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This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University History: Campus Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Crow's Nest by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Killing the Messenger Kaerrie Simons experience with war. Before , I had Nest Editor only seen two dead bodies in my life. I have The picture that tells more than words, now seen hundreds, tossed into ditches like reveals more than just the anguish on a hun­ sacks.'" gry face, provokes more than just a casual, By July 12, 1993, the images proved to "Oh, that's too bad" from the viewer. The be too much and Dan had "had enough." story that touches far more people than just His bags were packed to leave; his replace­ those involved, has the power to bring ment had already arrived. But on that day, down a government, fosters real debate he received word that a UN bombing about pressing issues, brings an end to an occurred in in what was entire country's suffering. These are the believed to be Gen. Mohammed Farah things that many journalists die to cover. Aidid's headquarters. Dan was asked to And these are the things that many journal­ cover the event. Jonathan Clayton, former ists die for because they covered them. Bureau Chief of East Africa, Dan Eldon, born Sept. 18, 1970, took recalls, "He said yes, but wanted it to be the the kinds of pictures that mattered. last time." His most notable work was in Somalia Dan and four of his colleagues, includ­ from the summer of 1992 to July 1993. ing his replacement, raced to cover the story There, with the famine raging around him, in a Reuters vehicle with a rush of other Dan shot pictures of faces that spoke ·vol­ journalists ·following behind. When they umes about the hunger he was witnessing arrived, there was confusion at the scene as first-hand. they got out of their car. An angry mob had When the international news agency formed of people who had lost over 50 Reuters saw his work, the company hired friends and family members in the blast. Dan as a photojournalist in December 1992 Someone threw a stone and Dan called to and asked him to continue his coverage of his colleague, Mohamed Shafi, "Let's get Photo by Kaerrie Simons out of here." But it was too late. Dan, Hansi the suffering. His pictures from Mogadishu Tile Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial with appeared in newspapers and magazines Newseum dome in tile background. Newseum web­ Krauss of the , and everywhere and on June 12, 1993, one of site: "Some journalists were murdered to silence Anthony Macharia and Hos Maina of his photos made a double-paged spread in their reporting." Reuters were beaten, clubbed and stoned to Newsweek magazine as well as the covers death by the mob. Shafi was the only one well as his journalism colleagues. of papers around the world. from the Reuters car to get away in time. But that very camaraderie and being Dan's sister, Amy Eldon, was just 19 "His pictures were among the first to faced with the horrors of a great struggle awaken the conscience of the world, lead­ years old at the time. It would be a tragedy among people he cared so deeply about, that would change her life. ing to Operation Restore Hope," said weighed heavily on Dan. ' She eventually switched her major from Kathleen Eldon, Dan's mother. Indeed, the "Dan was not a seasoned photographer political science to broadcasting, following pictures sparked support from Americans to when he arrived in Somalia," Kathleen in the footsteps of her brother and her moth­ send our troops overseas to give aid. said. "He was devastated by what he saw, er, Kathleen. She spoke around the country Dan spoke Swahili and enough Somali and nine months later, when he was more about the role of journalists who cover vio­ to move through Mogadishu with ease. He accustomed to the sights of war, he wrote felt comfortable there even with thieves [in his journals], 'After my first trip to lence, addressed conferences at Duke and who tried to steal his equipment or danger­ Somalia, the terror of being surrounded by Columbia universities, wrote a book with ous criminals who lurked in the streets. He violence and the horrors of the famine her mother about the loss of Dan and, dur­ eventually made a name for himself there: threw me into a dark depression. Even jour­ ing co!lege at Boston University, began the "Mayor of Mogadishu." He had earned nalists who had covered many conflicts respect and friendship from the locals as were moved to tears. But this was my first Please see Messenger on page 4 Program gives USF students high-tech edge Runar F. Daler cations with focus on the design and analy­ a one-hour lecture and a four-hour lab every ment the industry uses. This makes a person The Oracle sis of modernwireless circuits and systems. week. much more attractive on the job market." University Wire Microwaves are just one method of According to Rudolf Henning, one of WAMI was started to meet the needs of Five USF engineering professors have transmitting information without wires. For the five founders of the WAMI program, up-to-date workers in the rapidly growing helped bolster USF's international status by example, a microwave transmitter can recent development has created .a wide market of wireless products. developing a state-of-the-art wireless and sometimes be more cost effective and effi­ range of job opportunities in this field. "There is a giant gap in the supply­ microwave laboratory unique to this coun­ cient than a conventional telephone net­ "When the student finishes the course, demand situation right now," Henning said. try. work. he or she will have. a very good perspective To illustrate the situation, Henning quotes The Wireless and Microwave All undergraduate electrical engineer­ of the tools being used and what is going on some figures from BT Alex Brown Research. Instruction (WAMI) program introduces ing students are required to take the WAMI in the field," Henning said. "Our goal is to students to the latest in wireless communi- class, a two-credit -hour course consisting of teach students how to use current equip- Please see Edge on page 2 I

t PAGE2 THE , CRow·s , NEST SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 4, 1998 §fiJJJu~f~, llrul • • iP{em .~ Venezuela Rainforest Threatened

Indigenous commur:tity blocks Meanwhile, an irreplaceable rainforest blockade across Canaima's main road, bulldozers to try to save rain­ is being destroyed. Mining operations are putting their own frail Jives between the poisoning waterways with mercury and bulldozers and their forest home. Sources forest land. cyanide used to separate gold from rock, · in Canaima say the blockades will contin­ and loggers are cutting down vast tracts of ue until the case against the powerline is Fed up with the destruction of their tra­ old growth trees. Imataca's indigenous resolved. ditional homeland, the indigenous people population is further threatened by a rag­ "The forest is our home, our laborato­ of southern Venezuela are trying every­ ing malaria epidemic, because recently ry, our hospital, our university," said a thing from legal action to staging block­ logged areas and paths for roads hewed spokesman for the indigenous community: ades to stem the tide of environmental into the forest create ideal breeding condi­ "It is the source of the knowledge we need ruin. Imataca Forest Reserve and neigh­ tions for mosquitoes. to survive. Our fight is a fight in defense boring Canaima National Park, in Eastern Also part of the regional development of life." Venezuela's Oronoco River basin, are plan is the construction of a powerline to WHAT YOU CAN DO: among the richest tropical forest areas on feed Imataca's new industries. The power­ If you are interested in helping, you Earth. The verdant region is home to line will cut directly through adjacent can let Venezuelan President Rafael numerous indigenous populations, as well Canaima National Park, a designated Caldera know that you want his govern­ as to a wealth of rare and endangered plant ment to recognize indigenous rights and and animal species. But lax government protect the rich tropical rainforests of policies and unchecked industrial develop­ Imataca and Canaima by sending him a ment are tearing open this once pristine letter stating this. The postage would be rainforest with massive mining, logging U.S. 60 cents. Here is a sample letter: and construction projects - and the area's traditional inhabitants are threatened with Your Excellency President Rafael Caldera the loss of home, health, and the very rain­ Palacio de Miraflores forest ecosystem they depend upon for Carmelitas their survival. Caracas, Venezuela Ignoring federal laws that require con­ sulting with indigenous peoples on land­ Dear President Caldera, use decisions, Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera opened nearly half of pre­ Venezuelan law recognizes the land United Nations World Heritage Site. As in viously protected Imataca to large-scale rights of indigenous peoples, yet recent Imataca, the people of Canaima have been logging and mining in 1997. In addition, plans to build a powerline through the required studies to assess the impact of completely excluded from land-use dis­ Canaima National Park for commercial forest development on local communities cussions, and no environmental impact development in the Imataca Forest and ecology were never performed. studies for the powerline have been com­ Reserve have ignored these rights. With support from Venezuela's pleted. Please halt all further commercial Attorney General and Congressional Local inhabitants were kept in the dark development in these vital, irreplaceable Environmental Committee, the Indigenous until the bulldozers arrived. rainforests - and recognize the ancestral Federation is petitioning the Supreme Enraged by government inaction, and land rights of the indigenous people, as Court to overturn Caldera's unilateral deci­ unwilling to wait for State courts to well as their basic human right of self­ sion. Until then, Imataca's inhabitants are process an injunction against the power­ determination. powerless through standard means to pro­ line, the indigenous community of Venezuela's rainforests are among the tect their land - an area the size of Canaima took matters into their own richest and rarest on Earth. You have the Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode hands. In early August, one-thousand peo- . responsibility to preserve these forests for Island combined. pie joined arms and formed a human all mankind.

EDGE continued from page 1 offers this kind of program." experience," he said. "So much, that I fessors at the conclusion of each semester. Henning insists the class is demanding. chose to do my graduate work in the They give us feedback on the course." "It is estimated that over $135.9 billion "The usual response from our students is, WAMI program." Grinbergs said the student group is will be spent on wireless equipment in the 'You are asking too much' and, 'This is just Grinbergs also said he was very satis- taken seriously by the professors. year 2002, up from $70.8 billion in 1997," too much work.' But later, when the com­ fied with the course's instructors. · "The reports are taken very seriously he said. "In other words, the money spent panies start chasing them, they are usually "These individuals are among the by the faculty, as evidenced by the changes will be doubled in five years. And while happy about it," he said. finest instructors I have ever had," he said. made in response to earlier evaluation the number of cellular phone subscribers Oliver Grinbergs is a graduate student "WAMI students are not stuck with a bor­ team reports," he said. "Such concern over worldwide was 134.4 million people in and a teaching assistant for this semester's ing professor droning at the chalkboard. constant improvement of the facility, 1996, it will reach 650 million in 2002. WAMI class. He has previously taken the Instead, they have charismatic, lively pro­ together with the active involvement qy That means we need much more people in class himself and said he remembers the fessors sharing their knowledge and expe­ the faculty, make the WAMI lab a truly this field." class as being very tough. rience with them." remarkable model for a sophisticated, The WAMI lab is equipped with the "I enrolled in the first offering of the To make sure the WAMI course is modern instructional laboratory." latest machines and instruments. This was WAMI class in the spring of 1997," always up-to-date and under constant Companies are usually eager to recruit made possible through major grants from Grinbergs said. "I was only a second­ development and improvement, the WAMI students who have completed the WAMI the main sponsors, Hewlett Packard and semester junior at the time, so most of the faculty has established two advisory program. the National Science Foundation, in addi­ material presented in the class was new to groups. "Several former WAMI students have tion to USF. me. Given the unfamiliar nature of the "We have the WAMI Advisory Board, impressed employment recruiters with "A number of experts work together on material, and its inherent difficulty, I often which includes members from companies practical knowledge imparted by the WAMI this program," Henning said. "And we are struggled to comprehend the experi­ like Hewlett Packard, Texas Instruments experience," Grinbergs said. "Certainly for team-teaching the course. This represents ments." and Honeywell," Henning said. "They students interested in microwave careers, a uniqueness in an educational sense, and Although overwhelmed by the work­ meet once a year to discuss and analyze the WAMI class provides a competitive that is how we got the grants. At this point load then, Grinbergs now praises the class. our program. Then we have a group of vol­ advantage in the expanding world of I don't know of any other university that "I was enormously enriched by the unteer students, which meets with the pro- microwave engineering." SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 4, 1998 THE 9 CROW'S • NESr PAGE3

What Happens When People Just Say No to l(ids What is it with these people who can't So before you start saying things to * When you go to Disney World, you dren because we get this so often, most of understand why I and so many others like childless couples or individuals like: don't have to hug any Disney characters us simply can't laugh about it anymore. me don't want to have children? Let's just "You'll regret it when you're older," you don't feel strongly attracted to. What you do with your body is your take a look at parenthood these days. "You'll change your mind eventually," or Added bonus: you don't have to spend business. How you arrange your life is up First of all, the con9ept of having them "That is so selfish," consider the following hours trying to explain why a giant to you. However, we have the same rights. out of the house by age 18 is laughable at pluses to not having children: mouse taller than daddy is not some­ And when you call us self}sh or tell us best. They'll just come back and usually * If a child throws up on the floor in thing to be afraid of. we'll change our minds later, you do a with their credit card bills, · * You will never get a great disservice to everyone--especially if babies and loser spouse with call at 2 a.m. to come pick you convince us otherwise. them. up your brat at the police You see, the only people who should Second, all the college station ... unless you mar­ have children today are the people who so dollars you put into your Gripe s Kaerri:~imons ried poorly. desperately want them, they can hardly education to get that great * You won't have to learn stand it. Because that's the only way to job won't mean a thing when Algebra again just because raise children in this world: when you your job is threatened because you're con­ front of you, it's not yo·ur responsibility to your kid can't get it. Added bonus: you can't imagine your life without them. stantly having to pick up a sick child at inspect it, worry about it or clean it up. won't have to spend hours trying to say It will take that kind of desperate love daycare. * When a teenager comes home and math is important with a straight face. to overcome the real reasons most of us Third, think of all the competition you says, "Surprise, I'm pregnant," the only * "Because I'm the mommy, that's who go childless choose that route: guns in can avoid. As they're growing up, you reason it matters is because it's your friend why" will never cross your lips ... unless school, drugs on playgrounds, sex that can compete with other parents on issues like: telling you about her kid. you're role-playing with your husband. result in more than just a pregnancy, an Is your kid the most likely to succeed? * You will never have to bring a stool * You will never have to hold back the overpopulated planet, gangs, or that terri­ Later it's: Is your kid the least likely to sample to a pediatrician. tears as you say, ''I'll take that minivan." ble phone ca11 in the middle of the night need therapy? *You get to pick the cartoons. * There will never be a time when you that says "Your daughter's in the hospital," In the early years, conversations with * Stopping at McDonalds does not have to feel uncomfortable about inserting or "We need you to come down to the friends sound like this: "Suzie got an A in a thermometer... unless you have particular morgue to identify a body." math today." "Well Jimmy got an A+ in problems around poultry. That desperate love will also help English." "Oh yeah, well Suzie's teacher Of course, there are also drawbacks to make those people better, caring, loving, says she's the best student she ever had." not having children: affectionate and attentive parents--the kind "Oh yeah, well Jimmy won first place in a * When you go to Disney movies in the this world demands. pottery-making contest." theatre, people will know it's because you Selfish isn't choosing not to have chil­ In later years, that conversation is more wanted to. dren. Selfish is choosing to have a child . like this: "Suzie has only two children out *You have no excuse for riding kiddie because it's what society expects. A child of wedlock." "Well Jimmy has two kids, rides or knowing the names of Saturday born to someone who was pressured to but at least they're by the same woman." morning cartoon characters. have it will be the big loser in this game "Oh yeah, well Suzie's parole officer says * You can't fend off unwanted and that's something we should all be grip­ she's the best parolee he's ever had." "Oh advances with the "I have three kids" line. ing about. yeah, well Jimmy made the best license * You will never have a good enough plates in San Quentin." reason to punch another parent at a peewee Give them five more years and it's: football game. "Suzie's divorce went through without a * People will know the Dr. Seuss col- . hitch." "Well Jimmy doesn't have to pay a lection is yours. dime because it turns out his wife was require having to ask for a meal that appar­ * There's no real excuse for letting already married to someone else." "Oh ently feels better than you do. strange men touch your stomach. yeah, well Suzie's lost a lot of weight and *You will never have to pull spit wads Sure I say all this in jest--that's what can now fit into my size dress." "Oh yeah, out of your hair after a car pool this "Gripes" column is about. But I have well Jimmy had an operation and now he ride ... unless you have some strange fellow a real and valid gripe against those people can look a lot better in it than Suzie." employees with good aim. who put pressure on others to have chil-

Spealdng of ••• Beating a Dead Horse Staff Editorial is now being treated to a fresh round of cov­ nation and relies on the moral authority of on denying an affair that turned out to be The Chronicle, Duke University erage as independent counsel Kenneth his office to back his word, the few people provable has left his credibility badly bruised. University Wire Starr's recommendation has reached the that believe him are dismissed as desperate­ The damage lent ammunition to his foes: It is House of Representatives. ly naive. regrettable that when the leader of the free DURHAM, N.C.--Some issues just won't Peering at Clinton as he waits anxiously Like Kennedy before him, Clinton world orders missile strikes against terrorist die quietly. This one, President Bill at the principal's door are a generation of appealed to the newest generation of voters. operations, the flrst question asked is whether Clinton's failure to apologize abjectly college students that came of age during his For many, his was the first ballot box they he did it to divert attention from his sex life. enough for his affair with Monica presidency. Those six years have yielded a would ever mark. He catered to this group Clinton's interest in satisfying the ideals Lewinsky, is still twitching long after it frustrating blend of powerful, significant in his campaigns, promising legislation and of his supporters may remain genuine, but he should have been laid to rest. It came back initiatives tainted by an endless parade of appropriations that mattered to young peo­ can no longer implement important policy as to life again twice recently - first at a press embarrassing revelations. ple. They responded and - by and large - he effectively and, in this sense, he has failed his conference in Moscow when Clinton con­ Without a Kennedy or Roosevelt to delivered. constituents. fessed his mistake yet again, and later when inspire their idealism, today's college stu­ But Clinton has failed to lead a White College students continue to back Clinton Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. revealed dents have grown up accustomed to seeing House life that would ensure his legislative because he is the leader most in tune with that he was considering asking the Senate to their leader tarnished by personal failings success would not be overcast by the clouds their beliefs, but with profound regret they censure the president. and politically motivated scrutiny. of personal scandal. realize that a day spent testifying before Despite opinion polls indicating that the Tragically, in this age without political Ideally, these scandals would have Starr's grand jury is one that cannot be spent issue has outlived public interest, the nation heroes, when the president stands before the remained personal - but Clinton's insistence making those ideals reality. r: -----,-

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Messenger continued from page I Memorial is a tribute to journalists who lost their lives trying to change someone work on Dying to Tell the Story, a Creative else's, make a difference somehow, or Visions and Turner Original Production. _ simply tell a story that needs to be told. On Sept. 13, all her hard work and "We no longer have to be present on effort to spread the news about the impor­ the battlefield to feel different in this age tance of journalists who bring the world to of instant communication," Kathleen said our television screens and our newspapers at the dedication of the memorial on May paid off. Dying to Tell the Story 21, 1996. "No longer shielded by time and appeared on the '"' space from killings, TBS Superstation car crashes, domestic that Sunday night, violence, genocide the end of a long and bombs, we are. journey for Amy to daily voyeurs to the find peace in the loss suffering of others." of her brother and to She asked, "Who let people know will inspire us? Who what he and other will awaken us? Who journalists do really will stimulate our does matter. .. some­ hearts and minds and times enough to die motivate us to for it. change this world Photo by Kaerrie Simons In Freedom Park, of violence, rage, The USA Today building is one visuallly spectacu­ adjoining the Newseum chaos and hatred?" lar sight from Freedom Park. Others include the Potomac River and the Washington Monument. in Arlington, Va, there Journalists are the stands a glass and steel people "who are tion, "Journalists put their lives in the line memorial stretching 24- charged with this of fire for a single idea: to get the truth. feet tall that helps pre­ responsibility," she Why? Because w~ile a reporter may be no serve the memory of said. "There is no match for a mob or a bullet, what he or she family members like one else with the reports does have the power to match." Kathleen and Amy power to create a When visitors run their fingers along Eldon who have lost global community one of the over I ,000 names engraved in a son, brother, sister, Photo by Kaerrie Simons that cares." the memorial, they should remember the daughter, parent or In Freedom Park, stands a bronze casting of As Hillary Rodham message those journalists leave behind: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birmingham, Ala., jail­ Let what we do inspire, anger, change, friend. The Freedom cell door. The square sTab of concrete shows the Clinton said at the Forum Journalists exact size of his cell. same I 996 dedica- enlighten ... but let it matter. Former USC star McGwire hits 62, breal{S Maris' HR marl{ Valerie Mendoza Pomona, Calif., where, as a , he hit most that summer was that my going to (pitch) me tougher," McGwire Daily Trojan a team-leading .359 with five home runs never benched me for a game - even if I told Baseball America. "But I really want University of Southern and a I .90 ERA. Arizona State showed was playing poorly," he told Touchdown to get this record. I would really like to University Wire minimal interest and sent him a letter that Illusrrated in 1983. "He let me work my put·my name down here somewhere." their scholarships had been given out, but way out of any slumps. He also made a The pressure to break the record con­ LOS ANGELES -- "My wish is to leave that he could come on as a walk-on. few adjustments in my swing which gave tinued, but he went into a sfump where he here with my name on something. I want "The second to the last week of the me a short, fast stroke. went 1-for-12. It was on his mind all the to get over it, I'm really over the tough season 'SC gave me a call," McGwire "The environment in Alaska really time: the pitches were there but his stroke part - getting up to tying it. Now it's just said. "The next thing I knew I was sitting helped me. I was away from home for the was gone. But then fighting the wind on a hitting one more. I'm pretty sure I can." - at Dodger Stadium with (then-Trojan first time in my life with a group of peo­ late Sunday afternoon in the second game Mark McGwire, Daily Trojan, 1983. coach) Rod Dedeaux." ple I didn't know. But instead of quitting of a at Cal, he finally con­ Before Mark McGwire chased Roger He was drafted by the Montreal Expos and going home, which would have been nected with a shot over th~ wall in left Maris and , he chased Dave in the eighth round, but he chose to attend the easy thing to do, I stuck it out. As a center field. . Hostettler and Kent Hadley. usc. result, I gained confidence in myself- and "It was the first pitch they threw me On Sept. 8, McGwire made history by "I ended up signing here because the I grew up." and it was a slider right over the middle breaking Maris' 37 year-old major-league money wasn't enough to go professional­ He developed new skills and of the plate," McGwire told the Herald . record with his _62nd home run ly out of high school," McGwire said. "I improved defensively while leading the Examiner. "Right when I hit it, I knew it. against the Chicago Cubs at Busch really wanted to sign, but the money had Anchorage Pilots with a . .403 batting It was just a relief." Stadium. to be as much as a scholarship and it average and 13 home runs. McGwire led USC in runs (46), hits However, chasing a home run record wasn't. I'm glad I came here. I now real­ That spring at USC his heart was no (61), total bases, (127), RBis (59) and was nothing new to McGwire, who went ize I was not ready at 17 for the minor longer in pitching, and his mind was now game winning RBis (6) and ended his after the USC single-season home run leagues." focused on hitting. However, at the sophomore season hitting .319. record I 5 years ago. During his freshman year as a relief beginning of the season he didn't hit In his jun.ior year of 1984, he finished In his freshman year at USC, after pitcher, he had the team's second best many home runs. Then he hit two in a with 32 home runs and still holds the sin­ seeing former Trojans Hostettler's record ERA (3.04). In 75 at-bats he hit .200 and series, three in a series and even four a gle-season USC home run record. The of 17 home runs set in 1978, and Hadley's only three home runs. series. McGwire had gone seven games in Oakland A's selected him as the lOth pick 17 set in 1956 written on the clubhouse That summer he left as a pitcher, but between No. 17 and 18. Hostettler got in the 1984 amateur draft. wall, McGwire made it a goal to break it. returned to USC from an Alaska summer many of his home runs early in the sea­ In the spring of 1984 he told the Daily He told the Daily Trojan in 1983, ''I'm league as a first baseman and power hit­ son, but McGwire soon learned how dif­ Trojan: "I just believe (God) gives some­ going to break that. Seventeen home runs ter. There, with the help of then San ficult it could be to hit runs in the second body on this earth some special thing. He looked like it could easily (be) broken." Diego State coach Jim Dietz and the half of the season when everyone knows gave me the power to hit home runs." Amazingly, USC was the only school coach of the semi-pro Anchorage Pilots, who the power hitter is. that offered him a scholarship. He did McGwire perfected his swing. "I know that people are learning that For more on Mark McGwire, please well his senior year at Damien High in "One of the things that helped me the I've been hitting the qall, so they are see the article on page 6. ,------· -~~~~~----- ~-~- ~~~~~- - -r----

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Today through October 15 September 26 to October 3 October 3 free commemorative tee shirt. For more The 1998 Open Enrollment period for the Celebrate Banned Books Week. Join American Heart Association Heart Walk. information, please call 553-1842. selection of insurance coverage has begun Barnes & Noble, the Thomas Jefferson Sign up for a team or make a donation! and runs through Oct. 15. The St. Societies, USA, Inc. and speakers from Call Sandy Blood at 553-3114 or Sheri Counseling and Career Center Petersburg Human Resources office will USF and the St. Petersburg Times as we Beaudreau at 553-1589. Workshops hold information sessions in Davis 138 celebrate Banned Books Week. Through­ The CCC's Workshop Schedule is avail­ during September. See H.R. for specific out the week, people across the country October 6 able in the CCC Resource Library DAY dates and times. will be celebrating their freedom of The St. Petersburg Campus Benefits Fair 112. Call 553-1129 for workshop registra­ expression during marathon readings and will be held in the Campus Activities tion. Upcoming workshops include: Today through September 25 other events. The lead-off feature reader Center from I 0 a.m. until 3 p.m. For more "Mean What You Say--Techniques for Sign up for Intramural Volleyball. Join will be Professor Ray Arsenault of USF at information, call 553-1596. Assertive Communication," noon to 1 coed teams for recreational play, round 7 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble located at p.m., Sept. 23; "Setting Priorities," noon to robin style. Teams organized from clubs 2501" Tyrone Blvd. N. in St. Pete. Come October 10 I p.m., Sept. 24; " 1st Impressions for or individuals welcome (minimum of five celebrate the freedom to read. For more Attention animal lovers and all big-hearted Interviewing: Tips, Hints and Tricks of the players per team). Games will be held information, call ·384-5200. friends of animals lovers. It's time again Trade," 5 to 6 p.m., Sept. 24; "Massage from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays in for the SPCA "Paws on Parade" Pet Walk. Therapy to Relieve Stress," noon to 1 p.m., the Campus Activities Center Core. Play September 29 An annual tradition at USF-St. Pete is par­ Sept. 25; "Test Taking Strategies for the begins Oct. 7 and ends Nov. 4. Information It's time once again for Campus Comedy ticipation in the SPCA "Paws on Parade" ORE," 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 26; and "Reading for Retention," noon to 1 p.m., packets are available in the Student at USF-St. Pete! Kivi Rogers is scheduled Pet Walk to benefit our local Society for Sept. 30. Activities Office in the CAC. to bring laughter to the campus at II :30 the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The a.m. and 9 p.m. in DAY 130. festivities will begin at 8:30 a.m. at North September 26 Shore Park in downtown St. Petersburg. . Women's Health Issues The school is holding an information ses­ October 2 and 3 Dean Bill Heller, an SPCA Board Sandy Blood, Health Educator, is putting sion on the Saturday MBA Program for Space is still available for the Student Member, is the team captain for the USF together a series of Brown Bag Lunch Professionals. Academic advisors will be Leadership Conference in Bradenton and St.. Pete Tiger Team. The actual walk com­ seminars to be offered the second Tuesday on hand to describe the Saturday MBA the sign-up deadline has been extended to mences at 9:30a.m. Please register prior to of each month (Oct. 13, Nov. 10 and Dec. program that begins in January at USF-St. Sept. 28. This conference is free to stu­ Oct. 5 to participate in the Pet Walk. All 8) in the Harborview Conference Room, Pete. The session will be held from I 0 a.m. dents and helps develop leadership skills. walkers will receive a donor collection BAY 117. Call Sandy Blood at 553-3114 to noon in Bayboro Hall 203. Call 553-1162 or stop by BAY 'ttl. form. Collect $35 or more and receive a for the latest information.

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....:.....:: McGwire brings excitement bacl{ to game Lamond Pope , the overwhelming While injuries forced Mantle to end his The strike wiped out the rest of the sea­ Indiana Daily Student, Indiana U. favorite, dropped the 1919 World Series to chase of Ruth at 54, Maris continued on. son and canceled the World Series for the University Wire the Cincinnati Reds. The pressure would grow. Many fans first time since 1904. Questions were raised during and after wondered, how could com­ Fans didn't welcome the game back BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Babe Ruth, the series as to whether the Sox played the pete with the Babe? The stress caused with open arms. Resentment lingered. Roger Maris and Mark McGwire. The first series on the level. Testimony and other Maris to loose clumps of his hair. Attendance and television ratings plum­ exemplified the era in which he played. evidence determined that eight players "I understand with Maris that they had meted. The game took a number of hits -­ The second nearly broke down while in were in on the fix. Although acquitted by a three-hour press conferences before and many people felt it was uncool, too slow pursuit of Ruth's mark. The third has grand jury, the Sox and the game lost in the after the games and he didn't handle that and no longer the national pastime. joined the ranks as a legend. court of public opinion. well," Mahan said. "With McGwire, he Up stepped McGwire. The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Reeling, the game needed a hero. has a press conference the first day he "We've come to about 20 games, more etched his name in the record books Sept. George Herman Ruth answered the comes to town and then one if he hits a than in the past (because of McGwire)," 8, breaking Maris' single-season mark call. "America just loves big things, the home run. I think that's helped him a lot." Cardinals fan Anna Cloutier said. with home run No. 62. big man hitting the big home runs," Mahan Maris hit No. 59 in the 154th game of "Big Mac" finished the 1996 season There have been many problems with said. "Babe ate and lived large." the season, helping the Yankees clinch the with 52 homers. In 1997, McGwire and baseball, but the one feat that has histori- Ruth first became noticed as a pitcher pennant in the process. He tied the record Griffey Jr. staged their own regular season cally brought fans back to the park is the for the . He became an four games later and then went homerless version of home run derby in pursuit of home run. in 1919 and broke the single- in the next four games. In the team's regu­ Maris' mark. "This has been great for baseball," IU season home run record with 29. Then, in lar-season finale Oct. 1, Maris connected McGwire, dealt from Oakland to St. - baseball coach Bob Morgan said. perhaps the most lopsided deal in the his­ off Boston's Tracy Stallard for No. 61. Louis at the trade deadline, finished with "Baseball needed some excitement to get tory of the sport, Ruth was sold to the New While he received a standing ovation 58, Griffey with 56. the fans back following the strike, and York Yankees. The next season, Ruth that day, some fans, and even baseball The stage was set for 1998. what Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are smashed his record, finishing with 54 commissioner Ford Frick, believed a mark McGwire started strong, breaking the doing has put a lot of excitement back in homers. Ruth topped himself again in should be placed next to the new record to record for homers hit by the end of April, the game." 1921, hitting 59 home runs. acknowledge Maris set it in a longer season. May and June. Griffey and Chicago Cubs Ruth's blasts, including his 60 in 1927, The 1927 Yankees were nicknamed Maris would never hit more than 33 right fielder Sammy Sosa stayed in pur­ restored America's faith in the game after "Murderer's Row" and featured a loaded homers in a single season again. Still, his suit, with Sosa getting a lift by smashing a a betting scandal. Maris' run at Ruth was lineup that included Tony Lazzeri, Bob record lasted longer than Ruth's. record 20 home runs in June. both celebrated and controversial. Meuse) and Lou Gehrig. Mac Hit62 The chase for 62 quickly became a McGwire's feat, accomplished in an Ruth was the centerpiece. McGwire has battled many IOJUnes two-man race. But to the surprise of many, expansion year, as Maris' was, has helped Many believed 60 home runs was an throughout his career to become one of the it was Sosa, not Griffey, who· challenged baseball recover from the ugly 1994 strike. unreachable mark, but Ruth delivered, hit- game's most feared power hitters. Maris' record with McGwire. There have been many changes in the ting No. 60 on the final day of the regular He hit 47 homers in a relatively healthy · All season long, McGwire said the· nation's pastime throughout the years, but season. rookie season en route to winning the chase shouldn't be seriously discussed ,_ power hitters and their stats have always 61 in '61 Rookie of the Year award in 1987. until someone had 50 before September. caught fans' attention. The year 1961 was a season of change. His low for a season came in 1994 Mac reached and surpassed the mark Aug. "I think that's something about base- The baseball owners decided to when he finished with nine homers in the 20. In doing so, he made history and ball," Michigan State baseball coach Ted increase the length of the season from 154 strike-shortened season. became the first player to hit 50 home runs Mahan said. "In baseball, more than in any to 162 games. In addition, the American While McGwire fought the injuries, in three consecutive seasons. other sport, people remember the numbers. League expanded, adding the Los Angeles two other hitters looked to have a clear Mac tied Ruth in his 141 st game of the Cal (Ripken Jr.), Ruth. I wouldn't come Angels and Washington Senators. shot at Maris' mark that year. season, ending any noti

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