SMC Empath, 1981 April 14

              La Plata Court
Acquits Jackson
Of DWI Charges
The Student News Publication of St. Mary's College of Maryland
Volume 1 Number 5 April 14, 1981
Students to Select Next
Year's SGA Representatives
On April 1 5, 16
Dr. J. Renwick Jackson, President of Saint Mary's College, was arrested
and later acquitted of charges of driving while intoxicated. The acquittal
came because of a lack of evidence against Dr. Jackson.
b y Warren S tr o b e l
Dr. J. Renwick Jackson, Presi­dent
of St. Mary’s College, was
arrested and charged with driving
while intoxicated at 2:20 a.m. on
the morning of March 26.
The arrest came as Dr. Jackson
was driving his 1979 Ford through
Waldorf, Maryland on the way
back from Baltimore. State
Trooper C. Mazaika noticed that
Dr. Jackson’s vehicle was drifting
and pulled him over.
After refusing a breathalyzer
test, Jackson stated that he did
not want to disturb anyone at
that hour by calling them and
having them pick him up. He was
thus incarcerated for the night at
Waldorf State Police Barracks.
At 8:30 that same morning,
Dr. Jackson made his initial court
appearance, was informed of the
charges and released on his own
recognizance. His attorney, Mr.
Edward Digges, issued a notice of
appearance of March 30th, and a
trial date was set for Friday, April
10 at the County Courthouse in
La Plata.
Dr. Jackson states that he was
sleepy, not intoxicated, and plans
to plead not guilty at his trial. He
has issued the following statement
to local newspapers and radio
stations:
“I had put in an eighteen hour
working day on March 25, had
attended two meetings in Balti­more,
and became very drowsy
while driving to St. Mary’s City. I
was sleepy, not intoxicated.
—J. Renwick Jackson, Jr.”
On Friday, April 10, Dr. Jack­son
was acquitted of the charges
filed against him due to a lack of
evidence.
Chomsky To Speak on
Biological Linguistics
b y J. Brian O 'D a y a rt b y R a fe Sh annon tionary theory has implications
Noam Chomsky, a leader in in other disciplines such as philo-the
field of linguistic studies and sophy and the social sciences,
a famous anti-war activist and Adding to this controversy are
foreign policy critic, is speaking the political stands Chomsky has
on campus April 13th and 14th. taken. In the 1960’s, he became
He is giving a public lecture, one 0f the leading academic
entitled “Resurgent America: Ide- critics of the Vietnam War.
ology and Foreign Policy” at Chomsky received his degrees
8:00 p.m. Monday in St. Mary’s from the University of Pennsyl-
Hall and will be talking to the
Political Theory Seminar and
Theories of Human nature class
during his visit.
Chomsky is known for his
challenges of the behavioristic
view that language is learned,
arguing instead that language is
biological system. This revolu-vania,
was a member of the
Harvard Society of Fellows and is
currently Institute Professor at
MIT. He has lectured at over 300
colleges and universities in the
United States, Europe, and Asia,
and many of his works have been
translated into at least a half
dozen languages.
b y M. L y n n e S ta n fie ld
and
Carrie P ow an d a
The student body will be
electing their respective Student
Government Representatives on
April 15 and 16. Positions for
Senatorial and Executive Board
will be contended for.
In an attempt to give the
student body a better under­standing
of perspective positions,
a short synopsis of the duties
will be given. This will enable
you to know what the candidates,
once they declare their can­didacy,
will be asking you to
decide upon.
The members of the Executive
Board consists of the President
of the SGA, the Vice President,
the Treasurer, the Recording
Secretary, and the Parliamentarian
of SGA. The Senatorial Board
is made up of a total of 19 stu­dents.
There will be two members
from each of the dorms, one
representative for the underclass­men,
and one for the upperclass­men.
In the fall semester, two
representatives from Calvert will
also be elected. Four at large
members, representing each class,
will also be named. There will
be seven commuter representa­tives,
chosen from the various
jblocks of apartments.
The underclass positions, how­ever,
will not be decided until
the fall semester, in order to
give the in-coming students an
opportunity to run. These posi­tions
include underclass repre­sentatives
from the dorms and
also the Freshman at Large.
The duties of President re­quire
that he / she preside over
meetings of the SGA, the Student
Senate, and the Executive Board.
He I she also has the power to
appoint the committee chairman.
The President can call special
SGA meetings. Also required is
the attendance of all Board of
Trustees meetings.
The Vice President presides
over SGA meetings in the absence
of the President. In the event
that the presidency becomes va­cant,
the Vice President will
assume this office. Both the
President and Vice President must
submit written reports to the
Senate concerning their meetings.
The Recording Secretary re­cords
the minutes of all SGA,
Faculty, Staff, and Senatorial
meetings. He / she supervises the
publication and distribution of
these minutes, which are distri­buted
to the Senators. He / she
also watches over the monthly
publication of a list of actions
taken by the Senate. This list
is available to all students. The
Recording Secretary is paid at
the prevailing rate of work - study
wages.
The Treasurer handles the
financial business of the SGA.
He I she keeps a permanent record
of financial transactions and also
states the conditions of finances.
The Treasurer chairs the SGA
Program Board, which decides on
the allocation of the Student
Activities fees. The office of
Parlimentarian requires keeping
order during Student Senate meet­ings
and SGA meetings.
Sally Saker, current President
of the SGA, forecasts a competi­tive
election this year. She says
there will be “stiff competition
because of controversial bills.”
The following students have
declared themselves as candidates
for SGA office next year as of our
printing deadline:
PRESIDENT
Buddy Hawk
Mary Seng
VICE PRESIDENT
Kee Abell
Tim Dillingham
TREASURER
Don Saire
George Taylor
SECRETARY
Trish Meissner
Cari Wright
SENIOR AT LARGE
Brian O’Day
JUNIOR AT LARGE
Penny Beall
Gail Russell
SOPHOMORE AT LARGE
Mark Lombardo
Stuart McHenry
COMMUTER AT LARGE
Marc Milrod
CAROLINE UPPERCLASS
Cary Loker
Karen Smith
DORCHESTER UPPERCLASS
Andy Bass
P.G. UPPERCLASS
Sandy Pillard
Garth Renolds
Q.A. UPPERCLASS
Mae Jacobs
COMMUTER UPPERCLASS
Chuck Nameth
The SMC EMPATH endorses
those candidates who will openly
and actively dedicate themselves
to furthering student life, achieve­ments,
and equality. We refute
those who are interested in person­al
aggrandizement and muckraking.
We leave the choice to the voting
student body, while emphasizing
the importance of your individual
vote. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTE.
Nobel Prize Winner Strives for Irish Peace
by J. Brian O 'Day
Nobel Peace Prize recipient,
Betty Williams, will speak in St.
Mary’s Hall at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday,
April 14th. Mairead Corrigan and
Ciaran McKeown, of the “Com­munity
of Peace People,” an or­ganization
dedicated to stopping
the violence in Northern Ireland.
The organization was started in
1976 after Ms. Williams witnessed
an accident in which 3 children
died. Her outrage at seeing the
innocent deaths resulting from a
car chase in which the British shot
an IRA member, resulted in a
peace march involving 10,000
women. To keep the movement
alive, Williams, Corrigan, and
McKeown started the organiza­tion
of Peace People to plan
marches and bring about a climate
in which peace has a chance.
The money received from the
Nobel Peace Prize and the Nor­wegian
“Peace People Prize’ has
been used to continue the move
ment.