Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 48

              the brown and white v01.98 n0.48 lehigh university friday may 1,1987 bethlehem pennsylvania 215)758-4181 by brian cooke brown and while news editor henry given death penalty josoph henry was sentenced to death by electric chair tuesday af ternoon for the murder of jeanne clery henry a 21 year-old former lehigh student from newark n.j took the stand for the first time in his trial tuesday to plead for his life he was convicted saturday for first-degree murder and other charges related to the death i can't really express the sorrow the shame and the dishonor i'll bear for the rest of my life henry said i just ask that you spare my life so i can help someone in the world defense attorney j michael farrell told the jury if they granted henry life imprisonment he would be able to help others by participating in scientific study of alcohol intoxication idiosyncratic behavior a rare disorder with which henry is afflicted farrell said during cross-examination district attorney donald corriere asked henry if he killed clery after a long pause henry said yes corriere then showed henry pictures of clery's dead body and of henry at a party the day after the murder he asked were you sorry you killed her henry left the stand without answering in establishing that the murder which occurred more than a year ago in clery's stoughton house room was worthy of the death penalty sentence the prosecution established that three aggravating factors were involved in the incident they established that henry tortured clery before murdering her that he killed clery to prevent her from identifying him as the man who committed other felonies in her room and that the killing was done in conjunction with rape involuntary deviate sexual intercourse robbery and burglary henry's mother and grandmother testified on his behalf his mother called him a good little boy whom she had tried to raise to do what was right 1 hate to say put him in jail for the rest of his life but i don't want him to die lt won't bring her back she said in his closing statements corriere asked the jury to show henry the trial it was an appropriate verdict same consideration mercy and pity he he said showed jeanne ann clery lehigh president peter likins clery's father said wednesday he refused to comment due to litigation was pleased with the outcome of the by clery clery sues for 25 million by brian cooke brown and while new l.diloi the clery family's attorneys filed a 25-million lawsuit against lehigh and josoph henry wednesday howard clery announced the lawsuit tuesday afternoon shortly after former lehigh student josoph henry was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of clery's daughter we hold lehigh accountable along with mr henry clery said of his daughter jeanne's murder the trial although it was the commonwealth of pennsylvania versus henry it was also jeanne clery versus henry the lawsuit contains two counts each of charges for negligence breach of contract of applied habitability and misrepresentation attorney joseph fioravanti who filed the suit on behalf of the clerys said the lawsuit says in general terms the university knew it had an unsafe campus had not taken action to protect its students and knew that josoph henry was dangerous the prosecution will also try to establish that lehigh did not follow the terms agreed to in the dormitory room rental contract and that lehigh misrepresented itself by telling students the campus is safe the clerys are suing for actions for survival pain and suffering for loss of companionship to recover damages for her pain suffering and wrongful death and to recover losses to her estate clery said he will try to establish lehigh's guilt of gross negligence on the part of the trustees for not authorizing enough money for profs fail in grading suits by bill evans brown and while news writer there is no formal procedure for a student to petition for a grade change at lehigh according to joseph klein dean of the college of business and economics professor of management and marketing james hobbs said you go to the instructor and if that doesn't work you go to the chairperson of the department the dean of the college the provost the president and the board of trustees and if that doesn't work you go all the way up the court system to the supreme court the grievances section of the lehigh handbook confirms this statement a student with a complaint arising out of any course should bring the complaint first to the in structor of the course in which the grievance i occurred if after seeing this person the student feels that satisfaction has not been received the complaint should then be taken to that person's immediate supervisor and so on up the line a review of recent lawsuit cases where untenured college professors have claimed that their contracts were not renewed because of their grading practices indicates that there is little if any constitutional support for such a professor collecting compensation in 1975 richard hillis an untenured art professor at the stephen f austin state university was informed that his contract would not be renewed hillis had been involved the previous semester in a grading dispute with creighton delaney chair person of the art department delaney had instructed hillis to carry a student kelly perkins for advanced placement in his classes and to give her a b grade hillis refused to do so and after he gave perkins a grade witheld delaney had the grade changed to a b in 1982 the university was able to convince the u.s sth circuit court of appeals that the grading dispute was not the reason why hillis contract had not been renewed and his suit for reinstatement and back pay was denied even though the issue was not used as a basis in the court's decision the court added some strong language that indicated little respect for a professor's discretion in grading matters while academic freedom is well recognized circuit judge charles clark wrote its perimeters are ill-defined and the case law defining it is inconsistent its roots have been found in the first amendment insofar as it protects against infringements financial aid to offer jobs by kathleen parker brown and white news writer lehigh's financial aid office is funding a summer student employment program may 26 through august 21 according to coordinator of student employment marilyn dantzler there will be four position levels offered and corresponding hourly pay wages in which the various jobs should fall dantzler said the positions named level 0 to level 3 require different degrees of training skills responsibilities and supervision level 0 jobs which are highly supervised do not require specific skills or knowledge and include guards security clerks and facility monitors level 1 jobs entail some responsibilities but no specific experience and include file clerks maintenence workers and telephone operators skilled employees previous work experience and possibly mechanical ability are required by level 2 jobs this level includes accounting assistants computer operators graders and administrative assistants positions which require the highest level of skills responsibility experience and extensive training are at level 3 these are tutors student consultants computer programmers and research assistants the financial aid office sends out job requests to all departments on campus in order to accumulate a job listing dantzler ex plained b w photo by craig hofsess the senior sendoff held monday and wednesday in the uc asa packer room introduced the graduating class to the alumni association see lawsuit page 3 see grades page 4 see jobs page 7