Board Drops Land Issue by JAN DICKINSON Telephone System - a Project That's Estimated to Cost

Entertainment 'Porky's Revenge' exposes The dream comes true!! classics. See Page 11 THE CHANTICLEER Jacksonvdle State University Vol. -No. 2$ rlc~ckaor~~l~ili~Alai~cirrici March 28, 1985 Board drops land issue By JAN DICKINSON telephone system - a project that's estimated to cost In their regular meeting this past Monday, the Board near... .- $1.5T--- million of 'l'rustees decided, among other isSUeS, to drop all land Discussion of a fundraiser for the College of Education condemnation proceedings against the Wellsley- * Edwards family. * News of the two committees appointed in the search process for a new Dean of the College of Humanities and At thew April 27 meeting last year, the Board in- Director of the International House - stmcted the ~Ve'sltY fo begin 'Out ~nde~~tion P'oceedlngsatter me Wellsley-Edwards fml~declined * me appointment of a comtteeto list priorities for the school's otter to buy the 160 acres. Most of the and new construction of facilities on campus property m question is located across from Pete *Formal introduction of new football head coach Mathews Coliseum on Highway 204. 'fie use that the Burgess to the board and commendation of the Uruversity had planned tor the land was for the basketball team's achievements relO~atlOnof the &11ege Of (k~~~ti0nalTechnology, as *update of the rhool budget now awaiting legislative well as a possible site for a larger auditorium. action Accordmg to Jack Hopper, administrative assistant to Also ascussed was the refinancing of a loan the the president, the reason given by the Board for drop- Uruverslty made 18 months ago when WJSU-TV was ping the court case is that it would be in the school's best purchased. Accordmg to Hopper, the initial loan was for mterest. "It's a dead issue, he added. three years, and now a long-term refinancing of that loan is needed. Also on the agenda: The next regular meeting of the trustees will be late in +Discussion concerning bids for the school's new June. Author featured at dedication JACKSONVILLE- Nationally known psychologist Jim plankton were taught to swim a maze. The worms which McConnell, author of the best-selling textbook "Un- succeeded were ground up and fed to other plankton derstanding Human Behavior," will speak at wh~chwere then also able to swim the maze. He later Jacksonville State University April 11 at 10 a.m. in the published "Worn Runners Digest," a satirical magazine auditorium of the new psychology wing at Ayers Hall. on science, for 20 years. McConnell's address, on the challenges of teaching McConnell, professor of psychology at the University freshmen, wd highlight the dedication of the new of Mchigan, believes in making learning fun. He asks psychology wing. his own students to call him Jim (saying "that 'Doctor' 'fie public is invited. stuff is bull), urges them to phone him at home as late as (Photo by Steve Gross) McConnell, who has been profiled in People, Omni, 3 a.m., and provides hls textbook free of charge. The American Psychologist and other national publications, flamboyant McConnell guarantees his students As if The hand says it is known for hls unique, sometimes controversial ap- they do the required work and Incompletes if they don't. David Carnes, right, owner of Crossroads, and another Jax State fan, proach to teaching. "Understanding Human Behavior" has been used on express their joy at the Gamecocks' recent NCAA Division II basketball He originated the famous experiment in which (See McCONNELL, Page 7) Outstanding students honored by Sociology Department Each year, to encourage Aubrey Glllis, and Mary Vandagriif. components of the Deparlment of in classical archaeology began Sludent m tierontlogy for 1984-19&5. scholarship and academic ex- Students chosen for this honor are Sociology--anthropology, geron- several years ago whnle he was Candy has complled an overall tiPA cellence, the Department of nomnated and voted on by the tology, social work, and sociology. livlng m 'l'urkey. With an overall ot 2.16 at JSU, with a 2.66 m the Sociology recognizes its best taculty and are selected on the basis Awards are given yearly, unless no GPA ot 2.S and a 2.80 m an- department. Her mterest in workmg students through an awards ot scholarship, (the minimum distinguished canddates are for- thropology, he plans to enroll at wth the elderly can be traced to her program. 'rhose ludged the Out- reqwement bemg an overall GPA thcommg . Auburn University hsfall to pursue strong tamly ties. In a sense, her stanang Student m their field tor the ot 2.0 and 2.5 wthm the field), Named as Outstandmg Student in a program that wlll enable hlrn to college career is shared w~thher academic year 1984-1985 are servlce and character. One student Anthropology tor 1984-1985 is become an architect. great grandmother, who was herself Hlchard Srnoot: Candy Pt~rldle, 1s recogr!!zed Porn each ot the ko2x Hrchmd Smcot. Richard's interest Candy Rlddls 1s the Uutstandmg (See KHOLARb, Page : 2 Thmday, March 28,1985, THE CHANTICLEER wrs by 4:00 pm, AI;I~~4, 1985. 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THE CHANTICLEER, Thursday, March 28,1985 3 Olympics is special for youngsters By JAN DICKINSON field with basketball in the Nor- began around 7:30 on Friday nlght at it's all about" , shouted aFoud develop their skills and compete in The Special Olympics Sports theast State Basketball Tournament Mller Gym. After the Fort Mc- parent from the bleachers. (she had sports -an opportunity not afforded Festival, held March 22 through 25 and Track and Field Meet. The next (Jlellan Army band played the to shout to be heard above the happy until Eunice Kennedy Shriver came at Fort McClellan, was not only a year, the events were divided into national anthem, they broke into a' bedlam.) up with the idea for the games. That wellattended success, but also a separately-held events, to increase rousmg version of the theme to All the athletes emerged winners, dream was made a reality in 1968, first of sorts. participation. Last year, JSU hosted "Rocky. The Olympic torch was whether they beat the clock or when only 1,000 participated. This year is the first that the the basketball tournament while paraded around the gym to the another opponent or not. The goal of Seventeen years later, over one Sports Festival combined bowling, Fort McClellan held the track and clapplng of the two hundred or more any Special Olympics is to allow the million athletes participate gymnastics, and basketball. In field events. excited participants. "This is what mentally retarded the opportunity to nationwide. years before, the events were Probably the most movine &ranged dlfterently. In 1982, for ceremony- associated with an; held at JSU and comblned track and and the swearing-m of the athletes - JACKSONVILLE- Dr. William C. Professor of Government. Munich, Lake Forest College, Trip to France planned Havard, Jr., chairman of the Umversity of Massachusetts, 1964 - Amherst College, an Mount Holyoke political science department at 70, and professor of political science, College. Vanderbilt University, will speak at Louisiana State University, 1N0-64. Jacksonville State University on Professor Havard is the author or for this summer Thursday, April 25, at 8 p.m. on the co-author of The Government of By MARTHA RITCH month, tours of Amsterdam, Paris, 11th Floor of the Houston Cole Louisiana," "Henry Sidgwick and This summer, study at the Barcelona, Rome, and Geneva, Library. Later Utilitariam Political University of Nice on the French museum entry fees, private dorm at Dr. Havard's appearance is made Philosophy," "'I%e Politics of Mis- fiviera. 'The trip is provided by the university, trips to Cannes, possible through the Phi Beta Kappa Representation: Rural-Urban International Educational Travel in Monte Carlo, and Grasse, and Associates. He will also appear at a Conllict m the Florida Legislature," co-operation with the foreign assistance in pre-trip planning.

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