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MONDAY APRIL 1. 1996 VOL. 73. NO. UCC raises concerns about Math, science faculty cast ballots to address the "unacceptable" General Education Program objectives of the Natural World by Kristen Heiss the meeting," according to the timeline. staff writer Rick Lippke, philosophy and religion, addressed faculty by Kristen Hdss input to the objectives later in the meeting. staff writer Those who attended Friday's Undergraduate Curriculum "Some objectives were jettisoned, some were not put in, College of Science and Mathematics faculty showing great concern for Council meeting had a lot of objections, questions and and some were modified. . comments on the new General Education Program's objectives in the new General Education Program met to cast ballots "The result, speaking from my department, is that we Thursday afternoon. objectives. don't recognize these objectives. Cynthia Gilliatt, English, said, "I think this whole Jim Leary, College of Science and Mathematics representative to the "It is my feeling that other departments feel this way," University Curriculum Council, calleo*the meeting to "vote on two concept does a disservice to the intelligence capacity of he said. the students. I think it is a real insult to them." motions that will serve as guidance to me, as I serve [the College of Halpern said in response, "Very little was jettisoned Science and Mathematics] on the UCC," according to a memo distributed General Education Dean Linda Halpern and Pat outright. Very much was combined with things from Reynolds, chairman of the by Leary. ^_^^^^_^^^_ different areas. About 45 to 50 tenured and tenure-track faculty attended the meeting, General Education Committee, a "Our aim was to broaden Leary said, and will vote in favor of or against the motions presented at the explained Version 3 of rather than to narrow Objectives of the General I think this whole meeting. objectives, so very often the Ballots will be sent to UCC Representative Bill Voige, chemistry, by Education Program, which was language has changed." distributed to university faculty concept does a disservice noon April 2. Jim Leary, chemistry, said, The first motion states College of Science and Mathematics faculty March 18. "It's been repeatedly Reynolds assured the ucc to the intelligence capacity "reject the idea that a course package which channels the majority of proclaimed that these students through a single course can accommodate the needs of those that the objectives compiled by /. . J * >> objectives were compiled with students," according to a memo distributed by Leary. his committee are based on 01 trie StUdentS. the faculty. Instead, the motion seeks course opportunities that enable students to faculty input. "What will you do if the fulfill a variety of individual needs. "What makes these objectives Cynthia Gilliatt faculty rejects these?" he The second motion states the faculty, within the college "find the acceptable? The faculty wrote associate professor of English asked, objectives listed under Cluster 3 [in Version 3 of Objectives] to be them," he said. Halpern said the General Jesse Liles, secondary unacceptable as a basic statement of the goals and objectives for a general Education Committee would science and mathematics education." education, however, took issue with Reynolds' claim that continue to work on the objectives if this should occur. the objectives should be conceived as acceptable because According to Version 3 of die objectives, cluster 3, Natural World, the The clusters proposed by the General Education natural world is "based on investigative, quantitative and analytical "the faculty wrote them." Committee will rearrange the present liberal studies methods to gather evidence and to build and review models based on that "I'm prepared to say that not all faculty contributed to disciplines into five categories, each of which contains a these objectives," he said. evidence." variety of packages. The five categories include: Skills for Leary said the votes will be counted Tuesday afternoon. According to the Two Year Timeline of the the 21st Century, Ideas and Expressive Forms in the The results of the votes of the participating faculty will be sent to Development of Goals and Objectives, as distributed at Human Community, the Natural World, Social and College Of Science and Mathematics Dean Norman Garrison and General the UCC meeting by the General Education Committee, Cultural Processes and Individuals in the Human Education Dean Linda Halpern, and will be posted on the FACSTAFF vax "1,300 objectives [were] submitted by 140 faculty in 35 Community. departments" from March 1994 to April 1995. bulletin board. The objectives discussed at the meeting are organized "It will be clear that Cluster 3 doesn't hove the support of the faculty," "The committee then consolidated these objectives to within these clusters and will eventually be used as a basis about 100 and incorporated them into Version 1, Version Leary said 2 and the most recent. Version 3, which was discussed at see EDUCATION page 2 SGA mistakenly declares candidate a winner Efforts to avoid runoff elections found illegal under SGA constitution

by Stacey Danzuso and declared Montgomery the victor. assistant news editor It was not until Thursday that the Executive Council informed the Elections Committee that regardless of Jenkins' concession, a A candidate for Student Government Association treasurer for runoff election had to be held because Montgomery did not l996-'97 was mistakenly declared the winner by the SGA receive 50 percent of the votes, Phillips said. Elections Committee last week. According to Jenkins, his concession was illegal under the The problem arose when candidate Richard Jenkins, who terms of SGA's constitution. finished second in the race for treasurer, conceded his votes to However, Jenkins said, "no one said anything or bothered to Matthew "Danville" Montgomery, who captured 47.7 percent of PRESIDEM check the constitution [Wednesday night]." the 1,956 votes cast for treasurer. The committee determined Friday Jenkins should be in the Prior to SGA's announcement of the winners, Jenkins and David Baker & Matt Finazzo runoff election because he had rightfully captured the second Montgomery made an agreement. highest percentage of votes, Phillips said. The two arranged to concede to the oySer if one received 48 or VI( I:-PKIMI>I:M According to Jenkins, "I conceded after the election results 49 percent of the votes rather than face a runoff election, Jenkins April Roberts & Kim Wilson were in, so Gary [Basnett] was already out of the picture. It's just said. me and Danville up for treasurer." Gary Basnett, also a candidate for treasurer, did not take part Basnett said he feels the whole issue is a "gray area. It's in the arrangement but had only received 19.4 percent of the TREASURER something that hasn't happened before, and there is nothing about votes. Justin Voshell ft Tony Madsen it in the rules we follow [if Jenkins should be allowed back in the Jenkins withdrew from the race when the Elections Committee race]." announced he had only captured 643, or 32.9 percent, of the "Jenkins was selected because when he resigned from the race, votes. SEC Hi I VRi he didn't understand the implications," Basnett said. Neither realized SGA's constitution didn't allow them to Matthew "Danville" Montgomery In addition to the runoff for treasurer, there will be runoff concede votes to avoid a runoff. ft Richard Jenkins elections for president between David Baker and Max Finazzo, According to Montgomery, "One of the main reasons there for vice president between April Roberts and Kim Wilson, and was a withdrawal was so we didn't have to go through a runoff." for secretary between Justin Voshell and Tony Madsen. Commuter Sen. Ron Rose and Elections Committee Runoff elections will be held April 3 on the commons and in Chairwoman Ann Marie Phillips accepted Jenkins' concession EMILY CHlLDRESSIcontributing artist the Lakeside area from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 2 Monday, 'Apr! 1, 1996 TfcfcfcRfiEZE Education continued from page 1 for choosing courses in the future. students' needs in the proposed General Education Program. "Just the JAMIS MADISON UN Bill Voige, chemistry, addressed the sequences involved in the fact that students are restricted to a "To the press alone, chequered General Education Program. sequence limits their academic as it is with abuses, the world is According to the Report of the freedom." Halpern said, "There is no doubt that indebted for all the triumphs Goals and Objectives Subcommittee and Approved by General Education some freedom disappears when which have been gained by Committee, —— ______students move reason and humanity over error each cluster a from a menu and oppression." is made, up of In order for students to a curriculum. — James Madison packages, which is "If they AI toon Boy c« to be active in their own Editor made up of a choose Managing editor CyndyUodtk. sequence of packages, Ads manager MaUtoMayall courses. education, it is students are exposed to News editor CriftialfMn If a student seeks to necessary that they have interrelated News editor Qrt Froom areas of Asst. news editor Stacay DWHMM ifsuiufi the freedom to pursue study," Focus editor KafM Brawar the 21st . . . Halpern continued. Asst. focus editor AnjtoKrum century, for their own changing example, he - , However, Opinion editor Sitwri Dawitofg or she would interests when choosing some students Asst. opinion editor Laura W«d« choose one expressed yy concern about Style editor Jaaon Comaf package that roWTSeS ,3C,> the Asst. style editor KaranBKz offered an " area of „. „ connections Sports editor Matt Prov#oc# Steve Hanson Ha, ajd interest UCC student representative Asst. sports editor PetarHaaarty within that students are Copy editor Karen Bot;an cluster. supposed to The student would then follow a make between clusters as a result of SUNG HEE KIMJcontrihuting artist Photo editor Roger Wollenbare sequence of courses within the packages. Asst. photo editor Maliaaa Palladlno package. In an interview after the meeting,, among different packages of courses, Halpern responded that she never said students were incapable of Graphics editor Anjola Tarry Voige voiced concern for the Hanson said, "In order for students to locking them into the sequences for be active in their own education, it is up to three semesters." making connections. Asst. graphics editor Draw Bantemer student who failed a course in the sequence. necessary that they have the freedom Moira McCaffrey, Student When asked how courses will be Advisers Flip Da Luca, "In a sequence within a package, if to pursue their own changing interests Government Association commuter chosen within clusters, Halpern said Alan NeckowiU, a student fails at a lower level, the when choosing courses from one senator, said, "... I think you're [the faculty will be elected by faculty to approve the courses within clusters. David Wendelken student must repeat before he can semester to the next. General Education Committee] move on," Halpern responded. "The new General Education terribly underestimating students UCC will vote on the General FYI. . . UCC student representative Steve Program will reduce this freedom by when you say that students can't Education Program's Version 3 Hanson emphasized his concern for forcing students to choose from make their own connections." Objectives April 12. The Breeze is published Monday and Thursday mornings and distributed throughout James Madison University and the local Harrisonburg community. Comments and complaints should Come April 4, be addressed to Alison Boyce, editor. Mailing address: The Breeze Anthony-Seeger Hall The Breeze will James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 E-Mail address: THE.BREEZE within the JMU be taken over by VAX system; [email protected] outside the JMU VAX system i Breeze Net: http://breeze.jmu.edu a new staff. > An individual may have one copy of The Breeze for free. All subsequent copies cost 25 cents a piece. Congratulations In The Breeze. OPINION JO STYLE 13 to all outgoing FOCUS J8 SPORTS JO. COMICS -27 CLASSIFIEDS 31 editors for a job CORRECTIONS J.R. Wycinsky is the current president of Alpha Kappa well done, and Lambda fraternity, and Ryan Powers is the former president, as reported in the March 28 article titled, KYLE BVSSJsenior photographer "Clubs, organizations unite good luck to you in support of student with 'Row tunes' recent family tragedy" on page 3. Junior Justin Sacco floats a tune to the Greek Sing The Breeze regrets the audience during Alpha Chi Rho fraternity's "Formerly Known in your futures. error. as Frat Boys' performance at Godwin Hall Thursday night. q^HfrflRfcEZE .Monday,Aprillr 1996 * IHC polls opinions on affirmative action Ongoing controversy over JMU's admissions policies was the subject of a recent IHC survey committee and members of the by Mifcri O'Rear campus to be more educated on questions that would best reveal While students split on the issue of affirmative action, a large administration present to clear up any staff writer affirmative action because it will rise students' views, but it felt some sooner or later, and if nobody stops questions were ambiguous. majority, 72.8 percent, still believe misinterpretations on the affirmative Affirmative action is an ongoing and explains the issue, it might get "There will be logical JMU is not "racially balanced," action policy used at JMU. issue at universities nationwide, and worse as time goes by." inconsistency gaps there," he said. McCullough said. McCullough said James Wadley, there is growing concern JMU's The survey consisted of 21 The results showed 75.5 percent Because the committee feels affirmative action officer, and a representative from the Admissions policy is not successful in admitting questions, ranging from students' of students surveyed believe students need to be better informed qualified students to the university. beliefs on admissions policies to affirmative action plays a role in the on the issue, it will hold an Office will be present to answer A committee formed by seven whether JMU is seen as a "racially admittance of minority students to information session April 3, 7-9 p.m. questions and to listen to the members of Inter-Hall Council took balanced" campus. JMU, while 8.5 percent disagreed in Duke Hall, rm. A220. concerns of students. and 16 percent had no opinion. The session will give students a The committee hopes to have The survey asked students if they chance to learn what affirmative someone there to represent the believed JMU uses a quota system in action at JMU means and will give Center for Multicultural Student The Supreme Court has ruled that admitting students. Of the students students a chance to respond to the Services. McCullough said. surveyed, 59.1 percent said they survey results, McCullough said. Dingledine Hall President no institution or company can use agreed quotas are used, while 40.9 Makarewicz said the session will Charlene Scott said the session will percent disagreed. have moderators from the survey be "a learning process." quotas or lower its qualifications to McCullough said these results showed students do not know JMU hire the less qualified. cannot use a quota system "because the Supreme Court has ruled that no Mat McCullough institution or company can use. Affirmative Action Committee chairman quotas or lower its qualifications to hire the less qualified." Affirmative action is a racist policy. on the task of developing a survey According to Valerie Makarewicz, Another question that showed 33.5% agree that would reflect students' opinions Hillside Hall president, 200 on- students were not as informed as they 27.5% no opinion on affirmative action. campus students were randomly should be on the issue asked if race 39% disagree The group had been working since chosen to answer the survey. and gender columns should be taken the affirmative action issue was taken The group released the results of off the JMU application. Affirmative action causes JMU to lower up by the Student Government 11 questions on the survey because The answers to this question its academic standards in order to recruit Association in November 1995 to "they were the most striking in their showed 58.5 percent agreed this minorities. create a survey that would give results," Makarewicz said. information should not be required, 39.9% agree students a chance to respond, said According to McCullough, the 26.5 percent disagreed and 15 Mat McCullough, affirmative action committee decided to release the percent had no opinion. 20.2% no opinion committee chairman. results of only the most important What students do not know, 39.9% disagree The results of the survey showed questions before the information McCullough said, is federal law "not enough people know what session scheduled for April 3. requires race and sex columns on Do you believe JMU is racially balanced? affirmative action is," McCullough The survey asked for race and college applications for them to 27.2% yes said. Students need more education gender information, and the results . receive public funding. 72.8% no on the issue before the debate gets came from those surveys on which The question of whether JMU's worse. students provided this information, affirmative action policy has been "We realize we're dealing with a McCullough said. successful showed 42.8 percent survey conducted by Inter-Hall Council touchy issue," McCullough said. Gifford Hall President Brian agreed, while 47.2 percent saw the "We want the residents on this Thomas said the group tried to ask need for it to be continued. SUNG HEE KlMlcontibuting artist General Education Committee searches DJLJLI U * jjvyvjnn G3JJJ0 for faculty to head curriculum planning by Paula Finkelstein additional salaries" for their "Individuals in the Human Community" police report by Ben Dalbey senior writer administrative work. search. The amount of work required to • Norman Garrison, interim dean of the Campus police report the following: As the goals of JMU's new General develop and organize the courses for a College of Science and Mathematics, will Education Program become more cluster would necessitate some head the "Social and Cultural Processes" Unauthorized Entry/Tampering permanence in the position. "I would coordinator search. • Unidentified individuals reportedly were involved in unauthorized developed, the university is conducting an internal search for faculty to head expect a commitment of several years," 'The search will remain open until the entry and tampering in Duke Hall. Halpern said. positions have been filled," Halpern said. An investigation continues. curriculum development. According to the search announcement The search to find candidates for the The committees may end up reviewing released by the General Education new positions will be conducted by five candidates from outside the university Unauthorized Entry committees, one for each cluster. Each before the search is over, according to • An investigation continues in an unauthorized entry incident that Committee in early March, five committee will be composed of a Halpem. occurred between 9 p.m. March 25 and 8 a.m. March 26. coordinators from within the university faculty will be hired to teach and representative from the Goals and After the committees have come up Objectives Subcommittee of the General with a list of recommended candidates, Found Property administrate each of the five program clusters. Education Design Committee, Integrated Halpern will make the ultimate hiring • One case of Milwaukee's Best beer was found under a tree in Z- Learning Resources, the Office of Student decision. "I'm hopeful that some of them lot at 1:30 p.m., March 28. Linda Halpern, dean of general education, said up to this point, those Affairs, the student body and the faculty. can be announced by the end of the working on the General Education Each committee will also be chaired semester," she said. Fire Alarm/Destruction of Public Property by a different university dean or provost Douglas Brown, associate vice • Five students were charged judicially with destruction of public Program have a broad vision of what they want to accomplish. positioned so they will review candidates president for academic affairs, said the property after engaging in a water battle that activated a fire alarm In from outside their own college, Halpern nature of the General Education Program Chappelear Hall at 10:36 p.m., March 26. The concept of "human community" has become the theme that unifies the five said. will require the coordinators to keep clusters, emphasizing the interdisciplinary The five administrators who will head abreast of future developments in Providing Identification of Another/ Underaged nature of the program, according to committees that choose the program education and the job market Possession Halpern. coordinators are: 'The intent is not to throw a program • A student was charged judicially with underaged possession and • Jackson Ramsey, provost of the in place and forget about it," he said. providing identification of another on Greek Row, March 15. Now that the overall vision has been formulated, Halpern said the focus is College of Integrated Science and "Over time, it will change and evolve." moving to the creation of a curriculum Technology, will head the "Skills for the Brown said the new program's Underaged Consumption that will make the vision a reality by fall 21st Century" cluster search. approach to the sciences is evidence of • Two students were charged judicially with underaged • Paul Kipps, interim dean of the this contemporary philosophy. consumption in Garber Ha» at 11:26 p.m., March 28. 1997. That specific development is where the College of Business, will chair the "Ideas Companies are no longer looking for area coordinators come in. "Ideally, they and Expressive Forms in the Human employees who specialize in a single Fire Alarm would form a team of people who would Community" search. discipline, he said. "Combinations like • Two detectors on the first floor of A-wing were partialty pulled • Jerry Benson, dean of the College of biochemistry and biophysics are what from the ceiling, activating a fire alarm In Hillside Hall at 2:38 a.m., work together to oversee and help with development of the program," Halpern Education and Psychology, will lead the employers are buying." March 29. search for "The Natural World" program Brown also said it was important to The system silenced. Maintenance was notified. said. Although she wasn't sure what the coordinator. note the goals of each cluster were not new positions would pay, Halpern said • Richard Whitman, provost of the Number of drunk in public charges since Jan. 11:30 see SEARCH page 9 the faculty would receive "some sort of College of Arts and Letters, will head the 4 Monday, April 1, 1996 THE BREEZE Attention May

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THE BREEZE Monday, April 1, 1996 5 JMU Preview Days replace SMAD major creates new option for MCOM students old Special Visitation Day by Mitchell Vakerics contributing writer by Jeremy Ray Student Ambassadors President Students Ambassadors. She is The change in curriculum in the school of media arts and design, due to staff writer Alex Derhovhannessian said many looking forward to having a quality go into effect in May, will affect many current mass communication weeks of planning have gone into the group of students involved with the Starting today and extending majors. prospective student days. volunteering. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will have the option of continuing in through the end of next week, "This is one of our'largest [events] "We went all out for this. There the MCOM curriculum or switching to a SMAD major, George Johnson, students need to be on their best in commitment and scale," he said. will be balloons at Sonner Hall, with behavior because the Office of director of the school, said. There are 140 Student Duke Dog, refreshments," and other The March 13 SMAD Newsletter stated the change in curriculum will Admissions is hosting JMU Preview Ambassadors, and many of them will novelties each day to make the affect everyone differently depending on how many credit hours each Days for students who may attend be involved with the tours, students feel welcome, Meixner said. JMU next fall. student has acquired in the MCOM program. information and panels throughout During the JMU Preview Days, Juniors and seniors who are close to graduating with a MCOM major This year, more days are offered the two weeks, Derhovhannessian there will be conferences, campus will most likely not be able to graduate on time if they switch to a SMAD for prospective students to come and said. tours, and panel discussions. There major because SMAD requires an extra six hours in the major to graduate, visit the campus. April 1-5 and 8-12 Cara Meixner, vice president of will also be meetings with the Office the newsletter stated. are the JMU Preview Days for Student Ambassadors, is involved Upcoming sophomores should not have a problem graduating on time if prospective students for the fall with the link between admissions and see PREVIEW page 9 semester, which is more than a week they switch to the SMAD program, according to the newsletter. Students who continue as MCOM majors can substitute most courses longer than the event in previous years. with their SMAD equivalents because in most cases, only the prefix will What is new with JMU Preview Day? change, Johnson said. 'Traditionally, it was for one day; In the few instances where MCOM courses are dropped altogether, now it's open.for 10 days," said (as opposed to Special Visitation Day) Johnson said the school will allow students to substitute courses. MCOM Jeanine Mowery, admissions THEN NOW. 200 and MCOM 205 are the only courses required for MCOM majors that counselor and an organizer of the preview. have been revamped. SMAD 200 and 300 are now the equivalent of the old courses. In previous years, the Special *For students admitted early *All prospective students * 1 day only Students who wish to switch to the SMAD program must fill out a Visitation Day was just for students *10days change of major form in the fall in the main office of the school in who were admitted early and planned *Will not show *Will show residence halls Anthony-Seeger Hall, rm. 11, Johnson said. to attend JMU. This year, it is open residence halls *More personalized MCOM officially ends as a major this May for incoming freshmen. to all prospective students, many of Prospective freshmen interested in majoring in the school will have to whom are still waiting to hear register in the SMAD program, he said. whether they've been accepted, she There are two major differences between the SMAD program and the said. MCOM program. First, the programs differ in the hours required to The reason for the extension in graduate with the major. The SMAD program requires a minimum of 36 available days for students who have hours and allows a maximum of 45 hours for graduation. The MCOM applied to JMU to visit is that program has a minimum of 30 hours with a maximum of 45 hours for admissions has been looking for new • ■.> ■.> ".N ■> iV> ■> •/» •/• :• graduation, according to the newsletter. ways to allow greater attendance The second difference is the number and type of concentrations offered, during the April preview. AW-W-vlLisa fr%y%: the newsletter stated. The SMAD major will have three concentrations: "We are able to accommodate media writing, multimedia and telecommunication. more students. If they can't come one' am *:*:*:*:'':*: .■■"•■•■. day, they can come another," said .•%■%• ■>■>•%■,>■%•." '••!'•!• see SMAD page 9 Mowery. LISA DELANEYIsenior artist Camp Howd 6u feel abo ease in fres n enrollme

"I don't like the expected "/ think it's great that the "/ think with the increase in "/ think it's really cool increase of the freshman university's growing, but I the freshman class we need they're letting more people in class because I believe the think the population's to look at being able to because it's a really awesome facilities and academic growing faster than the accommodate this increase school. But I didn't really programs will not grow at university." in students by examining expect this many more the same rate." such things as the library . . people coming when I . and the vax system ..." accepted to come here..."

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Campus organizations host WEEKLY EVENTS annual Egg Hunt on the Quad Community Service-Learning and Alpha Phi Monday Iraq negotiates oil-for-food deal Omega service fraternity will host the annual Egg Cycling Club/Team meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 404, 5 p.m. with United Nations In April Hunt on the Quad, 9 a.m.-noon, April 3. BAGHDAD, Iraq — If Iraq reaches an oil-for- EQUAL meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 305, 5 p.m. Between 120 and 150 children from area food deal with the United Nations in April it will preschools, day care centers and elementary Science Fiction/Fantasy Guild, Taylor Hall, rm. 306,7 p.m. be ready to export its crude the "next day," Iraq's schools are expected to participate in the egg Animal Rights Coalition, Keezell Hall, rm. 310,7 p.m. finance minister said Saturday. hunt, games, face painting and visiting with Catholic Campus Ministry penance service, CCM house, 7 p.m. The new finance minister, Hikmat al-Azzawi, a Duke Dog. College Republicans meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 404, 7:30 p.m. key figure in recent moves to bolster Iraq's feeble PizzAmerica holds benefit for economy, also said the release of "strategic" food Tuesday reserves has led to a dramatic drop in prices, missing woman's hope fund bringing welcome relief to hard-pressed Iraqis. Virginia Blood Services presents "Blood Tour'96," Phillips Center PizzAmerica will sponsor a pizza benefit at Iraq's oil-driven economy has steadily withered PizzAmerica in Harmony Square Shopping Ballroom, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. due to comprehensive United Nations sanctions Center, 4-9 p.m., April 3. • Visiting Scholars presents Mark Goodman: "Threats to the First Amendment on imposed in response to Iraq's 1990 invasion of All large cheese pizza proceeds will go to the College Campuses," Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. Kuwait. Alicia Showalter Reynolds Hope Fund to help • "Career Opportunities in Foreign Affairs," Taylor Hall, rm. 400,4:30-5:30 p.m. With the economic crisis worsening, President locate Reynolds, who has been missing since • Circle K meeting, Warren Hall Allegheny Room, 6 p.m. Saddam Hussein in January agreed to negotiate March 9. • Catholic Campus Ministry Seder Supper, CCM house, 6:30 p.m. on a United Nations offer to sell $1 billion worth For more information, contact Cindy at • Students for Camp Heartland meeting, Warren Hall Allegheny Room, 7 p.m. of oil every three months to buy food and PizzAmerica, 432-1932. • AED meeting, Burruss Hall, rm. 31,7 p.m. medicine. Career Services sponsors a • "Amadeus," sponsored by UPB, Grafton-Stovall Theatre, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Talks resume April 8 in New York. special education presentation free. Students interested in learning more about » Young Democrats meeting, Warren Hall Allegheny Room, 8 p.m. careers working with students with disabilities should attend "Be Someone Special — Choose a Wednesday Career in Special Education," Sonncr Hall, 4 • Brown Bag Lecture Series presents "Leadership: The Great Balancing Act," p.m., April 4. Hillcrest House, 12-1 p.m. Senate leader says House bill Presenters will discuss a variety of professions • Junior Class Council meeting, Warren Hall Piedmont Room, 5 p.m. will not gain needed approval within the special education field, such as school • Habitat for Humanity meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 402,5:30 p.m. psychologists, school counselors, speech patholo- WASHINGTON — The Senate's Democratic • Caving Club meeting, Jackson Hall basement, 6 p.m. gists, special education teachers, physical and leader says the health insurance bill that came out occupational therapists and social workers. • Outing Club meeting, Keezell Hall, rm. 310,6:30 p.m. of the House stands no chance of being passed by For more information, contact Justine Beck • Baptist Student Union Revival Core prayer, BSU House 6:30-7:30 p.m. the Senate or signed by President Bill Clinton. Rose or Mary Morsch at the Office of Career • Harmony meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 302,7 p.m. "It is not going anywhere as long as they Services, X6555. • "Amadeus," sponsored by UPB, Grafton-Stovall Theatre, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., [House Republicans] insist on adding extraneous, Daylong music festival to free. extremely controversial pieces of legislation on to • Sophomore Class Council meeting, Warren Hall Massanutten Room, 7:15- it," Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) said Friday. benefit cancer research center 8:15 p.m. The narrow focus of the Senate bill would University Program Board and Alpha Kappa • Catholic Campus Ministry Lenten Musical Prayer, CCM house, 9 p.m. guarantee that workers get health insurance when Lambda fraternity will sponsor "Lombardi Gras," they change or lose their jobs, even if they have a a daylong music festival to benefit the Lombardi preexisting health problem. Cancer Research Center, Hillside Field, noon-6 Thursday While the House version also would accomplish p.m., April 14. • EARTH meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 404,5-6:30 p.m. that goal, it includes provisions that would limit Everything, Puddleduck, j in mary and • Baptist Student Union Thursday Night Fever, BSU House, 5:30-7 p.m. medical malpractice awards and provide for tax- exempt medical savings accounts people would Slackjaw will perform at the concert. Tickets are • Baptist Student Union Fellowship, BSU House, 5:30 p.m. use for routine medical expenses. $8 in advance and $10 at the gate, and all pro- • BOND meeting, Warrren Hall Piedmont Room, 6 p.m. ceeds will go to the research center. Daschle said the Senate will pass its simpler • Fellowship dinner at the Wesley Foundation, JMU Methodists, 6 p.m. and the bill, sponsored by Sens. Nancy Kassebaum (R- Tickets can be purchased through the Warren New Life Singers Rehearsal, Wesley Foundation. 6:45-7:45 p.m. Call 434-3490. Hall Box Office or by phone. (800) 287-5925. Kan.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), when it • International Affairs Association meeting, Maury Hall, rm.101,7 p.m. comes to the floor in mid-April. Send newsflle or calendar • Asian-American Association meeting, Taylor Hall, rm. 404,7 p.m. Daschle said many of the House provisions are information to Asst. News • "Dangerous Minds," sponsored by UPB, Grafton-Stovall Theatre, 7 p.m. and too controversial to hold the broad coalition that Editor, The Breeze, Anthony- 9:30 p.m., $1.50. supports the bill's central purpose: portability of • Campus Crusade for Christ, "Prime Time," Miller Hall, rm. 101,8 p.m. health insurance. Seeger Hall, or call 568-6127. • Muslim Coalition meeting. 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The NEW SMAD CURRICULUM different colleges of the university The panels will represent a broad multimedia concentration focuses on PREVIOUS 30 HOUR REQUIREMENT IS NOW 36 HOURS and the Office of Financial Aid, range of students from many campus graphics and sound. The third Derhovhannessian said. organizations, in an effort to concentration, telecommunication, Usually, there are two tours and represent a diverse mixture of encompasses broadcasting and cable conferences on a daily basis, but for students, Meixner said. production skills, according to the the Preview Days, there will be two "We really want to have a good newsletter. additional tours and conferences per group of students on the panel. We The MCOM major has five day, Meixner said. think it's going to be effective," concentrations: corporate media, The reason for the additional Meixner said. journalism, electronic media events is for the last several years, Part of the day will be structured, production, telecommunication and SAAAD 200 there has been an influx of but there will be some free time for visual communication. prospective students during the first prospective students and their parents According to Alan Neckowitz, two weeks in April because of high to explore the campus on their own, associate professor of media arts and VE^^Ctf? S/MADB00 school spring breaks. Derhovhannessian said. design, the new program will provide Meixner is responsible for "It's'going to be an exciting time. more options for students because Afe©KSf540.. S/MAD200 coordinating the panel discussions. Different halls will be highlighted, there are several courses of study The five-person panels will comprise and [we will be] involving more than within each concentration. well-rounded students who will just ambassadors," he said. Johnson said the SMAD program XK^M=*» is necessary because the MCOM program is outdated. *MCOM 200. 3 CREDITS SMAD 200. 6 CREDITS Search. "These are good changes, offering SftUKCE SMAD NEWSLETTER MARCH I] continued from page 3 a more innovative program, certainly ALICIA HOOD/contributing artist generated purely from administrative the more modern," Johnson said. decisions, but with student and David Wendelken, associate effects and the cultural impact of getting a B.S. and it seems faculty input as well. scoop on your professor of media arts and design, technology, the newsletter stated. contradictory to be getting a B.S. Cynthia Gillian, professor of said, "In the future, the ability to Majors in the school build their from the school of media arts and English, said even though some university? have a variety of types of courses, programs on an introduction to media design." faculty submitted suggestions for sampling more courses related to arts. Students then select a career With fall registration beginning program goals, not everyone is music and graphic design will be a track featuring a media writing this week, the faculty is expecting pleased with the results. Write for benefit as there are more jobs in requirement, a program cluster and some complications, Johnson said. "It sounds like a fair number of multimedia related fields. various program focus areas, the "I do expect some problems. I'll students and faculty are not happy Breeze news. "We're trying to develop a new newsletter said. probably get a million calls asking with the plan so far," she said. program that will address these Sophomore Tom Daly said, "I am what happened to MCOM." Gilliatt said her main concern was changes," he said. pleased with the SMAD curriculum. Johnson held a meeting two the lack of an explanation of why the "As far as we know, there is no Hopefully, it will prepare me for weeks ago in Anthony-Seeger Hall Liberal Studies Program had to be &0s @fta 0tha & other program in the country that working in a modern environment." to answer any questions MCOM changed at all. brings these fields together," Sophomore Erin Callaghan is a majors had about the SMAD The current program, using Wendelken said. MCOM major who is uncertain how program. The attendance was low, "things called departments," attracts According to the newsletter, the the change to SMAD will affect her. with only 20 to 30 students showing "a fair number of students who want Call Stacey, study of media arts and design "I really haven't seen much of what up, he said. to come to JMU," she said. Kristen or Paula, combines the characteristics of art the changes are, but I don't see what Due to the low attendance, Gilliatt said the liberal studies and science. is so different." Johnson is concerned that many program was supposed to undergo a X6699 Students learn specific written and Callaghan plans to stay with the MCOM majors may be unaware of review this year, but "this general visual skills while analyzing social current program because, "I'm the recent changes in curriculum. education thing happened instead."

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A some-of-us-need-food dart to the person who complained about people who eat three plates of food at D-hall every night. Maybe some of us work out during the day instead of sitting on our butts, so we need the extra calories to replace those we burn. Sent in by a person who likes a good meal after a hard workout. Pat...

An enormous pat to all the SGA candidates who have worked so hard during the past five weeks. New Gen Ed plan limits choice Sent in by someone who believes it is far better to f the General Education Committee has its way, the from the sequence and choose another. This makes it have tried and failed than never to have tried at all. current requirements will be altered drastically, impossible for a.student to take classes from different i Rather than being able to exercise choice in the disciplines to determine which course of study for selection of liberal studies courses, students will have to which he or she is best suited or most interested in. A take classes in five clusters as well as choose a package, freshman would not be selecting courses one semester Dart.., a focus in a certain area. at a time, but rather, three semesters at a time. A These new clusters will comprise the classes that student would cease to be undecided in terms of major, A revolted and disgusted dart to Pi Kappa Phi for make up the current Liberal Studies program. Included but rather decided for. its nauseating performance at Greek Sing. Not only in these clusters are packages further broken down into The program seeks to create a more well-rounded will all those unsightly women you sang about not go sequences. Students would be required to student by providing life skills. to your fraternity again, but neither will anyone else. take the classes in a sequence of their a However, the program in fact removes Sent in by some people who do not respect you. choice. However, if a student were to fail The General one of the most important of these skills. one of the lower classes, that student would Education College is the period in a young erson s life when he or she must be required to repeat the course before p „-„«», ,,,^,/M P ' moving to the next course of the sequence. rTOgrum WOUia determine the course of his or her life Pat... and learn t0 make decisions for him or The intent of the new plan is to teach //m/f n vtlidpnt\ students to find connections between the herself. The General Education Program A thanks-for-sharing pat to the student who was classes in a particular order. The belief is ability to would limit a student's ability to choose heading toward Commonwealth One at D-hall, but that these clusters allow the instructors and would restrict his or her ability to did an about-face to walk me to Moody Hall while choose... determine the path of his or her life. greater flexibility and creativity in course sharing her umbrella during Thursday's rainy design and through these ends students will The program seeks to equip students gain more from courses. Unfortunately, the cost of this with skills that, according to the General Education weather. lesson may be the freedom of choice students now Newsletter, are "possessed by all educated persons." Is Sent in by a student who appreciated not having to enjoy. this to say that the students who graduated from JMU get drenched during Mother Nature's recent mood While these may be noble goals, students would be under the Liberal Studies program are not equipped swing. forced to choose a package of courses, not individual with die background necessary for success in the real ones. A student may find one or two courses in the world? T\*m+M+ package that appeal to him or her, but there may also be JMU students are fully capable of discovering the MJW+MW... courses that do not. If a class required for a student's7 connections between disciplines on their own. The major was included in a given package, the student General Studies Program, a plan devised to help would have to take the entire package, regardless of students, may do the opposite, while also limiting the A dart to the political science department for not whether the other classes of the cluster are appealing freedom of choice and flexibility we desire in offering POSC 369, Political Parties and Elections, Once a student has decided on a particular sequence, determining our futures. for the fall semester when a presidential election is he or she is committed to that sequence. If the student going on. decides the sequence he or she has chosen is not the The house editorial reflects the opinion of the Sent in by someone who thinks students are best for his or her needs in the middle of the sequence, editorial board which consists of the editor, managing missing out on a great opportunity to study elections editor and the opinion editors. it is impossible for the student to remove him or herself firsthand. / Editorial Policy Alison Boyce .. . editor Cyndy Liedtke . .. managing editor Sherri Eisenberg .. . opinion editor Laura Wade . . . asst. opinion editor Pat... Letters to the editor should be no mote than 500 wotds. columns should be no mote than 800 words, and both will be published on a space available basis. They must be delivered to The Breete by noon Tuesday or 5 p.m. Friday. A brave pat to the women of ROAR for their The Breej^ reserves the tight to edit foe clarity and space. honesty and courage. The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the newspapet, Sent in by a woman who appreciates all that went MADISON Y this staff, or James Madison University. into Thursday's performance. ■ " "OP/ED THE BREEZE Monday, April 1, 1996 n LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

All students don't want, need course; whom they are referring to critically examine this program and judge, allow us to share with you a story about four fun-loving, plow through the rhetoric to which we have been submitted, action/adventure-seeking friends who decided to experience proposal waters down the curriculum although this alone has proven to be a trying-task. nature one last time before winter set in. The merits of this program have been adjudicated for It was approaching 10 p.m. when we pulled into the first To the Editor: months. Members of the faculty and student body maintain parking area we saw at Hone Quarry. The four of us collected the The March 28 Breeze article "Administration, faculty at odds pronounced ambivalence toward this program. The goals of the night's essentials and moved out onto the terrain. A camper's over possible science requirement" nicely summarized some program are entirely abstract and, as a whole, the program is dream laid before us. We selected a logical spot next to a creek differences in opinion about the proposed General Education cluttered with flagrant inconsistencies.- with a fire ring already in place. It was well off the beaten path. science requirement for all JMU. As recently as yesterday, 1 was The objectives that have been set forth are insulting to our assured by my dean that the goal was to ensure that all JMU intelligence as students and contain the implied assumption we students have a chemistry/physics experience. cannot learn and grow on our Own. The proposals attempt to It bothers me that the spokespersons for the administration neatly arrange students into clusters and packages via a set of are, for all practical purposes, people lacking in first-rrtuid indeterminable courses. We cannot allow our education at JMU experience in the teaching of either chemistry or physics. In to become a homogeneous arrangement in which the interests of contrast, the faculty interviewed in the article were all chemists students are foregone. or physicists, and it was the faculty member* who .w*rc As part of their marketing techniques, administrators endorsing the flexibility that would accommodate1 the divert expound upon the merits of the program and offer an exposition needs of the students. as 10 why the General Education program is worthy of adoption All JMU students do not want or need to take a university- by the faculfy. Absent in this approach is the logically level chemistry and/or physics course. Furthermore, all JMU corresponding question of: What makes this program worthy of students do not possess the background required for success in a adoption by the students? university-level chemistry and/or physics course. Many of the quandaries this program has initiated are Not long after midnight, we were approached by a-park Is JMU going to tighten its admissions requirements or turn untenable. The General Education program is inauspicious and ranger named Mike. He informed us we were camping in a day- admissions over to the faculty? The recent Breeze articles on undermines our ability as students to think critically for use area and asked us to follow him to his jeep. When we got to admissions cause me to doubt this. Thus, at a time when the state ourselves, generate our own reflective deductions and satisfy our the parking area. Mike flashed his light on a white piece of paper and national goals are to increase rigor, the administrative own curiosities. posted on a bulletin board. The paper listed the rules and spokespersons are implicitly trying to force the faculty to water I am confounded as to why anyone would choose to adopt a regulations of the park. We were, in fact, infringing upon day- down the curriculum. program in which students are the products of packages, and use land. Initially, we thought this was ridiculous. First of all, the The faculty position favors a diversity of science options (not objectives. Learning is not about regurgitation and sign was nearly invisible, and had we known the area was just chemistry or physics) that utilize the expertise of the faculty memorization. A bastion of our learning involves discovering restricted, we would have gladly camped elsewhere. and recognize the diversity of student needs. Is there any faster things for ourselves. We are not here to have our education However, our feelings soon changed when each of us was way to destroy the academic integrity of JMU than via an passively bestowed upon us; we are here to claim our education slapped with a $50 fine. We chose to make a plea of ignorance to administrative mandate imposing a "one-size-fits-all" general and think independently. Higher education is about taking the judge. After a long court battle, we learned a valuable lesson. education? responsibility for our learning within and outside the classroom; It has now become our duty as fellow land-loving, JMU students there is no place in higher education for spoon feeding. to inform the readers of The Breeze of the following information: J.J. Leary It is the sole duty of the camper to find out the rules and professor of chemistry Moira McCaffrey regulations of the parks and the national forests before going Junior camping. It is not the duty of the park rangers or the federal political science government to inform the public of these rules. Proposals group and cluster students; In conclusion, as the days and nights become warmer and the undermine students' ability to think woods start drawing you near, please remember to check out the Campers must know rules of the land regulations of the area in which you choose to camp. Learn a lesson from our run-in with the laws of the land. It could end up To the Editor: To the Editor: The General Education proposal is objectionable and saving you a lot of time and money. Camping is an experience that can be recalled by most land- disconcerting. Various administrators within the General loving students at JMU. It is times filled with campfires, friends, Steven Gass Julie Faulk Jennifer Richards Education program have claimed this program has been received tents, hot dogs and your favorite beverage. Junior with overwhelming support by the students. I beg the students to sophomore senior Because we are required to by law and were asked to by a accounting speech pathology Spanish The true meaning of Easter, then and now When I was little, Easter meant getting brand new dresses, would nail a Jesus to a cross now when there was television! someone who stands up for what is right, and he or she is eating jelly beans and going on egg hunts. I didn't ask all those questions, but I think my dad's killed, like Martin Luther King Jr., Jesus is crucified again. response was something about how we just remember his Each time we choose not to stand up or reach out to someone death; it doesn't happen over and over again. in pain, we drive another nail through his palm. Every time we Then he told me about the "Our Father," that we say this claim we aren't good enough or strong enough or beautiful prayer to God, our Father, because Jesus gave it to us. At first I enough, we push the thorny crown deeper into his skin. Just Say Yes thought I was praying to my dad, but he said no. God, who was Whenever we ridicule another person, we throw the purple Jesus' father, was my father and his father, too. I laughed robe on him and roll dice for his clothes. because that meant my dad was also my brother, but all Every time we choose fear and hate over love, we the images stuck. pierce his side. — Christine Yesolitis I'm not sure why I'm sharing this haphazard story "But God so loved the world that he gave his only from my childhood except that I began thinking Son, so that everyone who believes in him about it in 20-year-old terms. might not perish but might have eternal life," I have two distinct early memories of Easter, which through First, I have come to realize why the Easter John 3:16. the years have grown somewhat fuzzy. When I was about 3 or Bunny is not appropriate. While Christmas is an So every time we shoulder someone else's 4 years old, I wanted to see the Easter Bunny, and my mom important Christian holiday, it is easy to see burden, we help carry Jesus' cross. wouldn't let me. I was kind of upset until she explained to me how it has become so commercialized. We give Every time we try to ease suffering and look that Easter wasn't like Christmas, that it was more reverent, gifts and that means buying them as well. for closure to abusive situations, we provide the tomb. and the Easter Bunny wasn't an appropriate thing for us to But Easter is different. It is the crux of what Every time we spread pure, unconditional love, we accept. And being 3 or 4,1 didn't argue. makes Christians unique. Christians, believe raise him from the dead. I think it was that same Easter when I asked why we had that God raised Jesus from the dead, and it is Somehow, in a mystery that still eludes me, we can Easter at all. And my father was the one who tried to explain it especially important to preserve this holy day bring Jesus back to life. God calls us to be people of to me. Jesus was crucified, and Easter is when God brings him from the corruption of commercialism. resurrection, people who believe in the power of belief. back to life, he told me. It is God and humanity's day of glory, and we I don't know how God brought his Son back to life, I mulled it over — the image of this skinny, bony, bearded don't need commercialism to make it even more but I know that he did because 2,000 years later, he is man on the cross that hung in many places in Grammy's house special. still doing it. He is calling my friends out of their came to mind. I didn't like to look at them. But how did it all happen? I still don't know tombs of depression. He is awakening sleeping minds and And I wondered, if he was dead, how could he come back answer to that one. I suppose I'll find out once I die and meet melting cold hearts. to life? I also misunderstood what my dad had said, and I my Creator face to face, but until then, I just have to take it on And it's not because they are "saved" or have asked Jesus asked out loud how he died and rose every year. faith that the power of God is just that amazing. into their hearts. It is because God uses his "resurrection That was the part that really got me stuck. Easter is when Maybe Jesus does die every year. I know so many people people," his children of light, to shine hope in their direction. God brings Jesus back to life. How did he live that long? Did who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. They go in Even the blind can still detect the difference between light and he die every year and God brought him back only to have him December, and Jesus is born. They don't go back, and Jesus darkness. die again? dies in their lives. They go on Easter, and he comes back to Easter is when God brings Jesus back to life, and Easter is I understood long ago people used to kill each other life only to ascend into heaven where they feel no connection when we shine our light and bring the world back to life. brutally, but how could it happen this year and every year? Did to him. And the cycle continues. people still kill each other? I just couldn't believe people Jesus dies every year in other ways, too. Whenever Christine Yesolitis is a senior mass communication major. 12 Monday, April 1, 1996 THE BREEZE

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Coming off the three-disc hot on shc-donc-me wrong ("Hounds of "Something the Boy Said," in which a are the former 'front men and The three records Reed made with streak of Magic and Loss, Songs for Winter," "You Still Touch Me," "I'm cadre of soldiers haunted by a child's primary creative engines behind two the Velvets in their few years Drella and New York, it's a bit of a So Happy I Can't Stop Crying") or prediction of their doom, to anchor much-loved and much-missed rock together continue to be revered by letdown. Reed has dedicated this fairly straightforward love songs ("I the top-40 stuff. Sure, we made fun bands. They have both successfully educated rock 'n' roll fans. In the record to his new wife, performance made the risky leap from band leader '70s, Reed personified androgynous artist Laurie Anderson, and she is to solo artist. And listening to their rock 'n' roll decadence, wrestling seemingly the subject of most of its '^rP mercury new albums, Reed's Set the Twilight alternately with heroin addiction, 11 songs. Reeling and Sting's Mercury bankruptcy and creative exhaustion, This indulgence yields mixed full!n Falling, another similarity becomes resulting in a body of work that results. Reed's euphoria at his n L IN VJ » immediately apparent. After a varies wildly in tone and quality. newfound love is better served by the combined five decades of fine rock Sting, 44, has been on his own transparently droll approach he takes 'n' roll angst, both are settling quite half as long as Reed, and his solo on "NYC Man," in which his tough comfortably into middle age. efforts have been fewer and more New York attitude is offered up as a consistent. Ever since his last album defense against heartbreak, than by with the Police, 1983's heavily-Jung- the lame bent-knee reverence of RKVIKW influenced Synchronicity, he has meandering and tuneless cuts like & made a career of melancholy "Adventurer" and "The Proposition." This is not necessarily a bad pretense; indeed, much of what "Egg Cream," the disc's opener, thing. Rock has traditionally been a endears him to his fans and angers celebrates the New York young man's game, a notion his critics is that he has always been confectionery treat of Reed's youth. contested in recent years by aging a little too big for his classically It's a perfectly calculated piece of superstars like Bruce Springsteen trained breeches. His six solo albums sentimental fluff, driven by his and the Rolling Stones. But for all have followed a trajectory of infectious guitar line. "Sex With their fist-pumping, thigh-slapping becoming progressively less rockist, Your Parents (Part II)" is his longevity; the Stones wrote their best combining seductive yet mannered righteous sneer to the Bob Dole songs 25 years ago and haven't melodies with portentous lyrics contingent that blames music and evolved much since. And the fact ranging from deftly poetic to movies, rather than political that they're still a smoking live band laughably pedestrian — often within irresponsibility, for America's social hasn't prevented anyone from the same song. ills (the back-cover track listing of « noticing they're a bunch of 50- What is most striking about both the disc proudly proclaims the song somethings still singing the praises artists' new albums is that, well, they was "recorded live on July 4th, 1995"). Lyrics like "I was getting so sick of this right-wing Republican shit / These ugly old men scared of PHOTOS COURTESY OF A&M Records AND Warner Brothers. young tit and dick" are satisfying, if instantly forgettable. Set the Twilight Reeling (left) and Mercury Falling are the latest Set the Twilight Reeling's greatest additions to the collections of two of rock's most celebrated artists. flaw is its near-perfect vigilance in Was Brought to My Senses," "All of messianic, furrowed-brow Sting, immediately following every brilliant Four Seasons"). Rounding out the but he was an altogether more lyrical moment with a mighty blow disc are "Let Your Soul Be Your commanding presence than the of sonic mediocrity. Nowhere is this Pilot," a warm gospel number guest- diffident fop who seems to have taken more apparent than on the disc's starring the East London Gospel his place on this record. closing title track: For four minutes it Choir, and "La Belle Dame Sans It's interesting to note that three of is a sweetly introspective reverie that Regrets," an embarrasingly wretched the biggest acts of the 1980s, The matches Reed's hushed guitar line synth-program muzakal interlude. Police (Sting), U2 and Bruce with an eloquent lyric. Then, in the Supposedly it's about France's Springsteen, all followed their wide- song's final 90 seconds, Reed kicks resumption of nuclear test blasts; it's focus star-making efforts— into a banal power-chord frenzy. It's a real shame Sting has to hide the one Synchronicity, The Joshua Tree, Born a horribly misjudged move, and it extroverted song on the album behind in the U.S.A. — with less outwardly instantly destroys the song's potent broken French. But for that one ambitious, more personal works. Only spell. anomaly, the tracks are all agreeably U2 retained their prior level of Reed has always been a better listenable, though none are popularity through this phase. writer than he is a musician — in this particularly inspired. Sting-Lite, you Springsteen returned to political regard he is the perfect inverse of might call it. Or "Let Your Soul Be songwriting with "Streets of Sting— but on tracks like "Hang on On Auto-Pilot." Philadelphia," his Oscar-winning to Your Emotions" and "Riptide," the What is sorely missing from song for "Philadelphia," Jonathan lyrics just aren't strong enough to Mercury Falling is balance. Sting, as Demme's AIDS movie. His latest hide the substandard riffing. Even the we have come to know him over the record. The Ghost of Tom Joad, is titles of those songs are hackneyed. past 15 years, is a brooding, cynical rooted firmly in this social-protest The best tracks — "Egg Cream, sort. His best solo albums, 1987's ... tradition. The 4o-year-old Springsteen "NYC Man," "Hookywooky" — are Nothing Like the Sun and 1991 's told Newsweek last week that the the ones that go easy on the bathos in boldly uncommercial The Soul decision to return to writing about of fast cars, hot guitars and loose aren't particularly striking. Oh, favor of light-footedness, giving the Cages, combined the lovey-dovey outside issues was a conscious one. (but almost certainly not middle- there's angst all right, be it the listener just enough to infer the stuff with some hard-edged political He called this "essential music." aged) women. unsparing self-recrimination of deeper feelings that inform Reed's songwriting. Tracks like "Fragile," Like Lou Reed and Sting, The challenge then is not merely Reed's 'Trade In" ("I want a trade in chicanery. "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)," Springsteen is finally enjoying a to survive, but to continue making /A 14th chance at this life"), or the On "Hookywooky," Reed sums up and "History Will Teach Us Nothing" happy home life after years of rocky relevant, vital music that sounds trials of the characters Sting portrays his new wife's former lovers ("They tackled issues like the environment emotional terrain, but he is not convincing when sung by people on his record — the grief-stricken gather about you like a mother and Central American tyranny with allowing it to drown out all other who left adolescence, or at least murderer of "I Hung My Head" or superior. . . None of my old flames the same versifying agility and influences. It's an important lesson, should have, several decades ago. the recently divorced dad of "I'm So ever talk to me"), and generously, if acerbic wit that he applied to the one that Reed and Sting will Rock has yet to offer us a truly Happy I Can't Stop Crying." But, all not altogether convincingly, pledges more introspective material. The hopefully leam. I, for one, am grateful mature perspective on aging, though this seems to pale in comparison to not to throw any of them off a roof. romantic who wrote "Every Little they're still making records. Rock 'n' Reed's brilliant 1992 record Magic the uncertainty and confusion of their This is great fun. but coming from a Thing She Does Is Magic" was, and roll — and rock and rollers — can and Loss may be the closest it's salad days. To say they have heavyweight wordsmith like Reed, it is, very much alive, but he used to stay essential well into adulthood, come. Reed, 52, has done a lot of mellowed with age is a gross seems a little . . . well, light. More share equal vinyl space with a more and with a little creative discipline, growing up, falling back and understatement. In '77 or '78, Sting like a toss-off gem hidden on the B- worldly, more evangelical — let's both Reed and Sting will probably growing up again in the 30 years recorded an angry neo-punk thrash side of a single than one of the just say it, a more pretentious figure, provide more convincing proof the since his shatteringly innovative called "Landlord" with the Police. redeeming features of an otherwise one who still had time to brood over next time around. 14 Monday, April!, 1996 THE BREEZE calculated the "value" of each woman to the her speech to her attitude. patriarchy, and idea that kept the audience in The following skit. "Ego Tripping," was stitches. performed by Women of Color, who vocally Points were earned for blond hair, desire to portrayed women in history whose be a mother, lack of intelligence, passiveness accomplishments were frequently overlooked and virginity. Low scores were doled out to the by men. educated, the independent, the childless, the Bringing the triumphs of women to the opinionated and lesbians. After receiving her forefront and recognizing oppression were two score, each participant would be sent to "Beth's of the main goals of ROAR, according to senior Body Works" to fix whatever physical Nicole Curry. She also included education and shortcomings stood in the way of a high score. a forum for honesty in this list of goals. The "improvements" ranged from liposuction Senior Kim Varnum, a member of the cast, to lethal high heels. said she felt it was a great way to get silenced However, of the participants, none was able issues out in the open. to raise her value. The scene ended with senior "It's very empowering to be able to talk Meghan McCracken volunteering to dive into about these things [abortion, rape) that no one the pile of "unqualified" women, rather than be has been able to discuss." subjected to changing herself in hopes of The skits brought up some issues people raising her value. don't always talk about, such as the differences The skit illustrated how society's standards and similarities between men and women. for women are nearly impossible to reach. Women One skit, "Hello Neighbor," discussed the "The point was, no matter what you do, it's "women's tool box." Though "girls don't like not good enough," said senior Kristen Anchor, to play with tools," as the beginning of the whose character endured the pain of an script reads, the boxes were filled with impromptu, injury-causing leg-shaving only to gather to instruments women use every day, like vision be told her efforts were in vain; no amount of and strength. physical beauty could warrant enough points to According to senior cast member Christine cancel out her lesbianism. Cossu, women's tool boxes will be needed long Though "The Barbie Standard" showed how celebrate, unite and after the skit and ROAR are over. express their anger

by Simonc Figula The production was named ROAR because that staff writer is what the women did to make themselves heard. One woman stood alone, center stage, lights According to the program of the third4 shining down on her, and asked the members of annual ROAR production, ROAR was "created the audience how they were doing. They for womyn, about womyn's issues, by responded enthusiastically, and she continued. womyn." "Good? That's good, because I'm not doing Participants used skits, slide presentations, so well..." poetry and narration to show the issues of She proceeded to recount the rape she women's lives today: labor, sisterhood, suffered four-and-a-half years ago. "They say poverty, rape, eating disorders, education, the average age for a victim of sexual assault is abortion, sexuality and abuse. 17. . . that makes me a walking, breathing To illustrate the impact of these situations, statistic. paintings, photography and quilts depicting the "This is for all the women whose screams topics were displayed during the production. were not heard . . . We won't be silent any The production itself, however, was visually more." simplistic; costumes consisted mainly of jeans Then came a blood-curdling scream into the and T-shirts. The cast members let their words microphone, which she then dropped as she create mental pictures. rushed off the stage. Lights out. Pause. Senior Jimmy Johnson thought the cast of Applause. ROAR was successful in its endeavor. "It was "Scream" was the name of this segment of very exciting and powerful. ... It gave me ROAR. It was one of many frank discussions chills sometimes; you could feel it in your RICK THOMPSON/staff photographer about the injustices women face every day. spine." (Left) Juniors Undsey Beasley and Mary Richards, and senior Meghan McCracken About 150 people turned out Thursday night The first three segments showed the lack of perform In the skit "Hello Neighbor." (Above) Left to right: Junior Amy Lester, in the Phillips Center Ballroom for the two-act, appreciation often directed toward women's Beasley, and seniors Gina Main, Karin Dax, Beth Bedard and Richelle Moore pound third annual production. feats, past and present. "Womyn's Work," a their hands on the floor in a demonstration about the frequency of rape. ROAR began three years ago as a project for slide presentation, showed females, from a Sociology of Women class. The first ROAR professors to members of housekeeping staffs, "The issues will never be over; they'll never some women feel they can never measure up to included skits, acoustic music and poetry and in the work force. stop affecting us." what men determine important, some men, like has been growing ever since. One thing has Next was "Phenomenal Woman," by Maya ROAR is one of many instruments used to senior Andy Graves, begged to differ. remained constant, though. The purpose of Angelou, performed as a cross between a rap bring women together to act out their fears, "Women come first in my book, " he said. ROAR is to educate and entertain while and a poem discussing the attributes that make realities, hopes and triumphs, according to "They've always been my closest friends. I see showing the issues surrounding women's lives. a woman phenomenal, from her movements to Curry. She included EQUAL, 'Take Back the (hem feeling a lot of empowerment tonight. Night" and Women of Color as other tools of Even though some of the issues discussed had community building that help JMU women deal negative aspects, I still feel a really positive with women's issues. vibe." WARNING: The following program was Several skits in ROAR alone responded to Positivity echoed throughout the audience. the Breeze column "He Said, She Said." The "I've always heard a lot about ROAR." created FOR womyn. ABOUT womyn's name of the newspaper was changed to the sophomore Katie Schauer said, "[I heard) that "Sleaze" to illustrate the group's repulsion by it was one of the best programs on campus, and issues, BY womyn who have been known to the column's gender division. it really was. I felt like there were some things The skit "Cotton Pony" came in response to that everyone could relate to." "He Said'"s claim a woman could get out of ROAR was a collaborative project be "abrasive," and ves angry and anything from class to a murder charge as long completed during a semester of rehearsal and as she claimed she was presently "riding the planning, but no one person claimed to be the discontented, conditions resulting from cotton pony." leader. Anchor said that was a positive aspect Upon these words, two cast members noisily of the production. passion and a raised consciousness. These rode out on stage, appearing as though they "It was really communal. Everybody did were on horseback, on two simulated giant everything; no particular person was in tampons. charge," she said. "It was really great to have a womyn make no apologies whatsoever for After "He Said'"s author expressed fear that group of women working together, helping dangerous women with crewcuts were going to each other." anything said, done, or hurled at the audience. come after him because of the influence of a Working and acting together seemed to women's studies class, four cropped-haired cast alleviate some of the stress felt by the women Whether you enjoy tonight or not is irrelevent. members, including assistant sociology who'd had gender-related bad experiences in professor Sue Spivey, charged out on stage life. This is about us. mockingly wielding a phony chain and Cossu said, "I think it's important for me to marching militantly. be in skits with my friends. — reprinted from ROAR's program The humor continued in the second act, "By watching their actions, I get a better which opened with "The Barbie Standard." The understanding of some of the things they've setting was a government-type office that experienced that I haven't." ■mmfflft Monday.Apnl 1,1996 US Fraternities, sororities shine in Greek Sing by Rachel Woodalf Spangled Banner" by sophomores Kyle Wesson, Steve Trout and staff writer Brad McMullen. "We put a lot of long hours in, and our Greek Sing chairman A show filled with costumes, lights, fog and music sounds definitely helped us achieve our goal of winning," Wesson said. like one of Theatre IPs newest productions. Instead, Thursday's Kappa Alpha continued with "Living in America," featuring Greek Sing led Greek and non-Greek students alike to Godwin two men boxing it out in the middle of the floor as Rocky and Hall gym to watch an evening of craziness. Ivan Drago. The members of the 15 fraternities and eight sororities who As for the women, Alpha Sigma Alpha won with "In Living entered the competition sang and danced to music within a theme each organization chose. Color." The women performed to songs that mentioned specific colors, including "Brown-eyed Girl," "99 Red Balloons" and The groups were judged on singing, creativity, audience "Black and White." The dancers used scarves to enhance the appeal, showmanship and dancing. effect. 'Timing [of the show) was great and a huge improvement "This just shows that all the hard work and late nights at the from last year/* Assistant Director of Greek Life Kristin house paid off," said sophomore Sarah Morgan, Alpha Sigma Kadchffe said. The majority [of the groups] were great... [the] sororities were all amazing." Alpha's Greek Sing chairwoman. The third-place award went to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for its Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity won first place for the third performance of "Partying through the Week at JMU." The straight year. Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority won first for the members held up signs to indicate where to party each day of the women. Kappa Alpha Order and Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority week, dancing to a different song each time. On Wednesday, the took second place, while Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and group displayed for the audience "Blue Foxx, with Townie Sigma Kappa sorority took third. Karaoke," while country dancing and singing "Friends in Low Alpha Kappa Lambda's theme was "Spring Break." and all Places." the men in the risers wore sunglasses and Hawaiian leis. The For sororities, Sigma Kappa earned third place with "Kappas men on the floor danced to hip-hop music. of the Nile." Its performance included a pyramid and Egyptian The group also opened with "Seven Bridges Rqad," sung by props. The women danced in harem pants to songs such as junior Rob Conklin, senior Vince Coyle. and sophomores Scott "Walk like an Egyptian" and "Queen of the Night," changed to Ferguson and Will Weinig, who dedicated the song to fraternity "Queen of the Nile." member John-Michael Knowles, whose mother was murdered recently. Other awards for most creative went to Kappa Sigma fraternity, who performed to the theme "Kung Fu Fighting," and "We like to do it, and we have fun." Alpha Kappa Lambda Sigma Kappa. For best audience participation, the awards went KYLE BUSS/wmor photographer Greek Sing Chairman Coyle said. "We had special motivation, to Alpha Kappa Lambda and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Sigma Chi and we dedicated it to him." fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority took home best showmanship Alpha Chi Rho fraternity member Frank Febbraro sings Sigma Sigma Sigma performed to the theme "Nightmare on awards. "Purple Rain" to the crowd during Greek Sing. Sigma Street," equipped with a fog machine and strobe lights. The sororities put a lot of time and effort into their The group danced to music such as "Thriller," "Addams Family One of them involved a pledge in Theta Chi fraternity who performance Radcliffe said, which was evident to the audience ran across the floor in a chicken suit, shooting a Super Soaker Theme" and "Creep." The women's costumes were torn, their by the amount of props and coordination that went into each hair was sprayed gray, and they wore white makeup with black full of beer. Another occurrence was indecent exposure by a routine. member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. circles under their eyes. The fraternities, however, do not seem to be as consistent with e t0 differcn, and t Assistant Greek Coordinator Doug Popik, a sophomore, said T ^^ ** > *e weren't about looking their dedication, junior Chris Carter said. "The women's part of the point of the event is just to have fun. cute," said Melissa Lentini, assistant Greek Sing chairwoman for the show is definitely worth coming for." Sigma Sigma Sigma. "Greek Sing allows Greeks and non-Greeks to come together Usually plagued with several instances of misconduct, Greek for an event in which everyone has a lot of fun,"he said. Kappa Alpha earned second place with "Stars & Stripes." The Sing was not as troublesome as past years, Radcliffe said, performance opened with an a cappella version of the "Star The $1,500 collected from the event will be contributed to although there were a few incidents of misbehavior. Knowles' family.

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(above, I to r) Sophomores Laura Dey and Michele Kaulback of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority take one of the boat race vessels out for a spin, (below, I to r) Members of Sigma Kappa, Delta Gamma and Alpha Chi Omega run around and around in the dizzy bat relays Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Mike Stern of Chi Phi chicken helped quell the Greeks' fraternity easily won the men's title appetites. and was immediately carried away At 4 p.m. came an shortened on the shoulders of his fellow version of Greek Games, with the fraternity members. water balloon toss and the keg toss Freshman Jeannie Mills of Sigma being nixed due to time constraints Sigma Sigma went home with the and their small point value. They sorority championship. "1 guess it began with the dizzy bat relays, as was worth not eating all day," she Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Alpha said. She didn't eat earlier so she Kappa Lambda fraternity stumbled could participate in the contest. their way to victory. Throughout the week, basketball The tug of war followed to finish and volleyball tournaments took out the games. Alpha Chi Omega place. Alpha Sigma Tau won the sent Sigma Sigma Sigma tumbling in sorority basketball title over Zeta Tau the mud for a win for the sororities, Alpha, while Lambda Chi Alpha beat while Chi Phi beat Lambda Chi Sigma Alpha Epsilon for the Alpha in a battle that had crowd Trash was thrown everywhere. the week on March 24. A series of sorority won these titles, fraternity championship. Men's members jumping in to help. Unconscious bodies could contests followed during the next six respectively. volleyball was rained out after the When all was said and done at the occasionally be seen strewn about the days, with the top three finishers in Tuesday afternoon students drew first round, but the women finished end of the week, Alpha Sigma Tau lawns. Remnants of once-proud each event receiving points for their various organizational crests on the in time for Alpha Chi Omega to win had won the overall sorority water vessels rested in pieces on the performances. The fraternity and sidewalk near the end of the Row. over Alpha Sigma Tau. championship and Sigma Alpha shore of a nearby lake. Not a sound sorority with the most points at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Epsilon had secured its spot at the could be heard, as the surrounding Saturday, probably the single end of the week were crowned Greek Alpha Sigma Tau sorority won the top of the fraternities. area appeared to slowly recover. It biggest day of the year for the Week champions. respective titles for this contest. But celebration, not competition, looked as if a whirlwind had hit the Greeks, featured a plethora of March 25 brought on the tray The food-eating contest activities. At noon came the boat had been the hallmark of the past place. races, an event in which the immediately followed, which was Actually, this scene was the result races, when the Greeks build their several days. The real emphasis of contestants had to run down Greek almost as much fun for the spectators own boats, usually out of beer kegs Greek Week had not been on of a week's worth of whirlwinds. Row balancing a tray full of items. as it was for the participants. Dan and planks of wood, and race across winning contests, but on having fun Beginning March 24, Greek Week At each house, there was a station set Thornton ("Sophomore"), the Newman Lake. descended upon campus. Seven days no matter what the activity. Kappa up where the racers had to add designated eater for Alpha Chi Rho Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Sigma alumnus Ryan Madden said dedicated to celebrating Greek Life another object to their trays and fraternity, said after the contest, "I Delta Gamma sorority were the first he came back to JMU for Alumni left its participants tired, sore and perform some sort of activity, like ate it. I threw it up. I ate it again. I ready for more. to reach the far shore, leaving more Weekend "to get loaded and look at jumping through a hula hoop. loved it." than a few people behind them A Greek Row cleanup started off all the younger girls." A Greek awards banquet took The contestants had to scarf down swimming to the other side after But perhaps senior Will place on the night of March 25 in a plateful of things such as cold cuts, some boats capsized. MacDougall of Kappa Sigma put it Warren Hall, with individual honors crackers, candy, whipped cream and Various bands, such as Triggerfish best when he said, "Greek Week such as Greek Man and Woman of salsa as fast as they could. They had and Magraw Gap, played sets along means gettin' a chance to hang out the Year handed out. Seniors Chris only the helping hands of their the Row during the rest of the with a lot of good friends, alumni Murphy of Kappa Sigma fraternity coaches and the cheers of their afternoon, while giant grills filled that we haven't seen in a while and and Kitty Dunman of Zeta Tau Alpha friends to assist them. with as much as 700 pounds of just enjoyin' the moment." cus ' THE BREEZE Monday, April 1,1996 17

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(left) In the midst of a tunnel of excited spectators, senior Mark Hijar (center) and Alpha Kappa Lambda pull their way to victory in the tug of war against Sigma Chi. (Above) Keith Chintault (r) picks out some freshly barbecued chicken from one of the Huge grills on Greek Row. Chintault, along with family and friends of sophomore Pi Kappa Phi member Hunter Smith, sponsored the Saturday afternoon cookout.

(above) Despite the tooth-and-nail effort given by senior Ryan Dennis, Pi Kappa Phi lost this tug of war struggle against eventual champion Chi Phi Saturday afternoon. This event was the last of the Greek games, (right) As his fraternity brothers cheer him on, sophomore Mike Stem finishes off his win at the food eating contest Tuesday afternoon.

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Alcohol program helps users realize the consequences of their drinking story by Liz Sinunu

You wake up in the morning with an offender cannot automatically an incredible hangover and barely enter the program. remember the events of the night A judge must order it, she said. before. All you remember is trying to "The choice is normally either keep your eyes open while driving attend VASAP or lose your license," your friends home after a night of she said. "Most go through VASAP drinking. to retain their driving privileges." Did you ever think about the VASAP will accept people after consequences if you had been their first and second offense, but not ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRYAN KNIGHTIsiaffarlist stopped by the police and charged after their third driving under the with driving under the influence? influence conviction. At that point, other hand, "is a physical addiction involving alcohol. Simmons said 20 education program for 10 weeks. Virginia Alcohol Safety Action they need serious treatment, that happens in the body. percent to 30 percent of college While he admits he does not enjoy Program makes you think about these Simmons added. "It is difficult to detect until the students nationwide are enrolled in the sessions, he said he believes they consequences after getting an alcohol If the judge determines a person is person tries to give up drinking but an ASAP program. will help him and the others or drug-related conviction. eligible for VASAP services, the can't stop." One JMU sophomore, who asked attending. According to Simmons, several to remain anonymous, attends "They tell you a lot of things (t students enrolled at JMU did not VASAP because of a DUI conviction about alcohol that I really didn't It made me more aware of what make the "right choices" and were he received about a year ago. Now, know," he said. "It made me more convicted of various offenses he has decided to attend the intensive aware of what alcohol can do. I have people in my class who won't ger* alcohol can do. I have people in my into trouble again." There is some disagreement about class who won i get into trouble whether the VASAP program is really effective. Haveson said he again. believes the program is a good one, but the format used today is outdated. JMU sophomore Haveson compared the VASAP VASAP attendee program to traffic school. Basically, if it is the person's first offense, the Virginia is not exempt from the offender will be assigned a case program is there so he or she will not weekend activity of choice on most manager who will determine which make the same mistake again, he college campuses across the nation service would best meet his or her said. — drinking. needs: an education program, an "The material presented is too Alcohol consumption is a normal intensive education program or a simple, outdated and out of touch for part of college and growing up, treatment program, according to what today's college student is going according to a VASAP brochure. Simmons. through," Haveson said. "The Many view drinking as an escape The education program consists of program needs to be revamped." from the pressures of school or as an 20 hours of alcohol and drug Another student enrolled in the easy way to gain confidence and education taught in two-hour sessions VASAP program, who asked to meet members of the opposite sex. once a week for 10 consecutive remain anonymous, said she does not Also according to the brochure, weeks. believe the program is effective those between the ages of 18 and-20 The group-oriented intensive because it is not strong enough. caught buying, possessing or education program involves 20 hours "No one takes it too seriously," drinking alcohol can be fined up to of in-depth examination on the role she said. $2,500, lose their licenses for up to alcohol and drugs play in the However, Simmons said she^i one year and possibly go to jail. offender's life. believes the program is effective. The consequences of seemingly The treatment program involves a "Overall, just being arrested is harmless actions become quite referral to either an alcohol or drug going to make them change their serious when a person is caught treatment agency. behavior. But there are people who-* drunk in public, in possession of Both education programs "consist will go through everything and not be alcohol or marijuana or driving under of lectures, videos and all-group helped. No program is going to help the influence, according to the activities," Simmons said. "The everyone." VASAP brochure. curriculum is approved by the state." So the next time you decide to When convicted of these offenses, Every participant in the program buy alcohol with fake identification, there is an alternative. In Virginia, is not necessarily an alcoholic. The which can result in fines up to $500 the convicted individual or his or her activities center around how alcohol and loss of the license for up to one attorney may request participation in affects driving and how to recognize year, or drive home drunk, remember the local VASAP. body signals and symptoms of there are consequences if you are This program is an alternative alcohol abuse and alcoholism. caught. sentencing method for those According to Randy Haveson, There are also consequences for convicted of alcohol-related offenses JMU substance abuse counselor, those around you. In 1994 alone, 35 that allows offenders to fulfill the there is a big difference between the teenagers were killed in alcohol- terms of their probation while living two. related crashes. as normal a life as possible. Alcohol abuse is continued use Simmons said the VASAP Pam Simmons, director of despite negative consequences, program is "aimed at teaching you Harrisonburg VASAP services, said Haveson said. Alcoholism, on the how to make the right choices." -■—

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<• through spring '96 season y by Steve Trout "I was definitely pleased with my staff writer performance," Betts said. "A lot of us had record rounds." Wk Spring is finally here. The sun is out, and the The women continued their hot streak this weather is getting nicer — ideal conditions for March as they again returned with the firsfc^ <*• -j| i ' : the JMU women's golf team as they swing place trophy at the William & Mary ' *M. through the 1996 spring season. Invitational, their second tournament of the The women participated in seven spring schedule. The two-day event had 13 ■ tournaments in the fall and only four in the teams participating, and JMU came away with a spring. Yesterday, they competed in the first two-stroke victory over second-place finisher day of the three-day Duke Invitational in Winthrop College. Durham, NC. "We played pretty well on the first day," . "We're really looking forward to it," head LaMotte said. coach Susan LaMotte said prior to departure for Led by Yard's first-round score of 77, the their third tournament of the spring. Dukes ended the day with a seven-stroke Sophomore Catherine Yard said, "It's the advantage. The second day, however, was a best tournament we play, in terms of the little more difficult. competition." "Because of the bad weather, the course "It's our chance to really make an became incredibly long," LaMotte said. 'There impression," LaMotte said. "We can show what was a tremendous amount of three-putts. There ■ JMU is all about." were some mental errors and many hard shots \ Yard said, "It's just a lot of fun to go down during the first four holes." there and play against such good players." The Dukes bounced back and secured ii» Yard and her teammates come off a7 record- victory with a superb back nine, including W ■ ^1 breaking fall season. After graduating three of Crist's8-over-par80. ,m<- its top five players following the 1994 season, "I felt really positive going into Sunday " •i* 1 w the squad's success was uncertain. But behind LaMotte said. "We turned it on, we grinder the play of Yard and senior Niki Crist, the team harder than everyone else. Other teams started easily surpassed expectations as it claimed one to falter, but we didn't." * ■ im uMi championship, one second place finish and two Betts said she wasn't surprised with the v .**"— - third-place finishes in the eight-week fall victory. "Our ability levels are so equal. season. Naturally, we're going to compete, but we also "We had the best fall ever," LaMotte said. encourage each other. . . .When all that Mi "The girls really came together and played happens, we know we'll do well," she said. k*x Jfp* well." LaMotte said, "These girls really pull for The fall season was highlighted by the first- each other. They're well-liked by other teams, place finish at the Methodist Invitational in and they deliver a positive image of JMU Fayetteville, N.C. The team shot a combined wherever they play." 309-313 — 622 in the two-day tournament. The Dukes wrap up the 1996 spring season J. MICHAEL KOGERSIstaffphotographer Individually, the Dukes were led by senior April 16-17, when they compete in either the Sophomore Kathryn Wood, JMU's No. 2 seeded player, tees off at Spotswood Heather Betts, whose rounds of 75 and 76 Penn State Invitational or the UNC Wilmington Country Club Tuesday afternoon. earned her a third-place finish. Invitational. ■■iX->-- ' rj

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Atlanta again the team to beat in the NL Sports editor Matthew Provence casts his 1996 National League predictions just in time for Opening Day National League East Ken Hill (P) and John Wetteland (RP) in 1994 almost the first half of this season, I don't think the midway point of the season. as a result of their small-market status, the Cincinnati can pull it out again. And, by the 1. Atlanta Braves (90-54) Expos lost Cordero (.286-10-49) and Berry way, are you sold on an outfield that includes 2. Los Angeles Dodgers (78-67) Welcome: Jerome Walton, OF. (.318-14-55) — the left side of their infield — Coleman and Kelly as everyday starters? Welcome: Greg Gagne, SS; Mike Blowers, 3b. So long: Mike Devereaux, OF; Charlie this season. Yet, Montreal will still be Brother, I wouldn't even spare a dime. So long: Jose" Offerman, SS; Tim Wallach, 3b; O'Brien, C; Kent Mercker, P. competitive with a good young pitching staff Kevin Tapani, P. Outlook: The Braves are basically the same led by Pedro J. Martinez (14-10, 3.51) and 3. Houston Astros (76-68) Outlook: I look at the Dodgers' United Nations team from last year — and that's not too Carlos Perez (10-8, 3.69). In addition, the Welcome: Sean Berry, 3b. rotation — Japanese Hideo Nomo (13-6, 2.54), shabby considering they were the 1995 World lineup should generate some offense with So long: Dave Magadan. 3b, Dave Veres, RP; Dominican Ramon Martinez (17-7, 3.66), Series Champions. As you have heard for the talent-laden Rondell White, Shane Andrews Mike Henneman, RP. Mexican Ismael Valdes (13-11. 3.05). last several seasons, no team in baseball has as and Mark Grudzielanek getting a chance to Outlook: Houston made a wise move in American Tom Candiotti (7-14, 3.50) and good a pitching rotation as Atlanta. Led by the perform. Yet, even if Montreal plays well, why shelling out the big bucks to retain Craig Biggio Korean Chan Ho Park (6-7, 4.91 in AAA) — incredible Greg Maddux (19-2, 1.63), who has should Expos' fans get excited watching their (.302-22-77, 33 SB), who some feel is the best and I think, "Why in the world am I not picking won an unprecedented four straight Cy Young young stars? They should know by now that all second baseman in the game. If lb Jeff Bagwell the Dodgers to win the NL West?" I guess the Awards, the Braves had the lowest team ERA the good ones will be gone in a year or two. (.290-21-87) doesn't break his wrist for a third Los Angeles bullpen is a bit suspect, built in the majors in '95 (3.25). The staff should Sounds more like Montreal belongs in college consecutive season and 25-year-old OF Brian around injury-prone, 36-year-old Todd WorrelF* even improve this season with the emergence of basketball rather than the major leagues. L. Hunter (.302-2-28, 24 SB) lives up to his and unproven 22-year-old Antonio Osuna. And, highly touted rookie Jason Schmidt, the 1995 advanced billing, the Astros will score plenty of aside from C Mike Piazza (.346-32-93), the International League ERA king. Oh, and as if 5. Philadelphia Phillies (69-75) runs. The starting pitching should be fine, but Dodgers may have some problems scoring runs. t they need it, the Braves do have an offense — Welcome: Benito Santiago, C; Todd Zeile. 3b; Houston's Achilles heel is in the bullpen with They need repeat career years from lb Eric but it is the pitching that will carry Atlanta back Lee Tinsley, OF; Ken Ryan, RP. the loss of Veres and the injury to John Hudek. Karros (.298-32-105) and 3b Mike Blowers to the top of the NL East. So long: Charlie Hayes, 3b; Andy Van Slyke. (.257-23-96) and for one of their left-field OF; Paul Quantrill, P; Heathcliff Slocumb. RP. 4. Chicago Cubs (73-71) prospects to step up for L.A. to either win the 2. Florida Marlins (67-76) Outlook: If it were possible to place an entire Welcome: Ryne Sandberg, 2b; Leo Gomez, 3b; division or take the wild card spot. If nothing Welcome: Devon White, OF; Al Leiter, P; franchise on the DL, Phillies' fans might be Doug Jones, RP. else, manager Tommy Lasorda should not lose Kevin Brown, Livan Hernandez, P; Alejandro spared some agony in 1996. For the second So long: Mark Parent, C; Shawon Dunston, SS; any more of his already depleted hair with the - Pena, RP. straight year, injuries plagued Philadelphia in Todd Zeile, 3b; Randy Myers, RP. replacement of error-prone Offerman (35 So long: Chuck Carr, OF; Bryan Harvey, RP. 1995, and the team went downhill quickly after Outlook: The Cubs have a solid starting errors) with slick-fielding Gagne at shortstop. Outlook: Last year, the Colorado Rockies starting a major league-best 37-18. Already, the rotation, but that all goes for naught with the surprised the baseball world by becoming the Phillies' shaky pitching staff has gone down addition of 38-year-old closer Jones (0-4, 5.01) 3. Colorado Rockies (77-67) quickest expansion team to make it into like a Chinese satellite this spring, and, oddly — who's more washed up than dead fish on the Welcome: No one. postseason play. This season, the Marlins could enough, the injury-prone Sid Fernandez (6-1, seashore. Don't expect Jones to come in and So long: Joe Girardi, C; Mike Kingery, OF. become the second quickest. Florida added two 3.34) is the only starter slam the door on Outlook: If Rockies fans are still a "mile high" quality starters in Brown (10-9,3.60) and Leiter in the originally planned opponents in the friendly after last season's surprise postseason (11-11, 3.64) to what was an unheralded but rotation who is healthy confines of Wrigley appearance, they'll be set for a crashing fall. solid rotation in '95. Offensively, the Fish for the start of the NATIONAL LEAGUE Field. Apparently Although Colorado has an incredible offensive should be extremely potent if Gary Sheffield season. Now there's the jealous of all the hoopla arsenal when playing at home, its pitching staff (.324, 16 HR. 46 RBI in 63 games) stays biggest irony in surrounding the returns makes any opponent's lineup, no matter how healthy. In addition, new leadoff hitter White baseball. of Michael and Magic, feeble normally, an offensive arsenal whether (.283-10-53) may be the biggest blessing of all, Sandberg has come out playing home or away. Staff ace Bret replacing the horrific Carr (.227-2-20) after National League of retirement to play Saber hagen (7-6, 4.18) will be out for at least Florida management finally realized Carr's Central second base for the the first half of the season, and Bill Swift (9-3, tremendous speed was absolutely useless Cubbies. But after sitting 4.94) is also not ready for opening day. This because you can't steal first base. Twenty-four- 1. St. Louis Cardinals out a year and a half, it leaves Kevin Ritz (11-11, 4.21) as the No. 1 year-old catcher Charles Johnson (.251-11-39), (62-81) is unlikely that "Ryno" guy. And although his 1995 stats are not too in only his second year in the majors, is already Welcome: Luis Alicea, will lead Chicago to any bad, it's still Kevin Ritz, and opponents will be considered the best defensive catcher in the NL. 2b; Royce Clayton, SS; 1996 PREDICTIONS postseason play. "Puttin' on the Hits." So then what happens He also showed offensive potential last year, Gary Gaetti, 3b; Ron when the Rockies' lesser starters pitch? hitting .317 after the All-Star break. If Pena can Gant, OF; Andy Benes, P; Todd Stottlemyre, P; 5. Pittsburgh Pirates (58-86) help sort out Florida's middle-relief mess, look Dennis Eckersley, RP. Welcome: Does it even matter? 4. San Francisco Giants (67-77) for the Marlins to surface in the wild card race. So long: Jose Oquendo, 2b; Scott Cooper, 3b; So long: Whoever was lucky enough to escape Welcome: Shawon Dunston, SS; Stan Javier, Bernard Gilkey, OF; Tom Henke. RP. the Pirates' sinking ship (oh, wait, it sunk long OF; Allen Watson, P; Osvaldo Fernandez, P. 3. New York Mets (69-75) Outlook: Manager Tony LaRussa arrives for ago). So long: Royce Clayton, SS. Welcome: Brent Mayne. C; Rey Ordonez, SS; his first year in St. Louis and comes in with a Outlook: I was tempted to just avoid the Pirates Outlook: The Giants are no San Francisco Bernard Gilkey, OF; Lance Johnson, OF; Mark tremendous pool of offseason acquisitions. The completely — much like their fans, star players treat, yet, they could be a little better than Clark, P; Bob MacDonald, RP. Cards have a strong one-two-three punch in and wins. But just when you think it's time to anyone expects. The offense is much improved So long: Ryan Thompson, OF. their starting rotation with Andy Benes, who let the young players gain quality experience, with an addition of Javier (.278-8-56, 36 SB), a Outlook: The Mets' organization produces returns to the NL after going 7-2 down the Pittsburgh brings in and plans to start 35-year- real leadoff man as compared to such fakers as more pitchers than JM's during Happy Hour, stretch with Seattle last season; Alan Benes, old OF Mike Kingery, 35-year-old P Zane Deion Sanders and Darren Lewis and the health and the latest three — 23-year-old Jason Andy's 24-year-old brother who is a legitimate Smith and 40-year-old P Danny Darwin— who, of 3b Matt Williams (.336-23-65 in 76 games). Isringhausen (9-2. 2.81). 22-year-old Bill Rookie of the Year candidate; and Stottlemyre, by his mere existence in a major league But let's not get ahead of ourselves — pitching Pulsipher (5-7. 3.98) and 23-year-old Paul whose 14-7 record with Oakland in '95 should uniform, defies the theory of natural selection. is what the Giants really need. Their staff Wilson (5-3, 2.85 in AAA) — comprise the top only improve now that he's in the NL. If this is the Pirates' method of rebuilding, I reminds me of those old, childhood jokes: young pitching combinations in all of the Although fans thought "The Eck" was through, wouldn't exactly call Three Rivers Stadium a "What do you call a man with no arms?" majors. But pitching will not be the sole factor the 41-year-old closer should provide a mirror nuclear fall-out shelter. Answer: "a San Francisco Giants pitcher." behind the Mets' resurgence in the NL East. image of Bob Ross as he paints his way back to Unless Cuban defector Osvaldo Fernandez, • With 24-year-old OF Carl Everett (.260-12-54) stardom with the bigger strike zone in the National League West rookie Jamie Brewington and former first- and 3b/OF Butch Huskey (.284-28-87 in AAA) senior circuit. The lineup was also given a / rounder Allen Watson can dispel the humor, the leading the way. New York has a long list of terrific boost, and the addition of Gant (.276- 1. San Diego Padres (70-74) Giants will remain the midgets of the NL West. . . talented prospects that are ready to turn the 29-88) gives St. Louis a big, clean-up bat. Welcome: Wally Joyner, lb; Rickey franchise around and challenge for the NL East Henderson, OF; Bob Tewksbury, P; Sean crown within the next couple years. However, 2. Cincinnati Reds (85-59) Bergman, P. 1996 is too soon to expect the youngsters to bid Welcome: Joe Oliver, C; Chris Sabo, 3b; Vince So long: Eddie Williams, lb; Bip Roberts, OF; POSTSEASON PREDICTIONS for a postseason berth. Coleman, OF; Curtis Goodwin, OF; Mike Phil Plantier. OF; Melvin Nieves, OF. WILD CARD WINNER: Florida Kelly. OF Outlook: The Padres and Dodgers will battle NL CHAMPION: Atlanta 4. Montreal Expos (66-78) So long: Benito Santiago, C; Mark Lewis, 3b; not only to see who has the best pitching in the Welcome: Sherman Obando, OF; Rheal Ron Gant, OF; Darren Lewis, OF; David Wells, NL West, but also for a division title. I give the MVP: Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Cormier, P; Dave Veres, RP. P; Mike Jackson, RP. nod to San Diego because it could have one of CY YOUNG AWARD: Greg Maddux, So long: Sean Berry. 3b; Wil Cordero. SS; Outlook: Last year, my pick of the Reds in the the best bullpens in baseball if its young talent Atlanta Tony Tarasco, OF; Gil Heredia, P; Butch NL Central fell right into place, but it took pans out. But the Padres will have to get strong ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Paul Henry, P. career yean from OF Reggie Sanders (.306-28- performances from either Tewksbury (8-7, Outlook: Unfortunately for the Expos' 99, 36 SB) and pitchers Pete Schourek (18-7, 4.58) or Bergman (7-10, 5.12) to solidify the Wilson, New York organization. Fats Domino never sang a French 3.22) and Dave Burba (10-4, 3.97) to carry rotation. Offensively, the Pads are very capable, COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE version of his song "Ain't that a Shame," Cincinnati down the stretch. If P Jose" Rijo but may be one big bat in the middle of the YEAR: Steve Avery, Atlanta hadn't come down with a severe case of Jeffrey lineup away from a first-place finish. Look for because the hit was the No. 1 choice for the MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Rene Expos' theme song. After losing All-Stars Hammonds-itis, I would predict the Reds to the developing 23-year-old OF Marc Newfield Larry Walker (OF), Marquis Grissom (OF), repeat in '96. But without its ace starter for (.343-3-12 in AAA) to step up into that role by Lachemann, Florida 24 Monday, April 1, 1996 THE BREEZE •■- Jl HAT'S GOiNi JI Opportunities are Exploding at:

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Like all other JMU gymnastics "1 thought we had a really good meet," meets this season, the Dukes cheered each of JMU head coach Roger Butke said. "I think we their teammates on with excitement. The team were as prepared to compete tonight as we unity was obvious as the meet progressed, with could have been. each gymnast gaining energy from her cheering "It's disappointing, but there were a lot of teammates. bright spots in the day." "Somehow emotions get caught up in this Host school College of William & Mary meet, and the rivalry between William & Mary won the tournament with a score of 189.425. and JMU takes control," Burke said. JMU was second with 188.575, and Radford The close meet left the team looking to the University finished third with 184.450. future. The Dukes had no first place finishes "[JMU's close finish) showed everyone what individually. They did have two second place we are capable of doing next year," Wells finishes: freshman Shannon Bagley finished said."We ended on a good note," second in the parallel bar competition with a Wells, a veteran on this young Dukes squad, 9.675, and senior Joy Wells attained a career has improved each year of her college career. best and posted her highest score in the all- Most gymnasts peak in their ability and skill around competition with a 38.025, good for a around age 15; Wells' improvement is a rarity second place tie. in gymnastics. Wells also finished third in the vault "This is my last year competing, but I am competitor! with a 9.65 and tied for fourth with better than I e.ver was in my gymnastics JMU freshman teammate Barrie Thibodeau in career," she said. the floor exercise with a 9.55. Though this year's team relied on seniors Although the Tribe edged JMU, many like Wells for leadership, three other seniors are Dukes achieved personal bests. graduating along with her. "She [Wells] was sick as a dog all week," Burke is already looking forward to next Burke said. "She knew she needed a high score season. to put her in contention for [NCAA] regionals "[It's time to] reevaluate what we've done and still scored her personal best. She was during the season and try to start formulating a IAN GRAHAM/senior photographer phenomenal." plan for next year," Burke said. "It is not Junior Beck! Kabat poses during her floor performance Friday night at the Virginia Another hopeful for the regional competition postseason for us; it is preseason." State Championships in Williamsburg. Lacrosse downs Tigers, end losing streak by Tricia Liles together. Towson defenders contributing writer collapsed on her, she tossed the ball to mc and I scored," LeMaire said. The JMU lacrosse team broke its LeMaire returned the favor just two-game losing streak with a minutes later, assisting Ball on a convincing 10-4 victory overTowson goal. Ball used a scoop shot to give State University Saturday at JMU an impressive 9-2 lead. Reservoir Street Field. "We were in line with each other. The Dukes took a commanding Emily faked high, gave me the lead during the first half, scoring five underpass and 1 scored." Ball said. goals on Towson State senior Senior defense Anne Slonaker put goalkeeper and co-captain Gwen the finishing touches on the win with Hicks. her goal at the 16:00 mark. JMU head coach Jennifer Ulehla Both players said this was a big said the Dukes were "mentally more win for the team and that they were prepared as a team and focused for able to make the big plays because of the entire 60 minutes of the match." strong team defense. Ulehla said, "I saw a lot of good things out there today. This is Towson State 4 definitely a step in the right direction." JMU 10 Senior goalkeeper Meg Cortezi had eight saves for JMU, and Hicks The Tigers scored the first goal of had 10 saves for Towson State. the game just five minutes into the JMU finished with 26 shots-on- first half. The goal by Towson goal compared to only 17 for the State's Liz Wilson started a drought Tigers. for the Tigers that was not quenched "We started playing to win instead until midway through the second of playing not to lose," Ulehla said. half. "We communicated on and off the JMU answered Towson State's J. MICHAEL ROGERS /staff photographer field, and [the players] concentrated initial goal quickly on a score by Senior goalkeeper Meg Cortezl prepares to defend against another shot from Towson State. She on mental discipline." freshman defense Rebecca Tweel. finished with eight saves, allowing only four goals in the Dukes victory. That communication led to an all- Junior attack Shelley Klaes added around team effort with senior a second goal and gave the Dukes capitalize on a penalty shot with Riley scored the Dukes' fifth goal of offensive strike with a goal just three midfield Caryn Habay, Slonaker, their first lead of the game with 10:07 left in the first half, keeping the half on an empty net. minutes into the half, and had the Gicking, LeMaire, Tweel, Ball and 15:38 left in the half. The Dukes the Tigers on the defensive and JMU's offensive play got even Tigers scrambling to prevent scoring Klaes all adding one goal apiece in never lost that lead. Junior midfield giving the Dukes a 3-1 lead. Riley better in the second half. The Dukes opportunities by the Dukes. the Dukes 10-4 victory over the Kristin O'Connor assisted Klaes with finished the game with a hat trick, shot 36 percent in the first half and JMU freshmen attack Emily Tigers. a pass from behind the net. leading the Dukes. bettered that percentage in the second LeMaire and midfield Jenn Ball The Dukes will try to improve The Dukes controlled the pace of The last play of the first half was session with 42 percent of their worked together in the second half. their 5-3 record April 3, when they the game, scoring five of their 10 indicative of the Tigers sloppy play. shots-on-goal finding the net. Ball assisted LeMaire with 25:04 left face Colonial Athletic Association- goals in the first half. JMU freshman After Towson State goalie Hicks lost Senior midfield Jen Gicking in the game. 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Announcements Summer ompfoynient opportunity Taylor Down Under Wednesday & Thursday now! Coldwell Banker, 434-1173. Just Ems* us s< are on sale now In the In New Mexico - Summer camp in Entertainment INVWnjOFUNKOCTW.COfr wttti • JMU Bookstore! mountain setting seeking energetic Nights 2BR apt. - 1/2 block from JMU. youth counselors with experience This Weak: mm ■McrtpMie of *)SS yss *r* 8 Living room, eat-in kitchen with Mon., April 1, 8».m.-7p.m. in nature studies, archery, riflery, •if Claybornc's what yon'ra looklnc tor. On the stage... appliances, W/D. Year lease, Tuee., April 2, Ba.Ri.-Sp.rn. western or english riding, ropes w*1*a tfct rostll $500; 9 mo., $525; 6 mo., $550. Wed., April 3, 8*.m.-7p.m. course, synchronized swimming, Monday, April 1, 8-9p.m„ Ths PrwtMrtU Funfchouosr * Assoc., Attention all students! Grants & No pets. Coldwell Banker. 434- music, fencing, drama, mountain Carmen Haaiard (Country) Realtors, Property Mfmt. OMslin scholarships available! Billions of 1173. Iguana - 2 feet long, 40 gallon biking, kitchen help & For mm km) esl 434-S1S0. $$$ in private funding. Qualify Tuesday, April 2, 8-lOp.m., tank & accessories. $75. maintenance. Contact Scott at immediately. (800)AID-2HELP OpsriMIc 3BR apt. - 1/2 Nock from JMU Shannon, 432-6403. (800)722-2843. (800-243-2435). Thursday, April 4, 8-10p.m., campus. Huge living room, eat-in 3BR nous* - Available June 1 on kitchen with appliances. W/D. Year W. Water St. $675/mo. + utilities, 29 gallon fish tank, $35 - Full RENTAL CONSULTANT NOTICE Bruce Benedict lease, $600; 9 mo., $625; 6 mo., hardwood floors, lots of character. size couch, good condition, $40; Enthusiastic ln«vMual to work In busy For more Information and Friday, April 5, 8-lip.m., $640. No pets. Call Coldwell Call today! Won't last long! 434- double H Harness buckle boots, apt. community «Mc* li* Urns. 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