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James Madison University Todir. Showers High: 63 THE REEZE Low: 41' Board postpones reconsideration of ECP Time needed for further discussion until January meeting more information needs to be gathered to BY KELLY JASPER make a decision?" news editor The terms of five of the 15 board members The Board of Visitors postponed requests for expired in July, prompting Gov. Mark Warner reconsideration of its 7-6 April 18 vote to dis- to appoint replacements. continue the distribution of the emergency con- With the addition of new board members, traceptive pill at Friday's board meeting until some students are hopeful that the original Folic acid the next board meeting in January. vote to discontinue the dispensing of ECPs Meredith Gunter, education and student life will nut be repeated. helps prevent committee chair, recommended continuing fur- "The board seems understanding and open- ther discussion of the issue by board members minded," said junior Krissy Schnebel, the SGA colon cancer until the Jan. 9,2004, meeting, when a possible leadership programs director who led student recommendation to the full board could be protests last year against the decision. "I think BY ERIN PETIT made. She said this would allow the five new the board will take student opinion into consid- contributing writer board members time to gather information and eration, and 1 am personally optimistic for January's meeting." Proven to help the preven- consider the matter. l-KIC MIWII s ,u; tion of birth defects, colon can- New board member Wharton Rivers, Senior Clark Nesselrodt, SGA director of president and CEO of TerreStar Networks of Member* of the Board or Visitors listen to a presentation dur cer and loss of memory, folic ing the board's quarterly meeting last Friday. acid, which can be found in McLean, asked the committee, "How much seeBOV,page5 leafy green vegetables, is impor- tant for bom women and men, according to Linda Hulton, an tssi-;»,int pr.»t(~.^>r of nursing. K/OWYN Starting today, senior nurs- CASTBUJNE/ cimlnbum* ing majors will have an informa- pkmtmphrr tion table on the commons dur- ing Folk Acid Awareness Week Officers for the and will make brief presenta- National Society tions to GHTH 100 classes, of Collegiate according to senior nursing Scholars are major Amy Stalnaker. sworn in by "Folic acid is a naturally occur- Chapter Adviser ring B-vitamin that can be found Michael in some enriched foods and vita- Galgano. far min pills," according to Hulton. right, last Women of childbeann^ age Wednesday. The and pregnant women should officers, from intake adequate folic acid left to right, are amounts to prevent types of junior Jaime birth defects known as "neural Poe, vice presi- tube defects" or NTDs, accord- dent of commu- ing to Michele Cavoto, nity servloe; University Health Center nutri- junior Kathleen tionist. In such a case, the brain Lemker. histori- and spinal column do not devel- an web design op properly, she said. en senior William Ballough, presi- dent; Junior -<< Melissa Peters, executive vice Any woman who might president and become pregnant Junior Christine Yip, secretary. should get plenty of folic acid in her diet. — Mkhele Cavoto Universih Health Center nutritionist 9?
"Most women don't even know they an? pregnant until at least three weeks after concep- Students inducted into NSCS tion," Cavoto said. "Any woman who might become pregnant should get plenty of About 500 new members initiated into National Society of Collegiate Scholars folk acid in her diet." academic achievement, the NSCS "We have to work together and the importance of the GenEd pnigram, Hulton said, "Folic acid in a BY STEPHANIE MOORE vitamin supplement, when works with service organizations, realize that our contributions to the and how it allows students to take a taken one month before concep- contributing writer such as the Humane Society and the society and the university will remain different attitude toward education. tion and throughout the first The National Society of Collegiate Commonwealth Center for Children long after we graduate," he said. "It is necessary to recognize how trimester, has been proven to Scholars inducted about 500 new and Adolescents. Chapter Adviser Michael liberal arts can contribute to society," reduce the risk for an NTD in members Wednesday at a ceremony The JMU chapter of the NSCS, Galgano, head of the history depart- she said. "It is not mutually MdufM pregnancy by 50 to 70 percent." that was attended by 700 people, which was established in 1994. has ment, gave a brief history of the with career preparation." Senior nursing major including relatives and faculty. between 800 and 900 active membere organization and said the soon-to- Galgano introduced the liaison Stephanie Jenkins, who will The NSCS is a national organi- and about 1,000 alumni. The organi- be-inducted members had set them- from the national office in man the awareness table on the zation that recognizes the academ- zation meets every week on Mondays selves apart from their peers. Washington, D.C., Samantha commons, said, "Most college- ic achievement of rising freshmen at7p.m.inlSAT236. "I am pleased to have this oppor- Grayson, the region two scholar age women don't even want to and sophomores. To be inducted, a Chapter President William tunity to personally congratulate you ambassador. Grayson congrauilated be thinking about pregnancy member must have a grade-point Ballough, a senior, welcomed the on your achievements and your the inductees and delivered the State right now, so I'm sure they don't average of at least 3.4 and have inductees and guests to the ceremony. induction," he said. of Society address, u huh is ,in official know anything about folic acid. two recommendations. He said the goals of NSCS were to The keynote speaker, Linda statement on the NSCS as a whole. "It's hard to remember to Once inducted, students receive emphasize high achievement, leader- Halpem, dean of the General take that multivitamin every lifetime membership. In addition to ship abilities and community service. Education department, spoke about sre NCSC, page 5 ,, HIAJ.TH.ju.vi:-i Resource, tutoring centers available to students Essays, tests, homework among areas of assistance for those in need dents in most General Resource Center. From 9 am to encouraged. Students can con- BY TIFFANY RICHARDSON Education courses, but prima- 5 pm, Monday through Friday, tact the center at x8-1759. contributing writer riry for GWRJT courses. Staffed students are able to meet with a Also located on the fourth For help with troubling with six upperdassmen tutors, specialist for help in course-spe- floor of Wilson Hall is the assignments and difficult FYI provides first-year stu- cific assignments. Communication Studies courses, JMU provides dents with help at any stage of Nancy Farrar and Betty Resource Center, which pro- tutoring centers to help the writing process or with Hoskins are the two of the vides assistance with speech- with everything from essays general course assignments. four specialists who assist es. The CSRC can help with preparation, outlining, deliv- and exams to homework "We really try to help students in writing. [freshmen] make trie transition Sophomore Maria Razos ery and apprehension when and presentations. giving speeches. JMU strives to assist stu- from high school to college," said. The Writing Center said junior Lauren Worley, an helped me structure my essays Providing a multimeiiia- dents in every possible way equipped presentation Ml and to "help students find the FYI tutor. Open horn 4 to 10 correctly, and really took the time to make sure I under- conference room and a com- resources that will fit their p.m., Sunday through stood their instruction for my puter lab, the center helps stu- needs and help them become Thursday, FYI accepts appoint- ments or walk-ins and can be future papers " dents comprehend communi- successful," said Tara Owtey, cation concepts and theones assistant director for Student reached at x8-3598. Kathy Fisher, a reading spe- Located on the fourth floor of cialist and Esther Stenson, and provides instruction on Learning Programs. l nglish .is ,i second languaa the use of Microsoft The First Year Involvement Wilson Hall, students alao can specialist, also are part of the PowerPoint Open Monday Center, located in Huffman find free assistance for improv- ing reading and writing skills at tenter 'i staff. Walk-ins are wel- Betty Hoeklns, left, an Instructor with the Reading and Writing Hall room A100, offers free come, but appointments are see HELT, pages Resource Center, talks to sophomore Adrlana Rocabaoo, assistance for first-year stu- the Reading and Writing 2 I THE BREEZE I MONDAY. OCT. 6. 2003
DUKE DAYS Events Calendar MONDAY. OCT. 6 - WEDNESDAY. OCT. 8. 2003 m•HII=I?IKJ POLICE LOG BY LACREN MCKAY police log reporter NEWS Monday, Oct 6 Wednesday, Oct. 8 Safe RkJes benefit concert i hi- Office ol Academk Ms Wngand Career DralooMnl Up 'HI Dawn will hold a letter-writing party in PC Ballroom An unknown person(s) removed Sleep and dream seminar an insert sign from a case in will ipontOI I * -t thru; Into Compcliln i' l.r.id ScjtOtil*. from 7 to 10 p.m. The person with the most addresses will workshop in (-r.ilton sto\ .ill I brain* Irom ? to 8 p.m. For Godwin Hall between Sept. 28 at win a meet-and-greet pass or a free ticket lo the Phil Vassar 2 p.m. and Oct 1 al 10:30 p.m. OPINION more mronn.ilion contlti Mary Morsch al x8-" House editorial concert. For more information e-mail Enn Walker at tmlke2ej. Damage was done to the door House cartoon and the sign holder The Office of Academic Advising and Career Development Darts and pats Tuesday; Oct. 7 will sponsor a graduate school panel in the College Center In other mailers, campus police Letter to the editor Up til Dawn uill hold an informational meeting on the St. )ude Grand Ballroom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information report the following: Letter trom the editor Child rvn- Hospital in HHS rtx^m W)] from 7 to 8 p.m. This is a contact Marv Morsch at x8-6555. Campus spotlight Wellnev. Passport event h>r more mtnrm.tii.>n ,wn,ul I tin Petty Larceny Punch lines Walker,it .. A JMU student reported the larceny of a parking decal from H Lot between Sept. 1 at 12:01 1 Unnony n 11 sponsor a hate-Mime vigil on tl»eaHnmons at LEISURE a.m. and Sept 8 at midnight. Comics 9 9 p.m. For more information e in.ul t hristiiH.' Robinson Crossword 10 at rcbtnlcm. Three seven-fool wooden signs Horoscopes 10 reading "311" were stolen from ]Ml s chapter of Amnesty InUTn.iiion.il will rmvt in T.nloi the commons area between FOCUS Hall roooi -ll"1 Irom 7 to 8 p m For more information contact Sept. 24 at 9:30 am and Just lor kicks 10 Nadine Wu at wunf. Sept. 25 at 9 a.m.
STYLE A JMU student reported the Foreign lilms 13 larceny of a parking decal from Karaoke Night" 13 E Lot or Upper A Lot Sept. 30. Sex In the suburbs 13 Area parks 14 A JMU student reported the Lotus 14 larceny ol a cell phone from Godwin Hall Sept 29 between 6 Fashion Boss 15 Submitting events to the Stephen at tlwtltot two days prior to tht la p.m. and 8 p.m. Pi wt- DAIS Events Calendar i Niched. Pleas.- try to limit the tvei mow than 50 w< SPORTS A JMU student reported the Big Villanova win over Dukes 16 larceny of a JMU resident parking vbeeybal edged out by Towson If I \i R \ DEAN/ decal from R2 Lot between Sept. Men's soccer slays Drexel 16 FUN FACT of the Day 29 at 4 p.m. and Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. GMU defeats women's soccer 16 As the tun sets on the Quad Thursday, Number ol drunk in public dark clouds loom charges since Aug. 25: 21 behind In the east. Last week brought Number of parking tickets with rt cold weather The most issued between Aug 25 and that Indicated the WEATHER common name Oct. 1:6,016 bagbtnlns of fall In Today Hamsonburg. in the Few Showers world High 63 Low 41 is Mohammed
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The BluesTones, an all-female a capella group, sings Monday night at Safe Rides' benefit concert. Senior Jamie Vlgllotta, below, performs during the break dance portion of the show. Five other a capella groups, as well as the Madison Dance Club, performed. Hate-crime vigil to be held Tuesday night A hate-crime vigil will be held Tuesday at 9 p.m. Safe Rides fund raises to save lives on the commons honoring the victims of all hate crimes, including racial, Concert raises $12,000, increases membership for ethnic, gender, sexual ori- entation and religious. Sponsored by Harmony, on-campus organization against drunk driving JMU's gay, lesbian, bisexual $80,000 annual budget. The budg- and transgender organiza- BY KATIB CHIRGOTIS after a night of drinking and woke up Brent Collier said. "That kid was sick et will go toward the costs of cars, from a coma three months later, with tion, the vigil will provide an contributing writer when he slid on his head across the floor." open microphone for atten- gas and training. most of her left side broken, her right Almost all of the performers vocal- dees of the vigil to speak. A Safe Rides raised about SI ,200 last The organization also receives side paralyzed and ized support of Safe Rides. "It's just number of speakers also Monday night with a benefit concert funds from membership dues. There the realization that great for the community," said Sarah have been scheduled. that drew almost 400 students and fea- currently are about 20 people her friend, who was Varnes, of Low Key. Contact [email protected] tured a capella groups, dance troupes involved, and Walther-Thomas said a passenger that Many audience members picked for more information on the and speakers, according to senior she hopes to get its membership up to night, had died. up applications and signed up vigil and Harmony events. Lyndsey Walther-Thomas, WHtcuHvi 100. Safe Rides is accepting applica- Fighting her way for membership after the concert. director of Safe Rides. tions through Oct. 21. In order to join, back to speech and mobili- More information and applica- Safe Rides is a new organization at students must be at least 18 years old ty, Johnson said her road tions are available online under JMU whose goal is to educate and pro- and have a grade point average of at has been a hard one, both the Safe Rides' Web site, tect the university and community least 2.0. mentally and physically http://orgs.jmu.edu/saferides Sexual, domestic violence against drunk driving. It was founded After an introduction at the con- She travels and speaks of or by contacting Jessica on the Caring Aggies R Protecting cert, "One Night, One Ride, One Life," her experience in hopes Lumsden at events to raise awareness Over Our Lives program at Texas about Safe Rides by Walther-Thomas, of keeping others from xS-2315. HARRISONBURG — A&M University. The program cur- the concert kicked off with the thl MOM fate, she said. Throughout the month of rently is focused on raising money BluesTones, one of JMU's all-female a A cappeUa groups, October, sexual assault and and alcohol awareness education capella groups, which was followed the Overtones, domestic violence aware- The ultimate goal of the pro- by Exit 245, one of JMU's all-male a Low Key, ness month. Citizens gram is to become a school-wide capella groups. Notoriety, The Against Sexual Assault will designated-driver program by Lecturer Nicole Johnson, a former Madison host several awareness next semester. Walther-Thomas student at Virginia Commonwealth Project, also events in the community. said the program needs first to University, told the audience she is a sang, and the On Tuesday, from 7 to 8 receive final approval from the young woman who experienced first- Madison p.m., an awareness vigil will university Walther-Thomas has hand the tragedy of drunk driving and Dance Club be held starring at 129 been working with Student Affairs has "gone through enough for every- and Break Dancing Franklin St. and ending at to discuss liability aspects of the one, even the entire school." Club performed. Court Square. program. Large fund-raising In the early morning hours of Nov. "The break dancers White lattice boards will be events are needed to cover the 13,1997, Johnson got behind the wheel were tight," freshman AMY PAThRSOW**,* nhHoKruphtr located at local offices and libraries throughout October to raise community awareness of the violence, according to a ■1 . s*-i iM**™" * CASA pamphlet. Participants studv-Mifli'mnishedMI Princeton benefactors can tie ribbons on the lattice as a memorial for everyone they tendvv.v t') make "V know affected by domestic or want money back sexual violence. iiniabiiiiv and fatigue! A CASA booth will be on K* •■ display Oct. 20 through 26, BY BRAIN KLADKU the federal government, to where the lattice project can Knight Ridder Tribune promote peace, to promote be viewed. democracy, to defend peace Times have changed since and to defend democracy l^l^^^^^^^^B 1961, when Charles and Marie around the world," said Robertson, heirs to the A&P William Robertson, who, along grocery store fortune, donated with his two sisters and a $35 million in company stock cousin, is suing the university. to Princeton University If they prevail in court, the Four more women A dashing young John F. heirs say they have no intention accuse Schwazenegger Kennedy was in the White of keeping the money for them- KRISTENIKINNH I Y/U4rr*»wnfi*rr House. It was the era of selves; instead, they will bestow LOS ANGELES, Calif. Junior Klrsten Wenzel. left, and senior Kim Wlnn, both UREC Wellness and Fitness program Camelot and the Peace Corps, it on another school that agrees (Los Angeles Times) — Four Instructors, talk about the importance of sleep and the meanings of dreams at a UREC semi- when many an Ivy Leaguer to foltow the family's wishes- more women have come for- nar Wednesday night called "You Snooze, You Lose." actually dreamed of becoming Students and faculty say ward to say that Arnold a government bureaucrat. the dispute has not disrupted Schwarzenegger fondled, So, the Robertsons targeted their scholarly research and spanked or touched them in their gift to the graduate pnv earnest discussions of national incidents they said took Sleep deficiency of students gram of the Woodrow Wilson secunty, third world poverty place as recently as 2000 and School of Public and and transportation policy. But, as long ago as 1979. Intenutional Affairs, one of the it dix*s raise bltk questions In all, 15 women have nation's premier centers for the about the Wilson School's pur- now accused the Republican creates dream deficits study of politics and policy. pose and, more broadly, the candidate for governor of Their largess, everyone agrees, country's love-hate relation- grabbing or groping them. contain many symbols that BY RACHI.L DOMCHBL ly think about my dreams." made the school what it is today. ship with Washington. On the campaign trail can be related to our waking contributing writer Wenzel said dreams Now, the Robertsons — The Robertsons' emphasis on Saturday, Schwarzenegger lives, but should not neces- about falling, flying, being more precisely, Charles and federal employment as the epito- denounced as a "puke cam- When people don't sarily be taken lilt -t.ilU chased or being naked all are Marie Robertsons' heirs me of public service was rooted paign" news reports of that sleep they can't dream, She said dreams can be common dream themes. want their monev back. All in the ethos of the early 1960s, he has behaved abusively and most students at a spurred ' by many factors "Each type represents differ- $500 million of it. ' I \ moody was going to toward women. recent UREC seminar on "Reoccurring da-ams deal ent aspects of life, such as Their complaint: the Wilson go to Washington and change The four women agreed the importance of dream- with unresolved issues in our personal insecurities, stress School has not fulfilled the cou- the world," said William H. to tell their stories publicly. ing and sleeping said they lives that perhaps we aie and anxiety or fear of not ple's vision of a school that Hi .mson, who has taught at the The women, all between don't sleep enough. embarrassed about or not being able to live up to a cer- trains graduate students to work Wilson School since 1967. the ages of 46 and 51, told Only four out of 26 stu- ready tit deal with, but they t.nn challenge, iha nld in the federal government, par- "Well, we have a different either of being assaulted in dents who attended the also reveal suborn-., ions People dream an aver- ticularly in international affairs. world now. And the school has public places like bars and Wellness and Fitness program desires and fears and blOWM age ol three to five dreams More Wilson alumni work to adapt to a changing world." gyms or in private studios "You Snooze, You Lose," the dreamer's seif-aware- per night, depending on in business and finance, they What changed? The univer- of production studios. Wednesday said they sleep rifss. Wenzel said the quality of their ibtp, say, than in the U.S. govern- sity, in its legal papers, cites the Candidate spokesman enough each night. Freshman Ashley Curl according to Wenzel. ment — even though the Vietnam War, Watergate and Sean Walsh said that the "Dreams can guide us to said, "What I found most She also said a person must Robertson endowment pays the resulting "negative public accounts of three of the see what our subconscious intrusting about the semi- reach the Rapid Eye almost every graduate stu- image of government" — an women were untrue, and thoughts say about us," said nar was the focus on the Movement stage 01 sleep in dent's tuition. image that made federal that Schwarzenegger had junior kirsten Wenzel, a symbols in our dreams and order to dream "People who "My parents' purpose was employment considerably less no recollection of the UREC Wellness and Fitness what they supposedly rep- to try to help train the very, fourth incident. program instructor. "They resent. I honestly never real- set SLEEP, page 4 very finest individuals to serve see MONEY, pagii THE BREEZE MONDAY, OCT. 4 | I 6, 2003 NEWS MONEY: Heirs said Princeton Supreme Court opens fresh term donation not used correctly Some cases to address workers' rights, road blocks administration lawyers younger. A group of 40-year- \ltl\l ) I BY DAVID SAVAGE service,' and then it goes on to iv sitisfied with no less than 50 agreed, urging the court to olds sued and won a prelimi- appealing to Idealistic say, more specifically, federal percent of Wilson graduate- Los Angeles Times say the state cannot "single nary victory in the appeals young people. service in international affaits going into federal service in The U.S. Supreme Court out religion for discrimina- court. The case will be heard In addition, the university In legal documents, the uni- international affairs, doubts that opens its new term (ixlay and is tory treatment." If the jus- Nov. 12. says, in, i, Sam hn'i MringHha versity contends that federal serv- Princeton ever really intended set to consider whether states Ueaa agree as well, it would Police questioning and the he used to, leading many mi, ice in international affairs has to follow his parents' wishes. may refuse to pay for religious boost the drive for school Miranda warnings will be minded folks to seek work at been an "aspirational goal," not a "I don't think the concentra- teaching, whether employers vouchers in several states debated in four cases. At pri\ ,iu- think tanks and non- requirement, and that l harks tion on federal service was ever may refuse to hire reformed and give church-run pro- issue is whether police may profit organization! Robertson always recognized that really felt by the university, by drug users and whether "parti- grams an equal claim to evade the requirement that And then there's politics. his endowment could be used to the students and by the faculty," san gerrymandering"' by state state support. The case, they warn suspects of their Students, especially those who train students "for more broadly he said. "I think there was a con- lawmakers is unconstitutional. Locke vs. Davey. will be "right to remain silent" and Sttld} pnNi, .lft.niv tend to lean defined public service." centration on public sen-ice, but The court also will decide argued Dec. 2. still make use of what they left, while Republicans have Under that expansive defini- public sen-ice would include whether the police may set up A pair of job bias cases will learn in the interrogation. contained the White House for tion, the school is tar more suc- working at the United Nations, roadblocks to ask motorists lest the frontiers of workers' Just three years ago, the 14 of to bit 22 yam, cessful. Forty-one percent of working in the New York City about a recent crime, and rights. In the first, the court will court, in a 7-2 vote described The Robertson heir- uftng alumni worked for state or local mayor's office." whether police detectives must decide whether a company may the Miranda decision as hav- information from the Wilson governments, nonprofit organi- For all the varied careers that warn suspects of their right hi refuse to rchire a worker who ing set a "constitutional rule" School's most recent alumni zations, educational or research Wilson graduates ultimately pur- remain silent before question- had used drugs in the past. Joel that may not be overturned directory, found that 13 percent of institutions, multilateral organi- sue, government is clearly the ing them. Hernandez, a veteran techni- by Congress. However, it those who Kid graduated since sations or foreign governments. object of their attention while they The justices will hear 45 cian, quit his job with the remains unclear how this rule 1 94K — the year the graduate pro- However, William Robertson are here, Robertson said. cases this term, including 10 that Hughes Missile Systems in works in practice. gram began — worked for the said his father was disappoint- Jordan Tama embodies the were granted review last week- Tucson, Ariz., because he was For example, can detectives U.S. government, and only about ed by the school's national Robertsons' vision: This past Waiting in the wings are more using drugs. Three years later, question suspects for hours 7 percent wen' federal employees placement record. In 1972, the summer, he was an intern at the appeals that could be added to after completing a recovery pro- and then warn them of their dealing with international affairs. elder Robertson wrote to the US. Embassy in Paris and is the docket for this year's term gram, he reapptied for his job, right to remain silent only after The largest share. 15 percent university president, "The time interested in working for the — induding the dispute over but was rejected. they have confessed? And can worked in banking, finance or has come to face up to the obvi- State Department the words "under God" in the Last year, the 9th U.S. police press suspects to reveal industry When combined with ous fact that the school has But Tama, like his classmates, Pledge of Allegiance and Circuit Court of Appeals said physical evidence, such as a thtwe in consulting and law, the never come within shouting thinks it would be a mistake for Washington's move to strip doc- the company's policy of not gun or cash, and use this evi- percentage jumped to 34 percent. distance of achieving its goal, the school to cater only to peopk- tors in California and Arizona of hiring former drug users vio- dence in court, even if no To William Robertson, those and I personally doubt that it like him. If it did, the school might their right to prescribe drugs if lated the Americans With Miranda warnings were numbers amount to a betrayal of ever will as long as it continues lose a lot of its cachet. they recommend marijuana to Disabilities Act. The 1990 law- given? The court will take up his parents and of the foundation on its present course." "If the school were to narrow sick patients says current drug users and these questions on Dec. 9. set up to administer the gift Robertson, who lives in the focus," he said, "to require us Potentially one of the most heavy drinkers cannot claim The constitutionality of "The charter itself is really Florida, and is a Princeton alum- to pursue jobs in federal govern- significant of the pending to have a disability. However, police roadblocks will be con- .,i\ vet] dear." he said. "And nus, like his father said, "They ment, a lot of students who come cases is a religious-rights dis- it also says recovered addicts sidered in a suburban Chicago it specifically provides for train- kept placating us and placating here now pnibably wouldn't pute from Washington state. cannot be discriminated case. The court had upheld ing Mudenta fa gowmnail us and making more excuses, but want to because a lot of students The case could have a wide against for their past use of roadblocks to check for drunken sen-ice. It doesn't say public our purpose never changed. are interested in doing other impact on government fund- drugs or alcohol drivers or illegal immigrants service,' it says 'government Robertson, who said he will kinds of work." ing of church-related schools, Wednesday, the court will near the border on the grounds day care centers and social hear the company's appeal. that they were regulatory meas- service programs. At issue is The court also will take up ures. Last year, however, the whether states must' fund the first "reverse bias" age dis- court struck down a roadblock SLEEP: Analysts show how to relax church-related teaching on the crimination case. At issue is designed to catch drug dealers suasr, fnm />«.*, i same basis as other private whether employers may offer This was crime fighting, the jus- smoker sleeps 30 minutes less sleep when you're worried and and public schtxils. special retirement benefits to tices said, and the Fourth ■rare are not dreaming. They each night than a nonsmoker." stressed, so "make a 'to do' list Joshua Davey was turned their older workers, but not to have not yet reached the REM Amendment's ban on "unrea- Senior Kim Winn, who also before you go to bed or do down for a state scholarship middle-aged empkiyees. Last sonable searches and seizures" stage of the sleep cycle where is a Wcllness and Fitness 1 relaxation exercises to help because he was preparing to year, a US. appeals court in bars the police from stopping their heart and breathing rate an instructor, said, "Eighty per- clear your mind " be a minister. The state consti- C incinnati surprised corporate the highest, and the-)- are in their large numbers of innocent peo- cent of college students are In performing a relaxation tution in Washington, like lawyers when it ruled this ple to find criminals. deepest sleep," Wenzel said. dangerously sleep deprived exercise taken from John that in 36 other states, l.ivoritism for older workers "Some other unusual causes The new roadblock case and thus at high risk for low Mason's book, "Guide to includes a strict ban on using violated the federal law against falls in between. Police had for not dreaming are protein defi- productivity and concentra- Stress Reduction," Winn said taxpayers' money to pay for age discrimination. dency, personality disorders and stopped motorists in a Chicago tion, irritability, altcrc,! hor- to "take deep slow breaths, n'ligious teaching. The younger workers said suburb to ask if they knew any- sleep deprivation," W>nzel said. monal functioning and memo- pausing after you inhale and "No public money or prop- the 1967 law says employers thing about a fatal hit-and-run Another LREC Wvilness and ry impairment." then exhaling completely. erty shall be ... applied to any Fitness program instructor, senior may not "discriminate accident that took place there a Winn emphasized the Imagine as you exhale you can religious worship, exercise or against any individual" over week before. The Illinois courts Mil) Phtfupa explained that importance of quality of sleep begin to release thoughts, ten- instruction," says the constitu- age 40 "because of age." The "alcohol and nicotine arc also ruled this roadbkxrk unconsti- and gave suggestions to sions, even discomforts with tion of Washington. dispute arose when General among Mime of the causes of tutional because it amounted improve your sleep, such as the warm breath that you But the 9th U.S. Circuit Dynamics, the military con- to crime fighting. In their sleep deprivation. One drink of "not studying or watching TV breathe out and away. Quality Court of Appeals ruled the tractor, promised health ben- appeal, government lawyers ekonol after six hours of sleep is in bed, minimizing light and is more important than quanti- First Amendment requires efits in retirement to workers say "informational check- equal to six drinks after eight noise and having set bed times." fy, so get good quality sleep the state to give Davey the hours of sleep, and the average who were over age 50, but points" should be allowed to She said it's not easy to and start dreaming." scholarship. George W. Bush not to those who were further public safety. TATTOO? WHERE TO GO? ASK A SENIOR!! 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Contact Df.Wubih at Cost Approx/nater, $2700 433-5612 iiiiiiHEwiiii TatnarMMwrJtfml Call for monthly Anniversary Specials News MONDAY, OCT. 6, 20031 THE BREEZE I 5 BOV: Decision postponed HEALTH: Folic acid BOV, from page 1 to the $000 student Mgnatun-s progress of the university over communications, said he und»I gathered in under three davs to the past five years. Rose said stood why the board did not back the Student Government rxvord highs of private support vote at Friday's meeting. "With Association Bill of Opinion, for the fiscal year 2003, enmll- prevents birth defects so many new board memrvrv which Requested that the boani ment increases, new Honors it's understandable that tlu-v to reconsider its decision. Abroad opportunities, the addi- need time to educate themselves Student Body Piwhknl tion of new parking spates snd HHAUHjrpmw I things as enriched cereal anticancer drugs, and folate, on the issue to make an educated Levar Stoney and Student budget growth fn im $ 168 to $227 single day, but it would def- grams like pasta, rice and the naturally occurring form decision in January," he Mid Repnsentative Timothy Bnmks. million were examples of initely be harder to lose a bread, fruits and orange juice in foods, have similar chem- The committee received a a junior, ^submitted a nHjviest pmgress at the university. child or never see my baby from concentrate, green leafy ical structures, so it can dis- report detailing the history of the for the board to levtM NaaCtloTI Warner also reported to the walk because he or she vegetables and dried beans place the vitamin, she said. ECP issue from Mark Warner, al rnday's meeting. Kducation and Student Life com- developed spina bifida (a and legumes, she said. Heavy aspirin users and senior vice pn-sident ot student "The SGA will continue to mittee i>n the success of the First birth defect)," she said. It a not for women only," regular antacid users also artairs and university planning work with students to fight veaR Orientation Guide pro- Stalnaker said the body Hulton said. "Guys can cut may negate the benefits of and analysis. The report, which this issue until KTs air At- gram, which is designed to needs 400 micrograms, or their risk of colon cancer by folic acid, she said. was nxjiu-sted by Cuntim to tributed on campus again " acclimate students to our cam- 0.4 milligrams, of synthetic more than 50 percent by tak- Now is the "time to get as familiarize new board memlvrs NsiMlrodl Mid I he iiis»iK pus ... and provide alternatives folic acid daily. She said an ing in 400 micrograms of folic healthy as possible so you with the issue, addressed the rioiu ioda\ led me to believe to off-campus activities," he said. easy way to get this amount acid a day. It also helps keep can have a healthy baby" in board's decision to stop dispens- that the January decision will Although 188 students wen- is to take a multtvitamin. your arteries clear and the future, Hulton said. ing, but not prescribing, FOV hr positive arrested during the opening Sources of folic acid also improve your memory." For more information, visit Wamer differentiate,i The board also addressed week of school, an increase from come from specific foods, Cavoto said folic acid www mnrchofdimes.com, between ECPs, such as Plan B, a several othei Lteuei at its the previous year's total of 168, according to Hulton. also appears to interact with uwwWebMdxom or a health Food and L>rug Administration- meeting. Warner said the Harrisonburg These foods include such drugs. Some drugs, notably care provider. appn>ved contraceptive, and A recjuest to sti>k an addi- Police Department called this abortive agents like RU-186. tional S40.2 million in funds to opening week one of the most According to a fact sheet the 20O4-'0fi biennium was successful they have had. distributed by (MU students to approved at the meeting. I Ins The board voted on and board members, "Plan B may funding would include an appmved a change in procedure HELP: Students seeking aid with prevent pregnancy by tem- increased adjustment of $7 that laqutesj hoard members to porarily slopping the release million per year to the univer- be notified of motions aiming assignments can receive assistance of an egg from a uomens MI\ i best tunding. before the boani at least seven ovary, or it may prevent fertil- A base adequacy study by Oie days in advance of the meeting. ization ... but will not work if General Assembly showed IMl The board also voted for the HEIJ*. from page 1 you are already pregnant." as the most underninded public university to award two new through Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 7 ECPs are paid for by the university in the State. TU- dtfl iU"grees i»ne a bachelor of sci- p.m., Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., student, according to Warner. ciency of $28 million led to a ence in health ttlVluH adminis- and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m., the He said eight other schools jn leqUBSl Of Sboul $7 million per tration and the other a bachelor CRSC accepts appointments the Commonwealth cunvntly vear OUT I tour-year periixl to of science in athletic training. If and walk-ins and can be con- dispense ECPs compensate for the deficiency, approved by the State Council of tacted at X8-1683. During the report, Warner according to C harles king Jr., Higher Education in Virginia, the Students struggling with addn-ssed student reaction to the senior vice president for admin- programs would be upgraded math or science can seek help policy change "I've never Man istration and finance from their current status as aca- in the first floor of Wilson Hall, slmk-nts im>lnii/i' M> gtfongl) JMU President i inwood ucinn loncentrations and to room 102, at the Science and over an issue," he said, referring Rose reported to the board the degree programs. Math Help Center. Provided by the College of Science and Mathematics, Charles Cunningham, Mark Mattson, and undergraduate assistants NSCS: New members inducted offer support for students in their courses Monday through CHRIS l.AS7XJKSIwmi* phntoxnipher NSCS.fwmptif!, I Bxaeattve We PwhWui chology department, as the mttet Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, Junior Christine Ryan uses a computer In the Learning As the new members walked Metal Priam I Junta; intnv outstanding faculty member! In Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Resources lab. The center offers help to students In need. on the stage, they shook hands duced the 2003 Distinguished his honor, a hook has been Sunday 6 to 9 p.m. with the officers and t .ravson Honorary Members may are donated to the Carrier library. The center can be contact- Free academic assistance helps students master course receiving a small pin before members of the faculty and local New member Rebekah ed at xB-3379. With no also Is provided through content, develop and improve returning to their seats. community nominated by the Deeds, a sophomore, said, "I appointment necessary, stu- Supplemental Instruction, study and organizational skills Once all the new members local chapter Peters said, thought that the ceremony was dents can walk in at any time kxrated in Wilson Hall room and improve test scores. had been inducted, the chapter "Distinguished Members have all I good way to learn more during office hours and can 414. Course-competent stu- Office hours are Monday president and the officers rights and responsibilities of any about the organization, and I use the center as frequently as dents serve as supplemental through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., explained the significance of the member in good standing of the wanted to be inducted because they so choose. instruction leaders for the pro- and the office can be contacted pin they had just received. National Society of Colli it is nice to be recognized for "I come at least two to three gram and primarily focus on at xft-2507 for more information. Ballough swore the new mem- Scholars and are inducted for life- academic standards." times a week, and even though assisting in classes such as biol- In addition to these tutoring bers in with an oath pledging to time membership." For more information each tutor has a different style ogy, chemistry, economics, opportunities, individual continue scholashc excellence, Peters recognized Kevin about NSCS, visit www.geoci- of teaching, it's always worth a math, history and College of departments run their own leadership and service. Apple, assistant head of the psy- ties.com/imunscs. try," freshman Kate Ruck said. Business courses. The center tutoring programs as well. talent &00f<^ Ope* at 7:"S0pi sUoiv starts at tfp* PR~££ U/iUon Hall JO contact stepUew suoup. af <;Uoup<;w*',.wu edu Of s&8 6z n -Cor wore Illusionist attacked by tiger Speaking from experience Las Vegas star suffers from 'massive blood loss' BY CHRIS HM HAMKY every show to elicit oohs and Horn's arm had been wounded AND PAUL BROWNFIELD ahhhs from the audience. In in the attack. 'There was massive Los An/teles rimes fact, the tiger had performed blood kss, and that's what their onstage for several years, one of priority was," Lembach said. Illusionist Roy Horn, who about 60 white tigers owned by Horn was conscious and with partner Siegfried the show and 20 that are used talking to paramedics en route Fischbacher parlayed big-pro- any given night. to the trauma center, Leinbach duction magic and disappear- Horn instnicted the tiger to said, and was rushed immedi- ing while timers Into one of the lay down but this time, the ani- ately into surgery. most successful and longest- mal balked. Horn tapped the ani- The animal was quarantined running shows on the Las mal on its nose with his micro- in a cage at the Seigfried & Roy Vegas Strip, rem.nned in criti- phone, a training technique to get Secret Garden, a part-public- cal condition Siturday after the cat's attention, and Montecore exhibit of their animals and a being attacked onstage by one grabbed the illusionist's arm. part-working facility where the of the show's veteran animals As Horn stumbled, the 550- performing animals are kept Horn's condition showed no pound animal lunged at his neck, In a town non-plussed by improvement Siturday after knocked him to the ground and celebrity, S & R, as they were overnight surgery to repair a life- pulled him off the stage. known simply, had broken all threatening bite to his neck Friday Many in the audience the records. After playing at night that stunned a showroom thought the scene unfolding three other hotel showrooms for KRISTEN DONNFJJ.Y'ilaffrJmKmrajJwr filled with 1,500 people. before them was part of the years, they settled in at The Horn, who turned 59 Friday, show, but sitting in the third Mirage in 1990. Kathleen Stewart, head of the Center for Cultural Studies at the University of Texas, spoke on her new book "The Private Life of Public Culture: Impact, Effects and suffered a major loss of blood row, Dagmar Rethmann and At The Mirage, their position Intimacies." which Is a result of her personal fleldwork studies. that paramedics struggled to Karl Heinz Wunschmeier knew as a Las Vegas icon was cement- staunch with direct pressuie on better. The two are co-founders ed firmly; since 1990, they filled his neck — first aid that also of the Siegfried & Roy fan club, a 1,500-seat showroom for 5,750 exacerbated problems Horn had and Rethmann had seen the performances and, in 2001, were with breathing. show at least 15 times. granted by Mirage a "contract Saturday, local celebrities, At the moment the tiger for life." But, for now, the show France debates assisted suicide entertainers and politicians didn't lay down like Roy told is canceled indefinitely, and at Parisian newspaper. "We arc not asking for a visited University Medical BY COLIN MCMAHON him to, we knew something was least through Christmas, hotel crazy law that would authorize absolutely Center, but none were allowed Chicago Tribune wrong," Rethmann said officials said. anything but just that ... in specific cases, the close to Horn's room on the While some in the audience Horn was the primary han- In the last, tortured year of Vincent euthanasia exception is tolerated." hospital's fourth floor. laughed at what they thought dler of the animals. Horn and his Humbert's tragic life, the 22-year-old quadri- Quite willingly, the family says, Mayor Oscar Goodman was a gag, others froze in terror. dog Hexe became partners as the plegic sought to rally France behind the right- Humbert became a symbol for France's described Horn's condition M Fischbacher and stagehands young boy would run away from to-die movement and shame the nation's lead- right-to-die movement. "grim." But the hospital offered dressed in black ran across the his abusive father; he also ers into adopting a law allowing euthanasia. Prosecutors are investigating Humbert's no official comment Saturday on stage after Horn and the tiger, and befriended a cheetah named His plight — the former firefighter was death. An autopsy was to be performed this Horn's condition; it was hotel the theater's momentary silence Chico at a nearby zoo. thrown into a coma by a 2000 car accident week near Berck-sur-Mer, France, the north- officials who described Horn's was broken with the backstage According to their book only to emerge months later mute, blind and em town where Humbert was hospitalized condition as critical but stable. sound of yells and shouts. "Siegfried & Roy's Magic for the paralyzed — provoked sympathy. His case and a funeral mass was scheduled for In .] prepared statement, Someone grabbed a fire extin- Ages" Fischbacher, also sparked passionate discussion about God and Wednesday. Marie Humbert, 48, was ques- Fischbacher — who first guisher and sprayed the animal, German, and Horn met aboard a law. And his death last week, which came tioned, released and placed under the care of teamed up with Horn on an which finally released its grasp. cruise ship in 1957. after his mother spiked his intravenous drip doctors. Few in France can imagine murder ocean liner when they were A shaken Fischbacher Horn was fascinated by with sedatives, produced waves of sorrow. charges being brought. leenage crew members — returned to the stage and Fischbacher's magic and chal- But. no political change appears imminent The Humbert family's pain moved thanked fans for their "contin- announced the show was k-Tiged him to perform the same While urging that prosecutors treat Marie France, and extensive media coverage turned ued prayers and reflections. canceled. "God bless Roy," tricks — but with Chico as the Humbert gently for her role in her son's death, it into a national drama. A debate split the "For more than four decades, I he said, and then left. star. The serendipitous shipboard government officials rejected arguments that country, if not evenly, then with significant have had the great privilege of Paramedics arrived within pairing launched their career. France consider euthanasia legislation. numbers on both sides. standing .11 the side ol this 10 minutes and struggled to They arrived in Us Vegas in "life doesn't belong to politicians," Prime Government critics say Raffarin and others remarkable man, and I will con- stop the bleeding by applying 1970, sharing the stage with Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said "We must in his Cabinet are too beholden to the Catholic tinue to do so during this very direct pressure to Horn's neck other acts at the Tropicana and be very cautious about the prospects of a Church. One Socialist parliamentarian accused challenging time," he said. while he was driven to the hos- Stardust — finally booking their debate in parliament. We cannot legislate for the prime minister of "adopting a theological Friday's attack occurred pital less than two miles away. own theater at the Frontier situations that are so specific." vision of society that does not correspond to about 45 minutes into the pair's Robert Lejnbach. spokesman Hotel in 1981 Raffarin's comments to the French media the secular nature of the republic." 7:30 p.m. performance, when for the Clark County Fire The tiger that attacked Horn. undercut suggestions from his own Cabinet Euthanasia opponents counter that the emo- Horn — the dark-haired partner Lkpartment said it was all para- Montecore, was purchased from that France should consider following tion surrounding the Humbert case must tem- — stood alone on the huge stage medics could do to stop the a litter of three cubs that were Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland per before a fair debate can ensue. and introduced Montecore, a 7- bleeding from the left side of bom in Mexico and acquired by and allow some so-called mercy killings. There "There is a continual action starting from ycar-old Royal White Siberian Horn's throat without shutting the illusionists when the cubs Ls no response from President Jacques Chirac. about 20 years ago in France to get euthanasia tiger He told the audience that down the performer's ability to were about three weeks old. "This debate must absolutely be organized approved," said the Rev. Patrick Verspieren.'They it was the cat's first appearance breathe at the same time. Montecore was raised at the because it concerns people," Laurent are preying on the emotions of the French people onstage — a line he delivers at Paramedics didn't notice whether Secret Garden. Humbert, brother of Vincent Humbert, told it and using cases such as Vincent's." (feftnibelq d www.deltagamma.org/DefinitelyDG MONDAY, OCT. 6, 20031 THE BREEZE I 7 .. the school's administration didn't put A newly appointed board member it past their drivers to flip a bus and should know the issues facing JMU and catch it on fire at the same time. should have arrived Friday prepared and ready to make decisions. DEAN CAMP sophomore — >>mm Wttorial, MM OPINION M.ScNwl,MftS HOUSE EDITORIAL Board of Visitors strategically delays important decision about ECPs Whatever one's opinion about the Board Senate seat by silencing critics who said he of Visitors may be, no one can deny that was soft on abortion issues. board members know strategy- The board's The board also may be exploitedpolitically postponement of a decision about the emer- by politicians throughout Virginia. Del. Robert gency contraceptive pill until Jan. 9, 2004 Marshall, R-Manassas, has led a statewide — the board's next meeting date — is an crusade against the ECP and nonconservative excellent example of a calculated delay tac- sex education. Such an ideological inquisition tic designed to avoid a decision until stu- signals a desire to create name recognition dent ana political interest has disappeared. with the public, often preceding a politician's The board cannot possibly lack informa- candidacy for a state or national office. tion concerning this divisive debate. Mark Board members have more to fear from Warner, senior vice president of Student Marshall than a simple denunciation. Affairs and University Planning and Analysisjsresented the board with a history of the ECP issue and a comparison between Delegates' committee for Privileges ECPs and abortion pills, such as RU-486. Elections. Guess which activist politician sits Even if the five new board members did on that committee? That's right — Marshall. not have the information they needed to Thus, if the board would repeal the ban on make a decision, whose fault would that dispensing the ECP on campus, not only be? A newly appointed board member would board members have to worry about should know the issues facing JMU and Marshall comparing them with baby killers should have arrived Friday prepared and and infidels, but tney also would have to ready to make decisions. worry about keeping their positions. Not taking the time to prepare oneself Yet, the board cannot ignore the present adequately for one's job, especially a job as organization and dedication of JMU stu- important as the oversight board of a major dents who are committed to seeing ECP dis- university, is negligence of one's responsi- tribution restored at the Health Center. bilities and a poor reflection on the abilities Thus, the board is faced with a battle that it of board members. cannot win completely and most likely does Therefore, a lack of information could not even want to fight. not have been the deciding factor in the Board members appear to have read "The board's move to postpone a decision on the Art of War" by Sun-Tzu. In his classic work, ECP until January. What, then, is the real Sun-Tzu says that success in battle depends motive behind the delay? on deception. Specifically, Sun-Tzu recom- The answer can be found in politics. mends, If able, appear unable" and "if they The board itself is a political institution, are strong, avoid them." and therefore is vulnerable to manipula- It looks like the board simply desires tion by politicians who care little for the to postpone any decision about the ECP concerns of JMU students. until either the politicians or the stu- Board members are political appointees of dents have lost interest. It is in the the governor of Virginia, himself a political board's best interest, and in the best appointee of the voters. Board members are interest of the individual board mem- sometimes politicians themselves who may bers, to avoid a decision at all costs. exploit their positions for political gain. Unfortunately, as always, the eventual los- One example of this is Mark Obenshain, ers in this struggle will be the student body a former board member who proposed the of JMU. Short of occupying buildings and ban on dispensing ECPs at the University shutting down the university, students have Health Center. Obenshain's proposal ignit- little power vis-a-vis the board, and, there- ed his candidacy for Virginia's 26th district fore, have little chance of seeing a victory. \ ■ Letter to the Editor Protectionist measures hurt economy, security E-mail dans and paU lo [email protected] J. BarkleyRosser Jr. Dam A Paly air submitted annmmousrv and pruned an a space- tainly the case. However, a\ailahle basis Mniunu an- based upon one person s opinion of a In an editorial in the Sept. China historically never has ft ii vi Mlualum. person or e\rm and do not necessarily reflect the Inah 29 issue of The Breeze, Adam been very aggressive, and Sharp notes the following there is no reason to expect it facts — first, China has been to be in the future. growing more rapidly eco- If anybody should be con- nomically than the United cerned about a militarily strong Pat... Dart... States in recent years. Second, China, it would China's imme- military power tends to corre- diate neighbors — especially A "the-smile-was-an-added-bonus" A "you-were-supposcd-to-learn-'no- late with economic strength. Taiwan — which China claims pat to the guy in the Office of the butts-no-cuts'-in-third-grade" dart to all Kc'Kistrar who told me it was all right to Third, the Chinese yuan as part of its nation. It is proba- of the jerks who cut in line for concert (currency) has a fixed exchange ble thai China will (relabsorb turn in my December graduation appli- tickets to see 311. cation four months late. rate with the U.S. dollar Fourth, Taiwan sooner or later. From a very agitated and upset line of peo- recent job losses in manufactur- China's historical approach to From a girl who was dreading explaining lo ple who didn't get floor tickets because of you. ing in the United States have her parent* Dial she wouU be a sixth-year senior. military strength has been large- resulted from competition from ly defensive, to keep aggressive Chinese imports. foreigners at bay, such as the Dart... Finally, China recently has Mnlish who defeated them in the Pat... been helping to finance the large Opium Wars of 18.19 to 1842 and An I-think-I-srx'ak-for-thtMTitire-class- A "thank-you-so-much" pat to the guy US. budget deficit by purchas- took over Hong Kong as a result, wrxTi-i-say-please-shut-your-mourh" dart to who returned my IPOD that I left behind ing substantial amounts of US. holding it until 1997. ON annoying curly hailed girl in my sociolo- in math class. government securities. Sharp gy claw I'lc.isc stop asking questions and Currently, Sharp's "weak From a forgetful girl iiVw never tltougli! tun concludes that the United States and whiney" France is a greater blurting out ignorant responses every class. would he a guy as nice as you on OMdM ;clic should engage in an "aggres- military power than China, From a student who knows that people wouldn't keep it for himself. sive, protectionist" policy to with more military spending, im IKI question is a dumb question," but slow down Chinese exports to think' you are just a plain idiot. more nuclear weapons, partn i- the United States and its ivo- pation in the first Gulf War and nomic growth so that they will the Afghan War on the US ride not threaten U.S. jobs or nation- and troops active in several Pat... Dart... al security in the future. African nations. Regarding China's econom- A ' tlianks-for-being-so-awesomc" pat to Regarding the low fixed A "the-last-time-l-chw-ked-we-were-liv- ic growth, many countries are exchange rate, although many my best friend for leaving me a card in my ing-in-a-free-country" dart to the two grad- mailbox so it wouldn't be empty. growing more rapidly than the in the United States complain uate students who passed judgment on United States, especially poor- Front a girl u'lto feels lucky to have you that the yuan is undervalued those who don't agree with homosexuality er countries that are catching in her life and hopes you realize she'd rather and should be made to float because of n'ligious reasons. up to the United States and again-.! Ihe dollar, it is not def- have 100 memories with you than one mem- Fnmt a student wlio believes in free speech ory with 100 people. other more advanced coun- inite that it would go up in and hopes you will become as tolerant and knou^ tries. China only recently has value if it did float. Although edgeahle about religion as you are of homosexuals moved into being a lower-mid- China has a bilateral trade sur- dle income country rather than plus with the United States, it a desperately poor country. had an overall trade deficit in However, millions of its the second quarter of this year, citizens still are very poor. importing more from some of Slowing them down econom- its neighbors than it exports to EDITORIAL POLICY ically would condemn mil- the United States. THEIBREEZE lions to remain in poverty. The U.S. trade deficit with Furthermore, poorer coun- China has declined to about Editor Drew Wilson I'hoto edit." Laura Dean The h* for Arnold •huurzeneggerbecause, he's big and fuzzy" i Muhleman Kara Norcross _ freshman. pre-SMAI) graduate .student, ai. ^^ Who would you vote for to be governor of California? ■ Laugh Lines LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Recollections on elementary Opinion pages exist coluim ,:, rea- to the JMU community to son. If a column sparks a . I i I open, beneficial tion among readers, then the In Beard Of Regent school, bus drivers, nurses forum for ail students iffllas done tta ■ became thai ntend- SoulhworthQOOO), hin- DeanCamp whereas, by the afternoon, he of excrement" at some point. Dear readers. ons to Supreme Court ruled that a uni- If you've ever seen "Full already had begun drinking School nurse is strictly a job In recent weeks, The Breeze 1 and form Metal')acket." "Saving I'm ale for the next evening. that people get stuck with after ■ ed several complaints their own ttouj ■ Ryan," "Platoon," "We Were The school obviously was several demotions. Nobody rs to the editor con- ,li Tin Brteze Sikliers," "Apocalypse Now" aware of the very trustwor- completes their medical train- cerning prints a column, it does not of those ideas offc- or any episode of "Band ot thy individuals they had at ing and thinks, "Well, I enjoy mean that 7V 8m Brothers,' then you know the helm because the average working the field. I've studied of the confusion concerning our agrees with that column. Tlir • fending speech exactly the type of thing I had to school bus contained, by my it now tor several years, and Breez. *i on may not bacaneorad endure throughout elementary count, eight to 10 emergency Bnrzrcditori.il board decided it I'd like focus on those ailments and in the The court found that having and middle schixil exits. I distinctly remember curable by either a Band-Aid would be benei I houseeditori.il. [he real students "engage in dynamiclie Actually, my years in early- that my bus in elementary or a tampon. That's where my our editorial policies and ihe open grade school probably more school actually had a fire exit heart is. Neosporin and Kotex pWO decide what forum for student i>pr doaely resembled 'Tici.il on the ceiling are my callm Some have questioned the Goes West" or "A Very Brady This was because the school's Or, for mstan. e. vou'II never The Breezi' opinion section is i >f balance on the opi Sequel," but I was really administration didn't put it past an open forum t. hear children say, "Hey do you side the I. \oung so they seemed much their drivers to flip a bus and want to play doctor?" in and tlic freedom the damasjr of studt c more frightening back then . .itch it on tire at the same time. her views m an < irgamzed man- "Nan, let's play middle like when your parents take I'm not saying that vou should school nurse!" ncr Anv student may submit a to what some may believe, TV \ou to the circus tor the tirst have to be a genius to drive a "All right! You get the pil- column, and any student, facul- ■ -lies not receive an over- n opinion •line, and the bearded lady hits school bus — all I'm saving is low, I'll get the hall passes!" vrr.nn ropic and wnsn on you II you haven't seen that I think you should have Whichever theory is correct a letter to the . or letters to the editor on a i thoughts in an any of Ihe aforementioned passed the grade of the children matters not What matters is movies, there's no need to you're driving home. section is an open forum, the that, should you ever visit the What appears in the paper uinn or I, idly Invite worry — although I am thor- However, the bus rides were editorial hum! II^TW-S the nght school nurse again, you sport a ■ wzrcpm oughlv disappointed, and you not the scariest part of the day. ' for AP st\ le or take out Kevlar vest and codpiece. the a ill ivceivc an incomplete" The most traumatic parts of any Another terrifying time in information th.it could be opinion editor have to choose columnists c on your semester assessment. child's elementary school days my school was the monthly I lilvlous or unneces- what stones will run in th. Every day of elemental v were those times he or she had spelling bee. This was a com- sary. In the event th.it a submrc- tion since there isn't a :. my questions school began with the bus nde to spend with the school nurse. petition in which the teacher I infor- concerr to school. Bus rides were School nurses are the angri- lined all of us up against a wall mation and need that always an onjovablc blend of est people on the face of the and. like some firing range of i< the columnist is contact- The Breeze shoul.i mailcof blurry ncighborhcxxls. penlous planet and can, when irrit.itul academic failure, would tell ; prove the changes. print opinions that could be continue- lluBi speeding and sudden, fore- — by, say, a whimpering 6-year- each student to go sit down if mnot be u»ri- ■ Drew Wilson 'le.ul -to-seatback braking. old — breath fire out of both he misspelled the given word. analysed as neW9 stones are. ty. Re.ic liargedlh.it editor in chicl At no point during my ends. I would walk in to a I was notoriously sucky at Vie Breeze dc«-s not limit a Tlir /o Inlay /lie Breeze■eze entire tenure as an elementary National Association of School this and if I ever did, by some school student did my bus Nurses convention just as miracle, spell a word correctly, driver indicate in any way that .jiiukly as I would jump into the teacher immediately would he knew he wasn't playing an Hie middle of the Pacific soaked call up Webster so he and his arcade racing game. I would- in blood and wearing a sign lexKonic goons could come up TRADE: History shows protectionist n't have trusted this guy- that says, "Sharks suck." with a new way to spell it behind the Wheel of Fortune, Nobody really is sure what "Lamb. L-A-M-B. Lamb." much less the wheel of a bus causes school nurses to be so Teacher: "I'm sorry. Dean. actions hurt world economy, cause war filled with 10-year-olds. fed up, mainly because all Wrong again. I ami1 isn't spelled By fourth grade, I was con- attempted tests on the subject with a V at the end. It's spelled TRAM-:, from page 7 vinced that my bus driver must have resulted in one or all of with a 'IT.'" 19.13, the United States had a 25 debt. This would hurt our have learned different lyrics to the practitioners being turned cally from Chinese imports. Me: "But, we're not in percent unemployment rate, housing market and residential the song, "The Wheels on the to stone. However, I have Russia. I'm sure of that because However, efforts at protection- and Adolf Hitler was elected construction industry — which Bus." His version seemed to go three theories. it was the only question I got ism generally backfire badly in chancellor of Germany on a have been important engines something like — "The wheels One theory involves a correct in the geography bee." terms of employment. promise of full employment He in recent U.S. economic growth on the bus go round and ■haved Welsh corgi and a cata- Teacher "Well Dean, that's Thus, recently the George succeeded in the latter when — thereby causing layoffs in 'round, over a kitten, over a pult, but I believe it is inappro- the way God wrote it, and he W. Bush administration decid- World War II began. those industries instead of the kitten. The wheels on the Inis priate to discuss details at this probably doesn't appreciate ed to pnitect jobs in the hard- As for China's purchase, of import-competing industries go up on two wheels, through juncture. Maybe later you making fun of him. hit steel industry by import U.S. governmental securities, More generally, a policy of that guv s garden, through that My second theory is not Me: "But I —" tariffs that violated our inter- the solution is that the United "aggressive protectionism guy's garden. developed fully yet, but is Teacher "Snack time!" national treaty agreements. States should not be running against China would threaten "The wheels on the bua baaed on the fact that anyone However, elementary and Quite aside from thoroughly such large budget deficits that to plunge the United States grind to a screeching halt, for no forced to sit in a small, middle school weren't too over- annoying our trading partners. require the United States to into a deeper alienation from apparont reason, Ki, k over that square, light beige or lima whelming for me. 1 usually was the higher price of steel result- borrow so much from foreign the rest of the world than it kitten, all the live-long day." green room all day surely will ing from these tariffs triggered preoccupied with practicing to countries. As it is. both Japan already is experiencing, an Tin-*- were always memorable not be firing on all cylinders become a professional tennis serious job losses in U.S. and China are buying our alienation that Sharp cites tunes, and tor those ol you who by the end of the month. player, although I always took industries that use steel, such growing national debt in order when he argues for our need to never have seen a leveled stop I lowever, my thud, and per- as autos. u'lisumcr appliances tune out between matchi*. to to prevent their currencies protect ourselves against the sign, the irony is so Intel— that haps most plaiisiNc. theory is partake in comical, quick-wit- and commercial construction from floating upward. allegedly aggressive Chinese. it can give vou a hcidaclu- that schixil nurvs an- so hitter ted exchanges about boys and DucAll estimates suggest On the one hand, if they The world is already in dan- The driver bussed us back Ixxause they are school nurses. shopping with my best friends. that three jobs have been lost in were to stop such buying, their ger of a broader breakdown of home in a similar fashion Obviously, if you are an ele- No wait, maybe that's the U.S. economy because of currencies might rise in value international trade due to rising after school, the only differ- mentary scluxil nurse, your life "Blossom" I'm thinking of. these tariffs for every one job against the dollar — although protectionist pressures, which ence being that In the morn- did not "take Ihe route" you Yeah, school did suck. saved in the steel industry. More maybe not for the Chinese yuan could, in the worst case sce- ing he was still hung over "anted it to. You might even Dow Camp is a soplumort dramatically, in 1930, thc'Unitcd as noted above — thereby mak- nano, trigger a repeat of the from the previous evening, say it "off-roaded into a big pile SrVMD major. States passed the Smoot-Hawley ing them less competitive in 1930s. Far from protecting either tariff to "protect American jobs selling us their gixxis. the US. economy or its national from foreign imports." On the other hand, the ces- security, an "aggressive, protec- Foreigners retaliated by rais- sation of such purchases very tionist" policy would serve to How can people agree with you unless they know what you think? ing their tariffs; international likely would force up interest threaten both seriously. trade collapsed and we went rates in order to attract other (. BarWcy Rosscr />.» a pmfrs And how can people know what you think unless you submit a into the Great Depression. By buyers of our rising national sor ofeconomics. column or a letter to the editor to [email protected]? "PURPLE COMING AND PEP RALLY! Friday, October 10, 2003 PARADE: 5 p.m. along Bluestone & Carrier Drives Gather your friends and bring a blanket to Hanson Field for a great view of this annual Homecoming tradition. You wont want to miss this eventl PEP RALLY: 5:30 p.m. on the Commons The Student Ambassadors invite you to continue the festivities after the parade. Come out and show off your JMU pride! There will be be FREE food, games, entertainment, prizes, and only 1,000 SGA Purple Out T-shirts to be given away. Questions? E-mail tagyecm@jmu edu or visit vywwjmu edu/homecoming MONDAY. OCT. 6. 2003 I THE BREEZE I INNERA»-Tho5:0#PM-»:iO Fri-5