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ALENDA LUX UBI ORTA LIBERTAS VOLUME LXXXVII MONDAY,DECEMBER 4,1995 NUMBER13 Murphy returns as new AD By MattPitzer tainastrong — athletic system at the Virginia. —___ ation.We're veryexcited for the President John Kuykendall Sports Editor current level. opportunity." said in a statement, "JimMurphy selectionofMurphy, The the During his 10 years atGeor- brings us a broad range ofunder- Davidson athletics turned a Executive Di- Associate Athletic giaTech,Murphy earnedareputa- standing to intercollegiate sports cornerthis week,naming alesser- rector at Georgia Tech, ended a tion as a financial wizard and ... As analumnusand former stu- knownalumnus asitsnewAthletic search that beganin mid-summer fundraiser. Serving also as chief dent-athlete,healsocherishes this to replace highly-regarded the financial officer for the Georgia college and understands the place In announcing Tuesday that Terry Holland, who accepted the TechAthletic Association,the or- of athletics in our academically Jim Murphy, a 1978 graduate, parallelpost at Virginia. ganizationthat runs YellowJack- rigorousenvironment." wouldbe the next AD,Davidson Murphy waschosen overtwo ets athletics,he increased itsbud- Members of the five-person effectively drewback fromafive- other finalists, Gerdy, JimMurphy John ways done getfrom $5million to$16million. searchcommittee werenotswayec yearperiodofstrivingfor leading Murphy national Davidson'sall-time men's things," saidthis weekin He also recently directed a $40 by arguments wanting a well- recognition at same time scorer, but the basketball andTomShupe, an interview fromhis Atlanta of- million capitalcampaign overthe reaffirmedits commitmenttomain- an at going Associate Athletic Director fice."It's tobe a great situ- past 3 1/2 years. SeeNew AD onpage 16 [Dashing throughdavidsoN Seniors can stay to Monday after graduation By Brooke Bagwell Staff Writer Inresponsetothesurvey taken by the Studenf'Advisory Council (SAC)last month.ResidenceLife has alteredsomeofitspolicies to cater to the requestsof many,se- niors. The mainissue of discon- tent among those surveyed cen- teredaroundtheissueofadelayed seniorcheckout after graduation. SGAmemberandChairofthe Student Advisory Council to the Director of Residence Life Sara Beth Hamlin headed a sub-com- mitteetoinvestigatepossiblerem- edies.Toaccomodatethemajority of seniors, who expressedthe de- sire toremainin theirapartments Sunday night following com- and enjoythe free RobKosicki Parents children horsedrawn carriagerides mencement,Hamlinworkedwith that were Thursday partof theChristmas inDavidsoncelebration night. KurtHolmes,Director oftheResi- dence Life Office, to modify the previouspolicy. tS? winter -wonderland at 68' In the past, seniors were re- quiredtocompletecheck-outby5 By WillBradshaw says. "Itis areal shotinthe armof communities who seemed most but she couldn't remember who p.m. on graduationday. Hamlin Staff Writer Christmas spirit for allof us. We enthralledby the— celebration. had sang.She also enjoyed pet- indicatedthatchangingpolicy was just wishwe could get more stu- "It'sgreat— thebestplacein ting the sheep that was out on "aconvenience issue,"concerning Asnight fell onthe town of dents tocome out." the world because most every- Wednesday evening. RLOstaffmoveout,PhysicalPlant Davidson Wednesday,normally Manyof the townmerchants thingyou don't have to pay for," "He's soft, and I've never operation,andcleanuprequiredfor |uiet Main Street was trans- reopened theirstoresand hadspe- Lizzie Mandle, a first grader at seen a sheep before," Gudaitis the readyingof summer housing. formed into a mecca of activity cial attractions to helpadd to the DavidsonElementarysaid."Sofar said,and shecontinued onabout However,thebiggestconcernwas and holiday cheer for the three- atmosphere of the event. There I'velistenedtomusicandgotsome the fair. "It's fun. There's lights the possibility ofvandalism to the eveningChristmas in Davidson were horse-drawn carriage rides pom poms, and we went to the everywhere,and sometimesIsee apartments once graduation cer- celebration. leaving from behind the Duke Soda Shopfor dinner. I'm gonna friends,"thenshe flashedLizziea emonies areover. "This is aboutthesixthyear Power plant oneach of the three spoilmyself,butIhope Igoon a smilethat was reciprocated. RLO expressed concern that of the celebration),and it gets evenings, and the carriages were carriage ride." Gudaitis' four-year-old students would nolonger respect )iggerand bettereveryyear.At- often seen click-clacking through One ofMandle's classmates, brother, Peter, was not as talk- ResidenceLifepoliciesiftheyfelt tendance goes up, and the mer- the streets. Margie Gudaitis, saidher favorite ativeashis sisterandMandle,but releasedof their obligations after chants do more to prepare," But it was the children of memoryofthe fair waslistening to Davidson mayor Russell Knox Davidson and the surrounding peoplesingsongs theyearbefore, s<< Christmas "«h SeeTHMonday onpage 3 Schedule Dating Variety show Men's This Week Students and faculty scramble dictionary showcase theirabilities basketball FirstClass Mail PollyGriffin assures students Emily O'Briendefines for all to enjoy. Wildcats excommunicate U.S.PostagePaid that they willget their classes. the Davidsondating lingo. Catholic. Permit #1 Opinions & living Sports Davidson,NC28036 . News . 2 9 Arts 10 14 2 NEWS Computers jumble schedules Registration starts over after Registrar's Office discoveredsystem errors By Mary Laura Moretz riding?!? Registrar's Office began usingit. days,whenstudents flocked to the formed the SGA last week that Writer "Ijustlaughed,"saysDavisof The problem last week occurred Registrar'sOffice toaskquestions, Griffin and her staff "have been theschedulemix-up. She wasone when the system went downand thatGriffinrealizedwhathadhap- very sympathetic towards seniors When pre-med senior Emily ofhundreds ofstudents withsimi- automatically restarted. During pened. At first, she thought the whoneedclasses tograduate"and Iffvis filled out her schedule tree larly raised eyebrows last week therestarting,dataformanysched- problemmighthavestemmedfrom everyoneelsewhohashadasched- to registerfor spring classes, she afterthecomputerizedregistration ules got lostor confused. studenterrorinfillingout theforms, ulingproblem. downalotofthecourses she system wentdown,leavinganum- Registrar Polly Griffin says but then "we startedseeingsheets Within just afew days,Grif- ded to finish out her history berof schedules mixedup,blank, theproblemwentunnoticedat first. wecould notexplain." finand the staff decided tore-run or,including two seminars. orfullofrandomlyselectedclasses. The staff saw that "about 1,400 "Theywereveryhelpful,"says the batch processes for selecting Aweek later,whenshepicked The Banner software usedby students got schedules with three Davisofthe staffsresponseto the schedules, leaving all previous her completed schedule, she many of Davidson's administra- or fourclassesandthoughtitmust largenumberofproblems. Junior schedulesinvalid. Thenew com- surprisedtoseenothingon her tive offices hasbeen through four have been successful." Clair Freeman, who heads the pleted schedules should be avail- titeedule except ... horseback successful registrations since the It was only in the next few Council onAcademic Affairs,in- able sometime this week. Cosmic Coffee to land soon in Davidson By Joanna Johnson operating a coffee shop, as they sell homemade muffins, bagels, AssistantNews Editor already own a Cosmic Coffee danishes and sandwiches from 8- House in Blowing Rock. They 10 onweekdaysand8-12 onweek- The long-awaited Cosmic plan to modelDavidson's coffee ends. Coffee House is set to land on houseontheiroriginal,wherethey AtCosmicCoffee inBlowing Main Street within a couple of evenroasttheirown27 varietiesof Rock, the Grays host live enter- weeks, accordingto ownerNancy coffee. tainment on weekends,and orga- According toGray, theirCos- nize monthly art shows featuring Gray, who purchased the micCoffeehasbeensosuccessful localartists.Theyhopetoinstitute spacefor thecoffeehouse with her inthemountainsthat they sellit to both atDavidson'sCosmicCoffee husband Edward, anticipates the fivedifferent fine-diningestablish- House. Inthepast,theyhavehired store willopen in 10 to 15 days. ments. bands heard on YVNCW, a public Delayed construction has made Grayanticipatesthattheirnew Radio Stationin the North Caro- both townspeople and students European-style coffee shop will linamountains. Performersat their anxiousforthe shop'.s openingac- "be a gathering place"which will coffeehousehaveincluded Doubt- cording to Gray. enhance "Davidson's already ing Thomas and the Layman's PresidentKuykendalladdresses the students, iZoWoswki staff, TheGraysareexperiencedin uniqueenvironment." She plansto Daughter. faculty, and communitymembers who attended the Habitat for Humanity rally. deadline will force seniors to stay overnight, and check out by 12 humanity p.m.Monday morning. Failure to Habitat rally unites checkoutby noononMondaywill By Robert Ramsay project. openedtherallywithashortspeech, result ina $35 late fee. ExecutiveEditor AccordingtosophomoreCoo- followed by a speedy statement londay To combat the possibility of perDean, "the idea was tocancel from SGA President BillGullan. vandalism, security will be in- Insteadofeatingdinnerat the dinner at theCommons and Court Jane Cain, the local director of pageI from creased,and RLO will not accept Commons or at Patterson Court houses in order to get as many Habitat for Humanity,addressed party registrations