1993-05-06

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Volume CVI, Number 5

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May 6, 1993

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Honor Code housing not replaced after Joe Hall loss

By Marty Wolske Staff Writer

On April 28 Vice-President of Student Affairs, Gar Kellom, announced that Joe Hall would be given to the School of Theology for the 1993-94 academic year.

With this decision came the loss of 28 Honor Code rooms for undergraduate students at SJU.

The number of undergraduate students returning to campus housing next year is down significantly. The current housing capacity for SJU undergraduates is about 1350. About 1250 students are anticipated to return next year.

This, coupled with a significant increase in School of Theology students needing on-campus housing, was the basis for the decision.

"Over 60 people want housing next year," Kellom said, defending the decision.

According to Kellom, if School of Theology students are not able to live on campus, they cannot attend the school. They must participate in the community.

If students here do riot live on campus, they can still go to school. The School of Theology students do not have that option," Kellom said.

Debate over this issue was heated, however. Since the loss of Joe Hall means the loss of 28 Honor Code rooms, students demanded to be compensated.

"As far as Joe being given to the School of Theology, that is okay. The main thing is we lost some Honor Code housing, and it is not being replaced," said Andy Westrich, Student Affairs Advisory Council member.

Westrich was the coordinator of sophomore focus groups held last year. The focus groups were designed to give the SAAC and the administration an idea of what people want for housing in their third and fourth years at SJU.

Tom Tanghe, chair of the St. John's Senate's Student Service Committee, feels similarly about the situation.

*If you look at the numbers and you look at the needs of the School of Theology, I have no problem seeing Joe Hall turned over. I think the SJU student body loses, though. Honor Code is the most desirable housing on campus, no matter what building it is in. Those 28 students lose out," Tanghe said.

Kellom, on the other hand, claims that students are not losing, they are getting what they asked for.

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Kevin McGrath and Joe Leventhal boogie til dusk (Photo by Dan

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St. Joe police called to the scene of Thursday's "riot"

By Matthew Selby Editorial Staff Writer

Alarge group of people deemed an "unlawful assembly^ by law officers resulted in the arrest of one SJU student and the ticketing of another last Thursday night in front of the La Playette bar in St. Joseph.

On Friday police informed Vice-President of Student Affairs Gar Kellom that the actions of the preceding night were the worst they had seen in a long time.

"For us to physically remove a person from the scene and incarcerate him, I take this very seriously," said Brad Lindgren, chief of St. Joseph police.

Senior John Flavin was arrested for disorderly conduct and senior Tom Evers was cited for public nuisance after a crowd of an estimated 150 people congregated in front of the bar shortly after closing time. Six police cars brought eight police officers to the scene.

These officers, with another five reserve officers, attempted to disperse the group that formed after St. Joseph police received

a call about an ensuing fight in the alley next to Gary's Pizza.

"There was a fight that preceded our arrival," Lindgren said "There were excited people there because a fight was supposed to be going on."

Upon the call about the fight at 1:17 a.m., two St. Joseph police cars were dispatched to the area. The disturbance of the ensuing fight, coupled with the presence of police, resulted in bar patrons staying in the immediate area.

"They were cluttering up the street, creating a public nuisance and boisterous noise," Lindgren said.

Then a beer bottle was thrown between the two St. Joseph police vehicles. It was then that the other four cars were brought in.

"We'd rather not have a confrontation," Lindgren said. "We'd rather sit down, drink coffee and eat pizza and watch everyone disperse."

Evers and Flavin had been at Loso's Mainstreet Pub prior to the incident in front

of the La Playette.

"John and I came onto the scene after everything had taken place," Evers said. "Seeing all the police in the street I was naturally curious to see what was going on, so I sat on the curb away from the crowd."

While sitting on the curb, Evers was asked by St. Joseph police officer Brad Mayers to remove himself from the scene or be charged with unlawful assembly. His persistent questions as to why he would be charged resulted in his public nuisance citation.

After Evers was placed in a St. Joseph police car to be ticketed, Flavin wanted to know why this was happening to his friend.

"I did everything they wanted," Flavin said. "I left the curb. I left the sidewalk. Then I told them, Tou can't arrest me for talking,' and then it happened."

"The problem lies in how we were treated," Evers said. "If they wouldn't have treated us like punks and answered a simple question, none of this would have happened."

The next morning, Lindgren contacted

Kellom to make him aware of the events of the previous nights.

"I wanted the coll ege to be aware we had an incident here involving more than 100 students," Lindgren said. aI think this was more extraordinary than any other Thursday or Friday night."

According to Kellom, Lindgren informed him of Thursday night's events to keep positive "town and gown" relations.

This was the first time since I've been here that Brad [Lindgren] has called and asked if there was anything I could do to help the St. Joe police force," Kellom said.

In an attempt to help Lindgren, Kellom held a meeting with Flavin and Evers. In this meeting, Kellom stressed his concerns about the upcoming Pines tock weekend and apossiblerepeatofThursday night's events.

"We haven't changed anything for Pinestock we hadn't planned already," Kellom said.

"We al ways pump up security for Pinestock," Lindgren said. "This weekend will be no different."

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