University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Sle News - Production by Nathan Handelsman PageA21 R.I.P. Ruth Green, 3rd year psychology major, lies in her casket as mourners look on during her mock funeral on the UA Mall on November 16. The alcohol awareness event was sponsored by the Alpha Phi sorority. Photo by Aaron ). Latham. Saturday, 12 Two bombs exploded in Baghdad killing a sus- pected bomber and wounding three students, state-njn media reported. Tuesday, 15 Wali al-Gaza!i, an Iraqi nurse, told Kuwait ' s high court that he came to Kuwait last year to murder former President George Bush but not to kill Kuwaitis. Gazali was sentenced to death. Monday, 28 Jeffery Dahmer, who confessed to murdering 1 7 men and boys and cannibailzing some of them, was attacked and killed while cleaning a prison bathroom.

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Page A20 1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert H Students protest sexual a By ELIZABETH HILL Arizona Daily Wildcat More than 50 male and female students did not let nearby echoes of Nirvana ' s Rape Me deter them from participating in an anti-rape candlelight vigil outside Delta Chi fraternity. The house had received re- peated accusations of sexual assault. We support innocent victims and the presump- tion of innocence, read a poster on an outside wall of the Delta Chi fraternity house, where it was lights out. Alexa Stanard, the stu- dent co-director of the Women ' s Resource Center said, We ' re highlighting them because they are re- peat offenders. I realize it hasn ' t been proven, but they have been put on probation twice for sexual assault. The administration has re- mained so silent about this. The point of the dem- onstration was mainly sym- bolic, Stanard said. We want the univer- sity to inform the students of particular rape statistics, not be hushed up about them, said fellow co-di- rector Felicia Parker. The punitive action taken does not suffice, Standard said. The Dean of Students office announced on No- vember 9, 1994, that the UA chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity would no longer be recognized as an official student organiza- tion because of student con- duct and risk management violation. The fraternity will not be eligible to apply for recognition for the next five years. This is no longer con- sidered a ' house ' . It is con- sidered a group of individu- als, said UA police chief Harry Hueston. Visible public forums can be a method of advo- cacy, said Beth Carey, Tuc- son Rape Crisis Center ex- ecutive director. Victims can ' t always speak for themselves, so people who show up for a rally can do that, she said. People arrived at 7 p.m. with candles. They stood across the street so they could see us, Standard said. The Pima County Tuc- son Women ' s Commission was holding a sign reading To assist women in attain- ing full equality of oppor- tunity in all aspects of life. Dan Maxwell, Interim Director of Student Pro- grams and other faculty looked on. Discharged. Delta Chi fraternity house closed after receiving repeated accusations of sexual assault. Photo by David R. Miera. A moment of silence. UA Alumna Veronica Lamotte stands with her brother, Psychology junior Sonny Lamotte outside the Delta Chi fraternity house as part of a candlelight vigil on November 15. The vigil was organized because of accusations of sexual assault at the house. Photo by Chris Richards.

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1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert K Coming to BylMANATIYEH UofA Desert Yearbook Tucson, AZ- As the semester came to a close, December was filled with activities— activities that ranged from book theft to snow on Mt. Lemmon. Students were running low on cash by the end of the semester and took to book snatching. Students tried to sell the books back to compensate for their lack of cash. Due to the thefts, students were warned to keep a close eye on their textbooks and to immedi- ately report any books that were stolen. In addition to the in- crease in book theft, talks about the core curriculum took off. President Manuel Pacheco and Provost Paul Sypherd led discussion to replace the general educa- tion requirements with core curriculum classes. This plan would require students to take a year long course in science, social sciences, arts and humanities. Many of the faculty members are resistant be- cause they have worked for some years to develop gen- eral education courses that work for them, Sypherd said. Since there was con- cern about the new pro- posal, the debate continued between 1 1 communities and 350 faculty members. The University had other issues at hand as well. The administration settled a suit that dealt with the death of Reuben Hernandez who was killed by a under- age student who drove home drunk after a frater- nity party at Delta Tau Delta. Reuben Hernandez ' s family received $150,000 in the settlement. The ad- ministration claimed this would cause a more strict enforcement of the laws about drinking at fraterni- ties. Despite the controver- sies, the semester came to a close with the chill of win- ter. Snow lightly covered the local mountain tops, while the wind continued to blow cold air from suc- cessive winter storms. Walkin ' in a winter wonderland. A hiker takes in the winter scenery on a snow-covered trail atop Mount Lemmon, December 12. The storms that week produced a light covering of snow. Photo by Benjamin W. Biewer.