► Court restricts
student funding
Jason /rm.tnonc pavs alxnit $10 a vr.u
to help fund student gioups on his l of
( alifornia. I.os Angeles, t ainpus l hose
gioups ofte n suppeitt ideas fir doesn't
Like- all l of ( alifornia stude nts, though,
/emanovit a junior. hasn’t had a e hour
about tlit* kinds of groups hr helps to
fund **( »i\rn the oppoitumlx . I wouldn t
demate*." he- sa\s
I hat op|>ottunii\ mas have tome
I fir ( alifornia Supie-me ( out t has rulrel
lh.it sludrnts like- l ( LA’s /emanoue tan
not lx* fort t*d to pa\ f«>i stude*ni jrolitu al or
lobby gioups with money t <»lL < trd flout
student fee s and piimanh distributed I»s
the-ii stude nt go\rinmrnts
Maigaiet Fortune-, pit-sidrnt of the*
\ssot iate*d Stude nts at the l of
( alifornia, Ikikedex. sa\s the- t ourt essen
tialh sti ippe*d he i stutlrnt gnseriimeitl of
tlie* jw iue i to distribute- funels. “ Mu-1 e nut's
ruling undermines the- ability of stuele-nts
to nigatu/e aiotind ie-lr\ant issue s, and ftu
that le ast m it is a tragedy
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Margaret Fortune reels stripped or powers.
F<>! Matt* anti national student luhtmng
gioups, student ginrimneiiis and tampus
groups funded l>\ student fi t s, the tout!
tiet iMon signals a death bh»*% It uould I*
disastious ioi pulitn al distouise and
debate," savs Statev I evton. president «»l
M«sJkMin>
(hr l mini Stairs Sitidrni \""i i.itmn.
whic h in lundrd. in pai t. h\ Irr s »*»llr< trd
from V'»0 mrmbri m tiooh
1 hr l of Wis« iMlMIl svstrm avoids thr
hutfiin^ prohlrnis l ( ^Mnn hoot* now
l.u r In not ^imm^ monrv to |m>Ii(i« .»l oi irh
motis oi^.tni/.uions You (.m l«n>k .it jsiu
drill IrrsJ ,*s .» lax on all students, suns
Wim onsin Miuoi |amte\\all "Students
who disag trr with a < mam ^loiip s |M>lm
i a I a< tiMtirs shouldn t Im too rd to pa\ tor
t hi'm
Bui a^aiu. I he* louit do ision raises an
mtrit siini' utustion Ml student moitps
exist for (hr pmjrosr of piomotin^ a v i of
interests So at what [Hunt d»w s a student
i«»ii j> hrtonu* 'pohtu al enough to no
longri ijuahfv lot funding'
Mai k MiinnirIsle in attormn hu the*
Beikrlev student .iHMii i.ilion, savs that > a
<|iu siion thr l S Siijurrur ( ouit will have
to answei “I don't behrse it % r< nnornu al
l\ feasible to i am out thr do ision of thr
| ( ahfoi nia j Supieine ( oui I as it stands ■
Josh Kotnonrk, Dail\ Hrutn, l of
( aliforma, 1 ams Aftgrlrx
► Frat antics depicting minorities no longer tolerated
Fraternity theme parties have become infamous Mine Animal
Huuw gl.iinoii/ed donning sheet* ami swilling beet altet lien.
Hut diexsing like- a true Vlhenian while imhihing alcoholic lies
rrages i' a vn\ different thing from spunsonng a "Party in the
Projrt is "
(.teek oigaiu/ations arouml the country — im hiding schools
ill \«-w jeiscv, Texas and Indiana — have Ik-cii an u sed of rai istn
lot sponsoring theme events involving facial and ethnic stereo
types. And their universities are hemming less tolerant.
At Kirlei (aillege in New |eisev. when the Phi Kappa Pm liairi
nity Ie<entlv s|>onxored a "Dress lake a Niggei Night and hail
pledges i lean the Iralrmity house, the pledges won- Maholin X
i aps and othei stereotypkraih blai k i lothmg The ftalrrntlv was
i harged with indecent condui i and ha/ing nndei the colleges
so< ial code. The national Phi Kappa Psi fraternity pulled the
i haitri at Rider indefinitely
Texas A&M l Vs Sigma Alpha Fpsilon Iralrmity was i harged
in October with racism liecause of conduct dial occurred at a
"Juiiglr Pails' in wliuh participants wote hlai k makeup Ihr
fratrmilv was linril $1,000 to he used lot multicultural seminars
anil is on disciplinary piohauon until the end of the 1WM spring
semester.
And .il leva* lech l ihr IN kappa \lph.i Iratriutty .ind
Pavilion Ito.nd oigani/atinn vcerr Inund guilty ol haiacxmrnt
•in«t rftTtvrd cant tit ill* In dir univrixity '* IXm iplilre ( aimmiltrr
fot .i “Party in the Prujols" nuxer Um Ottobrt Srnnr mrmlierx
ul ihr oigam/alion* vn n- phuluKuphnl in lil.it Mate d revert I ax
slrreolvpital Mat k anti Hixpanit gang mcmlirn with pillowx in
dim |>aiilx Ini dir appearance nl having large huttiM kx
Pike anti Pavilion board member* irlnxrtl in comment.
“You're not going 10 gel anybody to comment,’ Pike inrinlwi
( hrtx < tilield vivx 'We don't Irel we nerd In. “
Ik >di of gantralHiiu .tjtjw .ilt-x I dir imposed vim nonx 10 dir uni
verxitv a|»|>ralx i omiiilllrr on tllr ban* ol Irerdom ol Xpert h
l niveixity attorneyx t < hi tat led dtr I rxax A Hi mux < a-nei.il x < Xlit r
whit li xaitl dir inixei wav jMtrtet led In dir Him Amendment
Minority mgani/ationx at Irth |>iolr*trd the tletixion not to
xantlion the oigaili/atiniic anti have axkrtl the Irtli anti
laihhtK k totiiinunilie* to boyt till alt event* In the otgani/ationx
“We’re not candied with what ha* taken plate." xavx t Iro
Maixhall. a member ol the hiMotit ally hlat k lialrntitv. Kappa
Alpha Pxi at I rxa* lech “We tan never be candied and *»c will
never lie caticfteti until the cyxiem begin* to work lor all " ■
Kristie Davis, The Univemty Daily, Texas Tech U.
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► Makin’ copies... lawsuit-o-rama
I he- imtu i «•! .111 \nn Aifxu coin sheep is taking up ihr fight that Kinko's Iom two \r.ih
age » and risking hts livelihoe k! in the fight lot c he*a}x i com sc- ttiafrt ials
|im Smith. «twin*i of Mu Ini'.m Doe umriii Srmers. has lx*rn Mini h\ se*\e ial publishing
housrs lot selling c ouimiku ks without obtaining »opvnght jxi mission lot the- at tie ies
So he* s taking on the big gti\s lot a jilac <• ui the mai krt wheir stude nts and lac ult\ sjx ml
millions of d< *llai s«»n i rpnxiue (ion lot unrsnsitv c om nc*woi k
Smith i nine mis he is ae ling in ae ecu d.rm e with the fail use statute* e*1 e op\ right Ian (hat
e\e hide s “multiple* < opu s lot c lassioom put|>osi*s
Hut the \nnch latioti of Xmrtie an Publishers alle ge s fan live- Ian din s not applv to e op\
shops lx*e aitv d»e*\ ate* making a profit
Kinko’s (»iaphn s (.orp lost a similai e ourt battle against the \AP in March I* 1
Smith lx*lli*\e n the* judge's de e isle »tl was based • >n “flanrd le >gie
"< emise pa* ks air sers imjxulant e elue atioiial toe*ls ten stude nts and professors, be
vels “1 am ne 11 anair that it I lose dns e av, I will lose* this business and t'seiMhmg I have
noi ked fe»i dill lllg the past «?0 \rai s
hathlrne* haig. assistant dim lot of copsnght foi the \AP. savs the lawsuit against
Mti higan IXm ument Seme e*s transe ends dir issue* of iiionn one el in unpaid losalties
" I hr fundame*ntal txiMlion e emirs down to asking fen jxi mt moil to irpn xiue e
Still l of Mie higan srtnoi |e nnifrt f* mmrtt sass stude nts air atfre trd in the* e nd In
toughe t elite>ie e lue nt of eojnnght Ian “< ouisepae ks ha\e* Ixrn llioie rxjK Hsisr the* past
e ottple of \e*ais. and dies haven't be en used as steadih in e lasses." she sa\s ■ (.wen
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