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From the twilight zone of comedy: Steven Wright\/Y7 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1988 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY VOL. 66 NO. 9 Board of Visitors says yes to new dorm when JMU's contract with Rockingham Memorial By Meghan Johnson due to an anticipated growth in enrollment but arc college news editor Hospital expires. needed to "take care of problems we already have." The new Bluestone dorm would house students JMU President Ronald Carrier said that JMU also JMU's Board of Visitors Saturday approved a $9.5 from Howard Johnson's and Wine Price Hall. is considering adding on to Chandler Hall's meeting million request for a new dorm on the quad and a $4.1 No specific plans have been made for the use of the rooms. million request to buy about 110 acres for campus 108-110 acres JMU is expected to buy. Carrier said the addition probably would include expansion. The property, which will increase the size of enclosing the patio that faces Newman Lake. The The new building would be built next to Ashby campus by about a third, is near the Convocation board room would be enlarged and storage space Hall and across from the new music building. It is Center between Interstate 81, University Boulevard would be added. expected to house 350 students and would be built in and Reservoir Street. Carrier said the university also plans to study the the same style as the music building. The land is now under option to the JMU possible expansion of the football stadium. Linwood Rose, JMU's vice president for Foundation, an independent support organization for Board member Pamela Fay-Williams, chairman of administration and finance, said he anticipates the JMU. If the state approves funding, JMU will take the board's education and student life committee, said building might cost as much as $1 million less than over the option from the group and negotiate the her group reaffirmed JMU's current policy on expected. land's actual purchase. fraternity and sorority recognition. Dr. Robert Scott, vice president of student affairs, The budget amendments also include $2.1 million Roscoe Roberts, a state assistant attorney general. said the new dorm doesn't affect future growth of the for an addition to Warren Campus Center "to provide university but "preserves the status-quo." additional lobby space," Rose said. See BOARD page 2> JMU might lose Wine-Price Hall after next year He said the proposed budget amendments are not 63 classes approved for new curriculum By Laurel Wlssinger In its report to the council, the assistant business editor committee said the new courses are intended to develop students' active In its first meeting this year, the learning and critical thinking skills. University Council unanimously Hoskins said that the 63 courses are approved 63 courses Thursday to be not the entire curriculum of the liberal offered to fulfill degree requirements in studies requirements, and that more will the liberal studies. be presented to the council for approval The liberal studies degree at a later date. requirements will replace general studies Departments submitted outlines of requirements beginning in the fall of their courses to the liberal studies 1989, said Dr. Robert Hoskins, committee. To be approved, the courses coordinator of the liberal studies had to fit into guidelines of the liberal committee. studies program. The University Council, one of Zimmerman added that the courses JMU's highest internal governing would be taught by existing faculty bodies, adopted the concept of liberal members and would not require that studies in April 1987. The courses more professors be hired. approved Thursday are specific liberal In other council business, JMU is studies classes. submitting to the state its proposal to The newly-approved courses arc not buy 108 to 110 acres of land behind the in preparation for an enrollment Convocation Center, as well as a plan increase, said David Zimmerman, to build a new residence hall and add on assistant vice-president of academic to the Warren Campus Center. Staff photo by STEVE ZANETTI affairs. Dr. Linwood Rose, JMU's vice "The changes made involve the president of administration and finance, Steven Smiles!! numerical designation or content of a told the council his office would be course," Zimmerman said. "We are not providing more information on those Deadpan comedian Steven Wright (right) grins while posing adding an additional 63 courses to the backstage with the Duke Dog and singer James Lee Stanley. curriculum." See COUNCIL page 2> See concert review page 17. Page 2, The Breeze, Monday, September 26, 1988 Board ► (Continued from page 1) with JMLTs Counseling and Student Development volunteer program to help incoming minority asked the board at its last meeting to examine the Center on several programs. students adjust to college life, Scott said. "The policy and evaluate its fairness. He said the office is concerned about substance response has been overwhelming." But groups that choose not to go through the abuse on campus. One program allows students to He said 109 freshman minority students had standard process may now achieve recognition as refer other students to the center if they feel they have expressed interest in the program. student organizations by meeting requirements set a substance problem. Referred students can receive He added the office is "making a steady impact" in forth by J MU's student activities office. counseling, referral to the JMU Health Center for a moving more freshmen out of tripled dorm rooms. Student organization status would allow a group to program on substance abuse or a "care group^which Some students had been offered other rooms last use campus meeting rooms, place notices on campus would provide support to the student. week. If they accept them, 40 students will remain in bulletin boards, and have a campus post office box. It Serious problems would be referred to off-campus triples. would not entitle the group to on-campus housing. institutions, he said. "We're also finding some students who don't want Scott said the office of student affairs is working The office also is working on a "peer helper" to move out of those triples," he said. Council ► (Continued from page 1) have moved the completion date up to notifying the national offices of its committee. The organization also must projects to the Governor's Office for March. interest in adding another fraternity or meet minimum membership consideration in the 1990-92 biennium "This is probably a better situation sorority. Organizations which want a requirements. budget. for us anyway," Rose said. "We would JMU chapter must make a presentation Scott said he "didn't know" whether Both projects were planned long have been scurrying and hurrying at the to the Interfraternity Council or or not a greek organization that was before there was any talk of adding to last moment trying to get the facility Panhellenic, who then decide which recognized on campus would be JMU's enrollment, Rose said. "[The ready for the second semester." organization to invite on campus. recognized by the IFC or Panhellenic. The policy manages the growth of the proposals] are not being made in Construction on Gibbons Dining "The way the constitution of IFC is campus greek community, Scott said. anticipation of any enrollment Hall hopefully will be finished in time written it didn't take into account this "Every year you have fraternities increases." for the 1990-91 school year. type of situation happening," he said. coming and going," he said. "If there's The pre-planning work for the "In that facility, we have to "The language is 'all fraternities are campus center addition was completed that revolving door, there's a tendency concentrate all of our work in two members of the Intrafraternity Council.' last year, but was not presented to the summers," Rose said. "We can't work to diminish the overall quality [of the state as a "strategic move," Rose said. during the academic year." Greek system]." "I think that it's an issue that IFC and "We had so many other projects, such The architectural firm of Sasaki and Although he "strongly discourages Panhellenic will have to deal with." as the business building, that we were it," Rose said, greeks can follow the Associates presented the university with presenting," he said. "We believed we route of a standard, regular student So far this year, JMU has granted a draft proposal Wednesday for a new would have a belter chance of having organization seeking recognition. The formal recognition to three campus recreational facility. Final revisions are [the addition] approved if we held out a group must present a constitution that groups: the JMU Mountain Bike Club, expected to be completed within 10 year." prohibits discrimination and hazing to Rainbow Coalition, and the Club days. Both projects are "strictly revenue the education and student life Cultural dc Salamanca. bond projects," Rose added. The cost of In response to claims made by Alpha the buildings will not come out of Kappa Lambda fraternity that JMU's JMU's general appropriations fund. policy for granting recognition to Slides and drawings of the proposed campus organizations is illegal, Dr. SUPPORT buildings will be presented at the next Robert Scott, vice-president of student council meeting. affairs, said JMU's education and Rose also updated the status of student life committee was expected to BREEZE existing campus renovations. "strongly reaffirm its existing policy." Burruss Hall, scheduled for Only organizations recognized by the ADVERTISERS completion in July 1990, will go to university can use campus facilities for bids within two weeks, Rose said. The meetings, post signs and bulletins final plans for the changes have been around campus, use the university's finished.