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SGA men's basketball head coaching elections position is down to six as of are being Wednesday afternoon, according held today to Athletic Director Jeff Bourne. online and Bourne said the list will be fur- at several ther narrowed down by the end of places this week or by the beginning of around next week, and he then will give campus. his recommendations to JMU President Linwood Rose. '■4&££&i(£&Xii£' "We would like to make an offer and hire a head coach before the Final Hour/' Bourne said. The Final Four begins Saturday, April 3, in San Antonio, Texas. Bourne said his initial list ot potential coaches contained 20 candidates. He said more than 20 applied, but only 20 were on his actiw list Two candidates — Matt Doherty and Larry Hunter — are thought to be at the top of the list. A source said Wednesday that Doherty will be interviewing SGA elections today with IMU today. Bourne was unavailable for comment late Wednesday evening. Candidates speak of platforms; parking, communication, safety among concerns Doherty coached at the University of North Carolina H(, i C . V"" m" -student,"'1'"1 tv and unification ^*^N\//^\TCl "Person to-pcrson relation- three years before resigning last tmtrihuliiig " i i bodv president are junior year. He led North Carolina to a torn ' ulligan, sophomore ships are important,' he said. 53-43 record, but failed to reach the With majoi elections bv'mn Milo 11 : sophomore [unioi |ohn Alexander NCAA Tournament in two of his held lodav, • the Student Golden and sophomore Alston three seasons. He also coached at Government \ssociation coi M the fi n um i ulligan said, Gabriel Ii Wilkins are running the University of Notre Dame for ducted •> candidate forum i Idress prob for \ ice president • >! ndmirus- one season prior to taking the i affairs North Carolina job, and he was c ullij n said he would address parking issues by ci named the 2001 Coach of the Year. Students chiel ol SGA Web ^e tgaJr Hunter is in his second season ,nul senators campus safetj and studenl i i commiitel pass foi as the assistant coach at North gathered in MT\ ii es .is top priorities I his , i in in II II in;', after J p.m .mil stag- Carolina State University. The fl* I allege i- our home and our. ommuni gi i i lass tunes between easl and Wolfpack was knocked out of the t enter Highlands mom l" hear i\. and ue ha\e I iighl to feel wesl campuses As president of NCAA Tournament Sunday. Prior I larmonv, I Ml - (jay, lesbian, most ol the • andidates running he said ovolabte at warren 1 to N.C. State, Hunter was the head in tixl.n 's ill. lion speak I hvyei sail i l "I his bisexual, and Iransgcndered coach at Ohio University t*>r 12 the si i \ Ex« uti\ i i i ountabilit) club, Golden added thai he seasons, compiling a 204-148 t ouncil positions, the candidate and accessibility' ol the studenl would "keep minorit) and |Zane Showkei Hal he record. However, Hunter was must receive 50 pen enl ol the bod) president to students He diversit) issues .il the forcfronl fired by Ohio in March 2001. |ni universitv business)." student vote li tin \ do nol added thai ' m funding ol tl»' to S p.m. Voting b open to Larry Eustachy, who was the quota, there will be another il and "mat Wilkins also made parking .1 thought to be one of the six tfon held between tin- top ing evi thai they are . ampaign issue, and said that candidates on Bourne's list, indidates \pril I part "i oui i ommunitv ' are N ital she would open studenl park undergraduate itudenh. will be named the head coach Student bod} president, v ice platform positions ing iii .ill lots b\ n p in II instead "l the current staggered at the University of Southern president "I academii ail rent Sophomore Including graduating ienlori. Mississippi at a press confer- \ it i- president ol student affairs i lass < oum il presidi i times ol 7 and H p m ence Thursday. itivt treasurer are the he would fix us on the fiv« lee) Wilkm- added tti.u she »ill itions u ithin the I xecutive points ot , ommunitv sen i< e w COACH, page 5 i ouncil. lr i in ship, <-itm .in.HI. \ isibili- Off-campus students express qualms with NTC Student said NTC falls short of its matically Among the accusa- "I think the worst thing By KRISTKN DYSOM -66 piuuilfg lions from students was about NTC Ls that they're a contributing writer NTC provides ethemel, NTC's unreliability in its monopoly; we have no other [Students] have wins on Despite some problems, cable television and local/long service, its domination over choice in Internet providers,' alternative choices to JMU's largest telephone, cable distance phone service to about the Harrisonburg area and sophomore Jennie Reed said. and Internet server works to 7,000 customers in the poor customer service. "ITwrefore, we must bite OBI service, but it won't be 'Regis keep students connected. Harrisonburg area. The compa- 'There's not another uni- tongues and pay whatever The Network, Telephone ny was established in 1998 in versity in this country with 85 rate they charge." as cheap or as fast and and Cable Communications response to student property percent of the (off-campus) stu- Beam said, "We do [have it won't be connected to and Kelly' Web site at www.ntc-com.com owners recognizing the need dents having ethemet," said 1 monopoly on service] in a states that customers will tor students to have faster and Daniel Beam, president and sense. [Students] have alter- the JMU network. BY TONI DUNCAN "receive the same benefits of easier Internet access- founder of NTC. native choices to service, but news editor on-campus services in the Since the company's As a result of this 85 percent, it won't be as cheap or as fast — Daniel Beam comfort of their own off-cam- founding, the number of stu- some students feel this creates a and it won't be connected to NTC president, founder A JMU graduate student pus apartment. dent complaints about its monopoly when it comes to won a trip to Mexico yesterday However, some students services has increased dra- NTC's lack of competition tee NTC, page 5 99 — after correctly answering a trivia question on the "Live with Regis and Kelly" television show. 1 Chris Taibell said the show ■;hun YZ-i-iU. MO was holding a travel trivia game Thursday. March 25 to Bluestone receives Gold Crown and he entered to be a contestant through the Internet. He received Thursday. April 1. 2004 Award given to yearbook for third consecutive year a call yesterday at 7:50 am. from a university publication can There are many aspects of one of the "Regis and Kelly" BY TONI DUNCAN receive," said sophomore the yearbook that were show's staff saying he was cho- news editor Kerri Deputy, Bluestone sec- judged before it could receive sen to be a phone-in contestant. JMU's yearbook won top tion editor for the 2OO2-'03 a Gold Crown Award. He agreed to participate honors for its 2002-03 yearbook and copy chief of "The Bluestone stands and received another call Bluestone at the College Media ir's Bluestone. 'To be out because it has shown around 9 a.m. Advisers Spring National DM of only three books that consistent excellence in the Tarbell was asked the ques- Mtili.i Convention in New are Gold Crown quality in areas of design, coverage tion, "Name one of the two York c ily last week. the nation is amazing." and theme," said senior movies that Tom Hanks made Ilu Bluestone won the Senior Jessica Taylor, copy (,111,1 Indellicate, class sec- with Steven Spielberg?" (oliegiate Gold Crown director of the ' 2002-'03 tion editor of the winning He answered "Catch Me If Award from the Columbia Bluestone. said she was pleased yearbook and editor in You Can" and, as a result, won Schototfc Press Association, and surprised with the award chief of this year's ,i trip to Pueblo Bonito Emerald which was awarded to two and that it is great to be recog- Hhtntmw "Our book con- Bay Resort in Mazatlan, i.Ilu i yearbook*. This is the nized for a project the staff tinues to show a traditional Mexico, valued at $5,000. third consecutive Gold completed a year ago. and classy look in our edi- "I hope to go after gradua- Crown Award the Bluestone It's been so long; it's ttrl tions, so this is expected of tion (to Mexico],'' Tarbell said.