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Show HE FORUM Page4 serial killers look like normal people. Most serial killers MattLuers Staff Writer liM dont look like For ASWCs Wacky xe isad, Not glossy-eye- d strange, but dangerous. Dr. Fox went on to add, Theyre bad, not mad. Dr. Foxs experience is not solely based from his education however. Fox has been involved in coundess University of Pennsylvania. Before a packed auditorium, Dr. Fox educated the students of Westminster with the truths and myths about serial killers. Dr. Fox not only shared investigations, most notably the investigation of Daniel Rolling, also known as The Gainesville Ripper, in the early 1990s. Fox has also talked with Tracy Edwards, -- information about notorious serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffery Dahmer, but also other killers that may not have been so well known, such as Ed Gein and John Wayne Gacy. When discussing these killers, Dr. Fox repeatedly stressed that most who escaped from Jeffery Dahmer and avoided becoming his last victim. Dr. Fox has been interviewed countless times by the press and appeared on many talk shows, including The Oprah Winfrey show and 2020. Fox has also written 15 books Dr. James Alan Fox lent insight and entertainment at Wednesday's lecture on serial killers in the Gore Auditorium. and many magazine and jour- nal articles. While Dr. Fox was very serious throughout his presentation, he was able to add a little humor to keep the ten- - ' sion down. He admitted that this was a very serious subject, but that being aware of these peoples behaviors and attitudes would help people to be able to see what makes these people the way they are. By using a little humor. Fox was able to better reach the audience. For the end of his presentation. Dr. Fox offered just one more statistic. 100 people die every year at the hand of a serial killer. 400 people die from hitting a deer with their car. But that does not mean that Bambi is more dangerous than Bundy. AMMVAwiwJwiutwm) jwh JLWIJMWUAW.WWJl'JAUWJ P o.stern rresent A1'-:- 5picncior of the fersi.jn P.mpire n Evening of fvusic it 1 & Cold Weather and Good Chili Dance -. Jeremy A. Johnson Staff Writer y. S 1 &:: Vi y r. f v - we$ Chilly and chili combined as WOKLDANCE Kingsbury Hall. Friday, November 8th at 7pm PERSIAN DANCER FROM IOS ANGELES Banafsheh Sayyad MUSICIANS Shlrzad Sharif on tonbalc participants of the Westminster Colleges chapter annual chili of cook-of- f competed for the best of the best Thursday afternoon from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tanner Plaza. Contestants entered their chili in the most ideal condi- cold g tions for weather. , Two first place winners walked away with the golden ladle this year: assistant professor of psychology and Psi- Psi-Ch- is VrOMSAN FRANCISCO Mohammad Nejad on ney Oanc (turn SVU. UorfU Chact Owe Emnmbl. toMnumoMl Dune Thutrx, DionymM Gnat Dxnexm SIC Arts 33 lunatics. They look like normal people, like you or me, said Fox, labeling them as not Wednesday last week. Dr. James Alan Fox came to the Gore Auditorium to talk about serial killers. Dr. Fox, who has the nickname Dean of Death, has a Ph.D. in sociology and a masters in criminology from the 1 November 5, 2002 3S5-arTicIwU xvailabfc at or www.Arttlx.otg AUmfcwort $10 iruwvad soadno) nd SS MudAnunmori 4 www.ExstorBArtfcts.coxn For not kilo col t ASUU chili-eatin- QUOTE OF THE WEEK Chi advisor Dr. Paul Presson and Psi-CRathofer. hi president David Despite the cold weather and the low turnout, the event raised $80 dollars. Presson said the funds raised will be used in the Psychology Banquet to be held this spring to award students for outstanding achievement. We are hopeful that more clubs and individuals will get involved and take our ladle away, said Presson who blamed the low turnout on the cold weather. When asked if the low president of the chapter, David Rathofer, said he was pleased with the turnout considering how cold the weather was and hopes for a better turnout next year. Psi-Cis the national students honorary society in psychology. The Westminster College chapter has between 45 and 50 members. To be a member of the chapter students must be in the top 35 percent of their class. Once elected, members attend hi , monthly meetings, perform service projects and host the annual chili cook-of- f. turnout was a disappointment Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.55 Kennedy, Robert F. Assistant professor of psychology Paul Presson(far. left) and David Rathofer (far right) dished up the best chilis at Thursdays annual cook-of- f to benefit Psi Chi. |