DePaulia (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), 1995-01-20

              By Nikit Boonroueng Staff Writer Equality is King To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, DePaul students, staff and faculty held a candlelight peace march and an assembly highlighted with a speech by Jesse Jackson Jr. The theme of DePaul's ninth annual peace march was "A Call to Action: New Vision/New Leadership." After a short service in the Stuart Pit with singing and readings from the Koran, the first book of Samuel and the Gospel of Matthew, the assembly marched. Some singing, some walking in silence, they paraded to the St. Vincent de Paul Church where Jackson, as well as faculty, staff and student leaders spoke on the theme of the day and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Having earlier in the day attended a special rap session with African-American male students, Jackson spoke of the "Promissory Note" of guaranteed equal rights due to all Americans, the importance of the call to action, and the ability everyone has to change things. Jackson is a human rights and political activist, president of the "Keep Hope Alive" political action committee, vice president at-large By Sarah Ostholtboff Staff Writer Earlier this quarter, another harassment incident occurred, this" time on the sixth floor men's side of Munroe Bali. A swastika was drawn over a Star of David on a bulletin board on the sixth floor men's side of Munroe Halt The bulletin board was aimed at depicting the different ethnic, religious and sexual orientations of the DePaul community. The incident was one of three that involved the defacement of this particular bulletin board. "Some people don't seem to realize what kind of effect they can have on people," said LaDonna M. Sanders of Student Affairs. Sanders said she has spoken to many students from DePaul about incidents like this one and how deeply the students are affected by symbols and words of religious intolerance. Sanders said the swastika is taken very seriously as a sign of hatred to all Jews, and it frustrates, angers and frightens many students to whom she has spoken, because the incidents have not of Operation PUSH and the youngest member of the Democratic National Committee. "America has given the negro a bad check," said Jackson. Lyndia D. McCarthy, director of DePaul's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and coordinator of the march, said, "The call to action goes beyond ability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. It is about empowerment, and joining together as a community as we write the new history of our nation." Carlos C. Drazen, Disabled Student Services representative, introduced Jackson, stating "To a white cop on a dark street he's just another suspect." It's a wake-up call for all of us to really take a leadership role in what's going on in our world, said McCarthy. It is an opportunity for us to create whatever the vision for the future is going to be to empower ourselves as students, faculty and staff, to the type of leadership we are responsible for providing and then to take action. Student representatives were given a chance to speak in a forum titled "The Voices of Change." See King Page 5 stopped, Sanders said it is very important that people report incidents and gain an awareness about any kind of hate crimes that occur at DePaul, because many inci- DePaul has hired a private investigator to assist the Security responsible, Kevin P, Keegan, the director of Auxiliary Affairs, said the private investigator has found some leads, and the incidents are believed to be committed by the same persons). Keegan said if an individual is apprehended in relation to the incidents on Munroe Hall's sixth floor, disciplinary action will be determined depending on the details of the case. The judicial factors on which disciplinary action rests will be based on the individual's previous disciplinary record, the severity of the acts and how contrite the situation is, Keegan said. Sanders said the most important thing about harassment and racial issues is to gain awareness. See Harassment Page 4 By Janet Kownacki Chief Copy Editor ®he ®e39aulta DePaul University's Official Student Newspaper Vol. 73, No.12 DePaul University January 20,1995 Faculty Council, on the first round of voting, has recommended an academic calendar for the Fall Quarter 1995 to the administration for approval. The calendar, named the "early start," is similar to the schedule that was in effect for Fall Quarter 1994. This proposes the term to begin with evening classes Wednesday, Sept. 6, and end before the Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 22. This calendar has been named the "early start" because classes would commence the week following the Labor Day holiday. The other two options under discussion were the "traditional start" (with classes beginning Sept. 13 and ending Dec. 2) and the "late start" (with classes beginning Sept. 25 and ending Dec. 16). The "early start" calendar that was approved by Faculty Council is similar to the one the Student Government Association proposed in 1993. None of these proposed calendars for Fall Quarter would have an effect on Winter and Spring quarters 1996. Student Government first promoted the "early start" calendar in 1993 to better represent the students' interests. The "early start" calendar, as opposed to the "traditional start," granted students a break from classes between the Thanksgiving holiday and New Year's and alleviated the burden for out-of-state students to return Jackson Jr. pushes power of politics for pursuing priorities Jesse Jackson Jr. encourages the community to take 'a stand on political and economic policy, in an exclusive interview. In News, Page 3 Students, faculty and staff celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with a peace march Monday, Jan. 16 in front of the St. Vincent de Paul Church on Belden Avenue. Faculty Council and SGA recommend new calendar for 1995-96 academic year from the Thanksgiving holiday for one week of finals and travel back home again. The extended Winter Break also allowed students to earn money through working. On Oct. 4, 1994, SGA, on the first round of voting, decided to recommend the "early start" calendar once again, and Michael G. Gibbs, president of SGA and student representative to the Faculty Council Academic Calendar "[T]he university needs to work on guidelines for the formation of the calendar" —Margaret A. Oppenheimer President of Faculty Council Committee, took that decision with him to the Calendar Committee. That same month, the Academic Calendar Committee also endorsed the "early start" program over the "traditional" and "late" starts, respectively. Their decision was brought to the Faculty Council, where other calendar options were discussed. The "late start" calendar was proposed because some administrators felt the need to develop a pilot program whereby freshmen Luxury Bucket endears free frisbee fans Don't be hornswaggled by just any band whose name ends in "bucket." DePaul's up-and-coming funkadelic band gives away free frisbees. How can you beat that?! In Magazine, Page 12 Photo by Erin Anderson, Photo Editor would arrive on campus two weeks before classes began and would attend a thorough orientation of DePaul and the city of Chicago. Despite this suggestion, Faculty Council, like SGA and the Academic Calendar Committee, recommended the 'early start' calendar for implementation. Margaret A. Oppenheimer, associate professor of economics and Faculty Council president, said the faculty didn't think the freshman pilot program was necessary to devise at this time. "There was the feeling that December courses and programs needed more development first." Now that the Faculty Council has recommended the 'early start' proposal, the next step is for Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard J. Meister and Joint Council to make their recommendations to the president of DePaul University, the Rev. John P. Minogue, C.M., who makes the ultimate decision on the academic calendar. "Because both Student Government and the Faculty Council, on the first round of voting, endorsed the 'early start' calendar, we thought that should send a clear message to the administration," said Gibbs. "The other part of it is that the university needs to work on guidelines for the formation of the calendar" to make the process easier for the future, Oppenheimer said. Goodbye GMC, greetings new group DePaul commits to new allsports conference with someformer GMC members and several schools from the Metro and Southwest. In Sports, Page 20