The DePauw, December 11, 1998

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FRIDAY~ DBCBIIBBR 11~ 1998
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IT'S FOR REAL
NEXT FEBRUARY
DAVE
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TIM
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by JeffMohl
Union Board announced an
impressive C~stmas gift to
DePauw students on Wednesday.
After two years of searching for
a big-name band to come to
DePauw, Union Board finally
secured a deal with Dave
Matthews to come to campus on
-Feb. 21. Kresge Auditorium will
be the last stop for Matthews and
Tim Reynolds on their acoustic
tour of colleges and universities.
Tickets will cost students $20
each and will go on sale Feb. 6,
three days before they are offered
to the public. IT DePauw students
don't buy tickets for all of the
1,400 seats in Kresge, others can
pay $30 for each of the remaining
SEE DAVE PAGE 5
FEATURES
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WHERE:
Kresge Auditorium
WHEN:
Sunday, Feb. 21
TICKETS:
A lottery will be held
Feb. 6 for students to
obtain tickets before
they are made available
to the general public
COST:
Students: $20
General Admission: $30
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A toast to 01' The DePauW
Burr Settles new game livens up the paper I 12 .
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Student" Co ss
votes for overhaul
• Aftw last night's vole, Conat [ n
repn .a.1atNes wII no Ionaer be - -
alaeled by living unit. Now, euery
campus ",plizatiCM wiI be
alawad one votill -inernber.
by Jacob Coy
Last night's 17-6 ratification of the
Government Evaluation Committee's
report and proposal marked the end of
Student Congress as the student body
knows it.
The result oflast night's ratification
of the amendment will. for all intents
and purposes, act as a new ronstitu­tion.
Student Body PI esident, senior
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Ryan Danks, said before debate began
that the GEC, "started over with stu­dent
government at DePauw."
The significant changes of GEe's
report include a change in the repre­sentation
of Student Congress, the cre­ation
of an Executive Vice PIesident
position and the addition of two com­mittees
to Congress that deal with
organizations and first-year students.
The most debated change of the
amendment dealt with the issue of rep­resentation.
According to Article VI,
section 2, "All recognized student orga­nizations
of DePauw University sha))
elect one voting representative to
SEE CONGRESS PAGE 4
Racism said to mar
Putnam
byJ.K Wall
Recent word of racism in
Indiana's prison system caused
DePauw students to protest in
Indianapolis last Friday. But at the
Putnamville Correctional Facility,
there's a 10-year pattern of racism
without repercussions.
Reports of racism show a pattern
of intimidation, violence, harass­ment,
retaliation and favoritism
within the Putnamville facility,
which is known as the State Farm.
These reports stem from Indiana
Department of Corrections docu­ments
and accounts from people
with intimate knowledge of'
Putnamville.
These reports consist pf numer­ous
complaints by prison officers
and inmates. The complaints,
charged almost daily, are incidents
-SPORTS
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of racial, ethnic and sexual insults.
There are allegations of officers
assaulting inmates and retaliating
against those who complain or
oppose these acts.
The reported racism is allegedly
connected with a white supremacy -
group called the "Brotherhood."
According to some State Farm
employees, certain employees and
~ates make up this group and are
known by a common tattoo that says
simply, "Brotherhood.· But a 1995
FBI investigation didn't find evi­dence
to substantiate the existence
of such a group.
However, certain officers were
commonly actused of wrongdoing.
They usually denied or justified the
complaints, often testifying on each
SEE PRISON PAGE 6
DePauw diving gets golden touch
Former Olympic gold medallist to coach dive1'S I 13
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