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.1 wwMuneUioilisLedu/studeiitinedia ftfllethoiflst College, Fayetteville, HC NDEX Thursday, April 1,2004 News 1-5 Opinions 6-7 Entertainment 8-10 Sports 11 Established 1961 Vol. 42, Issue 14 Promoting Moratorium Movement from Meredith to Methodist Director speaks on the Death Penalty at Tally Center for Leadership Development MALIA KALUA Page Design Editor if The death penalty should be a de terrent for crime. It does just the oppo site according to the lecture, ‘'Morato rium Movement: Life and Death Deci sion for Justice’' given last Monday in tlie 'lally Center. "I'he lecture given by Dr. Rlionda Zingraff was well attended. President Hendricks. Dean Williiuns, Dean Blanc and Dr. Champion were some of the administration and faculty members present. Zingraff earned her undergraduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and her Masters of Art and Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State Univei^ity in Ohio. She is currently a Professor of Sociology in the Depart ment of Sociology and Social Work at Meredith College. Her areiis of special ization are sociiil stratification, criminol ogy and corrections, social theory and environmental sociology. photo by Teppei Dr. Rhonda Zingraff was invited to Methodist College to speak on the death penalty both historically and at it’s present state. This movement to halt the motion of death penalty support in the United Stiites is endorsed by the American Bar Association since 1997. The ultimate go;il of the movement is to pemianently stop the death penalty, which is still administered in North Carolina. Zingniff defined the problems with the death penalty, regarding ilaw's with class bias, nicism and basic human error. She discussed former Gover nor of Illinois George Ryan, who removed death row prisoners Ixom death row after almost half of their amvictions were de termined to be wrongful. “I will no longertinker with the ‘Machinery of Death,”' quoted Zingraff ofGovemorRyan. Several times Zingraff used precedents from court cases dealing with the death penalty to strengthen her argument. Furman vs. Georgia was the case that shut down the death penalty when the Supreme Court determined it to be ’‘arbitrary and capricious.” Historically, the gaplx^tween pun ishment for white offenders and punish ment for black offenders is wide. Also, the death .sentence is received more of ten for felons who have killed white people than those who have killed black people. Eighty one percent of death row ca.ses are for the murder of a white per son, w'hile 14% are for the murder of a black person. “People are using the death sen tence to avenge the life of white people.” Zingraff said. “It is impossible to say race does not play a role.” Zingraff was invited to .speak by students who are taking Leadership 301 with Dr. Cheek. Some of the students included in organizing the event were Robert Gill, T.J. Johnson, Cedric Stout, Bryan Davis, Roni Wilkinson, Teppei Wakatsuki, Aldric Hodan and Steve .Aiello. If you would like to learn more alx^ut wTongfu] convictions involving the death penalty you can visit w w \v. I a w. n o r t h w e s t e r n. e d u / wrongfulconvictions/. Red, Black and Pageant I Inside this issue From Left to right: Second runner up, Rachel Bethea. First • runner up Keva Wilson. And the winner, Ms. Red, Black VVI Ij[ and Gold Venika Bazemore. See page 10 for more pictures. A Master Sai^eant Giron... page 2 Publisher visits ▼ smallTALK staff... page3 President Bush ad ^ campaign... page 6 DVD Review: TY School of Rock ® Point/Counterpoint: IsCheerleadinga Sport? Dawn of the Dead Review n Usher: Confessions
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