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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U.S. News UNITED STATES NEWS: The U.S. throughout the year was plagued with forest fires as country wide record setting highs kept the ground dry and in perfect condition for fires. Some of the more costly fires en- countered were in Santa Barbara, California where in June over 280 homes were lost and damages were estimated in the mil- lions. At the Tonto National Forest in Arizona fires con- sumed over 35,000 acres of land before it was able to be The battle on drugs never stopped as drug enforce- ment agents were continu- ously battling the drug world. The year was no ex- ception as drug enforce- ment agents uncovered a wide variety of stashes and drug related mechanisms. In Nogales, Sonora Mexico ... A large warehouse was used to store illegal drugs in a concealed room under a hydraulic lift. Mexican officials seized 601 bales of Marijuana after a 10 minute gun battle with the drug controlled. Oliver North who in July of 1987 was convicted on dif- ferent accounts for his par- ticipation in the Iran Contra Affair had a conviction re- versed by federal appeals court which sent his case back to a lower court to determine whether it was tainted by his immunized congressional testimony. On June 8th the trial closed on brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez who were ac- cused of killing their par- ents. Later that month the trial came to end and both brothers were found guilty of murder one. 134 NEWS I runners. In addition three 12-gauge shotguns, four 9mm machine guns, two silencers, a .22 caliber rifle and a 7mm scope-equipped rifle were seized. The warehouse and hydrolic lift were believed to be linked to a drug tunnel discovered recently in Agua Prieta, Mexico and Douglas, Arizona which connected the U.S. -Mexico borders and was thought to be in use over a period of years allowing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs to be traf- ficed. Other significant drug busts took place in Los Angeles where agents from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- arms as well as the DEA took possession of 20 tons of cocaine worth more than $2 billion at a Los Angeles warehouse. It was the larg- est seizure on record. As well as the cocaine more than $10 million in cash was found. The DEA men- tioned however that for ev- ery 1 million dollars of drugs busted there is over 20 million dollars worth of drugs making it suc- cessfully to the streets of America.