University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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U.S.-CAMPUS NEWS U.S.— UNIVERSITY NEWS: James Hegwood Jr. was sen- tenced to just under 300 years in prison for the rap- ing of university coeds. During August of ' 89 Heg- wood raped and robbed three UA students, stole two victims ' bank cards and withdrew money from their accounts and robbed a wo- man in the parking lot of a city apartment complex. He raped two coeds in their apartments and one he pulled into a dark corridor at gunpoint and raped her. Almost 70 percent of cam- pus professors polled wanted University of Ari- zona President Henry Koff- ler fired within a year, a professor ' s group told the Arizona Board of Regents. In a final response in the latter part of the year Koff- ler said he would be step- ping down however, no date was given for his resig- nation. Ex-UA golfer Robert Gamez scored big when he won the Tucson Open. Gamez, only 21, went on to win another tournament in the year and was voted one of the top rookie golfers of the year. Students and faculty alike were asking for a cap on student registration. This year the enrollment was es- timated at 35,000 about 1,200 students more than last year ' s enrollment. Re- gents estimated a 30,000 in- crease in the number of un- dergraduate students state- wide by the year 2000. The cap was requested as a tem- porary solution to the over- crowded conditions. Stu- dents and faculty com- plained that the students on campus now should be giv- en top priority as they should be allowed to re- ceive a proper education for their money. Mourners in Washington marched from the Commu- nity for Creative Non- Vio- lence shelter to the District Building as part of a funeral procession for homeless ad- vocate Mitch Snyder. Snyder was found dead in the shelter he helped cre- ate. Mitch Snyder was one of the most vocal advocates of the homeless and helped get many bills passed which 132 NEWS I aided the homeless. In Los Angeles Raymond Buckey was relieved as a judge dismissed all child molestation charges against him. The dismissal ended the 7-year-old McMartin Pre-School sex case. Buck- ey ' s mother was acquitted on all counts last Jan. 18. Buckey spent five years in jail before he was released on bail. Around 8 p.m. on Jan. 18, 1990, Washington Mayor Marion Barry waltzed into room 727 of the Vista Inter- national Hotel where he was caught allegedly buy- ing and smoking crack co- caine. Later Barry was placed on trial for various criminal offenses and had all charges dropped except the use of an illegal drug. As a consequence Barry re- signed his position after three terms and said he would go for treatment counseling. Fifty years later the world looked back at the begin- ning of a slaughter which lasted six years. Fifty mil- lion people were killed and so were the ideas of the Third Reich. September 1, 1989 marked the 50th anni- versary of WWII, the war people cannot forget and a reminder of what could have been. During the Spring semester of ' 89 the UA directors paid a Baltimore consultant $29,000 to redesign the Uni- versity of Arizona ' s logo. According to UA officials, the logo was designed to ease the confusion on the east coast between the UA and ASU (Arizona State University) and the com- ments that the UA logo was similar to Auburn ' s logo. There was an uproar by UA students who condemned the expenditure as an exam- ple of wasteful manage- ment. As one student sug- gested, Why not have a campus wide contest and reward the winner with a semester of free tuition. The final remark about the A was simply, It cost them (UA administration) $29,000 plus traveling ex- penses to have someone draw the in verse of the original A. Where did the

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