Other Single-Sex Schools React to VMI Lawsuit
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—-w —— ■p 1 ' ' ! OPINION 12ILIFESTYLES 23 I SPORTS James Madison Univeisity MONDAY APRIL 8,1991 VOL. 68. NO. 48 Rose reminds Visitors: $3.2 million cut possible ToddBosa auxiliary budget, he said. stcffwriter "There are lots of reasons to believe state revenue will continue to drop," Although JMU has gone through Rose said — which would force the some difficult times already with the newest cut of $2 mil lion. budget cuts, more cuts could be on the To prepare for this possibility, JMU horizon. Dr. Linwood Rose, vice has prepared two separate budgets, one president of administration and finance taking into account this possible loss reminded the Board of Visitors at its of revenue. University departments meeting Friday. have been instructed to plan for the As announced at the end of the worst case. General Assembly session, the state "What we will do is go ahead and will cut 6.5 percent from JMU's allocate our present funds in July and general funds if state revenues are still freeze 6.5 percent of the money," Rose falling in August — and then JMU said. "Then we will wait until August would lose about $2 million for its to see what happens. If the cuts don't academic programs. take place, then we will release the In the last eight months, JMU's money to be spent. general fund has been reduced three "We are not being hit as hard by the times, resulting in a net reduction of cuts as are other institutions because $3.6 million from an original JMU ran a pretty lean machine to appropriation of over $36 million. begin with," Rose added. Rose said. The general fund is the But despite all the talk about lack of primary source of revenue for the funding, JMU has received many university, comprising almost SO program enhancements for the next percent of JMU's revenue each year. school year. In February, the General The loss has been offset by Assembly gave JMU an additional wmtammm/mt BREEZE well-publicized tuition surcharges as Freshman Brian Sites enjoys playing croquet on the Quad yesterday. well as loans and grants from the BUDGET page 2 Other single-sex schools react to VMI lawsuit Kiran Krishnamurthy & Last week in the VMI trial: stqffwriters As Virginia Military Institute battles to defend its • Dr. Clifton Conrad, a higher education male-only admissions policy against the U.S. Justice professor at the University of Wisconsin, testified Department in federal district court this week, private for the government that coeducation would not mean the end of VMI but the start of change. and public school administrators and students are • VMI officials testified about 350 females have arguing pros and cons of letting women in the written to the school in the past two years barracks. inquiring about its admissions policy. Academic environment Womack said. "The drawback is you don't get some • The government called Dr. Clark King, VMI senior J.A. Apostle said an education at VMI of the competition you would at a coed school." director of VMI's summer session, to testify about is more focused and disciplined than those of other Kimberly Woods, a sophomore at Virginia's women's involvement in summer school. No schools because cadets have fewer distractions. privately-supported, all-female Mary Baldwin changes in courses or facilities are made during the "I got into JMU, but if I went there I'd probably be College, said education there is markedly different summer, he said. a frat rat - nothing against frats," Apostle said. "I from the coeducational experience. • Conrad praised VMI but said coeducation would have been a sloth. I had to get self-discipline." "Classroom discussions can be one-sided [at Mary would bring viewpoints to improve education. VMI junior David Womack said he chose VMI for Baldwin] and there's always more than one side to an • The trial will reconvene Monday. It is slated to its reputation. issue," said Woods, who transferred to Mary Baldwin continue for a minimum of two more days, but a "It's got a reputation for producing leaders, the judgment isn't expected for several weeks. citizen soldier, within the state and nationwide," VMI page 2 2- THE BREEZE MONDAY, APRIL 8,1991 Budget. CONTINUED from page I Funds have also been allotted for Also at the meeting: • The Finance and Physical equipment purchases in • The Board discussed a General development committee passed $200,000 for library acquisitions, newly-renovated Burruss Hall, and Assembly bill that more than doubled resolutions to expand the Warren increasing the total amount of money $195,000 has been allotted for JMU's student aid money. JMU has Campus Center to include more dedicated to acquisition to $1 million. planning for the new College of received an additional $860,000 to be meeting rooms, to build a new JMU President Ronald Carrier was Applied Science and Technology. used for student aid. Rose said. residence hall named after Charles optimistic about this increase. "When Presently, JMU has about $820,000 Wampler, Jr., and to expand food Also, the women's soccer team will we get this electronic library built, for such purposes. services in Chandler hall. receive three additional scholarships, students will be able to access Dr. Al Menard, acting vice president "With the opening of the Business the shuttle bus service has been information all around the country. for student affairs, said with this building, we will have more students expanded to include service to the They will be able to download some of additional money, the financial aid Convocation center, a wing of the and faculty in a relatively isolated area the sources instantaneously, while office has been able to offer 127 full Health center will be air-conditioned of the campus," Carrier said. "Because waiting a maximum of three days for tuition scholarships to incoming for the first time, and a new mainframe of this, we felt the need to expand any information to be delivered." freshmen for 1991-92, as compared to JMU will continue to fund teaching computer will be added to the library. Chandler food services to meet this zero such scholarships offered for need." and research promotions as normal, An allocation of $250,000 also was 1990-91 incoming freshmen. This also Rose said. "I don't think it's fair to • The Board of Visitors approved a made to expand the student weight means the average amount of student resolution to make the Athletic make these deserving promotions wait, room in Godwin Hall. "We are going aid will rise from a present figure of so we will fund these from the general Committee, presently an ad hoc to convert an unused men's locker $1,000 per student to about $2,000 operations fund." room over the summer," Carrier said. next year. BUDGET page II VMI CONTINUED from page 1 The Citadel, a state-supported school located in about their school's social life, saying it can be after attending the University of North Carolina at South Carolina, also has a male-only admissions limited or beneficial. Chapel Hill and Appalachian State University. policy which could be affected by the outcome of the There aren't any girls [at VMI,]" Apostle said. Still, "Some girls [in a coeducational setting] are VMI case. "We don't know how to relate to them as well and a intimidated to talk in front of guys in class," she said. Bed Legate, director of public relations at The lot of times we can be pretty immature." "But here it all comes out." Citadel, said, "It is a proven fact that at a Womack said, "There's definitely a lot more Jenie Addleton, Mary Baldwin's director of news and single-gender school, academics are the main focus on opportunity socially at a coed school." editorial services, said she sees only the pluses of campus." Woods said Mary Baldwin's social environment has attending a women's college. The Citadel is an institution which places a high its advantages and disadvantages. "Research shows there are advantages for women [at emphasis on honor and a "zero tolerance" drug policy, "When you meet guys in class, they're going to be single sex schools] and that's our opinion," Addleton placing it among the schools with the highest - your professors," she said. "But people know we're a said. girls' school. All the guys know where to come "Apparently, self confidence declines when females "Our camaraderie would be party." enter adolescence and continues to decline through Storch said, "At The Citadel you have to go off college," she said. "At Mary Baldwin we've seen a difficult to have at a coed campus if you want to do something socially. The dramatic increase in the level of self-confidence from only reason girls come to campus is for academic and when they enter through graduation." school — it's just like a religious activities." Addleton cited several studies to support this brotherhood" Garland said. The camaraderie is inherent in an assertion, including M. Elizabeth Tidball's report in all-male school, especially one like Hampden-Sydney the spring 1980 issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Fredric Smith that is 215 years old. The traditions, honor and sense Culture and Society. Hampden—Sydney sophomore of integrity are obvious here. Some students don't The report indicated that graduates of women's recognize it at first, but they eventually realize the colleges were more than twice as likely to receive graduation rates in the nation, Legare said. intangible value later in their college years." doctoral degrees in the academic fields surveyed than Eric Storch, a Citadel freshman, said, "You Hampden-Sydney sophomore Frederic Smith said, women graduates of coeducational institutions.