The C ollegian Grove City College Vol. 56 No. 6 Friday, October 6, 1995 In this week's Not Guilty Collegian On the Perspectives Football great O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder page, independent stu- Grove City students jury's verdict. Junior Allen jury used "jury nullifica- football great. It is rumored dents are concerned Stupplebeen sums up many tion" to acquit O.J. instead of and professors he will come before the pub- other's disgust and disap- sticking to the facts of the lic to answer questions-ques- with the sororities and respond to verdict pointment saying: "When I case. This principle allows a tions the prosecution never fraternities. See a saw the verdict, it made me jury to reach a conclusion had the opportunity to ask. want to wretch." By BEN FLETCHER based on personal moral Don't look for his interview Letter to the Editor Collegian News Editor on network television, how- and a response from ever, because recent news Despite a cost of more than the Pan Hellenic $22 million and either "I think we stories say he plans to take advantage of the public in- Council 2 tremendous evidence or a trigue by making it a pay- brilliantly planned conspir- have to per-view program. acy, the prosecution failed to "When I saw The Etiquette convince the 12 person jury believe in It is approximated he spent beyond a reasonable doubt at least $8 million financing Dinner, a Grove City that O.J. Simpson murdered the verdict, his legal counsel and their tradition. Büt how can his ex-wife Nicole Brown the search for the evidence to cast Simpson and her friend it made the doubt needed to result in it help you during an Ronald Goldman. American his acquittal. interview? 3 The rationale of the jury Education major Jonathan will remain a mystery until me want justice system Truchan sums his opinion of each reveals the way he or she the trial in saying, "From my More than 100 peo- reached a conclusion. The to wretch. and we have heart I want to say he's inno- ple gathered in down- possible mindset of the jurors cent I think we have to include throwing out the evi- believe in the American jus- town Grove City last dence based on an attempt to to believe in tice system and we have to week as a part of the send the Los Angeles police believe in the verdict." department a message to end the verdict." Life Chain's silent History major Clinton the racism and bungling of Sanko expressed a bit more protest against abor- proper procedure. Or, the cynicism with the trial and jury could have been over- Simpson: "He's lied so much tion 4 whelmed by doubt resulting On the other side, students from the defense's relentless conviction while ignoring the he probably believes he's in- with great faith in the system law and facts in a case. nocent." pursuit of holes, questions, believe the conclusion What to do this and discrepancies. Attorneys and legal pun- reached in the trial represents Business Professor and dits will continue to debate weekend? Catch up on While most Americans, ac- what must be the truth. Polit- practicing attorney Dr. John the effects of the case long ical Science Professor Dr. Sparks believes the Los cording to polls both before after O.J. makes his next what's happening in Paul Bonicelli believes the Angeles Police Department's and after the verdict, do be- "Naked Gun." Those who system works well, but re- bungling of the evidence and movies and music 5 lieve O.J. committed the have believed in his inno- quires "reasonable, moral, the prosecution's mistake in crimes, each person's answer cence all along are encour- and objective" people for bringing Mark Fuhrman to to the question depends aged by the system giving a The Plush Bubble is largely on their race. Whites justice to be served. In this minority a fair trial in the the stand resulted in Simp- case he believes it appears the son's acquittal. He does not, by a significant margin side face of daunting public fast approaching, however, believe the defense with the prosecution and jurors "put their emotion opinion and seemingly indis- Check out which blacks generally believe O.J. above the facts and reason." lawyers abused the system, putable evidence. Col. Thomas Lillie, also a but simply took every mea- when he maintained his inno- Professor Marvin Folk- bands will grace the political science professor, sure possible and allowed by cence. ertsma, while surprised at the 6 puts much of the blame for the judge to cast doubt on the stage verdict, most fears the The racial division of the length of the trial on prosecution's theory. "smoldering resentment of opinion reflects strongly on Judge Lance Ito for his fall- whites against blacks" which this campus, with the vast Political Science major ing to control the counsel for The Women's soccer already seems to be forming. majority of students sickened Chad Updegrove put it best. both sides. Americans have not heard "It's between God and O.J. team and the tennis or at least disappointed at the In addition, he believes the the last from the 47-year-old now." teams improve their records 7 Trial of the decade grabs attention of the world By ERIN BEHAN Those two words are the happen every day. Murders judicial system, a symbol of Collegian Entertainment culmination of months of much more gruesome than the general injustice in soci- And meet the Men's Editor both technical and tearful the events of June 13, 1994. ety, and perhaps most impor- soccer captains and testimony and millions of Trials which drag on longer tantly, a symbol of what The verdict for the O.J. dollars of both public and than the Simpson case are in money really can buy. check out all the Simpson trial has landed on private funds. Those two courts all over the United Women's volleyball the Grove City College cam- Although the trial and its words announce the begin- States. pus, and it is not often that ning of the end of one of the symbols have most likely not action 8 any national event penetrates most fascinating events of the Why the fascination with altered any Grovers' world our thick-skinned bubble year and quite possibly of the this murder trial? view, or even convinced them considering the prevailing 90s. No doubt the media en- that reading a newspaper ev- attitude on campus, concern- But it is not the verdict that couraged much of the hype ery day. is a good idea, per- ing national news is, "the should have grabbed our at- and rhetoric, but the media haps it has raised some ques- Inside world will care of itself and, tention. It's the scenario delivers what the public tions or thoughts about our excuse me, I have to study for leading up to the verdict that wants. The United States and society. a test." is the real story or soap Grove City College wanted to Perspectives 2 But on Tuesday afternoon know, not really about the This trial is the exagger- opera. The script read straight ated microcosm of the world News at 1, this apathy turned, and it from Hollywood with love, trial or the verdict, but about 3 into which each of us will seemed that every student not betrayal, lust; suspenseful America. And now, in the Religion 4 in class had eyes glued to a courtroom drama; skeletons process, we know more than soon be entering. Keeping in everyone's closet, and we bargairied to know. updated on O.J. may have Entertainment 5-6 TV screen or ears straining given us more insight into the toward a radio. many people' tuned in to The Simpson trial has be- world than our last humani- Sports 7-8 Grove City was paying at- "catch up" every day. come a symbol a symbol of ties class. tention. The fascination does not the oppressed black man, a And best of all, Peter lie in the specific events symbol of a corrupt police Not guilty. themselves. After Jennings does not give all, murders system. a symbol of a corrupt midterms.