alumnus Fen page 2
Lutes prime for Dome clash
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Fenili's final interview page 8 and 9
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Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447
.eptember12. 1986
Vol. 64, No.1
Ceremony ushers in newtenn
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by Carla T. Savnlli Mast N'lwS Editor The annu,-II rilt- ,r ",".'.!ling OOII\'uc.·iJ· tion may !ii�ni\1 tJa' !Start oj r1PoC� ior most returning Lutes, bUL for rre o;hmcll and transfer students, it's one of thp.ir first opportunities to m(.' Ct f<l' (ilt�, sU!.ft' and other stun.·!]J s. At Tuesday's convocation. it was also a time for a ll!!:ison or two. ASPLU Presiri.mt Bruce Detillold th., audielll"€' that lIot r,1I ia.;uit)' caD Igree on the SllDl of two plu", 1 .-\
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Police arrest
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=enili vacates Student Life post
'1ilr)' Lou Fenili has requested and �:i:.'wed a terminal leave of absence
year," he said. If Fenili had either resigned or been dismi�sed, she would not be eligible fOl' a salary. he added. During an interview in her Tacoma
.aid Monday that F<.rlili's reque � ·l. was Isde August 19 follo""inR Q meeting the
ri�{ht pcn)(m for the job. , l''''l\ 111ways support.>d
by C:ula T. Sa�am r'..�a5t News Editor
from her JJO!�ition as vice president for -;tudent Lil University President William Rh·ke
had to discuss the fort heoming \001 )'l'.lr. Fenili �Ul',kd the tding In o:arly Autr\UIl. n il:ke sn-id. 'As we sat an(\ looked at 51)111(' of the .11� that WfCTt:: CGmutg down tht' lint", �ng� ""I'dCLi to I.e rimMo it just sP.t!II"IOO !It llwbab!y it wO\J;ri 0. in thE' lx:st in· ·e �t"-' 'Jf the universIty to mak", a ung-e.· he said. R icb� .UIU::C:>ted Fenili request a t('r :.. nal ll'OlW tot Jb::t'1"iCe after they utually agr('(-d thnt sh . .:--was flU longer e right person for her job. 'fh,· d,--'Cj�Lon "was not ba36d on lack of
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.rnt, not bt!u/JS6 of lack of committ· flit. nor Rnl'thiLlg i n a ny way that Juld Sptllllr. ()f .,-" ;nobiiity of ei th('r will c:lpuc:it"). ,ut simpl match. Fit," �ke fa!\J Tht, 1.I"lv�l\lty will continue paying rttJli h.. llill !,Et!or-. unlll May 1�7, ',(·h is ... Customary practice ror all conU:/Uplo"v('!'S,h· said.
labufIGl It'llvl' carries with it all �[it�." of 1I contract. OUl" ad· !ni\lnl i l -Ofs halLdbo..,\t say� with
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IlJI'OC4 to nil contract 1!mpJoyees th:.t Idcr nonl,,1 (·nnditions. It is an· L[MIIe'd thnt th�. C£>l1lract. will he diOt'$1lt1f the
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home last week. Fenili 9Il.id that she of· f£ored Rieke her leave of absence because .. he agreed that she was no longer the
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Ril'k() said 11e met with t!evertson prior to hi!> August 19 meeting with Fenili
because he anticipated '.hat Fenili's role in the university would be discussed during their August 19
meeting. "I'm not going to find myself in a spot
where we're facing the school year with void. You're not going to go without .
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the president
lRi£-ke) and wanted wh:::.t's best for the , insitution, . she said, Fenili said she has not decided ""llethpr to remain in higher education or n,tllru to II law practice, She plans to '(1II"I1C1 the next few months visiting frieLlds, fmn ily, and colleagues. (See rdUli'd .�tQries, PtJ.M� 8 WId .!I.) Fenili will be tl.:mporarily replaced by Erving Severtson, a part·tim� member
of PLU's psychology department. He, is (·I.lrrt:.ntly the dirl'ltor of psychology ser· ·.. ir. Ilt Good Sanuu-itan Hospital in Puyallup. In January, Ri eke said hc /:Ind Severt·
son will evaluate Severtson's first 90 days. The acting vice president wiD then be given a chance to apply for the full· tiIT'.e position, Ril'kes-aid. The university will also open the pORitlOn to (·IHl.ljd.a.I.A!S nationwide, as wel1a�
r{lnsider pJomnting soml'()r;e from wj!hin the urUwralty, Ril'kc said. "Uur AUn Illve Action plan '.n)':>
that '0\1' will normally 3Careh lii'Jtiorutily for fM-l:>!tions at this level, 11OWever, Af·· Actii)O principles .t"O firmative recognite til,lt internal promo! ions am:. l�l,h.... t.e w�y to pronu}te peo ple, ·· he
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by Dell Gibbs
backup. There was no contract �igned. nothing at all done with Dr. Sc-wrtson beforehand." F',nili refused to comment on the selection of Severtson. She did say, "r know that he c\'rt,ainly f'�joyed a lot of respect from his collet:.gIles wht'l\ he was on faculty." Rie-ko said his ruggestion that Fc'oili consider II terminal lea\ · e was based on
several factorl'. mcluding an ASPL U document criticizin,S' Fenili · s job perfor· mance. The document WI:IS !lent to Fenili and Rieke April 9, along with a request that Fenili consent to a univergity review board evaluation of her role as II student advocate. Fenili denied the rpquest, but.. agreed
to support a stud,'ot attitude �url't:y concerning her role. She also Il� to p�rLkipate in weekly met��ings with ASI'LU President Bru{:e DedI. The resuJLIl of th(> survey, conducted in .�I<lY, were mixe d, ru.n said. Approx·
ima ldy :"O percent of them were ret.urnwhil-h W.fI! not enough to give it
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s!Eltistical SIgnificance, Riekt:: said. The survey was written by Dcal and
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Pierce County Sheriff's dt'puLles a:· rested a 30-y('ar·old Porkland man July 25 in connection witl. a series of rapes in Tacoma, the last of which occurred within a bJo.,·k of PLU.
Paul Richard Brown hNS heen dlllTb'\:d with 30 C<iunts of rapt., dating from
April 1983 to June 1986 in Parkland, Spanaway and south Tacoma. according to Sgt. Nick Dunbar of the Pit'rce Cuuu· ty Slwriff''i department. Brown W..'IS 8 rraigned ill Pierce County Superior CQurt in August, and i:'l �.. held in the Pierce County Jail. A ttm· tative trial has Iwen set for &p�mt�r 22. Dunb<Jr �aid the Sheriff's doc'part.· ment's Special Support Team {SST) "'P' prehpnded Brown after a chain of events that began with a tip that iLt: rC!jemb�l-d
a composite drawing of • suspox:t tht! Sheriff's department L(�hc\'dl \\I1!1 responsible for 23 rapt!� i n th(! arBit Brown, a former PlItient of Western State Hospitar� sexual psyc,bopath pm..
gram. was questioned by the Shtlriffs dep.ltlt'S lor burgl ar y aCte-: l3rown'!,! pro bation officer discovered A st olen TV andjf'welry in his Parkland .lpartment. I I� wae n·!l-e-;(·d b€'caU!ie dep� could not determine wnethftr dl� ih�ms were stolen, Dunbar said. Brown was arrested aftt:r d('putil's matdled hi� ling..·rprint� with. tli():;e found on the in;;irlc of II windvw at a 19,'H rapE' ''<'ictim's home, be said. Altho\lgh it '" bt.-licved that Brown ft'!'ponsibll:: for ruping 23 women. said Bmwn ho.s given deputi�" information im GJving 30 rapt·!!.
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