The Parthenon, March 22, 1996

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FRIDAY page edited by Chris Johnson March i2, 1996 Marshall University mountain state mystery tours takes a visit to the big house, story on page 12 Fill it up Student center _to get new look by STEPHANIE DEITZ reporter ~2~ ecause the When students return to school in the fall, they will no bookstore will be tice some significant changes ·to the Memorial Student Cen accessible from an ter. An addition to the west side outside entrance, should be under construction before the fall semester begins, Follett College Raymond F. Welty, director of auxiliary services, said. The plans for this addition Stores, indepen call for a curved wall extend ing from the north side of the dent operator of student center, in the shape of half of a semicircle, according the bookstore, can to a layout. "This architecture that they open to the public Jim Sands are proposing, pretty well Kevin Franks, Huntington sophomore, gets a refill from Jerusha Thacker, Smith, blen~s in with the existing ar and students Bermuda, sophmore during 'Mug Night' at Mycrofts. chitecture of the building, so that when you're driving down the street, you look at the book whenever it store addition and it does not look like a room that was added wants. Fae Senate to ·address GA on to a house," Welty said. Combined with the curved cause student center manage architecture, according to ment will not have to be andJ"A parking problems Welty, is the. use of glass for present. -· ~ natural light to come in. Bids for construction will be · by CAREY HA-RDIN Wegmann works as a GA in cilities and Planning Commit- "This curved glass look is taken in May or early June, I I , reporter biological sciences and spends tee. But, allowing TA's to park something that compliments or according to Welty, and he 7 several days a week doing field in lots designated for faculty accentuates both the (new) li hopes construction will begin I Unloading and parking woes research off campus. She represents a sticky situation, he brary and the Fine Arts Build this summer. J of some graduate assistants turns to campus and parks be- said. ing," Welty said. "So, it just There are no plans for the I and teaching assistants may side the Science Building to Because many of the faculty kind ofblends in and looks like space that will be left available I be alleviated by the Faculty drop off materials, a procedure parking lots are already it's part of the campus archi when the textbook department I I Senate. that could take only five min- overbooked, TA's will probably tecture." moves into the new addition 1 Next week, the senate will utes but sometimes takes more have to look to the stadium lot The corner of the addition because there is a question be considering a recommenda than an hour. for parking, he said. will be on the 5th Avenue side about whether there is a need tion from its Physical Facili On several occasions But allowing TA parking at of the student center and will for another fire exit, according ties and Planning Committee Wegmann said he has been the stadium lot will not allevi be accessible without having to Welty. that would allow teaching and ticketed for parking in the -un- ate the problem of some stu to go through the student cen Welty said in about two graduate assistants unloading loading zone .too long. Tues- dents, said Dr. Leonard J. ter, Welty said. · weeks, students will be able to permits and teaching assis day, she got two $25 tickets Deutsch, Graduate School Because the bookstore will fill out bookstore satisfaction tants faculty parking privi within one hour that she must dean. be accessible from an outside surveys in the student center leges. pay out of her own pocket. An "We're back tC? where we entrance, Follett College hoping to get some ideas for An unloading permit would unloading permit, Wegmann were," Deutsch said, explain Stores, independent operator the new bookstore. "A lot of help graduate assistants who said, would allow her to do her ing that some fields, like art of the bookstore, can open to changes that were made were spend a large part of their day work as a GA without the stiff and science, require cumber the public and students when results from previous year's running errands off campus penalty of parking illegally. some equipment that is diffi- ever it wants, Welty said, be- surveys," Welty said. and unloading equipment, said Issuing temporary unload- , cult to carry far. Deborah L. Wegmann, a gradu ing permits should be no prob- The Faculty Senate will meet ate student representing the lem, said Stanley C. Sporny, at 4 p.m. March 28 in the Me Graduate Student Council on associate art professor and morial Student Center's John INside OUTside the committee-. chairman of the Physical Fa- Marshall Room. Assistant VP for info and technology named Jan I. Fox, chair of the De president for information and tor we need to move Marshall partment ofAcademic Comput technology. forward into the 21st Century," ing and associated profes Marshall President J. Wade he added. _ sor in the Gilley announced her appoint Fox's new responsibilities School of ment Thursday. will include planning and coor Medi - "Jan Fox has demonstrated dinating the development of cine, has outstanding skills in her field information technology at the ; f ( ,,.'· ~ ; f I 1 been ·se and I am gratified that she has new $22 million dollar library lected to agreed to undertake the chal and the Information Center. fill a new lenging new assignment," Fox is nearing the comple position, Gilley said. "She represents the tion of her doctorial degree in HIGH: assistant hard-working, innovative and higher education administra LOW: V i C e dedicated type of administra- tion. page edited by Stanford E. Angion the parthenon 2 I r i d a Yr ma r c h 2 2, 1 9 9 6 thi Lizard love resembles rock-paper-scissors NEW YORK (AP) - A complicated with each beiil.g most effective when When the orange-throats are If the sneakers are successful mating game is going on iil. Califor it was least common and least effec common, it's a bonanza for the third enough to have lots of off§pring, the nia, played by harem-keepiil.g males, tive when most common. kind of male, female impersonators males which tend to be yellow female impersonators and fellas who ''This is the first biological example with yellow throate4,in a generation or two there just want to get along. · we know of the rock- stripes on will be more yellow-throats iil. a popu They're all lizards. their lation and far fewer orange-throats. Scientists studying the side- . throats. That opens the door for the blue blotched lizard iil. rocky outcrops 'These throats. Although they don't dare iil. the foothills of the Coast challenge the more aggressive or Range report that the male ange-throats, they can E:!asily run off mating strategies resemble the the yellow-throated sneakers. They're child'-s game of rock-paper-scissors. not fooled by the sneakers' female Children simultaneously choose to impersonation. present an imaginary rock, paper or paper-. So then the blue-throats have their scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors scissors day, because they can set up territo beats-paper and paper beats rock. So game," ries and defend females against the each object beats one object but loses Sinervo said. sneakers without having to worry to another. The matiil.g game is played by about a lot of orange-throats around. So it is with three kinds of mating males with one of three color In a couple of generations, the strategies iil. the male lizards,-Barry markings on their throats. burgeoniil.g population of blue:throats Sinervo and Curt Lively oflndiana Males with orange tbroat markings means more females are beiil.g guar University iil. Bloomington reported are very aggressive and defend large "sneakers" ded by them, openiil.g up an opportu iil. Thursday's issue of the journal territories, keepiil.g harems of up to iil.vade orange-throat harems for nity for the aggressive orange Nature. six females. They take females away quick sex, avoiding harm because throats. The orange-throats start They showed that over a six-year from the blue-throated male, which is they look and behave like females. winniil.g away more females and period, the matiil.g strategy that got less aggressive and typically has only . "The oranges just fall for the · produce enough offspring to grow in the most females constantly shifted, one or two females. charade," Sinervo said. population. •~·· Celebrities in the news "- so,wher~-- are u Giuliani said. 0 Forest Whitaker Riordan, whose city played working this~--- host to the Grammys for the fails sobriety test last two years, gave as good as he got.

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