Alcala Yearbook 1993-1994

Year's End 1993-1994

ALCALA NEWS

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escapes hostile takeover While students went about their lives last semester, study-

counter-measaures."

Tired of the ping-pong, pool

tle other homeless poeple to

ACWI had been wooing board member Jenny Craig, when Yoley and her team be- came aware o t e situation. f h

and video games in the game maintain posession of their

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shopping cart.

"These games truly appeal totheinterestsoftoday'syoung

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of a $3.2 million entertainment

ager for Virtureal. "They teach

in their holdings.

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mg er oo m t e ca etena instead. Craigwasalsoprom-

state-of-the-art technology to produce inter-active holo-

in October 1994. It will have chase USD outright.

one virtua-chamber, in which

ACWI presently holds 53 % ised a yearly supply of fresh- of the colleges and universities men women on which to test

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"USD is the first university to adoptthisnewtechnology,"sai Murray Wanker, BSE spokes- person. "Webelievethatbypro- viding quality entertainment, we will enhance the standard o education here--a happy stu- d

particiapte in a selected holo- scenario, at $5 per five minute

out her new products.

region, as well as majority con- trol of the boards of trustees of

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game-segment.

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After ACWI failed in its ne- gotiation attempts, it began a

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order to make room for the new campaign to infiltrate th e boa rd nical fields.

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control.

The system, marketed under overwhelmingly positive.

"We were completely taken by surprise when we learned of

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th esituation,"saidEvelynYoley, tants," said Irene Ruksch of manager of Corporate Integrity A d o · "W

possiblities. Games range from Murrow. "These are the ninties

Roman Colosseum, where one battles hungry lions while un- der the gaze of Nero, to Shop-

and Virtureal is progress; if they had they're way, we'd go back to

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the old days of Atari and leaked to us just in time to prevent if we wanted to keep blue ping Cart Wars, where the Colecovision - we can't remain in ACWI from gaining its required collardegreeswelloutsidethe ~la~efn~· s~h~o~m~e~l~e~ss~a~nfd~m~u~s~t~b;a~t-~~~~~~~~~~~~~"~S~l~o/c~o ~o~f~ th~e~co~n~t~r~o~ll~in~g~v~o~te~o~n~domain of USD." ACWI insists that its in- Disturbed business major goes over the edge, terror– izes campus from Immacu1ata bell tower.

tentions had always been en– tirely in the interest of im– proving the quality of educa– tion at USD, by broadening the University's horizons and enabling more people to par– ticipate in what USD has to offer. "Students can rest assured that this won't be happening any time soon," said Yoley. "We have the situation com– pletely under control now, and nothing will be changing at USD for a very long time." The Dept. of Campus In– tegrity now faces the daunt– ing task of ferreting out pro– ACWI boardmembers. At hearings in July, faculty and staff will be subpoenaed for testimony.

"It was awful!" said freshman Brittany Ginsburg . "I heard screaming and saw them point– ing up at the bell tower. I saw him; he looked down at the people, took aim, and fired. Sud– denly someone fell." Ginsburg's statement aptly describes the situation on the morning of April 8, when fresh– man Peter Nuss scaled the Immaculata tower, which he used as a vantage point to attack passers-by. Nuss had created an arsenal of Jello-balloons, and was hurl– ing them randomly at pedestri– ans, knocking them over and causing them to return home and

change their clothes before class. "We got a call at about 7:15 a.m.:" said Officer Jack Duibe of Public Safety. "Apparently someone had been hit, and one witness placed the projectile as coming from the direction of the tower." After assessing the situation, Duibe called in backup, and the tower was surrounded, while the area was cordined off. All attempts to talk him down from the tower proved to be futile, as officer after officer was hit as they attempted to talk Nuss. "We found it necessary to call in the Special Forces unit,"said

Duibe. "Using a specially de– signed tarp, theteamapproaced the Immaculata and stormed the tower. We found him with a balloon poised in his hand." Nuss was immediately dis– armed and taken out of the tower, after which he was handed over to the Counseling Center for evaluation and treat– ment. "Peter is doing much better now," said Counselor Lisa Hag. "He understands that what he did is wrong, and he is working on releasing his aggression in other more constructive ways. He's not bad. Wejusthavetotry and understand him more."