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  • inian Media Coverage, Apocalyptic Visions Lead to Terrorisic Acts news April 7,1999 by Don Costello Managing Editor What motivates groups to perform terroristic acts? That was one of the questions pondered at WCU's Domestic Terrorism Conference held last Wednesday in the Ramsey Center. Answers ranged from recognition by way of the media to apocalyptic visions concerning things such as Y2K and the next millennium. "Terrorism is good, old-fashioned extortion on a forceful, broad scale," said Western Carolina criminal justice professor Bill Hyatt in the opening remarks of the conference. Hyatt told the more than 400 attendees that a yearning to be recognized motivates some groups to perform terroristic acts. "Any terrorist wants media coverage," he said. "Why do you think they perform the acts during the day?," Hyatt said. "They don't want it to happen at night and nobody know about it." The hoards of media that rush to cover such events are a way to gain this recognition on a national and global scale, remarked Hyatt. "Things that happen here in the US get media coverage," he said. Hyatt cited the Tylenol scare in the mid- 80s where bottles of Tylenol were laced with cyanide. "However minor, the incident still had an enormous impact on the industry," he said of the scare, which forced Tylenol to pull prod- LMP Chairperson Elections Pick up and hand in applications at the UC Info, desk Elections will be held on April 12, |999 Applicants students with 2.0 Gi le full-time it least a ucts from store shelves and eventually led to safety seals and other forms of protection for over-the-counter drugs. With the dawn of a new millennium fast approaching, Joe Auten of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Academy said in his presentation entitled "Apocalypse Now" that "we are at more of a risk of terrorism than ever because of apocalyptic visions that are prevalent in pop culture." Assistant FBI director Neil Gallagher expressed the same views in his keynote address when he said there were more than 20 films slated for summer release dealing with millennial and apocalyptic issues. The visions that some extremist groups have can become self-fulfilling and then lead to destructive acts, Auten said. He cited televangelist Pat Robertson's book "End of an Age" and other Christian identity publications as an example of this. "Be alert on December 8 of this year," Auten warned the crowd. That is the date when Robert Matthews, a noted white supremacist, was "martyred," according to his followers. There are several groups in WNC, according to Auten, who subscribe to these same visions and have various visions on the Apocalypse. The Church of the Creator, a white supremacist group whose thinking is grounded in the RAHOWA (Racial Holy War), had its international headquarters in Otto, a town less than an hour from Cullowhee. Other groups cited by Auten as having apocalyptic visions that may lead to domestic terrorism are single issue groups, such as opponents of abortion. "Terrorism Conference' cont. from page 1 "The US is a target-rich, yet hostile environment for terrorist," Gallagher continued. "It is training like today that allows us to build on this hostile environment." Speaking to reporters after the luncheon, Asheville Police Chief Will Annarino stated that the conference "is a statement that we want to be prepared to make it inconvenient for them to commit their acts." In the afternoon, FBI agent Bob Clifford spoke on threats in North Carolina. "We are susceptible to left- wing terrorist activity because of our military presence and banking infrastructure," Clifford said. He also spoke on the continuing search for Eric Rudolph, who is now considered a suspect in the Asheville bombing. "Eventually he will come out, unless he was lunch for some bear," said David Martinez, FBI Coordinator, Domestic Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Martinez, who is credited with saving the lives of three FBI agents in his 24 year career, spoke on "Prevention and Strategy in Contemporary Terrorism." "Preparedness is the best deterrent," he said. He spoke on the "NBC" threat, which consists of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Most lone terrorists, the type North Carolina is most susceptible to, must opt for chemical or biological weapons. "We consider them the poor man's nuclear device," Martinez said. In an effort to clear up any controversy created by the Western Carolinian's printing of an email letter entitled "Greek Double Standard?" in the March 17,1999 edition, we are publishing the following email exchange between Western Carolinian Editor Terry K. Roberts and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bill Haggard. Roberts sent the following email to Haggard on Friday April 2: Dr. Haggard, On March 19, while at the Madd Batter, you and I discussed the "Greek: A Double Standard" editorial published in the March 17 issue of the Carolinian. You were concerned about the inaccuracies of the editorial itself, noting that the issue at hand dealt with assault not hazing. You said you would let me know when you had gathered the facts, and I would send a reporter to your office for an interview, whereupon I would publish your findings on Page One of the Carolinian. So what are the facts? Or has the whole matter dissipated? Who is the student that wrote the letter? PH3241 is his address. Will you punish him even though he said someone had stolen his password? What is his name? Who are the two women involved? What are the circumstances surrounding the assault? Is this a Greek matter? Have there been charges filed? Are you willing to go on record as to your feelings about violence on campus and your plan to rectify the problem? We're waiting on you. Terry Roberts Haggard replied to Roberts' email on Monday, April 5 with the following [Note: Haggard forwarded it to Roberts and sections of Roberts' original email that were repeated have been left out. Haggard's responses to the questions are in all CAPS] Terry, there must have been a misunderstanding at the time of our conversation. I was waiting on you. I had the facts at that time. My responses to your questions are imbedded in our e-mail. What is his name? THERE IS A PENDING CONDUCT CASE AGAINST A STUDENT SUSPECTED OF SENDING THE E-MAIL FROM A BOGUS ACCOUNT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH AN ACT OF DISHONESTY. THIS WAS A COWARDLY WAY TO RESPOND TO AN ISSUE. MS. ADAMS-DUNFORD AND I WERE ALREADY WORKING ON THE CASE AND WOULD HAVE WELCOMED ANY INQUIRIES. HE WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE HELP OF THE COMPUTER CENTER. I CAN'T COMMENT ANY FURTHER ON THAT ASPECT OF THE CASE BECAUSE THE CONDUCT CASE IS FERPA PROTECTED. Who are the two women involved? THE VICTIM WAS ACCURATELY IDENTIFIED AS DAPHNE MOORE. THE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED HER WAS TANYA ARRINGTON. MS. ARRINGTON IS A SPRING '96 GRADUATE OF WESTERN AND A FORMER UNDERGRADUATE MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. SHE IS NOT CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF ANY GRADUATE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA What are the circumstances surrounding the assault? MS. ARRINGTON WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MS. MOORE HAD MADE A DELTA SYMBOL WITH HER HANDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY MEMBERS MAY DO. MS. ARRINGTON HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A PICTURE OF THIS. AT THE TIME, MS. MOORE WAS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH DELTA SIGMA THETA AND WAS NOT A PLEDGE. MS. ARRINGTON CAME TO SCOTT HALL TO FIND MS. MOORE AND GET A COPY OF THE ALLEGED PICTURE. MS. MOORE DENIED THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A PICTURE. MS. ARRINGTON SUBSEQUENTLY PUNCHED MS. MOORE. JANE ADAMS-DUNFORD WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT THE NEXT MORNING WHICH BEGAN THE INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY TWO ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNDERGRADUATE DELTA SIGMA THETA CHAPTER. THEY WERE FULLY COOPERATIVE WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND WERE NOT CULPABLE IN THE INCIDENT. SO, THE INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ALUMNA AND A STUDENT WHO WAS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION. Is this a Greek matter? OBVIOUSLY Have there been charges filed? MS. MOORE DID NOT WISH TO PRESS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MS. ARRINGTON. HOWEVER, SINCE MS. ARRINGTON IS A NON-STUDENT, UNIVERSITY POLICE BANNED HER FROM CAMPUS. MS. ADAMS- DUNFORD IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO APPROPRIATE DELTA SIGMA THETA OFFICIALS AND POSSIBLE SORORITY ACTION AGAINST MS. see 'Roberts/Haggard Exchange' page 4 ■
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