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Vol. XXXIV, No. 6
Left: Cadet Captain Stanton TVotter plays “Taps” during the Veteran’s Day ceremony honoring former MC
student Patrick Hurley. Above: Captain Joseph Garst, currently a senior at MC, delivers a speech in tribute to
his friend and fellow soldier Patrick Hurley. The permanent memorial to Hurley lies on the table to Garst’s
right. The memorial is displayed in the Homer Administration Building. (Photos by Jamee Lynch)
MC student killed in Desert Storm honored Nov. 11
By Sonya Sparks Murdock
Staff Writer
A lone trumpet sounded the
solemn strains of “Taps” as the Army
ROTC color guard lowered the
United States flag to half-staff. A small
crowd gathered on a brisk morning
Nov. 11 to remember a veteran and
student. Methodist College honored
Army Sgt. Maj. Patrick Robert Hurley
at an 11 a.m. ceremony in front of the
Homer Administration Building.
Hurley was only two classes
short of graduation when he died in a
helicopter crash in Iraq in February
1991. The Desert Storm veteran was
pursuing a degree in political science
and dreamed of going to law school.
Methodist College awarded Hurley’s
bachelor of science degree posthu
mously in May 1991.
Hurley was only 18 months
short of his twentieth year of service
in the military when he was killed. For
his military service, he received two
Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and
the Legion of Merit award posthu
mously.
Captain Joseph Garst, who
was with Hurley on the cold night
before his death, tearfully described
him as a confident, reassuring friend
and soldier. Garst’s voice shook as he
said, “Pat remained until his death
faithful to his quiet profession.”
Hurley was an Airborne Ranger on a
Joint Special Operations Task Force.
Hurley served in Operations Desert
One (the rescue attempt of American
hostages in Iran in 1979), Urgent Fury
(Grenada 1983), Just Cause (Panama
1988), and Desert Storm.
Garst, who is the godfather
of Hurley’s son Josh, remembered a
man who was always reading text
books, even in Saudi Arabia during
Desert Storm. “He would be off galli
vanting all over the world, but always
returned to Methodist College,” Garst
said, smiling. Garst credits Hurley for
helping him through his own struggles
as an evening college student here.
Garst said that there were times when
he almost gave up, but he would re
member Hurley’s dedication to school,
and it motivated him to continue try
ing. “He was always there with me,”
Garst said. Garst will graduate Dec.
13 with a bachelor of science in po
litical science.
Patricia, Hurley’s wife,
agreed that school meant a lot to her
husband. Although she is a mother of
three and a guardian for her 20-year-
old nephew, she has also found time
for school. She will be graduating with
a degree in business administration
from Methodist in May 1997.
Methodist College president
Elton Hendricks presented a memo
rial of Hurley that will be displayed in
the Homer Administration Building
alongside the memorial for Vietnam
veteran Kenneth H. Albritton. The
Albritton-Hurley scholarship, which
honors both soldiers, is a reenlistment
incentive for soldiers at Fort Bragg,
explained Frank Orians, director of
veterans services at Methodist. So far,
the scholarship has helped more than
250 soldiers attend Methodist Col
lege.
Sen. Jesse Helms visits MC
during N.C. campaign tour
By Alexandra Dummer
Staff Writer
Republican Senator Jesse
Helms made an unexpected visit
to the MC campus on Nov. 4, one
day before elections.
The 40-minute press con
ference was held in the Student
Union at 11 a.m.. Many students
and Cumberland county residents
attended.
When asked about the
election and President Clinton,
Pearl Hooper, a local resident, said,
“When you talk about my country,
my God, and my son, you get me
all wound up.”
Susan Mills, part of the
Republican campaign in Fay
etteville, introduced Heims as he
walked down the center aisle, shak
ing hands with people and signing
campaign posters.
Helms then introduced
assistant majority leader Don
Nichols from Oklahoma as, “one of
the youngest conservative Repub
licans.”
Nichols returned the com
pliment by saying, “Reelect Helms,
because we need him. He has
made a difference.” Nichols added
that Helms is pro-family, and helps
small business owners and tax pay
ers.
Helms brought up the is
sue of liberalism by saying, “Voting
for Harvey Gantt is like voting for
Ted Kennedy, and we don’t need
See HELMS, page 2
Monday, December 2, 1996
Rape drug
becoming
common
on campus
By Joel Sawyer
The Minnesota Daily
University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-
Kristin, a University of Minnesota
sophomore, awoke after a night of
dancing at a popular downtown night
club with bruises all over her body and
no memory of how she got them.
The last thing she recalls is
being approached by a tall man with
long black hair, who leaned over to
introduce himself to her on the dark
ened dance floor.
Kristin, who asked to have
her last name withheld, said she be
lieves she may have been a victim of
the “rape drug” Rohypnol.
When she awoke in her bed
the next morning, she was confused
and disoriented. “I felt like, ‘What the
hell happened to me?’” she said.
“1 felt something was wrong.
I had bruises from head to toe...and
for nine hours had conversations and
interactions I can’t recall.”
Rohypnol is a powerful seda
tive which has been commonly pre
scribed as a sleeping pill in Europe and
Latin American since 1975. It is ille
gal in the United States.
The drug causes drowsiness,
loss of inhibition and judgment, dizzi
ness, confusion, and in cases of high
dosage, amnesia. The drug’s effects
are intensified when used in conjunc
tion with alcohol.
Rohypnol is smuggled into
the U.S. primarily from Colombia and
Mexico in tablet form, according to
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
See ROHYPNOL, page 2
Irish police superintendent shares policing strategies
to counter terrorism in Northern Ireland and U.S.
INSIDE
British Studies Abroad program provides a variety of
opportunities for summer page 3
Fall sports wrap up their seasons page 4
Cheerleaders really are athletes page 6
Selfish attitudes permeate society page 6
Athletes should not be glorified, especially after they
commit crimes page 6
U.S. needs to fully support troops in Africa page 6
The Pride staff wishes everyone a happy holiday. Enjoy
your break, and we’ll be back the middle of January.
By Amanda Fellers
Staff Writer
For nearly 25 years, terror
ism has been a problem in Ireland. To
day, measures are being taken to help
prevent terrorism. Customers are
searched before they go into stores.
Cars are also subject to search. More
serious is the fact that Ireland does
not have capital punishment. A life
sentence usually lasts about twelve
years.
Police superintendent Gerry
McCann spent two weeks, from Oct.
27 to Nov. 11, at Methodist College
to inform students about special prob
lems concerning terrorism in North-
em Ireland.
As a commander of a police
subdivision consisting of detectives,
uniformed officers and specialists,
McCann has experienced every level
of the police system in Ireland. He
wants students to have some insight
into the similarities and differences of
other jurisdictions and law enforce
ment agencies.
He also wanted to teach stu
dents about how terrorism can influ
ence both criminal justice and law en
forcement in the world.
The outgrowth of commu
nity policing in Ireland due to terror
ism has encouraged the United States
to develop a similar system of com
munity policing. This type of polic
ing allows officers to do more than
just prevent crime; it allows them to
build a better relationship with the
community. One part of McCann’s
job is to meet people in the commu
nity and find out how they want the
police to operate. Officers in both
countries feel that improving the qual
ity of life in a community is one pre
ventative against terrorism.
McCann mentioned other
commonalities we have with Ireland.
He described the two countries as
democracies that have legislation
based on the same criteria.
“We both have fair trials
with a prosecutor and a defender, and
victims are innocent until proven
guilty,” he said. “Our legal systems
are not far apart.”
McCann arrived from
Bangor, Northern Ireland at the invi
tation of Dr. Dari Champion, director
of criminal justice studies. Champion
wants to develop a foreign exchange
between two countries who have
criminal justice programs.
“I wanted to expose students
to other criminal justice systems out
side of the United States,” Champion
said. “There is a world outside of
Methodist.”
McCann said the focus of his
stay was an exchange of ideas. “1
wanted to leam from the students, as
well as teach them about the differ
ences in policing, correction proce
dures and working conditions in dif
ferent countries,” he said.
MC student Donna
Saunders, president of the Criminal
Justice Association, said, “It was an
eye opener for me to see how easily
terrorism can happen in this
country...how a militant group can
change our lives.” She described
McCann as having so much experi
ence with terrorism and that although
his lectures were very informative,
they were also very frightening. “We
in the United States have no idea what
it [terrorism] is like or how close we
are to coming to that type of lifestyle,”
Saunders said.
Police superintendent Gerry McCann discusses problems faced by Irish police as a result of
terrorist activity prevalent in Northern Ireland. (Photo by Bill Billings)
McCann is considering the
possibility of Methodist students
completing internships in Ireland. He
also has plans to contact the Method
ist college in Belfast and to tell them
about our college. McCann, who said
he thoroughly enjoyed his stay here,
added, “1 want to continue to nurture
the development of our exchanges.”
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