a hotel in Amherst. NY. where he-
bound the young man and kept him
captive for an hour The unidenti¬
fied student says he was not sexu¬
al ty molested-
The professor, who has been a
consultant for the Disney company
and was director of the Buffalo
Center for Creative Studies, is also
barred from future employment as
a teacher.
» His 150 hours of community
service must not involve anyone
under the age of 21
Sextuplets get full schol¬
arship offer
STONY BROOK. NY —
Some kids get all the breaks
The Boniello sextuplets, four
girls and two boys born March 24.
might have lo share rooms, knock
elbows at the dinner table and light
over who gets the showei hrst .is
they grow up
But the si\ tiny students to be
won't have lo worry about paying
tor their college education
The Stale University ot New
York-Stony Brook announced April
X that it would give four full-year
scholarships to the children, who
might someday be members of the
class of 2019 The children were
born in the university's hospital,
about 50 miles away from their par¬
ents' home in Brooklyn
"They were born here." said
Vicky Kat/. a Stony Brook spokes¬
person   "We consider them our
kids."      '
The scholarships, worth
SKI .f>(M). were announced by Stony
Brook president Shirley Strum
Kenny, a mother of five children
who once had four in college at the
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"Of course, the kids will have
to study hard and meet the
school's entry requirements.
Kenny said.
The sextuplets' parents.
Rocco and Beverly Boniello.
said ihey were delighted wuh
Stony Brook's offer. "Now I
don't have lo get that third or
fourth job." said Rocco Boniello.
a technician for the NYNKX
telephone company. Beverly
Boniello is a mail carrier for the
U.S. Postal Service.
The children.—Olivia,
Sabrina. Sophia. Stella. Triton
and Oerard—remain in the hos.
pital hut are doing well, their fa¬
ther said. They also received-six
tiny t-shirts that say "I i I
Seawolves" in honor of the
university's nickname
Rhode Island football
players sentenced
SOUTH KINGSTOWN K I
— Five former University oi
Rhode Island football playcts
were sentenced to eommuniis
service April 2 to/ then roie in
an attack on a fraternity last tail
The men freshman Vincent
Valeno. senior Cy Butler. |uniors
Carnelius Cru/ and I rank
Romano and sophomore Willie
Edwards—also were banned
from college sports for a year
In all. 31 players were in
volved in the incident al Theta
Delta Chi last October. As most
of the players remained outside.
15 Stormed inside, beat three Ira
lernity members and damaged
the house, police said
The fraternity said the play
,ers acted in retaliation because
one of them had been thrown out
of a party there. The three Ira
lernity members who were
beaten were treated at an area
hospital for minor iniunes and
released
District Court Judge Gilbert
Indeglia ordered the five men to
pay the medical bills of the three
victims, and to stay away Iroin
them and Theta Delta Chi
The former players could
have been sentenced lo one year
in jail. "These arc not bad
people, but they did a bad thing."
Indeglia said.
The university permanently
kicked all \i\c players oil the
UR1 team Of the five, onl)
Valeno.remains enrolled at URI
After the attack. URI presi¬
dent Robert L. Carothers can¬
celled Ihe team's next game
agajnst the University o\ Con¬
necticut, say ing "what occurred
|;|t Theta Delta Chi] were sins
both of'commission and omis¬
sion, by people wjio committed
acts ot violence and people who
stood by and watched those acts
and did nothing "
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