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              written from the article it seemed like rebecca really wasn't sure about her experiences at lehigh and might not be the best person to give an over view brower said our perspec tive from that article is that rebecca really didn't like lehigh murphey disagreed with brower's interpretation of her editorial i wouldn't be at lehigh if i didn t like it murphey said the main point was that lehigh is not every thing i was told it was as a prospec tive what i was trying to say is it was going to be a challenge to show her what lehigh really was it is not as golden as they said it would be i wanted her to see things as a second year student should murphey was upset when she was told she could not host hancy because of her opinions expressed m the brown and white she called hancy to apologize but hancy was unaware of the editorial bower told her was that murphey had a problem with hosting hancy murphey filled m hancy on the rebecca murphey 97 is learn ing about the first amendment m her journalism class media ethics and law but last week the office of admissions taught murphey that the constitution's protections do not extend to the lehigh campus or her writings m the brown and white murphey's lesson came when kirn brower associate director of admis sions told murphey her services as an overnight host were no longer needed m light of a column she wrote five days before murphey was set to host kristen hancy a fresh man at rider university as part of admissions overnight host program murphey wrote a brown and white column saying she was uncertain about what she would tell her pro spective student about lehigh admissions gave murphey a new lesson m freedom of speech when brower called murphey on march 24 the day her column was pub lished and pulled her from the as signment because of what she had byjenengels news writer please see alpha phi page 7 jolly janson greek affairs coordinator and adminis trative hearing officer and kirn miller 96 president of the panhellenic council were present at the hearing however they did not participate m the discussion or the decision-making they were only there to answer any possible ques tions pertaining to panhel rules alpha phi appealed the sanctions because it paid for the formal before dirty rush charges were brought against it they felt the pjb was not aware of the financial burden facing alpha phi if ihe formal was cancelled a majority decision allowing alpha phi to host the formal was required to make the change after an hour of mark erickson dean of student life approved the sorority presidents amendment to alpha phi sorority rush violation sanctions on monday allowing the soror ity to hold its formal this spring the presidents of alpha omicron pi alpha gamma delta delta zeta gamma phi beta and kappa alpha theta sororities met to discuss whether alpha phi should be allowed to host a spring formal by the panhellenic judiciary board during an appeal decision a sorority files an appeal to the pjb that appeal is heard by a sorority presidents any sorority associated with the issue must step down from the appeals hearing the brown and white friday march 31 1995 lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 vol 102 no 37 all the lehigh news first clery murderer granted stay of execution by andrew j cooke editorial page editor giving him 45 days to file applicable appeals northampton county district attorney john morganelli has opposed any delay m the case and suggested the appointment of monahan rather than awaiting the availability of a phila delphia attorney who offered to handle the case on a pro bono basis morganelli said tuesday he is contemplat ing an appeal of hogan s order m state supreme court monahan who has been reviewing the records of the henry case said tuesday that first assistant public defender dwight danser will also work on the case attorneys from the resource center which aided henry m filing his appeal for a stay said josoph henry who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on april 16 for the rape and murder of fellow lehigh student jeanne clery m april 1986 was granted a stay of execution tuesday the 29-year-old newark native was sched u led to die after his death warrant was signed by pennsylvania gov tom ridge more than a month ago northampton county judge james hogan granted henry's stay of execution until aug 16 hogan also appointed chief public de fender brian monahan to represent henry granted stays of execution to allow convicted murderers to pursue an initial post-conviction appeal with the aid of the attorney henry cannot receive effective and mean ingful assistance of counsel ... under the pres ence of an execution date approximately three weeks from the time counsel appears m the case hogan said he also said it is clear that until the death warrant is signed the full spectrum of appeals will not even be considered to overturn the stay resource center at torneys say the prosecution would need to show not only that it is contrary to the law but that it was also an abuse of the judge's discre tion - a contention very difficult to prove they will aid the local attorneys hogan before issuing henry's stay agreed with the arguments presented by the resource center attorneys that all defendants m the state - not just those subject to the death penalty - are constitutionally and by statue entitled to pursue appeals henry's absolute right to collateral review may not be infringed to accommodate a desire to bring a quicker end to legal proceedings surrounding this tragic episode that dearly and irrevocably affects us all but none more than the families of the victims and principals in volved hogan said m wednesday's issue of the morning call hogan said state courts have routinely editor's opinion tests admission's tolerance by paul hare editor m chief alpha phi allowed to have formal bawplmm by mark rubins a demonstration held by the progressive student alliance wednesday outside the e.w fain hild-martindale library protested against the contract with america over 100 colleges and universities held similar demonstrations across the country students from the psa gathered to plant the imitation tombstones and a banner that reads contract with america kills students please see admissions page 8