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INside Registration policies change going down Withdraw! policy passes; pre-scheduling for freshmen fails

by CHRIS JOHNSON from high demand courses during the 1996 fall editor term-W period (Sept.3 - Oct. 18) will not be permitted to register for these courses for the A new withdraw! policy that will go into 1997 spring term until the regular registration affect during the fall 1996 term should keep period which begins Jan•. 6, 1997. students from 'shopping around' in certain • "Using English 101 as an example, sometimes classes. · studepts find the work more exacting than they Dr. Frances S.·Hensley, assistant vice-presi­ thought and.they get frightened away, or they dent of academic affairs, said, "The new · get caught out on the student grape-vine· and withdraw} policy is for a selected group of high they say, 'ifI drop it n·ow, I can ta:ke so and so the demand classes. These are classes where we next time,' "Hensley said. · have had difficulty meeting student demand "The idea with the new policy is to discourage and have had a high withdraw! rate." students from dropping classes casually. Stu­ The high demand classes which are listed in dents will always need to drop classes . and • the new policy are, ENG 101, ENG 102, ACC that's their perogative. But we didn't want to · -215, SPN 101, SPN 102, MTH 130, BSC 227, ciose those students out entirely, so the policy 1 CSD 119 and CSD 120. Hensley said these were that was finally agreed upon and reccomended '1 I -our vi~w the only classes that will be affected by the new to the full senate, just prevents students (wh9 jim sands i policy. - drop a high demand course) from pre-register­ Joe Remias hits the na­ 1 1 The Athletic I The policy states: any student who with­ ing." ture trails at Ritter Park. , j Department draws during the W period from a course iden·­ Hensley said every faculty member will get a Many MU students fre­ I tified as a high demand course shall not be· copy of the new policy. She said she hopes the quent the park's walking, l 1 - 4 - , allowed to pre-register for the course for the hiking and biking trails. page 1 1 L_ -- ' following semester. Students who withdraw see Classes, page 6 . , 1 l ! Gilley sponsors luncheon, for employee j by TONYA STOWERS Wellman said most of her fam­ .l reporter ily lives out ofstate, and she likes l to think of students and faculty . 1 Doris Wellman was named as her own family. Marshall Employee of the Year, "I feel like the students are my , during a luncheon Tuesday at kids and I mother them a little," President J. Wade Gilley and his Wellman said. wife Nan's house. Thisawardwasestablishedfour ;j She received a plaq~e and a years ago by Gilley and his wife. check for $300. Funds were provided through a J Wellmanis the administrative grant, to give special recognition secretary in the Division of Hu- . to those employees who excel in man Development and Allied their job duties. . Technology-Family-and ·Con- "It's hard because you leave a sumer Sciences. She has been lot of good people out, but we employed by the university for wantedtofindawaytosaythanks 18 years. and present special recognition to She and eleven otqers were in those who deserve it," Gilley said. competition for the award after Bill Burdette, chairman of the being chosen employee of the selectioncommittee,saidanyclas­ , month during 1995-96 school sifiedornon-classifiedstaffmem- year. ber may submit ·a nomination or "I work with great people, and application for the award to the that makes my job easier," MarshallUniversityDepartment Wellman said. of Human Resources by the fifth "I didn't expect to win, there day of each month. . Rick Hay were so many other wonderful Burdette said the nominations President J. Wade Gilley presents Doris Wellman with a plaque naming her employee of people who would have been good .the year and check for $300. choices," she added . see Gilley, page 6 OUTside - Classified staff aims tb be open, informed . by CHRISTY KNICELEY news editor

Making the council for classified staffa more open and helpful organization i!;l tradespeople, custodians, and some directors. _the goal of. the council's newly elected executive officers. _ Nina L. Barrett, Classified StaffCoun­ can do to help them. We want to get the Mark A. Ross, vice-president and press cil' president and accounting assistant, message out that we are open to hear all operator for graphic services, concurred said the new officers aim to build on the concerns." with Barrett's remarks. _ past efforts of the council "to make staff Barrett also said the council is a re­ ''The main objective is to bring it back to council more open and accessible to every source for classified staff, offering guid­ the people," Ross said. "We want to help classified staff member on campus. ance, direction and.information for staff ·"We want to let them know what we members. see Staff, page 6

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' NrMES IN Tt-JE NEWS Artist depicts·nude politicians ESSEX, Conn. (AP) - If "Clothing adds a layer of "his inability to effect President Clinton and Bob psychological protection." change," Swearer eaid. Prince Charles visits archnecture students Dole take time from their The lack of working models · The exhibition, "Our campaign schedules to view a apparently left much to the Time," is on displa.y outside ASHEVILLE, N.C (AP)- Did Prince Charles arrive on this sculpture show, they might artist's imagination. The Hollycroft Foundation, a planet in a UFO? Does Diana know about this? find an issue they could agree Dole's right arm is out­ nonprofit cultural center.The The heir to the British throne arrived Wednesday to visit on - restoring the fig leaf. stretched "blocking Clinton's works average 48 inches tall. with architecture students, two days after attending a birth­ The current Democratic attempt at change, while his Swearer doesn't think day party on the opposite side of the world in Brunei for and Republican standard­ left arm scratches his brow these political leaders would Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. bearers are depicted in a unable to articulate his own especially mind being seen in Jet lag, he said, made him feel like "some extraterrestrial exhibition of 28 bronze nudes agenda or direction," Swearer the buff - except Sen. Jesse being from Brunei." that also show Ronald said. Actually, Dole's right Helms, R-N.C., who is About 250 people greeted Charles at the Biltmore House Reagan, House Speaker Newt arm has been disabled since· portrayed with one hand estate, and he apologized for making them wait in hot, humid Gingrich and First Lady World Warll. covering his genitals and the weather. Hillary Rodham Cliriton. Clinton is shown with one other covering his backside. "That's who we are under­ arm outstretched "looking to "He's the only one of the Michael Jackson performs free coacert neath," said sculptor Nicho­ the public and calling for group that realizes he is BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) - In an Islamic las Swearer, whose earlier change," while his left arm, naked or is afraid of his country where there is little nighttime entertainment - the works depicted lizards. nearly at his side, represents . nakedness," he said. city shuts down at 8 p.m.·- a Michael Jackson concert seems beyond the wildest dream. Lawnmower man? ''This sort of thing never happens in Brunei," 18-year-old Benny Chow said of the Tuesday night bash. BELTON, Mo. (AP) -A Alleged computer child porn ring Indited Best of all, it was free for all 60,000 fans, a gift to his boy who wantea to sleep SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) child sex and conspired to subjects from Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to celebrate his 50th rather than mow the lawn - Sixteen men have been produce and exchange birthday. received a rude awakening when his father started up indicted on charges ·they sexually expli~- ages of Tour officials said it was the first time Jackson has given a participated in an interna­ concert where people didn't pay to get in. Jackson will begin the mower in his bedroom. girls as young a tional Internet pedophilia The images - ca ed his world concert tour later this week in South Africa. Rickey Worthley woke up his son Michael at 6 a.m. ring in which members "privates" - included still Hoolie joins Willie Nelson to play Farm Aid Saturday to mow the lawn, once chatted online while photographs and movielike but the 17-year-old told him. a 10-year-old girl was files created with digital being molested. video cameras. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)- Hootie and the Blowfish is to go away, saying it was too According to the federal Thirteen of the men were teaming up with country crooner Willie Nelson as headliners early.His father returned~. this time with the mower. grand jury indictment arrested; the other three for the next Farm Aid concert. handed down Tuesday, the were being sought. ''We hope this concert will remind the nation that we need He pushed it through the door and started it up, men belonged to a group People were allowed to to change the way we think about the food we eat and the called the "Orchid Club," a join the club only after people who grow it," Nelson said Wednesday. cutting clumps from the bedroom carpet, said police chat room in which users members recommended Farm Aid co-founders John Mellencamp and Neil Young swapped stories about them, authorities said. also will play at the Oct. 12 concert, organizers said. Other Sgt. Randy Scott. performers include Jewel, the Beach Boys, John Conlee and Michael threw a fan at the Martina McBride. mower and his father left. Hometown band Hootie asked Nelson to bring the concert to The boy called police, who Columbia after the band played at last year's 10th anniver- arrested Worthley and NABI BIOMEDICAL CENTER sary Farm Aid concert in Louisville, Ky. ' charged him with assault. Farm Aid has distributed more than $12 million to farmers No one was injured. since the first concert Nelson started in 1985.

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Ap Associated Press . Bands will perlrom to·benefit families ol lirework disaster HUNTINGTON (AP)- Country music art­ p.m. Tickets good for all three nights can be ists 4 Runner and Ricky Lynn Gregg are sched­ purchased in advance for $10. uled to perform at a benefit concert for the Nine people died and 12 people were injured families of victims from a July 3 fire at a south­ following the fire at Ohio River Fireworks in ern Ohio fireworks store. Scottown, Ohio, about 15 miles north of Hun­ Troops in Saudi Arabia may·be moved 4 Runner is scheduled to perform on July 24 tington. and Gregg will perform on July 25. A celebrity Todd Hall, 24, of Proctorville, was held on WASHINGTON (AP)-Up to 4,000 U.S. troops in Saudi auction is scheduled for July 26. $500,000 bond in the Lawrence County jail. He Arabia may be moved to protect them from threatened About 20 bands from the Huntington area is charged with eight counts of involuntary terror attacks with bombs four or five times as large as the also are scheduled to perform. All proceeds will manslaughter, and the Lawrence County, Ohio, one that recentl)' killed 19 servicemen, Defense.Secretary be placed in a trust fund and distributed equally. prosecutor said he plans to seek a ninth count William Perry said Wednesday. among the victim's families. stemming from the latest death Tuesday. , "We are going to prepare for a very intense threat. It will The concert will be held at Coyote's Wild The benefit's sponsors are WOWK-TV and be costly," Perry warned. He said "terrorisis ... trying to Dawg Saloon. WDGG-FM, both of Huntington. drive us out ofSaudi Arabia" could attack U.S. forces in the Doors are scheduled to open each night at 7 For ticket information, call (800) 932-2275. Middle East with chemical or biological weapons. Perry has spoken si1.1ce early July of the potential of ~hifting U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia to more defensible . · p~ons but never has been '!Jo specific about possible Hall to be charged with ninth death threats they faced. · Perry said the goal was to shift troops from urban areas CHESAPEAKE (AP) - The man charged in and is being held in the county jail. He under­ to more secure military sites. eight deaths in a fire at a fireworks store will be went a lobotomy after injuring his head in a At_most, the moves would affect 3,000 to 4,000 troops, charged with-a ninth count now that another skateboard accident in 1987 in Morgantown. mostly based in northern Saudi A,abia, Perry said. Those victim has died, the Lawrence County prosecu­ Prosecutor J .B. Collier said a ninth count of based in the central·capital ofRiyadh might also be moved, tor said. involuntary manslaughter will be presented to he said. Kathlene G. Wilks, 71, of Proctorville, died a grand jury Aug. 5. About 20,000 U.S. troops posted around the Persian Tuesday at Cabell Huntington Hospital. She No one else has been charged. Gulf. · was burned in the July 3 fire at Ohio River Collier has said three people who accompa­ Fireworks in Scottown. nied H;all to the store that day took polygraph Wilks was the sister of the store's owner and tests that showed "absolutely no evidence of .WOrkers strike to protest budget cuts manager, Dave Pruitt of Scottown. Eight oth­ deception." JERUSALEM (AP)-Hundreds ofthousands ofworkers ers, including four West Virginians, died in the Two otherfire victims remained hospitalized. went on strike Wednesday to protest planned •cuts · in fire and 12 were injured. Willa Wallace, 45, of Kenova, was in good con­ government programs and subsidies, hampering the op­ Todd Hall, 24, ofProctorville has 1¥ien charged dition and Nancy Tolliver, 33, of Branchland, eration of hospitals, postal services, banks, news media with eight counts of involuntary manslaughter W.Va., was in fair condition. and even the stock market. The l~urstrike, whichbeganat6a.m.,isbeingstaged by the Hi~t trade union federation in response to ·. budget cuts worth $1.5 billion announced last week in an White House employees attempt to cool double-digit inflation. Thousands of strikers held an angry demonstration · outside parliament in Jerusalem. ~ were known drug users "As long as they continue to crack down on the workhs, the workers will continue to defend themselves," Histadrut WASHINGTON (AP) - "I have seen cocaine usage. I leader Amir Peretz told Israel TV. White House employees who have seen hallucinogenic us­ The Histadrut is dominated by the Labor Party, which had recently used cocaine and ages, _crack usages" Under-cof­ lost the recent elections. Peretz, who is a Labor legislator, hallucinogenic drugs were fer said in his testimony last rejected accusations the strike was politically motivated. given passes to the executive Wednesday. "There was some Critics oflsrael's new government elaim the budget cuts mansion despite initial rejec­ where the drug use was re­ will hit low-income Israelis hardest. tion by the Secret Service, cent." centers and museums also closed. agents for the service said In a similar interview, the The union did not release an estimate of striking work- · Wednesday. investigators asked Cole ers, but it was certainly in the hundreds of thousands. The Clinton administration whether the Secret Service de­ allayed Secret Service concerns cision to deny the passes w~ by setting up a special, volun­ changed. · · · tary drug-testing program, "Yes," Cole said. "Initially Arnold Cole, former supervi­ our response was that we de­ World leaders try to s~lve sor ofthe service's White House nied them passes," he said. control operations, tqld the Having discovered past il­ House Government Oversight licit drug use as a result ofFBI global warming problem and Reform Committee. background checks on several Cole ·said Secret Service White House employees, Cole GENEVA (AP)-In art envi­ sions targets would be deter­ agents denied requests for se­ said, the Secret Service was ronmental 1>olicy shift, the mined in the next 18 months. curity passes for an unspeci­ concerned that it could "com­ United States Wedneday com­ The two-week conference, fied number of employees, but promise the security of the mitted itself to reducing the which ends Thursday, aims to the employees got the passes White House without some kinds ofair pollution thatcause formulate a legally binding after the drug-testing program other mechanism in place." the Earth's climate to overheat. agreement requiring industri­ was instituted in May 1994. Cole and his colleagues raised Developed nations should alized countries toreduce·gases "At one point they did re­ those concerns with then-asso­ commit to capping emissions such as carbon dioxide and ceive a pass," Cole told the ciate White House counsel Wil­ of so-called greenhouse gases, methane. The agreement is to panel. liam H. Ke~edy ni'. which come from burning fos­ be signed next year. Another Secret Service agent · White House spokesman sil fuels, said Timothy Wirth, Wirth told· the ·conference who worked on White House Barry Toiv had no immediate undersecretary ofstate for glo­ thatthe world's scientists have, access, Jeffrey Undercoffer, comment on the matter bal affairs. Previously, U.S. for the first time, concluded said in sworn testimony to com­ Wednesday. policy called for a largely vol­ that humans are altering the mittee investigators released The House oversight com­ untary appro!lch to reducing Earth's climate. He said that Wednesday that FBI back­ mittee is investigating the. such pollution. will have profound conse­ ·ground checks on several White White House's gathering of At a climate change confer­ quences. House employees uncovered hundreds of FBI background ence attended by 150 govern­ It is up to the world's policy­ drug use including crack co­ files on Bush and Reagan ad­ ments, Wirth said specific emis- makers to find a solution. caine and hallucinogenic drugs. ministration employees. 1)89' -eel by Chris Johnson - - 1n1on the parthenon 4 t h u r s d a Y, j uI y 18, 1 9 9 8 "Wv1EW·· Let the new guys prove their worth before we criticize Faces are changing in the Thundering Herd Athletic Department every time we turn around. Just when we welcome someone new, we are saying farewell to someone else. There are new guys calling the plays for the 'big two' sports. There is a new athletic director. Big name players are leaving and players with big expecfations are coming. _Even the 'Voice of the Herd' Stan Cotten is gone. What's next, ty1arco calling a press conference to announce he is heading to Appalachian State? New football coach, Bob Pruett who was hired in January, is.getting close to haying seniority in the Athletic Department. . Everyone seems to be questioning how U1e Athletic Department is going to cope with all of the changes especially with the upcoming move to the Mid­ American Conference. Let's at least give the new guys a chance before we start ranting about the downfall of Marshall athletics. The football team has been ranked preseason number one by several different publications. Yes, · Jim Donnan is gone and Jermaine Wiggins and Olandis Gary are following him to Georgia. But 16 starters are back, 1 O of which are on a defense that . may be the nation's best. And Eric Kresser, who just arrived from Pruett's former stomping grounds in Gator country, is considered to be an NFL calibre quarterback. Fan favorite. Jason Williams has left to follow his mentor Billy Donovan to Florida. But Greg White still has a solid nucleus of young talent and leadership for a basketball team that could be the team to beat in the Southern Conference. Why so many people have left the MU athletic program is a mystery and is frustrating. But it's unfair Professor says book- . coauthors and publisher. None of times for poor suckers in similar to make the shoes for the new faces any bigger to fill the books has an original price tag, situations across the country. I don't than they already are. Let's see how things go on the store operations needs but in the packet purchased by this know whether the recent change of field of battle before we create an internal battle of investigated student at the MU Bookstore. All six our bookstore ownership at Marshall comparisons between those who are gone and those texts were labelled used with a total has contributed to the severity of who are here now. I believe there is something terri- price tag of $48.88 (you have to buy situations like these. CertainlY. the bly wrong with Marshall's present the whole thing). The new price is not · negligence of instructors in requir~ ing the purchase of texts that are THURSDAY textbook system, in terms of both given. A separate additional book is July 18, 1996 sales and course requirements. Most also required and can be purchased never used_and outdated is deplor­ people know that textbooks are a for $10.00 used. able. We in the academic commu­ ------_significant part of educational ex- Only two of the seven volumes · nity are responsible for allowing this pense. Many also feel that there is were actually used during the entire . to happen. We should be able to widespread abuse, if not corruption, course, a fact- unexplained by the control it, just as we control other sParthliiiOif in the assignment and marketing of · instructor. Attempting at the end of academic matters. textbooks. At unnecessary expense the course to recoup some of his The problem is, how much do we volume 97 • number 113 to students, publishers, bookstores, original outlay, the student took the really care? And how much do P.resi­ and yes, instructors, often reap huge texts back to the bookstore for resale di:mt Gilley and other administra­ The Parthenon, Marshall University's newspa-, tors in decision-making roles care per, Is published by students Thursdays during the; financial benefits from the textbook according to established procedures. summer. I 'racket,' unchecked by the ,academic Three of the books, all of them among about ordinary students who are The editor Is solely responsl.ble for news and community. · . those never used during the course, caught in the textbook scam? The editorial content. ' At Marshall, we don'.ttry v~ry hard . were termed outdate~ by the book­ administration certainly• spends to · curb the abusf3, but we ;are no . store, and v~ued at zero. Why were­ much energy, time, negotiations, the fourth estate worse than hundreds of other they sold to 'the student in the first concern and money insuring that of marshall university' schools. Students,continually relate place? For the remaining tour, two of the operation of the Athletic Depart­ to me not only the unreasonable which also.were not used during the ment is· as flawless as possible. since 1898 high cost of textbooks, but also the course, the bookstore offered a re­ With equal vigor, will we also stick casual, if not frivolous system for' sale value of $10.00 e.ach. If these up for the poor guy I have refereed Chris Johnson ------editor: . determjning their selection, use and were priced at an average of about to, who is a mature serious student . Jennifer Hale managing editor purchase. The following scenario, $8.00 each in the original course trying honestly to work his way to a Christy Kniceley ·news editor related to me by a first summer term packet, do you suppose that the degree, ratherthan prostituting him~ Carrie Hoffman llfel editor self on the football field or basket­ John Floyd -onllne editor student (not in my department) i!i bookstore will make an excessive Jim Sands photo editor . real, and could be duplicated hun- profit on yet another 'packet' for tu­ ball court? Don't hold your breath! Marilyn McClure adviser dreds of times at Marshall, and mil- ture students? You can bet on it! And don't count on an authoritative Doug Jones advertising manager lions of times nationally: This scenario . can in reality be investigation of the bookstore op­ Kristina Montgomery student assistant A particular course requires a duplicated more than 20 times for eration either. 'packet' of six textbooks and supple- - this particular course, based on its James Taggart ments; all paperback.all by the same enrollment, and in theory, millions Qf Professor of Music

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is a male bonding thing. Jennifer HALE Oon't try to learn the lingo. This was my first big plan. I'd managing editor pick up on some of the garage jargon and try to use it impres­ may be a stereotype, but sively. But I found my new vo­ when it comes to anything with a cabulary just didn't fit in every­ motor the gap between the sexes day conversations. Words such is the Grand Canyon. as mono shock, manifold and It seems to me, about half of alternator do not make good the male population's minds work adjectives and tend to further from a complicated combustion prove your ignorance. system, complete with axles and Don't try to help. You won't gears. Some guys would run even get a laugh out of him if he better if you poured a funnel full asks you to hand him a certain of WD-40 down their throat in­ socket and you say, "Is that the stead of a four course meal. one with a star on the top?" And I attract these guys. Don't ask questions. If you Maybe they sense I need a little don't understand, his explana­ fine tuning. tion of why you need new rotors So being a stereotypical chick, for your car will contain at least when it comes to anything that five other words that you have runs on a fossil fuel, my brain never heard. You will always be locks up like a car with sand in its more confused than before he gas tank. tried to clear it up for you. I know how to pump gas and Last and most important, stay turn the ignition key. I've never out of the garage. You have changed oil or a tire. And I defi­ proven this is not your domain. nitely have never been called a It's dirty, unorganized .and bor­ good driver. ing. No "quality time" can be So hanging out with these achieved with your boyfriend or motor mouths and their buddies husband here. You are just an has been very trying for me. outsider and have no business Through trial and error, I have a there. few pointers to all those other If you are at a party and they non-mechanical chicks who start in about ATV tire reliability, must endure this hell. find a like-minded girl friend and Don't try to change the sub­ . gossip. ject. They will either comment, If you are at home and he shortly, or ignore you and go decides to adjust the clutch back to their motor mouthing. It cable, just turn on the only cable you are familiar with. Basically, put up with it. Girls have their things to ponder over. And lets face it, some girls know exactly how the combustion sys­ tem of a gasoline engine fires. So endure a little boring chat­ ter, no matter how much you hate it. Don't ditch the motor mouth. Car mechanics can be expen­ sive. You can bet your tork wrench. ___·: .~ .:.~ ----_-_._-·_---=----·~::-r ·· --r- · Parking ' $15.00 Pe;r_Month -- .

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She also said this would pro.vi de the deans with more open meeting from 1-2 p.m. time to discuss academics • STAFF on the third Thursday of and college life with the stu­ each month. · dents rather than spend the from page 1 The next scheduled meet­ majority of the time sched­ staff to be more informed." ing will b~ today in room G- uling. The proposal was Members of Marshall's 6 of the Morrow Library. never intended to become a classifieds classified staff are any em­ More information about , policy in which inc_oming AIRLINE JOBS Applications ployees who have a Mercer the Classified Staff Council .. ~ ~freshmen would be aiven' a . are now being accepted for ~~ ~ . bA - Classification. This includes is available by calling the SUMMER PARKING 1/2 domestic & international staff! · s~dule and there wquld secretaries, skilled trades­ staff council office at (304) be no opportunity to alter it. blockfromMU.Call528-7958. 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The Southern Conference media picked Appalachian State to finish first in the SC while the coaches picked the H_erd football squad to finish first. Seven Herd players were picked for the pre-season all-SC team, they are: WR Tim Martin, OL Aaron Ferguson, OL Jamie Wilson, DE B.J. Cohen, OT Billy Lyon, LB Larry McCloud, CB Melvin Cunningham, K Tim Openlander, LB Jermaine Swafford and DE John Duncan.

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What to look for in Atlanta Farve says he's a new man GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)­ also be evaluated for alcohol player. Brett Favre, who recently com­ abuse. Favre wasn't able to throw a ATLANTA (AP)- Here, straight from the heartland of pleted treatment for an addic­ Favre stressed yesterday football while in rehab, but he Ol~ania, is your official Top 10 list of ''Tlµngs To Watch tion to painkillers, said today that he didn't have an alcohol did work out feverishly, play­ For" in the next two weeks ofagony, ecstasy and humidity that he's a new person off the problem but acknowledged that ing racquetball at the clinic to at the '96 Summer Games: field but feels he can be the his freewheeling partyingdays maintain his aerobic condition. No. 10: Will Atlanta go for the gold and break the same quarterback who led the were over. He lost 14 pounds and said this Olympic record (Barcelona '92) of 86? That's average high Green Bay Packers to the NFC He said Frank Winters and is the best he's felt in a long temperature, of course. A personal best day of 100 degrees title game last season. Mark Chmura, two of his clos­ time, although his arm isn't might be a cool way to celebrate the Olympics' 100th "This year it's Super Bowl or est friends, would have to trade strong yet. anniversary. And it would put the new record forever out of bust," said Favre, who com­ their beer-drinking .days for "I feel great. I'm in much reach- and maybe a few fans, too. But no pain, no gain. pleted a 46-day stay at the "Coke and pizza after games, better shape than I was last No. 9: Will the track world's marketeers get the Ameri­ Menninger Clinic, an NFL­ and that's fine." training camp," Favre said. can hero they angled for when they helpfully "adjusted" the sanctioned drug and alcohol Favre also said his recent Favre and Holmgren refused Olympic schedule for the 200-and 400-meter races? Or will rehabilitation center in To­ marriage should have a set­ to discuss specifics of his treat­ Nike's darling ofthe dash, Michael Johnson, come up short peka, Kansas, June 28. tling influence on his life. ment during the news confer­ against a man from Namibia? Favre, the NFL's Most Valu­ Because ofhis problems with ence, which the Packers said No. 8: Will the South rise again? Will Olympian traffic able Player last season, entered Vicodin, Favre's treatment for was the only time this season jams, $40 daily parking fees, lost buses, unavailable tick­ the clinic on May 14 after an­ any injury will be different from that either would address the ets, uncollected garbage, uncagedjournalists and unabashed nouncing that he had a sub­ the way it was in the past. issue. profiteering finally sour the peachy sweet local tempera­ stance-abuse problem. Coach Mike Holmgren said Holmgren said he was in con­ ment and send the masses marching through Georgia? His father, Irvin, said Brett the Packers coaches and medi­ tact with the NFL regarding •· ·--..... No. 7: Will those drug-testing gizmos with the half- was going to be treated for an cal staffwill keep a close eye on Favre's aftercare to determine ··r..µiil}.wn-dollar names finally get the goods on China's swim­ addiction to the painkiller Favre, but not any more so whether Favre will have to .' mers?'or will Beijing's best turn out to be best not because Vicodin and would probably than they would any other abstain from .alcohol. of steroids, but because they're best? No. 6: Which will run out first: the bottled water organiz­ ers are selling in the stands, or the dollars parched specta­ tors have to cough up_for a gulp? At $2. 75 per half-liter Dream team made up of bottle_(.wholesaled to the games ror 25 cents), the smart money's-on the water flowing to the end. No. 5: Has the vision ofYanqui bucks dancing in their heads lured enough defectors from Cuba'.s baseball and old-timers.announced boxing teams to hurt their gold-medal chances? Or will the NEW YORK (AP) - Five Pettit, Oscar Robertson, Bill lower-wage talents left behind close ranks and deliver for former Boston Celtics and Walton and Jerry West. Fidel, winning one for El Gipper in his first Olympic foray · coach Red Auerbach were in­ The voting was done by mem­ on U.S. soil? ✓ ' troduced today as the All-Time No. 4: Will NBC's midday Olympic menu ofthick-thighed bers ofXPRO, an association of Superteam, a squad of retired rowers, leaping horses and tumbling teen-agers outdraw former NBA players. the pre-empted talk-show fare of Overeaters Anonymous, NBA players_ designated by "This team could have beaten large-breasted ladies, and cross-dressing women who love their contemporaries as the any team every assembled on a dress-we~en? Only the Nielsens will tell. best ever to play the.game. · basketball court," Auerbach No. 3: Wil · l Lewis go out like Ted Williams (a homer Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, John said.' in his last at-ba ? Or will he retire like Johnny Unitas (a Havlicek, Bill Walton and Bill 'These are the players who loser riding the bench)? America's all-time track superstar, Russell gave the Celtics the invented the game we see 35 years old, wanted to go for metal in four events, but he greatest representation on the played today." may be left clinging to a single last hope in the long j~p 13-player team. The players and Auerbauch - where he started on his golden Olympic road a dozen Others voted ·to the squad appeared at a television studio years ago. were Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, where they had filmed a com­ No. 2:· Will the- gleaming, bronzed, bikini-clad bodies Wilt Chamberlain, Julius mercial for Anacin, which spon° · pounding volleyballs on Atlanta's faux beach so inspire Erving, George Mikan, Bob sored the promotion. Australian Olympic organizers that we can look forward to neat new sports at the Sydney Games in 2000? If beach volleyball is an Olympic event, why not. bungee-jumping, . skydiving, surfing at Bondi Beach? Think of the bottled­ the Parthenon, of­ water sales possibilities. And, finally, the No. 1 ''Thing to Watch For" in the '96 Atlanta Olympics: basketball. · fered 96.5 million by No, not the sadism-on-the-hardwood they list as the NBA Dream Team vs. Argentina or vs. Zaire. 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hypnotic musical journey that makes you just want to look out a window and think. The next time you feel like drowning your sorrows in a bottle, listen to Barstool Prophets. You may still want to go drink but you will have least listened to a-cool band.

Melces-Uncoo/ London Records If you are a fan of Meices and can't wait for some new music from the band, you may want to check out the CD single for 'Uncool' from the album 'Dirty Bird.' . . Big Ass Truck-Kent This maxi-single features three new cuts from Meices, a heavily punk-flavored song called 'Trouble Upstart Records Imperial Teen-Seasick Sleepin~'followed by a groove laiden tune called With a name lie Big Ass Truck, you have to have a 'Animals. e CD closes out with the unusual song, little attitude. And there is plenty of attitude with this London Records 'Wash you e' which only lasts for 1:48 but.has Memphis band. Imperial Teen has been together for about two ·. plenty of attituae. Their combination of funk and rock on the indie years but this San Francisco band that is made up of 'Uncool' will get your mouth watering for a new debut, 'Kent,' is second only to the Red Hot Chili two females and two males sometimes belt out tunes Meices album. Peppers. Then Big Ass Truck goes a step farther by like they are seasoned veterans. Everyone in the band ~owing in some rap and turntable s,ratching. has his or her share of experience most notably, 'lpe talents of guitarist Steve Selvidge, a self-de­ guitarist/ drummer/vocalist Roddy Bottum. Yes, the scribed botched gene splice of Teenie Roberts and same Bottum who plays keyboards in Faith No More. Eddie Van Halen, and drummer Robert Barnett Don't worry Faith No More fans; Imperial Teen is who's playing keeps everything together and still just a side project. But it's a side project that bears manages to be in your face, are worth listening to little resemblence to Faith No More. This is pretty 'Kent.' much staright forward punk. The unique thing about With song titles like 'Dog chases an iguana up a this band is that everyone plays more than one tree and barks at it all night,' and 'Buttertooth instrument and everybody sings ( there is no clear Jenkins,' don't expect to be blown away by lyrical cut lead singer). If you like good solid punk music content.. But Big Ass Truck has an unforgettable check this band out. sound that's fun and unique. The name of the band sums it·up - Ho Hum performs songs listeners can hum to_while banging their heads. • The four band members, Lenny Bryan, Kevin Kerby, Rod Bryan and Dave Hoffpauir, put together a CD combining such sounds as harmonica, mando­ lin, piano, keyboards, drums, heavy guitar and assorted screams. It may sound strange, but it is · actually pretty mainstream. Bryan mostly croons about love and hate, espe­ Ba~tool Prophets -Crank cially in "Don't Go Out With Your Friends Tonight," Mercury Records but he also gives us a rockin' ballads like "Pills and Nowadays it's hard to be a new band without being Guns." compared to somebody else. Then along came the The alternative twists promises play on stations Barstool Prophets. such as WMUL, but hard guitar and drum backings This Cane cl.an band's album, 'Crank,' has it all, great may earn Ho Hum some time on regular rock sta­ musicanshi ", catchy vocals and lyrics that make you tions. All in all, "Local" is true MTV "Buzz Clip" think. Toss ,11l of that in with a little barstool pondering material. and you ha e an album definitely worth picking up. From the first track, 'Mankind Man,' to the closing "Local" does not contain one lame song. It is one number, 'S1.mshine So ·Fine,' 'Crank' is full of great worth adding to any CD collection. songs that manage to cover emotions from self-existance Ho-Hum-Local f to love to paranoia to }onliness and everything in be­ tween. It's hard to pick a song that sticks out more than Universial Records any other, 'Crank' is that good of an album. It's a

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