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The Red and Black • Thursday, February 22, 1990 • 3
SA approves solution to awkward
issue that rose uproar last spring
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Student Association ap
proved the proposed SA Constitu
tion Tuesday, putting an end to
controversy that began last spring
when senators decided changes
were needed to relieve ambiguities
within the constitition.
Before the constitution goes into
effect, it must be approved by two-
thirds of the student body and by
University President Charles
Knapp. Students will vote on the
constitution during upcoming
spring elections.
According to article 5, section 2
of the original constitution, the
president and vice president must
“maintain a presence on the Uni
versity campus during summer
quarter.” However, it doesn't
specify whether those officers need
to reside in Athens over the
summer.
The revised constitution reads
that the president and vice presi
dent “must be capable of fulfilling
obligations of the office during
summer quarter.”
Junior Sen. Pete Allen said the
officers can’t accomplish much
during summer quarter because
the entire senate isn’t here.
The purpose of having officers on
campus during summer is so that
they can keep in touch with the ad
ministration and what’s happening
on campus. He said officers just
need to fulfill their obligations,
whether they do it by phone or in
person.
Another controversial article
deals with freshman elections. SA
had considered eliminating
freshman elections because they
are time consuming and because so
few students participate in the
elections.
However, an alternative pro
posal for a freshman advisory
board, which wouldn’t vote in the
senate, was stricken from the re
vised constitution and replaced
with the original provision for
freshman elections. The elections
will be held on or before Oct. 30,
rather than Oct. 15.
In other business:
• The SA voted to submit a letter
to the University Council Educa
tional Affairs Committee opposing
a plus-minus grading system that
the committee asked the SA for
input on. Under the committee’s
proposal, an A-plus or an A would
equal a 4.0 grade point average,
but a 3.7 would equal an A-minus.
SA opposes the system because
it detracts from the A grade range,
Junior Sen. Pete Allen said. SA
may submit an alternate proff
in the future. /
Pete Allen: Jr. Senator
member of the SA
Rose’s future isn’t al
• The SA voted to support Na
tional Student Lobby Day. All sen
ators will Bolicit letters from
students to their congressional
representatives on matters of edu
cational importance.
Emphasis will be placed on is
sues such as the rising cost of tu
ition and the shift towards federal
student aid in the form of loans
rather than grants.
Students are encouraged to stop
by a booth at the Tate Student
Center Plaza today to write letters
to their congressmen. SA will de
liver the letters to Washington,
—sn National Student Lobby
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The Associated Press
CINCINNATI - The Internal
Revenue Service has documented
that Pete Rose underpaid his taxes
by more than $100,000 between
1985 and 1987, according to a re
port Wednesday in The Plain
Dealer of Cleveland.
The newspaper, quoting uniden
tified sources, said sworn
statements from witnesses inter
viewed by the IRS state the former
Cincinnati Reds manager took
cash earned at baseball card shows
and stuffed it in suitcases and
sacks.
“At this time, the grand jury has
not seen fit to take action on any
al legations,” Rose spokeswoman
Barbara Pinzka said Wednesday.
"Pete Rose and his advisers have
cooperated fully with the grand
jury investigation into Pete’s tax
payments and will continue to do
so."
She said she didn’t know how
much money was involved.
“Just because he had income
from those shows doesn’t mean it
was unreported income,” Pinzka
said. “Pete was aware of income
from card shows and memorabilia
shows. I really can’t get into what
he did or did not report on his tax.”
Rose was in Florida and couldn’t
be reached for comment.
A Cincinnati grand jury last
year began investigating Rose’s
taxes, specifically if he under-re
ported income from appearances at
memorabilia shows and racetrack
winnings.
Grand jury investigations are
supposed to be confidential but
sources confirmed the inquiry last
year to The Associated Press and
several other news organizations.
“We’re very discouraged that
someone has broken the confiden
tiality of grand jury proceedings,
and want to remimTpiupr. that al
legations made to a grand jury are
just that — allegations,” Pinzka
said. ‘This is very unfair, and could
be very damaging. As far as we’re
concerned, the grand jury hasn’t
made any findings.”
Roger J. Makley, a lawyer for
Rose, declined to return telephone
calls Wednesday.
Rose has said he allowed former
friend Paul G. Janszen, a Cincin
nati bodybuilder, to count the
money Rose was paid at memora
bilia shows. Janszen said he
stuffed the money into paper bags.
The Plain Dealer reported
sources as saying that Rose is be
lieved to have failed to report to the
IRS at least $250,000 in income be
tween 1985 and 1987.
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Americans in risky situation
The Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Ameri
cans hired extra guards and stayed
close to home Wednesday because
of a guerrilla “death to gringos”
threat, and the government prom
ised special measures to protect
them.
“Every American client I’ve got
was on the telephone this morning
asking for more guards,” the owner
of a security company that protects
several U.S. companies told The
Associated Press.
A U.S. oil executive said his com
pany had cancelled all trips outside
Bogota by American employees.
The National Liberation Army,
known by its Spanish initials ELN,
declared Tuesday that all U.S. in
terests in Colombia were its mili
tant targets.
It has kidnapped three Ameri
cans in a week. James Donnelly of
Detroit and David Kent of India
napolis still are held, but the guer
rillas freed the Rev. Francis Amico
Ferarri of Rochester, N.Y., a
Roman Catholic priest.
Americans on the U.S. Embassy
staff were told Wednesday to stay
home except for necessary trips
and were being escorted to and
from work by armed guards, an
embassy employee said.
The State Department already
had considered Colombia so dan
gerous it would send only people
who were single or married and
willing to live apart from their fam
ilies. Diplomats get hazard pay for
service in Colombia.
Minister of Government Carlos
Lemos, a member of the National
Security Council, said after a
council meeting Tuesday night the
government was making special
arrangements to protect Ameri
cans and U.S. business interests.
He said it appeared recent at
tacks by ELN guerrillas also were
meant to discourage people from
voting in congressional and may-
oral elections March 11. The Na
tional Liberation Army has become
the most anti-American and vio
lent of Colombia’s six guerrilla
groups.
Manuel Perez, a former Catholic
priest, commands the ELN, which
in the past has idolized Fidel
Castro oi Cuba.
Two years ago, his guerrillas
began blowing up sections of Co
lombia’s largest oil pipeline an av
erage of almost once a week. The
line, which carries 240,000 barrels
of crude a day from northeastern
Cano Limon field 500 miles to the
Caribbean coast, has been attacked
twice this week and seven times in
1990.
Ecopetrol, the state oil company,
said the pipeline had been shut
down since Monday because of the
damage. A spokesman, who in
sisted on anonymity for fear of be
coming a guerrilla target, said it
should reopen in a few days.
No firm figures are available on
the number of Americans in Co
lombia, but past U.S. Embassy es
timates have been about 20,000.
U.S. oil companies operating in
the country include Occidental,
Exxon, Texaco, Houston Oil,
Amoco and Chevron. Among the
dozens of other U.S. firms are IBM,
Xerox and General Motors.
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