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• DEAN SEARCH Gilley names Mead as COLA leader

a, Angela Henderson ·job as the interim dean over the course this year." the ability to lead COLA," he said. Reporter of this academic year," President J. Gilley praised the search committee Before becoming interim dean of Wade Gilley said. •she brings to the for doing an excellent job and for choos­ COLA, Mead served as chairwoman of The search is over. position not only her performance in an ing three "first-rate finalists: but he is the Department of English from 1990- Dr. Joan T. Mead was named dean of acting capacity, but a track record as a pleased that Mead •emerged as the 93. She served as an English instructor the College of Liberal Arts Thursday strong departmental chairperson and person who will lead [COLA] on a con­ at the university from 1971-79, and after serving as the interim dean since impressive academic credentials." tinuing basis." after teaching stints at Ohio Univer­ July. Mead was named interim dean •1 think anybody who receives this Dr. Bertram W. Gross, president of sity and Ohio University at Ironton, after Dr. Deryl R. Leaming resigned kind of appointment is very honored," Faculty Senate and a member of the Mead rejoined the Marshall f acuity in almost one year ago. Mead said. •1 see this as an opportunity search committee, said he wishes Mead 1983 as an assistant professor of En­ • Joan Mead has done an outstanding to continue the work that was started well. 'The committee believed she had glish. She was granted tenure in 1989. • RESIDENCE SERVICES Evidence A man with a different calling A first-person account ofa ruled out day in the life of a farmer.Story and picture by·judge· f,y Shannon Guthne. After climbing onto a four­ a, Brad McElhlnny wheeler, Jim stands up on Staff Writer the foot rests. This is a sig­ nal for me to hop onto the A pornographic video and back and we begin a journey dirty E-mail are not relevant over his plush green acres. in the case of a university em­ We splash through the ployee fired, in part, for her creek that runs in front of protest of a controversial T­ his house. On the other side, shirt, an administrative law he stops to point out the judge ruled Thursday morn­ mayapples that have ing. sprouted. This sight pleases -i don't see any relevance to him because they announce this whatsoever," said Judge the coming of spring. Albert Dunn, Jr. •1 don't know Jim urges the vehicle for­ if it is used to establish some ward again. His three dogs sort ofattitude toward her job run past us like free spirits. or what." We pass over a pasture and Kim Reece, former Area Co­ begin a climb up a small hill. ordinator for Residence Ser­ We come to a barbed-wire vices, was fired last semester fence and leave the wheeler after she protested a T-shirt in the mud. depictinc a man and woman 11 Inside the fence, we come having anal intercourse. It's upon a sloshy trail I notice · in, it's out, it's over," read the hoof prints and realize we T-shirt, produced by an are walking on cow high­ Jim Proctor, a farmer, calls the cows home. See related photo essay on pages 4 and 5. intermural team in Twin Tow­ way. Five minutes of walk­ en Eut. ing pus. Jim lets out a wild and the cow to have some sort with each step she took. ningdown the hill and takes Although Reece and univer­ call that rve only beard in of interaction, like a doe com­ Another cow came over the a large gulp of water. The sity officials agree that other westem movies. Like a di• ing up to his owner. ridge and complained loudly. stream flows over the rocks factors also led to her firing, torted echo, a cow answen Jim said the cow is ready to Jim pointed to the hill acrou a clear as crystal. Reece says the T-shirt contro­ eagerly. Five more minutes bear a c:alf any time now. Look­ ravine to our right and said, I looked at the beauty of I ; versy ,eems to have been the pass and ean pop up over ing back, I saw her stomach -She'soverthererThecowwu the wilderness around me, i.., last straw. the hillas a cow slowly trods seemed very full. For a second searching for her calf. On our a gentle wind blew. I real­ I The pornographic tape, ized that everything before I towards us. I thought! saw a calfkickingin way back we saw that she had found by university officials in Having never been around her stomach. It wu only the found her baby. me, u far as I could see, wu Reece'• office after her firing, cattle, I half expected Jim vibrations rolling up the belly Jim straddles a stream run- Jim's haven. Pl«JM ate RULING, Page 6

• FACULTY MEETING Third candidate for Chambers discusses HEAT effects on university COS dean to speak With the third candidate for the Col­ a, Katherine Lawson Marshall. are looking for feedback on what oc­ lege ofScience dean position coming to Reporter "Next year will be significant," Cham­ curred duringthefirstyear ofthe HEAT campus on Monday, the search will bers said before the meeting. •it will be process," Chambers said. reach the halfway mark with only two PresidentJ. Wade Gilley called for a the last ofthe third salary increase that Gilley expressed appreciation to the more candidates to visit Marshall. general faculty meeting Thursday and was recommended by HEAT." Legislature for their hard work. . Dr. Jaleh Daie, a plant biologist from invited delegates ofthe Legislature and •Aiso, the Caperton administration "It was a remarkable session," Gilley Madison, Wis., will present a public classified staff to talk briefly on what and Legislature wants to see how far said. seminar from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Marshall andthe Legislaturehave done we have come along in higher educa­ Gilley mentioned the Legislature's Science Building 465. Each candidate for higher education. tion," Chambers said. efforts to improve economic develop­ will speak on the same topic •A Vision Speaker of the House Chuck Cham­ Chambers mentioned an evaluation ment and find new approaches to school for Science in the 21st Century.• bers wu among those present at the ofstudents who have graduated during bonds. All faculty, staff, and students are meeting. Chambers spoke with the fac­ the HEAT program. Legislature wants Two special items that affected invited to the seminar. Daie will meet ulty about HEAT, the Higher Educa­ to see how well they have done in the Marshall were the $100,000 appropri­ with faculty and staff of the College of tion Advocacy Team, plan. job market and ifthe plan is the reason. ated to the Bio-Medical Center and the Science that same afternoon at 3:00 HEAT, in its second year, is a three­ -We want to make sure our program $400,000 to help finance the Autism p.m. in Harris HaU 134. year program set up by Gov. Gaston i1 giving opportunities to the students," Services Center. Daie is currently a profesaorofbotany Caperton. Partoftheplan implemented Chambers said. •AI] ofthis waa done withoutincrea• and Senior Science Advisor at the Uni­ almy inereun to faculty and Aaff'at "'Itwill be hard to see the results. We ing taxes: Gilley aid. venity of'Wisconlin~MadilOll, Wiee. THE PA ll THEN ON 2 F ll I DAY, AP ll I L Z Z, 1 9 9 4

By Brad McSlhlnn, rado and met her husband, Staff Writer Roscoe, at Colorado State Teachers College. Roscoe is Peer pressure convinced from the Tri-state but moved l •ancheSuiterto attendAlum- to Denver and worked as a 1.: Weekend. She probably dish washer because he hated ¥on't see anyone from herclass the Tri-state. on Saturday. Suiter, 101 year­ They returned to the Tri­ C1ld, graduated from Marshall state after they were married. in 1931. Suiter was 25. "I wasn't in any "'I guess rm going because hurry to get married," she says. everyone else who graduated •1 had several proposals but is," said Suiter, the oldest reg­ didn't accept them.• istered to attend. •Don't you They had four children, Ge­ think I should?" nevieve, who played the pi­ Suiter attended Marshall ano; Fleming, who played the one year, earning an Associ­ trombone; Darby, an alto and ates Degree with credits from tenor saxophone player; and othercolleges. She was39 then, Kenneth, a trumpet player. thin, with blackhair and brown Darby was in a band for a eyes. She studied English and short time that was broadcast Home Economics and later nationally on radio; Kenneth taught piano for a living. "If became a high school band Phcllo ~ : SNnlon Guthrie you can call it that," she says. teacher. Blanche SU her, 101, and her son Kenneth, 69, their home In She played and taught until Fleming, the oldest brother, at failingsightkeptherfrom see­ was an Air Force fighter pilot, Proctorville, Ohio, Saturday. ing the notes. who was shot down over Ger­ -rhe piano. I guess I can't many and sent to a prison ter, Ruth, died last year at age neth, 69, in Proctorville. Suiter explain it," she says. -rhat's camp. Flemingmade itback to 101. Their mother died at 92. uses hearing aids and can only the one word. the United States alive, but on "Mother went into a coma for see a few inches in front ofher. "'It runs through our family. August 10, 1946, ice formed on four days," Suiter says. "We Despite her poor eye sight, Suitr I learned when I was eight. I his wings as Fleming was fly­ thought she would come out. er walks well with a cane and loved it. They had to drag me ing back from an air show. She didn't." maintains her wit. away to let my sister practice. -rhey told us the weight would Suiter will tum 102 on Sat­ "I never took any special care She just watched the clock. have caused it to crash," Ken­ urday. She said she does not of myself at all," she said. "So "I could play anything put in neth says. "Mother's never got­ have words ofwisdom for any­ far I'm not too dependent on front of me. Is that bragging ten over that." one. "I need some rather than others, but you never know too much?" Longevity seems to run in giving any," she said. when I might be. I never want Suiter was raised in Colo- Suiter's famiiy. Her older sis- Suiter lives with her son Ken- that." ____ ROE for a------Su b,vay 's '~)4 Food for Food Drive

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gression. SARAJEVO,Bosnia­ thousands of refugees. International aid workers pleaded for help Wednesday To which Bosnian U.N. Am­ Herzegovina (AP)- Two rock­ "The hell in Gorazde contin- The Serbs have openly de­ fied the United Nations over after at least 10 people were bassador Muhamed Sacirbey ets fired Thursday into the ues." asked: • And what do we do annex ofa hospital in Gorazde the besieged Muslim town, killed in a rocket attack on the Enes Musovic promising truces while advanc­ Gorazde hospital. U ;N. officials about therestofBosnia? Bosnia killed 20 people, docton in the is not made up ofsix safe areas. besieged Muslim enclave re­ amateur radio operator ing into the enclave and shell­ said at least 34 were killed ing it relentlessly, sometimes ~lsewhere Wednesday in It is a place where civilians live ported. outside the safe areas. Who On Wednesday, a rocket firing an artillery round a Gorazde. minute into the town. Nearly 400 people have been will defend those?" fired by Bosnian Serbs struck afternoon had killed 20 people, The Bosnian Serb informa­ the main Goradze hospital, including patients and visitors, Serbs, who agreed Tuesday killed and 1,300 wounded in to cease fire, have simply ig­ the three-week offensive, said tion agency SRNA again tried killing at least 10 people and spokeswoman Anne Juibert to foist blame for the fighting wounding 15. said. nored the accord. Janowski, a spokesman for the Thursday, Kris Janowski of UNHCR. on Muslim-led government sol­ Unfazed by Washington's The information was diers, saying they were firing calls for wider NATO air the U.N. High Commissioner The U.N. Security Council sketchy, and numbers of metThursday to consider add­ on Serb positions, but U.N. strikes, Bosnian Serb gunners wounded and other details for Refugees reported one shell crashed into a Red Cross refu­ ing 7,000 peacekeeping troops observers said the Serbs are poundedawayThursday at the were not available, she said. clearly the aggressors. embattled enclave. Said an The telex said two rockets gee center in Gorazde, killing to the 34,000 already in former and wounding many. It was Yugoslavia, but there was no Yugoslavia's Tanjug news exasperated amateur radio landed on the hospital annex agency said its reporter was operator, Enes Musovic: "The in the early afternoon. not immediately clear whether guarantee it would take action. the two attacks reported Thurs­ Security Council President allowed by Serb forces on a hill hell in Gorazde continues." The annex was opened two Colin Keating, the ambassa­ overlooking Gorazde, and de­ The relief agency Doctors weeks ago to ease the over­ day were the same. He said another shell that dor of New 1.ealand, told re­ nied that it was devastated. Without Borders received a crowding at Gorazde's main The report accused Western TV telex at its Paris office from its hospital due to the relentless landed near the town's mosque porters Wednesday night that at mid-morning caused heavy the council would adopt a reso­ of using footage made "who medical team in Gorazde re­ Serb offensive to capture the knows where and when.• porting the attack Thursday city, which is harboring tens of casualties. lution condemning Serb ag-

Fonner President tentially deadly complication deaths of an elderly couple Federal court upsets U.S. District Judge San­ of the stroke he had Monday. found in their burned house coal company ruling dra Beckwith blocked efforts Nixon In coma Doctors sometimes try to re­ last week, police said. by two federal agencies to NEW YORK (AP) - duce brain swe1ling after a James Maynard, 44, was CHARLESTON (AP) - A stop the company from re­ Former President Nixon stroke by placing the patient charged with two counts of federal judge should not have leasingthe water, which was slipped into "a deep coma• on a mechanical respirator to murder and one count of bur­ allowed Southern Ohio Coal Co. polluted with acid, iron, ·Thursday, three days after make the patient breathe fast­ to dump 1 billion gallons of manganese, zinc and cop­ glary and arson, state police polluted ·water into the Ohio per. he suffered a major stroke, er. said. according to New York Hos­ Nixon, however, was not put River and tributaries, the Sixth The Sixth Circuit Court, Police said Maynard robbed Circuit Court of Appeals has based in Cincinnati, ruled pital. on a respirator in deference to Garfield Fleming, 73, and his His family was athis bed­ his explicit wishes, The New ruled. April 8 that Beckwith had wife Edna, 83, killed them, and The polluted water filled the no authority to block the side, according to the mid­ York Times reported Thursday. burned their Wilsondale home afternoon hospital state­ Meigs No. 31 Mine near Poi"nt U.S. Office of Surface Min­ on April 12. Pleasant after an underground ing and U.S. Environmen­ ment. No other details were Arrest made In death ·Police gave no motive for the provided. concrete seal failed on July 11. tal Protection Agency from Before the latest tum for of elderty couple alleged crime, but they said Company officials said im­ enforcing federal laws. the worse, the 81-year-old CHARLESTON. (AP) - A they found some of the Flem­ mediate pumping was needed Company lawyers are ne­ former president suffered Wayne County man was ar­ ing's property in Maynard's to save the complex, which gotiating a settlement with swe1ling of the brain, a po- rested in connection with the possession. employees 820 miners. the state, officials said.

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Of course, he wants to have 60 to 80 head of Fall is harvest tin ing furniture is beautiful in its isn't. Jim is a man living in cattle. starts "gathering eve1 simplicity. modem day, but is not a mod­ "They'll be up on that hill and like a squir.ret• for ~ A five-gallon crock sits under em-day man. I'll yell-WoOo!-when it's There are about six mo the window in the kitchen. A small As Jim prepares supper, the feeding time." It will take them inclimate weather. H1 ! solitude, table stands in the middle of the radio blares a classic rock and half an hour to all walk down chop wood for.heat. room flanked by two un-matched roll station. He walks out onto from the pasture, he says. "It "In the winter I just f chairs. A cutting board shaped the porch with two steaks for will be great! I can't wait." livestock and hope an like a pig is on top ofthe table. The the grill one for himself, one for Jim explains that farming is for an early. spring. Tl .!: sustenance man stands over the table, his the interviewer. Speakingto the seasonal. In the springhe plants planting time again." hands three times larger than the his three dogs - Buck, Echo com, hay and wheat. In the Jim moves-his steak tomato he slices. and Stormy, he says, "Not for summer he tends to the crops. the cooler side of the Jim Proctor is a farmer. He you buckeroo!• He has an allotment for tobacco, ensure that it stays n stands amid his most comfortable His voice is slightly raspy, but he feels that the industry rare. A cardinal hops o Cl) for content surroundings, hishouse and more the type that would carry in a will die soon. He will grow some­ porch in an attempt to than 230 acres ofhills and plains. crowded bar. He begins to ex­ thing else. "I'll have fun doingit some dog food. The d1 His farm is found about 40 miles plain his normal day as a too. I'll try to grow the best unaware as -they lay from Huntington. It is about 15 farmer. He says be is out of the peppers you've ever seen." side in their dreamy E miles off West Virginia Route 2. house before dawn. He first Duringtheday,Jim goes back sack of suet hangs froll f farmer As a friend says, "He lives at the feeds the animals which include to the house to cool down. Often in the yard above the s• end of the end of the road.• three pot bellied pigs - Ham, he stays out until nine in the is for the woodpeckers Jim seems to be the original Bacon and Shelby. He also has evening. "Not many farmers The sun haadropped inhabitant of the house, an Irish cattle. watch the Tonight.&h()cw. Very : t,he lli~l!J,. c_lob.d.s s~ill b it seemed ·to be written with money. "It takes a special kind fresh cow milk for him. People him in mind. · of mentality to be a farmer. of this area are simple. Their Jim has done his time in You take a lot of knocks. The needs are fulfilled easily. They the city. He has worked con~ moneyyougetbackfor the work help one another freely. It is as struction to keep his farm you put into it is very litt.le," ifthey use the barter system to · catch the·news," he says the sky. The evening lends the paid for. He worked in place·s explains Jim. "Just overlook get along. ha laugh. land a deep green. Jim takes a like.Pittsburgh, the Bronx and that: If you enjoy it, it doesn't After dinner, Jim sits ·down 'all is harvest time. He deep breath and when his lungs Florida. He was offered a farm­ matter." · on his couch and pulls a rts "gathering everything are full of air, he releases and ing job out of the area that . Jim attended Marshall for a Marlboro cigarette from a pack. ~ a squin-eJ- for winter. says, "This is my favorite part of would have been very lucra­ year in 1972, but he is not one He lights it, then announces ire are about six months of the day." tive. Hel ooksouttothecleared to sit in a classroom. He quit thathe_quitactually. The wood limate weather. He must Birds chirp in their different pasture and says, "I couldn't and soon afterward he bought burning stove emanates a soft p wood for1heat. languages. A tomtat named imagine leaving here again. the farm. "I have a pretty good heat in front ofhim . He proudly [n thewinterijustfeed·the Black Tom roams the premises, When I came back to the farm education just living." tells how he built the hearth :stock and'·hope and pray Jim says, but right now the cat a year and a half ago, that Friends and family thought from stones iri his creek. He an early,:Spring. Then it's decides not to show himself. whole field was a blackberry hewasnutsforbuyingthe land. grins, "Now everybody wants nting time.again." This serene scene is bluntly patch." Even though the history of his me to make thein one." im moves-his steak over to contrasted as Jim opens the He is ready to live out the family is speckled with farm­ "On a piece of land there is cooler side of the grill to screen door and is once again rest of his life on the farm. As ers, his siblings grew up in the about everythinr you need. Ifa ure that it stays medium immersed in the sound of the he confesses this, one can read city. He was 22-years-old. The creek is washing ... ut a field, you e. A cardin·al hops onto the radio. It pumps. The band from his face that he is looking land had been unattended for take a stone and make the creek ch in an attempt to snatch Canned Heat plays "On the Road forward to it. 2.0 years. He was eager to get go a different direction. Ash 1e dog food. The dogs are Again."This is definitely not the "Every morning is a wage of back on some landfor the sheer you've burned from the brush lware as they lay side by same titled song by Willie waronthefarm.It'smeagainst solitude. you've cleared fertilizes the e in their dreamy state. A Nelson. Jimbegins singing along the wilderness. ..rm just tam­ Now Jim is well known in the fields you'll grow crops on. Ev­ k of suet hangs from a tree with the high pitched blues­ ing the land.• area. Living three miles away erything a cow takes from the he yard above the swing. It based singer. •rm leavn the There is not much money in is Catfish Man of the Woods, land goes back into it. You pick or the woodpeckers. city... Got to find a way.• Before farming nowadays. Jim feels world famous herb doctor. Cat­ up a rock and where it was, 'he sun haatdropped behind be offers the notion that this is farmers across the country as fish told the interviewer stop- grass will grow for the cows to "his" ~~g, one could gather that a ,Ylhole are not in it for the 1>~, J»r ~ ~J~_JJ~he has some ,e_a~" . . . , :llillf•:~oilda ~11 bellow in . ' .. . \ \ • • " I. • THE PARTHENON 8 FR.I DAY, APR.IL 2 2, 1994

MAPS ·10 d isban·d Calvin and Hobbes ...... by Bill Watterson

'tillll S\'\Jl'ENl)().IS SPEE>, AU. RIG\\T. ' ~.'tE ST/JPEII/J04/S ltlAI( IS OJr CAl"IN! 10 BEi/Ar£ TON\G~T", ~" OCG CAM£ \.ERE after 1O years illE OOOR .' . ,---,..._,dll 'tilltQE'D '(OJ R£Kll\B£R ?.1 il-lE.'<'RE oor 1~'5T9,0, L\~ 1\) ~WC. ~?.' I G::llt-lG 10 &. AAPPl 'tl\El-l I W».ll£0, 'NE. \£TS TM.I( m:Jt.l'f()J'R£ 1l(t'( H9-.R A.~ TIIIS .' COJLO GOOOT ~-AB()JT BJDavldK.lowarcl9 ington, D.C. OJT ~£RE! LIKE ™IS ft.ll. ~EIBING &porter Strong supporters of union­ 1\ETIME. EL'SE: . ism, MAPS sponsored meeting A student organization rooms on campus for union or­ known for ita activism on cam­ ganizers ofthe staff' and facul­ pus for 10 years will disband, ty and participated in rallies in according to ita leaders. Charleston on behalf of state Marshall Action for Peace­ workers. ful Solutions (MAPS), will have McGee said the organization a concluding program at 7 p.m. has continually failed to re­ One Brick Shy THI FAR SIDI By GARY LARSON today (Friday, April 22), ac­ ceive adequate coverageby the cording to Jason Morris, pres­ mainstream media because of ident, and David K. McGee, the group's position on issues. off-campus adviser. "We have accomplished a lot Morris said "We feel like we of our goals and have helped have reached many ofthe goals fight oppression around the we set out to accomplish. Also, world and on campus," McGee a lot ofpeople who were instru­ said. "We have had national mental to the group will not be speakers throughout the years, here at Marshall next semes­ and we've gotten zero cover­ ter." age. Morris said another reason "But when we announced MAPS disbanded was because that we were disbanding, with­ liberals on campus depended in an hour The Herald-Dis­ on the organization too much patch and The Parthenon were in the past. "I hope it will send calling," he added, "The left a message to other groups to has always been at a disadvan­ startup. tage at getting coverage from "MAPS has been the only the media - mainly because ;.•. group over the years to put America is a capitalist society, together programs that help and money is the bottom line.• "So, Professor Sadowsky, you're saying that your world wide. We addressed glo­ McGee said national right­ ;fl:iit1;~~1ti~Wi1~~ftr~~~~\i fellow re-rcher, Professor Lazzell, knowing lull well " No wonder the greens fees were so cheap." that baboons consider eye contact lo be threatening, bal and social issues such as wing conservative groups sur­ handed you t_hls hat on that fateful day you emerged Contra-Aid and U.S involve­ vive because they are institu­ from your Serengeti campsite." ment in El Salvador over the tionalized. "Groups like the last 10 years." College Republicans are part MAPS was first organized of a large national organiza­ Capitalism made America great, under the name United Cam­ tion that will provide resourc­ puses to Prevent Nuclear War es and money." conservative speaker says (UCAM) in the spring semes­ McGee said students should ter of 1984. The group's origi­ be concerned with the agenda a, David K. Sowards . fare provides incentives for can Americans to the extreme nal purpose was to educate stu­ of groups that are backed by Reporter people to stay poor, to break up that they do, we are going to dents and the public about the large corporations and organi­ families, and to keep people begin to look for new answers." threat ofglobal nuclear war. zations. "Much ofthe activities Black conservative Star from entering the work force," Parker said racism_is no long­ As the group focused on oth­ conservative groups are in­ Parker told about 70 students Parker said. •until we expand er institutionalized and blacks er issues, the organization's volved in are leading to oppres­ Wednesday that two economic our minds and start getting and otherminoritygroups have name changed to MAPS/ sion - clamping down on the systems are operatingin Amer­ away from socialism, and start equal opportunities in school­ UCAM. UCAM was later things we've fought for." ica - capitalism for the rich, looking at what has made ing and business. dropped as MAPS added rac­ Dr. John Hennen, former and socialism for the poor. America great, which is capi­ Ten years ago, Parker was a ism and sexism on Marshall's MAPS president, will speak at "The problem with two eco­ talism - we're not going to single mother living on Aid to campus to their agenda. tonight's final MAPs meeting. nomic systems operating si­ find the answers." Families with Independent According to a MAPS press The meeting will be at the of­ multaneouslyin the same coun­ Parker said she believes that Children (AFDC). Afterbecom­ release, members of the orga­ fices of District 1199, National try is that you have the rich on black conservatives will receive ing a Christian, she returned nization participated in nu­ Hospital Workers Union, at one hand, and the poor on the more media attention in the to college and received a Bach­ merous attempts to influence 1323 Eighth Ave. The MAPS other - so you have the mid­ future because of the issues of elor of Science degree in mar­ government policy through press release called the meet­ dle class trying to take up the welfare and crime. -You have keting. personal lobbying efforts both ing a "celebration" and "retro­ slack for both," Parker said. white liberals now who are In 1984, Parker founded her in West Virginia and in Wash- spective" look at MAPS. Parker was the final speak­ tired of paying excessive taxes own business, an advertising er in this year's Conservative and that are scared to death on and information service that Lecture Series sponsored bythe their own streets. Because serves more than 100 Los An­ MU College Republicans. these two issues involve Afri- geles churches. • RULING Parker is the founder ofThe a television and VCR into the Coalition On Urban Affairs, an From Page 1 confererice room the grievance organization created to find and personal E-mail retrieved hearing was in, intending to solutions to urban problems. APARTMENTS FOR RENT~ from her computer would have show the tape. The coalition was created in demonstrated that Reece holds Saying they were irrelevant the aftermath of the riots in Close to campus! Now leasing a double-standard, said state to the case, Dunn also rejected South Central Los Angeles. attorney Mary Roberta Brandl the use of several inter-office "IfBill Clinton was sensitive •Marco Ar:rµs • Ryan Arms "The harassment in those memos, which state attorneys to private business, and what •One & Two Bedroom messages is at least as produced Thursday morning small business means to the [1 aggregious as in those T­ just before the hearing. country, ne then would look at • Furnished Parking [1 shirts," Brandt said. "You don't Reece lost her Level II hear­ alternative solutions to the think the obscenity used in it is ing, which was heard by Regis­ welfare crisis-but I don't see CALL 736-3588 relevant to the T-shirt inci­ trar Robert Eddins. Cases usu­ him doing that.• Parker said. dent?" ally proceed directly from Level Parker criticized the current Reece said an example ofthe II to Level IV. welfare system for encourag­ NOW computer messages was: "He Reece contends she is being ing dependence on the govern­ ~~OR.bL _ who sucks the most, geta the targeted by the university for ment rather than promoting LEASING promotion." her testimony in the case of independence. "'Itwasnotsomethingaspre­ Marcia Bourgeous, former di­ "The current system ofwel- tentious as those T-shirts and rector of Residence Services. 1\--,.,~ worn around campus," said Bourgeo::s fi!ed a grievance Reece's attorney RosaleeJuba­ against the university, saying FREE PREGNANCY TEST Plumley. "'Itwasnotsomething she was harassed on her job, and other halp APARTMENT people were forced to look at.• went on sick leave for a few COMPLEX Reece said the pornographic months, then quit earlier this Brand new apartment complex i blocks from campus. lwo video was among instructional semester. bedroom luxury apartments with skylights, mini-blinds, tapes in her office. "When I University officials claim 3~~23~JI~12 moved in, there were tons of Reece was out of line in pro­ kitchens furnished with dishwasher, etc. Laundry room, tapes I never even looked at," testing the T-shirts, Il)isused security gates, sun decks, off-strut parking! Will rent to she said. She said she took her the apartment provided to her two people: $UO & $ISO per pcnon, some utilities paid. personal tapes with her when by the university and didn't irthright DD = one month rent. call for appointment. she moved. complete severaljobs assigned 605 9th St. Room 504 University officials wheeled to her. l 1408 3rd. Avenue 736-1613 The Herd baseball team plays three games against Qavidson this weeken<:1. Marshall starts the Southern Conference tournament April 28 at Charleston, S.C.

TH E PART H EN ON 7 FR I DAY, APRIL 2 2, 1 9 9 4 Northrop: Olympic bound Off to Lexington By C.R. Vincent more on the varsity team, she Northrup said her father, I Reporter said she did not get to pitch who coached her from the time J much because of another she was six until she was 18, is Whenshebeganplayingsoft. pitcher. the reason she continues to im­ l.Il ball at age six she had no idea "My junior year, I pitched prove. ~~ that one day she would be try- most of the games we played," "He always supported me in ing out for the Olympics. Northrup said. "It kind of re- everything I did, but yet he Freshman pitcher Brandi versed. She was still playing, pushed me." Northrup of Fullerton, Calif., but for some reason that year, She said the pressure was became inter- I pitched more than she did." frustrating at times, but that ested in soft- Her senior year, Northrup it made her a better player. ball when she said they split on pitching. Northrup said she was ex­ wasfouryears Northrup, a pre-law major, cited about trying out for the old. She said said playing softball at a colle- Olympics. "I'm very excited, but her interest giatelevelhasalwaysbeenher rm nervous. Just the fact that developed be- dream. "I always would watch I get to say I was there is an causeherolder the big girls and go watch Cal honor." sister played Northrup State-Fullerton play." She said that every amateur and her dad Northrup said she came to woman athlete in the country was a coach. Marshallbecausethenewsoft- was invited to submit an appli­ Twelve years later, she has ball program provided a good cation. The application process been selected as one of the 500 opportunity to play. included completing a number women softball players across "It gave me chance to help of athletic tests and the coach the country who will try out for build the team. Plus, I thought here · had to verify achieve­ the 1996 Olympic Team. . West Virginia might be a little ments. From age six to 14, Northrup different lifestyle, which it is." Try outs will be June 25 at competed only three to four · Since the season began, 10 tryout sites across the coun­ months a year. At age 14, she Northrup has received both try. Northrup said she will try began playing ASA Travel Ball Southern Conference/USAir out in Califomia. and played for her high school. player and pitcher ofthe week. Northrup said she got the In Travel Ball, she played in "When I received player of application because her par­ weekend tournaments with a the week, I was really excited," ents sent away for it. "I got it couple of practices a week. she said. and a part of me was saying 'I As a freshman in high school, "I had a great week over don't even want to take a Joh11 C. Casto, St. Albans senior, here running the 800 Northrupwasonthejuniorvar- spring break. I really did well. chance' -then I figured I have meters Saturday In the trlangular meet at Lefty Rollins sity team. She said she pitched I was happy with my hitting nothing to lose, so I might as Track, wlll try to help the Herd In the Southern conference almost every game. As a sopho- and my pitching. well." Championships this weekend In Lexington, Virginia. MU: 'Surprise' team c12Sifieds Furman first opponent for Lady Herd APT RENTAL One BR carpeted apartment w/ central heat. By C.R. Vincent Washer/dryer. No. pets. $250 Reporter per month+ utilities. Call 523- SUMMER LEADERSHIP TRAIN­ "We played them such a close LARGE HOUSE 5 BR, 21/2 baths. ING Six weeks with pay. Three 1 mile from campus. Available In 8822 The Lady Herd softball team game down there on thei,r fie/,d MU credits. Call ARMY ROTC, will play Furman at 11 a.m. May. $925/mo. Call 523-7756. Cpt. Gibbings, 696-6450 . ... So, ifanyone is neroow it FURNISHED APT. 4 large today (Friday, April 22) in the rooms, 2·BR, A/C, carpet. Will is them, because they know what HOUSE FOR RENT Large 4 BR, 2 rent summer and fall or will SUMMER EMPLOYMENT Seek­ first round of the Southern baths. Located 2 blocks from 1:told until August. $350 per Ing head llfeguard, lifeguards, Conference Tournament in we can do." campus. Available In June. $975 month+ DD+ references. Utili­ catering cooks, catering helpers, Greenville, S.C. per month plus utilities. Call 525- ties paid. Call 697-3058. bathhouse attendant, registra­ 8177 between 4-5 pm Mon-Fri. Head Coach Louie Berndt Louie Berndt tion clerk, groundskeeper, ticket/ said she is comfortable with ROOMS FOR RENT Close to MARSHAU ARMS-Townhouse gate clerks and sports rental. how the team is playing going Marshall campus. $185 and Send resume by May 6, 1994 to Apts. Reserving NOW for sum­ up. Utilitij!S paid. 522-8546 into the conference. She said the·last game against Furman. merand fall terms. One & Two BR FOXFIRE CAMPING, Rt. 2 Box she thinks Marshall can be the I think if we just do the things 655, Milton, WV 25541 furnished apts. Call 522-8461. FEMALE' STUDENT Space· "surprise" team in the tourna­ that we have been doing-the available for female student. ment. strong mechanics and the 7th AVENUE APTS. Two bed­ Large house, private bedroom. NOW HIRING Nationwide com­ rooms. Available In May. All fur­ pany expanding Into the Huntlng­ Berndt said the team has strongfundamentals-we will Across from campus ..Off-street continued to work on the ba­ be OK" nished. Near Corbly Hall. Re&­ parking. Utilities, phone & ton, Ashland, Ironton area. Full sonable rates. Utilities. Parking. cable Included. $300/month. time posltlonsavallable.Call 697- sics to prepare for the tourna­ Berndt said ifanyone is ner­ ShownbyaPPolntmentonly.1603 Call 529-7010 1056 leave message. ment. "We've been concentrat­ vous it is Furman. 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New car warranty. atAshlandTownCenter.Call429- Monday's 9-0 and 13-1 wins vous it is them, because they $6500 Call 529-4840. 1715 Tues. - Fri. to apply. over Dayton provided the team know what we can do.• APT FOR RENT Furnished 2 BR, Because Marshall lost games LR, Kitchen, carpet, A/C., laun­ with confidence going in to the dry facility, off street parking at tournament, Berndt said. "It's in the conference during the 1739 6th Ave. Call 522-1843. a confidence booster when you season, Berndt said Marshall TO: 5 "THE LOYAL" can take a double header on has nothing to lose. FOR RENT • 2 BR apts, all elec­ Back to L.A. soon. Perhaps on the road and get as many hits Furman did not lose a con­ tric, AC, carpet, furnished, park­ retumirgthingswillchangeagal11. as we did." ference game. "They have ev­ ing. Summer only. erything to lose,• Berndt said. > · •Parking Spaces available. 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Tickets for the Travis Tritt concert tonight at 8 p.m. are on sale at the Charleston Civic Center and all Ticketmaster outlets. All seats are reserved and priced at $20.75.

Tritt fans anticipate a little. •• "T-R-0-U-B-L-E"

e's been called an outlaw and a renegade by his peers, but his parents named him Travis Tritt. Trittwill perform at the Charleston Civic Center tonight at 8 p.m., H with Joe Diffie and Lee Roy Parnell opening for this leg of his "Ten Feet Tall" tour. His album "Ten FeetTall and Bulletproof' and his autobiography of the same name are due out early next month. This album will be the fourth for "He ltnows every song ever written. Tritt whose career began in 1990. His He's like a jukebox." other three albums, "Country Club," "It'sAllAbout to Change," and "T-R-0- Woody Harrelson U-B-L-E" have put eight number one Actor and musician singles under his belt, including such hits as the heart wrenching ballad "Help Me Hold On" and the sarcastically humorous ditty "Here's a Quarter (Call ., Someone Who Cares)." His latest single "Foolish Pride" is so new it has not had I ~ time to make it onto the charts. Tritt has ·said his music combines the musical influences of the Allman " " ~-,. ... ~' Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Merle Haggard and George Jones. ; I • ~~ "'·· ... He also has described his rise to the top of country music as an "overnight . I • 'l' ' success that took eight-and-a-half-years to happen.• ,I . 111 I . f I I Tritt was born and raised in Marietta, Ga., and began his musical career as a ! • l'f f .lr ' . ' ; I'I I- I. I. {I ! ;l1 soloist in the children's choir ofa neighborhood church. He taught himselfto play guitar and wrote his first song at the age of 14. fter graduating high school in 1981, he worked at loading trucks for a Travis Trltt's new album and autobiography, bOth tltled "Ten Feet Tall and company that within four years had given him a management position. Bulietproof\ are due out early next month. He wlll be In concert tonight at the Then he quit the job and pursued the musical career that has made him Charleston Civic Center at 8 pm. Joe Dlffle and Lee Roy Parnell wlll open tor A a multimedia personality. Tritt. His music has awarded him platinum albums, a CMA"'Horizon• award in 1991, induction into the Opry, and the opportunity to collaborate with many other musical artists, aucb u Marty Stuart and Patti LaBelle. But, his muaic has led Diffie, Parnell reach out him into the video medium u well Tritt's "'It's All About to Change• 30-minute home video has achieved gold status. As a supporter of veterans' issues, be ~leased "Travis Tritt: A Musical .to younger generation Tribute to the Spirit ofthe Disabled American Veteran• home video. Tritt is currently the host of the "'VH-1 Country Countdown• series. He haa also. starred with Kenny Rogers in the CBS television movie "'Rio Diablo• which took-first place in its time slot and baa a motion picture titled "The .of country· music fans Cowboy Way' with Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson due to be releued in June. oe Diffie and Lee Roy Parnell kick oft' the show tonig\lt u part ofTravis In a 'TV Guide• interview, Woody Harrelson, actor and musician, described Tritt's 'Ten FAet Tall• tour.· Travis Tritt u a "'regular guy" but, after the two had played guitar and sang Joe Diffie is known for such songs u "'Next Thing Smokin• and "'If the together, Harrelson made another "'ten ·feet tall• conclusion about Tritt. Devil Danced (In Empty Pocketsf- - his first two releases. Tonight, he "'He knows every song ever written: Harrelson said. •He's like a jukebox.• J Tickets for the Travis Tritt concert are on sale at the Charleston Civic Center takes the spotlight with his third album titled "'Honky Tonk Attitude.• "'I'll tell you the weirdest thing about this album,• he said, "'we've been playing and all Ticketmaster outlets. All seats are reserved and priced at $20. 75. all but one or two of tile songs lives for about six months in our shows and we're getting just as much applause from them as we do our hits.• With such spurring tunes as •Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox• and •cold Budweiser and a Sweet Tater-he said he hopes to reach a younger audience. "'I think it's cool that so many younger people are beginning to discover the genre of music and to make it their own: he said. - Ballads and boogie.will highlight Lee Roy Parnell's set tonight when he plays songs from his third album •0n the Road.• This album features everything from the country-blues ballad "The Power of Love: to the strai~talking -Straight Shooter: to the boot stomping boogie of "'Country Down to My Soul.• AB sure as his slide guitar runs through his songs, he said he relates all his songs to real life. "'I've got to have something that shows a little struggle, yet still shows hope.­ he said. 'There's always an answer. . It may not be the one you want, but there's alw• an answer. I don't like things that are real flowery because that isn't the wa, life is. But life-isn't down either. It's leaming to live with what you've got.. Tbara what I try t.o line and write about.• Tonicht'• concert at the Charlest.oA Civic Center becin• at 8 p.m.