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Purdue's men's basketball program hit with NCAA sanctions

(07/01/99 9:00am)

The NCAA Committee on Infractions ruled the university violated rules regarding recruiting, extra benefits and ethical conduct in the men's basketball program, in addition to several secondary violations in the women's basketball program. As part of the school's penalty, it will have to repay up to 90 percent of the revenues generated from the Boilermakers' appearance in the 1996 men's NCAA tournament, and an assistant men's basketball coach was banned from off-campus recruiting for a year. Purdue was spared possible sanctions that would have left them ineligible for future NCAA tournament berths or televised appearances. But the Boilermakers will lose a scholarship for the 2000-01 and 2000-02 academic years, limiting the men's basketbal program to 12 scholarships for those seasons. The university also will be limited to four paid recruiting campus visits during the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. Also, all team and individual records from the 24 games during the 1995-96 season in which an ineligible athlete participated will be vacated. That includes their NCAA tournament appearance that season, when Purdue, a No. 1 seed, was eliminated by Georgia in the second round. The committee penalized Purdue, in part, for a 1995 loan that an assistant coach arranged for a prospective player to receive $4,000 through a representative of the university athletic interests. The loan was never repaid, minimal effort was made to collect the balance and eventually the loan was charged off by the bank after the player left for another institution following the 1995-96 academic year. Last fall, athletic director Morgan Burke said Purdue found no evidence to support allegations about the loan. But the NCAA found the loan was unsecured, given to a player with no credit history and lacked a cosigner. Purdue officials said they had no immediate comment on the NCAA sanctions, which have come on the heels of the controversy surrounding Minnesota's basketball program. The NCAA began a preliminary inquiry into the allegations with interviews at the school in the summer of 1997 and expanded it in March 1998. Kendrick was fined an undisclosed amount of money and forbidden to recruit off campus for 10 days during the official recruiting period that began in November 1996. The NCAA, which did not mention Kendrick by name in the report, said an assistant coach involved in the recruiting violations would be subject to NCAA ''show-cause'' requirements for one year. The penalty allows the committee to determine whether the individual's athletic duties should be limited for a specified time. In December 1996, Burke said coach Gene Keady and Kendrick inadvertently violated NCAA rules by making 15 telephone calls to Davis, who later signed with the Boilermakers, but did not play as a freshman because of academic ineligibility. Davis played in 12 games as a sophomore last season, then quit the team in December.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1999/07/purdues_mens_basketball_program_hit_with_ncaa_sanctions

COLUMN: Building the future together

(11/02/98 10:00am)

From Ian Rosenblum, "Maplewood," Fall '98 From Ian Rosenblum, "Maplewood," Fall '98In an era of widespread change and expansion, Penn officials announced an ambitious plan to construct new dorms and other buildings throughout campus, in effect changing the face of Penn. And then they built the high rises. Fast forward to 1998. The University has announced plans to spend $300 million on a decade-long rehabilitation and construction project designed to reshape the face of campus. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? So what's the difference this time? Almost everything. Thirty years after bulldozing a neighborhood to build Superblock, Penn officials have made strides in involving community members in making decisions, showing that they know they're not defining a future whose impact will be limited to the ivory tower. Without dredging up more history than necessary, it's important to point out that Penn has made some gigantic mistakes in previous attempts to expand the campus -- typically involving demolishing homes to construct new buildings. And though these errors took place decades ago, even top University officials are quick to concede that Philadelphians have long memories. Yet Penn -- despite its No. 6 national ranking and Ivy League status -- can't change the past. Instead, officials have labored to show their commitment to a brighter future for the entire University City community, a future that takes the actual residents into account and listens to their voices. It's often said that the toughest challenge is to translate words into actions. With that it mind, it's important to recognize that the success of any long-term plan -- particularly one as complex and complicated by past conflicts as this one -- is never assured. Still, Penn officials have made some good-faith moves to heal the wounds created by prior mistakes. Small programs like UC Brite, the University City lighting plan that ended earlier this fall, and larger initiatives such as Penn's multi-million-dollar commitment to, and strong support for, the University City District are making real changes in the neighborhoods. And even better, Penn is demonstrating its long-term commitment to the health of the area by funding a new public school at 42nd and Spruce streets, as well as bringing a city magnet school to a plot of land just north of campus -- moves that are aimed at pleasing faculty and the community at large. So what does this have to do with building a new dorm or two? Quite a bit, actually --Ethe transformation of Superblock will have an impact well beyond the borders of campus. Adding 1,000 people to Hamilton Village will significantly alter the shape of student residential patterns. With only 130 beds scheduled to disappear with the demolition of Stouffer College House, 870 people will have to appear from somewhere to fill Penn's newest dorms. And that somewhere, or at least a good part of it, will most likely be off campus. Among community members' top complaints is the ridiculously high density of student-populated areas, and the noise and trash that so many students bring with them. Because few students stay in the same house for more than a year or two, there's virtually no incentive for them to be responsible community members. This is not to say that students won't, or shouldn't, live off campus. Students who want to live in a real house and can be considerate of others without an RA present need to always have that option. In fact, since 46 percent of undergraduates and the vast majority of graduate students currently live off campus, a few more beds in Hamilton Village won't even make a dent. It'll just thin them out a little. More importantly, local landlords will finally have some real competition. One of the hallmarks of the new college houses will be variety, according to officials. So it makes sense that staying on campus -- perhaps in well-designed apartments -- would be more of a viable option for upperclassmen. Though landlords have recently made strides toward improvement, such as by forming a committee to address long-standing tenant concerns, additional living choices will only make the situation better. And with a few of the houses in the blocks west of 40th Street opening up as studens move to the new dorms, it'll be the perfect opportunity for Penn-affiliates and neighborhood families to buy or rent some of University City's rich housing stock. Penn is a step ahead of the game on that one. Since last year, the University has been successfully offering incentives to staff and faculty to either purchase or rehabilitate certain property. In addition, Penn has put its money where its mouth is in urging employees to invest in the community through a generous mortgage program. The apex of University City life 10 years from now should be none other than 40th Street. It's a lot easier for a major entertainment and retail hub to exist when it's next to something other than three examples of all that was wrong with the 1970s: the high rises. First is the possible coloration of the high rises. Assuming that the current "prison-wall concrete" shade is rejected, anything would be better than what we have now. Though a facade is just a facade, changing the image of Penn's dorms will go a long way toward fixing Superblock, at least superficially. But beyond surface improvements, the single most important element of the 10-year plan is the construction of new housing in Superblock. Officials have seemingly learned from the past on this one and are promising smaller-scale college houses based more on the Civic House-style of architecture. If the world-class architects who will eventually be hired do a good enough job combining needed open space with University City's rich and varied architecture in a manner that encourages participation in 40th Street, Penn might just end up with a Hamilton Village after all. But they can't do it alone. Just as Penn officials have vowed to seek student input on construction design, the community must be included before before any plans are set in stone. While Penn has the right -- and responsibility -- to improve its college houses, massive changes to Superblock will no doubt impact the landscape of entire neighborhoods. Only by starting a long-term dialogue can University officials ensure that they won't have another community relations disaster on their hands. Neighborhood leaders must know what is going on and have the opportunity to give feedback -- with the knowledge that their opinions will be taken into serious consideration. Most importantly, both sides must try to bury the hatchet of past grievances. I look forward to returning to Penn on a Homecoming Weekend in the not-too-distant future and seeing a Superblock that isn't an eyesore bordering a vibrant 40th Street, crowded by a wide mix of people. The foundation for such a future will soon be in place; turning the blueprints into reality, though, will require hard work, trust and cooperation. But it'll be worth the effort.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1998/11/column_building_the_future_together

COLUMN: Power Fever Strikes - Beware

(07/11/96 9:00am)

keeping up with computer technology can help you get your money's worth when upgrading. They call it upgrade fever. Not unlike middle-aged men buying red Ferrari's, people who buy computers want more power, more speed, more storage space, and more bells and whistles (or 32-bit wavetable FM synthesis of bells and whistles, as the case may be) on their computers than they know what to do with. Not that power is bad, mind you. It's just that every six months we feel this intense need to scrap everything we have and start over. Maybe you feel this description doesn't apply to you. Maybe you've been working on a Mac Classic II you've had since high school, or (god forbid) use a dedicated word processor. If you don't fit the category yourself, think of your friend who just got a new Gateway. You know, the Pentium 166 with 32 meg of EDO RAM. Not that this friend has even the slightest idea what EDO RAM is, much less how to use the system to its fullest. Other people you know probably have quad speed, three disc changers from Dell -- which they use to play Allanis CDs -- or laptops with TFT active-matrix color screens to Doom. I, myself, after upgrading at Christmas to a NexGen Nx586 90MHz VLB motherboard, have now decided I need a Cyrix 6x86-P120+ PCI motherboard. This means scrapping my video card and SCSI controller, but it's all the name of progress, right? And what prompted my decision to upgrade? The fact that I can't run Quake. Not exactly a scholarly pursuit. Now, I'll probably be able to assuage some of the cost of a new motherboard and video card by selling off my old equipment at discounted prices to people even further behind me on the technology curve. By now you've figured out why people scrap their whole system every year and buy a new one. What's the difference between PCI and VLB? Why won't my old stuff work? Who cares about the nuances that make up the difference between a Cyrix P166+ and Pentium Pro 200? What you want to do is call up Micron and ask for a good system that fits in your budget. Allocate two grand, and any salesperson will tell the best and newest thing you can get with your money. They'll spare you the grief of deciding whether or not it's worth it to plunk down an extra $50 to get pipeline burst cache. No need to ask whether or not the Diamond Stealth 64 will give you better performance than the Imagine #9 128. They'll box up a system that works and ship it to you. For those who want to avoid the mess entirely, there's Macintosh. Since Apple trimmed down their bloated catalog of system types, choosing a Mac is a no-brainer based on how much money you have. No debating between SCSI and IDE; SCSI is all you get. Wait for USB? Why bother; ADB is already there and working, and has been for years. There's one problem with this approach, aside from the extra costs. Knowing what your system contains, how it works, and what it does for you not only ensures that you'll get what you paid for -- it allows you to prolong the life of your system. If I had opted for a PCI motherboard eight months ago, I wouldn't be spending so much now. In addition to understanding the myriad TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) of the computer industry, understanding what you need your computer to do is essential. If Word and Excel is all you need, there's no reason to get a Pentium 166. If you plan to play lots of games, trade off processor performance and harddrive space for a speedy graphics adapter and a good sound card. Four years and I've gone through at least two complete systems one piece at a time. Now a whole wave of developments are on the horizon that will probably prompt me to buy a complete system when I graduate in December. ATX motherboards will force me to get a new case, USB will require all new peripherals (keyboard, mouse, joystick, printer, even modem), DVD will replace CD-ROM, and SDRAM will usurp EDO RAM. How can anyone keep up with all this? Actually, it's not that hard once you know the basic stuff. After knowing what RAM is, the difference between DRAM, EDO RAM, SDRAM, VRAM, SRAM, and WRAM become nonessential; they're all just variations on a theme, each slightly different, and sometimes better at different tasks. The same holds true for modem, where speed is the only consideration, and video cards, where other factors come into play. Buses, CPUs, clock speeds, etc. all seem complicated, but again the essentials haven't changed in literally 15 years. The ISA bus debate has decisively ended with PCI, and the only remaining competitor is several years from implementation. Except for the Pentium Pro, the higher the clock rate the faster the machine goes. And the CPUs from Cyrix and AMD are virtually indistinguishable from Intel's chips to the end user. Find out what you've got under the hood. Figure out what simple and inexpensive things can be done to tweak system performance. Decide whether or not you really need a new machine, or what you want out of one if you're buying for the first time. Doing so puts power in your hands, and will give you more bang for your buck. Whatever you do, don't just by the fastest, most expensive thing your friends or sales rep recommends, and don't feel your system is useless because it's outdated. Take control of your system, and run it instead of letting it run you.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/07/column_power_fever_strikes_beware

GUEST COLUMN: "A communal clean-up"

(04/04/96 10:00am)

David Slarskey will be mending fences with the community this weekend during Spring Cleaning - and theyu want your help. It's finally springtime, although the weather might not be admitting that yet. With the increasing temperatures and melting snow, our streets dissolve from pure white serenity into treacherous paths marred by mud and garbage. Flyers from last September, bags from Billybob, your English thesis (so that's where it was!) and various other indistinguishable "old friends" rise up from their wintry graves and declare their freedom. We say: "Shackle this trash! Send it back to prison! Do not allow the control of our streets to be wrested from you!" Spring Cleaning is, however, much more than just a day of picking up trash and getting to know the neighborhood better. It is an activity designed and planned by students, to stress our personal responsibility to the community in which we live. Although most of us only spend a short time in West Philadelphia, many years of students' loud parties and poor property upkeep have taken their toll on the community. Many students do not know that the neighborhood just west of campus is filled with decent professionals and families. It is not an urban jungle, as many of us believe. The Spruce Hill community extends from 40th to 46th streets and from Baltimore Avenue to Walnut Street. Historically, this area was one of Philadelphia's first suburbs -- a wealthy neighborhood when it grew up on the outskirts of Center City. Take a walk down the streets of Spruce Hill, and it is impossible not to notice how beautiful many of the houses are. More adventurous students will also attest to the unique shops and personalities that are located just blocks from campus. This is not the dangerous, crime-ridden war zone whose vision is inculcated into our heads from the very second we arrive at the University. Instead, this is a community with a rich, diverse past and future, thriving to this very day. Spruce Hill, like its not-always-friendly neighbor Penn, is dealing with the problems that are affecting all modern urban areas in the 1990s. Crime is as much of a concern to permanent West Philadelphian residents as it is to us. Unfortunately, in our cries to the University for better safety, more police and more guns, we often ignore how our very transient presence is a major contributor to the West Philadelphia's decay. By patronizing slum tenants, allowing the properties to fall into disrepair, and discarding trash mindlessly in the streets, we students advertise to criminals that we do not care about our community. If we truly intend to improve the safety of our campus and surroundings, we must join forces with the broader community. In other words, we must tackle the challenge of simply being good neighbors. This Saturday, permanent community members from Spruce Hill -- families with children, young adults, professors -- will undertake their annual Spring Cleaning event. And for the first time, students will participate, too. Together, we and other community members will engage in neighborhood beautification, including flower planting, tree care, trash pick-up and graffiti removal. This is an opportunity for us to begin to create a neighborhood in which we feel comfortable living. In the process, students and other community members will have a chance to recognize and learn about each other. We will also discuss issues of common concern, such as crime, landlord monopolization and relations between the University and the community. Most importantly, Saturday's event should serve as a springboard for further partnerships and programming between students and the surrounding community. By coming out to clean up on Saturday, students will be making a tangible investment in our community's future. Instead of complaining about our campus being located in the middle of a crime-ridden abyss, we will join with our neighbors to keep our neighborhood clean and less of an attraction for crime. We'll be looking for interested volunteers at 4052 Spruce, near the corner of 41st and Spruce streets. Hope to see you there!

https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/04/guest_column_a_communal_cleanup

GUEST COLUMN: The continued pursuit of justice

(02/21/96 10:00am)

Although the new judicial charter has some kinks, Wilton Levine says it still represents progress. During late January 1995, the committee released its recommendations for a new Student Judicial Charter to the University and administration. Last week, the provost provided the University with his version of the Student Judicial Charter. This document represents the culmination of two years of work by students, faculty and administrators. Throughout the charter revision process, the student committee had several primary goals. These included greater student involvement with and ownership of the judicial process, a fair system that would be "user-friendly" toward students and a system in which a senior University administrator (the president or provost) would have ultimate responsibility. We also realized that the judicial process for a university is inherently different from civil or criminal judicial processes in the "real world." As a result, our judicial charter would have to be primarily educational, not punitive, in nature. As proposed by the provost, the new charter generally begins to realize these goals -- although not to the full extent the committee envisioned. The new charter makes the provost ultimately responsible for the system, but places several checks on his authority. For example, while the provost is responsible for appointing the Disciplinary Hearing Officer (DHO) and Disciplinary Appellate Officer (DAO), he must appoint this person from a pool created by the Faculty Senate, the University Conduct Council (UCC) and University Honor Council (UHC). (The UCC and UHC are student bodies that consult with administrators of the judicial system, sit on hearing boards for cases and run educational activities within the community.) The new charter directly involves students in the judicial system in several ways: as mediators within the University Mediation Program (UMP), as advisors to students who have charges filed against them by the Office of Student Conduct (OSC) and as members of the UCC and UHC. Members of the UCC and UHC will have the greatest immediate impact on the system, as they will sit on hearing panels and meet regularly with each other and the OSC to discuss the charter and other pertinent judicial issues. These students will have constant contact with the judicial system and the personnel who run it, and will be able to see which aspects of the system are effective and ineffective. Then, they will work with the OSC, Faculty Senate and provost to amend the charter, and they will be able to report to the provost about unproductive personnel or inappropriate decisions. This is a critical element of the new charter. Another improvement in the proposed system involves the expanded role of advisors. Previously, advisors were not allowed to speak at all, except for closing remarks at the end of a hearing. Under the new charter, though, they will be able to speak with permission from the DHO. It should be remembered that Penn's judicial system is designed to be educational, and for this reason, students should try to explain their situations themselves. But, should this be impossible, the DHO may allow the advisor to assist the student respondent in a more direct way. These are many of the positive changes that are present in the new draft of the charter. But there are still two major issues that cause us concern and must be addressed: the decision of whether hearings should be open or closed and the issue of respondent confidentiality. As the new charter is written, for a respondent to gain an open hearing, the respondent, complainant, OSC and DHO must all agree to the same (Section II.F.4.e.). This should not be the case. First, the new charter states that the complainant is not even party to judicial proceedings, and therefore should not be relevant to the decision of whether a hearing will be public -- unless federal laws provide protection for the complainant, as in sexual violence cases. Second, if the respondent desires an open hearing, there is no reason for the University to block such a hearing. The only way to ensure fairness is to allow the members of the community access to the system. Hearings should not be held in private simply because it is more convenient. This university certainly has adequate facilitates to provide for open hearings when necessary. Our other serious concern involves the statement of confidentiality (III.F.2). According to the new charter, no member of the University community may disclose confidential information related to a case or hearing. In no way should respondents be prevented from speaking openly about their cases if they so desire. But at the same time, if a respondent speaks about a case, the complainant, OSC and any other party must be allowed to respond to the statements made. In effect, the new proposal is a step backwards from the previous charter, which allows the respondent to speak openly about a case and allows other parties to respond to comments made by the respondent. Overall, the proposed charter is a great improvement over the current system. It addresses nearly all of the issues students, faculty and administrators have raised -- although the solutions are sometimes not as extreme as some would have desired. As students, we must trust the provost to make appropriate appointments of the system's administrators. More importantly, we must stay involved with the process. Students and faculty must become involved as members of the UCC, UHC and as mediators within the system to ensure that students are treated fairly when dealing with the system. Without this participation, the system will fail. In the coming weeks, the proposed charter will be sent to the deans and faculties of the schools for approval. Once approved, it will be your duty as a member of the University of Pennsylvania community to stay vigilant.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/02/guest_column_the_continued_pursuit_of_justice

All over in Hanover

(02/12/96 10:00am)

Big Green snaps Penn'sBig Green snaps Penn's48-game league winningBig Green snaps Penn's48-game league winningstreak in 54-53 thriller Since the beginning of the 1995-96 campaign -- which opened with an entirely new starting five -- injuries and off-the-court problems have added up, culminating in Friday night's inevitable loss. After keeping their heads just above water for five Ivy League games, the Big Green's talent, in conjunction with the Red and Blue's own problems, was enough to push Penn under for one night. It has been a long time since the Quakers had this much turmoil surrounding the program. After Paul Chambers graduated following the 1991-92 campaign, the starting lineup would consist of Jerome Allen, Eric Moore, Barry Pierce, Shawn Trice and Matt Maloney, with the rare Andy Baratta fill-in -- a starting five which lasted through the 1993-94 season. After a monumental win over Nebraska and a second-round loss to Florida in the 1994 NCAA tournament, Pierce graduated, and Scott Kegler stepped comfortably in as the small forward last season. Through three undefeated Ancient Eight seasons, Penn lost nary a key player for more than a few games. Compared to the relative consistency of the past, this year's lineup looks like utter chaos. Since the preseason exhibition game against Russian Select in November, the Quakers have seen six different starting lineups comprised of 11 different players. Penn coach Fran Dunphy began the season experimenting. But by the time the Quakers opened Ivy League play against Princeton on January 6, it appeared Dunphy had settled on Garett Kreitz, Donald Moxley, Tim Krug, Ira Bowman and Nat Graham as the starting five. But then Graham's unexpected departure in the final week of January -- which he attributed to losing his love of basketball -- brought the Quakers bon voyage crew to four. And that number does not even include sophomore long-range threat George Zaninovich, who was originally slated to start at shooting guard before leaving the team in the preseason for personal reasons. Add to that the Jed Ryan-Sigma Chi sideshow -- a controversy that not only distracted the team, but left the Quakers another man short against La Salle -- and suddenly half the bench was lined with players who were in junior varsity uniforms only a month before. Now that the streak is broken and the much-anticipated loss is finally in the books, perhaps there is a positive that will come out of all of the turmoil. With other teams in the Ivy League boosting their programs, basketball gurus predicted an all-out war this year for the Ivy title between four potential candidates. With this in mind, an undefeated season was probably an unfair expectation from the start. The schedule could not be more conducive to a loss, as both Princeton and Dartmouth -- Penn's top two challengers -- would host the Quakers before the streak would hit 50 games. Playing on the road and battling boisterous crowds is never easy to do, especially when the competition is more competitive than past Ivy League fare. Penn has not lost focus of its ultimate goal -- the NCAA tournament berth that goes free of charge to the Ivy champ. Although Quakers co-captain Tim Krug may have had a tremendous scowl on his face trying to downplay the streak in the press conference after the loss, he did make a point by saying the streak was a load placed on the team's back, thanks to media hype. With that load finally lifted and roles finally being established, the Quakers can stop worrying about when The Streak will end and start remembering how it began.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1996/02/all_over_in_hanover

SPORTSWIRE: O'Bannon pours in 37 as Bruins tame Blue Devils

(02/27/95 10:00am)

Brunson lights up GW; Hoyas win Big East showdown; Sixers lose; Penny slams Bulls The Bruins (21-2) are expected to move into the top spot Monday for the first time since January 1994, when they held that position for one week. Chants of ''We're No. 1! We're No. 1'' rang throughout Pauley Pavilion with four minutes remaining. UCLA (21-2) is coming off its best stretch of the season, having won five games in 11 days, including home victories against both Arizona schools that solidified its Pac-10 Conference lead. Ed O'Bannon took over the game during a critical stretch midway through the second half when Duke had closed within four points. O'Bannon scored 11 of the Bruins' next 15, giving them a 76-63 lead with 5 minutes, 48 seconds to play. The Blue Devils (12-15) once got to 65-62 on Trajan Langdon's three-pointer with 10:17 remaining, but UCLA quickly built its advantage to 10. · Temple 76, George Washington 60 WASHINGTON -- Rick Brunson scored a career-high 36 points and had 11 rebounds yesterday as Temple held on in the closing minutes for a 76-60 victory over George Washington. Brunson also tied an Atlantic 10 Conference record for three-point baskets with nine. The Owls (17-8 overall, 10-5 in the A-10) have won three straight and eight of their last nine, and moved into a second place tie with Gerge Washington with one game remaining for each club. Temple never trailed, roaring out to a 24-14 lead with 8:30 left in the first half, and increased that advantage to 40-25 at intermission. After the lead grew to 48-30 with 13:37 remaining in the game on a basket by Derrick Battie, the Colonials (18-11, 10-5) began their comeback bid, going on a 22-9 run to pull within 57-52 on a short jumperby Vaughn Jones with 5:14 left to play. However, Brunson's record-tying three-pointer with 4:46 remaining choked off the rally, and Levan Alston followed with a pair of free throws with 4:15 left to increase the lead to 62-52. The Owls outscored George Washington 12-6 over the next 3:06 to wrap up the victory. · Georgetown 81, No. 17 Syracuse 78 SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- For one game, at least, the old Othella Harrington was back. Harrington scored a season-high 27 points, including 12 in a key eight-minute span, as Georgetown registered its second upset of the week -- an 81-78 victory over slumping No. 17 Syracuse yesterday. Syracuse (18-7, 11-5 Big East), blew a 14-point first-half lead but came back to take a 71-68 lead with 3:52 to play after falling behind by 11 in the second half. But Allen Iverson scored on a layup and then came back down court to hit a four-foot jumper that put Georgetown ahead 72-71. After Iverson's scores, Georgetown (17-7, 10-6) pushed its lead to 78-73 on Jerome Williams' underhand layup with 1 minute to play. · No. 10 Wake Forest 66, No. 11 Virginia 63 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Scooter Banks scored 14 of his 15 points in the second half, and made two clutch plays in the stretch as No. 10 Wake Forest took a 66-63 victory over No. 11 Virginia yesterday. The Demon Deacons (19-5, 10-4) drew to one game behind Maryland and North Carolina for first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia (19-7, 11-4) fell out of a first-place tie with the Tar Heels and the Terrapins, trailing those teams by one-half game. Banks' binge helped stave off a Virginia comeback in which the Cavaliers get a brief lead at 42-41 on a Jason Williford basket at 14:04. Randolph Childress got a jumper and Tim Duncan, who had 20 points and 15 rebounds, got a driving dunk and the Demon Deacons never trailed again. From there, Banks scored 10 of Wake Forest's next 14 points, but Virginia battled to 64-63 after a Harold Deane three-pointer with 1:24 to play. After Childress, the Cavaliers worked for the last shot. Deane drove the lane but had the ball stripped by Banks. Curtis Staples recovered tbe ball, but fired up a jumper that was short. Duncan grabbed the rebound. Tony Rutland hit two free throws for the final margin. Knicks 104, 76ers 99 NEW YORK -- Patrick Ewing had 32 points, 18 rebounds and four blocked shots last night, and the New York Knicks found their intensity in the second half in rallying past the Philadelphia 76ers 104-99. Ewing had his fourth straight 30-point game as the Knicks, who have won 15 of their last 20, got a lift from the return of power forward Charles Oakley. Oakley had surgery on a dislocated toe Dec. 27 and played for the first time since Christmas. Charles Smith added 14 points for New York, while Hubert Davis had 13 and Anthony Mason had 15 rebounds and 12 points. Oakley, activated from the injury list before the game, got a big cheer from the Madison Square Garden crowd when he entered the game with 2:25 left in the first quarter. He finished with seven points on 3-for-8 shooting and had nine rebounds. After a flat first half, the Knicks came out hard in the second half and led by as many as 15 points in the final quarter. The 76ers, who have been hit hard by injuries and have lost eight of their last nine, got Clarence Weatherspoon and B.J. Tyler back. Weatherspoon, who had been out with a sprained right ankle, led Philadelphia with 26 points in 41 minutes. Sharone Wright added 13 before fouling out with 5:06 to play. · Magic 105, Bulls 103 ORLANDO, Fla. -- With Shaquille O'Neal serving a one-game suspension, Anfernee Hardaway moved centerstage for the Orlando Magic yesterday and delivered his most compelling performance of the season. The All-Star guard's breakaway dunk with less than a second remaining capped a career-high, 39-point effort as Orlando rallied for a 105-103 victory over the Chicago Bulls. O'Neal, the NBA's leading scorer, sat out after being suspended without pay for an altercation with Boston's Eric Montross on Friday night. The Magic also played without Horace Grant (back spasms) and lost starter Donald Royal to an ankle sprain in the first quarter. Hardaway came through, though, making 17 of 25 shots. He picked up a loose ball just above Chicago's foul line and raced to the other end to score the winning points with seven-tenths of a second left on the clock. Nick Anderson made the play possible, slapping the ball away from Chicago's Toni Kukoc, who broke free for a layup with 7.1 seconds left only to be denied what would been a go-ahead basket because the Bulls' Scottie Pippen had called a timeout just before Kukoc took a pass from Pete Myers. Orlando trailed the entire second half, squandering three opportunities to tie the game before Dennis Scott made two free throws to make it 103-103 with 27 seconds left. The Bulls ran 19 seconds off the shot clock before calling the timeout that cost them the chance to take the lead. Unseeded Thomas Enqvist followed his upset of No. 2 Andre Agassi with a comeback win yesterday over defending champion Michael Chang to win the U.S. Indoor tennis tournament at the Spectrum. The 20-year-old Swede picked up $110,000 for his fourth career title, losing the first set 0-6 before coming back to win the final two, 6-4, 6-0. Coming off his three-set, 2 1/2-hour defeat of Agassi in the semifinals, Enqvist looked stiff in the first set. His high-octane serve was erratic and his groundstrokes were flat. Enqvist showed some life to open the second set by serving four aces at more than 115 miles an hour in the first game. He followed with two breaks and held to take a 5-0 lead. Chang broke back twice, survived three set points in the eighth game and got to 5-4.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1995/02/sportswire_obannon_pours_in_37_as_bruins_tame_blue_devils

GUEST COLUMN: "GAC Attack–the Death of Greek Social Life

(03/21/94 10:00am)

Most people have no concept of what it takes to throw a fraternity party. They envision a couple of brothers getting together, buying a few kegs, and then hitting on every inebriated female within striking distance. Maybe that's how it used to be, but not anymore. Nowadays it takes a great deal more effort to put together a party and procure drunk women to harass, thanks to the Greek Alumni Council and the University's beloved Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. How do I know? I'm a social chair -- or as those in Greek life call us -- one of the imbeciles who lets himself be talked into financial liability for several hundred drunk college students. We've all heard a great deal of discussion about the new rules. For example, "They suck. Screw OFSA. Screw the GAC. Fuck OFSA. Fuck the GAC," and so on. Although these ideological criticisms have led to a great deal of discussion, as criticisms tend to do, no one has yet brought up the legal aspect of this debate: does the University have the legal right to interfere with students' social lives? Frankly, I have no idea. But through some keen insights raised during a productive discussion with my colleagues (other imbeciles), I will attempt to comprehend the logistics of their actions. In the days of yesteryear, when we were still enjoying the secondary educational system, many of us were unable to leave campus during lunch hour because of a well known combination of Latin words, en loco parentis, meaning of course, "in place of parents." As our legal guardians for six and a half hours a day, our schools were financially liable for our well-beings, making them enormous imbeciles. If we had left campus and suffered some sort of injury, let's say death, the school would have had to pay for the floral arrangements at our funerals. The result of this rule was that everyone spent a great deal of time cutting class, running to Mickey D's, then eating that cholesterol-laden food during lunch period, as if our mothers had packed us a Big Mac, large fries, and a Coke. Except for a few cases of clogged arteries, no one was ever harmed. But let's say that the GAC and OFSA don't really care about our well-beings, and the thing that really concerns them are the skyrocketing insurance rates for fraternities and sororities. Why are these rates expanding like a freshman's waistline? Well, it's due to the past behavior of the same people who are currently running the GAC and OFSA. Many of these individuals attended college in the seventies and eighties, a period long acknowledged as the "Accidental Death Era." It was a time of peace, a time of war, a time for people to drink themselves to death and a time for people to force others to drink themselves to death. That's right, many of these people were in the Greek system. Fortunately, alcohol hazing was banned. I can honestly say that the ban is strictly enforced by most fraternities, excluding ones that play lacrosse. But the ban wasn't enough for the powers that be, so they introduced the "No Community Sources of Alcohol" restriction, which was created to prevent people from drinking out of the same cup and swallowing each other's backwash, or something like that. Still, it wasn't enough for the GAC and OFSA. That's how we arrived at our current policy. We are paying for the sins of our mothers and fathers, those of us who have them. Because of their misdeeds we must suffer the consequences -- skyrocketing insurance rates. But that still doesn't answer the question, is it legal for the University to make and enforce such rules? After all, it was they who barred the Palladium from serving alcohol on their terrace, although their legal right to do so remains rather murky. (The University itself provided alcohol to alumni on the field next to High Rise North. Can you say "hypocrite" boys and girls? I knew that you could.) It turns out that it isn't legal for the University to create such rules if they do not own the property being used for the party. Unfortunately, they aren't the ones who are making them, and the ones who are can do so legally. It's the GAC who is at fault here. Although it is obvious that the University, in the form of OFSA, applied a great deal of pressure in creating the new policy, in the end it was our own brothers and sisters who betrayed us. So what will be the result of all this policy making? Will the Greek system die a slow and ugly death, with fraternity houses being replaced by Women's Centers and coffee houses? Or, will the parties move off campus? The answer to that is before our very eyes. Club Europa, Dr. Seuss, and a million other groups have sponsored their own celebrations of Dionysius. Nothing has changed, other than a resource like the Greek system, which brought students across campus together for at least a few nights night a week, is being edged out of sight. Bottom line, a couple more years and we Greeks will be sitting around drinking tea and crocheting afghans. It makes me want to puke. To combat the unfairness, every house should get together for one big keg fest before the end of this year. We can even invite members of the GAC and OFSA -- after all, they're not total assholes. Dan Schwab is a junior English major from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. He is Executive Editor of Punch Bowl Humor Magazine.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1994/03/guest_column_gac_attack8211the_death_of_greek_social_life

Student found semi-conscious on Locust

(11/18/91 10:00am)

A student was found semi-conscious on Locust Walk early Saturday morning by University Police but is now listed in fair condition and conscious at HUP, officials said this weekend. University Police Lieutenant Susan Holmes did not know why the student was semi-conscious, but said that a Philadelphia rescue squad responded to the incident and attempts at the time to help the student regain consciousness failed. As of late Saturday, the student was listed in fair condition and was conscious, according to Holmes. In a separate incident, a suspect being chased by Philadelphia Police rammed an unmarked University Police car on the 4100 block of Locust Street at 10:35 p.m. Friday. The unmarked University Police car, part of the police department's plain-clothes team, was monitoring the chase when the car suddenly turned onto Locust Street from 41st Street and hit both the unmarked police car and two other unoccupied parked cars. The man, who was arrested for stealing the Mercedes-Benz he fled in, was unharmed, but the three University officers assigned to the unmarked car were taken to the HUP, Holmes said. All three were treated for minor injuries and released. All the vehicles suffered cosmetic damage, except for the stolen Mercedes, which was severely damaged. University Police also responded to a report on Philadelphia Police radio that a female area resident had attempted to commit suicide and was suffering from lacerations inflicted with a razor at 11:35 p.m. Friday, Holmes said. The woman was taken to HUP and her condition was unknown last night. In a separate incident, a man reported to police that he had entered a vehicle parked in the 3400 block of Chestnut Street at about 11:50 p.m. Friday to wait for his girlfriend. The car, however, was not his and when the owner of the car returned, he pulled the complainant from the car, Holmes said. The complainant was struck by the owner of the car, who fled in the car. University Police also responded to several other incidents over the weekend, including: · A female area resident reported being grabbed on the buttocks by an unknown male at 9:19 a.m. yesterday on the 3600 block of Spruce Street. The woman refused to file a police report. · The Phi Gamma Delta house at 3619 Locust Walk was robbed of 11 cases of Schlitz beer at 6:23 p.m. Friday. University Police apprehended a suspect and impounded the alcohol. · A man was caught breaking into an car parked on the 3800 block of Walnut Street by University Police officers. The man was arrested in the process of removing the stereo system at 8:48 p.m. Friday. · A bag of ice thrown out of a High Rise North window struck a car, breaking its front windshield, but causing no injuries at 11:41 p.m. Friday. · A 1985 grey Cadillac Sedan Seville was stolen out of the University parking lot on the north side of the 3600 block of Walnut Street at about 3 a.m. Saturday. · The Philadelphia Fire Department responded to a report of a fire on the 8th floor of High Rise North at 4:39 a.m. Saturday. Posters were set on fire, but were quickly extinguished with minimal damage to the floor. · A $700 Nikon camera was stolen from Meyerson Hall at about 12 p.m. yesterday.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1991/11/student_found_semiconscious_on_locust

Fires, thefts plague several Quad houses

(02/26/91 10:00am)

A "series of robberies" and a "rash of malicious fires" have plagued the Community House section of the Quadrangle this semester, according to Community House officials. The small fires have occurred only in Community House hallways, but thefts have also been reported by students in various houses of the Quad. According to the University Police Records Department, four of the nine theft reports filed this semester by Quad residents occurred in Community House. The others reportedly happened in the Butcher, Speakman and Morgan houses of the Quad. Community House officials said they do not know who is committing the thefts, but in a letter sent to all House residents last Thursday, Assistant Dean for Residence Cheryl Groce and Faculty Resident Peter Conn said the person may be a Community House resident. "It is possible that this perpetrator is a House resident, therefore it's important that residents take all precautions necessary," the letter said. Although the perpetrator's identity is unknown, the method of operation seems to follow a pattern: the thief finds an unlocked door, enters the room and quickly steals small items such as wallets or jewelry. In addition to the thefts, dozens of small fires have been set in Community House hallways, Groce said. As with the thefts, she said the perpetrator's identity is not known. There has been "a rash of malicious fires being set to burn posters, fliers, other paper materials posted on walls and on residents' doors," the Community House letter said. "This type of irresponsible behavior is dangerous and will eventually lead to the tragic loss of life." Groce said the fires have been occurring for three weeks, adding they initially appeared to be directed at one RA whose door and posters were burned. "But it has become more generalized now and it's no longer just directed at one person," Groce said. She refused to identify the RA. Groce said officials "really have no idea at this point" who may be lighting the fires, but she added there have been "a couple of sightings of possible suspects." The letter said anyone suspected of these fires will be arrested and "taken through the criminal justice system at the municipal level" as well as through the University's Judicial Inquiry Office. Although officials do not know who is lighting the fires, they say they are set at definite pattern. "During the week [the fires] die down," Groce said. "But there may be half a dozen on a Friday or Saturday evening." Fu said the most recent fires occurred last Wednesday night, bringing the total number of fires to five for his floor alone. One victim of the thefts, College freshman Sonita Midha, said someone entered her room between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. February 10 while she was sleeping. The door was unlocked since her roommate had gone to do laundry, she said. Midha said her wallet, a ring and a watch were stolen from her room. The wallet, which contained no cash, was found the next morning with all its contents except a MAC card and a credit card. College freshman Michael Winkelman, who lives in Speakman, said his wallet was taken from his room the same night that Midha's wallet was stolen. He said he left his door unlocked at 3 a.m. while he visited a friend for about five minutes. When he came back, the wallet was gone, he said. Winkelman said someone slipped his MAC card and driver's license, as well as the MAC card and credit card belonging to Midha, under his door later the next day.

https://www.thedp.com/article/1991/02/fires_thefts_plague_several_quad_houses

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