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Court impeaches
chief justice
^ HffiVIBW OF THNGS TO OOME?
Moncrief (L) and Sue
^^eenspan (R) study on the
®teps outside of Ramsey Li-
^ary this week. More stu-
(Photo By Casey Baluss)
dents may have to study out
side the library as Gov. Jim
Martin's recent hiring freeze
forced the library to drop 11
hours from its weekly opera
ting schedule.
J^esidents protest to
J^OE at local briefing
^ Julie Ball
»x ^ public briefing by the
j apartment of Energy CDOE)
Thiirsflay turned into an
*^S^*y protest against the
^Qposed high-level nuclear
^^ste faciliy in ' Western
Carolina.
The proposed site contains
of Buncombe, Madi-
and Haywood Counties,
earing red ribbons in pro-
of the proposed site,
ovit 1500 area residents
^ thered in the Thomas Wolfe
^itorium for the briefing.
^ apartment of Energy rep-
®®^titive Ralph Stein said
^ purpose of the briefing
was to provide information
about the proposed site and
to answer any questions.
"The confidence of the pub
lic is essential to the suc
cess of the program," said
Stein.
Throughout the briefing
residents made comments at
the DOF officals.
One resident said "We don’t
want it."
In the question and answer
portion of the briefing,
questions asked included
those about possible problems
transporting the waste, and
the possibility of decreasing
property values because of
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By Scott Luckadoo
and David Proffitt
The seven justices of the
UNCA student court decided
last night to begin impeach
ment proceedings against
Chief Justice Doug Griffin
for "overstepping the bound
aries of his duties as chief
justice."'
According to a source who
spoke only on the condition
of anonymity, Griffin had re
peatedly "tried to be both
the prosecution and defense.
"He was trying to be the
whole court," the source
said.
Griffin admitted that there
had been differences of opin
ion among the justices, but
added that he felt such dif
ferences should not be
grounds for his impeachment.
"What concerns me is the
way they are trying to get
rid of me," said Griffin. "If
you're going to be censured
or charged, there are proce
dures such as filing a charge
sheet and a pretrial hearing.
They (the justices) did none
of this," he said. ,
Griffin said that student
advisor Dr. Cissy Petty at
tempted to violate his cons
titutional rights by first
trying to prohibit his taping
the proceedings and later
confiscating the tape.
The atmosphere during the
entire meeting was tense,
according to the source.
Griffin admitted that he
had just become "unworkable"
with the other justices, and
he had known of the conflicts
for several months.
"But I don’t want to resign
because I would like to let
the proceedings go on," said
Griffin.
However, the source said he
thought Griffin would resign
before the matter goes to the
student senate.
Should the affair go before
the senate, each justice, in
cluding Griffin and Petty,
will be interviewed individu-
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Martin here today
N.C. Gov. Jim Martin will
he on campus today. While on
campus. Martin will meet with
Chancellor Brown and SGA of
ficials. Afterwards he will
attend a downtown ton at the
be'^sT*"^ Council Cham-
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