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MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

Thunday, December 10, 1992

Lawsuit filed against MSU By G.l'IIDick Fortntt- U Staff Wrikr M1dwe11em Staki U lllvor11ty,

lho M SU Board of Rc1ca11 and MS U P ru1den1 Or. Lo uu J. RodJ11u11 h•v• been named 11 dcreadanu 10 a lawauil filed with 1hc )0th Jud1c11I D1atncl Coun

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W1c h1ta Cowwy. The plauu1ff, Dr. Neil 8 . Hol· liman . bu brouabl tbe 1uit on the 1ro uM1 that tt.. vwted nrt,u u a teour•d facull7 1111111bar at Midwu torn wuc 11kcn w ithout due

proce u or law and equal prOlcc • requued under the Sth and a mendment, lo the Uo11cd

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A ccord1111 to Hol llmu ·, o r111n1 l pc111 1o n to 1bc cou r t , durin,: the t pnna of 1987. he offered tulimooy to tbc Acadcm,c A ppe al, Comm,1100 a t M idwu1crn la 1upporl of a araduatc siudcnt that b■d be.en d 11m1u cd from lbo propm. Upon c o mple tion o f Che a~ peal , tlie 1 ra duate , cudeot was

subaequt. oll y roadm1llcd lo the 1 r1duatc pro1nm for the 19 87-88 acadcnuc you. After tho 1tudc ol's rc.adm11· , ion 10 1bc pro s nm , with u ce~ lum o f Hol lima n, rho ptycbo lo1y dt. pulmonl fac uhy docl1ocd to serve on tha t 11udent'1 1rad ua1e comm11tee. Ho lliman·, au1l cootcod.J that the department's refusa l lo serve on Uld comm1Uoc. W H • • • an e ffort to tbwa fl H id 1raduate stud4!ot·, de , rcc p ro1 r1m 1n d nec l co&tr1d1c11o n to u c.at,h1hcd Un1vc,• 111y pohca ~ ptdcn1 aamc. • Holl,man 's su11 abo coocends t b a l aft er I b o 1t ud e ot waa re101111ed. v1r1ou1 me mo randa and 1111emcnta from faculty mcm. bcn o f lbe D1 v11t0n of Soc11l and Behavioral Scteaeea, a, well u the div1s100 c hair were made with the 1n te ol o f dacna1 101 Ho lliman·• profee.t1onal rcputattnn. Holhman wa1 tbc.a cfum1ued 11 t he pros ra m d irector 0 1 p,yc holoJy a t MlldwcAcm. with a

conllrma tt u n o t Ille d u m iu a l d e 111 led 1n a memo h o m 1be dueclo r of tho Div1"on of Social a nd Behavioral Sc1eaces , date ct

S.,,,. J0, 1987. T he m e mo slated tha t Ho l· li man wa, d1srt11ued H result o f b u a ppe uan c e b e fo r e th e AcadcmK Aff11ra COfflJWltoe. When con1u lte d abo u t 1h11 v1hd11y o f chc,o 1lle1at1ot1•, Or. Rober! E.Cl■rk, d irecto r o f Use Divi1100 of Social and Behav1oral SciencH , ■a.id 1M could oot u,mmeat. and any q uesltoot bad 10 bl! duected 10 lhe office o f academic

afwn. Du na1 Uld 1988-89 academic ye.ar , Ho lhma o filed a 1neva 11ec wi th th e c h a u o f !Uc Fa c uhy Seni le lo q uestio n the academic p u c11c c, of fellow fac ulty mcmbc n of lhc depu lmcnl of psychol· DI Y al M1d wu tcm 1n rrft rtnce to • .•. lhc ir 1nvolvemco1 10 d11c redi1 Pla11111ff (HoUtmao)... •

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'Voices' deadline slated for Feb. 19 By Jean Hull Staff W rit.tr

Tho ,ubm1u 1on deadl ine for •v0tus• ina1azinc bu boeo Sd foe Feb. 19, accordin1 to D, . Robcn Johnso n , fac ulty ad vi ur. The ma1az.ioe will be d11tribu1ed May

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MSU basketball player Jason Paty receives admiration from his #1 fan, his nephew Brock.

Vo1ce1° a1us11n1 ed ito r

YvOllne Bakar u 1d the subnuss1on bo1. w ill N louted in the upstairs hallway of tho Hardin Ad m1n1s1r1• tion Bu1ldin1 from no w until the deadline. Si nco 1ubmiu1ons will not be re turne d , atudcnta are eDCoor11ed to hep c opies of all work s ubm iu e d , u pc c 1a lly photoir■ph • 111d a rtwot-k, Baker .wiid.

A ll lite rar y s ubmiu1on i. should be typed and accompanied b y • cover s heet coot11n1n1 the !Ille and len11h o f lhe piece , a nd 1h c 11udeo1· s nam e . a ddress, te lepho ne number , clus1ficat1on and mtJ0r Students s hould not put tbeu na mes anywhere o o 1he wo rk 1t• self, only on lhc cm'n' '1,c,ets_ StlCCllonJ W Iii be choKn by . comb1n111o n of c dno riial dec1s1on by the '1af r and blind riev,ew by a p,rne l of e1, ht sludt nls and faculry members. S 11u.le nt1 w h o1e wor ks are ~ lec icJ will be noc,ficJ bcfm e the m11■11nt. 11 pubh wd.

Christmas history kindles holiday spirit ..,_ ......

Chn, tmu cu~ton'LS vary from lho Ch rn 1mu tree, 11 1~ widel y place 10 plac e anJ a mon1 a ro ups behoved Chai Marlm Lu1her bt11n o f d iffe ren t na llonal o r11 1ns. In tho custom 1n Germany. O11vin1 ■ round town , ti h•~ The .111h1 of an evcr;reen lt'CCl mo st ■ r eH , however , homr.1 are '-OGW! evide nt thal C hn ~1rna1 1~ dec o rsh:d v. llh e ve rerecn", ca lled on Ch ri11mu c vo, wt1h ~tar, bl■ z.· mae ue ( C hr is1· , Chulillna.t trees , colored lifhL, and in1, above, ,s said to have matle a Huo ld Jo na., Park. 111 N inth Ma u ) o r C hri, 1mu . a rcs11v al Jlllk:rin1 link l. area l 1mp reu1on o n h im, ■nd he ffrttl a nd ll 1e hwa y 28 7. IS P eo ple .tend o no ■ n och r r pu1 a s1m,l■r lree , dccou led with com miemo ralin e the h1r1h o f l cJW 4oc«11rd \\ 1th light~ in n'I0\l o l C h11, 1mu c arJs and bu y r ifts for h1h1ed candles. 1n hn humc. ln the Chnsl I ) • , cry old hoWay. k trecs. A C h n li tmu u et m.idit" ·A, o u nd A , O J20 or JS J . 1he H fam il ie s and fr 1e n d 1 . pru t-n t d ■y. clec111e Chr111mas ' htltu , 1run r o n an u o n fr1me Dec 25 w u c s ubll li h e d u Ch1IJrc:n look torw ard lo • vis ll hghts have come lo bt. w1tkly us,cJ - 1llum1n1k~ th e rark ~f ,d· Ch ri ~iin:u Thie rr111on for sdKt· f rom Sanra Claus . They h1 01 up 1n place of the t11d111ona l candk:ti. There arc- man y legend, 1h11 their •tock,nj i on Chnstmu Eve. lillltrn, 111 l u pins w,1h 1rad1tmn. in J th" par11, ul:1r Ja tc IS obscure. •lho 1n che sp1111 d1 , pl11,- mg 1he Mil , i:o:neriilly b,:heved lhal lhe snd o n C hr1 ~1m11 mo rn1n1 1hcy a c couat for the 011 1 1n o f the 11 1 d1~.:over 1hct 11f~ 1h11 have hcen C h ri (lmn lree d ccout mns. The '-" Fant,~y <>I L1GhL-1 J lllC w .1, , h o~c n 1u c o rru po nd firs t us e o f t1n.tt l h a, bee n e.tOld ■ nJ yo u n g ald, it" l' Ol!l<' wii h p■ t,:an fes11vs h 1h11 took td1 for the m duuni the ru~ I. T hese ~us1oms. tevends i nd plamed hy lht followmc \ IOf)'. &t■ mile, af n und 1,, t, , ur th e pla..:e 1 10 11 nJ th e time o f 1h e One e ve ning s hu rl ly before 11atu ; o r L 1t:h1S ca .... h ye ar . w1n1ier ,1,o>bll\t, . c d c:-t-UI IOn o f trad1t1ons ha\'e Men h.■ nJcd down C hn , tmu . • poor, good wo m11n for gcne r1111>ns lit.rd C' rn u..:h . 1 W u: h 11 1 f• ll c 0 The c.ver~recn lrtc n • ~rm• d cco r.ue d • tree for he r fam ily. '-o, Clhun. s11d 1h11 C hri-.l lOU ) OCIII ind lhc:' · ; ,;;:~.::~ : ll c.b1n1ed ~111,t' ht- \\ I._ 1 yuu ni: fanu h h o ll J a y. ,. nd n11ny o f 115 htil o f ,mmortahty and • S) nihol ol Du ri ng the mcht, sp1Je rli lodgt d 1he Chu • 1m.-:- s-pm l While there , n lhC" tre e a nJ CO \ e rt"J 11 w11h >,. mos t i , mill at \ U)Ulffl~ have 11111" u c m11nv uk•~ ahoul tfk- 0111tm of th r ir wet- ~. The C hri cl C hi ld , "\\.'hr n I wo III t,i.,, )'llU u ni~ v r n,• rd,, 100., -11•,n1tica0<.e 1tl On e 111)' ,. , C h ri,lffl -' ' 0IIDly TffTy

C hflSlmu w• -1 mo re o f• time for family 1et· 10l:etheu and bti neats. Chn ~ima, ha.~ become more com• mc:- r,.. u luc1I in re1..en l ye a rs , ·

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s c e 1n1 th 11, re a lu .ed 1h11 lh t woma n wo uld be u d to s ec hu surpu ~t ,po1lcJ. He lu rne d l hc ~p1Je1 we bs 1nto 511\·e r. ■nd the nul mo rnm1 lhe poor f1m1ly w..s d.u.tleJ by the t111ll11nt orn1mcn1, th lt ~hone oo 1hc tree. C ht1Clnll \ C' I IJS arc . C0ffl• paral1 \C I)' rt ccn l 111dt11o n. T hey fir~t • rrt■ rtd e■ , ly 10 the 1840s, \\hc-n -.C\ r,;11 Encli,hmtn had c a,J , maJ t.l for their fncnd'I. Lo u1" P ri ne , a p11n1e r and a Ge rm a n c- m1 1 ra n1. intro duc ed Ch11, 1m1n c ud s in 1hc Un11e d S1.11c, m 1875 Su-...:c lhat time they h a , ·c rapi d l y 1ni:r e u e d 1n popul,nty, T he c uMo m o f e , c han 1n a

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THE P!.ANE

MOCADlSHU. Somalia, Dec . 9 (LAT/WPl··· ·-··· ·U.S .

Ma rtnca descended on this shattered d ly by a lr and sen early Wednesday on a mission of mercy. to help stab!• Uzc a country racked by war and s t arva tio n that has kJllcd m or e than 300.000

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