AN ODE (AND A JAB) TO THE XFL PAGE 22 --sssssr FEB08 2001 THURSDAY FKBRI ARY 8, 2001 VOL. 78, No. 34 reezeJames Madison University Jazzin' It Up Keeping Track Oh, The Places They'll Go JMU jazz is keeping the beat in Like a Prayer and around Harrisonburg The men's and women's track Senior dance majors to show- demonstrating their talent and teams had numerous qualifiers for Sunday's Prayer and Praise event case the skill they'll take to the the IC4A and ECAC Championships, delighting audiences. united more than 500 students of world after JMU. Page 14 respectively, at the Penn State and different denominations. Page 3 Page 13 Patriot Games. Page 19 Campus Shooting victim stable peeping Non-student suspect still at-large after Hunters Ridge violence BY TOM SIMMII m black male between 5 leet lo hut declined comment on the Hunters Ridge news editor inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall. call's origin. He was not aware persists Whitelow was not present of prior problems at Fields and A JMU student shot once in when pottn arrived, and the Whitelow s residence. l k key the l best in his Hunters Ridge HI'O is not certain how he (led Boshart said he did not Three incidents apartment is m good oandttson the enme scene, Boshart said. think that Whitelow had a I after .in reported argument lioslurt said, barges against prior record with the HPD. He reported in week duringiiiirirn, tl.i cardi,m game Sunday Whitelow will be in reference said he did not know if drugs night. to the shooting, but until or alcohol were involved. Bl SAKMI JONI S Sophomore Bob Wease, owner of Fields' senior writer I Bryan Fields, apartment. Raid Fields WM the 21 from ii any penal wlio signed a lease The first I'eeping Tom incidents 1 I Raleigh. N.c, for the rour-bedniom unit. of ihe aemesha wen reported on / heard a bunch of at That's (Relds) ihe only per Feb land Feb. 5. | Rockingham noise, I didn'/ hear son that's supposed to he liv- On Sunday annind 9 p.m. the lirst 1390K _j M t* m o r i a I ing then," Wease said. Peeping loin report look place out- I II i CHOTO Hospital after a gunshot. Wease said he never sidc While Hall in the Village. n bvl received am complaints about Fifteen minutes Idler police received Victim junior "* *£ u,th ll h ind -ChadCruys the residents of the apartment. another Peeping Tom complaint Bryan Relds * " junior. \ ictim's neighbor gun at about He has not checked on the (mm Bell Hall. The suspect irom 10:23 p.m. in building 1390, apartment since Fields moved both inddenbl hal been described as apartment K, according to a -w- in last August. a while male ot average build wear- Harrisonburg Police served, no specific charges will Residents of 1390 Hunters ing a knit cap end .1 ski i.icket. Department press release. be released. RJ IB laid they didn't hear In a separate incident on Feb. 5, a TIK* HPD has issued a war- "At this rime, all we're look- gunshots and were unaware of resident of Weaver Hall, also in the rant for the arrest of Fields' ing at is a shooting," Boshart any problems until police Village, sported a Peeping Tom supposed roommate, non-stu- said. arrived at about 10:3(1 p.m. looking OVCI the top ot the shower dent Theodore Whitelow, 18, in Fields, a walk-on practice "I heard a bunch of noise, I rod while she was showering at conjunction with the shooting. player for the football team, didn't hear a gunshot" -.aid around 5:13 p.m. The victim veiled Whitelow remains at-large and was transported to junior Chad Cruys, who lives "peeper" and the peeper fled the is to be considered armed and Rockingham Memorial in the top-tloor apartment next building, according to a Timely Hunters Ridge access road dangerous, HPD spokesman Hospital, where he remains. to Whitelow and Fields. Notification Bulletin issued bv the Kurt Boshart said at a 1 p.m. Boshart said the HPD Cruys said he has heard Office of Public Safety on Feb. 6. press conference on Mondav. received I Mil phone call at Two students saw the suspect RYAN PUDLOSKI/empJm.salfMr Whitelow is described as a thin about 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, see SHOOTING, pagt 5 Sating "lid chased him. They reportedly lollowed him thntugh the Duke Dog Allev tunnel, but lost bun near DM ( onvOCation ( enter lennis courts, |MU Police warn unable to locale the imped alter responding to the call R I would caution students Field follies: Lombardi Field Gras? not to place themselves Habitat, AKL in harm \ way. merge spring —Alan MacNull JMU Director ot Puhh. festivals B> Ri< HARD SAKSHAI 0 55 assistant news editor ihe Weaver Mall suaped i- described as a thin white male, hev Two ol campus spring ing thick. possibK spiked hghl semester event*- will he held brown hair IK- was wearing khaki on the lameday on the tame 1 Cargo pants ami a gr.iv sweater field tin - year due to sched- Police commended the efforts ot uling Conflict! Habitat tor the students who tried to catch the Humanity Field lest and Weaver Hall Peeping lorn, but cau- Lombardi Gras will merge tion students not to put themselves and beheld on I Ullalde I leld in danger. on April 21. I would caution students not to The two events* organized place themselves in harm's way." In |ML"s chapter ol Habitat IMI Director ot Pubik Saletv Alan tor Humanity and Alpha MacNuH said. "Instead |ot chasing a Kappa Lambda fraternily, aiapect| make sun- to reporl any- respectively, could not be thing lo us as soon as poaalhle. held at different times mis |MU Police duel Lee ShiffieU year because of the lack of s,iid (Ml (H>IUC- i\pit.ilK receive a\ ailabthtv ot campus fields |svping reports "within minutes ' ot "It wasn't a conflict with ihe iiiudeiils. 11, attribulat the quick Habitat, laid |iinior Jimmy ie|Hirts to ihe number of pmgr.ims Royaler; Habitat for in residence halls, Including fneri Humanity PR Hiair We got and displavs encouraging students our forms in early enough to to n'port anything unusual gel the day »i w anted." While these are ihe tirsl reports He said llabital sched- llns semester ot a Pivping Ibm OTI uled the 1 leld I est event on Hillside Field io be at a dif- campus, ihe occunenoe has been a 1 I,tutHiuiiig concern at |MU, Hie last ferent lime than when reported Lnddenl occumd Dec. 5. Lombard) Gras normally is I ii I PHOTO liecause I omhardi I .ras is and sluttlett said |MU Police appia- Since Habitat's Field Fast and AKL's Lombardi Gras are Joining forces, the scene for this year's festivals may be even liondod a suspect in November on USUaU) alter Greek Week, bigger than the one pictured from the 2000 Lombardi Gras. The combined events will take place April 21. we planned to be several bieak AM put in their Six Peeping lam tnddena were weeks nftea tank Week. requeal to SGA, she Eofin npirled 111 tin' limeh Notification Royaler said. request for Godwin I ield on said the event was Hullclins l.isl semester. All of the However. I ombardl < Iras April 21 with an alternate approved. However, the was not planned bo coincide date ot April 14, which is way the form was printed b\ Senior Pig Roast niudeiits reportedlv took place in the Village with Greek Week this yeai I -aster weekend, although the lax machine blinked out 'We norm.lib Cttdl [peipWll m Senior 11 Owksiak, chaii ol Oieksiak didn't realize II al the dales so thev could not Lombardi Gras tor AKL, the lime the acl either through more surveil- tell what date was approved plans underway lance or during our normal patrols," Said it was decided that the He said Student I le said thev assumed H w as avenl should take place al (rovemroenl Aseodatson thi' first date requested and Anotliei m,i|or c.impus i-u-nl th.i( ■ usii.illv held in Shunett s.iid. another time. accepted their request and intormed AKL that their April is ilk' Seflta I'ijj Roaat Tin' dale and location Icir While Shifflett and MacNutt I lie reason win lent it to IML AtlilelKs. Hacvanl h.i\ *■ yal to badi would not elaborate on the specifics avenl was approved. "i tlh-ir Increased surveillance, Ihe) Lombardi Gras was tradi- Michael Flaherty, SGA "It was a miscommunica ' This lirm- we 11' looldng tt li.u ing il Friday ol Senior tionallv in assoualion with 11< e presidenl ol sdnunistra- lion between Athlelus .tno\ Wfcek." said junior IVlc SwcnfarwiU, vha pnatdem m aid cadets and police are working (■reek Week nas because h\ e affairs said SGA has no SGA/' Oieksiak said. Sludent All.nrs for SGA. IJlis would plaoi tru- CV.MII on " ■ ii. b peepera and prevent further Gnwk Week was on Greek approval process. He said At this point, AKI began -V|iiil 27. II uill lx- a hum' -ludi-nl i-ll.irl.' ha Mid occurrences. The person is oM Row and people usually iGA's role In the held ntsei searching for bands .mo\ PwaadiawtM said the Coa1 Commiltw far Santa ' n-K familiar with OUT actions and walked from (ireek Row Vatton proOBN is taking the booking some of them to Week, made up ol senior and junior dass aiun.il mm other actions ot everyone on cam- o\ei to Godwin Field to reoueat front the organiza- perform on April 21.