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January 17, 2000 )V/breeze.jmu.edu "Knowledge is Liberty VOL. 77, NO. 28 N M Dow JONES B R z E Extended forecast on page 2 u N AJAV ———^-^— MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2000 ,v , _JJ< ^JfcEVENJS Mission statement passes statement at the University was an intentional effort to be extracurricular activities in the Administration, mission statement. WMgthaf M muM, ■ytfiA hiAAt Council meeting. Of the five stu- concise. dent members, SGA President "I want it to be something Student council members SGA at odds as Austin Adams and UPB repre- that people can remember," said they thought that a well- sentative Lindsay Filz voted Rose said. "It's not easy to come rounded education is a big part M* ■■■ MM debate ends against the statement. up with one or two sentences of why students choose to come I ■nil The 29-member University that reflect an entire university." to JMU and that it should be KRISTEN PETRO Council includes Rose, Adams, Adams said that people don't part of the mission statement. staff writer SGA Vice President Heather know what the statement Filz suggested to the council Herman, university vice presi- means. that the phrase "enlightened The University Council dents, the college and library "I think our mission state- and educated" be changed to approved JMU's proposed mis- deans, and faculty and student ment should stand on its own," "educated and well-rounded." sion statement on Thursday representatives. he said. "This statement doesn't Her suggestion wasn't taken. despite the SGA's unanimous Adams said students' general stand on its own, it's too The University Council will inu disapproval. reactions to the statement were vague." next tackle the vision statement. IIWIflMllMp The approved mission state- very negative. SGA members Adams also said SGA The members will be revising MlIlM**. ment reads: "We are committed called the statement vague, thought students were not part the statement that was proposed to preparing students to be bland and lackluster, and of the "we" in the statement. last semester. enlightened and educated citi- thought that it did not distin- Mark Warner, vice president Rose said the vision state- zens who will lead productive guish JMU from other universi- of student affairs, and other ment will have more detail and and meaningful lives." ties. council members disagreed. will address such things as MLK JMU President Linwood Rose "I unbiasedly presented the "I don't know of a more extracurricular activities. presented the mission statement statement to a room of over 100 inclusive word than 'we,' "The vision statement is how to the JMU Board of Visitors on SGA members and they unani- Warner said. we go about accomplishing Friday. The board unanimously mously voted that they did not Rose agreed. what is in the mission state- events approved the statement. like this," Adams said. "The "As president of this institu- ment," Rose said. "The mission Rose defined the mission mission statement should tion I am very proud of the mis- statement is what we do and the statement as the university's involve everyone in the JMU sion statement because it totally vision statement is how we do begin purpose. community and I felt that I was points to the students," he said. it." Students were the only ones standing for the students." Other debate centered Many activities who voted against the mission Rose said the brief statement around the exclusion of see UNIVERSITY page 9 scheduled today RIAN WESTLEY 'One Day' wins national award assistant news editor I tion this April in Las Vegas. ISA ROSATO Seventy one years after the "It's not just an award for senior writer birth of Martin Luther King Jr. L the faculty, but more for every- and more than 30 years after one who worked on the pro- Last April a combined effort gram," Woody said. "We knew King called for a nation of equal- between SMAD students, ity with his "I Have A Dream" there was something special alumni, film crews, and state speech, Johnnetta Cole asked a about it from the beginning and local professionals pro- packed audience in Wilson Hall, and we're just glad that the duced a unique documentary "Where is Dr. King's dream?" [BEA) recognized that as well." about JMU life. Almost a year "We are still judging folks by after the video event, "One This is the fourth first-place the color of their skin, by the Day, One University" is still award bestowed on Woody by rhythm of their accent, by whom making JMU proud. the BEA. they call their God, by with The Broadcast Education The BEA is similar to the whom they couple, by the shape Association (BEA) informed educational division of the of their bodies and all sorts of John Woody, an associate National Association of Broad- things that are irreverent to the casters, which all news stations content of their character," said professor of SMAD and John Fishell, a SMAD instructor, belong to, Woody said. There Cole, who is a Presidential Dis- are about 250 colleges and uni- tinguished Professor at Emory who were in charge of the versities who belong to the University in Atlanta and former project, that the video had BEA, according to its Web site. president of Spelman College. won first place in the promo- tions category of the faculty There are about six or seven We begin this new century by ALEX VESSELS//>/io/o editor looking at the world around us, production competition. award categories Jn the faculty They will receive the award They came from everywhere for "One Day, One University" — stu- see MUi page 7 at the BEA national conven- DAY' page 9 dents, faculty and alumni participated in the award-winning video. Campus Watering Holes Anti-Colonialism Chi Phi Says Goodbye Talking the Talk The women's basketball team improved to 9-5 with Trie Breeze's Commode Committee to ■ The fraternity had to vacate A columnist looks back on four undertake Operation PotLuck. Their mis- a 65-53 win over CAA-rival George Mason Friday the Row when its charter was years and remembers the converse sion? To find the best and worst toilets night at the Convocation Center. axed in December in light of tions more than the events that have Page 35 hazing charges. Page 5 shaped her college life. Page 17 on campus. Pages 28-29 Monday, Jan. 17, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS DUKE DAYS EVENTS CALENDAR NEWS Board of Visitors meeting 3 MONDAY, JANUARY 17 TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 Chi Phi charter revoked 3 OPINION • A cappella auditions for BluesTones, Exit • A cappella auditions for BluesTones, Exit 245, Note-ori- 245, Note-oriety and the Overtones, 7 p.m., ety, and the Overtones, 7 p.m., Music Building, e-mail Music Building, e-mail Susie at House Editorial: Mission statement Susie at gaskinsm and SGA -| gaskinsm 6 • Society for Human Resource Management information- Spotlight: What's your New Year's Martin Luther King Day, al meeting, 12:30 p.m., Zane Showker 242, call Matt at resolution? 15 classes canceled beginning 564-2836 at 12:20 p.m.; Peace March, Reflections on the impact of conversa- noon, throughout campus, • Yoga meeting, 6 p.m., Taylor 309, call Kai at 435-5878 tion by Courtney Crowley 17 Speak Out, 1 p.m., Grafton- Stovall Theatre WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 Darts and Pats .17 Student Organization Night, 7 to 9 p.m., • Animal Rights Coalition, 7 p.m., Taylor 309, call STYLE Convocation Center, call Stephanie at 438-8314 x6613 Madison Grill 21, 23 TO SUBMIT A DUKE DAY EVENT: E-mail Brian at The Breeze at westlebr with the information (event, date, location, "Music" at Theatre II 25 contact info, etc.) Please submit by Friday for a Monday issue and Tuesday for a Thursday issue. Indigo Girts coming to JMU 25 Top box office movies of 1999. 25 MACRoCk 31 POLICE LOG WEATHER Two-steppin' teacher 33 FOCUS ELISSA FORREST took the subject to Rockingham VffMj Today Memorial Hospital on an police reporter Mostly sunny Emergency Custodial Order. Commode Committee Reports....28-29 A suspicious male subject was While at RMH, the subject High 36, Low 18 arrested and charged with allegedly subjected an attending nurse to sexual battery. A check IMF SPORTS trespassing after reportedly High Low following a JMU employee to the revealed a history of hospital- Tuesday Snow/sleet 50 Women's BasketbaM 35 entrance of the University ization at Western State's secure 30 facility for criminals. He had a Services building on Patterson Wednesday Breezy 43 Fencing 37 Street on Jan. 12 at 5:34 p.m. history of police assault and also 25 admitted to having been on Vicki Karousos 37 When the suspicious person Thursday Mostly sunny 40 19 observed a male employee, he campus in the past. Police have learned the subject Swimming 39 reportedly left. Several campus Friday Partly cloudy 40 22 and city officers responded and had just been released from Wrestling 41 found the subject on the railroad Western State prior to this tracks near the Medical Arts occurrence. The subject is JMU's Top 50 43 building. currently being detained under a MARKET WATCH Sports Beat 49 When questioned by authorities, medical order. Friday, Jan. 17,2000 the subject reportedly gave a false name and indicated that he was a In other matters, campus police DOW JONES AMEX LIFESTYLE JMU employee. A check revealed report the following: 140.55 A 3.11 A no JMU employee by the name close: 11,722.98 » close: 869.74 ■ Horoscopes 51 given. Possession of Marijuana Due to the subject's reportedly • Ashley A.
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