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University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 28. 1991
Senator amends remarks against Hill
About 40 protest Wyoming's Simpson for comments made during Thomas hearings
The Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Saying it was time "for a little honest reassessment," Sen. Alan Simpson apologized for his behavior and harsh comments about Anita Hill during Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Wyoming Republican told a group of about 300 at a GOP fundraiser that the last couple of weeks had been very painful and said he had "no one to blame but myself."
Simpson was one of Thomas' strongest defenders and Hill's biggest detractors during the hearing on Hill's allegations that Thomas sexually harassed
her a decade ago.
He angered feminists by attacking Hill's credibility, at one point suggesting that she had a secret crush on Thomas.
About 40 people protested against him Friday when he made an appearance at the University of Worning, his alma mater.
"I have been riding high, a bit too cocky, arrogant," he said. "I think it's time for a little honest reassessment, and I'll be doing that."
Simpson said it had been personally uncomfortable to see his "good name equated with McCarthy, sleaze, slime, smarmy, evil, ugly, mean-spirited,
slasher, vindictive, menacing and much, much more."
He said he would take the lead of both Thomas and Hill, who had said it was time for reconciliation.
"I do not blame the media for anything, nothing. I do not blame activist feminine groups for anything, nothing. They're blameless," he said. "The responsi-
sions it is mine, and I shall handle it and handle it well."
Among those in attendance were Wyoming natives Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, head of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Mannequin used to scare away criminals
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Home alone on Halloween? Scare off the goblins with what a gift catalog describes as "the urban scarecrow ... the latest weapon in the war on crime."
"You'd swear he's a real person."
Catherine Bucaro
Owner of urbanscarecrow
The scarecrow is Gregory, an 11-pound mannequin with curly brown hair, a small cleft in his chin and three ears. He sits on his wrists, elbows, shoulders and head.
wise empty cruisers to deter speeders Gregory is ready for civilian life.
Gregory has been on the market for several years, but so far most buyers have been police departments in towns too small to afford enough real cops. Now, after untold hours of sitting behind the wheel of parked and other-
That, at leak, is the hope of the Anatomical Chart Co., a Skokie, Ill., mail-order house that also sells girls night lights and "The Rone Phone."
In the passenger seat of a car or in a chair by the living room window, Gregory's "muscle-bound fiberglass body
and intimidating stare are guaranteed to reduce crime — just by the mere presence of a companion," the catalog boasts.
Gregory was created by two Utah men, Steve Bennett and Ruel Ruffo, who took his name from "gregos," Greek for vigilant.
Besides being lighter, cheaper and more maneuverable than a store mannequin, he has what Bennett describes as "a macho expression" to *intrint* *idate bad guys*. Even though his legs are stubs, he sits at a tall as a 6-footer.
Ironically, this crime fighter also can be used to circumvent the law. Bennett says Gregory has helped meet a car pool quorum in California and ridden in a motorboat to fulfill a law that a boat pulling a water-skier must have two occupants.
Catherine Bucaro of the Chicago area drives at night with Gregory in
Bucaro talksto him and giveshim an occasional peek on the cheek. "You'd swear he's a real person," she said.
Florida man accused of selling term papers
The Associated Press
Two South Florida students expelled from major
TAMPA, Fla. — Two criminology students submitted term papers that a professor considered not only awful but also criminal.
After flunking the students, William Blount, head of the University of South Florida criminology department, did some sleuthing that led to the filing of a second-degree misdemeanor charge against the man accused of being thereal author.
A. Engler Anderson, 31, failed to appear last week for a court hearing on the charge of selling a term paper or dissertation and could be held without bond it caught.
While the students were bounced out of their major and one was kicked out of school, the only way that Anderson could be held accountable was through the courts.
$500 to the criminology department.
Blount said the papers in late 1989 were for his course on "victimless crime," which covers issues such as prostitution and gambling. When he asked the two students to correct the papers, one did nothing but change the margins. The other gave bizarre answers.
"The state attorney's office wanted to prosecute. They were very diligent," Blount said. A prosecutor recommended that if convicted, Anderson should donate
"It was pretty apparent they weren't handing in their own work," hesaid.
Blount said students told him Anderson charged between $125 and $500, depending on the length of the paper.
Anderson's writing career has included stints at several newspapers, including the university's student newspaper, The Oracle, and the St. Petersburg Times, where he worked as a news correspondent in a suburban Tampa bureau, the Times reported in its Saturday editions.
Anderson is believed to be living near Palm Beach, according to the report.
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