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Show Chronicle Thursday, April 13, 1989 By Christian Aggeler Chronicle staff writer those who have struck a healthy balance between the two. The director described the U.'s athletic mission as being "twofold." One goal of the athletic program is to ."take gifted athletes and develop them in every way, drawing on all of the university's great resources, from the strength room to academic advising," Hill said. Athletics also provide a "window that people see the U. through," Hill added, describing the athletic program as' "a community relations entity of the school." Hill commended U. football Coach Jim Fassel for - The University of Utah's athletic director made it clear he believes academics should be an important part of any sports program during a Wednesday morning speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Chris Hill, who was recently responsible for the firing of former U. basketball Coach Lynn Archibald and subsequent hiring of Rick Majerus, was speaking on "Athletics-T- he Politics of Winning and Academic Achievement" as part of the institute's "Coffee and Politics" series. After receiving an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, where he played on the school's basketball team, Hill came to the U. for both his master's and doctoral degrees. The director was an assistant under former U. basketball coach Jerry "There should be some fallout in basketball," Hill said. The director anticipates talented players being prevented from playing in important games because of stricter academic standards imposed by Majerus. "It will be hard," Hill admitted, but added "three years from now" he anticipates a more successful court ... disorderly conduct, repetitively yelling But, not one of the complaints contains the 76-8-3- "'And for each of the guilty counts, the Judiciary imposed sanctions of five charity service hours (totaling 15 nours). to be completed by every member and a th months). This prohibits the fraternity from holding social functions, such as formals and parties, and participating in Greek . i: charge." During the hearing, Thomas Amett, Phi Delta Theta chapter adviser and legal adviser for the appeal, said states that only a person Utah &iminal Code 76-8-3- 08 can be charged with obstruction of justice, not an organization. The Judiciary charged the fraternity, not an individual member, guilty of this offense in its decision. The chapter adviser continued that the Judiciary can apply Greek Constitution laws and the U. Student Code, Saturday April 15 7:00 p.m. I Reception of Pioneers The the Sons at N I : . 159 - Union Lobby Union Building its jurisdiction over the fraternity and fraternity v members, Gunnell said. ; ; ASUU Supreme Court Justice Mark Quinn said a more detailed written report of the court's opinion on the appeal will be released within the next few days. . . . -- 'Jntellectualsl Power in Mexl Roberto Vallaf : J 9- - TV Sale Videos Jtional titl i Inl I obby 31 P bn CHILE I Sic! f resentation, Followed by 1 M i sion on Social, Political I jnJ I onomKSituation la Imaf I Ifessf veber State jtute-OShcklei : X. ,V lrC Jte-GS?- ?" 1 many) f J BO irt M II H ff I ff EUm (France) Saturday April 22 1 ?4 1 ' g0" 1 1 I I 1 In Wednesday's edition of the Chronicle, it was erroneously reported that the U. will be signing a $33 million contract with IBM for a new supercomputer. The computer will actually cost $22 million, with $13,061 million coming from IBM, $7,593 million from the U. and $1.3 million from the state. The Chronicle regrets this error and any problems it may have caused. V" April 18 r 1 ForeignF.lm 7-9 ' L Political Fulbright Hinckle Y . correction- Tuesday i II I I 12:00 Noon Me II; - Sale International Videos : 3301 East 2920 South Limited Number of Student Tickets Available at the International Office I I I : Building -- the fraternity members constituted 6. - Monday AprilJLX- -. Semi-Form- al - 06 . TT I 76-8-30- "But there's nothing in there (the complaint) that charges the fraternity with any concerted action, nor:5: does it charge that this arose out of a fraternity activity, or that the fraternity in any way supported or condoned that activity," Amett added.. Brad Gunnell, chief justice for the Judiciary, stated that members of fraternities are responsible for tne actions of their individual members. Gunnell even cited a federal ruling which states, "An association is responsible for ;" X-r':- "If the actions of some offense, then that's the offense that should have been tried. That's the offense the fraternity should have been found guilty of, not a state criminal statute the police officers did. not find any evidence of," Arnett said of the Judiciary's decision. The court's ruling will allow the Judiciary to clearly define the offense it feels was committed, dismissing the obstruction of justice charge under Utah Criminal Code Using the U. Student Code and the Greek Constitution, the Judiciary will now look into clarifying e obscene-languag- obstruction of justice offense.or a statement claiming that the fraternity or an individual member violated or that the fraternity Utah Criminal Code ' condoned the offense. In one of the complaints, "one of the fraternity members was charged with disorderly conduct. He became verbally abusive to an officer that was trying to detain him, and he was hard to control," Arnett said. "He shouldn't have done that. It was wrong, it was illegal and he has gone through the criminal justice system on that ' 76-8-3- 06 Week. its property." at an officer on duty and interfering with a servant making a lawful detention. public 76-8-3- 06 3 conduct of individual members." He added that while the Judiciary is not a state agency, it still has jurisdiction over fraternity members, and part of the Judiciary's responsibility is penalizing fraternities whose members violate the Greek Constitution or the law. Arnett said the Judiciary's interpretation of the law was in error and added that while one member of the fraternity was charged with an offense, Phi Delta Theta is not "absolutely responsible for acts of its members on with that charge. None were so cited," Amett said. 'There's no evidence whatsoever in the transcript that the fraternity even condoned, much less advocated, any of the behavioral incidences that gave rise to the complaints." The U. officers' complaints state that the violations took place at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house and include offenses of minors in possession of alcohol, J social probation (totaling degrees who would have been excluded from competition by the guidelines. "Kids can succeed in life who didn't score well on a test," he said. but because it is not a state agency, the Judiciary has no judicial authority to apply state law. "Let me point out too, that if in fact obstruction of justice had occurred as defined by the statute, I think the members of this court can rest assured that the police officers would have cited the individuals or group from page one their organizational membership." One of the main reasons the Phi Delta Theta fraternity appealed the Judiciary's decision is because it felt the Judiciary lacked jurisdiction to penalize the entire fraternity for individual members' misconduct. The fraternity also claims the individual members' acts were unrelated to activities occurring as part of their membership in the fraternity. The court's Wednesday night decision also told the Judiciary that if it indeed finds it has jurisdiction in the cases, the Judiciary's new opinion must contain direct charges of guilt of innocence regarding the fraternity or member using only the Greek Constitution or the University of Utah Student Code. The court told the Judiciary that it is not to issue findmgs under me Utah Criminal Code. On March 2, 1989, after hearing testimony from three U. police officers, the Judiciary issued a unanimous decision against the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, finding it guilty of three counts of U. Student Code and Utah violations. Utah Criminal Code Criminal Code : is an obstruction of justice offense. ;i one-mon- demise. Hill believes both strong academics and winning can go hand in hand. Programs such as Penn State's Football team and Duke's basketball team are good examples to follow, he said. In spite of his strong academic bias, the director is opposed to the Prop. 48 to the NCAA guidelines, which would impose both a minimum high school GPA and standardized test score in order to compete on the college level. Hill pointed to examples of student-athlete- s earning student-athlete- s. - -- athletic program as well as a higher graduation rate. For proof, Hill said freshman forward Josh Grant's grades actually improved along with the quality of his . play during the past season. Still, winning will be important to the athletic program. Hill emphasized. The football program, for instance, now has a budget "within reason with the rest of the people in bur league" after a period of emphasizing academics in his program and said Majerus should also do "a great job" developing Pimm. Hill said he believes athletics and academics "should be valued in. the right way," adding the athletic directors most respected across the nation appear to be Page Three I Ims I I Kagtf Jha (Japan) i f International 7:00 p.m. Kingsbury T 1 Wednesday I April 19 11:30-1:3- 0 Y Sale International Videos Union Lobby I SUK APRlI I I I -- jAY i Friday i April 21 20 11:30 1:30 11:30 1:30 EGYPT 12:00 Noon y sSvCastl - 9 11 Zorba the Greek (Greece) Ibraimw , opt-- Hinckley Admission MIDDLE EAST, Open Forum Hinkley Institute - 0SH . n X " v International Videos Union Lobby International Videos VNOO Sale -- -- in Current NJypt's PlaceEvents" (Italy) L 1 Union Lobby 12:30 Balloon Liftoff -- . v FOREIGN CLUBS DAY Union Terrace Eastern Arts Performing on the Plaza Foreign Films v I InstitutetJSiT I . On Monday & Tuesday of International Week, cards will be available at the table in the Union Building. Contestants will write in their name, address and phone number. 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