The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1984 Page: 3 of 24
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BEYOND THE HEDGES/by Scheleen Johnson
Yale students sue
for strike damages
A group of Yale University students filed
a class-action lawsuit against the institution
last week, claiming that a month-old strike
by clerical and technical employees has
spoiled the "atmosphere of collegiality and
intellectual inquiry" that Yale students pay
tuition to enjoy.
A total of 102 gaduate and undergraduate
students filed a $10 million lawsuit against
the university for "failure to deliver
educational, custodial, and dining hall
services."
The lawsuit seeks to recover $2 million per
week since September 25, when the strike
began. Damage claims have reached $10
million to date and will rise $2 million per
week for as long as the strike continues.
If the plaintiffs win their case, the court
will award every Yale student an equal
percentage of the suit.
The lawsuit charges Yale on four counts:
breach of contract by failing to provide
contractual services; "unjust enrichment" —
the accumulation of money saved during the
strike; "destroying the atmosphere of
collegiality and intellectual inquiry which
induced [students] to come to Yale"; and
"unfair trade practices" as defined by
Connecticut statutes.
The 1800 striking workers, most of them
women, are seeking raises that would set
their pay at levels comparable to those of
male maintenance and service employees.
The strikers are being supported by dining-
hall employees and others.
Campus arsonist
charged in death
A former student at Indiana University at
Bloomington was arrested last week and
charged with arson and murder for setting a
fire that killed one student, injured 30
others, and extensively damaged the
campus' Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house.
Police said that Jerry Scott Zook, 23,
apparently sneaked into the house and set
the fire several hours after becoming
involved in at least one fight with members
of the fraternity during a party there.
Israel D. Edelman, 19, a fraternity
member, died of smoke inhalation in a
second-story bedroom.
The Rice
Thresher and the
Dean of
Humanities
present
Celebrated
Houston Post
news columnist
DONALD
MORRIS
to speak
Ihurs Nov. 15
Herring Hall
7:30 Room 124
A university spokesman said that
although ZBT is a predominantly Jewish
fraternity, there was no indication that anti-
Semitism had played any role in the tragedy.
Pitt women diet to
stay Golden Girls
Some cheerleaders and Golden Girls at
the University of Pittsburgh are unhappy
about weight requirements being placed on
them.
Once or sometimes twice a week, the girls
must step upon a scale. If they are not within
certain weight requirements, they are
banned from that week's game.
The official reason for the strict weight
requirements is that the male cheerleaders
have to be able to lift their female
counterparts for cheerleading drills and
tricks.
The female cheerleaders are upset because
the weight limits apply only to women. One
cheerleader argued, "If I'm a little
overweight 1 can't cheer. They tell us that's
how a guy can lift us. But they don't stop a
guy from cheering if he can't lift."
Michael Nuzzo, assistant coach for the
cheerleaders, explained that the men's lifting
ability is not checked "because dead weight
is a lot different that lifting a girl. The lifts
are timed to make it easier. Also, if we were
in the South, we could put a lot more
restrictions on the guys. Here in the North
you can't be picky." (A small number of men
try out for cheerleading in the North as
compared to schools in the South.)
A question of health is also being raised.
Dr. George Hsu, an expert on nutrition at
the Western Psychiatric Hospital, told the
Pitt News that constant checks on weight
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can cause people to be ten times more likely
to get either anorexia or bulimia. "These
disorders, in the loing run, can also result in
mental problems," Hsu said.
One Golden Girl described a typical scene
before weigh-ins as girls running the stairs
and starving themselves for a day or two.
Nuzzo feels that the girls are responible
for their methods of making weight each
week. "The girls knew since February that
they were going to have their weight
watched. They had seven months to diet
properly. No one forced them to try out... "
U Florida stung for
athletic violations
Following 107 allegations that the
National Collegiate Athletic Association's
department of enforcement has levelled at
the University of Florida's football team, the
university is "about to experience one of the
sternest sets of penalties in the history of the
NCAA," according to The Chronicle of
Higher Education.
The Florida team may face up to three
years of probation, lose ten scholarships in
each of the next two seasons, and be barred
from postseason competition this year, next
year, and the year after that, as well as from
television appearances during the three
years. The team will not be able to make a
bowl appearance without the approval of
officials of the Southeast Conference, who
could even levy further penalties.
Of the 107 allegations, 67 were sustained
by the association's committee on
infractions. They involved breaches of a
wide range of rules dealing with the sale of
players' complimentary tickets, recruiting,
extra benefits to athletes, trvouts bv
prospective recruits, out-ol-season practice,
limitations on coaching staff, ethical
conduct, and certification of compliance.
Specifically, the investigation proved that
the Florida head coach, Charley Pell, made
a total of $935 in direct payments to one
player and controlled a $4000 slush fund
from which he financed illegal scouting
activities and boosted his staff of assistant
coaches
In August, Pell took responsibility for his
program's abuses. In September he was
dismissed from his position by the president
of the University of Florida, Marshall M.
Criser.
The NCAA will drop some of the
penalties in the third year if the football
program demonstrates satisfactory progress,
in eliminating abuses. Some measures that
the association "would want to see the
university adopt before considering leniency
in the third year" include the following:
•The university must fire two assistant
football coaches, Joe Kines and Dwight
Adams, at the end of the season. (They have
already been informed that this will
happen.)
•Seven private supporters of the athletic-
program must be excluded from the
program's business during the probation
period.
•The university must send letters to twelve
boosters, cautioning them against
involvement in breaches of NCAA rules.
•Football coaches must report directly to
the athletic supervisor rather than to the
president.
• Strict controls over the use ot
complimentary tickets must be set up.
• The football team's privileges in
dormitory and dining room must be
monitored by the business off ice rather than
by the football office.
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Havlak, Paul. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1984, newspaper, November 9, 1984; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245574/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.