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• EMPLOYaE CONCERNS Bookstore may be private •by fall
By Brian Hofmann people to say how they would run things.. . . What we ment private, or making the whole operation private. Reporter want them to do is say, 'Ifwe ran your boobtore, this ,Denman said Gilley chose to make the whole is how we would do it.'" operation private. This upset some bookstore The Marshall University Bookstore may be in Denman said the committee is moving slowly to get employees, who said they don't want to see a private private hands as soon as the fall semester, Dr. the necessary items in the contract while attempting company come in. William Denman, the chairman of the committee to get private ownership as soon as possible. Shannon Harshbarger, supervisor ofthe bookstore, looking into bookstore operations said Monday. Controller Ted W. Massey, another committee said he would have preferred the committee follow Denman, chairman of the Department of member, said the group wants to make sure employ what the NACS group recommended, which was Communication Studies, said the committee wants ees can stay with the store. making changes in the current management. private management by the middle of August, but "A major concern for the committee was the em "They're bookstore people. They made what I said it may not be a realistic goal. ployees," he said. "I don't blame them [for being thought were the proper things to be made," The hope is beginning with the fall term the concerned]. It's a change, and when you're talking Harshbarger said. bookstore is run by a private company." about your job, it's pretty substantial." Denman said he understands employee concerns, Denman, a founding member of the committee Committee members took a year-long look at the and that they may either remain as university em formed by President J. Wade Gilley in December bookstore,includinghavingagroupfromtheNational ployees and retain their state benefits or may work 1993 and chairman since spring 1994, said the group Association of College Stores examine its operations. directly for the private company. · may be slightly behind schedule reaching its fall ' The committee submitted a five-page report to Gilley "They don't want to give up state benefits," he said. goal. in December 1994 which recommended changes in "Their concerns have been what's going to happen to "We're looking for bidders," he said. "You're asking the bookstore's management, making the manage- them, and I think that's real understandable."
• STUDENT OPINIONS Gambling faces stacked deck The hub of thought Reviews mixed on current, future states of casinos By Sean McDowell disapproves of the concept of Reporter gambling in Huntington. The "In places where we have Rev. Robert Bondurant, cam One had better bet-Marshall riverboat gambling, it hasn't pus Presbyterian minister, sees students have their opinions proven to be an economic no jackpot in the idea. about gambling in Huntington. benefit to the area," "What does gambling offer Huntington Mayor Jean our community?" Bondurant Dean recently gave her thumbs Erin Salmons, said. "Mostly, I can see low up to riverboat gambling but Huntington sophomore income jobs. I don't know much Marshall students give a mixed about gambling, but I don't review toward the floating ca suppose many people are going sinos. to have long-term jobs that William E. Smith, Lewisburg seen the financial payoff in make them feel particularly sophomore, said new casinos riverboat casinos in other com good about themselves." could only enhance West munities. Salmons agreed with Virginia's commerce. "In places where we have Bondurant. She cited her r.eli~ "I think it's good because it riverboat gambling, it hasn't gious faith as her reason for brings more jobs into the state," proven to be an economic be~ betting against the potential Smith said. "It brings more efit to the area," Salmons said. gambling parlors. money and more income." Many of the students inter "I'm morally against it," GailA. Henry, Milton senior, viewed said they would prob Salmons said. "I believe Jesus was undecided on the isstle. ablyvisit the casinos, and some was against it in the Bible. I "Some aspects of it will be expressed an interest in plac- · don't condemn people who good because it will bring jobs ingwagers. gamble, but I believe it's wrong to the state," Henry said. "They Jenny Adkins, Huntington_ for me." don't know when to stop or how freshman, gave a reminder of Adkins had different reli to control it (gambling)." another area gambling estab gious convictions. "I'm Catho Jim McOennoll/The Pa~henon Most of the students inter lishment. lic," Adkins said. "I don't see Amy Lynch, Moundsville freshman, studies one of the viewed said they had a prob "Yeah, I'd go check it out," anything wrong with it." works on display at the ElghthJuried Student Show In the lem with having gambling so Adkins said. "I go to greyhound Bondurant also said that the Blrke Art Gallery. Student art will be displayed unltl Feb. close to home. races and this is about the same faith in riverboat gambling to 23. Admission to the gallery Is free. Erin M. Salmons, Hunting thing." . . rescue a revenue is a "blind ton sophomore, said she hasn't One campus religious leader man's bluff."
• HENDERSON CENTIIR 'Messy students' bench weight room hours person to be in there." I posted a sign that said if students Thomas Lovins, director of By J.R. McMIiian recreational sports, said students in Reporter Bayless said he went next door.to ask couldn't keep the place clean, the weight Scott L. Webster, Salem, Mass., room would be closed." the weight room after hours may have been responsible. Michael S. Bayless, Huntington graduate student and strength condi He said that when he opened the tioning coach for the men's basketball room last Wednesday morning, it was a "Anywhere from one tol00 students senior, said he went to the Henderson have access to that room after it is Center weight room last Wednesday team. mess. "It was ridiculous; there were "I was told that the guy working out weights everywhere." closed," he said. for a workout, butfound only anexercise Dr. C. Robert Barnett, chairman of in futility. was a trainer and he could be in there. Webster said it may have been I got the impression that it was just tqe students in from 4-7 p.m. last Tuesday the Division of Health, Physical "When I got there, there was a sign Education and Recreation .said the on the door that said that the weight students who were being punished," who left the room that way. Bayless said. "He.said he had to clean "I didn't see it," he said. "T-he room weight room policy needed to be re room was closed on Feb. 1 because evaluated. students hadn't been cleaning up after up the room and that's why it was was fine at 4 p.m. I wasn't in there at 7 closed. He was pretty obnoxious about p.m. when it closed," Webster said. "There are serious security problems themselves," Bayless said. "The door in this building," Barnett said. "We are was closed, but someone was working it," Bayless said. "I was furious. "There is a work-study student in Webster said, "I spent two hours the there, but it's not his job to baby sit or an urban campus. We probably have40 out, so I went to ask someone why it entrance doors." was closed and why it was okayfor that Saturday before cleaning up the room. clean up after these guys," he said. THE PARTHENON 2 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8,199.5 This & That Fungus tea cures what ails
NEW YORK (AP) - It could be a cure The federal Food and Drug all or proof of P.T. Barnum's claim that Administration is studying the a sucker is born every minute. Either Kombucha. It has received no reports way, a gelatinous blob called the of "significant adverse reactions" to Kombucha mushroom has become the tea, said Samuel Page, director the health fad of the moment. of the FDA's Division of Natural · According to believers, drinking tea in Products. . whichthe fungus has stewed, can cure There is no way of knowing how everything from cataracts to gray hair. It many people are drinking sounds too good to be true - and scientists Kombucha tea. But after a flurry of say it probably is. publicity, its popularity seems to be, "Whenever in my 40 years experience, you see well, mushrooming. something flash across the country this fast According to the Handbook of Indigenous without any scientific evidence, let the buyer beware," Fermented Foods, edited by Cornell University microbi said Norman Farnsworth, a professor of pharmacognosy ologist Keith Steinkraus, the Kombucha's other names · - the study of drugs derived from plants and animals - include Japanese or Indonesian tea fungus, teeschwamm, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. wunderpilz, hongo, cajnij, fungus japonicus and teewass. He and other scientists warn of possibly lethal contami The tea is widely consumed in Russia, Japan, Poland, nation by airborne spores that could get trapped in the Bulgaria, Germany, Manchuria and Indonesia, according fungus. to the handbook.
I Jabbar inducted Strawberry, once among Fawn Hall admits because I couldn't even kill into hall of fame baseball's best power hitters, has cocaine addiction myself. I wanted to die, but I had a turbulent history off the didn't have the courage to kill field. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) LOS ANGELES (AP)-Fawn myself," Hall told the syndicated Last season, he avoided Kareem Abdul-Jabbar went from Hall, best known as Col. Oliver TV show "Inside Edition" in an suspension by entering a gangly high school center to the North's, document-shredding interview for broadcast Monday. substance abuse rehabilitation highest scorer in NBA history to secretary, says she became Hall said she only began to program. basketball's Hall of Fame. addicted to crack cocaine after fight her addiction · after the In · December, Str~wberry Abdul-Jabbar, who was leaving Washington and was overdose. pleaded innocent to tax evasion elected to the Hall on Monday hospitalized for an overdose. "Everything is centered on charges. along with six others, said the "I hated myself so much getting that drug," she said. honor hadn't yet sunk in. "I'm just happy things worked out," Abdul-Jabbar said from an Buy Sell Atlanta hotel. Ill... Women's Center 0 Co1111'x. & $tit/I At 7-foot-2, Abdul-Jabbar has ....z WEEKLY LUNCHIIAG SERIES 3 East Hills Mall dominated the game from the V Communication ana 'Diffferent "'z 733-5523 time he stepped onto the court at !." vi Trade Power Memorial High School in ....z Communication Styks n New York City-then known as· ~ How ditferat communication st,la can hinder "'z NEW COMICS EVERY WEDNESDAY! Lew Alcindor-through his three 0 •NI• foster commllnkatlon. ... Mon. 1O - 5 Tues. - Fri. 1O - 8 Sat. 10 - 6 Ctosed Sun. "':::, NCAA championships at UCLA 3 Facilllatecl tty C: and 20 years of professional .... Khn Walsh, Coordinator, wo.. 11'1 Protr•ans ~ NEW BOOKS ... 0 basketball with Milwaukee and z For ...,. ildormation ancl upco•las events, 3 with MU Student ID Los Angeles. .... V contact Wolllu's Cater, lat J111/3JJI, "'z Among his accomplishments: !." 1 JS Prichard Hal Watch our acl for futurt events six world championship rings, z "'n •••••••••••••••••••••••• Ill NOON TODAY six Most Valuable Player awards, • • ~ z"' 19 All-Star appearances. 143 PRICHARD HALL -41 : Gonna Get : 0 "' He's also the National 3 WOMEN'S CENTER WOMEN'S CENTER WOMEN'S:::, Basketball Association's all-time : Your Sweetie : leading scorer with 44,149 points and holds records for games . , ! a Valentine Gift? ! played (1,797) and blocked shots (3,189). ! _Start Here))))) • ))))) • ! Strawberry fouls . .etri.elt.er s up, out of baseball : NABI BioMedical Center : NEW YORK (AP) - Darryl •------,• Strawberry was suspended from : Earn $15 each donation ,... : baseball Monday for drug PU~RILLE r // ,>. violations and immediately fired : up to $105 by February 14th. : by the San Francisco Giants. 13154:lhAve.~ff. .' ~~ ·L------. The 32-year-old outfielder was Serving • Plus if you are new • suspended for 60 days starting Now !:t;.4:Jl ; or have not donated in 2 months, : April 2, when the season is AllLegal, Beverages -~ • receive $25 for your 1st donation. • scheduled to open. · "It was made very clear to .New Menu Coming Soon! •• ~ You may even win your own : Darryl upon his signing last June • · valentine evening••• • that any violation of this nature • February 9th we will give away • would automatically terminate : candy, flowedrsd,. movie passes, : his contract with the team," Giants general manager Bob • an inner. • Quinn said. • Donate : Strawberry and his agent, Eric Goldschmidt, were not Appearing live: : . Plasma Today • immediately available for The laid back sounds of • N I 63'1 4th Avenue : nment. Rick Blair : ____ Phone: 529-0028 • No Cover Charge ...... • The OJaity Sauce EXP 2/28/95 . • • Today in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
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Clinton chooses the communist country's new leader. new CIA leader Previously it was the WASHINGTON (AP) - birthdayofKim'sfather, the Michael Carns, a retired late President Kim 11 Sung, four-star Air Force general, on April 15. The North says is President it now is being replaced by Clinton's choice his son's birthday-Feb. 16. to replace The decree gives North James Woolsey Korea's 22 million people as director of Feb. 16 - 17 off and orders the Central In them to raise national flags. t e 11 i g e n c e "It is the unanimous de Agency, an ad sire ofall the Korean people ministration official said to significantly celebrate the today. birthday of comrade Kim The official, speaking on Jong 11 ... ," the decree said. conditionofanonymity, said the selection would be an Princess Diana nounced this week. White Reuse Chief of returns to public Staff Leon Panetta, inter viewed Tuesday morning on TOKYO (AP) - Police
Fox TV1 said Carns had met held back hundreds ofJ apa with President Clinton nese fans today as Princess about the CIA job. "He's cer Diana visited a senior citi tainly near the top of the zens' center and a cemetery· list, but that decision is for for British soldiers who died the president," Panetta said. in World War II. The 33-year-old British Greatest holiday princess is on a trip to Japan that marks her return to declared In Korea public life. She stepped out ofthe limelight in 1993 after SEOUL, South~orea(AP) the breakup ofher marriage. North Korea Tuesday desig Plans for her to visit the nated Kim Jong Il's birthday city of Kobe, devastated by its "greatest holiday," the an earthquake, were can clearest sign yet that he·is celed at the last minute. Alleged rapist claims false-memory defense
CHARLESTON (AP) - Edward Hawkins. The trial in and storing them. Hawkins was convicted in People usually are not accu Kanawha County Circuit Court "It's more like a reconst~- In the study, a brother wrote December 1993, but Monon rate in remembering details was scheduled to continue tion each time. " down two childhood memories. galia County Judge Larry and can be tricked into creat Tuesday. Researchers then created a Starcherremoved himselffrom ing false memories, according Hawkins is accused of rap third event and asked the hearing post-trial motions af t_o a psychologist testifying at a ing three WVU students in Maryanne Gany, brother to insert personal de ter he admitted coaching pros Morgantown man's triple-rape 1985, 1989 and 1990. He is research psychologist tails for credibility. ecutors on their closing argu retrial. charged with three counts of The person's sister was then ments. "It's more like a reconstruc first-degree sexual assault. asked to read the three stories Putnam County Judge O.C. tion each time," said Maryanne The three victims have iden Citing a study done at the .each day for several days. Spaulding granted Hawkins a Garry, a University of tified Hawkins as their at University of Washington in A large percentage of those new trial last July without Washington research tacker. But defense attorneys Seattle involving siblings, tested later recalled the fabri giving a reason. The retrial was psychologist. contend police guided the vic Garry discounted the theory cated story as ifit actually hap moved from Monongalia to Garry testified Monday for tims toward picking Hawkins that the mind works like a cam pened and described it with Kanawha County because of the defense in the trial ofJack out oflineups. era, taking snapshots ofevents confidence, she said. publicity.
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may not be best solution KoN~\E ~P.'3\.\ 1 ~fou'R'e No..., PR.t c:-:) \ A.N~ .A. The Issue: It Is good the admlnlstr• ut:.¾, tlon Is seeking ways to Improve the M lYf<.~ bookstore, but the current employees should be considered. The long lines in the basement of the Memorial Student Center soon will cease. Possiblly, students wi II be able to shop for <::'_""! '. I their books in open stacks instead of waiting \ ' in line for them. - .·) Congratulations to the administration for finally realizing the present system for obtaining textbooks just doesn't work. Students need an efficient bookstore. According to Dr. William N. Denman, • chairman of the Department of Communica .. . tions Studies, they will have one by the fall semester. A committee formed by President J. t-'- : : ·:-._ : , , , Wade Gilley is taking bids from private bookstores and will decide on the company that will best suit Marshall's needs. However, the committee also needs to consider the future of the employees, who Letters to the Editor _{l::n have served the bookstore for many years. Many emp\oyees 'rtcNa wiced their ada mant opinions against the bookstore being Student fears the loss of a common·1>001< taken over by private management because therr benefits and even their jobs could be To the editor: the terminal to read the material learned to participate in as a child. On Feb. 3, The Parthenon fea or else pay to have a hard copy I do not think many will be willing eliminated. printed, ratherthatjust•whip out" to give that up, but will keep it Improving the bookstore from within, while tured two articles about the plans for the new library on its front his student ID and check it out for alive by sharing the same experi preserving the status of the employees is a page. There are mixed feelings three weeks. How convenient could ence with their children. Can any worthwhile consideration. about the issue of books entirely this possibly be? one imagine reading a computer screen to his or her child at bed But if private management is the route the in database form in this new li Dr. Gilley's statement disturbed brary, and I can understand why: me, to say the least. Although I time? committee has chosen to take, then it must There are both advantages and must admit, the environmentalist For me, the most important loss thoroughly investigate the company it disadvantages to such a library inside me is ecstatic, since there is the collection of one's favorite chooses. What has the company done to format, and I believe that the lat would no longer be a need for pa- books on a bookshelf. A collection . per to publish the millions of cop of disks does not quite hold the improve other school's bookstores and what ter far outweighs the former. Dr. Gilley was quoted as saying ies of books published every year. same meaning for me that a shelf are the definite plans for Marshall's book that in 20 years there will be no However, I also mourn for the ex full of classic and learned texts store? hardbound books, but rather, ev perience of reading that would be does. My family uses their book Private enterprise may be the key to a ery printed material is true, I can. lost. I have always loved to read, shelves to hold the most valuable doing so on road trips and during thing in the lives ofthem and their profitable and efficient bookstore, but no deduce several good and badpoints about it. First, as stated in The any spare time that I have had. children-knowledge. Can floppy one will profit without a thorough investiga Parthenon, it would allow for ac Will I still be able to do these disks replace book binds lined up ' tion who best can run it. cessibility to more books, without things after such a dramatic one after the other, and achieve a need to find space for them. This change? Will I still be able to curl the same effect? would also allow for access to rare . up in my bed on cold winter eve I fear the state of affairs that books, ones ofwhich there are few nings and read a favorite novel? I will rise out of such a scenario. copies that have survived the ef. do not think a computer quite Technology can bring many great fects of time. However, to have measures up to such a standard or things, but it can also take even access to all of these wonderful to the feel ofa book in one's hands greater things away. For me, a Parthenon as he or she takes in the wisdom world without books would be a Volume 96 • Number 63 resources, one must have a com puter, or access to one. I fail to see that it has to offer. The turning of sad and empty one. Th• Parthenon, Marshan University's newspaper, is how 120 computers could possibly pages, the words printed upon published by students Tuesday through Friday during serve more than 12,000 students. them-all are part of the joyous Jennifer Wells the fal and spring semesters. ~ . . . Also, one must either remain at experience of reading· that many Huntington sophomore Responsibility for news and editorial content lies . . ·•, solely with the editor. There is·more .-than one meani~g to just a single X Brandl Kidd ------Editor ' Bret Glb8on ------Managing Editor To the editor: White radical groups such as the the millions ofAfrican-Americans . Matthew Turner ------Newa Editor Contrary to what Mr. Ku Klux IOan, White Aryan Na He, along with others, opened the Deborah Blalr----A...... nt Newa Editor Houvouras believes, there is a tre ·tion and various skinhead organi eyes of both bla~ and white and WIiiiam Mcl<9nna ------Sport• Editor helped minorities gain some sort Katherine Lawaon-----Llfeatyln Editor mendous difference in the validity zations have adopted the rebel flag of the Confederate flag and the X to signify their discontent towards of leverage in our white-dominat Jim McDermott, J.R. McMIiian-Photo Editor• ed society. Marilyn McClur•------AdYINr that has come to signify the many non-WASP groups (African Americans, Jews, Catholics) and Many view both X's as signs of Heather Phllllpa-Student Advertising Manag• thoughts and beliefs of late civil radical behavior, but when I wit Doug Jone• -----Advertising Manager rights leader ?da}colm X. other groups as well. ness an African-American wear Malcolm X-wear, on the other Wedneeday, February 8, 1995 The Confederate flag, initially ing a Malcolm X shirt, I see a proud 311 Smith Hall developed to signify the South's hand, is more than just a fashion individual. When I witness some Huntington, W.Va. 25755 succession from the Union and the or political statement. It is worn to one wearingor displayingthe Con- , VOICE: (304) 696-6696 banner of the Confederate States pay homage and respect to a bril federate flag, I see a racist. FAX: (304) 696-2519 of America, has become a symbol liant orator and devout Muslim Kerry A. Nessel INTERNET: [email protected] of racism, bigotry and hatred. who installed pride and respect in H~pngton senior I THE PARTHENON 5 WEDNESDAY,FEB.S-,1995 Doctor to give program about AIDS
By John R. Roblneon Student Center. Heidi McCormick, direc- six years ago," McCormick interesting slides, not Reporter Keeling is nationally torofstudentactivites,said said. "He's interesting and graphs or charts." known for "Dr. Keeling has a sharp, challenges.people to think Keeling is a former Free advice on when his efforts to slick presentation. He uses about their risk behaviors president of the Interna to "Just do it" comes to reduce the a lot of slides, and he plays while motivating them to tional Society for AIDS Marshall Thursday. spread of upthecontrastbetweenthe make changes." Education, andls the di . Dr. Richard P . Keeling AIDSamong health information we Carla Lapelle, coordina J."ector of university will speak about AIDS - college stu- . learn and the conflicting tor of student health edu health service and pro and how it relate. to stu dents, -ae- messages we get from cation, said, "He's an excel fessor of medicine at the dent health, sex, alcohol cording to·• .=tlungs like ad slogans that lent speaker who is not University ofWisconsin and self-esteem at 7:30 Marshall say, Why ask why? or Just judgmental, and clearly ex Madison. p.m. in the Don Morris news re- do it. plains why we take risks. This will be Keeling's Room of the Memorial Keeling lease. "Dr. Keeling spoke ,Jaere He is fast-paced and uses second visit to Marshall. ~~~~~ro.ro.~ro.~ro.ro.ro.ro.ro.~ro.ro.ro.ro.~ro.ro. Professional communicator' :--c,)cz.fe.r2/.rne :,s <7:>cz__y ~ CUFS helps I I says speak up when you're ill ro.
By Christina R. Dexter roles. Rehearsals for the produc that will happen on stage. theater students can learn. We Reporter Maggie Hobson, the central tion began in January, but East "I had to plan the exact move• can teach them theory all we character• will be performed said the planning and perfect ment of every character," he want, but we can't teach them "Hobson's Choice," a comedy by Amanda L. Groves, a Hun ing of"Hobson's Choice" start said. "Before rehearsals could about actual performing in the by Harold Brighouse, will be tington gradu ed much earlier. begin, I had to know where classroomt he said. presented by the Marshall ate student. "A lot of research everybody was going to walk East said after seeing this University Theatre Thursday Maggie's father, goes into a show be or stand every moment they play as an undergraduate, he through Saturday and Feb. 16- Henry Hobson, fore anythingelse,"he were on stage." has always wanted to direct it. 18 at 8 p.m. in the Joan C. will be played by said. -rhe students have put a lot "I really enjoyed the produc Edwards Playhouse. Brian E. Kidd, a • A director has to of time into the success of the tion when I saw jt and I hope Maureen Milicia, chairwom Huntington se know about the time play," East said. that others will too,• he said. an of the Department of The nior. J. Randell period in which the -rhey rehearse almost four Ticketsfor"Hobson's Choice" atre and Dance, said tickets Hicks, Hunting play takes place. hours a night. are on sale and can be ob are free to full-time Marshall ton senior, will "It takes hours oftry. "But, this is the only way tained by calling 696-2787. students with a valid ID and play William ing to analyze the half price for part-time stu Mossop, Mag meaning of the play dents and senior citizens. gie's love inter and it is not unusual Dr. N. Bennett East, profes est. to reread the script 15 sor in the Department of The -rhe underlying theme in to 20 times before doing any Pafthenon atre and Dance and director of the play is that women are thing with the characters," he "Hobson's Choice," summariz strong," East said. "For exam~ said. es the play as a romantic com ple, when Maggie meets Willi Once the research was com edy set in England in the early am, he is shy and uneducated, plete, East said he spent 15 Classifieds 1900s. but Maggie is able to educate hours planning the "blocking" East said "Hobson's Choice" him and teach him to run her ofthe production, which means pivots around three central father's business." calculating every movement I I PARKING SPRING semes~ BABYSITTER needed for i ter. Across 5th Ave. from . womens group. 2-3 hrs I Music professor·trio scheduled Corbly Hall. Call 523-9428 ask I Tues & Thurs mom, per I for Todd or Eric. month. Close. Good pay. I 453.4395 I , to perform classics at musuem SPRING BREAK! Bahamas party cruise 6 days $279! In I "We have really expanded I By Christina R. Dexter techniques," Welch said. "It is cludes 12 meals & 6 ·parties! ethnic, American Indian mu• and the orchestra is tailored to I Reporter Cancun & Jamaica 7 nights I sic tliat is very contemporary." this community," she said. "We 7th A VENUE AP'TS. 2 BR air & hotel From $429! The Huntington Chamber Welch said he will also per provide a lot ofjobs and busi Panama City 7 nights furnished at 1603 7th Av- - Orchestra will sponsor a per form a solo guitar piece enti nesses for the area." enue. Available now, Off Lepanto said the orchestra oceanview room with kitchen formance for three university tled "Cavatina," which includes street parking. Utilities paid, five works by Al is trying to offer all kinds of $129! Daytona Beach, Key music professors Sunday, Feb. Call 525-1717 12 at 3 p.m at the Huntington exandre Tans musical experiences fortheTri- West & Cocoa Beach, Fl. 7 Museum ofArt . man. He will State area. · nights from $159! Spring LARGE HOUSE 5 BR, 21/2 Guitarist Dr. Leo G. 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By Jennffer Hale ers. better." . Reporter As co-captains, their respon Michaelis started every sibilities are split with catcher game last season and finished After several years of col Michaelis running the infield with a .321 batting average, lege most students learn a wide from the dirt behind home plate two home runs and 15 RBIs. array of facts and theories. and Noble commanding the Noble transferred to the· Marshall softball players outfielders from the grassy left fledgling Marshall program af. Heather Michaelis and Jeanne comer. ter two years at Noble are learning to be lead- The team is enter Morehead State. She ing its second year of led the team with a competition after being .384 average and three idle since 1980 due to a home runs last year, lack of funds. despite missing the When Louie Berndt last 14 games due to left an assistant coach an ankle injury. ing position at Ohio Noble said she and State to become Michaelis Michaelis have expe- Marshall's head coach, rienced softball on the she did not come alone. college level so the other women Michaelis, a Redlands, Ca look up to them because they lif., native, played her first two are older and have been around years of college ball at Ohio a little longer. State and moved to Marshall "It's hard to be a leader and when Berndtaccepted the head take the responsibilities that coaching job. come with that," Noble said. "She knew I wanted to go to "We are as new at this school a smaller school and it worked and program as they are." out for me," Michaelis said, The Marshall co-captains adding that last year she and said they plan to take their Noble were seen as leaders, roles seriously, doing what they but it was harder because they can to improve the team. did not' know everyone. Michaelis said the players "I think Jeanne and I were need to focus on communicat kind of thrown into that situa ing with each other, which tion last year," Michaelis said. should improve because the "Now we got that year under players are more comfortable Noble · our belts so we can handle it and know the game better.-
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Page edfted by Michele R. Duncan ~ LPs, please! A new spin on an Chuck Bailey, associate professor of journalism and faculty manager of WMUL said that the quality of albums is not actually bad. "There's nothing wrong with the sound of an album, even today. But old trend? there is something wrong with the care and maintenance of records and / record players," Bailey said. "People just don't want to take the time." Bell-bottoms, Tony f?ennett and, yes, even disco is making acomeback. "Records have problems: they get cue burn, they have scratches, their Now another relic is returnir'!g to the forefront of popular culture - · players get out of adjustment," Bailey explained. "People start putting records. pennies on the head and grind down those microgrooves instead of Not those plastic things with tape in the middle or silver discs in flip-top learning the proper adjustments." cases. Vinyl records are back on the shelves. Known_ by "The consumer industry will find out what w.e want and give it to us. many names - LPs, vinyls, records, or the more When we didn't want to get up, walk across the room, and flip the album, nostalgic "platter" - their sales are booming. they gave us the stacker," Bailey cited, noting the often inferior sound For some, music by any other name is not as quality from the stacker's grinding together of records. "They gave sweet. people what they wanted, but at the same time did not put out a "For the first time in 13 years, sales of old product with a long life span." fashioried vinyl LP recordings are on the rise," "CDs came along and the world went ahhh, because the reported the New York Times on Dec. 8, 1994. sou_nd ~as _so cle~n. It was superior in filtering out I·., noise, Bailey said. "We never had to pick up any- The article cited the Recording Industry Associa tion of America report of a "staggering" 80 percent ,A thi~g. We never had to do anything. We love conve- increase in record sales in a one year period. '\. 1 rnence." Steven B. Scott, manager of Camelot Music,in "Take it out of my hands! It's done, it's Huntington, commented on the popularity of the ready, it's cued-:-- PLAY! It did all the work, new, but old, format. and albums did not do that. We want to "We sold out of the 20 copies of "Vitalogy" as they came be able to push buttons." in," Scott said. "We had a lot of people asking about it Bailey explained that digital before it came out." sound is a series of minute According to Billboard magazine, Pearl Jam's "Vitalogy" hit No. samples that closely repro 55 in the magazine's Top 200 album chart. Of course, this is not a . duce music, but analog particularly unusual feat for the band, which has produced several hits. ·· I· records play a continu- That ranking, however, was exclusively from sales of vinyls. It is the first \ ous stream of time that a vinyl record has broken the Top 200 since the wide-spread ] sound. release of CDs, stated the publication. · "We had a wave about a year or so ago of people coming in to trade in their record collections for tapes and CDs," said Kevin W. Morgan, assis tant manager of ~econd Time Around, a new and used record, CD, and tape store in downtown Huntington. Maybe the trend is turning around. "There are a few who come in because they've heard that the vinyls sound better. A lot are in to complete their collections or for the cover art," Story and Photo Morgan said. "The new record.s, like Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam were out in a week; we haven't seen any of them come back in on trade." By J.R. McMillan -· "Most of the vinyls never went away," R. Erik Raines, assistant manager of Davidson's Music in downtown Huntington said. Raines said that smaller record labels continued to produce vinyls after the larger labels ceased. "Smaller bands still record on 45s, it's the cheapest way to get the music out." · "With digital, you're getting a "We've had an increase in vinyl sales recently," Raines said, mentioning sample of the music. It makes its little points and a vinyl release by Queensryche that sold out in three days. "When you put connects them to make a wave similar to analog. Digital sound is missing it on CD, it sounds more sterile- not as thick as what you get from a pieces, analog doesn't have the gaps." ·. clean vinyl," Raines said. "We real_ly don't perceive it because it samples at such a rate'," Bailey "People also look for the packaging. Sometimes the vinyl version will said. The perceived "warmth" that is attributec;f to records over CDs is an have extra tracks, or will be released on colored vinyl, or as a picture disc acute listener's ability to "sense" the difference, Bailey explained. (a playable album with photos or art work encased in clear vinyl)," Raines "However, I don't think that records will ever replace CDs or whatever said. "The problem is that the pressings are almost always limited and are else comes along next." sometimes only carried by a single distributor. We get requests for im "The technology will come that will take out the problems we once had ported albums that aren't made here." with vinyl," Bailey concluded. "Digital sound is something we created. "Anything that comes out new on vinyl, we'll carry it," said R. Keith Allen, Nature is analog." an employee at Budget Records, Charleston. "We sell a lot of 12 inches singles to deejays. For rap, R&B, and dance, it's cheap and easy. Most of them can't afford high-tech digital mixers."