Clarion 1992-11-20 Vol. 68 No. 05

              =Vol. 68, No. 5; November 20, 1992=
Jury Finds Brad Hall Guilty
Former Bethel Student Convicted for Threatening Cooper-Lewter
by Josh Freed
Editor
Bradley Lee Hall was found guilty of
making terroristic threats against Associate Professor of Social Work Nicholas
Cooper-Lewter on Monday. Hall, who is
a former Bethel student, was sent to the
Ramsey County Jail to await sentencing
on December 18.
According to Cooper-Lewter's testimony, the threats occured during a meeting in the professor's office on Feburary
12, 1992. Cooper-Lewter said that Hall
told him that "Hitler had the right idea, he
just didn't go far enough," and that Cooper-
Lewter would be "eradicated."
Department Secretary Becky Olson
testified that Cooper-Lewter then opened
the door to his office and said to Hall "Get
out of my face. I don't want you in my
office anymore." Cooper-Lewter then instructed Olson to call security. Hall was
escorted off campus a short time later by
former Director of Security Bill Watson.
Provost David Brandt banned Hall from
the campus, and the school provided armed
security for Cooper-Lewter in the weeks
between the February incident and Hall's
arrest six weeks later.
Hall denied making any threats. In his
closing remarks, Hall's attorney, Joseph
Carter, suggested that Hall was being
persecuted for his racist views. He also
said that since Cooper-Lewter holds aPh.D
in psychology, he knew the "trigger words"
to make Hall look bad.
The Ramsey County jury that found
Hall guilty deliberated for about 5 hours
before delivering their verdict. After the
verdict was handed down, Assistant
Ramsey County Attorney Clayton
Robinson informed the jury that a man
identified in a photograph as Hall had been
seen at the Minneapolis school where
Cooper-Lewter's wife teaches.
Senate Concerned
With Student Apathy
by Krissa Glasgow
Writing Intern
Student Senate is getting the silent
treatment. No one is talking to the Senate
members about their concerns for Bethel,
although Senate was primarily created to
provide representation of the students to
the administration. Unfortunately, few
students at Bethel make use of this representation, and some senators are concerned.
Dennis Anderson, Senior Class President, is concerned about the lack of communication between students and Senate.
He said, "Student Senate doesn't have the
power to represent students because there
seems to be nothing to represent. If there
was a nuclear war, and the U.S. Congress
was the only group that survived, then
Congress would be in the same situation
Bethel Senate is in now."
Senate allocates funds to different clubs
on the Bethel campus. A problem with this
responsibility, however, is that Senate receives too little money to thoroughly help
clubs. At the same time, Campus Coordinators has been given an amount of money
significantly larger than Senate's.
Anderson wants students to be more
concerned about present problems at Bethel.
Problems do exist like sparse parking at
Fountain Terrace and on campus, Market
Square's high prices, the now silent Dr.
Gowdy issue, chapel hours shutting down
the school, "open town-house" hours and
the fact that foreign language classes will
no longer fulfill a "cultures" requirement.
Senate also wants us to hold the administration accountable by reminding
them that students care about what's happening. Anderson said, "Even if students
Please see Senate on page 3
Photo/ GJ Harper
Associate Professor of Social
Work, Nicholas Cooper-Lewter.
During the closing arguments, Hall
seemed optimistic, grinning frequently and
giving a thumbs-up to a woman in the
courtroom. After the verdict was read, Hall
was remanded into custody and ordered by
Ramsey County District Judge Salvador
Rosas to undergo a psychiatric investigation.
"There was a kind of release that came
as a result of the verdict," Cooper-Lewter
said. "I don't feel any hatred for Bradley
Hall." Cooper-Lewter credits his students
and other staff people for going "over and
above" during his ordeal.
"There's a part of me that wants to shout
and say 'you see, I'm not a liar.' I got in
trouble [with Hall] because I believe we
ought to live together, that we ought to get
rid of racism... it makes victims of us all."
- this story was also reported by
Sandy McNeel
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Tedious underground construction
toward completion.
Photo/ K. Friberg
is underway as the CLC inches
Bethel Royals
Rock Tommies:
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Greg Boyd
Wants To Party:
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