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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MARSHALL Thursday Volume92 Aug. 6, 1992 PARTHENON Number 107 "You sometimes have to give them a little extra incentive to stay. When you get the person you get, you have to invest to get them to stay. That's a great investment" - Dr. Dale F. Nimchke MU paid administrator's rent for 1 year
By Kevin D. MelroN pense] is ·common ... the opportunity Editor doesn't present itself that often.• :If'.,.,, . ~da Bowen, assistant director of Despite her $60,000 salary, the vice auxiliary services, said the apartment presidentfor multicultural affairs lived I~~ 'i, had been used by other administrators in a residence hall guest apartment for ' when they first came to campus. more than a year - and the university "I don't know how common it was. It :·· Qi picked up the tab...... ;';, was guest housing for an administra Parthenon editors uncovered the ex .·'' Cleckley Neel · Nitzschke ·Scott Smith. tor." penditure during a search ofuniversity · ·_.w:e president .former vice . former ·, former.vice . .• •. formef vice .. Dr. Dale F. Nitzschke, former univer purchase orders last month. Shortly af for ·mutlicult'u president for ', university p,estdent for .· .president for :• , ral affairs: sity president, signed the purchase · ter editors began their investigation, finance: president:· institutional · academic orders paying for Cleckley's rent. university administrators ordered a . Lived in · Nitzschke says ·_Says funds research: , affairs: lived .. he lived in He said Wednesday that at least three halt to the search. apartment at .spent for rent ·· Also lived in • · 'in apartment university's apartment waa•money apartment while she other administrators have lived in the According to university records, Dr. expense when he first ·well-invest~ when he first · looked for apartment: Harry Neel, former vice Betty J . Cleckley lived in the Twin was hired was hired permanent president for finance; Dr. Keith Scott, Towers West guest apartment from home former vice president for institutional Nov. 27, 1989, toDec.17, 1990, at a cost advancement;andDr. Carol Ann Smith, of $290 a month. former vice president for academic af She was hired in fall 1989 to fill the moved out. I had trouble finding a place The guest apartment, complete with fairs. newly created multicultural affairs to stay." a kitchen, often is used by students, "That was common practice," he said position. . She said that although she was not . guest speakers and others, said Ray from the president's office at the Uni Cleckley said last week she couldn't charged any rent, she was not aware mond F. Welty; associate vice presi- versity of New Hampshire in Durham. remember how long she had lived on the university had paid for it. dent for administration. "That's very common for universities campus, but she only did so until she "I was not assessed anything," Cleek- "We charge everybody for housing: throughout the land. It's sometimes could find another place to live. ley said. students, conference guests, etc. I don't used as a recruiting tool." "When I finally was able to get what She could not be reached Wednesday know that [an administrator livi'ng in I thought was a suitable place to live, I for further comment. the apartment at the university's ex- Please see RENT, Page 2 Grievance could end i·n 1-awsuit ·
By Greg Collard and a building service worker, ployees. reasons in the letter did not • The grievance, filed in Managing Editor alleges employees at West On July 18, a petition re satisfy Samantha Erickson, an late.1990 by 12 Marshall Virginia University earn questing that BOT Chancellor organizer with the West Vir classified staff members, Although a grievance by 12 higher salaries for the same Charles Manning visit ginia State Employees Union, complains that their Marshall employees has been positions. Marshall to explain the deci which represents the 12 em counterparts at WVU re denied three times, StaffCoun Employees are requesting sion ~as signed by 350 classi ployees. ceive higher wages. cil President Sherri Noble said equal pay with their counter fied staff. "I wasn't really happy. The • In June, a hearing her organization will support parts at WVU. Manning temporarily substi way I see it, a gardener here is· examiner ruled in favor their cause as the case moves That plea was rejected July tuted his visit with a three the same as a gardener there ... of the e"1)1oyees. to a higher level. 16 by the University of West page letterto all classified staff How can you make a distinc • On July 16, the BOT "We believe they have a Virginia System Board orl'rus the following week. tion if everything is under one rejected the examiner's grievance. We believe they are tees, despite ·a contrary ruling The letter stated: "simply university system?• ruling. right," she said. "It's possible if the previous month by Hear because the titles are the same Erickson said a beginning • By July 18, 350 we get the right information ... ing Examiner Betty Caplan. or similar does not, by itself, gardener a( Marshall earns classified staff had there has been discussion of a In her ruling, Caplan said inean that the level of respon between $19,000 and $20,000, signed a peitlon for the class action suit.• the pay system is illegal be sibility i~ the same or that the while one at WVU earns about chancellor to come to The grievance, filed in late cause it violates a 1986 law salary must be the same to be $24,000. Marshall to explain the 1990 by six building engineen, mandating a revised uniform 'uniform and equitable."" decision. four carpenters, a locksmith classifica~on system for em- However, that and other Please ... LAWSUIT, Page 2
Jury selection Organizer: .Interest in union growing By Greg Collard Staff Council President Sherri Noble begins today Managing Editor said she envisions the organization having a relationship with WVSEU, 'nte president of the Marshall chap- but not as a member. in rape case ter of the West Virginia State Employ- "Ifthe union had good ideas we might ees Union has no doubt abouthow many I think It's Important we unite work together to accomplish goals, but There was a motion hearing employees she wants to become mem- for the things we need. H [StaffCouncilJwouldn'tjointheunion; Wednesday afternoon to continue hers by the time collecting bargaining she said. "We believe the majority the trial for Emmitt McCrary, for public workers is again int~uced people want Improvements approve of not to have a union, but the man accused of the Feb. 8 to the Legislature next year. and change, this Is the wa, of there are several memben who are pro- abduction and sexual assault ofa "We want all employees; Marsha doing It. union all the way.• 20-year-old female Marahall stu Napier said Wednesday. "'I think it's MarkRhodes,aWVSEUmemberand dent. important we unite for the things we form Staff Council president, agrees. Jury selection begins today and need. Ifpeoplewantimprovementsand - Marsha Napier, president 'The council's function is to perform the trial is scheduled to convene change, this is the way of doing it." of MU chapter of WVSEU in an advisory capacity; the Manhall Monday, according to Prosecu~ However, ~apier said there is an ------University Police Department officer ing Attorney Chris Chiles. obstacle: intimidation. said. "'But I think the organizations can McCrarys not guilty plea r~ Sh~said some employees are afraid WVSEU Organ_izer Samantha complement each other.• mained the same. something will happen to thedl-possi- Erickson said union membership on Rhodes said union membership will He is charged with two counts bly losing their jobs - if they join the campus is "'pushing 100.• depend upon the passage ofa collective offintdegreesexualassault,once union. ButNapier expects that figure to grow bargaining bill during ~e 1993 Regu- countoffirst..degree sexual abuse, "'I think it's one ofth,s main problems steadily aa more people are exposed to lar Session. If that happens, Rhodes one count ofkidnapping and one on campus ... I think some people see the issues. said he thinks most university employ- count of malicious wounding. thia aa a threat. Anytime you don't "'If people educate themselves ... all ees would join WVSEU. knowaboutsomethingyou'lheeitthat they have to do is read. There's no ...... &.&...... _ ...... __, __ -' _ .,..,:· · • • • • - ••• · - •• • •• • •••••• • •• • • • -.perauaaion-teit.~ -...... ·7 • • -·· • . • - : • .P ...... VNJON, ~ 2 . . ~ . . . . , i' , , - - ,, - - ,--, ,,- . ~
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2 1HE PAIIHENON lhlnday, Aug. 6. 1992 LAWSUIT------From Page 1 PARTHENON-- The Parthenon, Marshall But Menning aeid the BOT The firm oCWilliam M. Mer- BOT still is following Caplan's to ua and say they want to be a University's student-Nn news made its decision so that those cer, Inc. has been hired for ruling on a "broader perspec part of this.• paper, la published every Thurs questions can be answered. $440,000 to help establish a tive•sinceeverypositionwithin Erickson -said she doesn't day during the summer. The stu He said an appeal for a fourth "uniform and equitable• sys- . the university system will be know ifthat will be necessary. dent editor has final authority con decision from a statewide ex tem for classified employees. studied. · cerning editorial content. Founded For now she is concentrating in 1896. aminer will be a •starting over A date for the appeal has not Meanwhile, Noble said Staff on the grievance procedure. process where everything will been determined, butManning Council is seeking job descrip But she is confident of at m>ITOR be put back on _the table.• admitted there might be ine- tions· it wanted -Yesterday" least one thing. LuinD. Melro,,e The extra time will allow the qualities with the state's uni- from the BOT to determine ifa -rhis should have been done IIANAQINQ m>ITOR BOT to gather adequate infor versity system. class action suit is needed for in 1986. It wasn't until we filed Greg Collard mation to make an appropri "There may well be, and classified staff to receive fair the grievance and brought this NNIOR WRITSR ate decision, Manning added. probably reason to assume, we salaries. to [the BOT's] attention that BiUGard-r •1 am convinced this study will find inequities and we "What it would be, ifwe filed they started looking at it.• ~Hl&P PHOTOGRAPHU will determine that because intend to rectify those inequi- onbehalfoftheemployees,they Manning said he intends to Ta~ilwabu this question needs to be an ties," he said. would have to take advantage visit every campus in the fall to ADYIUR swered." In addition,Manningsaid the ofit. They would have to come help find a solution. Debra Belluomini PRODUCTION IUIIAQU MilreFrul UNION ADVSRT181NQ IIANAG• R Do"IIJOM• From Page 1 STUDIINT AD IIANAGU Meli.ea Diclrereon Unions have represented only one-third of it. Probably In July, 12 more university Board of Trustees Chancel university employees, but only 75 percent of grievances have employees joined the union, a lor Charles Manning said he is ADVSRT181NQ with limited succeas, Napier to deal with problems on the figure that keeps Napier opti prepared to work with the 696-3346 or 2733 said. The difference with work site. mistic. union if lawmakers approve COMPLAINTS WVSEU, however, is it is spe • A union is as good as its • At one time buildinp and collective bargaining rights. 696-6696 cifically for public employees,. people. You can put together grounds employees were our •[Employees] have to decide allORTS And contrary to common any type ofunion ydu w~t. It main members. if it•s in their best interest. If 696-3339 perceptions, Napier said un doesn't have to be about strik "Now, we're everywhere - the state concurs, we will work STORYIDIIM ions represent employees oo ing.• instruct.on, VA workers, the with that kind of administra 696-2521 more than one issue. Meanwhile, WVSEU mem medical school ... We're excited tion, but it's not something for • A lot of people think a union bership on campua continues because we represent all em- me to decide ifit would be good 311 Smith Hal just argues about pay. That's to grow. .ployees. • · orbad." · Huntinglon, W.VL 25755 RENT-- From Page 1 -Jt's like paying moving ex penses. We provided a place The Parthenon. for them to stay.• . Nitzschke aeid that although Look for it Tuesday -Friday in a box near you beginning Sept. 3 he couldn't recall how long other administrators had used We'll bring you the latest and the best in: the guest apartment, he re membered Cleckley had •sub• • Campus, local, state, national and internat~onal news stantial difficulty" finding a . home in Huntington. •Features Although the university had been experiencing ongoing • Editorials, opinions, issues and concerns budget problems, Nitzschke said the funds allocated from • Sports, health and fitness _ . one ofthe president's accounts to pay for rent was-moneywell •Humor spent.• •If you want to hire people • Comics (Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, nationally known, you have to be competitive in the market Microcosm and Hobnob Inn) place. When you go nationally and you search, you can spend $20,000-$30,000. "'You sometimes have to give So don't miss an issue. them a little extra incentive to stay. ~en you get the person you get, you have to invest to We won't. get them to stay. 'nlat's a great investment.•
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OUR VIEW Uown'.l,JoA,.,! Ml>w'$ ALL V~ Staff members ~OMl 'I Doha' ?' need strong voice When the Legislature convened last January, many lawmakers were worried by a bill pushed by the West · Virginia State Public Employees Union to grant collective bargaining righta to public employees. . Special interest groups like the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce were not shy in voicing their opposition. They said the result of collective bargaining would be what all voters fear: "higher taxes.• Of course, they had ~eir usual influence, as the iasue was sidetracked for a year so it•could by studied by a legislative committee. . In short, the Legislature was afraid of turning off voters during an election year. · (C The decimon affected many Mara'1all employees, for it meant another year of not being represented when dis CU88ing problems with the WHAT TO DO Board ofTrustees and other administrative bodies. Marshal Universiy clas It meant another year of not \.. sifed staff members inter having the same right that I ested in joining the West public employees enjoy in Virginia State Public Em nearly 40 states. ployee s Union should Opponents also say West Hey, kk:b,the magic word Is .. money." When you hear It, scream. contact Marsha Napier. Virginia would be welcoming a strike if collectiv~ bargaining rights were granted. Are people naive enough to believe union members enjoy Learning outside the classroom Sw&AU.15.~~~--? At least some are, as is evident by some of the panic •see that building right husks-ofsquat buildings stand Turning back to me, he said: ca~ by the bill. there?" He pointed to a three ing silent amid the sprawl of "You should come down here One condition ofWe .st Virginia's collective bargaining bill story brick building that sat at urban decay. The colors here tonight and see it. Dress up in is binding arbitration, which means both sides submit their about the midway point of a were the muted tones of' ne something scruffy and they'll short side street. best proposals to a bipartisan arbitrator who determines glect and hopelessness: rust red sell you some crack. They won't the outcome. I nodded. and slate gray, dusty brown ifyou're dressed like that.• He "Yeah.• and burnt black. Only a few What's the fear? laugh_ed and pointed at my tie. "They sell blocks from the busy business Our attention went back to The result could mean higher education employees might crack from the section downtown, it seemed the building, to watching the get what they deserve - equal representation. third floor, forgotten (perhaps intention children again. "Yeah,youcould Under current conditions, higher education employees right off the ally) by the Chamber of Com buy some. They sell to white .basically serve at the whim of their superiors. fire escape.• merce, an ugly stepchild of a boys all the time. They drive in There is a grievance procedure, but employees aren't He stepped failed past. here in fancy cars from all over protected from the consequences that-could result. closer and I'd seen no photos of Over town." Political cronyism has no place in higher education, let DAVID pushed his the-Rhine in any of the bro Such are the scenes from the alone state government. SWINT baseball cap chures welcoming me to the front in the drug war. Marsha Napier is coordinating a membership drive for back from his city when I began my summer That brieflook at a different university employees to join WVSEU. dark fore- intemshipwithTheCincinnati slice of life helped unwrap a head, already beaded with Enquirerlastyear. I was work This news is encouraging. layer or two of the comfortable sweat in the late morning ing the daytime cops beat, and insulation provided to me by Although there only are 100 members on campus, the humidity. A stocky man, per- I was in the neighborhood look college, and helped point out figure should increase when collective bargaining again haps in his mid-thirties, he ingfor comments on a drive-by an interesting difference of becomes a hot issue next January. spoke with a matter-of-fact shooting that had occurred perspective. Of.course, Napier said intimidation from superiors is an senseofauthoritythathadless during the early-morning College says: •Real life is obstacle, which is all the more reason a union belongs on to do with a resignation to cir- hours. Three young men had exciting and offers a challenge campus. cumstance and more with a beeninjured,oneseriously. The to those who are ready. Be University employees have an opportunity to do more sense of what it took to live in police had no suspects. prepared.• · than all the advising provided by Faculty Senate and Staff his neighborhood. No one was willing to talk Experience says: "Real life Council combined. I wiped sweat away from my for the record, and for good will kill you and leave your own balding head. "When do reason. The owner of a small . A stronger voice is needed. body in an alley for the rats and they start?" . used-furniture store summed An equal voice is needed. flies. Watch your ass." . "When it gets dark. Cara line it up best: •no you have any Clearly a difference. up alJ along the block. Out here idea what would happen to me I never had a reason to go POLICIES all night, until way late. Thia ifmy name was in the paper? I back to that particular Cincin street will be packed with would be your next shooting.• nati street, but I did manage to people at four in th£° morning. It looked like a neighborhood getsent to some areas thatwere It looks like a eamivaI.• from which one would have to equally bad. I watched the Editorials The sun crept higher, glanc- escape. For some, that escape players on their way to and ing harsh rays off' the dusky came in the form ofdrugs, with from their daily dramas. I "Our View,· is The Parthenon's official editorial stance and repre stone faces of tattered build- crack featured as the inner watched the pretendera who sents the opinions of the student editors. The views expressed by inp on an edge of downtown city drug of choice. tried to claim some action of cokJrmists are those of the Individual arid do not necessarily reflect Cincinnati. Itwas a segment of rd struck up a conversation those of The Parthenon editorial board. their own. I watched the citi the city known as Over-the- with my neighborhood guide zens who tried to live their own Rhine, so named by German on the street, telling him who I lives in spite of it all. Corrections settlers from more than a was, and what I was doing. He, I learned last summer that hundredyearaago,immigranta like everyone else I'd talked to college merely puta us on the Factual errors appearing In The Parthenon should be reported homesick for the land they left that morning. refused to give periphery of living. Education immediately following publication. Corrections wil be printed on behind. his name for the record, but he really begins when you are Page 2 as soon as possible after notlication. For a time, that little seg- was more than willing to tell thrust into the abstraction of ment of the city had ~n a me more about the 'side-street life and forced to apply what prosperous, productive area, building that appeared to be a you have learned. Letters populated by new tenanta who hub of drug activi~. And above all else, you gotta labored under the 'promise of a He pointed to some chilclren remember to watch your au. The Parthenon encourages letters lo the editor. Letters should be wondrous future in what atill playing near the doorway of typed, signed and include a telephone oomber, hometown, class was known u a land ofoppor- the structure. 9See thoee little David L. Swint. a ,oon-to-1,e rank or tlle. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. tunity. girla? They help sell. They nm Conna:ticrd raident, grada- Little of that old charm wu out to the can and take orden, at«l from Jlanhall ill May. He The edlor reser,es the rtghl lo editlor space, clarity and poten- tialy_tl)$1pus- conlent." . . . . evident now. It looked like a then nm inside to tell the boya often ha, troul!• ~ hia_ . _,ah~~(•( aurvivo~ ·~ :;"'~~~by••wAtit:~ and abuse ceniers. '"The point isn't the credit, and the There's a direct connection between Community work can.give students wider learning, ca students learn this: says Flikkema. the Wednesday night bingo game Glen "We have lots of students who go back Cabrera 1'81\ at a local Salvation Army reer training and course credit, according to Campus and don't get credit. There are Drury and the English composition course he Compact, a coalition of college and university presidents. students volunteering all over the city took at Columbia College Chicago. of Springfield.• "'In the put, rve had some trouble Some colleges are requiring community service as part of Many college programsfocus on prob expressing myself in writing, but in their degree programs. . lems like AIDS, drug abuse andhome this class, the ideaa flowed out of ine .lesanesa. like a waterfall,• lllya.the radio major who took a coune that pairs academic Student. repeat rewarm study with. community volunteeris~ is now some sense of the excess of the tels to apartments. . . '80s, that personal gain is not the an One FIT department, advertising de Columbia Chicago photography stu The coune wu the idea of Philip dent Michelle Paladino, also enrolled IQukoff', chairman ofCohµnbia'a Eng swer. There has to be something larger.~ sign, nms The Agency, which does pro bono work for non-profit organizations in the Engtish-volunteerc:oune, worked lish department. He theorized that if at Chicago House. an agency that pro student, worked · among Chicago's Not totally altruiatic and trade associations. This lets stu Community work can give students dents build their portfolios with de vides housing and related services for neediest citizem, the experience and people with AIDS. She helped with stimulation would improve their writ wider learning, career training and signs for cat41logs, invitations, publica course credit, according to the organi tions, posters, and T-shirts, at the same shopping and keeping patients com ingskills. Studentswouldkeep detailed fortable - an experience she found journals oftheir volunteer experiences, zation. And some colleges are requiring time providing professional services to community service as part of their ~tiona with limited budgets. valuable for more than improving her latertumingthematerialintofinished writing. "'I get so much strength from essays. degree programs. . Student volunteers at Hartwick Col Often volunteer work matches pro lege in Oneonta, N:Y., helped beautify being with them. They don't wallow in ·feaaional interests. local low-income housing and provided self-pity. They're just trying to live out Educaton praiae procrama . their lives in comfort and dignity, and The results exceeded expectations, Quick work by graduate students at day care at a bat;tered women's shelter. the Fashion Institute ofTechnology in A college chapter of Habitat for Hu rm helping." says Fred Gardaphe, a faculty mem~ Ramapo College •in Mahwah, N .J ., her. "'It seems that once they focus on New York City helped save a textile manity grew out of their work. and decorative arts collection in the sends its Art and Interaction course subjects that interest them intensely, students ;nto jails and psychiatric they gain a confidence and authority Old Merchant's House Museum in A slightly different approach Greenwich Village. They pitc¥. in to Othercollegevolunteerprogramsde- wards, according to·Judith Peck, the which allows them to write with great professor. · eloquence.• help catalog, evaluate, photograph and liberately steer ·students away from pack materials for storage when &true- · work related to their major subjects. -Students are gettingexposqretothe Communityservice is becoming inte major domestic issues of our time - grated into academic life all over the tural problems in the museum,building "We don't wantthis to be an internship. jeopardized the collection. We want this to be purely altruistic," crime, old age, mental illness, drug country, according to Roger Nozaki, Interior design students.,at FIT de- says Eltjen Flikkema, director of the abuse and poverty.• coordinator ofCampus Compact, a coa signed plans for a proposed Bronx- · honors program at Drury College in Drury's Flikkema says the volunteer lition of college and university presi Lebanon Hospital center for children Springfield, Mo. Drury students help programs are preparing students for a dents. "It is increasingly difficult to with AIDS llnd drug problems. They. tutor at-risk youngsters at a local high lifetime· of community involvement. exist in this country and not be aware also prepared a booklet to help families school, work with boys' and girls' clubs, "Students are ready for it. It's mean ofsocial problems here,"he says. -rhere make the transition from welfare ho- with the blind, in the local hospitals ingful to them." Got a news tip? Call 696-6696 .Economy .contr,ibutes to increase in those studying foreign languages CHICAGO (AP)-More col in language and literature and learning more about your lege students th~ ever are courses; graduate enrollment roots and culture and ances ~@liiru© 11D FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - With the just out of bed in the morning to some drama ofa favored soap opera, women's • Nationally, women's college graduates make up 42 percent of the thing no woman would be caught dead colleges are beginning to flourish just at unless she was a model-perfect span when they were expected to die. 31 female members of Congress, one-third of the highest paid dex queen.• "There's no question that there is a officers and directors of Fortune 1000 companies, and one ()f seven Sister Mary Reap, president of real resurgence of interest in these cabinet members in state government. Marywood College in Scranton, Pa., colleges, as the country gets more at says such problems can be avoided. tuned to gender issues and what works Marywood, which opened in 1915 as well for girls and women,• says Marcia the first women's Catholic college in Sharp,aspokeswomanfortheWomen's Of these women, one-third are Towson, Md. and Wheaton College in Pennsylvania, began to accept men as College Coalition. women's college graduates. Norton, Mass. to admit men sent shock "kind of a natural evolution• - an "There is real recognition that the One of every seven women cabinet waves. outgrowth of a cooperative program results of these colleges are extraordi- membersinstategovemmentattended Faced with declining enrollment, with the UniversityofScranton in 1965. narily impressive," adds Sharp. women's colleges, which educate only Wheaton voted to go coed in May 1987, By the mid-1980s, a men's dormitory Hood College President Martha E. about 2 percent of women in the coun ending 155 years as a women's college. was opened on campus. · Church is.quick to cite figures attesting try. Nine alumnae intervened when the •Certainly men have become active to the success of her nearly 100-year- "These colleges have the best record college sought court approval to use its on our campus and are very well inte old institution, which is spread across a ofany !let ofinstitutions in all ofhigher assets for coeducation. grated into our student groups, clubs 50-acre campus of red brick Georgian education for ·producing women who . Wheaton returned $127,000 to 56 and organizations,» says Sister Mary '· buildings in Frederick County, Md., major in the sciences and go on to get donors under an out-of-court settle Reap. about 45 miles west of the nation's science d~rates,• says Sharp. ment. •But I think we have so many strong capital. Among them: Debra Thomas of Bryn Mawr Col- · Mills College in Oakland, Calif. voted young women, because they outnum • 80 percent of Hood's 1990 gradu- . lege says the percentage ofwomen who to admit men to the 139-year-old cam ber the men, I think that women as ates were employed within one year of major in physics at the Pennsylvania pusbutlaterreve~ the decision when leaders certainly will continue at the graduation. institution is 29 times the national students took over the campus in pro colleges." • 40percentofthose who found work average and in actual numbers. test. BarbaraHetrick, dean and vice presi got their first job through a Hood con- Only two major universities have · Alumnae helped put together an al dent ofac$demic affairs at Hood, says, nection. more women physics majors-the Mas- ternative financial rescue plan. The •Perhaps because we as women's col • 30 ~rcent were enrolled in gradu- sachusetts Institute ofTechnology and Mills strike influenced the decision by leges have been threatened, we have ate study, full or part time. the University of California at Los Chatham College in Pittsburgh to examined ourselves more closely than "I do think that women benefit Angeles. remain women only, officials said.. any other type of institution. enormously from an ·environmentwhich One-third ofall Bryn Mawr students Proponents ofcoeducation complain Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, understands their ambitions, the cir- major in science, saysThomas, notinga that single-sex institutions lead to a Ohio, recently began using a revamped cumstances of their lives and which national average of 8 percent. •cloistered• environment in which curriculum and a retrained faculty to also builds the confidence that they Only 84 women's colleges now thrive women students were sheltered from test the theory that women learn better need. to take on the many roles that in the United States, compared with the rough:and-tumble competition and when they work together in small they have in life after they graduate; 297 in the 1960&. engagement of the real world, says groups and relate what they •study. says Elizabeth T. Kennan, president of The renewed optimism about the Laurie Fenlason, a Bryn Mawr gradu Rosemarie Carfagna, director of the Mou_nt Holyoke College in South schools belie .earlier fears they would ate who now works for the University of studies program, describes it as the ~adley, Mass., the oldest institution of become extinct. Michigan. But Fenlason says she was able to nation's first curriculum based on . higher education for women in the Many women's col~s fell victim to women's learning patterns. country. . the coeducation push when all-male "achieve without having to apologize• when she attended the prestigious Will society reach a point at which -~e fact that it's a women's college colleges opened to women in the 1960& single-sex colleges will have no redeem isn't what brought me here," says and '70s. women's college. Women's college officials point to ing value? Hawley Meeder, a Hood history major They either closed or merged with "I hope society does some day reach from ~ttysburg, Pa. men's colleges. Goucller as an example of what can happen once men are accepted. a point where there is no violence ·"'But it's the best decision I made. It Others succumbed ,to the recession against women ... where women are bas changed me. rve become more as- and a decrease in the number of col Men comprised 10 percent of the stu sertive and feel a sense of empower- lege-age students in general. dent body when Goucher ~ent coed in treated with openness and fair_evalu ment.• · · Only four all-male colleges remain, 1986. but took over half of the elected ation in every circumstance in busi Nationally, women's college gradu- two of them military. . positions within one year. . ness, where there is no need for ·the atesmakeup42percentofthe31female Sharp says the problems of the Harvard professor ofeducation Cath extra ability to come back from either members of Congress. - women'scollegesmereiyreflected"what erine Krupnick. tells a colorful anec hidden or open discrimination, no need Ofthe 4,012 highest paid officers and washappening in higher education as a •dote. to be able to rebound after sexual har directors of 1990 Fortune 1000 compa- whole ... and tremendous growth of the •After coeducation, one college's aero rassment OT sexism. 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Untted States 21 29 24 '74 . Germany 18 16 23 57 No gold for U.S. women's team China 1& 20 14 50 Hopes of gold for U.S. women's France 8 4 13 25 basketball were dashed in a 79- Australia ' 6 8 9 23 73 semifinal loss to the Unified South KorH 9 4 9 22 Team. They play Cuba for the Hungary 10 7 2 19 bronze medal Thursday. Japan 3 7 9 19 Italy 5 5 7 17 Cuba 5 3 8 16 Volleyball team still in swing Barcelona '92 Romania 4 5 7 16 BrHalr'I 5 3 6 14 The two-time defending Olympic 1-L-~----1 champion men's volleyball team Poland 3 4 7 14 haa-tl-::---1 defeated the Unified Team 12-15, w Canada 6 1 6 13 15-4, 15-10, 15-11, advancing to Spain 10 1 0 11 the semifinals against Brazil on . Netherlands Friday. 2 3 6 11 Day anything but_golden for U.S. a, John Nelson Spain, Czechoslovakia and France protested the The U.S. women rallied from an 11-point deficit . AP Sporla Writer judge's decision, but it was denied. with a 14-1 run, but the Unified Team called time Johnson cleared 6-6 3/4 in the high jump, the next out. And when it retumed, it took control again. BARCELONA, Spain - Dave Johnson almost event, and finished fourth in his 800 meters, the Elena Tomikidou's two free throws put the Unies fouled out of the decathlon Wednesday, a start to a final event of the day. He goes into the final day of up 71-67, and that was the end of the dynasty. dismal day for America at the Summer Olympics. the event with 4,154 points. Paul Meier ofGermany -Natalia Zassoulsakia had 20 for the Unified A women's basketball dynasty is over, and led with 4,510. 'feam. America's boys ofsummer go home empty-handed. And the U.S. baseball team lost t<, Japan 8-3 in the So does world 200-ineter champion Michael American women lose . bronze~inedal game. Johnson, who failed to qualify for the final. . Any designs the U.S. women had on a third -We have nothing to show for this butfond memo The International OlympicCommittee says Jud straight basketball gold were dashed in a 79-73 ries," outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds said. Logan, whose fourth place was the best for the semifinal loss to the Unified Team. They play Cuba Cuba won the gold medal with an 11-1 victory United States in the hammer throw in 36 years, for the bronze medal Thursday, while the Unified over Taiwan. tested positive for steroids. Team meets China for the gold. China beat Cuba · With all of the day's 12 medal events over, the Jennifer Capriati is the most unpopular woman 109-70 in the other semifinal. · Unified Team led-with 84 total, 35 gold. The United in town after beating Barcelona's own Arantxa "I think the ma,jority of us have a feeling of States had 74 medals;21 gold, and Germanyhad 57 Sanchez Vicario with Spanish King Juan Carlos in letdown, disappointment. anger, frustration,• U.S. medals, 18 gold.' the stands. , team member Teresa Weatherspoon said. "It was tough out there, butI blocked it out pretty The Unified Teamhad little trouble withAmerica'• Yollleyball team win• -In well, I think,• said the 16-year-old Capriati, who fullcourt pressure, leading to a lot of easy baskets. Still in the chase for American medals was the plays Steffi Graffor the gold medal Friday. Coach Theresa Grentz eventually had to call oft'the two-time defending Olympic champion men's vol pre88. leyball team, which defeated the Unified Team 12- Three fouls and he'• ~ out -rhey were passing the ball up the floor, notdrib- 15, 15-4, 15-10, 15-11, advancing to the semifinals Dave Johnson was-flagged for fouls on all three of bling, which is the way to beat the presa,• said against Brazil on Friday. his attempts in the shot put. Medina Dixon, who led the Americans with 20 Two Americans set Olympic records - Quincy One judge overruled the other, Johnson got an- points. -rhey always had the ball in the air.• Watts of Los Angeles in winning the men's 400 J other chance, and he was still in the hunt, ninth The Unified Team's quick zone defense had the meters, and Mike Marsh ofHouston in a semifinal l with five cithe 10 events let\ on Thursday. . · American women bewildered. heat in the men's 200. l "I'm havin, an offday, but nothing major, fortu Watts won in 43.50, defeating defending Olym nately,- Johnson said. •But you never know ~hat pic champion Steve Lewis ofSanta Monica, Calif., I your body's going to do on any given day.• breaking the mark 43. 71 he set in the semifinals l of j ~en the red flag went up on hia third throw, on Monday. Johnson stood in the circle, his hands on his hips. "We have nothing Manh ran his 200 heat in 19. 73, only one-hun "I asked him, 'Are you sure?'• Johnson said. "He dredth of a second off the world record. The previ said yes. But there were two officiala watching the oua Olympic mark of19. 75 was setby American Joe toe board, and one saw it u a foul, the other saw it to show for this but DeLoach in 1988. u a fair throw. · Michael Johnson ofDallas failed to (NA)ify in the "Fortunately, the larpr and more powerful refe other semifinal. I ree saw it and said it wu a fair throw: Johnaon "In the home stretch, I just didn't feel like Mi said. fond memories." chael Johnaon. Itjust wasn't there~• saidJohn8Clll; After the reprieve, JohDIOll threw 50 feet, 1 3/4 World-champion Marie.Jose Perec ofPrance won l inch•, a penanal best. and moved to ninth from Jeffrey Hammonds the women's 400meter1 gold, and Sally Gunnell oL 13th afterpoorpenormallces in the lOOmeten and Britain caught Sandra Fanner-Patrick ot Amt.in, · I . Joncjump. win U.S. outfielder Texaa. to the women's 400-meter hunDes. 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John Lithgow, left, stars as child Grammy Award-winner John Hammond, long-regarded psychologist- Dr. Carter Nix, one of the world's most important blues artists, recently whose role as father triggers old released a new album, "Got Love IfYou Want IL" wounds and propels him into Hammond's style has been described as a blend of raspy vocals with spots of accomplished slide guitar, giving his kidnapping his own daughter in music •a fun,-yet traditional Delta blues texture.• Brian De Pa/ma's new film Rais McMurtry, S()n of novelist Larry McMurtry," is a self ing Cain. taught guitarist who hone his musical skills while living in several Texas ~wns and traveling with his father to assorted colleges and lectures. The younger McMurtry is described as a splendid story Museum teller who uses,"strong evocative language, fine detail and simple twists of speech to portray full-blown characters and scenarios." to feature Reagon was born in Atlanta in the early 1960s, surrounded by the sounds and noises of the civil rights movement. The experience left a profound effect on her music, which guitarist breaks "musical and social boundaries." Also appearing is the Free Will Savages, old-time new wave Guitarist Bill · Roberts will music from Virginia. perform classical works and his The show starts at 3 p.m., with gates opening at 2:30 p.m. own compositions at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for children 12 an_d under. Sunday' at the Huntington It is broadcast on 89.9 FM in Huntington. Museum of Art. Roberts, a Kitts Hill, Ohio, native, has been playing gui tar since the age of 8. Olympics coverage He attended the University of Kentucky and The Boston Conservatory of Music where - 1. "XXV Olympics Summer Games" - Thursday, NBC he honed a style that combines boosts NBC to top .classical sounds with jazz, rock 2. "XXV Olympics Summer Games" -Tuesday, NBC and folk techniques. 3. "XXV Olympics Summer Games" - Monday, NBC . NEW YORK (AP) - NBC weekly margin ofvictory in the "I like coming up with music 4-: "XXV Olympics Summer Games" - Wednesday, won the gold, the silver and the network's history. that no one's ever heard be 5. NBC bronze in the ratings with its It was NBC's highest rating fore. I like to break bounda since October 1986. 6. "XXV Olympics Summer Games" - Saturday, NBC first full.week of Olympic cov ries." erage. The share of the viewing 7. "XXV Olympics Summer Games" - Sunday, NBC He recently completed a folk NBC won every night and audiencetunedtoNBC'sOlyrn version ofthe national anthem 8. "XXV Olympics Sumger Games" - Friday, NBC claimed the top seven slots for pics coverage hit 40 percent on 9. "Roseanne,· ABC Thursday, dropping to 34 per called "A Back Porch Star an overall 20.2 ratinglast week, Spangled Banner." 9. "Home Improvement," A_BC the A. C. Nielsen Co. said Tues cent on both Friday and Sun Some of his other works ex "Tuesday Movie: Conspiracy of Silence," CBS day. day. Second-place CBS had an 8.2. Rounding out the Top 10 periment with dreamy ballads . ABC had a 7. 5, Fox a 6. Each were reruns of ABC's "Rose and strumming and staccato The prime-time television ratings, compiled by ratings point represents anne•_ and "Home Improve rhythms. the A.C. Nielsen Co., are for the week of July 27- 921,000 homes: ment• and the repeat of a TV Roberts will perform 13 Aug. 2. NBC said its 12-point lead movie, •conspiracy ofSilence," works at Sunday's free per over CBS was the widest on CBS. formance. ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PEOPLE nent damage to his voice. The group's Tuesday to claim what in New York How much could · Gumbel breaks wrist lead singer hurt his vocal cords during became known as the "Mookie Ball• for a woodchuck chuck? a 2 1/2-hour concert at Giants Stadium Mookie Wilson, the New York Mets NEW YORK (AP)-Bryant Gumbel in' New Jersey, Geffen Records said. player who hit it past Buckner at first broke his wrist _while in pursuit of a base. Signed by Wilson, the ball became PITl'SBURGH (AP)-Agroundhog hippo in Africa, NBC says. · A physician advised Rose to give his vocal cords at least a week to heal, tobacco-stained when it was handed bit Bill Murray's fingers twice during The -roda,W-host has been in Africa the filming of the comedy "Groundhog Geften said. around the Mets clubhouse and kissed since last week, taping segments to use The concert at the Metrodome has by unidentified lips. It had been ex Day,• director Harold Ramis says. when the show originates there for six The injuries weren't serious and the been rescheduled for SepL 15. pected to sell foronly$8,000 to $10,000. days, beginning Nov. 13. Mike Tyson's leather crotch protec actor continued working. Members of the crew were chasing a -ro be bitten twice means he stuck 'Major League' actor tor, worn in training during the 1980s, hippopotamus at Kenya's Masai Mara didn't do as well. It was expected to around after being bitten once,• Ramis game reserve .when the vehicle carry 1 said in the September issue of Pre baiys Mookie Ball' fe__tch $2,000 to $2,500 ~t went for only ing Gumbel went into a ditch; an NBC $1,650. miere magaine. •He's very game.• spokeswoman said Tuesday. - The rodent bit the actor during a NEW YORK (AP) - Charlie Sheen Other items at the sports memora scene in which he lets it drive a truck, Axl Rose overdoes it paid $93,500 for the baseball that bilia auction included uniforms woni Ramis said. slipped between Bill Buckner's legs and by Ty Cobb; Roger Maria and Tom Murray plays a weather forecaster MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Axl Rose ultimately cost the Boston Red Sox the Seaver. . who is sent to Punxsutawney, home of overdid it at a concert a week ago and 1986. World Selies. 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