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Xoungutown State University Youngstowa, Ohio December 3, 1988 Vol. 64 - No. 19 Workmen give historic sciple By MARK PEYKO tor will then move from the Kilcaw- The Disciple House will be ley Residence Hail's first floor given new life due to the $90,000 location to occupy the North An• allocation by the YSU Board of nex site. The removal of offices Trustees for the restoration and from the first floor of the dorm adaptive reuse of the Historic would then allow the existing structure. space to become a student lounge The mansion, located at the north• area for residents. west corner of Wick Avenue and Spring, The windows and lozenge-type Street, has survived the encroachment of attic windows of the Disciple commercial and institutional expansion1 House were to be replaced by ism. It will become the future home of aluminum wood-clad windows, the Alumni Association, formerly lo• but seeing that -this would des• cated at the north annex on Spring troy the architectural character Street, between Wick Avenue and of the structure, Skurich then Bryson Street. opted to rebid the window con• The allocation of funds will be tract and renovate the existing primarily used for interior and ex• windows. The windows are slated terior stucco repair and plaster for completion in late December. work. The other segment of the funding will be used for the re• The Alumni Association is ex• placement of rotted gutters and pected to occupy the building by downspouts, with a portion being early 1983. used for the replacement of some of The former carriage house, on a the defective Spanish tile roof. western portion of the property, is ^•^h*^* k"-^ *$^*m The flashing at the seams of "being painted with no immediate various parts of the building.wiil be plans for it. Currently a storage replaced to prevent water damage area for the Physical Plant, the to the structure. building's first floor area - pre• The present plans for the Dis• sently stores salt for snow re• ciple House were drawn up when it moval. was announced that, three or• Aberdeen Construction, of Can- ganizations would relocate to other field is general contractor in the buildings beginning with the project, with Dougherty-Mitchell moving of the Alumni Associa• acting as the plumbing contractor. tion, stated Michael Skurich, YSU The Disciple House, purchased architect. This move would place from the First Christian Church by The JamBar/John Saraya the association in the first floor of YSU in 1973, is the earliest of the Wlay of game-problems continue to mount for YSU computer students trying to complete their programs the mansion. Wick Avenue'mansions still standing before the quarter ends. This student at Cushwa is hoping his program printout is in one of the pigeon holes. The security department direc• See Disciple, page 7 'Slow printing of the completed programs caused delays of 3Vz hours by 2 p.m. Thursday. By ANNA STECEWYCZ then plan what clear action should committee is "amazingly representative" members of the Youngstown dele• mittee ever being formed on campus with A group of YSU administrators, be taken to secure more University of the University and is surprised such a gation of legislators, such as Lyle this purpose and he welcomes it. faculty and students are taking dollars and implement that plan concept was riot thought of earlier. Williams, D-17, Harry MesheLOhio "Student Government leaders steps to have a voice in the state through the legislature when neces• Fire said the next phase of the State Senator, Joe Vukovich, 52nd have always had a strong interest in legislature regarding educational sary. committee is educational, that is, State Representative, and U.S.stat e finances and especially those budget cuts. Fire said that the committee bringing in a legislator to outline Senator Howard Metzenbaum to in office during the past few years," Pat Fire, secretary of the wants to remain autonomous from the state budget and projections to speak monthly to the committee. said Shipka. external affairs department of Stu• other campus organizations so that see if efforts are necessary to res• He said that each month a dif• He added that from what evi• dent Government, said yesterday it will not be associated with any pond to any threat of education ferent legislator will be. contacted dence he has seen so far this year that a new State Budget Sub• other department and so it is cuts. and hopefully be willing to offer regarding educational funding, the committee has been formed and known that they make indepen• Tlw Committee hopes to have a - any help needed. situation looks "gruesome." will begin work the beginning of dent decisions. meeting with Senator Harry Mashel, D, The committee will then meet Howard Mette'e, chemistry, said winter quarter. Jeff Hall, senior, It was also decided that mem• around the second week of winter and plan what action should be the future influence of the commit• A&S, will chair the committee. bership should include administra• quarter to receive input into any current taken depending on the problems tee remains to be seen and said he The committee is being assem• tors, faculty and students in order legislation oh educational wndirig. they foresee through the legislators feels that the committee should re• bled to review any information pre• to secure a variety of viewpoints. To. achieve the input needed, Philip and their educational policies. flect the student point of view. sented by state legislators regarding Student Government President, Bracy, assistant secretary of external Thomas Siipka, YSUOEA presi- Members include: Charles funding'to higher education. It will Cynthia Beckes said that she feels the affairs; said they hope to bring in •''dent,' said he recalls no other com• See Committee, page 9 The Jambur December 3, 198ft By SUE RUTLEDGE members. They held a demon• using re-created armor and but to prove who is more skilled. .During the three to four days.of Doctors, truck drivers, computer stration on campus early in Novem• weapons. ... The winner, is decided by the activities there are five main battles. experts, teachers, military person• ber, hoping to recruit students into Each person who participates in honor system. When a person is Last August the 11th annual nel, lawyers, librarians and musi• their group. They do not, however, the event creates a separate person• hit/lie must decide if the blow was event was held at Cooper's Lake in cians, just to name a few, arc the wish to start a group on campus. ality called a "persona." He makes a "killing blow." If the blow would New Castle, Pa., where over 3,000 kinds of people who are members The group is non-conformist and the costume and "becomes" that have killed him in a real fight then members attended and approxi• of the Society for -Creative no one is ever pressured into doing person during the event. he will be.out of the fight. If it mately 1,000 people participated in Anachronism (SCA). anything. Dirk Hermance, a mem• wasn't a killing blow, then he will the. battles. According to SCA is a non-profit organization ber of seven years, says the mem• "Safety is the primary rule" contmue fighting. Men and women Hermance there were "no injuries which recreates the arts, and bers are "good people" with open states Hermance, when discussing do fight each other as well as mem• due to fighting" in August or at the sciences of medieval times. It has minds. the tournament fights. There are bers of their own sex. event the year before. branches in the U.S., Canada,- The members of SCA recreate strict safety . rules concerning the England, Germany and Australia the arts, sciences, tournament armor, the weapons and the point Besides holding events, the mem• Hermance says there is a lot of with more than 10,000 members. fighting and everyday life of the of impact. Each member who bers are interested in the Arts and trust among the members and they There are seven main branches re• Middle Ages by holding social wishes to fight must go through Sciences of that time period. treat each other as if they were a ferred to as kingdoms. Ohio is part events such as feasts and fighting training, before being ailowed on Heraldry, calligraphy and illumina• family. "It's gratifying to have a of the middle kingdom. tournaments. During the events, the battlefield. tion interesj: some of the members, group of people you can identify The Youngstown group is called they dress, eat, dance and socialize The swords are made of a type while jewelry or armor-making with" adds Hermance. March of Three Swords. They are as they did during the time period of solid bamboo. They are flexible interest others. Each member receives the SCA's interested in enlarging their group, between 600 and 1600 A.D. They to avoid injuries. The object of the liach year, a national event quarterly magazine, Tournaments which now has about nine active also do tournament style fighting game is not to hurt the opponent called the Pennsic War, is held. Illuminated. t's a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech—with a foamy head ATHENS, GA (CPS) - Georgia ling the stuff, claiming he's using diately by the university to halt university symbols on the cans are That's a total use of all our school Tech and the University of Georgia college insignia without permission. production. When he .refused, the in the public domain, consequently symbols." are fighting to stay out of I he same "If I lose," says Laite, who has school sued, and got a temporary beyond protection under trademark The "total use," he says, implies league as Billy Carter.