Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Candidly speaking on his nomination and subsequent Senate rejection to the Su- preme Court, Judge Robert Bork appeared in McAlister Auditorium on March 6 as Di- rection 88 ' s final speaker. Bork dismantled the wall of misconcep- tions that had just this fall proven an impen- etrable barrier between him and confirma- tion as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Bork asserted that something more was and is at stake than his confirmation. This was the first national election campaign with respect of a judicial nominee in our coun- try ' s history. This experience is going to have long term effects on the judicial nomination process of the future, the substance of law, particularly our Constitutional law and on our intellectual life and ultimately, upon our culture, he said. Bork said he fears that a dangerous prece- dent may have been established. If it is left unchecked it could threaten the indepen- dence of the judiciary from legislative en- croachments. Independence is crucial of the operation of our repbulic under the consti- tutional prinicples upon which it was found- ed. Bork also discussed his style of adjudica- tion, according to original intent of the framers of the Constitution. Judicial power is legitimate only where the Constitution is law, he said. Judges should not govern, said Bork. • — Rick Ostermayer Senator Bob Livingston introduces Judge Bork to a sold out crowd in McAlister Auditorium. Bork was, by far, the most popular speaker brought to campus for this year ' s Direction. Judges should not govern, Bork said in a state- ment which reflects his opinions on his nomina- tion and subsequent Senate rejection. 58 One Man ' s Opinion Photos by: V. Farinas

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Athletics and Ethics A Conflicting Association fc- jS in fmw. ]■ n ' 1 V 4«r ' « H H u V ' fl H ft- ' ' LM H BV « v m Lj| 1 ' ■ . M r ' ■ 1 ' p r H A V Digger Phelps, basketball coach of the reputable Notre Dame Fightin ' Irish, provides insight into the inner dynamics of college athletics. Present to add a different dimension to the topic under discussion, sports sociologist Dr. Harry Ed- wards voices his intention on the upcoming panel. On Monday, February 29, Direction ' 88 included for the first time in its history, a view of college athletics. The topic of con- versation centered around the changing face of collegiate athletics. According to the pan- el, this change is a step in the right direction. The panel included Harry Edwards, Ph.D., a sports sociologist from The Univer- sity of California at Berkeley; Digger Phelps, head basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame; Jan Kemp, Coordinator of de- velopmental studies in English at the Uni- versity of Georgia; Joe! LoefFelholz, legal council for John Hot Rod Williams and Dick Schultz, newly appointed Executive Director of the NCAA. Dick Engerg, NBC ' s leading announcer of NFL telecasts, moder- ated the program. A primary focus of the discussion was on the rising standards of universities toward athletics. Universities are no longer permit- ting student athletes to remain in school if they cannot compete on an academic level. Nor are athletes being stockpiled in remedi- al classes in order to keep them eligible. The panelists said the change in the face of ath- letics is directly related to the fact that the NCAA has gotten requests to raise the stan- dards for admission to universities. The second major issue centered around the question of a stipend for college athletes. In the 1960 ' s, athletes were given approxi- mately $ 1 5 per month for laundry money. In the 1980 ' s, there have been proposals put before the NCAA requesting about $75 per month. The issue of payment has brought forth two sides to the argument. Only a handful of universities are making a profit . . . They are looking at the $75 to $100 a month as another $100,000 to $200,000 that they can ' t afford, Schultz said. On the other side is the issue of student athletes ' rights. It is unconscionable. I don ' t care what the books say. For these individ- uals who run these programs to deny these athletes who bring in money, even sufficient money to wash their clothes or go to the movies, Edwards said on a debate with Schultz. Loeffelholz got the largest ovation of the night when he spoke about the return of men ' s intercollegiate basketball to the Tu- lane campus. It ' s the center of campus life on Saturday night. Without it, you ' re miss- ing something. You have to have some- thing to revive school spirit, Loeffelholz said. 9 — Peter Brown Direction 57

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Imposing Ethics On the Media I ' d rip out my mother ' s heart if it were for a story, said Mike Lyons, setting the tone for Direction program Media Ethics , held on Thursday, March 3, 1988. One of six paneUsts of the forum, Lyons is the chief investigator for the Better Govern- ment Association and has participated in and directed projects with 60 Minutes , 20 20 and NBC Nightly News. Other panelists included Pete Lance, formerly on the staff of ABC World News Tonight and 20 20 ; Van Gordon Sauter, former head of CBS News; Jim McGee, the journalist who covered the Hart-Rice affair for the Miami Herald; Charles Ferguson, editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune; and Lynn Gansar, WDSU New Orleans anchor person. Charles Nesson, a professor at Harvard Law School, moderated the program. The format of the program consisted of several hypothetical situations set up by Nesson. One such scenario suggested that Lyons was close friends with a senator whose 11 -year old daughter told him of an argu- ment between the Senator and his wife con- cerning the possibility of the senator run- ning for the presidency. I think that any reporter who deludes himself or herself into thinking that a public official really wants them to be their friend is a fool. For the most part, people in power use the media as best they can, and some- times call you by your first name, said Lance. When Nesson set forth a scenario of re- markable similarity to the Gary Hart-Donna Rice tryst, the participants were in general agreement. They would do the story on the Van Gordon Sauter and Lynn Gansar take a mo- ment before speaking about Media Ethics to fine tune their microphones. Both added valuable in- sight to a successful symposium. hypothetical Debbie Spice. McGee stressed the importance of having a reason to pursue the story, specificially if it relates to statements or image. Lyons said he would jump at the chance to get a story of this sort. He ' s a declared presidential candidate, married and the in- formation is that he ' s going to have an affair. I ' ve got the place blanketed, I ' ve got under- cover people as busboys, he said. • — Laura Johnson Direction 59