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e^Btbeze SGA Election Special inside Vol. 57 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia Friday, March 28,1*80 No. He had an idea.. Cambodia Week will be a reality , but not the way Paul Lingon imagined it By KEVIN MILLER Paul Lingon had an idea. Sparked by the Cambodian benefit concert held on campus in January, Lingon, along with a group of friends, envisioned a "Cambodia Week," filled with benefit concerts, student rallies and guest lectures by such notables as Rosalyn Carter. The idea was not just an idle dream. Lingon had planned an events schedule and talked to numerous organizations in Harrisonburg. He spoke to the first lady's personal secretary and was reasonably certain that because Mrs. Carter was active in the campaign against starvation in Cambodia, she would come here if the Cambodia Week activities were organized. Lingon also spoke to the vice president of NBC News; Peter Deno, who agreed to cover the week's events if they materialized. The Student Government Association agreed to collect and direct any funds received from the benefit. He Photo by Charles A. Fazio arranged press coverage from the Dally News-Record, The Breeze, The Line and WMRA radio and suggested CROWDED bike racks on campus may be an students are concerned about rising gas that all money collected from parking tickets during indication of warmer weather or perhaps prices. Cambodia Week be contributed to the benefit collection. It all would be official as soon as Lingon "got the OK" from University President Ronald Carrier. Lingon met in February with Carrier who rejected the possibility of deferring parking ticket funds to the Sinkholes cause problems benefit and would not offer any matching funds to help Lingon make the week materialize, he said. According to Carrier's secretary, Alice Liggett although the president believed it was a good cause the at proposed brewery site university's tight budgetforbade any allocation of funds. "I'm discouraged," Lingon added after the meeting. By TERESA CAVINESS "I've worked my ass off and we get no help." The Adolph Coors company He added that Carrier was "enthusiastic about the is continuing environmental J ideas but not supportive." testing in Rockingham "As far as any concrete academic action he was non- County, its primary site for an commital." East Coast brewery. BRKWIM* COMI*W» Without any administration support, Lingon believed If Coors pumps the proposed his proposal couldn't be as effective as he had 15 million gallons of water per visualized. "Without resources the possibilties become day out of the 2,000 acres of limited," he said. land it has options on, (Continued on Page 22) sinkholes are likely to develop, according to Everett Smith, of the Rockingham County Farm Bureau. After Coors tested for one week, four sinkholes were found near the site, he said. "The whole area is laced with underground lakes and pumping could affect the area as a whole, ruining far- mland," according to Smith. County," Riggle said. A North Coors is using its extension Eric Riggle, Coors cor- Carolina site was dropped on land options to continue poratecommunications because the company haa two evaluation of the site in order representative, said that problems: getting options on to comply with government environmental testing will the land it wanted there and regulations. "We don't want to determine whether the land too little ground water to make the situation any and water will be sufficient support the facility. worse," Riggle said. and stable enough to support "Once the decision is made, Besides environmental the structure. it will take at least three to problems, Riggle said some Last December the com- five years before the factory is residents oppose the brewery pany received a six-month functioning," Riggle said. because "it might change the extension on options to buy Only a small minority of way of life in the area." .some. 2.000 acres at the Rockingham residents oppose Concern exists that local proposer? brewery site near the brewery construction; businesses will be unable to Elkton. However, in January, most favor the proposed Coors compete with the scale of pay Coors bought 55 acres from plant, he said. and the number of jobs Coors landowners who did not want However, Welby Showalter, will offer. Riggle claims that to wait for the company's attorney for Rockingham the company has "tried to decision, according to Riggle. Concerned Citizens, said reassure residents that we surveys have shown more will keep our wages in line THE LAND purchase is not opposition exists than Coors with those in the area." an indication that the brewery admits. Initially, about 600 jobs will be built here, he said. would be available. Most The company, the nation's RESIDENTS of Elkton and workers would be hired from fifth largest brewer, still has Broadway are the only the area, he said, adding that LACK OF support from the JMU administration an alternate site in Vonore, citizens showing much sup- some people could be brought changed Paul Lingon's plans for Cambodia Week. Tennessee available "if things port for the brewery, in for construction and do not pan out in Rockingham Showalter said. (Continued on Page 5) Pag* 2,fHEBREE2£2, TOE BREEZE Friday, March a,», l19t»' ., , ^ Debate brings out candidates accusations By VANCE RICHARDSON MONDLOCH SAID that Amidst the noise of a every group that comes before Wednesday evening campus the SGA with a legitimate center crowd, two of the five need for money should have Student Government their request approved. Association presidential Groups should get their candidates fielded questions money right at the beginning from a panel of four students. of the year when they need it The panel discussion, most, he added. sponsored by the political Cunningham said the SGA's science consortium, featured contingency fund should not two representatives from the be increased, and he would SGA—chairperson pro- work to see that it is reduced. tempore Sam Nixon and SGA could cut its costs, commuter senator Gary reduce its budget and still get Beugnet, and two represen- just as much service as is tatives of The Breeie—editor needed. "There's no need for Theresa Beale and news $36,000 to run that of ice," he editor Cindy Elmore. said. Presidential candidate One thing both candidates Chuck Cunningham, dressed agreed to was the need to immaculately in a light blue sponsor any future Christmas three-piece suit, spoke mainly dance in conjunction with the of his plans for next year, University Program Board. while more casually-attired Student government should Kevin Mondloch took ad- not be in the business of vantage of several op- programming, Cunningham portunities to berate Cun- said, adding that he'd like to ningham's record as this see UPB sponsor the dance in year's SGA administrative the future. vice president. Mondloch Mondloch blamed the accused Cunningham of, Chistmas dance's lack of among other things, not success on its "inopportune following up on proposals timing." UBP should have a passed by the senate and Photo by CBSrm A. F«ito say in scheduling the approved by the executive SGA PRESIDENTIAL candidates Chuck the Pre-legal Society in conjunction with the Christmas dance, but the SGA council. Cunningham and Kevin Mondloch agreed on Political Science Consortium here. should continue sponsoring it, few Issues at Monday's debate, sponsored by he said. IN RESPONSE to a Cunningham expressed the Siestion from Nixon, Mon- heating academic buildings Monday-Wednesday classes finally decided to remove opinion that unless graduate och said there should be one extra day each week. as long as they sit in Tuesday- politics from the SGA. students are represented in between six and eight students "What I'm proposing may not Thursday classes. "I think Alluding to Cunningham's the SGA they should not have per semester lobbying in be effective right away," he students would like to have an former position of state to pay the student activities Richmond for the university. said, "but it could be im- alternative freedom of chairman of the Young fee each semester. Mondloch Cunningham said no need plemented." choice." Americans for Freedom, said if anything he'd like to exists for such a student Cunningham responded to a Mondloch noted he hasn't see a minimal activities fee lobbying effort because the CUNNINGHAM responded query concerning his platform "done any political things" so charged graduate students senate—not additional by calling Mondloch's promise to remove politics there'd be no problem because they tend to take less, committees or boards—can proposal a "great idea" but a from student government by depoliticizing student advantage of the events handle such activities. "round-about way to conserve explaining that by politics he government. sponsored by this fund. Cunningham, explaining the energy." There are many meant internal conflicts, basis of an earlier statement other alternatives to energy which he hopes to remove calling this year's SGA conservation, he said, noting from SGA. Mondloch asked ineffective, said he thinks that he doesn't believe most why Cunningham, after three senators have frequently students would like to sit in years in student government, proposed bills to "get their names in The Breeie or make work for themselves." fULL^ Mondloch retorted by asking AAUW appoints Theodore "Whose fault is inactivity on the executive council? Is it the Dr. Crystal Theodore, years and will begin on July 1. HNRCUT1EK members in it or the senate?" professor of art at James She has been the Mondloch was asked how he jim hoover Madison University, has been association's cultural in- 434-1010 would implement one of his appointed to the national terests area representative major campaign proposals—a board of directors of the for Virginia since 1978 and has four-day week of classes— American Association of served for several years as 51 s.