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Thursday Volume 91 / April 5, 1991 PARTHENON Number92 Duke professor But where's the apple? guest speaker at convocation By Ed Loomis Reporter ---------- A man considered one of America's leading black educators will speak at 8 p.m. Monday at the Honors Convoca tion recognizing Marshall's best stu dents and faculty. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, a speaker and professor atDuke University, will speak "On Transforming the American Mind." The awards convocation, which will be in Smith Recital Hall, recognizes the accomplishments of students for achievement in honors seminars. The convocation also honors students who have received departmental aca demic scholarships or recognition, in cluding students in international stud ies and the nursing program. Gates, originally from Piedmont, W .Va., graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1973. He re ceived his doctorate at Clare College in Cambridge, England. He has taught at Yale and Cornell universities. Recently selected to chair English literature studies at Harvard Univer Frank Addington, Winfield junior, demonstrates his archery during the Public Relations Student Society of America's Schick sity, Gates will assume his new duties skills Wednesday on the Memorial Student Center Plaza Tracer Close Shave Adventure Fair. in 1992. Bill lets classified staff donate sick leave By Lalena D. Price Campus staff satisfied Staff Writer----------- Employee requests extra leave· days with legislative decision To look at Billie Tipton you wouldn't think she has reason to use all of her sick leave. By Ed Loomis In fact, she said, you wouldn't even know Reporter ----------- - she is ill. But the 42-year-old computer services VeriflcaHon that employee Is unable to work because of catastrophic illness Marshall University classified employee center employee has chronic mylenous leu or Injury representatives say recently passed legisla kemia, a disease that has caused_her to miss tion that would allow transfers of sick leave work so often that she has no sick leave or to other employees is "the best thing to come vacation time left. out of the Legislature this year." Tipton, who once played racquetball four Mark Rhodes, president of Classified Staff times a week, now has five-day treatment Council, said it also is one of the few things sessions in Houston every three months. Request Is approved by president that came out ofthis session that will benefit .Re~very time for those sessions, their side of unlverstty classified staff. effects and chemotherapy rapidly consumed The bill was signed by Gov. Gaston Caper the leave time she once had. ton March 20 and allows people with un Until recently, Tipton had no other option needed sick leave the option of giving it to but to miss work and have her pay docked. other classified employees with catastrophic But help for university employees like her illnesses or injuries. who are in dire need ofextra sick days will be Donated Hme Is credited to employees Employees with family members who need available July 1 when a bill sponsored by account by personnel office constant care are also eligible for these do- Sen. Thais Blatnik, D-Ohio, takes effect. 5ee BILL, Page 6 See DECISION, Page 6 B E V O N D M U THE PARTHENON Friday, April 5, 1991 D.C. employees Where aicdhiithits hardest . against moving Percentage of drivers Jn _fata.La~idents who had JAfqoh.pl in tpe/r blood$tre~rni l>.ytype of vehicle: ' ;'};-;-t, .:,-: :.:::=::::::::/::::::::::::}ttt~;.' ·::.: :-.-:.-•, . ::::::.. .~~: .. •. ·,,_,,-,-=,',-=,-_:_·_,,,_-_',i,'_;_::' _:(:,·. '-_:-:::·-••_:_,·,,,,_ to West Virginia ·.•,:•;:-::: .. NEWVORK Youths strike out Parkersburg to get :--·· •,;;.·,,..x~f with stolen cards 700 jobs in 4 years Three Syracuse teen-agers swiped 100,000 baseball cards By the Associated Press---- worth $20,000 and traded them for only $280 worth of basket wASHINGTON - An economic ball cards before they were plum for Parkersburg is bad news to caught by police, authorities some U.S. Bureau of Public Debt work said Wednesday. ers who must decide between leaving Collector James Dwyer re home and venturing into a tough job ported thatbaseball cards from market, several workers said. the 1950s through 1990s plus The bureau said some 700 jobs and a 35 baseballs signed by stars Source: National Highway ,. like Mickey Mantle, Willie $25 million payroll will be transferred Traffic Safety Administration from Washington, D.C., to Parkers Mays and Joe DiMaggio were burg over the next four years. If em 1-lncludes Jeeps and Jeep-like vehicles Keith Carter, USA TODAY stolen Easter Sunday. ployees refuse to transfer, they will lose their jobs. WASHINGTON Accounting technician Paulette When Johnny marches home Brightful, 38, has worked for the agency State coal operators for 13 years. She is not eager to sell her home in a Maryland suburb and take he may not recognize the place cited in investigation her four children out of local schools. "Would you want to uproot your By Chet Lunner The Labor Department has family?" Brightful said. and Shellee Nunley often the spouse becomes the emotional fined 850 coal operators, about Many bureau employees don't have College Information Network--- lightning rod for all that emotion that 35 of which are in West Vir much choice because of the faltering has been pent up." ginia, $5 million for allegedly job market, she said. WASHINGTON - When the troops "To me," Jellen said, "the most im tampering with coal samples One of them is Eunice Queen, 41, a come marching home from the Persian portant thing is just to highlight the used to gauge miners' risk of bureau securities analyst for 21 years. Gulf, they may not recognize the place. fact that this is a period ofacijustment black lung disease, Labor Sec "'I definitely will be relocating," Queen Spouses change. Kids grow. Lovers for different people in different ways retary Lynn Martin said. said. may have taken don't think you're going crazy because CHARLESTON Queen's brothers, sisters and cous new partners. you're having these mixed feelings." ins live in her Washington neighbor "Homecomings Counselors say those feelings may hood. She has no family in Parkers include jealousy, anxiety, flashbacks, Officials recommend burg. · are absolutely The bureau's Parkersburg office al wonderful, but boredom, or just confusion over a fam phone rate increase sometimes I think ily situation that may have changed in ready has 1,200 workers who issue and it surprises people redeem U.S. savings bonds. U.S. Sen. the months between deployment and An administrative law judge Robert Byrd, chairman of the Senate thatithasitsawk coming home. recommended that West Appropriations Committee, initiated ward moments, Jellen said military chaplains and Viriginia's second-largest tele the move. and it may take a counselors advise returning troops to phone company be allowed to Bob Tobias, president ofthe National while for things to "take a step back" and ask themselves increase its rates $4.4 million, Treasury Employees Union, said he get back to normal," said Maj. Linda some questions: Public Service Commission will lobby Congress to reverse the Jellen, chief of the Army Community What changes have taken place? officials said Thursday. decision. Service Center network. Where am I going to fit into this family Melissa K. Marland's recom Many workers said they took jobs "It's damn tough," said Navy Cmdr. now? mendation for GTE South Inc. with the bureau for the security and Richard Farley, a psychologist at the "We try to stress how important it is will become effective in 20 days never envisioned moving. Twentynine Palms, Calif., naval hos to talk and negotiate. Finances, disci unless modified or canceled by wrhen again, a lot ofpeople are scared pital. "After the initial honeymoon, plining the kids, that sort of thing." the commission. of being homeless," Queen said. there are a lot of frustrations. Very J ellen said. 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