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QUAY'S WEATHER M N M Dow JONES k.rarUy ckMTdy. • high35°F, low213F 289.15 BREEZE -KVMg.87 Extended forecast on page 2 u N A-7 MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2000 Last-second shot gives Dukes win JMU wins its 14th straight home game Dennis — he sunk one with 10 points — seven below his aver- ASON McINTYRE seconds left against Boston Uni- age — on 1 -of-8 shooting. j senior writer versity on Nov. 22 to send the On JMU's ensuing possession, Whether you want to call him game into overtime, where the senior Jamar Perry drove to the the Slinger from South Dakota or Dukes pulled out the win. basket but lost control of the ball, the Cool Hand from Hot Springs, Saturday's win broke a tie for and UR's Greg Stevenson recov- JMU junior Mickey Dennis hit second place in the CAA with ered and was fouled with 18.5 the shot heard 'round the CAA the Spiders (10-9, 5-3), and put seconds left. Already down a bas- Saturday night. the Dukes (12-6, 6-2) a half- ket, things looked grim for the In a game with two confer- game behind first place George Dukes because Stevenson, in ence contenders exchanging bas- Mason (7-2). addition to leading the conference kets in the "It takes great focus to make a in scoring, was shooting a blister- second half JMU 65 shot like that," an emotional JMU ing 95 percent from the foul line like boxers Richmond 64 Coach Sherman Dillard said. in conference play. Due to sched- trading "We almost needed a miracle, uling quirks, it was the first game body shots, and we got an unbelievable at home since Dec. 4 for which Dennis delivered the final knock- shot." students were on campus. out punch, a fadeaway, double- The Dukes almost didn't get a With JMU's largest home clutch three-pointer from the left chance to shoot for the win. With crowd in over two years worked corner with one second left, as the score tied at 62, Richmond's into a frenzy, Stevenson missed JMU rallied to stun Richmond, Kinte Smith beat Dennis back- the front end of the one-and-one, 65-64, for their 14th straight door — his only basket of the setting up Dennis' heroics. home victory in an exhilarating game — with 38 seconds remain- "The crowd tonight was just game before 6,516 noisy fans at ing to put the Spiders up by two. unbelievable," Dillard said. "It the Convocation Center. "I kini of felt obligated to brought back memories of my "I was just trying to get a shot make something happen after days here as a player when Lou off, and I got lucky," Dennis said. getting beat on the previous Campanelli was couching." "The thing went in. If that does- play," said Dennis, who played On the winning sequence, UR stellar defense on Smith, UR's sec- refused to get beaten by senior ROBERT NATTIsenior photographer n't go, I'm in trouble." It was the second last-second ond leading scorer, all game long. With the shot that wins the game, Mickey Dennis hits for a three- three pointer of the season for Smith finished with just five see DUKES page 9 pointer that propels JMU to beat Richmond, 65«4, on Saturday. Student hit by car, slapped with charge Many students use street in lieu of crosswalk she stepped out into the street when it RIAN WESTLEY was not safe, HPD Sgt. Richard Lanoue assistant news editor said in Friday's Daily News-Record. II Richards was in the center turning lane A JMU student was struck by a car as when she was struck by the vehicle. she attempted to cross South Main Street The Breeze was unable to reach in front of Anthony-Seeger Hall Thurs- Lanoue or Richards for comment over day, according to a report by the Har- the weekend. DYLAN BOUCHKKI.K/.v< nun'photographer risonburg Police Department. Richards was taken to Rockingham SUPER SNOW SUNDAY: A snowstorm that dumped snow and freezing rain made for Dana Richards, a junior art major was see SOUTH MAIN page 9 treacherous driving in the 'Burg on Sunday. charged with a traffic violation because
Flipping Out ll.'U'.'HI Live Nun Talking Bloody Good Program All Around the World The JMU women's gymnastics team, coached Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man ■ The popular JMU abroad ■ Take a trip around the world with- Walking, spoke out in Charlottesville against by Roger Burke, left, finished second among program in London reflects on out leaving JMU. and win prizes at the the death penalty. the three teams competing in Godwin Hall its history as it celebrates its same time. Pages 28-29 on Saturday afternoon. Page 33 20th year. Page 3 Page 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS Monday, Jan. 31, 2000 NEWS
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Occupational therapy students lobby in Richmond 5 MONDAY, JANUARY 31 • Take Back the Night meeting, 7:30 p.m., Taylor 400 OPINION • Circle K meeting, 6:15 p.m., Taylor 306, call • Yoga club, 6 p.m., Taylor 309, e-mail Kai at safranka Jenny at x4727 or Lauren at x5722 House Editorial: Students should enjoy WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 college years 12 f TUESDAY, Spotlight: Who would you choose to FEBRUARY 1 • Animal Rights Coalition, 7 p.m., Taylor 309, e-mail Kai speak at this year's graduation? 12 at safranka • Animal Rights Coalition I almost died for The Breeze by Alex movie, "Die! for a New • Brown Bag Lunch, The Worlds of Willa Cather's Vessels 13 America," 7 p.m., Roop 128, Imagination," 12:20 to 1:10 p.m., Hillcrest House, call call Stephanie at 438-8314 x6953 Darts and Pats 13 Stealing by Mike Olson J5 i Center (or Leadership • Campus Crusade for Christ, Primetime Large Group Service and Transition work- meeting, 8 p.m., PC Ballroom, call Dave at 433-7705 Player hating by Jason Slattery. 17 shops, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; KeySkills I, "From I to We . . . • JMU Ballroom and Folk Dance Club, 7:15 to 9 p.m., Religion by Jason Harper 17 Getting to Know You," Taylor 404, KeySkills Godwin 356, for more information, look online at From We to Team: Getting to Know You II." www.jmu. edu/orgs/fab STYLE
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WXJM shows 19 POLICE LOG WEATHER New & Improv'd Comedy Group 21 "Say Goodnight Grade" 23 suspicious odor in Chesapeake Hall Today ELISSA FORREST "Fantasia" review. 25 police reporter on Jan. 25 at 12:55 a.m. Partly cloudy The investigation resulted in mul- ^ ^ High 36, Low 22 Style weekly. 27 A male JMU student was judicial- tiple items of paraphernalia being ly referred on a charge of sexual bat- seized. • A JMU student was judicially tery after reportedly climbing in bed High Low FOCUS with a female student and committed referred on a charge of possession sexual battery on her on Jan. 28 at of marijuana on Jan. 27 at 9:34 p.m. Tuesday Sunny, breezy 42 23 Sister Helen Prejean speaks out about 2:42 a.m. in a residence hall. due to incomplete evidence for crim- the death penalty 20-21 The victim was transported to the inal prosecution. Wednesday Showers 44 26 magistrate where she refused to file Thursday Snow and rain 45 27 SPORTS charges. The perpetrator was inter- Underaged Possession of viewed by police and reportedly Alcohol Friday Partly cloudy 52 33 acknowledged that he committed • Nimesh B. Patel, 19, of Reston, Girls basketball 31 the act. was arrested and charged with Gymnastics 33 The subject was judicially referred underaged possession of alcohol in in lieu of criminal prosecution Chesapeake Hall on Jan. 25 at Feature: Von Ohlen 35 because the victim was uncoopera- 12:55 a.m. MARKET WATCH tive with police. Friday, Jan. 27,2000 JMU's Top 50 43 Petty Larceny Sports beat 45 In other matters, campus police • Unidentified individuals reportedly DOW JONES - AMEX report the following: stole a cell phone with a charger on 289.15 f 14.56 ♦ Jan. 25 between 5:30 and 7:45 LIFESTYLES close: 10,738.87 " close: 868.24 T Possession of Marijuana p.m.from an automobile parked in C- • Nimesh B. Patel, 19, of Reston, 2 Lot. Horoscopes 49 NASDAQ S&P 500 was arrested and charged with pos- According to the owner of the 152.49 Crossword puzzle 49 session of marijuana after an inves- t 38.40 t tigation reportedly triggered by a see POLICE LOG page 5 close: 3,887.07 close: 1,360.16 Ask OCL 53
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ARAH JONES gram in December of 1978 and Collis said. "It is a quaint house of 1998. The program advertises also take weekend trips. contributing writer by September the first group was with a backyard and has the that the house is a 10-minute Locations visited include s in London." greatest location, smack in the walk to almost all of London's places such as Cambridge, JMU's oldest abroad program The London program is ^_ mmm major attractions and many Sussex, Kent, Windsor, Oxford, recently celebrated 20 years of a popular choice among ti nightclubs. Bath, Stratford and a long list of sending students to London to students wishing to study Many recognize that Madison House also other places. study. abroad, based on the num- * acts a hostel, with at least Collis recalls the trips to Bath English professor Ralph ber of regular participants. fkiS DrOgram that Dr. two rooms open for JMU and Stratford as fun trips that Cohen founded the program in Each semester and summer alumni or other JMU stu- added to the overall experience 1979. Douglas Kehlenbrink, asso- session, JMU sends between Cohen fOUTlded ill 1979 dents to stay in while travel- that he had. J ciate professor of music, has been 20 and 30 students to live § ing. As for classes, Kehlenbrink the director for nine years. and learn in the is OW Of the best Of itS "These are offered at a said he has worked hard to add "Many recognize that this Bloomsbury area of reduced rate at around 15 new classes and to keep some of program that Dr. Cohen founded London, a centrally located type if! London. MaHV pounds a night, which the ones established by Cohen. in 1979 is one of the best of its part of the city that is close r works out to be about 30 Specifically, Cohen established a type in London," Kehlenbrink to its most famous attrac- non-JMU students seek dollars," Collis said. "That is relationship with the new Globe said. "Many non-JMU students tions and the University of pretty cheap considering the Theater in England for teaching seek us out because we are London. us out because we are great location." Shakespeare. known for providing an abun- While in London, stu- The five-story building Through this relationship, dance of activity for nominal dents are housed at known for providing an was built in 1789. Judy students are able to hear one lec- costs," he said. Madison House. Cohen said that JMU has ture a week about Shakespeare's Judy Cohen, director of the while JMU doesn't offi- abundance of activity for only been leasing Madison plays and then also attend one international internship pro- daily own the building, yy House for the past 10 years. Shakespearian play each week. gram, said, "My husband ... had Kehlenbrink said it is "vir- nOlflifial COStS. Students studying Many of the classes have lec- been taking students to London tually ours," and that there abroad in London prior to ture once a week with a visit to a on short trips when he decided is a full lease on the premis- Douglas Kehlenbrink 1990 were housed at The related place. to talk to Dr. [Ronald] Carrier es to JMU. director of JMU study abroad program-London Arran House Hotel Bed and "(The program] is dedicated [JMU president at the time] Madison House is popu- Breakfast, which is just to getting students out and see- about creating a semester study lar among the students who down the road. ing things," Collis said. "We abroad program. They started live there during their semester. middle of everything." Collis Even though students live •spend more time seeing than sit- working on developing the pro- "It's incredible!" junior Robert studied in London during the fall close to many attractions, they ting in a classroom."
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OLLY HARGREAVES dents at JMU. But the program wasn't and how to speak to them about the field Cynthia Oley visited her representative, established at JMU until the summer of of occupational therapy, as well as basic Lee Ware (R), who represents parts of contributing writer it 1999. It's a four-year program that offers professional skill building and training, Chesterfield and Powhatan counties. She A group of JMU Occupational Therapy students a bache- ^«^_^_^____—.^^^^^^^^^^^ which taught them gave him a pamphlet on occupational students traveled to Richmond last lor's degree. t ( about the legisla- therapy. Monday to lobby for greater awareness of The students The efforts of the tive process. The students spoke with representa- their growing profession. went to Richmond The students then tives about the difference between occupa- This was the group's first lobbying trip on the morning of occupational therapy lobbied the. rest of tional therapists and physical therapists. to Virginia's capital. There are 19 occupa- Jan. 24, and were the'-tifternoon, vis- Physical therapists are more concerned tional therapy majors at JMU and 17 made trained by the students have'paid off iting delegates, with strength conditioning for patients, the trip to Richmond. The Virginia Virginia *■ ■ « senators and ' POLICE LOG, from page 2 automobile, the car was locked. However, there were no reported signs of forced entry. A new dollar? The merchandise removed was valued at $100. • Unidentified individuals reportedly removed $100 cash from a U.S. Mint releases one dollar coin deposit bag in Mr. Chips on Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. Destruction of Public Property the early 1800s. Color aside, the Made of a manganese alloy • Unidentified individuals reportedly removed a fire alarm detector LESSANDRA LOSCIALE Golden Dollar is distinguished on a copper base, the coins repli- and flashing light control from a wall in Chesapeake Hall at 2B West kNewsday _^ from the quarter by its slightly cate the electromagnetic signa- on Jan. 26 at 7:46 a.m. It probably will never replace larger size, smooth edges and ture of the Susan B. Anthony and The items were broken into several pieces and the fire alarm the dollar bill. But at the very wide border. can be used in machines that cur- panel was silenced. least, the Golden Dollar — a For the first time, the U.S. rently accept the older coins. gold-hued dollar coin that made Mint has treated a coin as a con- With the public's increasing Assault and Battery its national debut Saturday — sumer product, promoting it need for coins of higher denomi- • Two female JMU students were reportedly attacked by a third won't be confused with the quar- with a $40 million campaign that nations, the Golden Dollar is female JMU student at Forest Hills townhouses on Jan. 28 at 1:22 ter, which was the unfortunate started this spring. To that end, expected to improve transactions a.m. fate of its predecessor, the Susan the federal agency struck a deal at vending machines and toll Both victims reportedly refused transport to Rockigham Memorial B. Anthony dollar. to introduce 30 million of the booths. Hospital. "We hope that it will begin coins Saturday at more than But for the government, it's The incident was reported to a campus police officer at circulating and that it becomes 2,900 Wal-Mart stores and Sam's also a money maker: While Chesapeake Hall. This matter was referred to a Harrisonburg officer part of the consumer's daily rou- Clubs nationwide. paper money lasts 18 months for further investigation. tine," said New York Federal Customers will have the and has to be constantly reis- Reserve spokesman Doug Tillett option of getting change in the sued, the new coin will last 30 Mutual Aid Assist about the coin, which bears the new currency. years. Each coin costs 12 cents to • Virginia State Police officers requested the assistance of campus image of Sacagawea, the 14-year- The U.S. Mint has orders for make, and the Mint sells it to the police in transporting three female subjects, all JMU students, to the old American Indian guide who 200 million of the new coins, Federal Reserve for $1, making county jail on Jan. 28 at 1:15 a.m. accompanied the Lewis and which far exceeds its initial goal an 88 cent profit for the U.S. Clark expedition to Oregon in of 120 million. Treasury. Number of drunk in public charges since Aug. 28: 53 news n. pi. 1. new information about anything; information previously unknown writer n. 1. a person who writes 2. a person whose occupation is writing Breeze news writer n: 1. an underpaid yet highly valued and creative person who seeks out the lesser- known stories at JMU for journalism skills, free pizza and the glory of seeing their name in print. 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V• 7 V V "•• V V V V V V• V* > V• i V• i V• i V• i V• ™ V• V •i ffi • i ffl i" W •T W n The Breeze NEWS Monday, Jan. 31,2000 7 Colleges Louisiana State student reportedly stabs dean Survey says... A Louisiana State University student accused of stabbing the institution s dean of students in the head and neck has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. With political polls, the phrasing of questions Police said Marques Smith, 21, a philosophy major, resorted to violence Monday after receiving a letter informing him that he makes all the difference in the results raced university sanctions for altering his grades. Police said bmitn attacked the dean, John Baker, from whose office the letter ANET WILSON polling results can be influenced centage points. Jones' apparent was sent. The struggle ended in the driveway of Baker's home by many factors, such as the only after a kitchen knife used in the attack broke, police said. \ Los Angeles Times lead might not exist. J wording, or even the order, of Baker suffered cuts to his head and ears. He was treated at a Because the margin of error is When Harvard University's questions. both negative and positive, you local hospital and returned to work Tuesday. Smith, who was also "Vanishing Voter" project asked cut dunng the fight, received stitches at a hospital before police The goals of polls also might be must double it. Therefore, Jones charged him. Americans this month who they different. The aim of the Harvard must lead by more than 8 per- supported for president, the win- poll, for example, is to determine centage points to exceed the mar- Wisconsin student wins on ABC's 'Millionaire' ner was overwhelming. why people don't vote, not which gin of error and be considered a Close to 75 percent said they candidate is leading the pack. clear front-runner. Andrew Rosin, who won $64,000 after answering several supported "no candidate." The good news is that there is If polled properly, statisticians questions on the popular game show "Who Wants to be a George W. Bush was next with a great deal of reliable information say, as few as 1,000 people accu- Millionaire?" said the first thing he will do with the money is buy a 13 percent, followed by Al Gore, 6 to be gained from reputable polls rately can reflect opinions of 185 TV to go in his spare dorm room. percent; John McCain, 3 percent; and surveys, experts say. There million Americans. The most Rosin, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, and Bill Bradley, 2 percent. are even two industry-watchdog widely accepted method of sam- watched a taped version of the show with other students in the Those findings contradicted groups, the National Council on pling people is through random- lobby of his residence hall. Many said they thought he looked a lot polls showing Bush with up to 56 Public Polls and the American digit dialing, which means every- like the guy on the show. percent of the vote. Why? Association for Public Opinion one has an equal chance of being "It was really amusing," Rosin told the Associated Press. "Some Because pollsters asked the Research, that set standards and interviewed. people aren't aware of what I did, but I think that's going to questions differently. censure rogue polling outfits. change." Using area codes and "These other surveys force With New Hampshire's first- Rosin, 18, won the prize for correctly answering 11 questions exchanges in geographically respondents into a choice by in-the-nation primary two days and declining to answer the 12th. Had he given a wrong answer, stratified areas, computers gener- reading them a list of candidates away, it's good to remember that ate more than 3,000 phone num- Rosin would have won only $32,000. It was too big a risk, he said, and basically asking them to avoiding having to answer the question: "In Jacques Louis David's polls have limitations. Public bers to make up for hangups, name one," said Thomas painting The Death of Marat,' where is Marat sitting?" The opinion can change daily. those who aren't home, nonresi- answer: a bathtub. Patterson, co-director of the "Polling doesn't predict the dences and other dead ends. "I didn't have any idea on that one," Rosin said. "Vanishing Voter" project. "We future; it captures a snapshot of a Weighted formulas are used When he's finished scouting out a new TV set and furniture for posed the question differently: moment in time," said Susan to make sure men and women, his dorm room, Rosin said he'll invest the rest of his winnings. 'Which candidate do you support Pinkus, director of the Los Angeles minorities and age groups are at this time, or haven't you Times poll. — from wire reports represented in the same propor- picked a candidate yet?'" Consider "margin of error," tion in which they appear in the This doesn't mean that polls which is determined through general population. For political showing Bush ahead nationally mathematical formulas. Say can- surveys, pollsters ask questions are wrong. The apparent contra- didate Jones has 43 percent and regarding voting history to Nation diction between polls and the Smith 37 percent, but the margin identify likely or highly proba- Harvard survey shows that of error is plus or minus 4 per- ble voters. Lewinsky to appear with Barbara Walters once again, this time on The View' Monica and Barbara: together again. Monica Lewinsky will appear on the ABC daytime talk show 'The View" on Feb. 22, Freshman bored with nearly a year after her prime-time interview with Barbara Walters and a year after the show's executive producer invited her to audition for an on-air spot. A spokesman for The View" said that Lewinsky will sit for an academics, study shows interview with Walters, then speak with the other co-hosts. The intended topics: her role as Jenny Craig spokeswoman and her CHRISTINE TATUM ever. A record 40 percent of stu- cent of last year's high school line of handbags. dents reported frequently feeling seniors said they earned a C, TMS Campus wire service Asked whether Lewinsky was trying out for the show, The bored in class, up from 38 percent down from a record high of 33 View" spokesman, Karl Nilsson, said, "No, no, no, not at all. This year's college freshmen last year and from a low of 26 per- percent in 1969. Clearly, she's just coming on as a guest." said they spent their last year of cent in 1985. A whopping 63 per- So, what's up with the good Last March, Walters tendered "an open invitation" to audition high school strolling in late for cent of students, the most ever, and executive producer Bill Geddie told some reporters that he grades? Two words, researchers class and dodging homework — also said they showed up late for believed Walters "would love" to have Lewinsky try out. said: "grade inflation." In other and still managed to maintain an class frequently or occasionally, words, giving students higher Rural teens more likely to smoke, use drugs A average. compared with 49 percent in 1966. grades for average work. than those in inner-cities Don't be too impressed, say Signs of the students' disinter- And for many students, researchers at the University of est in academics showed in their school work is focused very much California at Los Angeles, whose study habits, too. Thirty-two per- Teens in rural America are more likely to smoke, drink and use on the basics. Researchers found drugs than teenagers in America's inner-cities even though drugs annual survey of college first- cent of freshmen said they spent that more students are taking are equally easy to obtain in either environment, according to a years is designed to show how six or more hours a week studying remedial courses than ever — par- new study. students' attitudes and goals or doing homework during their ticularly in mathematics and for- "It's time for all Americans to recognize that drugs are not only change over time. The resulting last year of high school — down eign languages (13 percent and 5 an urban problem," said Joseph A. Califano, Jr, president of the study, released this week and now from 44 percent of students when percent, respectively). Overall, 18 National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia in its 34th year, is conducted by the question first was asked. Forty percent of first-year college stu- University. UCLA's Higher Education percent of students said they stud- dents took a remedial course in According to the report, high school freshmen's drug use in Institute and based on responses ied less than three hours a week, high school, up from a low of 12 rural areas exceed those in large urban areas for every drug, from 261,217 students at 462 two and 17 percent said they studied percent in 1982. except Ecstasy and marijuana. and four-year institutions. less than one hour a week. "Although these percentages High school seniors in rural America used more cocaine, crack, Students' answers reflect their last Despite their aversion to study- are relatively small, they represent amphetamines, inhalants, alcohol, cigarettes and smokeless year of high school and their ing many students reported they hundreds of thousands of stu- tobacco than seniors in large urban areas. expectations of college. managed to hold on to an A aver- dents nationwide, thus emphasiz- "Bluntly put, meth has come to Main Street, along with other The rigors of college study age in high school. A record 34 drugs and with magnum force aimed at our children," said ing the need for colleges and uni- must have been a shocker to many Califano, former U. S. Secretary of Health, Education and percent of students said they versities to accommodate growing first-years, who reported what Welfare. scored the top grade, compared numbers of students who may be — from wire reports researchers called more "disen- with an all-time low of 13 percent academically under-prepared," gagement" from academics than in 1969. Conversely, only 12 per- the report states. B MoridaV, Jan.1 31/2007 NEWS Thi Breeze "Hilarious! "A great date show. A perfect mating dance! The most entertaining show on or off Broadway!" 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Harrisonburg, VA. 22802 Parking is available in the Pheasant Run Townhome Lot [email protected] Th* Breeze NEWS Monday.Jan.31,2000 9 Dukes clinch win with second to go in game DUKES, from page 1 "All week in practice we had (transfer) Ron Anderson emulating Stevenson with Jabari Outtz (15 points), who has carried the blue head band and we knew we JMU down the stretch all season long. The couldn't let him dominate. [Perry] did a Spiders put the 6-foot-6 Stevenson on wonderful job on him all night." Outtz to get the ball out of his hands. That Dennis followed Stevenson's bucket played out just fine for the Dukes, as he with a triple from the right side to slice the was able to find Dennis, who took two margin to three, and JMU freshman Ian dribbles and fired the improbable game Caskill hit a fadeaway jumper to draw the winner, sending the Spiders to the canvas. Dukes within one at 52-51 with 6 minutes They didn't get up. 55 seconds to play. Stevenson answered "This was very similar to the loss we with a hanging leaner for a three-point had at SMU," Richmond Coach John cushion, but Outtz scored a reverse layup Beilein said, referring to a December loss to cut the lead to one as the teams see- when Southern Methodist hit a 30-foot sawed back and forth. three pointer at the buzzer to beat the Spi- Then UR's Reggie Brown took over. ders by one. "I'm going to try and play a The Spiders, shorthanded after All- psychologist this week to figure out how Conference forward Charles Stephens and we can get positives out of this," he said. guard Marques Cunningham, both The Dukes saw the game slipping away Starters, were kicked off the team in Janu- in the middle rounds as Stevenson began ary, got a huge game from Brown, who to take over. JMU fell behind 50-43 with scored a career-high 21 points, including nine minutes left following a hook shot six three pointers. from UR reserve Eric Zwayer when the Getting a rare start, the freshman nailed rally began. back-to-back three pointers in a 42 second Perry nailed a three-pointer from the span to put the Spiders up 60-55 with five left corner to cut the deficit to six, but minutes left. Outtz answered with two free Stevenson, locked in a battle with Perry all throws to narrow it back to three, and fol- night, answered with a driving bank shot lowing a Brown layup on the fast break, to push the lead back to six. Stevenson, the JMU point freshman guard David Fanning CAA player of the week three of the last found Perry underneath to draw the four weeks, was held in check most of the Dukes within three points with 3:20 left. night courtesy of suffocating defense by A minute later, Outtz picked off a pass Perry, and finished with just 13 points from point guard Scott Ungerer and went (seven below his average) and nine in for the layup to draw JMU within one. rebounds. A Perry free throw tied the game at 62 K< HBERT HkTTIstniorpiKMogrtipher "We have had problems all season with 1:10 left, setting up the frantic final 70 JMU's Jamal Perry (20) moves past Spiders forward Kinte Smith in Saturday's game. ' long containing big scorers," Dillard said. seconds. The Dukes managed a 6S64 win for their 14th consecutive home victory. South Main accident raises safety concerns WANNA WORK SOUTH MAIN, from page 1 and radio stations WXJM and out of the way and sometimes WMRA. you just have to get to class." FOR THE BREEZE? Memorial Hospital and was Several General Education Another student said she released the same day, a hospital classes are also held in the build- thinks the crosswalk at the inter- spokeswoman said. ing. section by Grace Street isn't any In September 1996, the Har- \The nearest crosswalk to safer than crossing in front of risonburg City Council voted to Anthony-Seeger Hall is located Anthony-Seeger. remove a crosswalk and blink- at the intersection of South Main "Cars don't even pay atten- ing yellow light that were in and Grace streets, about 150 feet tion to the crosswalks," freshman FREE FOOD, place in front of Anthony-Seeger away. SCOM major Stephanie Hall. Harrisdnburg doesn't have a Nightlinger said. "No matter The decision was made in jaywalking ordinance, but those where you cross you feel like GREAT response to complaints that stu- who step into traffic can be cited you have to dodge cars." dents were tying up traffic, The with traffic violations, Harrison- Freshman Rachelle Thomp- Breeze reported on Sept. 19,1996. burg Police Chief ponald Harper son, who hasn't decided on a EXPERIENCE. Four years later, however, said in the Sept. 19, }996 issue of major, said she thinks JMU needs hundreds of students and facul- Vie Breeze. \ to do something to solve the ty continue to cross South Main Several students said they problem of students crossing the Street in front of Anthony- were unsettled when they were street. CHECK OUT OUR Seeger Hall on a daily basis. told about the accident. "I think when students are Anthony-Seeger Hall houses the "I'm scared to cross the road rushing to class they don't really School of Media Arts and because I know that people could think about where they are cross- AD ON PACE 38. Design, the School of Speech care less," freshman ISAT major ing," she said. "To prevent fur- Communication, The Breeze, stu- Jessica Bramhall said. "I don't use ther injury, the school should do dent yearbook The Bluestone, the crosswalk because it is so far ,y.rrt.V..r~ "»rmy*? r?*r»***r #-*•▼****•»»* '+*tft*r r**t? + r >***.♦ »*• •«•!»• The Breeze 10 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 NEWS Attention Business Majors, SMAD Majors, and anyone looking to get involved in an award-winning student newspaper: The Breeze is seeking to fill the following positions: 5 Advertising Executives 5 Advertising Designers Assistant Ads Manager Advertising Manager These positions handle all the advertising for The Breeze. Sales, Design, and Management experience is a plus, but not required. Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors are urged to apply. Each position requires approximately 15 hours of work each week. Drop off a resume and cover letter to The Breeze office Gl Anthony Seeger Hall. For more information call Brandon at X6127 Employment will be from April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2000 Deadlines: Ad Manager: Feb. 1 Reaching the James Madison University Designers, Execs, Assist Ads Manager: Feb. 14 community for over 75 years. T>o you want to have the ultimate Valentine's *Da\j present without sy ending a dime? (Enter Trie 'Breeze's "Valentine's (Day is for Lovers" Contest] Submit a short essay by Feb. 8 on one of the following topics: Why you deserve a night at Joshua Wilton House Grand Prize: Overnight stay for two at Joshua Wilton House You don't bring me flowers no more. Most Romantic Story Prize: Roses from Artistic Florist Prize: Jewelry from James McHone Winners will be contacted by Feb. 10. The Breeze reserves the right to select contest winners in each category. Any decisions by The Breeze are final and not subject to an appeal. Breeze employees are ineligible to participate in this contest. Prizes should be picked up at The Breeze office by Feb. 17, 2000. —fe The Breeze NEWS Monday, Jan. 31,2000 11 I Second snowstorm in a week causes deaths through South UEANNEPRESSLEY were killed in traffic accidents and a man ed $55 million in damage. State and local fan. "We were sliding around all over the \The Washington Post apparently froze to death. One man was officials agreed they were better prepared place." JS killed early today on an ice-sheeted high- this time because they had more advance Ken Davis of the Georgia Emergency ATLANTA —The second winter storm in way in Atlanta. Five storm-related deaths warning that bad weather was on the Management Agency said that about 4300 a week brought more misery to the were reported in Missouri, one in way. state employees were on duty or on call Southeast Saturday, glazing roads and Louisiana and one in Tennessee. Near the Still, Super Bowl fans rushed to get today, including state forestry commission bridges here with a treacherous coating of Texas-Arkansas border, at Mount into town before conditions deteriorated workers armed with chain saws to cut ice- ice and confounding many of the 100,000 further, and Georgia Department of bowed tree limbs and help restore isolated football fans trying to make it to Sunday's Transportation officials warned that it power outages in the metropolitan area. Super Bowl game at the Georgia Dome. It looks awfully would be slow going along Interstate 75, "We urge people to travel only if you From Texas to Georgia, traffic pileups the route many Nashville fans of the absolutely have to," said Davis at a mid- dotted the wintry landscape, and in the pretty out there, but Tennessee Titans were likely to take. At day news conference. "If you're not on the Carolinas, where residents were still dig- least 50 cars were involved in an accident roads, you don't have much to worry ging out from a record snowfall early in the raods are really here this morning at the junction of about." the week, state emergency officials braced Interstates 75,85 and 20. Although airlines The driving force behind today's for another round of sleet, freezing rain messy. . . canceled many flights, all runways at weather, said meteorologist Von Woods and possible power outages. Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport still were of the National Weather Service in The storm created hazardous condi- open late this afternoon. Atlanta, was "a cold-air wedge, a small Regina Williams tions and a winter-wonderland beauty in "This is not exactly what I expect for Greenville, Miss, police dispatcher dome of cold air where the temperatures areas that normally are spared. In the Super Bowl. I expect warmer weath- were at or below freezing at the surface, Shreveport, La., and in Greenville, Miss., er," said Rudy Brown of Richmond, a with warmer air coming over the top of nearly a foot of snow brought routine life Pleasant, Tex., an 18-wheeler jack-knifed senior accounting manager and Titans fan it." Rain spilling down from the warm air to a standstill. overnight on icy Interstate 30, bringing who had just arrived here by plane, shiv- through the colder air froze on contact as "Wowee, since I've been born, we more than a hundred vehicles to a halt for ering but glad he had made it before the it hit power lines and trees, he said. The haven't had this much snow, and I'm 25," hours. Ice forced authorities to close a 10- weather got worse. temperature hovered around freezing said Greenville police dispatcher Regina mile stretch of Interstate 75 in central Likewise, James Visconti and Jay here for much of the day. Williams, who reported surprisingly few Kentucky. Sylvanowicz, who motored up from By Sunday, conditions were expected to traffic or electrical-power problems. "It Fortunately, this second go-round of Tallahassee, were relieved to be safely in improve here as the front moves northeast, looks awfully pretty out there, but the wintry weather was not quite as devastat- Atlanta. "It started getting really slippery with the precipitation ending and tempera- roads are really messy." ing here in Atlanta as last Sunday's ice when we were about 45 miles outside tures starting to warm up a few degrees. In Arkansas, the bad weather was storm, which left a half-million customers town," said Visconti, 25, a Florida State "Things will be a lot better, we hope, by the blamed for three deaths, after two people without electricity and caused an estimat- University student and St. Louis Rams time the game starts," Woods said. Are you tired of other people making all the decisions at JMU? r; How to be a friend t JMU students say they know to... This year you choose where your money goes . . . Fifty percent of your pledge will goto the academic college of your choice or student affairs. The other fifty percent will go toward building the new Leeolou Alumni Center. -». take tarns staying sober With a Millenium Pledge or above, you will secure your name on a brick that will make up the Class of 2000 walkway. We are the only class that will enjoy that privilege. intervene when their friends might hurt themselves Call the Senior Class Challenge Committee atx3174 Q keep track of their friends at parties 12 Monday. Jan. 31, 2000 OPINION The Breeze EDITORIAL -■::.•■■ BREEZE *'«i?" "To ttie press alone, cluzquered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression." — James Madison Editor Courtney Crowley : Managing editor Kelly Whalen v ■■'•"-,../ Ads manager Brandon Hedrick ■' Art director Dylan Boucherle V '■"•-. v Production manager Kick Ilann.ni News editor Kelly Hannon News editor Gina Montefusco ■ ;r^f ■ ,;• > Asst. news editor Brian Westley Opinion editor Mol.inii' Jennings Asst. opinion editor Amy Bafumo Style editor Jenny Stromann \ Focus editor Megan Ross :, Asst. style/focus editor Alison Manser Sports editor Mike Gesario Asst. sports editor Ryan Murray Copy editor Marcia Apperson Students should enjoy college years Asst. copy editor Steven Landry Photo editor Alex Vessels Through rain and snow and In essence, the message we else a strong work ethic, Phcto editor Kalie Wilson sleet and hail . . . Wait, is mean to portray is slow down! If we work on that, the rest will Graphics editor Michele Johnston that the motto of the United We speed through our youth like fall into place without us having Advisers Flip De I uca States Postal Service or is that the racecars on the Audubon. Relax, to sacrifice what should be the Alan Neckowitz general attitude of college stu- enjoy the best years of your life last few years of youthful free- dents when it comes to their because, like most good things, dom. We have the rest of our impending careers? they are fleeting and will be over iives to be business-oriented One thing is for certain; this before you know it. Success" stories. - —.- recent winter weather is testing « We need to take this time that theory and wreaking havoc Embrace XjOUX youthful Self; now to figure out what we EDITORIAL POLICY J / on people's schedules. The . * . / J can retreat to when the real The house editorial reflects the opinion of the accomplishment of some tasks, UOtl I UlSgUlSC It IYI UlC-flUVCl- WOrld gives us a real run for editorial board as a whole, and is not by way of moving from place to our money. necessarily the opinion of any individual staff place like Speedy Gonzales, has work-is-my-life attitudes. That is the real purpose of col- member of the Breeze. become impossible or extremely lege. We're here to learn a few difficult. Perhaps this weather On an individual level, when skills to help us in the real world, Courtney Crowley ... editor is trying to tell us something. get our hearts broken once or Kelly Whalen... managing editor We're voune! We're in college! was the last time you called your Melanie Jennings... opinion editor This is possibly the last year some suitemates from freshman year twice just for practice, meet differ- Amy Bafumo ... asst. opinion editor of us will be able to enjoy the for a dinner date at D-hall? Have ent people and figure out what snow before it starts interfering you ever gone to the arboretum makes us tick, Letters to the editor should be no more than with business trips and other job just to look at the trees? So whether or not it takes a 500 words, columns should be no more than related hassles. Too often we get stuck in this blinding snowstorm to force us to 800 words, and both will be published on a Those among us in Brooks misguided train of thought that think about our lives, the point space available basis. They must be delivered to Brothers suits and Ferregamo says even in college we must be remains the same. College should The Breeze by noon Tuesday or 5 p.m. Friday. heels should realize they're not active participants in the rat race give us happy times to look back The Bree*e reserves the right to edit for clarity and space. executives yet and slip into some- of the business world. on and enjoy, The opinions in this section do not necessarily thing more comfortable to go play In order to succeed we must be It's not too late to get out there reflect the opinion of the newspaper, this staff, in the snow. as relentless as those who take and start making memories. We or James Madison University. Embrace your youthful self; part in this struggle on a regular take our cue from one simple fact: don't disguise it in die-hard- basis. Please. Nothing will replace We're in the prime of our youth work-is-my-life attitudes. skills, enthusiasm, and above all and we'll only be young once. Topic: Who would you choose to be the speaker at this year's graduation? "Bob Marley "Mother Goose "Darryl Green "Papa Smurf, he because He rocks because she is because he's the seemed to be a it out." wise beyond fastest Redskin." fairly intelligent words." Meredith Bowers Nick Ovuka Jeff Chin Jeremy Hunt SPOTLIGHTCINDV TINKEMUsenior photographer sophomote, SMAD sophomore, ISAT sophomore, ISAT freshman, MGT i» »»» \ >' The Breeze Monday. Ian. 31. 2000 13 "■'■■■ ■ OP/ED I almost died for The Breeze Here are my list of demands: 1) A ing, I made it home unscathed. I was Squire Hill residents who couldn't make it that could spoil and you get sick." helicopter, 2) A monorail for JMU, thankful, but still a tad disappointed I did- over the hill. I took my place with them and I couldn t believe what 1 was hearing. I which would solve the problem of n't do some kind action movie maneuver started mulling over photos I had to scan. mean, with this logic of liability, couldn 11 the power-trippin' parking department. 3) down Main Street. Oh, well. Maybe next So here we sat, in the raggedy Anthony- wait at the table for the food to spoil and sue A damned permanent parking pass so I time. When I woke up Sunday morning, 1 Seeger basement, famished, not knowing D-hall? Could I buy cole slaw from Farmer can be a photojoumalist and capture news was sure I wouldn't nave to risk my life how we were going to get our next meal. Jack, leave it in the sun, get sick, and sue? without spending 20 minutes in and limb just to put out the nutty rag popu- The Breeze is a hungry bunch with ravenous "Uh. OK.," I said in my most sullen tone. Shenandoah Hall everyday. 4) Breeze edi- larly known as The Breeze. appetites. It was the ungodly hour of 11:30, Five minutes later a concerned worker tors should be able to bring food from D- As editor Courtney termed "Breeze tradi- and Domino's comes at 3:00. We couldn't called The Breeze and sang the praises of hall. We don't make that much. Please, tion," we wait. Someone The Festival, where you can take out. But spare us some food. 5) A Mac that doesn't had planned had to do some- there's no brunch there. D-hall crew: I freeze every hour. to have an thing. So, I appreciate your efforts. We here at The You probably won't believe me, but I early The short bus sprung into Breeze have always supported you, so let us almost died for The Breeze. Hell, I do it Sunday action and have some take-out D-hall, OK? I mean, everydav, knowing that if some old bag production placed a frantic you owe us one after we almost died for reaches for her purse while I'm crossing to in light of calltoD-hall. you! So, caught between the kissing rock Seeger, I could be dead. And I have nothing Super Bowl "Student man- and a hard pace, we placed a call to bw-3. to show for it. ( r o m a n — Alex Vessels ager's desk." Because I wanted to use my $5 reward No stock options, no 401K, not even the numerals 'T'es, my name card, I had to pick up the food. Narrowly joy of being forced into an early retirement! here). This is Alex Vessels. missing a shoveler, I guided my Town Car So, because we don't have any of that, I is so people could get out early and plop in I'm a section editor at The Breeze and we into the lot. When I came out, however, I request my demands be met before I take front of any available television to see "The have a serious problem. We're all very hun- was stuck. Two courteous ladies decided to further action. Everyone takes The Breeze for Big Game." The real excitement is the gry down here, and we want to come to D- help push my car backwards while I granted. Talking shit about how you paid commercials — a wonderful corporate fist- hall and take out some food. Can we please stepped on the gas. The crew at bw-3 soon money through student fees, and bitcning fight for airtime. do that? We're just trying to put out a joined in. They dislodged me and prevent- every exam week or holiday when there^ I called down to The Breeze, certain that paper in the midst of this blizzard, and ed me from being stuck on a snow drift. no crossword puzzle. I know your type. production was off, when I was informed we're starving! Can we please take some Thanks guys! I II be nice when I order You pick it up before class, reacf it in class, that we were producing a paper. Dejectedly, food out?" things now, promise. and leave it in class. But we here at The I prepared for the worst My parents warned "Urn, hold on," the confused D-haller said. So, when you read my demands now, Breeze take what we do very seriously. me not to drive, but to instead walk or have "I'm sorry, we can't let you take food you'll understand. When the weather out- Here's the magic behind the madness. someone pick me up. I should have listened out because people would ask why you side is frightful, the cold-hearted students After making a quick exit from an Olde to them. After much hesitation, I braved the could do it and not them. Also there are don't take student safety into account, only Mill party that was a little too much like a severe elements to make it down here. I slid legal issues." the crossword puzzle. So, now I head for low budget version of MTV's "Undressed," down Main Street, hoping not to become a "Please, we don't make very much home, knowing that I could end up on a 1 decided to go to another one up the street. liability. I turned into the glistening and money. All we ask is for the usually delec- cheesy tribute page in the yearbook. If that Lucky for me, this party got busted, vacant Seeger parking lot, and took my usual table brunch with eggs and hash browns. does happen, they better name something in because if I had waited any longer, I proba- fire lane space. What possible legal issues could my love D-hall after me. It's the least they could do. bly would've careened into Wendy's. After To my surprise, most of the section edi- for D-hall hash browns spark," I inquired. a lot of swerving, near collides ana fish-tail- tors were already working, except for the "Well, we're liable if you take out food Alex Vessels is a junior and the photo editor. Darts A Pals are submitted anonymously and printed on a space- available basis. Dart... Submissions are based upon one person's opinion of a given A "way-to-be-a-hooker" dart to the slutty situation, person or DARTS girlfriend who slept with both her boyfriend's event and do not necessarily reflect the roommates while he was out of town. truth. Sent in by a group of students who think she should not be portrayed as the innocent bystander in &PAT the whole sordid saga. Dart... Dart... Dart... An "I-know-what-you-did-last-Wednesday" dart to An"I-wish-there-were-some-gentlemen-at-JMU" the girl at UREC who blatantly ignored the sign-up A "perverts-be-gone" dart to those sick dart to all the tall men who refuse to give up their list for equipment and got on a PRECOR machine seats on the Harrisonburg Transit when they see individuals who feel the need to peep at, harass and when it was someone else's turn. short women standing who can't reach the top bars. flash students around campus. Sent in by a shorty who is tired of falling into Sent in by a senior who wants you to know that Sent in by six students who are really tired of peoples' laps and wishes you would have a you aren 't better than the rest of us and you better having to worry about their girlfriends' safety and little compassion. wait in line next time. wish you would head to Varner House for some help. Pat... Pat... Pat... A "thanks-for-helping-me-out" pat to Carrie A "mad-props-to-the-guy-in-South-View" pat for An "I-promise-I'll-never-oversleep-again" pat to Moyers in the Registrar's Office for helping me find coming out in the snow to pull my truck out of a my neighbor who woke up at 7:45 a.m. to drive me out the status of my missing grade. tough spot. to campus when I missed the bus. Sent in by a student who appreciates your kindness Sent in by a girl who was impressed by your Sent in by a very grateful Fox Hill resident who and patience after dealing with frustration from the generosity and help and wishes you an can't believe she turned her alarm off and thanks you \f(\ > awesome semester. ,>'\..- , i . for getting her to her test on time. College of Business ■ / naffiratl ■ ** • ' I ,■ ,\ \i l :> V .11 ■ V — y.,.,1 i u¥\i i 14 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 OPINION The Breeze wac e-town concrete February IQih PC Ballroom Sgjgngmm S^y, OPB Jill .Atttlt. ■ ,»#*»*»«»»« ».MW»M^K»J »»»•»£»(♦*♦«««*«*♦•»# ' »#«»«»» 1*'*'*Vtol»»»4*V»V»V*VHj»'«lMVV'.I4T|V«V' The Breeze OPINION Monday, Jan. 31, 200C 15 Enough with all the stealing already I loved my backpack. Together we went be hard to deal with. common to see salt shakers get tossed into nabbed someone's poorly-guarded CD (or through a lot. !t survived the two-strap Still, my problem isn't just with pockets and miscellaneous silverware some poor soul's backpack), but, like to one-strap to two-strap phases with extreme cases of theft (like the jerk that thrown into the recesses of bags. most, I have engaged in the type of mean- incredible success and all the while per- went into my house a few months ago Once I even saw an emaciated young ingless thievery that, while morally formed its most important function of self- and stole valuable possessions from my woman steal an entire loaf of white bread wrong, makes life a little more interesting. lessly holding my books and papers. roommates), but instead the ones that, from D-hall. So allow me this catharsis. I hereby It carried around my college applica- while not worth losing sleep over, still Sure it's hilarious and often necessary, apologize to anyone whose magnet now tions when I was in high school and sat take their toll. but maybe it's these stupid little things adorns my refrigerator. It would be unre- soundly on my shoulders as I went to my And while I'd like to think that most that make it easier to ignore when some- alistic and unfair of me to promise to first class at JMU. students here heed what they learned in one really gets screwed. return these, but please rest assured that It was even there when Chuck Sunday school and aren't willing to make I know we've all done it and probably every morning I open my refrigerator "pantsed" Mike Whitney in the hall- the trade-off of a scratched Huey Lewis will again, but at the very least I know that way and accidentally pulled down his and the News I will start to with inconsolable remorse. boxers too. CD for eternal reconsider I also apologize to Dr. Milligan, a high I loved my backpack. damnation, it my own school teacher, for stealing a lung from the If it sounds like I'm reminiscing, it's seems that's Close to the borderline apathy to plastic model of the human body that he because I am. You see, my backpack was not the way it such behav- held so dear. stolen from the back seat of my always works. — Michael Olson ior. I know you prided yourself on having unlocked car. One need Maybe D- all of the innards intact, but in my imma- Okay, so the car was unlocked and only look at the hall has turity I couldn't resist. perhaps in some alternate universe that police log to see that petty larceny is quite more soup spoons that it can handle, but As a final note, I would like to send a might be an open invitation. But where popular in our area. I've started to realize that this doesn't special message to whoever has my beau- I'm from such behavior doesn't fly. Nestled among a variety of crimes, many exactly entitle me to the surplus. tiful black Jansport. Since it is relatively innocent I'll never I guess a naive New Jerseyan like students have their "petty" losses chroni- Even though you might not have be able to wholeheartedly condemn such myself can never be prepared for the cled, though it seems a bit unfair to label stolen it for practical reasons, I want you hardened criminal element he might find behavior; still, maybe it's time to stop con- them as such. to realize that you now possess a terrific in the valley. doning it. It doesn't take losing a valuable backpack, a marvel in book-storing tech- Maybe it's wrong of me to take a All I can do is urge my tempted item to truly feel the brunt of such nology perfectly capable of withstanding stance against stealing only after I've been lawlessness. Instead, even the loss of brethren to resist taking that five finger any challenge you pose to it. inconvenienced, but whether or not my a small belonging triggers off a chain discount, and I will try to improve the 1 wish you two the best of luck. timing is appropriate I feel inclined to hop reaction of inconveniences that, while sticky-finger vice that is responsible for on a soapbox. not completely overwhelming, is the majority of the things hanging up in Conversely, I also hope you burn in hell. I admit that stealing is easy. Usually quite annoying. my room. it's too easy. When some unsuspecting But I guess it's just unavoidable, as I've been there, too, and wouldn't Michael Olson is a senior English major who schmuck leaves his possessions unguard- theft is infectious here at the most basic preach if I had not traveled down that hopes the long arm of the law embraces the ed a bunch of temptations surface that can levels. At any dining establishment it's mischievous road myself. No, I never thief who stole his. •Ethernet •5 minute walk on South Main St. •3, 4, & 5 Bedroom Furnished Apartments Personally owned and managed by Craig Smith 434-3509 16 Monday, Ian. 31. 2000 OPINION The Breeze Looking for love in all the same places Friday night and the weekend's here, random nights turning into love. I have purely excited for the first weekend. Not tequila and expect to wake up with you are ready to unwind. Where's done yet another research project on my only was being back great, but also her Mr./Ms. Right. the party? You go out, have a few own to show few cases where alcohol apartment was having a party. These are just examples to show that it beers, and realize how many potential started it all. As she tapped the keg she looked is possible. mates there are in the room. First let me note that all the names around at the familiar faces of her college Story #3 — Yet another party scene As you meet the honey of your have been changed to protect the identi- friends. It was great to be back. begins. Two old friends from home, Anne dreams, at least the dreams of that inebri- ties of my research subjects. A new roommate had moved in, a ran- and Mike, are up visiting their mutual ated moment, you somehow end up Story #1 — It was an unusually dom, and along with her had brought friend. smooching as you say goodbye and warm November night at James some guy friends down. They're at a big party with lots of peo exchange numbers. Madison University. Sue was celebrat- Immediately Melanie noticed pie, beer and dancing. They happily chug Then, drumroll please, the morning ing her 20th birthday with a huge Edgar. There was something about together and bond with old friends. after arrives. The guy wakes up complete- party at her him, she Everything is normal. ly psyched at his new found love interest. apartment. tried to dis- Then suddenly, with a driving force of He even decides, going against all rules of Doused in miss it and none other than Captain Morgans and a guys, to call her that very next day. glitter and Breeze Reader's View concentrate Beast, Anne feels compelled to grab Mike In the meantime, the girl wakes up charged with on her and give him a huge whopping kiss. completely hung over. She definitely had alcohol, Sue — Kristy Woollum reunion With a look on his face as if he has just too much to drink the night before. She danced around with won the lottery, Mike is happily surprised. stumbles across the crumpled piece of the room, spin- friends, but They have remained together since and paper with his name on it. ning to the tunes blasting off her radio. she couldn't deny this strange connec- are still going strong today. She thinks for maybe an instant As it neared midnight, a group of peo- tion she was feeling. I hope that this article gives a little before throwing the piece of paper ple entered the door, one of whom was As she played a few rounds of beer comfort for all those that enter the wacky away and warning her roommates that John, who stumbled in after his latest pong, the feelings grew more intense. And world of single party life at JMU. if anyone by that name calls to say that round of shots. she begins to notice him being into her It offers a little reassurance for me as I she is indisposed. Now John and Sue were acquaintances too. Next thing she knew she was cuddled seem to get more and more annoyed with So the boy will be left confused, his who had recently noticed a mild attraction up with him on the couch. And that was the disappointments of partygoers' rela- love hopes crushed. Why? towards each other. When Sue spotted six months ago. tionships these days. Some people don't seem to understand John she raced across the room and They're still madly in love. Now while these examples that I have why a guy or girl would expect anything embraced him. Now let me interrupt before I share the given may be rare, they explain why ine- from a random hookup on a usual JMU One thing led to another and Ihey last story to say that 1 am not condoning briated souls out there go looking for love weekend night. Sadly enough, 1 know spent the night talking and kissing. Now it this love tactic. I repeat, I am not condon- in seemingly all the wrong places. many people who have fallen victim to is over a year and a half later and they still ing this love catching tactic. And I guess that ironically enough, the assumption that the "drunken event" call each other their "baby." If it were my choice, I would have an sometimes they find it. can turn into forever. Story #2 — Arriving back at JMU after old-fashioned date, a movie and a kiss 1 offer an explanation for why some see a long summer vacation, Melanie was goodnight. So don't go drink a bottle of Kristy Woollum is a junior SMAD major. Students always at odds with scams Why is it that college students are her, "So how long have you been at JMU?" from my Car & Driver and renewed for for next year (all interested applicants primary targets for anyone "Oh, I don't go to school. I'm from $12.11.1 got off lucky that time. must have an entertainment center with desiring to deceitfully obtain Oregon! I'm selling subscriptions to win a A few days later, I saw some folks with Dolby 5.1 surround sound). money? Anyone with a $30 T- shirt to sell contest so I can go to Europe!" Really, I a description similar to Grandma's group I still think the best attack on a tele- or an unnecessary service seems to suc- thought to myself. She handed me a written up in The Breeze for trespassing marketer is to make up your own lan- cessfully locate me. receipt for $56.23. onto University property. I laughed. guage. Even better, fake schizophrenia: My first learning experience concern- "Isn't this a little expensive?" I inquired. While JMU security has scared away "Hello, could I please speak with a ing my understanding exactly what a "Oh, no! Because I get quality points many of these dorm-to-dorm nuisances, it Terrence Nowlin?" the salesperson sucker I am came about a few months ago. for this!" I pondered the thought that doesn't stop phone inquiries. I'm usually would say. I was innocently half-sleeping in my room these so-called "quality points" would pretty cool about these telemarketers. "Yes, this is Terrence." when there was a knock at the door. save boxes of kittens from burning houses, My cool has worn thin lately with this "Well good-afternoon, Terrence..." Startled, I ran over to answer it. Standing establish world peace, supply me with breed of key-punching individual. In the "No, you've misunderstood. This is there was a sprightly red-headed girl that retirement benefits and allow me unlimit- past week, every credit card company Bob." I knew I'd seen before. ed Jell-0 pudding for life. That ended imaginable has called my roommate and "Bob? Urn, could I speak with "Hi, I'm Grandma!" she said. (Note: quickly enough. myself. Being college students low on Terrence?" her name has been changed.) "And exactly how would I go about cash, we decide to use these calls for enter- "No, you've already spoken with "Why, hello," I responded. She went canceling this?" tain- Terrence and Bob. You can talk to me on to tell me that she was selling maga- was my retort ment. now." zine subscriptions. I just politely said "no immediately fol- "Hello," I still can't understand why college stu- thank you," so I could go back to half- lowing this train of I will dents are targets for people searching for sleeping in my bed. As she walked in my thou" say, the ever-mighty dollar. For the most part, room, she asked if she could come in. "Oh, you don't "No, this we have no extra spending cash, though if Interesting that she could predict that I want to do that! I isn't I see my friend Dave driving a new pink would say yes. She proceeded to show me don't get points like that!" Oh yes, and Terrence, hold on just a second please." Pontiac, we will be having a long discus- exactly which magazines she was selling. that makes it all better. I took my receipt At this point, I hold the telephone sion. Perhaps I have a tattoo on my fore- "All the guys have been getting Maxim for $56.23 and said bye-bye to my good away from my head and continue. head I am not aware of exclaiming today for the [female frontal parts] and friend Grandma. Then I woke the other "Grandpa, it's for you. I think its Uncle "upper-middle class kid whose parents beer!" she exclaimed. half of me up. At that point, I remembered Ralph. Grandpa, put away the shotgun. have money to burn!" "Golly-gee, that sure is swell. Hmmm." where I'd seen Grandma before on a bill- But Grandpa, we just bought that phone. Maybe the telemarketing fairy I replied, "Actually, I have enough sub- board just off 1-81 advertising items for an Grandpa! GRANDPA! NOOOOOO!" and observed me making an unnecessary interesting establishment known as the scriptions, thanks." Her weird little eyes 1 hang up the phone, laughing viciously. Nutra-Grain bar purchase at Wal-Mart Midnight Lingerie. widened as she ran over to my desk, grab- My roommate insists that the best way and has labeled me as frivolous. Or per- I immediately called Petey (my imagi- bing my latest issue of Gir & Driver. to approach telemarketers is to answer the haps it's the fact that college students are "You need to renew!" She had me. I nary lawyer) on my cell phone (black sta- phone in Spanish. While funny, your now mature responsible adults more fully pler) and explained that I'd been had. did need a renewal on that one. Being chances of talking to a telemarketer fluent capable of spending their parents' money "Cancel! Stop payment! Cancel!" Petey the sucker that I was, I subscribed for a in Spanish are much higher than that of and everyone knows it. screamed. I took Petey's advice. Petey is a year more. Mandarin Chinese. That is my primary - *-' ' —-» ■■■..■■■■■■ — very smart person. I later pulled a card I signed a little slip of paper as I asked purpose in finding a Chinese roommate Terrence Nowlin is a freshman. The Breeze OPINION Monday, Jan. 31,2000 17 Hatred not acceptable on any level There is an epidemic spreading Note: Johnny is a clear and present etched 'All Greeks Suck' into the wall of hates someone they don't know at all. across this campus that is taking player hater, and the tell-tale signs are my cubby!" "Hey Shannon, would you look at too much time in the lives of JMU two fold. He out and out states his jeal- Marty: "Greeks do suck, who would that boy? Who does he think he is? I bet students. An epidemic so deadly that it ousy of Zane Showker and he makes want to pay for their friends? So what's he hooks up with a different girl every can affect your most important, sensitive ignorant claims about business majors. going on tonight?" weekend. Every time I see him, he's and malleable organ — your heart. It is likely that Johnny doesn't know Andrew: "I'm gonna rent a movie, hanging out with another girl, flirting. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm many business majors or his opinion wanna come over?" What's his name again?" talking about player hating. would change. Marty: "Right on!" Yikes. These two girls obviously We need to take a firm grasp on this Susie is a junior business major and a Memo to Greek player haters: Greeks know nothing about the person of which epidemic and expel it from the collective sister in an Alpha Beta sorority. "Who don't hate you, so why must you hate they hate, and rather are making ridicu- consciousness of our school forever. In the heck does Julie think she is? Wearing them? Honestly, can you ever envision a lous accusations because they don't like order to do this, one must understand clothes like fraternity the fact that someone out there is more the definition of a player hater, what that in Zane brother etch- social than them. they do and why their actions are stupid Showker! ing "non- These are definitely the haters that I and counterproductive. She's lost Breeze Reader's View Greeks encounter on the most frequent basis, Player haters are essentially any per- weight since suck" into despite the fact that they don't have the son who is jealous or angry with some- last year, too, — Jason Slattery the cubbies integrity to discuss their transgressions one for having something they don't and thank at the with me on a one-to-one basis. have. Basically, they hate anyone or any- goodness, library? Do If player haters took the time and thing with more than they have. I know because she'd never be able to get away us all a favor and give it a rest. effort to get to know the people they I speak for a lot of people when I say with wearing that last year. Then there's the classic, "He's got hated, they would probably find out that the hating must stop. I bet she's puking up her food after money, and I don't" hater. Observe the that they liked them. Instead, their ener- Player haters, like any other kind of every meal to get in shape like that, and hater in action. "It's a good thing my gy is spent making ignorant observa- people, take many different forms. it's probably because all the rest of the Pontiac Transport minivan is working, tions and jealous remarks, and we all Player haters are both male and female. Alpha Betas were telling her how fat she because if I have to take this piece of suffer as a result. They hate people who are both male and is. What a slut! Hey, could you pass me crap into the shop again, there's gonna Unfortunately most haters probably female. They are big or small, tall or that donut?" be hell to pay! hated me and didn't read the article, short, skinny or obese. Still don't under- This one is much easier to spot. Susie Hey, look at that kid over there dri- don't read The Breeze or don't realize stand? Well, here we go. doesn't give any credit to Julie, and ving that Jeep Grand Cherokee! I bet that they are haters. Johnny is a sophomore SMAD major. takes Julie's dedication to get in shape as that momma's boy got it as a graduation Well, Puff Daddy invented the term, "Man, I can't stand business majors^ All a threat to her own security. Julie hasn't gift! I wish I had a knife so I could pop but player haters are alive and well in they do is sit around in their marble done anything to deserve this hate, but that punk's tires!" the year 2000. For the love of mercy, palace and talk about money all day it doesn't matter. Susie justifies her jeal- Good gracious. This kid is so infat- let's stop this madness before it long. We're the ones using our brain and ousy by making false claims about Julie uated with jealousy, that he actually destroys our school. they pin us up in these preschool desks and her sorority, as if to bring them considers harming the Cherokee! In the words of JT Money, "Sucker and tiny classrooms. As soon as busi- down to her level. Pathetic. Nevermind the fact that its driver has boys run they mouth, true players run ness majors graduate, they sell their The next kind of hater is a fixture at nothing to do with how much money the yard." Amen. souls to big corporations so they can any major university. Andrew and his parents have, and therefore, retire with a little extra in their pocket Marty are sophomores who are spend- attacks on his character are complete- ]ason Slattery is a junior political science books. I can't wait until class ends ing Friday afternoon at the library. ly unwarranted. major who would like to confess that he has today, so I can go smoke up again." Andrew: "Hey man, check this out, I The next hater, is one who blindly hated before and isn't proud of it. Students should embrace notion of God I was very disturbed by the article will burn me. If I sincerely believe that I to be. If we truly want to get into a deep- ship (including false notions of God and "Personal Spirituality: Worshiping at will not be burned, then I am blatantly er spiritual relationship with God, we in some cases ourselves as a God) are Home" which ran in the Monday, ignoring the nature of fire. We must not must worship Him for who He really is incapable of existing in the reality Jan. 24 issue of The Breeze. The article ignore the nature of God in the same (including all the things we see as posi- beyond our heads. brings to the forefront one of the great- way. tive and those we see as negative). God is real and has real qualities. If est shortcomings of human beings since Throughout the Bible, the nature of Creating a composite of the qualities we did to a human being what the arti- the beginning of time: our desire to God is described. It includes love, kind- we want from a variety of religions is cle talks about people doing with God make God what we want Him to be. Too ness and justice. It also includes wrath, unacceptable. One of the greatest (creating a fantasy human to meet our often, people try to reverse the role of punishment and sending people to hell. prophets of biblical times, Elijah, said needs and projecting those qualities on the created for that of the Creator. We If we discard His the fol- someone else), our friends would take need to realize that we cannot create wrath, then God lowing us to get professional help. God. God is who He is. God is not a no longer punish- Breeze Reader's View while Don't do this to God. Find out who salad bar of options from which we es, and therefore trying to He really is. Read in scripture about a is not just. In turn God who is wrathful and just, but so may choose the things that we want to — James Harper add to our concept of God while passing essence, we are Israel loving that He came down in the over or discarding those things that do saying that no "away flesh. He showed us His nature, in not agree with that concept. If we do matter how much someone has hated from the false god Baal: "... How long person, so that we could stop wor- this, we are projecting what we want God, how unrepentant they are and how will you waver between two options? If shiping that thing which only exists God to be onto God, ignoring the many people they have murdered, the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal in our heads and start a personal rela- aspects of His nature that He has raped, etc., they will go to Heaven, no is God, follow him." tionship with a being who is greater revealed to us through His Word. questions asked. They will receive no Making a crude composite of the then all the universe. Some may argue that they sincerely punishment for their sins and God will things we like from all the world's reli- I realize that not everyone has had believe God to be a certain way. merely just sit back and let them go. gions is an insult to God. Not only that, the most uplifting church experiences, Sincerity of belief, however, does not Do you really want to serve a God but your fantasy composite "God" is no but keep seeking and praying that you'll make something true. I may truly like that? We cannot ignore God's right- more capable of bringing you salvation find a biblically rooted church that will believe that I can run straight through a eous anger and other qualities we do not than your toaster. nurture your relationship with the only burning building wearing shorts and a like. God says to Moses in Exodus 4:14 Just as we cannot create God, we can- true God. T-shirt without getting burned, but that "I am who I am". God is who He is. He not create an eternal destiny for our- does not change the fact that the flames is not what we, the created, project Him selves, either. 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The Breeze Monday, Jan. 31, 2000 19 STYLE Around the world, without leaving JMU Dorms will represent countries, United Nations for a day of culture ICH KACHOLD Icontributing writer Around the World at JMU Have you ever wanted to visit Greece, learn more about Vietnam, find out what •January 31, 2000*6:45 pm - 9:30 pm*Beginning in Taylor 405 (United Nations) South Korea is like, participate in the customs and traditions of Egypt or experience the essence of the United Kingdom? United Kingdom (Hillside Hall) Shuttle Bus Schedule Well, today's your chance. Not only is it Listen to music of the country, while i Tllo t Bottom of village free, but you can also receive free food and experiencing cuisine, traditions, and facts. \\£^ ^ri :00 :20 :40 beverages, and have the chance to win many great prizes. The Center for Multicultural/International South Korea (Dingledine Hall) Front of Chesapeake Hall c Student Services and the Office of Residence View traditional apparel while :07 :27 :47 I Life is sponsoring Around the World at JMU. sampling real cuisine from South Korea. The program, which is a Wellness Passport S Pictires and music will also add to the Bottom of village ■ji Event, will kick off at 6:45 p.m. tonight in 0 experience. :14 :34 :54 - Taylor 405, which will be deemed the "United 5 Nations" for the night. ■-> From there, a shuttle will take students to £- Egypt (Chesapeake Hall) Hoffman bus stop V various dorms that will each represent a Go back in time and experience :17 :37 :57 country. A shuttle will run until 9:30 p.m. ancient Egypt. Warm refreshment and raffle I with stops at Hoffman Hall, the bottom of the prizes will be there! Village and Chesapeake Hall. The last shuttle leaves at 9:20 Activities will take place in Hoffman Hall WiW pm from the village. (Vietnam), Logan Hall (Greece), Dingledine Vietnam (Hoffman Hall) Hall (South Korea), Hillside Hall (United Take a tour through Vietnam and learn about the variouscustoms and traditions of the country. Kingdom) and Chesapeake Hall (Egypt). This event will help promote diversity, cultural awareness and to disprove stereo- Greece (Logan Hall) types, said junior Jeremy D'Errico, co-chair of Experience the REAL Greece! Music, cuisine and authentic decorations will add to the atmosphere. the event. Displays and interactive programs will convey the customs and traditions of these countries. Cuisine and beverages will be offered at Sponsored by: some locations. Center for Multicultural/International At 9:30, there will be a brief closing in Taylor 405. At that time, free prizes of food, . Student Services music and other gift packages will be given to & participants. The more countries (halls) visit- ed, the greater the chances of winning a prize. The Office of Residence Life WEATHER WATCH: Please visit http:/Awvw.jmu.edu/aroundtheworld/ to check for cancellations. * OTiw? cl r>sicJ(?-ive Lift- WXJM to sponsor eight rock bands Spaghetti House, UCT Hall to host progressive shows The Anniversary, Crossed Out Heirs and all ages. their comedian-like style. Weinbender FARA FITZPATRICK Hot Rod Circuit. On Wednesday, WXJM will co-spon- suggests that this band's style is similar to IV contributing writer The Anniversary is a mellow rock sor a show consisting of five bands at the what it would be like "if Chris Rock had a band." Their audience involvement and Often times it is the unadvertised band from the Midwest with an album UCT Hall, located on Rt. 11, about two humor calls for nobody to be left out, bands who manifest the most talent. We that just came out on Vagrant records, miles north of the Little Grill. called "Designing a Nervous The first band to play is Hometeam, a Tony said. can now witness this concept firsthand in Following Beefcake will be Bigwig, a Harrisonburg with the coming perfor- Breakdown." band from Harrisonburg comprised of JMU students. They recently released fast punk band from N.J., then The Atari's mances of eight bands. Crossed Out Heirs is an indie rock band, with shows that usually generate a their own CD, which went to number one will come on with their pop sound. WXJM is co-sponsoring two progres- The supporters of this event are excited sive rock shows this week with a motive rock 'n' roll vibe. on WXJM within its first week of being released. This show at the UCT Hall will about The Atari's because this is their first to increase independent artist knowledge "Basically even your mom could come and have a good time," said band mem- be the band's CD release show. time playing on the East Coast and among the community. Harrisonburg is the only location they are Tony Weinbender, a former employee ber senior Chad Knight. Hometeam will be followed by Toe to Toe, a band from Australia, who could be playing at in Virginia. You can check out of WXJM, as well as the booker of the Hot Rod Circuit, from Connecticut, played at MACRoCK last year. They looked upon as the biggest hardcore band their album called, Blue Skies Broken bands playing this week, says it's impor- in Australia. Toe to Toe has not released a Hearts, Next U Exits on Kung Fu records. tant for WXJM and others from the com- are currently preparing to put out a CD in the states yet, but with this show, and You can also access their information on munity to plan these events because "it record. others, they hope to get one out soon. the band at umnu.vandals.com. gives bands a place to play and it brings These bands will play at 7 p.m. at the Spaghetti House, located at 304 Old South After Toe to Toe, a band from The show is $5 and begins at 7 p.m., all new ideas into the community." California called Beefcake will present ages are welcome. Playing at the first show on Tuesday is High St. The cost is $3 and the show is for ,,.--■ ■ rrr* 20 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 STYLE The Breeze Still looking for a job next year? Or Internship? ISAT, CS, COB students and all other students interested in emerging and start-up companies (E-commerce, Telecommunications, Web Design, Media, Healthcare, and much more) OnCampusRecruiter.com can help!! Here are Two Possiblities: Come and talk to OnCampusRecruiter.com representatives at our table in the Zane Showker lobby from 10am - 3pm on Monday, January 31. Join us at Biltmore Bar & Grill for an OnCampusRecruiter.com sponsored "Food and Fun" from 5 - 8pm on Monday night, January 31. Door prizes and raffles ($50 Biltmore Gift Certificate's raffled every half hour, free appetizers and much more) The cost to you?? Bring Your RESUME and your interest. Questions or comments? Email Tucker Jones ([email protected]) or Crystal Trobaugh ([email protected]) Join more than 30 other JMU students who have recieved great offers through OnCampusRecruiter.com The Breeze STYLE Monday.Jan.31,2000 21 New and Improv'd laughs at TDU KAREN PLACE staff writer Learn how to milk a goat. Watch a carrot bring death in less than one minute. Cheer as the Last Boy Scout res- cues Chick-Fil-A from sudden corporate meltdown. And what the heck is a sprocket, anyway? These interesting topics and more were explored on Wednesday night in Taylor Down Under, where an audience of about 100 JMU students strained to gain a better view of the antics of a group performing on the stage. New and Improv'd is an up-and- coming comedic improvisational troupe, started in spring '99, by Alicia Heinemann, a junior psychology major. Very similar in format to the television show hosted by Drew Carey, "Whose Line is it Anyway?," New and Improv'd performances consist of a variety of hilarious games, physical comedy, and, of course, improvisation. Improvisation means that there is no script in any form - before a show, the actors know which "games" will be played, but the particulars of the situa- tions are determined by the audience in most cases. For example, in the first game, "Sound Effects," senior Zac Arens per- formed while- freshman Darren "Grampa" Ralston, made the sounds. The audience chose the situation that the individual was en their way to D-hall. What followed was an extremely funny scene where Arens silently got in his car and drove to D-hall, ate, and left, while Ralston provided the sound effects for the car that would barely start, Aren's aimless bits of conversation, and his eat- ing of questionable D-hall fare. The result was a laugh-fest that had the audi- MKGHAN MONTGOMERYAwKirpholo^rupher ence rolling in the aisles. New and Improv'd members fill TDU with laughter at a recent performance. The troupe, whose performances are similar to This particular performance stepped television's "Whose Line is it Anyway?," are holding workshops and auditions. away a bit from a typical show, in that it was an "Improv Bowl." The 11 members The referee was junior Sam Taliaferro. on acoustic guitar, used a topic provid- To book the group, email them at: of the troupe were divided into two To counter the first round success of ed by the audience and sang about it in [email protected]. teams, with one referee. Each round con- the Even Funniers, The Funnier Team four different musical styles, also sug- At rehearsals, the group plays some sisted of each team choosing a game to played a game called "Love Infection," a gested by the audience. Beginning with basic games, and get to know each play, competing for the most laughs, and parody of the standard dating games. country, and moving to reggae, blues other's comedic strengths and weakness- five randomly chosen audience members The female contestant, chosen from the and finally classical, the two impro- es, thereby building a close team. "As the serving as judges. There was a complex audience, was asked to leave the room vised an entire song about "The Dukes director, I give criticism, and help them scoring system, with extra points given if while the remaining audience members ofHazzard." with stage craft, like not turning your a team used an audience member in the called out ideas for quirks that the three The Even Funniers made up a game back to the audience," he said. skit, if they used a prop of some kind, or suitors, Howard, Ricks and Woodhouse, using only a noun and adjective, pro- The main purpose of this type of if they made up a game rather than could enact. Howard ended up with vided by the other team. The noun was comedy is conflict resolution through using the stock games. fleas and an obsession with personal "sprocket" and the adjective, "fascist," improvisation, he added. Freshman Adam Suritz insists that hygiene, Ricks had jock itch and thought and the situation was a slumber party. In the beginning, there were flyers. his team's original name was too long, he was a woman, and Woodhouse suf- It would be nearly impossible to Arens, Ackerman, Suritz, Ralston and so he asks that they be referred to as fered from Turrette's Syndrome. The describe the chaos that ensued, but it Taliaferro saw them and appeared, and "The Even Funnier Team." They were outcome of this, when the female contes- was one of the funnier skits of the night, it was funny. Other group members, like Suritz, Heineman, Ralston, Arens and tant returned, was an entertaining mix of and a testament to the quick wits and Ricks and Woodhouse, discovered New sophmore Kathleen Ackerman. physical comedy and one-liners. sense of fun that this group exudes. and Improv'd at Student Organization The newest members were called, "The Interestingly, the female contestant The final score was 36 to 34, in favor Night on the commons last fall. Funnier Team," and they were sophomore selected Ricks, because of his "cute of the Funnier Team. "We're here to get girls," joked Pick. Brad Ricks, freshman Austin Pick, fresh- voice," which was falsetto for the role. Where do they come up with this "Thanks for the support," Suritz con- man Bill Howard, sophomore Denise Later games included "Death in a stuff? From '"Whose Line is it, Anyway?' cluded. "We hope they [the audience] Wingerd and freshman Doug Woodhouse. Minute," in which Howard and Wingerd different improv groups, and the have as much fun as we do!" had to find a way for one of them to die in Internet," Suritz said. "We have a possi- the scene, using only a carrot, a dentist ble show coming up with the Wethermen AUDITIONS WORKSHOP and the Kissing Rock, and having only from the University of Virginia, and WHAT: Auditions for the troupe one minute to do so. The skit continued Improvisational Theater from William & WHERE: Taylor 307 WHAT: To see if the troupe is some- however, with the time for death cut in Mary, but it's very tentative." WHEN: Feb. 6, 9 to 11 p.m. thing you might consider doing by half, so that by the end, Howard had to New and Improv'd tries to hold three WHO: The troupe is looking for stu- interacting with current members. kill Wingerd in less than seven seconds, or four performances a semester in TDU, dents who can work as a team, who WHERE: Taylor 307 but without cutting the scene significantly. as well as any bookings made by groups have a sense of humor and "can get WHEN: Feb. 2, 9 to 11 p.m. on stage and laugh at themselves," WEB: www.jmu.edu/orgs/improv A popular skit was the "Song Game," or residence halls that want a good where Suritz and Ralston, with Howard laugh. 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The Breeze STYLE Monday, Jan. 31, 2000 23 The Big Chill' without a point Theatre II play's 20-somethings try to attend high school reunion ardess, enter upon the scene. Both actors, FELLY MANION though providing fine performances, fail to ^contributing writer give true depth to the characters they portray. Have you ever witnessed a delectable feast But the real play begins, and some of the finest before your eyes, savored the taste and feel of acting takes place, when the five decide to smoke the rich, flavorful foods, yet at the end of the a little pot before heading out to the big event. meal been left full but unsatisfied? Reminiscent of the popular '80s film "The If so, then you understand how I felt as I Big Chill," as the characters smoke joint after watched "Say Goodnight Gracie," a play joint, their barriers break down as the charac- directed by seniors Tom Hummel and Todd ters begin to reveal intimate details about Grogan and performed at Theatre II this past themselves. These range from Ginny's child- Wednesday through Saturday. h(xxl dream to be a genius to Catherine's wide- A well-intentioned story and a top-notch spread sexual promiscuity to Steve's past rejec- acting job aside, "Gracie," like many experi- tion by the woman he hoped to marry. mental theater plays before it, came to no dis- We also witness Jerry's strange ritualistic cernible resolution and thus left me wondering exercises that must be performed whenever he if there was any real point to the whole thing. gets upset. All of this is quite entertaining and The play takes place in New York City in humorous, especially when the group gets the 1976 and revolves around five friends who gel collective munchies and voraciously consumes together to attend their presumably 10-year a pack of Ding Dongs, but it never seems to high school reunion. The entire action of the really lead us or the story anywhere. play occurs in one apartment shared by Ginny, In the end, the group prepares to go to the junior Carolyn Bream, whose acting perfor- reunion, but only after Ginny, Catherine and mance can only be termed superb, and Jerry, Steve take a quick nap. It is here where Jerry sophomore Gabe Fry, with a portrayal that seems to come to some sort of epiphany, pack- hints at an inability to entirely connect with his ing up his belongings and stopping but a character. moment to have a short bonding talk with The apartment is both quaint and quirky, Bobby before embarking upon his new life. like the place a couple just starting out resides I suppose the point of the play, if there even in before they've become settled and begun to is one, could be to simply show us that these start a family. people are all living empty lives and attempt- The play opens with a Seinfeld-esque argu- ing to delude themselves of this fact, and that ment between Jerry and his high school buddy in the end Jerry is the only one able to see this Steve (junior Phillip St. Ours) over a can of truth and can then try to escape from it. turkey soup, with Jerry's intense agitation Maybe. spawned by his most recent rejection from an But if this is the case, the message doesn't acting role. Steve, a bookstore salesman, is real- hold much water. For through the group's ly an aspiring writer with an independent, high-induced conversations, we learn that even jokester personality that hides his inability to if they are doing so in vain, these people are all accept reality yet endears him to the audience. trying to fulfill their dreams. Even if the attain- We then meet Ginny, an upbeat, high- ment of such dreams is impossible, the ques- strung woman, who is unsure of the state of tion is posed, does that mean that the search for her relationship with the perpetually depressed these dreams is an empty one? For isn't the Jerry. A few minutes after her entrance, Jerry point of living the journey itself and not just the JANE McHVUHIseniorphotofirapher declares that he is not going to the reunion, arrival at the destination? Say Goodnight, Gracie, Theatre II's latest show is the story of a group of something an upset Ginny then leaves to him The problem with "Say Goodnight Gracie" is 20-somethings preparing for their high school reunion. to explain to his friend Bobby, who is supposed that it doesn't do much to answer this question. to arrive any time. Nevertheless, the fact that it raises such a But a moment later, the hippie couple of complex question at all gives the play some Bobby (junior Vik Weet), an aspiring musician, merit. 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Summer Sessions 434-5150 a Funkhouser & Associates Property Management, INC www.offcampushousing.com The Breeze STYLE Monday, Jan. 31,2000 25 'Fantasia^OOO' Disney remake is a long overdue feast for the senses Breathtaking computer ani- RENT ANDREW BOWLES young kids), and so the well- the more beautiful pieces of conceived and executed stories music to appear in mation highlights this oft-told "Pomp and Circumstance, B Breeze film critic are, in essence, pantomimes, "Fantasia/2000." tale of a one-legged soldier March No. 1," In 1940 Walt Disney released forcing the viewer to closely This segment is a sheer flight fighting an evil jack-in-the- by Edward Elgar "Fantasia," a concert film consist- follow the nuances of each of fancy, clever and original, with box for the affections of a Although it's hard to ing of various pieces of classical classical composition for keys a superb blend of traditional and beautiful ballerina (whose divorce the image of endless music married with the most to story evolution. computer-generated animation. one-legged stance at first con- graduation ceremonies from spectacular animation the fledg- It's a fascinating respite from vinces the soldier she's miss- Elgar's stirring march for ling studio had yet produced. the plot-heavy animated features "Rhapsody in Blue," ing a limb as well). orchestra and chorus (featuring To some it was puzzling, to the studio regularly churns out, by George Gershwin This is an achingly love- soprano Kathleen Battle), direc- others it was rightly hailed a and easily ranks as one of its Arguably the best conceived ly segment, marred only by tor Francis Glebas cleverly sets masterpiece; Disney intended to finest hours. segment in the film, it sets a contrived finale that to its brassy strains the biblical revamp the film every few Gershwin's slinky anthem to ani- seems rushed. story of Noah's Ark. years, adding and deleting seg- "Symphony No. 5, Allegro mation inspired by the gangly The segment gives Donald ments, changing the live action con Brio," caricatures of Al Herschfeld. "The Carnival of the Duck his first appearance in a introductory segments and even by Ludwig Van Animals," full-length animated film in reanimating certain segments Beethoven by Camille more than 50 years (anybody with new advances in anima- Pixote Hunt "Fantasia/2000' Saint-Saens remember "The Three tion technology. directs this seg This brief seg- Cabelleros?"), and it's a funny, Sixty years later, executive ment, which, in the ment, directed by touching story. producer Roy Edward Disney style of the original WHAT: A rerelease of the classic Disney flick. Ifs rated G Eric Goldberg, completes the elder Disney's film, consists of and runs 74 minutes. seeks to answer "The Firebird," vision with "Fantasia/2000," a abstract shapes the age-old ques- by Igor Stravinsky WHERE: Etyhl IMAX Dome at the Science Museum of tion "what would This is the best segment of stunning artistic work and the moving in tandem Virginia, on West Broad Street in downtown Richmond. first full-length animated feature with Beethoven's happen if you "Fantasia/2000," and an emo- created specifically for the gar- thunderous music. gave a yo-yo to a tionally affecting, powerful piece WHEN: Every day (weather and holiday permitting) until of animation. gantuan IMAX screen. The shift in 60 April 30. flamingo?" Structurally, "Fantasia/2000" years has, of course, Hilariously On par with the most breath- is identical to its predecessor, brought about a ADMISSION: Advanced tickets can be booked with a credit introduced by taking moments of "Bambi," albeit more than 45 minutes greater commercial- card by calling 1-800-659-1727, option 8. Tickets are $10 James Earl "Beauty and the Beast" and "The shorter and featuring introduc- ism on the studio's for adults, $9 for seniors, $8 for children, and include a com- Jones, the seg- Prince of Egypt," this segment, tions by such celebrities as Steve part, and it shows pelementary admission to the museum. ment is a breath- directed by brothers Paul and Martin, James Earl Jones, Quincy most in this seg- less slapstick Gaetan Brizzi, adapts an ancient Jones, Angela Lansbury and ment: the flurry of comedy, show- legend to Stravinsky's magnifi- Perm & Teller. movement and texture (a dance At first it seems a little ing the Disney animators' cent composition. James Levine and the Chicago if you will) are shuttled aside as unwieldly, but by the time the talents at creating humor Telling the complex story of Symphony Orchestra succeed the abstract shapes become cute breezy, Depression-era tale is without dialogue. a wood sprite and an elk, two Leopold Stokowski and the little triangles trying to outruns a spun, no more perfect marriage creatures who play vital roles in Philadelphia Orchestra, who fleet of big, nasty squares. of musical and visual tone "L'apprenti sorcier," the cyclical life and death of the remain in "Fantasia/2000" could have been imagined. by Paul Dukas natural world, the Brizzis and through a reprise of the famous "Pines of Rome," By now audiences are accli- The only surviving segment their animation team blend eye- "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" seg- by Ottorino Respighi mated to the huge IMAX from the original film, "The popping traditional and com- ment starring corporate symbol If the ambiguousness of the screen, and so the jittery ani- Sorcerer's Apprentice," suffers puter-generated animation in a narrative of such amazing visual Mickey Mouse. previous segment causes unac- mated style of this segment is only from technical difficulties. The remaining seven seg- customed viewers to wonder easier on the eyes. The process of blowing the scope and detail that it will ments are entirely new, complet- "just what the heck is this original 35mm image to fit the undoubtedly remain the most ed by Disney animators after about," this second segment by "Piano Concerto #2," 70mm IMAX frame brings into riveting sight to appear in movie nearly six years of work. director Hendel Butoy is far by Dmitri Shostakovich painfully sharp relief not just the theaters of any kind for the rest The film as a whole is far more accessible as straightfor- Butoy's second segment in choppy 1940s animation, but of this year. more engaging than anything ward storytelling. "Fantasia/2000" combines every pop and scratch the nega- Resplendent and lyrical, this Disney has produced since Butoy sets the wordless story Shostakovich's glittering tive accrued after 60 years. is the centerpiece of "Bambi." "Fantasia/2000" has of the separation of a young concerto with the Hans Still, it's nice to see Mickey "Fantasia/2000," and an no dialogue (take note, par- whale from his parents to Christian Anderson story Mouse on the screen and not on absolute triumph for its directors ents: this is not a film for Respighi's soaring music, one of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier." my T-shirt. and animators. 28 Monday, Jan. 31, 2000 FOCUS 'One Execution is One Too Many7 'Dead Man Walking' author Sister Helen Prejean moves Charlottesville audiences with an arresting account of her intimate experience with Death Row * mm w„.m KEUY HAM* Sister Helen Prejean remem- book, "Dead Man Walking," the age of 18 when their offense bers the afternoon she read speak about her experience with was committed." files containing the grisly Death Row and capital punish- Prejean praised the courage of facts of crimes that sent two ment. Published in 1993, the the Charlortesville City Council, brothers to prison, one of them to book details her interactions with and described the growing Death Row. How the deep red Sonnier and another Death Row movement in America opposing Louisiana sunset bled through inmate. Her story was devel- the death penalty. the window blinds onto the table oped into a movie starring Susan "I'm very conscious we are the before her. The stillness of the Sarandon as Prejean, who won threshold, we are on the cusp, we prison office after the workers an Academy Award for the role. are on the fault that is beginning nad departed for the night. And Junior Nancy Condon, co- to happen around this country,' the smiling teenage faces, coordinator of the Respect Life she said. "And I've seen it direct- dressed in prom gown and tuxe- Committee, said the core group ly because I've spent my time do, staring out atner from a of members is small — about six getting on planes, and going into newspaper clipping, innocent people regularly attend the audiences just like you and see- and unknowing in their fate. Wednesday night meetings — ing in the American people not a Elmo Patrick Sonnier and his but they are a devoted crowd. people wedded to the death younger brother Eddie killed the Condon said she was encour- penalty, but not knowing very smiling teenage couple in the pic- aged and excited by the number much about it and all they have ture on Nov. 4,1977. They of people that came out to attend access to is political rhetoric and abducted David LeBlanc and Prejean's talk. sound bites from the media. But Loretta Borque During the fall give them a chance to go on a from an isolated semester, the journey, and to give them crucial lovers' lane, raped Respect Life pieces of information about the Borque and then Committee held death penalty and they reject it." shot both in the several candle- Prejean cited a 1999 survey head. Both died, light vigils on conducted by the Virginia Tech causing uproar the Quad on the Center for Survey Research that and outrage in nights execu- shows the people of Virginia their quiet tions of Virginia favor life in prison with no Louisiana town. prisoners have parole for at least 25 years and Prejean was hor- taken place. The restitution for victims' families rified. A nun from Committee also over the death penalty, when New Orleans who traveled to the given both options. had been asked to March for Life in Prejean briefly discussed write to Patrick Washington, "Dead Man Walking," both the Sonnier as a pen DC, last week. film and the book, and its role in pal, she had come Prejean was getting her message about the to terms with his PHOTO BY KELLY HANNON introduced by death penalty out. crime when she Charlortesville "It was a miracle film, should- first began writing. "When we hear about Mayor Virginia n't have happened. All the odds Yet, while on one Daugherty, who against it happening were great," of her first visits to the terrible crimes announced a his- she said. "Nuns generally don't Patrick at the that people do to inno- toric resolution do well in films,' she joked. prison, staring at had recently Susan Sarandon, of "Thelma the photos of the cent people, we are been passed by and Louise" fame, called Prejean victims in the tiny the Cnarlottes- in New Orleans while Sarandon would say to Robbins, "Tim, first both sides." office, was realiz- filled with outrage ... ville City Coun- was filming scenes from "The you've got a nun, in there, so Realizing audience members ing "every parent's and that is part of my cil concerning Client" there. Prejean said she there's no romance going. And were probably still struggling worst nightmare." the death penal- was nervous about allowing her you won't let us fiddle with the with the issue, Prejean invited That afternoon, sensitivity." ty. On Jan. 17, book to be turned into a movie. script... and then the guy's on them to listen to her talk and to Prejean said, thee city council Everyone told her, "Don't let Death Row, he's going to be exe- later read her book, which would marked a begin- — Sister Helen Prejean passed a resolu- anybody touch your book unless cuted .. Tim — it's a downer!" allow a person to reflect on the ning of her journey tion calling for a you can trust them, because once But Robbins and Sarandon moral issues surrounding capital into the hidden suspension of you sign that contract they can would not give up, and finally punishment in private. world of Death Row and its the death penalty, becoming the make it a musical comedy," she Polygram agreed to produce the "I know a lot of people sitting inhabitants — as well as the pain first local governing body in said. film. in this audience tonight are deal- and anguish of the victims' fami- Virginia to do so. Daugherty's Sarandon convinced Tim "The world was ready for this ing with the struggle, because on lies, the political agenda that sur- announcement was met with Robbins to stop work on a movie film," Prejean said. 'Tim was the one hand, when we hear rounds capital punishment, and thunderous applause from the that was recently released, really clear ... he said, you know about the terrible crimes that her belief in the inhumanity and audience, and she read a portion "Cradle Will Rock," to direct if we do a polemic attempt at the people do to innocent people, we injustice of the act. of the resolution. "Dead Man Walking." Although death penalty and put in the are rilled with outrage ... and JMU's Catholic Campus "The state and the nation Prejean thought between the 1,482 reasons of what's wrong that is part of rr.y sensitivity," she Ministry sponsors a group should carry out a moratorium strong casting, with Sarandon as with the death penalty, the only said. "That book will take you on known as the Respect Life until they can implement policies herself and Sean Penn as a com- people who are going to come a journey ... in a quiet, private Committee that promotes the that ensure death penalty poli- posite character of the men she'd see it are the Amnesty place and its going to give you sanctity of life and is against the cies are administered fairly and worked with on Death Row, plus International people, a few nuns information and it's going to be death penalty. Two packed vans impartially," Daugherty said. Robbins' directing, the idea and criminal defense lawyers. able to help you to sort out the of students, many of them mem- "That they minimize the risk that would easily sell to Hollywood. "He said we've got to con- indifference you may still feel on bers of the Committee, traveled innocent persons may be execut- Prejean said she was naive about struct this film so that we can this issue." to the Charlortesville Performing ed and that they prevent the exe- what constitutes a successful film allow the American people to go Prejean grew up in a self- Arts Center Thursday night to cution of mentally retarded per- in Tinseltown's eyes. into it and begin to reflect and described privileged world listen to Prejean, author of the sons and persons who are under Prejean said film executives we've got to take them over to where she received an excellent Monday.Jan.31,2000 29 education, had the love of sup- tion to," she said. "Over 90 per- portive parents and the opportu- cent of people who do these vio- nity to travel the world, but was lent crimes and end up on Death insulated from the struggles of Row were abused as kids. Does the poor and the not-so-privi- that surprise us? Abused people Facing Facts About leged. abuse other people." "I knew there was a thing Prejean recently attended a called racism, I knew there was United Nations conference on a thing called injustice, but I did- human rights in Geneva, Capital Punishment n't know any real people that Switzerland. There, she said, the were suffering under it," she United States is among one of the K The U.S., China, Iran and Saudi Arabia account for said. noticeably few nations still over 80 percent of the executions recorded by Prejean said her work as a nun endorsing the death penalty. with the Sisters of St. Joseph of "The U.S. stuck out, holding Amnesty International. Medaille in inner city New up the death penalty, refusing a Orleans helped prepare her for moratorium, with China and x The top 10 executing nations are China, Iran, her work with Death Row Iran and Iraq and Saudi Arabia," inmates by exposing her to the she said. "We know we have a Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Taiwan, Sierra Leone, injustice of the criminal justice vulnerable fight when we stand Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Belarus and Kyrgistan. system and society at-large. up before the world and we talk Prejean spoke about how the about democracy and human social structure of a criminal case rights, and we know on this one X Six countries—the U.S., Yemen, Nigeria, Saudi affects whether or not individu- [issue], we don't have it." Arabia, Pakistan and Iran—have accounted for all als are sentenced to death and The death penalty, no matter the executions of juvenile offenders since 1990. The contributes to the injustice of what the method, Prejean said, how sentences generally are isn't humane and isn't respecting U.S. accounts for half of these executions. determined. Minorities who have human rights. killed whites or committed "We are not worthy of this. X Taxpayers in Texas are spending an average of crimes against whites are more This is not who we are as a group $2.3 million on each execution—while lifetime likely to garner media attention of decent people. Let's choose a incarceration $800,000 million. The bottom line is she said, and thus are more likely role in life with the beacon led by to receive death as a sentence this city council, of these good that the millions of dollars spent on capital punish- because the focus people,"she said. ment take away resources for other community inter- and community 'We are going ests such as schools, hospitals, public safety and pressure to punish is to end the death greater. Yet when "I thought the best penalty, and it's jobs. minorities kill part was when she because of good minorities, the story people like you X A 1998 study of death sentences in Philadelphia is relegated to the said if you couldn't who don't need found that African American defendants were almost back of the newspa push the button to this thing, who per, and the atten- don't want this four times more likely to receive the death penalty tion and pressure to kill the person your- thing and it's you than were others who committed similar crimes. enforce the death who is going to penalty greatly self, you had unre- help you change —Source: Amnesty International USA diminishes, making solved issues with that." the state's decision Freshman of who dies and [the death penalty]. Colleen Hanrahan, who doesn't arbi- although she isn't trary and unjust, she That struck a chord a member of the Want To Know More? said. with me because I Respect Life Deterring crime is Committee, came often another argu- could never say I was out specifically to According to the Public Broadcasting System's Web site, the ment supporters of hear Prejean following are some "worthwhile" sites about the death penalty: the death penalty responsible." speak. (Source: http://www.pbs.org/wghb/pages/frontline/angel/www- champion, Preiean "I'm reading links.html.) said. But people's — Erin Ford, freshman Dead Man Walking sense of tne actual right now and I'm crime rate is skewed by the just really inspired by it," Abolition Now media and killing people is a Hanrahan said. "I feel really pas- Designed for activists worldwide, it includes anti-death penalty drastic step, especially when sionately about the death penalty articles as well as networks of information in many countries. there are many alternative meth- and how it's wrong and I just ods to fighting crime, she said. thought it was a once in a life- http://www.abolition-now.com/ "No matter what goes on in time opportunity to hear her Charlottesville today, what speak.' you're going to see on the Others were also deeply American Civil Liberties Union evening news is they're going to impacted by Prejean's words. Another obvious place for opponents to hook up. It is generally ferret out any act of violence that "I thought it was cool how she up-to-date, with information on the latest threats to habeas cor- happened in this city and hold it tried to focus on the people and pus, a writ ordering a person in custody to be brought before a up before you go to bed," she not just on what they'd done," court. New federal death penalty legislation and the newsletter said. "And so you get an exag- freshman Lauren Sweeney said. The ACLU Abolitionist are also on this site. gerated sense of things and you Sweeney said she agreed with http://www.aclu.org/ become afraid." Prejean that if the worst act of Prejean also said people everyone's life was magnified shouldn't be surprised crime before society and judged, we Court TV Law Library occurs when tine rate of high would all have committed acts This site offers Congressional statutes for which federal crimes school dropouts is high, unem- that were wrong. warrant capital punishment and statistics on the death penalty. ployment is high ana drug use is Freshman Erin Ford said, "I There's also a Legal Times article about why the right to habeas high. She said combating crime thought the best part was when corpus appeals for death row inmates must be preserved. can be done by working with she said if you couldn't push the http://www.courttv.com/library/capital/ public education, job training button to kill the person yourself, and substance abuse counseling you had unresolved issues with to prevent people from getting to [the death penalty]. That struck a More About Sister Helen Prejean the point in their lives where chord with me because I could they become desperate and com- never say I was responsible, that In this SALON interview by Marc Bruno, Sister Prejean talks mit crimes, instead of holding up I caused this person to die, and I about the condemned men who inspired her book Dead Man the death penalty as a deterrent. don't think many people could." Walking. "These are all the justice ques- The Respect Life Committee http://www.salonl999.com/06/reviews/dead3.html tions that are part of our society meets every Wednesday at the that we have to turn our atten- CCM house at 7 p.m. The Breeze 30 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 FOCUS WANNA WiN FREE STUFF?... CHECK OUT THE"BREEZE VALENTINE'S "DAY CONTEST ON "PAGE 10. 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While JMU men's basketball Five minutes into that half, fcam needed last second heroics the Dukes forced a turnover i win its game on Saturday, the which resulted in a breakaway ^omen's team needed no such for freshman forward Shanna elp on Sunday. Price. Price hit the layup, was Instead, the Dukes erupted fouled in the process and hit the fr a 24-4 run in the second half following free throw to complete route to a commanding 72- the three-point play. win over CAA-opponent The Dukes never looked JC-Wilmington at the Con- back. They went on a 24-4 run, cation Center. highlighted by three pointers from sophomore forward Katie INC Wilmington 43 Hardbarger and sophomore cen- ter Hollie Franklin. lames Madison 72 Junior guard Mandy White said her team often talks about "It was a good win/' JMU starting the second half with ch Bud Childers said. "They more intensity. ilmingtonj started five seniors "We talk about that at half- we don't have any seniors. time of each game," she said. nice to beat a veteran squad." "We always say to come out The Dukes (11-7 overall, 4-3 strong in the first five minutes." the CAA) took advantage of JMU scored 15 points off ong team defense (they turnovers in the game, while sed 21 turnovers, eight of the Seahawks managed only ich came in the second half) one basket after forcing a poor UNC shooting (the turnover. The Dukes also scored hawks shot just 20 percent 15 second-chance points to m the floor in the second UNC-W's 12. f) to extend their six-point "By improving our rebound- time lead to 29 points in the ing, we got some more fast •nd half. breaks," Childers said. It was a defensive game White agreed with Childers. ay," Childers. "Both teams She said the Dukes had to be that mind set. Today defen- patient, despite shooting just 25 Bfcly we were as good as we've percent from the field in the m maybe since we played first half, and work on the other Carolina here. We were in aspects of the game, including d position and we didn't rebounding. them many good looks." "Rebounding is something e downfall of the Dukes in you can do something about," P first half was the team's White said. "Shooting you just ^Bounding. Childers challenged have to wait until it comes to team to step up its activity on you." boards during halftime. Franklin joked, "When you "We were down five are 10-40 [JMU's shooting in the unds at half," Childers said, first half] it's a little hard at times ^nting out UNC-W had 30 to be like 'let's go.'" ounds to the Dukes' 25. "I Offensively the Dukes were llenged them to better that at lead by Franklin, who scored a half." game-high 15 points, nine of And the Dukes responded, which came in the second half. FILE PHOTO ibbing 31 rebounds in the sec- Franklin was 6-13 shooting and Freshman guard Jess Cichowicz had four points and six rebounds in the Dukes' 29-point victory over half. also had eight rebounds and UNC Wilmington on Sunday afternoon. JMU hosts Richmond on Friday. As a result of the team's three blocked shots. ensive play and its response But, as usual, JMU executed a balanced offensive attack. Morgan and Price meanwhile risonburg for this three-game While Franklin netted 15, Price continued to contribute. In her home stand. The Dukes host NC-W '1 ft reb JMU (72) fR ft reb scored 11 points and White and nine minutes of playing time in Richmond on Friday at 7:30 p.m. 1) min tn-a ava o-t a min m-a m-a o-t • sophomore guard Allyson Keen- the first half, Morgan had six and then take on Virginia Com- Lie 27 2-6 0-0 1-3 0 Price 21 5-13 l-l 2-6 1 er both chipped in 10 points for rebounds, one steal, and two monwealth on Sunday. imbill 26 3-6 2-2 4-10 3 Todd 24 0-5 2-4 3-5 1 Bxley 15 2-7 2-8 3-4 0 Franklin 23 6-13 2-2 2-8 1 the Dukes. Eleven Dukes scored points. Price played 11 minutes In other CAA action yester- '.llkllls 31 2-17 0-0 0-3 6 White 26 4-6 1-2 l-l 3 at least two points in the game. in the half and picked up six day, Virginia Commonwealth 'alters 24 4-10 0-0 2-5 2 Keener 26 4-8 1-2 l-l 2 The Seahawks (11-7, 4-3) points to go with her two edged East Carolina and Ameri- ill,ink.iiu- 3-6 2-2 3-5 0 Warner 3 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 20 were led by Christy Gambill, rebounds and two steals. can defeated William & Mary, Iggs 14 0-7 0-0 0-3 1 Cichowicz 14 1-3 2-2 1-6 5 Dker 22 0-5 0-0 0-1 0 Morgan 19 1-6 0-0 4-9 0 Chandra Watkins and Jurga "They are our best athletes," meaning the Dukes have moved orwood 8 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 J. Williams 10 2-3 0-0 0-4 0 Paliaukaite, who all scored eight Childers said. "They can create into a third-place tie with the IcAdoo 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Hardbarger 15 1-6 0-0 2-3 0 10 2-4 0-0 2-4 0 M Williams 19 2-11 3-4 2-5 1 points in the game. things on the floor that you just Seahawks in the conference. Old The Dukes led by as many as can't coach." Dominion remains in first-place btals 200 18-70 6-12 23-49 13 Totals 200 27-76 12-17 24-56 14 eight points in the first half and The Dukes have now won in the conference with a perfect 'ercentaite*: F( -25.7, FT- -500. t -point Percentages: FG—35.5, FT- -70.6. 3-point were up 29-23 at the break. two games in a row and 7-0 mark. pals—1-7, (14.3). (Walkins II' gfis0-3. goals—6-20(30.0). (J. Williams 2-2. Franklin '- lealc 0-2, Wallets 0-1). Blocked shots: 7 1-4, Keener 1-4. Hardbarger -3. White 1-2. M. Keener led all scorers with seven Childers said he hopes the team "It's a great win," Childers Soxley 3. Paliai kaite 3, Montgomery 1). Williams 0-3, Price 0-2) Blocked shots: 5 points in the half. can use this win to keep its said. "It sets us up to keep things 'ill HUM l 1 21 Steals: 5 (Franklin 3, Warner 1, Cichowicz 1 Turnovers 11 Steals: 13 Freshman forward Nadine momentum going while in Har- going." 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The Dukes instead finished (ahead of the Temple Owls but st to the Rutgers Scarlet lights by two points. Coach Roger Burke said he /asn't pleased with how the .ikes lost those two points. "We had four falls on beam," Jurke said. "At half a point a ill, that's the meet." Junior co-captain Rachel lalinowski said, "Beam didn't 50 that well today. We had ame falls and it's just a matter confidence but we struggled little today." Malinowski finished sixth in he floor exercise with a score of >.625. Assistant Coach Mary Catherine Armstrong was not itirely satisfied with the perfor- mance of the team. "We probably did not have consistent a meet as last veek," she said. The afternoon did have posi- |ive points as the Dukes made a LINDSAY EVBANKSIconirihuiinH photographer ^trong showing on the vault The JMU women's gymnastics team finished second at a tri-meet the team hosted on Saturday. The Dukes finished ahead of Temple /hen five of the six JMU gym- University, but lost to Rutgers University by two points. Ally Betar had JMU's best all-around score. asts who competed registered a ersonal best score. ' also placed ninth in the uneven sonal best performance in the all- the only serious mistake she "We're going to try to heal "I had a really good go on bars with a score of 9.400 and around, although she took a fall made ..II afternoon. some bodies," Burke said. ^ault," senior co-captain Betsy seventh on the floor with a 9.600. on the bars. She finished fifth on vault "We've been doing that since fernandez said. Hernandez fin- "That was a pretty good go "We're really happy for her," with a score of 9.500, fourth on last weekend. Towson kind of phed fourth in the vault with a for us on vault," Burke agreed. Burke said. "Had she not fallen balance beam with a 9.575, and put a hit on a couple of key peo- core of 9.550 and was one of the "We had six people up and six on the bars, she would have bro- third on the floor with a 9.775. ple in some key events. We'll tve who established a personal people hit" ken the school record." Betar's all-around score of 38.125 rest them up and get ready for cord for the event. Hernandez Junior Ally Betar put in a per- Betar's fall on the bars was gave her a second place finish William & Mary." and is fifth best in JMU history. The men's team fell to Tem- Freshman Carri Elder scored ple yesterday, 206.55-188.75 in a 9.800 on the floor. The score Godwin Hall. tied her personal best and is the Sophomore Nick Blanton sixth highest all-time at JMU. won the all-around with a 51.20 Other than the beam, Burke and took second on the vault, was satisfied with the meet. pommel horse and horizontal "The consistency and the bars. maturity that they're showing He posted an 8.90 on the and developing over time is vault, an 8.65 on the pommel starting to pay out," Burke said. horse and an 8.65 on the hori- "We just need to get more con- zontal bars. sistency with our first and sec- Senior John Kyle placed first ond person up on each event so on the vault with a personal best that we can build from there." of 9.30 and also had the third- The team will try to build highest all-around at the meet from this meet to their next with a score of 43.40. event on Friday, when they host Freshman Josh Goodwin fin- in-state rival William & Mary. ished second in the all-around "That's a big meet for us," (48.90) and third in the floor Burke said. "We want to com- exercise (8.65). pete well against them. Winning The men's gymnastics team would be great, but that's not will again be in action on Satur- our focus. If we go out and com- day when it hosts Navy and the pete well then whatever hap- College of William & Mary. That pens happens." tri-meet begins at 3 p.m. in God- Besides some work on the win Hall. LINDSAY EVHXNKS/i uniribulinn phulof-rapher beam, Burke's major concern is The women's gymnastics The women's gymnastics team returns to action on Friday when It hosts William & Mary. The men's getting his team healthy for Fri- squad hosts William & Mary on team hosts both Navy and William & Mary on Saturday. day. Friday at 7 p.m. in Godwin Hall. .... , f -* • I l The Breeze 34 Monday.Jan.31,2000 SPORTS Paul Morris - Danny See - Steve Simons TRIAD, The Band Our Food Is All DAVE'S TAVERNA 95 S. Main St. Made»To«Order. FEB. 2 & 16, 2000 533 University Blvd. • 574-3072 8:00 PM-11:00 PM 1825 S. 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They also son, they hope to go out with a had some spectacular swimmers bang — leading JMU to its sec- in the past..." ond consecutive CAA title and Wiedersum said, "I only its third overall in four years. came here for two hours as Both Von Ohlen and Wieder- opposed to say, an entire day at sum started out young in the other colleges. world of swimming. "However, I really liked the Von Ohlen said that he seri- camaraderie, because it seemed ously started swimming when like more of a family than a just he was 6 years old, while take care of business team." Wiedersum said that his parents Both swimmers also think started him swimming when he JMU men's swimming coach, was four, and competitively at Brooks Teal, has been an integral age 12. part in the maturing of their "What really got me swim- swimming. ming when I was young was my "He's a good coach," Von cousin," Von Ohlen said. "He Ohlen said. "He won coach of was a big swimmer and kind of the year last year and [my] fresh- like a big brother to me. He man year, and he's just really swam for the University of Rich- dedicated to the team." PATRK'K HORST/.W«// photographer mond in the '80s." Wiedersum said, "1 feel he's Senior Will Van Ohlen, right, has simple goals for this year: He wants to help the Dukes win another Wiedersum said, "My mom probably the best technical coach CAA championship, and he wants to break into the top three in the 200-meter breaststroke. and dad both swam for club in I've ever had as far as how to high school, and my mom swam train an athlete goes." ed them captains, and both have their four years at JMU. "But both have exceeded my a little in college. Teal had accolades about demonstrated strong leadership "I can't believe it's [Von expectations here. They have "But it was actually my little both athletes, citing not only through their work habits; Ohlen and Wiedersum's final both been steady and reliable brother who got me into swim- their ability to lead by example, they're not your usual rah-rah season] already here," Teal said. performers, and both have per- ming. but also their clutch confidence leaders." "It seems like yesterday they formed very well in the champi- "He started doing it, and it and their quiet nature. Teal said he thinks both were just signing their accep- onship meets they've been looked like a lot of fun. I give "Both are quiet leaders," Teal swimmers have reached and tance letters and 1 was shaking through." him a lot of credit for that." said. "Their teammates all elect- surpassed their call of duty for their hand in confirmation. As far as friendship goes, Von Ohlen and Wiedersum said they have developed a very close one over the past four years here at JMU. "All of the swimmers live together in a house, but we're the only two seniors on the team," Von Ohlen said. "1 would say that he is one of my good friends on the team." Wiedersum said of Von Ohlen, "I would say he is defi- nitely one of my best friends." Both swimmers also pointed out that they would like their careers to end on high notes, such as winning another CAA title. "I don't have any specific goals for the end of this season," Von Ohlen said. "1 would like to help the team to another confer- ence championship. "And I would also like to score in the top three in the 200- breaststroke. The Olympic trial cut time has been raised to 2:02, which I feel is definitely within my reach." Wiedersum said, "I think the number one goal is to win the conference championships. Ever since I was a freshman looking up, 1 would think to myself how special this moment would be. "I've never wanted to win a ALEX \ESSEl£lphulo editor title more badly than in this, my Van Ohlen picked JMU four years ago over other colleges because of the Dukes' family feel, 'For me, the main reason I picked JMU senior year. I would just like to was the fact that they had a very close-knit team. That appeared very attractive to me ..." go out as a champion." » • . ■ ■ The Breeze 36 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 SPORTS m Advertisers, We'll Sweeten the Deal! Ask your Ad Exec about our Valetine's Day Contest. We're willing to help. Because it's all in the way you communicate! SEND 11 L^lllf^l Network Telephone Cable Great INCENTIVES available for early lease signups. Ask about our GOLD package for 2000 at your property rental office or give us a call. Time is running out to SAVE over $100.00 DART when you reserve a phone and network next school year! NO Payments until August. 437-4200 ntc-com.com " P n The Breeze SPORTS Monday, Jan. 31. 2000 37 Win gives Seton Hall needed relief EVIN CZERWINSKI what the game meant to many in South the win. He played a gutsy second half in something huge in Holloway on Knight-Ridder Tribune Orange, N.J., and didn't want to disap- leading the Pirates back from an eight- Wednesday night. k point them. point deficit. "Shaheen took it upon himself to lead CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Life won out "This was real big," said senior guard Holloway scored 13 of his 15 points us to victory tonight," Amaker said. Wednesday night at Conte Forum. Gary Saunders, who wore black socks and had four of his six assists after the "Without a doubt, he was the key. We Sure, Seton Hall played a basketball and a black wrist band to honor the stu- break to spark the comeback and a 22-5 can't do it without him. He relishes these game against Boston College. It wasn't dents who died. He will wear them for run that broke open the game. moments and we needed it tonight. This even the Pirates' best effort of the season. the remainder of the season. 'Tonight could never make things bet- was a huge win and I'm proud of how That mattered little though. It was likely The school pres- ter, but maybe it our guys fought through." their most important game of the season. ident, Monsignor —————^— ■^^~^^~"^^~^^ gives the people at One player who fought through to The Pirates' 74-65 victory on Robert Sheeran, a school something have a breakout game was Al Harris. The Wednesday brought back a sense of nor- called the coach Hopefully, it will put to be happy freshman forward has had to fight to get malcy to the small school and its close- before the game about," Holloway playing time all season. Recently, he knit basketball team in the wake of last and toid him a win everyone in a good mood said. "We'll try to moved ahead of junior Kevin Wilkins in week's dormitory fire that claimed the would be good for T . » j_i» •- i do whatever we the rotation and Wednesday he had his lives of three Seton Hall students. school spirit. •.. lonignt was definitely can to get people finest performance. Though the team will attend a service smiling around Harris scored a career-high six points, this morning at Walsh Gym for the stu- of people mourn- Clb0Ut WOTt thcUtjUSt there. We're defi- grabbed four rebounds, and blocked a dents who were killed and injured, the ing and we wanted y> nitely going to the pair of shots. His defense after the break game itself brought a bit of closure for the to get a win," he basketball. memorial service was tremendous and was nearly as Pirates, a reminder that the season, as said. "Hopefully, it today, too. We important as Holloway's play. well as life, continues. will put everyone Monsignor Robert Sheeran were going to go Darius Lane led the Hall with 21 The win was the third in a row for the in a good mood Seton Hall Universily University Tuesday before it points. The Pirates wore a blue and white Hall (13-3, 5-1 Big East) and 10th in 11 and maybe get was postponed ribbon sewn to a black button on their games, earning the Pirates a share of sec- something positive going back on cam- because of the snow. That comes first, warm-up jerseys. ond place in the Big East with St. John's. It pus. Tonight was definitely about more before basketball and before school." NCAA rules prohibit any kind of also marked the first time Seton Hall is 3-0 than just basketball." Coach Tommy Amaker couldn't say insignia on the game jersey. But, a patch on the road in the Big East. It was no coincidence that senior enough about Holloway. will be sewn on to the uniform shorts Much like the past week has been on guard Shaheen Holloway, who has He admitted his team came out flat, before Sunday's game at Connecticut. The campus, the night was about more than played the role of team leader to perfec- struggling to regain the intensity it had men's and women's teams will wear the basketball. The players were aware of tion this season, was an integral part of before the eight-day layoff. But he saw patch for the remainder of the season. Patriots swap draft picks for coach ED DUCKWORTH seventh-rounder the following season. the subject of speculation recently and Kraft wasn't ready to pay that much, Knighl-Ridder Tribune Now, less than 24 hours later, the 58- was again last night when he didn't however, and after interviewing Dom year-old owner was introducing Belichick attend the news conference at which Capers, the Jacksonville Jaguars' defen- FOXBORO, Mass. — The longer Robert to the media, saying he was pleased to Belichick was introduced. sive coordinator, for four hours on Kraft considered the problem, the clearer have succeeded in landing the man he Belichick, who completed his 25th sea- Wednesday, he was close to forgetting the solution became to him. expects to successfully lead the Pats into son as an NFL coach this season, has had about Belichick. So when the Boston millionaire finally the 21st century. one previous trial as a head coach. The But at about 10 a.m. Wednesday night, picked up the telephone late Wednesday Belichick, 47, said he had shaken hands Cleveland Brown teams he coached from after again reviewing his options, Kraft night to close the deal his heart told him to only a few hours earlier on a five-year con- 1991-95 complied a 37-45 record and won telephoned his son, Jonathon, and said, "I make, the one that would bring Bill tract that will pay him at least $2 million a one playoff game, against the Pats in '94. think we're going to make a run at this.'' Belichick to Foxboro Stadium as the 14th season if he merely coaches the team. Although he had been rumored to be Kraft then called Parcells and agreed coach in the 40-year history of the Patriots, Should the general manager's title and at the top of Kraft's list of candidates to to pay the Jets' price. he knew he had made the right choice. duties be added to his job description, replace the fired Pete Carroll, as late as Parcells waited until about 7 a.m. yes- "The thing that really got me [to Belichick will make even more. For now, Tuesday it hadn't looked as if the Pats terday to deliver the news to Belichick, move] was Robert Edwards's situation," at least, the Nashville, Tenn., native isn't could wrest him from New York. who, after getting a call from Kraft a little Kraft said on Thursday. "We thought we sweating such minor details. But his soap-opera journey certainly later, hopped in his car at his Long Island had our running back problem solved, "I'm head coach," he said in response was marked by headlines. home and drove to what the owner said and what happened through an act of to the question of whether he also has A day after Bill Parcells quit as head was a "little secret location," apparently God that changed all that, and we're still agreed to be the team's general manager. coach of the Jets on Jan. 3, Belichick somewhere near the Rhode Island- dealing with it." "I've spoken with Robert briefly about the declined to succeed him, something his Connecticut border, for a talk. Edwards, the Pats' first-round draft structure of the organization, but no deci- contract required he do through 2002. By early afternoon, Belichick had hap- choice in '98, had appeared to be heading sions have been made about any those His resignation came during a curious pily accepted Kraft's offer to coach the toward a long and productive career things." press conference during which he raised Pats. before he suffered what likely will prove a Although Kraft has portrayed the for- questions about his position in the Jets' "I'm tremendously excited," he said. "I career-ending knee injury during a flag mer defensive coordinator of the Jets as a organization that at the time was in the had an outstanding experience here in '96 football game in Honolulu early last workaholic, Belichick implied he doesn't process of changing hands. [when he coached the Pats' secondary February. care about who has the ultimate say on After the Jets declined to allow him to under Parcells]. This is a first-class organi- Players, no matter how talented, can matters of personnel so long as correct become a free agent and NFL commis- zation and I can't wait to start working. have the same shelf lives as strawberries. decisions are reached. sioner Pete Tagliabue ruled his contract I'm thankful things worked out the way Coaches, by contrast, can be planning and "This is no one-man band here," he binding, Belichick filed an antitrust suit they have. It was an ordeal." motivating and winning games for said, referring to himself. "I can't play all against the league and asked a federal Belichick said his first goal is to put decades. the instruments. There are a lot of court to issue an order that would have together a staff. He will meet the team's Kraft indicated he had tried mightily resources in this organization and I'm enabled him to coach elsewhere. holdover assistant coaches this morning to avoid surrendering a No. 1 pick to the looking forward to working with as many But when the court denied him a to discuss their futures. Jets as part of a compensation package for of them as I can. I'll take as much help as I restraining order, Belichick dropped his Although Parcells said Charlie Weis, Belichick, but his gut told him the team can get." suit and began facing the prospect of the Jets' offensive coordinator, had been needed a strong leader to get them back That Belichick wasn't appointed as gen- spending the 2000 season out of football. released from his contract, Belichick on track in the AFC East. eral manager or director of operations was Parcells began changing all that stopped short of announcing his hiring. So the price the Jets placed on their seen as a sign that Kraft intends to contin- Tuesday night when he telephoned Kraft, "I'm going to be trying to act on a staff assistant head coach - a first-round pick ue talking with Tom Donahoe, the former suggesting they bury the hatchet and cut as quickly as I can," he said. "There are a lot this spring, as well as fourth- and sev- director of football operations for the a deal for Belichick's services. of people to consider. There [also] are a lot enth-round selections in 2001 - wasn't Pittsburgh Steelers, about a personnel job. "We just talked about it," Parcells said of coaches on this staff 1 have respect for." too much to swallow, especially when the Where that would leave Bobby Grier, during a conference call. "I think they got Belichick also has an owner who Jets sweetened the arrangement by ceding the Pats' vice president of player person- the idea that unless [a No. 1 pick] was thinks the world of him. ■a fifth-round pick-to-the Pats-in^Or and-a- ""TWi," isn^tTrear,"though his future has been ■ II IL hided, wwci ci 11 goirtg"to havp a dealr" The Breeze 38 Monday, Jan. 31,2000 SPORTS S ON JAMES M A D I BREEZE Y u N E Apply to be positions, Managing submit a cover letter, Editor resume of The Breeze and five Deadine: Feb. 7 by 5 p.m clips to: Gina Positions also Montefusco, available for: The Breeze, •News Editors •Graphics Editor MSC 6805 •Asst. News •Sports Editor Editor •Asst. Sports Edi- G-l Anthony- •Opinion Editor tor Seeger Hall •Style Editor •Copy Editor Harrisonburg, •Asst. Style/Focus •Asst. Copy Editor VA 22801 Editor •Focus Editor Deadline: Feb. 11 •Photo Editors by 5 p.m. Jtiihiimxiii * * • TJ* Breeze SPORTS Monday.Jan.31,2000 39 Getting past the 'chick' mentality Sports isn't a guy thing, it's a fan thing. Maybe we should start acting that way. OK, I give up. I need to ask long ago, and look where she is come back with, "No, actually designed for the sports lover in campus, and just as many foot- this question and see what kind now. She has the ultimate job. more like Dan Patrick or Bob all of us, men and women, and ball, baseball, basketball, hockey, of response I get. Not that I don't She travels everywhere, watches Ley," a look of confusion is all I who knows what we would do soccer and lacrosse fans who know my personal answer, or tons of football, interviews all get. without a couple doses of also fall into the mini-skirt and totally back it up 100 percent, kinds of stars and gets paid for it My girlfriends usually just SportsCenter each day. lipstick population. but rather because I am dis- all! I'm sorry, but who wouldn't laugh and tell me that's a "boy's Maybe it's because I was Some guys already know it's turbed by so many of the come- want that as a career? I can't job" or the guys will smirk at me raised in a family whose lives possible to talk to girls about last backs I am getting these days. believe I am about to use this as if to say, "What would you revolve around sport seasons and night's last-second shot or next Frankly, I need a better reason phrase, but, "You go, girl!" know about sports?" Then I get a when I was a little, my dad read week's top 10 match-ups. An than "just because." That's just plain cool. little speech about how the issues of Sports Illustrated to me ESPN-kinda girl will know who What's wrong with a woman Back to my initial question. women on ESPN shouldn't be before bed instead of Dr. Seuss. you are talking about when you aspiring to be a sportscaster on Despite the fact that Perhaps if my dad was refer to "The Rocket" or "El ESPN? Honestly, it's not like I I'm in my third year anything other than an Duque." This kinda girl will go would be the first "chick" inter- at JMU, I still meet athletic director and bas- see "Any Given Sunday" more viewing athletes or updating fel- people at parties who Guest Columnist ketball coach, I would be than once and love it. (And it low sports fans on scores and want to know what someone other than will have nothing to do with the trades and draft picks. I'm majoring in. By — Kelly Gillespie whoI am. locker room scenes.) These are I have role models just like the way, guys... and Maybe if my mom the kind of "chicks" who want to the rest of the world. They are I know I speak for my ' hadn't proved to me be sportscasters. These are the the women working in Bristol, friends when I say that mis line there. Why not? Are there not that a woman can not only be a kind of "babes" who would be Conn, who know what they are is way overused, and way over- great female athletes in the great athlete, but a great, knowl- good at it. doing. Robin Roberts? She's rated ... why don't you try ask- world? Are there not smart, edu- edgeable fan, I would be sitting For those skeptical of girls great at her job. Linda Cohn can ing who my favorite American cated sports fans of the fairer in the corner during the playoffs who enjoy sports, or those, like throw lines right in there with League pitcher is, or what teams sex? Of course there are. On the or the World Series. Instead, I'm myself and some of my SMAD Stuart Scott or Chris Berman. I want to see in the Final Four one hand, my guy friends com- usually the one trying to snag buddies, who want to report on And I gotta hand it to Melissa this March? That would really plain that their girlfriends never the remote when I'm at some- them, just remember this: The Stark. The guys know who I'm turn my head. Instead of want to "watch the game" but on one's apartment so I can check only requirements for the job of talking about. The cute blonde explaining to the inebriated the other hand, if she does watch the scores. I'm thrilled with my sportscaster are a love, apprecia- who covers the NFL every week, inquisitors what my concentra- the game, or — heaven forbid— awesome tom-boyish childhood tion and knowledge of sports — a the one who the anchors always tion and focus is in this ever- know players' stats, enjoys her- and constant access to a wealth profile I fit. But of course I will thank emphatically, "Thank changing field of study called self and appreciates and under- of sport knowledge — my par- have to work on my own one-lin- YOU, Melissa." (Watch the drool SMAD, I simply say I would like stands the sport being played ... ents. 1 know that 1 airi not a rari- ers if 1 want to share that desk boys: she is gorgeous, and she to go into broadcast journalism. well, that is cause for upheaval. ty in this age of ESPN, ESPN2, with Kenny Mayne anytime soon. knows her sports.) "Hey, cool, you wanna be Come on guys, it's OK. We ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic and all This girl graduated from the like Katie Couric or something?" aren't invading your territory. the rest. There are so many great Kelh/ Gillespie is a junior SMAD University of Virginia not too is the usual response. But when I It's our place, too. ESPN was female athletes right here on major. ei*yY ee D die Lou Gehn_ Bo D\DD\%nnie Ley Uncle Waldo Packann i """'.BUFFALO BOO Sunsfiine P£T£ fH£ PUB . 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But the PHILADELPHIA — Remember six years "African-American employees are the gates from the "eight richest and most college should lead by example and not ago when the nation's black college bas- academic advisers, equipment managers, legislatively powerful collegiate confer- be dragged along by public pressure." ketball coaches threatened a boycott facility managers, strength coaches and ences." Only 10 (3.2 percent) were Former Georgetown coach John unless somebody in the NCAA hierarchy compliance coordinators. But athletic African-American. Thompson walked out of a game in began to listen to them? administration at the core management Men's college basketball player rosters protest of Prop 16. He's still protesting. Well, the nation's coaches are still positions, administrative jobs that have are now 60 percent African-American. "How can you be frustrated about upset and hoping somebody will pay the most influence on the success of the More than 30 percent of Division I men's young people taking illegal money who attention. The issues have a subtle differ- athletic department, are for white men head and assistant basketball coaches are participate in sports, when the very uni- ence, but they are not unrelated. and white women only." now African-Americans. So where, versities that are telling them, 'It's terrible In January 1994, the Black Coaches To support his position, Haney pro- Haney and NABC heavyweights want to you are not going to class' and 'It's terri- Association threatened to boycott games duced some rather startling statistics from know, are the African-American ADs, ble you are not studying' and 'It's terrible the weekend of the Martin Luther King a study on "Race Demographics of NCAA assistant ADs and associate ADs? you are doing things that are illegal,' holiday in an effort to get the NCAA to Member Institutions Athletics Personnel." "Can we name African-American bas- offers no potential for these same athletes 'V restore a 14th men's basketball scholarship The Division I board of directors consists ketball coaches who have had the oppor- to be hired or employed at those same per school and to protest the adoption of of 18 university presidents. It is the group tunity to move into athletic administra- universities," Thompson said. new "initial-eligibility" standards that essentially governs Division I. tion the past five years?" Haney wrote in "How can the press write articles and (Proposition 16) that would "dispropor- Haney excluded South Carolina State, Courtside. "I cannot." cite kids for doing illegal things when we tionately" affect African-American student- a historically black college with African- The press conference, Duke Coach see that they are being illegally treated," athletes. Nevertheless, the 13-scholarship Americans in positions of power. Mike Krzyzewski, said "is a call to action." Thompson said. "It is against the law to limit stayed and Prop 16 was adopted. According to Haney, there "are 103 peo- But what action? The problem has discriminate against people. At this point, The National Association of Basketball ple who serve on those 17 campuses in been identified. How do you arrive at a it's discrimination. That is where the frus- Coaches (NABC) joined the BCA in com- core management positions. The core solution? tration lies." plaining about those and a number of management positions I define as direc- If a plan is developed, it isn't going to Temple Coach John Chaney said, other issues, including the lack of African- tors of athletics, associate directors of ath- work unless everybody agrees to follow "The NCAA is the only institution that Americans in upper-level management letics and assistant directors of athletics. the plan. Thus, the plan might not be as would spend our resources to prove a positions in athletic departments and in The race demographics for the 17 univer- difficult as getting people to believe there is negative. In all our years dealing with the NCAA itself. sities show no African-Americans hold a need for a plan. The numbers would sug- the NCAA, our old problems are still Six years ago, the BCA and NCAA the position of athletic director, two gest rather strongly that there is a problem. there. That is why we have had no met. There was no boycott. With one African-Americans hold positions of asso- Richard Lapchick is the executive progress. We are dealing with the same exception, not much has changed in the ciate athletic director and one assistant director of the National Consortium for questions that we have dealt with over interim. So, the NABC and its executive athletic director is an African-American. Academics and Sports. He has studied the past 13 years. Changing rules and director, Jim I Ianey, have taken up the Only three of 103 is incredible." issues like this for years. laws does not necessarily change atti- fight, trying to get somebody to listen. Last Friday, Haney brought out the "Sadly, college sports receive the low- tudes. They have forgotten that sports According to Haney, who is white, the heavy artillery. The NABC had a national est grade when compared to all pro sports can be a social staircase for many people. NCAA itself has included African- conference call with some of the biggest in terms of who is hired to run our athlet- The NCAA has not been stewards of .. Americans on the core management staff. names in its membership. They, too, won- ic programs," Lapchick said. "The col- trust for our student-athletes." Frosty came to us for help...he left happy (and a lot more buff). ww w, €mm * *Teb.2 Q 3 Blood Pressure Screening Date: Feb. 2 White Rock Falls Day Hike Trip Date: Feb. 12 Time: 4-7 pm m Stop by the Wellness table Cost: $14.00 in the UREC Atrium. Partner Resistance Traverse the scenic ridges of the Date: Feb. 7 Appalachians to a beautiful waterfall. 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For example, All-American four-year career span- Morina was first named the team's Most Brian Kurlander and four-time ning from 1983-'87, he Outstanding Wrestler state champ Dan Corbin cer- notched 125 victories, in 1980-'81 as a 158- tainly have the credentials to be which is 12 more wins pounder. He repeated included on our list but space than Brian Kurlander as the team's top constraints makes including and Dan Corbin com- wrestler the next year. them impossible. piled during their In 1980'81 Mori- Instead we have selected careers. na became the first the program's all-time wins As a freshman, JMU wrestler to leader and the first Duke to Bowyer went 23-12-1 and Photos Courtesy of Sports Media Relations appear in the NCAA appear in the NCAA champi- finished second in the Eastern Regionals and received a wild Division I Champi- onships at the Division I level. NCAA Eastern Regionals. He was named card bid to the NCAA tournament where onship Meet. He an honorable mention freshman All- he went 3-2 and again finished one win went 1-1 at the meet The Top 50 American by Amateur Wrestling News that shy of being named an All-American. He Morina that year. He made Sydney Beasley year. was 43-8 as a senior, setting the record for another appearance Linton Townes The following year the 118-pounder most wins in a season and most wins in a at the NCAAs in the 1981-'82 season and Floretta Jackson put together a 25-6 record. He won the career at JMU. He was named the pro- went 3-2. Sherman Di Hard Eastern Regionals, advanced to the NCAA gram's Most Outstanding Wrestler for the Morina appeared in the Virginia State Patrick McSorley Championships and was named the third consecutive year and finished his Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships' Brent Bennett team's Most Outstanding Wrestler. career as the winningest Duke in history final match twice. In 1981 he edged George Carol Thate As a junior, Bowyer won his first state with a 125-34-2 record. Mason's Mike Maltagliati in the final round Dee McDonough title and was one victory away from claim- Bowyer became JMU's head coach of the state meet, 8-4, to earn the state title. Suzi Slater ing All-American status at the Nationals, prior to the 1988-'89 season. He had a 80- The following year he fell, 4-3 in overtime, Juli Henner where he finished with a 3-2 record. His 34- 76 record as the Dukes' head coach enter- to Old Dominion's Brad Anderson in the Matt ik.iui.ius 7-1 mark again earned him the team's Most ing the 1999-2000 season. championship match. Pete Weilenmann Outstanding Wrestler award. Last year his team won the state and The 158-pounder finished first in the Paul Morina In his final year Bowyer repeated as conference tournament. He was named NCAA Eastern Regional Championships in Jeff Bowyer the state champ. 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