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The Red and Black • Thursday, May 24, 1990 • 6
Two University students arrested for prank
By MICHAEL W. McLEOO
Staff Writer
It started out aa “just something
•tupid to do," William Thomason, a
freshman political science major,
said.
He and Robert Hoffman, a soph
omore agriculture engineering
major, were returning from a night
out when they made the decision
that landed them in “hell," Thom
ason said.
He and Hoffman were arrested
by University police when they at
tempted to make off with a banner
hanging in the Tate Student
Center plaza early Tuesday
morning. University officials said
students often commit similar
pranks and don’t consider the con
sequences.
Thomason said, “We’d been out
partying and just weren’t thinking.
We didn’t think we’d get caught. It
seemed like a commonplace thing.
We were just thinking, 'Oh, get
that banner.' "
The banner the students took
was 24 feet long and advertised the
Tate Center’s current art gallery
exhibit from the Smithsonian In
stitution, conference facilitator
Mark Hicks said. The banner, do
nated by the Smithsonian, is worth
about $400.
Thomason and Hoffman were
both charged with theft by taking
and underage possession of al
cohol, according to police reports.
Thomason also was charged with
unlawful use of a driver’s license
because he had someone else’s lis-
cense with him.
Sgt. Richard Goodson of the Uni
versity police said Thomason’s
statement to police that he’d been
drinking in a bar earlier can be
used as reasonable evidence to
prove he’d used the license ille
gally.
Judicial Programs Counselor
Roger Lee said, “Normally (stu
dents) don’t know the conse
quences. They read about the
consequences, as with DUIs, and
don't think it will ever happen to
them; a lot of them don’t realize the
value or the risk involved.”
Thomason said, “It’s just a sign,
I mean how many people have stop
signs hanging in their dorm room.”
Goodson said, “We probably
have a lot of prankish type inci
dents, probably about one a month,
it seems, like with barricades or
signs.”
Although the incidents may be
pranks, Goodson said police will
prosecute all criminal acts.
“I don’t care if they take it se
rious or not; those petty thefts add
up real quick and (prosecuting)
sets up an environment that tells
them what’s acceptable and what’s
not,” he said.
Thomason said he and Hoffman
spent about three hours in the
Clarke County Jail. Thomason’s
bond was set at $2,000 and Hof
fman’s at $1,000. Thomason paid
$200 to a bail-bonding service to
get out of jail; Hoffman paid $100.
“I think the consequences from
my father will be worse than any
thing the police will do. I may not
be going to school because of this; it
depends on how my father reacts to
this,” Thomason said.
“1 know I’ve learned a tremen
dous amount from this; I just wish
I could've learned it a little easier.”
Hoffman couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Bird's-eye view: Students seen conducting their lives as they wander outside of the jour
nalism building.
Cause of sophomore’s death is revealed
Take a good look at ‘MagiCan’
The Associated Press
The Coca-Cola Co.’s '‘MagiCan”
promotion has left a bad taste in
some consumers’ mouths, so the
soft drink maker ran full-page
newspaper advertisements
Wednesday to beat any negative
feelings about the $100 million
campaign. Ads in many of the na
tion’s large newspapers told cus
tomers to ‘Take A Good Look” at
their cans of Coca-Cola Classic.
Random cans of Coke, which have
no special markings, contain no
cola and are equipped with a mech
anism that is designed to eject a
prize when the can is opened. But
Coke officials said “a very small
number” of the cans are defective,
failing to pop the prize. Some also
are leaking the chlorinated water
that is used to make the unopened
prize cans feel like regular Cokes.
Randy Donaldson, a spokesman for
Coca-Cola, said the company has
received 22 complaints since the
promotion began May 7. He
stressed that the water in the prize
cans is harmless.
Laura Carpenter, the sophomore
history major who died in her River
Mill apartment Saturday, suffered
a cardiac arrest, Clarke County
Coroner Tom Lord said
Wednesday.
“It may take up to eight or 10
weeks for the tests to come back.
There’s nothing mysterious about
it; we know she died of some type of
cardiac arrest, we’re just not sure
of what caused it,” he said.
Funeral services and a mass will
be held for Carpenter today in
Troy, N.Y. A memorial service will
be held at the Abundance Chris
tian Fellowship, at 459 Clayton St.,
A memorial service will
be held at the
Abundance Christian
Fellowship Monday at
7 p.m.
Monday at 7 p.m.
The more people I talk to the
more people I found out knew
Laura ana wanted to pay their re
spects” said Jennifer Ramsdell, a
sophomore advertising major who
was a friend of Carpenter’s.
"A minister will speak and a
couple of her friends will say a few
words,” she said.
Anyone who has any questions
about the service should contact
Ramsdell.
— Michael W. McLeod
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