Grove City College Newspaper The Collegian April 19, 1996 Vol. 56, No. 19 Children's theatre brings magic to Pew By MELISSA LINGLE The entire cast is very optimistic Collegian Staff Writer about the performances. "We have a fun cast, there is a cohe- Pew's main stage transformed siveness about us," said senior into a playground of color and ex- Michelle Embich who plays the citement as children's theater pre- shapeshifting fairy. Junior Kyle pared for Thursday's opening Wills plays the simple minded night. The two play selections, Gepetto. The rest of the very col- "Pinnochio" and "Many Moons," orful characters are played by a are both well cast and creatively wonderfully expressive cast. directed. The lighting, sound, set The cast described the moral of and scene under the technical di- "Pinnochio" as, "learning not to rection of junior Jim Crane all be deceived by people who try to propel these performances into lead you astray and learning per- the world of wild imaginations sonal and social responsibility". and successfully make theater and This fast paced play, full of entic- its benefits accessible to children ing audience participation, is sure of all ages. to entertain the kids and sneak in Director Brian Kannel has cho- a good moral or two. sen a lively script, a bright inter- The second play Many Moons, pretation of the classic tale directed by senior Allison Conrad "Pinnochio." The cast is explod- has a less wall known title but ing with energy and doing a bril- equally brilliant story. It recounts liant job using a masterfully de- the tale of a princess who falls ill signed jungle gym. With its larger because she IS craving something, than life design and primary color yet cannot tell what. Her father, paint job, the set creates the per- the king, summons all the wise fect atmosphere. "It's so fun, it's men in the kingdom to get what- like being a kid again" said fresh- ever it is for her, and they all fail man Kelly Hoffman who plays miserably. Finally it is the in- the naive Pinnochio. (Continued on page 11) The Jester, Chris Jensen, practices a scene with the Princess, Krista Diddle. The aftermath Residents of Oklahoma City remember one year after the disaster By BEN FLETCHER anti-government militia than Kennedy's death, himself in upon hearing he phetamine, marijuana, and Collegian News Editor groups quickly came under larger than Oswald by any was wanted for the blast. other drugs. Fortier has attack. After a year of in- standard." Both men maintain their in- also contradicted himself on One year ago today a vestigation some questions Three men have been nocence. television interviews re- 4,800 pound ammonium have been answered, but identified by the prosecu- The third, Michael Fortier, garding the innocence of nitrate bomb exploded, de- even more are still un- tion as being responsible in another friend of McVeigh. molishing the Oklahoma known. some way for the attack. McVeigh's, cut a deal with Prosecutors believe their City federal building and "It's the largest criminal The most prominent, Timo- prosecutors in return for re- case is strong, with evi- taking 168 lives. investigation in the history thy McVeigh, will be duced charges. Defense dence ranging from a re- Following the explosion, of the U.S.," said court ap- charged as the primary con- lawyers plan to question ceipt for 40 bags of bomb the lack of evidence al- pointed defense attorney, spirator. Terry Nichols, a Fortier's character, bringing ingredients with McVeigh's lowed rumors to fly and Stephen Jones. "Larger friend of McVeigh's, turned up his past use of metham- (continued on page 2) Life Entertainment Sports 9 Grove City students traveled to For three hours, 10 groups enter- Women's softball starts league 13 cities over Easter break to tained students at SMO's Gee- play with games against W&J build more than just homes 9 hive '96 12 and Bethany 14 2 The Collegian April 19, 1996 World News Reign of terror ended? Unabómer case sits on a mountainotevidence By BEN FLETCHER (find'a motive for choosing his cargo explo raftsmanship. Gradu- Collegian News Editor directims. sion in the forced an and later By DAN KOMARA Currently devoting hundreds of emergency landing resulted the Univer- Collegian Staff Writer With the discovery of more each working to positively in smoke inhalation injuries for managed to evidence, the case against the identify Kaczynski's location at twelve on board. dicontacts dmade few man suspected to have been re atime of each bombing and his A computer store friends: U. S. returns to sponsible for three and motive for choosing his targets, Sacramento was the first tokicas injuriesgrows even stronger HEFBI, Bureau of Alcohol, To- a result of bombs attributed.to the Japanese air base Leaving no fingerprints on his the evidence, however, bacco, and Firearms. and other Unabomer. The bombers effective, but poorly made The United States announced publ listed reports state that fed- arms of the government hope to and third casualties nune bombs, his downfall came in in- plans Friday to return a key U.S. eral officials are taking every ef- ulfcover the evidence to allow a years later. sisting his voluminous manifesto air base on Okinawa to Japan, a fort the strongest case death penalty. In December of 1994-an ad- be printed. This resulted in his move aimed at soothing tensions the man who Beginning in May-1978, the vertising askilled by brother recognizing the style and over the U.S. military presence pratothave sent 17 bombs bomber dropped off a package bomb sent to his home topic of writing and tipping off here with one of the largest rever- number of years. containing an explosive in a Uni- five months later, the president the PBI: sions of American controlled land Restringestevidence to date versity of Illinois at Chicago the California Forestry in Japan since the end of World onsistvoldrafts of the manifesto parking lot. The bomb injured a tion was killed when he opened Presently several states are vy- War II. The dramatic announce- bombonearly identical to their security guard when he opened mail bomb at the group's for the opportunity to try ment by U.S. Ambassador Walter others. the package. quarters him, but until the evidence Mondale and Japanese Prime the-prosecutors must His first high-profile attempt, According to FBI reports, against him becomes clear the Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, car- actu- however, did not come until Kaczynski fits the description of case remain in the hands of ried live on national television, is and November 1979; involving man with high education, but federal government. a symbolic prelude to the Presi- dent's state visit next week. Villagers killed by Reflecting on Oklahoma City a year later Israeli missiles (continued from page 1) Israeli missiles slammed into a "It's the largest to piece together the thou- strong, but the unknowns Syrian military post in Beirut on fingerprints to satellite pho- sands of links and antici- may prove stronger. criminal investi- April 13, and thousands of panic- tographs of sites in Okla- pate every possible sce- The city of Oklahoma is stricken villagers streamed out of homa. gation in his- nario. trying to move forward and southern Lebanon to escape Is- Without an eyewitness raeli air and tank assaults. Police The prosecution and oth- and the absence of other tory larger than leave the terror in the past. said 12 people were killed and at ers who believe Veigh Recently, the city released a least 40 were wounded in the sec- suspects, the prosecution's Kennedy's death truly is the mastermind be- video promoting business ond day of Israel's offensive case will not be open and hind a plot to act on para- against Hezbollah, and Iranian- by any standard." opportunities without even shut. Moved to Denver, the noid fears acknowledge the mentioning the blast. Noth- backed group that has battled for trial will not begin for at defense attorney may have years to try to drive Israeli troops ing but newly planted sod least several more months from a part of southern Lebanon. while both sides attempt enough information to raise remains where the offices questions amounting to of hundreds of government Turkish-Kurdish "reasonable doubt" to a workers once were. The Collegian jury. The evidence is fight continues Fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels spread Friday to areas of southeastern Grove City College DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY and eastern Turkey, including Tower Suite*Crawford all & Grove ty+Pennsylvania 161 biblical Mount Ararat, where the (412) 458-2193 army reportedly targeted sus- pected guerrilla hideouts. A EDITORIAL spokesman for Turkey's joint Amy Clingensmith-Editor-in-Chief chiefs of staff said 75 rebels had Erin BehanManaging Editor, Entertainment Editor been killed since Thursday in the Carrie LamannaSenior Copy Editor southeast provinces of Bitlis, Ben Fletcher*News Editor Hakkari and Siirt. That brought Darrin unson-Religion Editor to nearly 200 the number of Paul tigeSports Editor rebels reported killed since the Jeralyn Yanity Layout Editor offensive began on April 6.