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WEDNESDAY Rain likely high in low 70's New COB dean: Accreditation first By Andrea Colllna "We've got to package the product we Dr. J . Wade Gilley said Kent is the Reporter have in such a way that the excellence unanimous choice of the search com "We've got to package the we have is given the credit it richly mittee. product we have In such a A Baylor University professor has deserves," he said. "He has outstanding credentials as a way that the excellence we been appointed as the new COB dean. It usually takes about two years to teacher, administrator and entrepre have Is given the credit it On June 1,Dr. Calvin A Kent will re complete the accreditation process. neur," Gilley said. richly deserves." place Dr. Robert B. Hayes, interim dean Kent is the founder of Baylor Kent said he-plans a "growing part Dr. Calvin A. Kent of the College of Business since last University's Center for Private Enter nership with the legislature, city gov- · July. Hayes replaced Dr. Robert P. Al prise and its chairman from 1978 to emment, and the community." New COB dean exander, who resigned. 1990. He taught courses at Baylor's He said he views education as an eco Kent said the top priority on his Hankamer School of Business and nomic enterprise. With southern West Virginia's econ agenda is to continue accreditation School of Law. Since 1990, Kent has served as the omy based largely on energy produc efforts. Kent said he considers students to be administrator of the Energy Informa tion, I believe Dr. Kent's expertise in He said he has been through the ac his first responsibility "as both custom tion Administration, to which he was the energy field will be a significant creditation process at two other schools. ers and products." appointed by President George Bush. asset," Gilley said. Plaza barbecue Science building nears completion, goal set for May a, Andrea Colllna Reporter

A construction crew is working to finish renovating the Science Building by May 1, said Mike M. Meadows, director of Facili ties and Planning Management. Workers are completing Phase II of the project, Meadows said. This includes landscapin_g the east and front sides ofthe building. It also includes planting grass and shrubbery and constructing sidewalks and seating. He said the project should be finished by May, depending on weather conditions. Dr. Ralph Taylor, associate dean of the College ofScience, said the front entrances to the building will be open following the landscaping completion. wrhe front en trances have been blocked for four or five years," he said. Workers will alter some entryways because some of the building's internal ...',. structure renovation resulted in some en byways being unnecessary or in the wrong place, Taylor said. "One ramp now leads to nothing," he said. Meadows said the inside of the Science Building is "substantially completed." He said the third floor has already been in spected. The fourth floor should be com pleted by April 20 and the fifth between May 1 and 15. , Taylor said the construction company PhalobyWlbb~ has managed the process very efficiently. He said "as soon as a room is completed, a cart Runyon, a Marriott employee, grins food on the plaza. Please see SCIENCE, Page 2

I ' . Phone-a-thon exceeds expectations

By Kara Marcum ,give money, but didn't quote a specific support and be part of it.• Reporter amount, said Welty, phone-a-thon co During the two months ofthe phone ordinator. a-thon, students called alumni asking People thought Susan Welty was Money raised by the phone-a-thon for donations. Alumni and Marshall going overboard when she announced goes to the annual fund, which is used faculty filled in for the students during she wanted a 40 percent increase over for student scholarships, faculty devel spring break to aid in the nine-week last years phone-a-thon goal. opment, instructional equipment, spe fundraising campaign. College of Sci But students and alumni working cial project&'programs and library ac ence faculty also worked, calling four the phone-a-thon surpassed even the quisitions. evenings asking specifically for dona new goal. "I feel really good about the phone-a tions to the COS. Phone-a-thon workers raised thon,n Welty said. Additional help came fr.om the com $143,675, beating their goal of$140,000 •it shows there are a lot ofpeople out munity college's office procedures class. and bringingin 19 percent more for the there who believe in Marshall and are Denecia Dameron, assistant professor university than last year. ready to support it. I think it's a credit at the Community and Technical Col- ~ore money will come later from the to Marshall that the university is doing nearly 2;000 people, who said they will a good job, because people want to PleaN 888 PHONE, Page 2 • Page 2 The Parthenon WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 Crime, disasters chink • SCIENCE- • PHONE Parthenon Florida's seeming shine From Page 1 From Page 1 Volume 97 • _Number 42

By Christopher Sullivan Orthe destruction and death crew of cleaning people come ·1ege, said she worked one night Th• Parthenon, Marshall Associated Press Writer that filled TV screens after with alumni and saw it as a Unlyeralty'a dally newspa and clean everything up." per, la published by stu Hurricane Andrew struck last The Science Building's reno good experience for her class. MIAMI (AP) - Up near August, leaving a hot, slow dents Tuesday through Fri vation has been going on for 13 "I thought [students] could day during the fall and Orlando is a Magic Kingdom. cleanup job that drags on still. years, according to Meadows. gain some valuable experience Down in Key West shimmers On Florida's shiny surface, spring ..meatera. In 1986, the building's annex callingandhelpMarshall while Responsibility for news the balmy otherworld ofMar these and other incidents - doing so. They raised money. from a racially tinged police was completed. Phase II of the and editorial content lies. garitaville. In between lies project has been going on since and gained valuable tele solely with the editor., Miami, "where summer spends brutality case here to highway March 15, 1992. The job was marketing experience as well." the winter," neon capital of a snipers near Jacksonville to The class worked an hour Editor ever-present drug crime-may originally contracted for ap playground called the Gold proximately $6.2 million. and a half calling daytime Greg Collard Coast. be only nasty scratches. numbers. Managing Editor The sloganeers and image But they have allowed the "We usually can't call those Misl'JRalte makers never let up after chris world a peek through this much Parasite found in numbers thatspecifyth1ey must News Editor tening this sandy peninsula polished looking-glass, and Brad McElhinny be called during the day be Assistant News lidltor "America's sunporch" in the made Floridians look, too. Milwaukee water ca use the students have There is no rush to abandon Tracy Gwinn 19th century. classes," Welty said. "Having Sports Editor It worked because the nick a land many residents saw as alarms weakened the class do it really helped." Ana M. Menendez names had something behind the Great Escape-from snow, Welty said students hired to LlfestylH Editor them. from communist Cuba, from MILWAUKEE (AP)-Most work the phone-a-thon cam Lisa A. Earl They still do. the ordinariness ofplaces lack people can tough out the nasti paign gained experience in Photo Editor Consider this highrise view ing the pace and style of "Mi est effects of a parasite that addition to pay checks. Stu Webb Thomp,on at 11 a.m. one recent weekday: ami Vice." has sickened thousands, but dents were given four hours of Adviser In the distance, traffic surges Florida's population still Debra Belluomini Milwaukee's water crisis is a telemarketing training. They Production Supervisor toward the gleaming Miami grows by a net 600 a day, and also gained public relations skyline while, in the fore jumbo jets at Miami Interna life-and-death matterfor AIDS MiclaMl Frul victims, cancer patients and experience and a job reference. Advertising Manager ground, a speedboat towing a tional still disgorge some ofthe Mickey Vestal, on-sight coor the elderly. Doug]one, tan skier scratches a white 42 million tourists Florida dinator of the phone-a-thon, Student Ad Manager wake across a lagoon. Every expects this year. • "My first thoughts were that said he could see the growth in Meli11a Dicur,on . wavelet winks in the sun. Still, recent events have I was going back into the hos many of the students by the Marjom Robert, "This is the ideal place to do made many reconsider their pital. I'm an easy target for a Advertising state's image. end of the campaign. nothing without having a bad · lot of stuff now," Gilbert "[The students] even got to 696-2273 or 696-JJ46 conscience," says Anouk Lin "Florida, South Florida es Complal~ der, a German tourist sunning pecially, has always attempted Adams, who has AIDS, said the point that they were so 696-6696 herself on Miami Beach. Re to project itself as a paradise," Monday. independent in their technique Sports flected in her irridescent sun says Arva Moore Parks, a local Adams, 25, was released when making calls, I would 696-JJJ9 glasses are sidewalk cafes, a historian and author. from the hospital last week have to hold them back to the Story Id... 696-2521 row of pastel Art Deco hotels "This is what they want the after an eight-day stay for script," Vestal said. Nearly 4,000 of the 14,257 and, always, the Coke-bottle tourists to think." pneumonia. Wednesday green Atlantic. Paradise has absorbed some people called gave pledges. April 14, 1993 powerful blows lately, she Just two days later, he found Nine hundred forty of the But other images never out that his tap water might 311 Smith Hall make the handsome brochures acknowledges. pledges came from first-time Huntington, WV 25755 distributed by travel agents But they remind her of past have exposed him to the micro donors. and retirement communities. trials Floridians weathered, organism cryptosporidium. "We contacted more alumni Like the crumpled body of an among them deadly yellow "Last week, I was drinking a this year than ever before," Correction: earlier German visitorwho lost fever 90 years ago and race lot of water. Welty said. "I was really A story on Tuesday's Life her way between airport and riots in the 1980s. "I'm freaked out and wor pleased we were able to talk to page should have said students beach and was robbed and -i'here'sa lot more substance ried, butmy doctor has told me so many alumni, because it living on ~pus are not al- · killed in the blighted Liberty here than what we say in our to just watch and wait to see gives us an opportunity to lowed to have pets except for City neighborhood. ads," she says. what happens," he .said. update them on university." fish. . ASSOCIATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS INVOLVED MARSHALL EMPLOYEES

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EXECUTIVE BOARD: I CONNIE MCKENY ARMY ROTC ALEX HOLCOMB TIE SMIITEST COLLEGE toUISE YOU W TW. CARLA SCHNEIDER NO MILITARY OBLIGATI<>N •• A hazardous waste incinerator has begun operating on a limited b~sis in East Liverpool, Ohio, ending a 12-year fight by environmentalists to keep the plant from opening. Final approval for full operation is being held up until one morn1n test of the incinerator is repeated. WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 The Parthenon • Page 3 BRI_EFS L.A. 'oil edge~ awaiting King verdict 1rom wire reports BJ James Anclenon ersfield, Calif. radio station They face up to 10 years in were killed and more than $1 Associated Press Writer broadcast what it called an prison. billion in damage was caused. unconfirmed report of a ver- Riots broke out last spring Policereportedabout50calls Japanese execs LOS ANGELES --- Los An diet. after the officers were acquit- from people who heard the geles was a city on edge Tues Thejuryconducteditsfourth ted of most charges in a state rumors Monday. to visit campus day as a federal jury weighed day of deliberations Tuesday. trial. "We got one call all the way the fate of four policemen in Monday, the jurors asked U.S. About 600 National Guard from London. Even the New HUNTINGTON (AP) - A the Rodney King beating. District Judge John G. Davies troops reported to area armor- York Police Department group of Japanese business Hundreds of National if they could take their trial ies Monday to await the ver- called,"policespokesmanSteve leaders are scheduled to visit Guardsmen reported to stag notes with them back to the dict.Atleast5,000moretroops Wesselink said. the city Wednesday in an eff'ort ing areas Monday to await the hotel where they were segues- were available, and U.S. At- The Rev. Benjamin Chavis, to encourage Japanese invest verdict. Police put more offi tered. He said no. torney General Janet Reno the newly-elected leader of the mentin the United States, Sen. cers on the street. Civil rights Sgt. Stacey Koon, Officers approved up to $1 million in NAACP, worried that the Jay Rockefeller said. leaders and the mayor pleaded LaurencePowellandTheodore federal funds for police over- buildup could backfire. "The Japanese have a word, for peace. And rumors of a Briseno and former Officer time. "Law enforcement officials 'Memawashi,' it means tend verdict swept the city. Timothy Wind are accused of The Los Angeles Police De- have the responsibility to keep ing to the roots," said A woman ran breathless into deprivingKingofhiscivilrights partment put 200 extra offi- order," he said. "But what I'm Rockefeller, D-W.Va. "It's that a West Holl)'Wood restaurant, when he was clubbed, kicked cers on the streets at all times. saying is, I want to make sure way in building business rela screaming, 'They'renotguilty!" and shocked with a stun gun in Police were criticized last we don't go too far and wind up tionships with the Japanese. An advertising firm sent its a beating March 3, 1991, that spring for their slow response doing something that is pro Those relationships have to be employees home early. A Bak- was videotaped by an onlooker. to the riots, in which 54 people vocative." nurtured." Among .the visitors will be the vice chainn,an of Toyota, Rockefeller said. Inmate deaths total seven Four dead after Rockefeller has invited for a, James Prichard eign and domestic business Associated Press Writer ..They can give us what we ask Guatemalan leaders to West Virginia since for-It's well within our rights. the late 1980s. He credits the tours with attracting at least LUCASVILLE, Ohio - The body of a Then you wlll have someone seventh inmate was found Tuesday in a prison uprising four businesses to the state. state prison where hundreds ofbarricaded back. Why don~ they want to About 40 members of the convicts are holding eight guards hostage. do this?" Huntington Regional Chamber The unidentified inmate was recovered PAVONCITO, Guatemala (AP) - of Commerce are expected to at about 10 a.m. in a section acijoining a Lucasville inmate A 30-hour mutiny in an overcrowded attend a luncheon at Marshall cell block where the siege began Sunday prison, in which four inmates died, University Wednesday with afternoon, said Tessa Unwin, a spoke11- ended when authorities nTomised to the 10 Japanese executives. woman for the state Department ofReha well within our rights. Then you will have investigate a prisoner's death and bilitation and Correction. someone back. Why don't they want to do initiate a series of reforms. BancOne buys The guards were taken hostage at the this?" More than 20 people were injured maximum-security Southern Ohio Cor Sharron Kornegay, another spokes in the standoff', including prisoners, Key Centurion rectional Facility as they rushed in to woman for the Department ofCorrections, guards and relatives of the prisoners confirmed that inmates had rigged some caught inside the compound during break up a fight that authorities believe CHARLESTON(AP)-Key was a trick. The inmates took the guards' kind of loudspeaker system. Easter Sunday visits. batons and beat fellow prisoners to death. State officials negotiated Tuesday for The circumstances of the four in Centurion Bancshares share Some 450 prisoners were still in control the guards' release with some of the in mates' deaths was not immediately holders have approved the sale of the section of the prison where the riot mates. The eight hostages had been seen known. ofthe state's largestbankhold started, state officials said. by a prison employee Monday and were Ana Maria Orozco, director of ingcompany to Banc One Corp. "It appears as if there was a staged believed to be in good health, department Guatemala's correctional institutions, of Ohio. fight," said Reginald Wilkinson, who heads spokesman David Morris said. told reporters that the mutiny ended Almost 82 percent of the the Department ofRehabilitation and Cor- The inmates presented 19 demands, around 5:30 p.m. Monday with the shareholders approved the release of warden Oscar Mejia Bar rection. - mostly dealing with prison rules, officials takeover Monday, Key Centu said. Authorities would not give details. rios, who had been held hostage. Unwin said authorities were investi rion officials said. About 500 gating whether the latest death was a The violence may have stemmed from The prisoners rioted when word racial turmoil, officials said. spread that an inmate had been shareholders heard results of homicide or a suicide. No other details the vote Monday. were disclosed. "Certainly itcould be racially motivated, beaten to death by guards on Satur Overnight, the inmates rigged a loud but there is also information to presume day, a day after nine inmates escaped. The sale, initially valued at speakerand expressed dissatisfaction with that it may not be the case," Wilkinson Orozco said a medical examiner's $550 million, is now valued at the talks. said. The first six prisoners killed were report concluded that Daniel Mejia $625 million, said Marshall "I'm telling you that you got problems," white, but some ofthe eightinjured in the Castellanos, 30, died of pneumonia. Reynolds, Key Centurion a voice declared from a cell block window. uprising are black, and one of the eight But she said the death would be in chairman. "They can give us what we ask for --"- it's hostages is black, Kornegay said. vestigated as part of the agreement.

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Sure, students can now pay their tuition with a credit card. We also have distance learning, which will make use of a multimillion dollar state-wide communica tions system to link campuses, libraries and homes to a video learning data base. Legislation calls for the assural!_ce that the higher · education governing boards will "address the needs of higher education," whatever that means. Apparently it took about $40,000 to find out that higher education employees need a pay raise. According to March figures, the state college and university systems had spent $31,342.85 on HEAT, with $8,850.62 in "unpaid obligations." Translated into English, this means they still have bills, but haven't-written all the checks. Actually, no one knows how much HEAT will cost letters the state. Money for pay raises is suppose to come from the general revenue fund instead of being financed by Jesus Christ isn't Constitution protects the rights of all and we must ensure these students through tuition hikes. a homosexual rights. On top of financing pay raises, estimates for "dis The Parthenon However, there is a group that tance learning" runs into hundreds of thousands of To the editor: encourages let has been greatly take advantage dQllars, and officials discovered Tuesday a provision ters to the editor of: smokers. The no smoking policy added by Delegate Steve Williams, D-Cabell. In response to "Bible wavers on topics of in- on campus is _absolutely unfair. The provision would extend retiree benefits to show ignorance" printed April 13 - terest to the Smokers are a minority, just as teachers in the general education and higher educa in The Parthenon, I would first Marshall Univer there are other minorities on tion system before 1970. like to say to Mr. Senyszyn that sity community. campus. This policy is not without The change initially was expected to cost $20,000 you are taking Bible scriptures out Letters should be typed and warrant, especially concerning the for 200 people, but after further study by the Depart of context. include the author's name, health issue. ment of Administration, officials said the proposal To get the full picture of Deuter hometown, class rank or title, However, the group is still of could cost the state as much as $100 million. onomy 23: 18, you must first read and a telephone nurooer for minority status and deserve ac Williams said he added the provision to help his the verses above and below it to verification. commodations just as other mi father, Dr. W. Don Williams, who is Marshall's vice truly understand what is written. Ttie editor reserves the right nority groups have received their • president for Research and Economic Development. You just can't pull out one verse to edit letters for space and due accommodations. Again, there Talk about having friends in high places. and say it has, as you say, "homo potential libel. ·are health issues, but what about The provision was quashed late Tuesday because sexual connotation." Address letters to: the food served in the cafeteria? legislative leaders said it cost too much and could Second, I am sickened by the Letters The majority of this food is high in endanger the rest of the legislation. way you think. I know you have a The Panhenon fat and cholesterol, which is proven Just another example of your lawmakers at work. "right," but let me tell you some 311 Smith Hall to cause heart disease, the No. 1 thing, Mr. Atheist. My Lord and Huntington, W. Va. 25755 killer in this country. Savior Jesus Christ is not a gay Thepointis,iftheseothergroups MU alumni should male, homosexual and he didn't are minorities and accommoda have any homosexual feelings minority group on campus. This tions are made, then so must they toward his disciples. I feel sorry for concern is not for African Ameri be made for smokers. Accommoda stick to alma mater you, because one day we will all can groups, it's not for the Islamic tion for smokers is a simple and have to answer to God. When your groups and nor is it for the handi cheap one. Smokeless ashtrays and For eight years the school of journalism has bene- day comes, Mr. Senyszyn, he will capped. These groups are finally fited from its alumni organization. · air cleaners are made specifically remember what you have said to gaining statues and equality in for the dissipation of smoke. Bars Much of the mQney it has donated has come from disgrace the name ofJesus Christ. this society. the annual Third House, an event alumni sponsor in have them, and I would dare say Finally, I would like to know Through hard work and perse that 100 percent of the people on Charleston where journalists poke fun at state poli something, Mr. Senyszyn. I bet verance, these groups also have ticians. this campus frequent a bar or some you are a homosexual gay man, obtained accommodations in order sort-of establishment where smok One man who was important to its success was aren't you Mr. Senyszyn? I pity the to advance and to not only be seen, James Dent, a West Virginia University alumnus ing is common practice. Why can't fool who would ever "fall 'in love" but also to be heard this institution, in this free and who worked more than 40 years for the Charleston with you, because you are sick, The accommodations made for Gazette. _ constitutionally binding country, perverse and on a road to hell. But the handicapped have made ac also make accommodations for this According to James Casto, president of the alumni if you would believe in God, he cess to facilities that, until recently, minority? organization and ·associate editor of The Herald would save you from your sins, and freedom to utilize these facilities Dispatch, Dent was the event's primary script writer I think you need to do so. without assistance was unheard and organizer until his death last year. Arthur Green Once again, Jesus Christ is not a of. Huntington sophomore As a result, the school of journalism has received homosexual and isn't gay and is Accommodations for African more than $20,000 the last four years from Third still living today. Americans also have been for good House profits, Casto said. reason and were certainly over corrections So out of respect and appreciation for Dent, the George Anderson II due. The African American groups alumni organization recently donated $1,000 to a Cross Lanes freshman are more than just social groups. scholarship in Dent's name at WVU. They are to help African Ameri Factual errors appearing Although this was a kind gesture, just as much cans discover who they are and to respect could have been shown for Dent by donating Smokers also identify with their heritage. Still, in The Parthenon should $1,000 in his name to Marshall's journalism pro are minorities this is not without assistance from gram. legislation and hard work. be reported as soon as Both schools are underfunded, but WVU by far gets There are many other groups they appear by calling the a better share of state revenues. To the editor: and many different accommoda The last thing WVU deserves is to be profiting from tions tofitgroups'needs, and there newsroom at 696-6696. Marshall alumni. My concern is for a particular must be more. Face it, the • Page 5 STUDENTS! Walk in the WELLNESS WALK Women's video conference and have a chance at winning · $100.00 in BOOKS from the to ;discuss social issues MU Bookstore BRING YOUR FRIENDS! By JN•ph J. Piek lyn Hu-Dehart, professor of Reporter history at the University of The student who has the most walking "Our goal Is to help make Marshall aware Colorado, Boulder. on his/her behalf will will a Walkman The academic, social and pro Afterthevideotape is shown, fessional environment for that women of color ... there will be a general discus and a $50.00 Savings Bond women is the focus of a video have something to of sion ofissues on campus facing conference Thursday for fer." women, Clements said. ~r WALK DATE: Marshall University's "Women goal is to help make Marshall Of ColQr Celebration," from 1 Sandra Clements, aware that women of color are APRIL 14TH to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Stu educational support present on campus and have dent Center room 2W22. programs coordinator something to offer." ANYTIME BETWEEN The event, "Women of Color She said the event sponsors in Higher Education: Too In are offering free T-shirts to the visible, Too Silent, For Too first 100 people who attend the 11:30 am & 1:30 pm Long," is presented by Black Other topics to be discussed celebration, and refreshments Issues in Higher Education, inchide equity issues, women will be served after the discus MEMORIAL STUDENT and originally aired March 31 in leadership positions, the sion. Sponsors include the Of nation-wide. glass ceiling faced by women fice ofMulticultural Affairs, the CENTER PLAZA Sandra Clements, coordina and student experiences. Women's Center, the African · Sponsored by Student Health Education tor of educational support pro The video conference panel American Students' Program grams, said, "This event gives ists include Dr. Juliette Gar Office, International Students' Programs and MU Human Resources women of color a chance to cia, president of the University and Scholars' Programs Office, for more information call 696-4800-696-2593 celebrate their differences, and of Texas, Brownsville, Dr. L. Black American Faculty and to encourage and support each Jay Oliva, president of New Staff Organization and the other in their efforts." York University, and Dr. Eve- Student Development Center...... ······---·············---·-······································-·········.••...... ••.,... MARSHALL STAFF! ...... •• ., Applications are available for the Residents stay · Participate in the WELLNESS WALK ...... •. following unpaid positions for Fall 1993 at home, avoid ....••. , on April 14th, 1993 between :••· drive-by gunman 11:30 am & 1:30 pm By Leroy TIiiman at the Associated Press Writer Memorial_Student Center Plaza WASHINGTON - Resi and UL FM 88.1 MHz dents of a neighborhood still recovering from civil distur bances two years ago say they Music Director Continuity Director feel like hostages in their own WIN! News Director Traffic Director · homes because of a drive-by Sports Director Program Coordinator gunman who is attacking pe Each Staff participant will have a destrians. Production Director Training Coordinator In the past seyen weeks, chance to Applicants must carry at least 12 credit hours there have been 10 drive-by WIN A YEAR'S PARKING shotgun attacks in the capital's FREE during the fall semester. ethnically diverse MountPleas The Staff member who has the most For job descriptions and applications, contact ant-Columbia Heights area, Brad Williamson, WMUL-FM Student Manager at leaving two people dead and walking on his/her behalf will win four wounded. Police believe 2 SEASON FOOTBALL TICKETS 696-2295 one man is responsible for the violence. SO BRING FRIENDS!! ...... , About250 residents met with Sponsored by Student Health Education Pro .,.. , city and police officials Mon ,.. , grams and MU Hwnan Resources. ..•..••. day night to express their con ... , cerns. for more info. call 696-4800 or 696-2593 :,:::.. . ,.. . Week "People are afraid to go out ...... •...... •...... , ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1 AT oftheir houses not only at night but also in the daytime," said Blainey Saunders, 25. "It's like KIPLING SHOE CO. our freedom of movement is MEET being taken away until the Plan to walk in the REEBOK REPRESENTATIVE police decide to catch whoever - it is ·that is terrorizing our WELLNESS WALK on RANDY SHAMBLIN neighborhood. People are be SDAY 10:00 am - 6:00 pm ginning to feel desperate. APRIL 14th, 1993 •Drawings for door prizes People are beginning to feel •Pizza for lunch trappeq." anytime between 11:30 am & 1:30 pm All 10 ofthe drive-by attacks •Register to win a $400.00 occurred at night within a 10- at the mountain bike block area oftownhouses, small ,----=------1 shops and ethnic restaurants. Memorial Student Center Plaza PIZZA EATING CONTEST The area has an abundance of back alleys like the one where to VALUABLE PRIZES Elizabeth Hutson, 28, was $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE killed while walking her dog. WIN A ONE YEAR PARKING PERMIT CALL TO REGISTER 743-5721 'This should not be looked at as a black thing, a white thing BRING FRIENDS!! or a Hispanic thing," said shop IN STOCK!! keeper Ricardo Morales. "What ·Toe faculty member who has the most BASKETBALL you see here is a situation that walking on his/her behalf will win SHAQATIAQI could hopefully ~ ~ ··ve t0 l:>1i ng the community t, , -~ ~r 0utof 12 DINNERS FOR TWO White, black, blue -----~--""' this tragedy." In one attack t. - • • pril 4, a at area restaurants Open Dally woman said a man a car cut Sponsored by Student Health Education Pro 8-8 her off as she crossed a street. Sunday (:lccbok : .- ~ ~ After asking, "How ya doing?" grams and MU Human Resources 12-6 the driver hoisted a shotgun for more information, call 696-4800 or 696-2593 out of his window, said "April Fools" and shot her in the arm. WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 The Parthenon • Page6 THUNDER MOUNTAIN by Chuck Fry ]

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Three business executives on campus to talk with students, faculty and the community about topics related to busi j Is the ness. NO OVERALL PRICE Dr. Robert P. Alexander, professor ofmanagement , said ~ BEACH _INCREASE FOR SUMMER! . the COB has the Executive-in We are happy to say we have been Residence program every year ·"1/ calling .· as an opportunity for students able to hold our overall pricing for to meet and talk with success another year! ful business executives. This - YOlJ? year the program's title is "The Role of the CEO." He said the Let us help NOW! LEASING FOR program started in 1984 when he was dean. send youon SUMMER & FALL '93 Alexander said he tries to get Marshall University gradu vacation. ates to speak atthe program as 7Illl cs~~ often as possible to show stu Give life, Give plasma dents that they can also be suc We will be paying an 8th time $25 bonus March 15- ~~@~~ "COME SEE THE DIFFERENCE" cessful. April 15. By donating regularly you can earn $135 f~r The speakers will be Howard A great place to live close to campus! Corbin, chairman of the board your vacation fund. ofdirectors ofCorbin Ltd.; Don $50 Dnwing Each Monday for Monday Donors Only Check us out first! Blankenship, chairman and chief executive officer of AT. Call for an appointment SPECIAL RATES FOR SUMMER! Massey Coal Company; and We accommodate 150+ students. 1-4 bedroom units James Shott, presidentofTele • Plasma Center available. Each bedroom hu Its own bathroom. Sun graph Commercial Inc. The 631 Fourth Avenue Decks. Spiral staircases. Security. Extra clean. Great men will be at Marshall April Huntin~on, WV fumlture. All utilities paid. Parking. Laundry. Central 13, 15 and 16, respectively. 529-0028 Heat/Air. Pets allowed w/fee. Fulltlme staff. 3 month All speeches will be given in lease for summer I 9 month lease for fall! Check us Corbly Hall 105. Open 6am-6:30 pm Monday through Thursday out early for great selection and spcclal summer rates There will be a luncheon for Fri. - 6am-3:30pm' Sat. 7:30 am-3:30 pm the speaker and faculty each THE FIONN GROUP day ofthe program, Setliffsaid . If you have never donated or if it has been 3 months or She said there will be one stu more since your last donation; bring this ad to receive JERRY DYKE CALL 522-0477 dent representative at the an additional $10 on your first donation. luncheons. Students interested in softball team tryouts should sign up at the Cam Henderson Center in Room 2036 by Friday. There will be a meeting Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Henc;terson Center Big Green - Room to discuss tryouts and other information.Tryouts will be April 19-23 and April 26-30.

WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 The Parthenon • Page 8 WVU players Conference ·title is· goal sti 11 recovering year after crash for Herd running backs· By Matt Harvey AP Sports Writer

By Marty Belcher "We would really Parker h ad MORGANTOWN- West Reporter liketowinthecon- "Our number one goalforthe never been to the Virginia University basketball ference this fall. season will be bringing Tri-Sate until he players Lawrence Pollard and The football team will be defending We have worked 1993 enrolled at Wilfred Kirkaldy were soaring its 1992 national title this fall. How hard and desire home the Southern Confer- Marshall. "I kind above the rim last year. Now ever, two of Marshall's returning play the title." ence title." of like being able they are just happy to be alive. ers have thoughts of another title that Parker amazed L R Ch to walk down the Pollard, a 6-foot-5, 198- has .eluded the Herd the past two sea Herd fans last fall e on apman, street and not be pound guard-forward, had just sons. with talented run- offensive back recognized. It is completed a sophomore year in "Our number one goal ningandcatching. nice to be noticed which he started four games for the 1993 season will Chapman is one of for your efforts but and played most of the time. be bringing home the two Huntington High School graduates my privacy is important, too." Kirkaldy, a 6-10, 240-pound Southern Conference playing for the Herd football team. His Both ball handlers are awaiting the center, had played in 27 games title," said LeRon cousin, Shannon King is a junior and opening of the 1993 season as they pre as a freshman and was ready Chapman, sophomore plays defensive linebacker. pare for the Green and White game this to contend for starter. ->. offensive back. • "I was always the best in high school Saturday at 7 p.m. The finale to spring , Then their car crashed a year I. ' "There will be several and it took me a couple ofyears to grow training will immediately follow a pa- ago Monday, and their athletic teams challenging us up," Chapman said. rade downtown at 5 p.m. prospects with it. CHAPMAN [Marshall] for the con- "When the coach keeps building you "If the teams draft the way I think Now the Brooklyn, N .Y., men ference title," he said. to be the best on every team and in any they will, this will-be a good competitive are trying to rebuild their lives "Western Carolina and Furman are sport, you startbelieving thatit is true," football game," Chapman said. "You can and their bodies. Pollard still always two ofour tough he said. "Coach Donnan told me from . look for me to hope Ricky Carter [defen has a chance to play college est games. You can day one, that I needed to mature. I knew. sive back] is on my side." basketball, possibly next sea never count Appala he was right, now it shows." "Carterisoneofthemostintenseplay- son. chian State out either." Chapman has gained 20 pounds of ers on the team. Every time we run his Kirkaldy's chances are slim . Chapman made ref bulk from conditioning and weights, direction in the back field, he's all over at best. He will undergo the erence to the kind of while his speed has remained intact. you," Parker said. 22nd operation on his severely play that helped defeat He said he also finds it difficult to play Chapman and Parker said they will broken legs,April 28. He hopes Marshall lastyear when in front of his hometown at the college attend summer school and continue fit- to walk again. PARKER ASU's Quarterback level. ness training until fall practices begin. "I think how I used to walk threw a touchdown pass "You are always trying to prove some- "It is always good to stay one step up up and ddwn these streets," . in the last few plays of the game. thing to the fans. They expect so much on your education: Parker said. "We Kirkaldy said." Nineteen years Freshman tailback Chris Parker, of you. This year they will see a better both came to college wanting a degree, of walking and, after nine Lynchburg, Va., agreed with Chapman. LeRon Chapman.• football is a positive addition.• months, I forgot that I used to walk. It's going to be like anew beginning, I guess." Pollard can walk, buthe can't make the abrupt movements WHO.: MARSHALL UNIVERSITY LARGE CONTEMPORARY required in athletics. He often SPEECH/LANGUAGE APARTMENTS feels pain in his injured hip and knee, sometimes just be PATHOLOGY STUDENTS cause of a change in weather. "Last summer was the first WHAT: EDUCATOR EXPO '93 time I can remember not being able to play in the summer RECRUITMENT FAIR leagues and be able to go to the park to just play basketball," WHEN: APRIL 14, 1993 he said. "It just takes some getting used to watching all your friends you grew up with WHERE: RADISSON HOTEL playing and you're just a spec _-.)ft:!~!.~[~if:'.'.-£~iE~i:::::::= :·/::::::;::;::::· tator." Both said they now cherish TIME: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM life's routines and both study .,.. ; )~~i,i~~~=:=:=:: hard. WHY: COME EXPLORE CAREER __,,,, ,,,.,-•ii!!!·· ~-- "I was just doing enough to get by before," said Pollard, a OPPORTUNITIES WITH NOVACARE physical education major who WE ARE THE UNITED STATES hopes to coach. "I wasn't a Qad LARGEST PROVIDER OF student. "But now I have to focus more COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL on my academics. I guess when REHABILITATION SERVICES. you're playing it seems like WE PROVIDE SERVICE IN 43 you're going to never stop play STATES - PRINCIPALLY SKILLED ing." While hospitalized, Kirkaldy NURSINGHOMES - TO PROVIDE said he decided to become an PHYSICAL THERAPY, X-ray technician because their OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND humor made tedious proce dures bearable. SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY Kirkaldy, like Pollard,.said TO OUR PATIENfS. the accident made him "fine STOP BY THE NOVACARE BOOTH AT THE tune" his studies. "While you're playing, you're EDUCATOR EXPO '93 TO LEARN MORE; seen as being around basket ball or whatever sport you're around. But you don't realize that one day you're going to ~·NovaCare have to go outside and work. And that's the biggest concept · -Ht/ping M•ltt Lift t1 Littlt Bttttr. that's changed: I realize that day has come.• WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 The Parthenon • Page 8 Week-long campus auction to start Monday

By Austin G. Johnson weeks in advance to deliver old she purchased an IBM Selec barn sale were very pleased ofjournalism, said she plans to Reporter and used items to central re tric typewriter, very similar to with their purchases and vowed buy new photography equip ceiving or call plant operations the one she operates at work, to tell other students about the ment with money from selling Patio furniture from Presi to pick up items. for only $30. The needed re upcoming sale, she said. old cameras. dentJ. WadeGilley'sresidence, Computer equipment, office pairs were so minimal she had The March sale grossed Skaggs said the two goals of a van and hand-held radios furniture, laboratory items and a friend repair it for her. $2,600, roughly 10 percent of the sales are to provide poten head a long list of jtems to be an assortment of restaurant Skaggs said items are sold in the $20,000 revenue normally tial buyers purchasing possi auctioned during the Depart equipment dominate the inven their present condition with no made during both sales. bilities while giving depart ment of Purchasing and Mate tory so far, she said. returns, exchanges or money The revenue from the sales ments an opportunity to get rial Management's Yard Sale. "We cleaned up [with prof back guarantees. However, the is returned to departments to rid of their excess items. Carol Skaggs, manager of its] during past sales, but this policy has not affected the help purchase new items or "Overall, the yard sales have central receiving, said the time all we're sending over for number of purchases made at replenish their budgets. always met successfully these week-long spring yard sale is the sale is a huge kitchen sink," past sales. "Wegetanumberof Rebecca Johnson, professor two goals," she said. scheduled next Monday said Karen Kirtley, Memorial repeat customers," she said. through Saturday. "The sale Student Center project assis Skaggs said that buyer turn will be an excellent opportu tant. out is typically the same over nity for students, university "We received more than $300 all for both spring and fall sales. employees ·and the general from the October 1992 sale and "However, the amount of sales public to take advantage of that's not too bad when you items available depends on some remarkable deals. consider these are items that whether or not departments "The departmental items are have either been replaced or decide to do "spring cleaning" trickling in slowly and plant are no longer being used." or "fall cleaning." operations personnel will pick Sherry Pyles, supply clerk of "The one thing we would like up available items through 4 Marshall's Army ROTC depart to see more ofis better student p.m., Friday," she said. ment, said she made the deal of turnout," Skaggs said. Stu Departments were notified a lifetime a few years ago when dents attending the March New president hired for lacking MAllall~_, •.. ;.i.SUBWAV' *GREAT LOCATION! *CLOSE TO CAMP.US! NBC program 'Il1l' Placl' Wh<:rl' Frl'sh is thl' 'fastt•." Now leasing for SUMMER By Scott WIiiiama AP Television Writer and FALL terms

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