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INA MONTEFUSCO prison, earning his "Ph.D. in prison bru Gnews editor tality," he said Thursday night in Wilson ~~------HaU. ubin "Hurricane" Carter has a Wilson reached its 1,300-person capac rather small stature and a beam ity quickly. Live transmissions in Ring smile. It's difficult to imagine Grafton-Stovall Theatre, Taylor 202 and him as a prizefighter. It's downright Warren HaU's airport lounge drew 1,000 impossible to imagine him as a murderer additional viewers. The speech, spon -a sentiment an all-white New Jersey sored by the Center for Multicultural jury didn't agree with when they wrong and International Student Services, was
ly convicted Carter in 1967 of killing broadcast over the JMU cable network. KATIE WI LSON!phuto tditor three people in a bar the year before. The line to see Rubin " Hurricane" Carter, top, Carter survived nearly 20 years in see HURRICANE page 21 stretched from Wilson Hall to S. Main Street. TABLE OF CONTENTS Monda~ Feb. 28, 2000 . DUKE DAYS EVENTS CALENDAR NEWS Mainstreet Bar & Grill facing alcohol suspension 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 • KeySk1lls II, 7 to 9 p.m .• Taylor 306, "The Energy Game. You Oec1de the Future" JMU internships globally 3 • Circle K meelil'lQ. 6~ 15 p.m .• Taylor 306. call Jenny Faculty senate meeting 5 at x4727 or Lauren at x5722 • Swtng Club, 7 to 9 p.m., UREC MAC room. $2 Tri-Delta's dance event 5 • ProgreSSNe Coalition meeting, 9 p.m .• Taylor • Transfer Student Organization meebng. 8 to 9 p.m • Roop 404. call Stephante at 438·8314 G26, call Bnan at 433·6692 OPINION • Yoga Club, 6 p.m • Taylor 309. e-mail Kai at safranka TUESDAY, House Editorial: Millionaire madness • FEBRUARY 29 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 needs a break 10 Spotlight: Who was your favorite • Breakdancing Club, 6:30 to 8 • Antmal Rights Coalition, 8 p.m .• Taylor 309, call Stephanie Sesame Street character? 10 p.m., Godwin raquetball courts at 438·8314 Politics by Courtney Crowley 11 • Campus Assault Response, • Explore I, 7 to 9 p.m., Taylor 404, "Your Actions Speak So 6:15to 7:15p.m .• Maury 204, Loudly I Cannot Hear What You Say ...• Darts and Pats 11 call Carolyn at 438-3088 • Explore II, 7 to 9 p.m.• Taylor 306, "Genesis II: Leadership John McCain by Lindsey Hodges 12 • KeySk.ills I, 7 to 9 p.m.• Taylor From Wrthtn" 404, "D1ffereot Strokes for Different Folks! The Value of Diversity" • Habitat for Humanity, 5 to 6 p.m., Ta~1or 306. call x6000 STYLE • Unity cook-off 15 Etiquette banquet 15
POLICE LOG WEATHER Soul Conclave 17 Style Weekly 17 lf ELISSA FORREST delinquency of a minor on Feb. 22 at Today ltJ poltce reporter 10:03 p.m. in Galber Hall. Sunny FOCUS High 54, Low 31 A group of four or fwe unidentified Petty Larceny Humcane htstory and career 20· 21 college age white males reportedly • UntdentJfled indiViduals reportedly assaulted a JMU student on Feb. 24 stole a. JAC card with three dollars High Low Americans love to create legends 23 at 2:20 a.m. at the intersection of wrapped around II from a table in the Tuesday Sunny 61 39 Bluestone and Carrier dnves. UREC vending area on Feb. 24. The The victim had minor injuries. time of the Incident wasn't reported. Wednesday Partly cloudy 69 43 SPORTS • Unidentified indiVIduals reportedly In other matters. campus police stole a wallet from the women's Thursday Partly sunny 66 43 Men's basketball 27 report the following: restroom on the second floor of Zane Showker Hall on Feb. 24 at 9:24 a.m. Friday Showers 64 37 Women's basketball 27 Possession of Marijuana The wallet contained $55 and Fencing 29 • Laurence M. Molter, 19, of Port personal documents. Jefferson, NY, was arrested and Sports beat 33 charged with possessston of Are Alarm MARKET WATCH marijuana on February 22 The ttme • The Harnsonburg Police Friday. Feb. 25,2000 JMU's Top 50 Athletes 33 and location of the arrest were not Department responded to a call given. reporttng smoke In Maury Hall on OOWJONES f AMEX LIFESTYLES Feb. 22 at 5:22 p.m. The smoke was 230.51 7.92 Warrant Service For Outside caused by a fan motor that had shut 1 close' 9.862 12 close: 943.54 Horoscopes 37 Agency down. 9 • Nevtlle M. Allison, 19, of Crossword puzzle 37 Borboursvtlle, was arrested and Number of drunk in pubhc charges NASDAQ ~ S&P 500 .. transported to the county jail for since Aug 28: 58 27.15 ' 20.07 ' allegedly contrtbut~ng to the close: 4,590 50 close: 1 ,333.36
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Coming Tuesday, March 28th at 8pm to Wilson Hall 4 Monday, Feb. 28,2000 NEWS • Local bar could face ~cohol suspension Mainstreet Bar and Grill appeals charges by Alcohol Beverage Control The Virginia Alcohol Be' er.1ge The bar wall continue to serve alco· Control Board has recommended sus hoi unbl the appeal ha~ been heard. pending Mainstreet Bar and Grill's alco· llorsley couldn't be reached for hoi liccnc;e for 25 days due to charges comment over the weekend. that the owners reportedly served .llco In addition to these charges, bar hol to an intoxicated individual in owners pleaded guilty an Rockingham November 1998 and allowed too many County Circu at Court on Thursday to people into the bar on April2, 1999. allowang more individuals into the bar The owners have appealed the deci than city regulation ~ allow on May 6, SIOn, but no appeals date has been set, 1999. About 100 more people were 17te Dmly Nt.:w:;-Record reported Friday. anside the bar than is permitted. The Mainstreet Bar and Grill is located in ABC has not investigated these charges, downtown Harrisonburg at 153 S. Main Horsley said. St. The facility consists of a restaurant, The owners entered Alford pleas, dance dub and concert hall. Bar owners which means they didn't admit guilt Jon Paul and Tom Hall couldn' t be but believed that prosecuting attorneys reached to comment on the charges had enough evidence to convict them. over the weekend. An Alford plea carries the same weight If the appeal is denied, the owners as a guilty plea. have the option of paying $1,500 in Both owners were fined $2,500, the exchange for the suspension being short maximum fine for the charges. ened to 15 days, ABC spokeswoman STEVE G l~s~nior phologrophu Suzanne Horsley said in the DN-R. _. Briatr Westley, asst. trews editor located downtown, Mainstreet Bar and Grll Is a popular destination for JMU students. ALL AROUND THE WORLD: JMU STUDENTS GAIN INTERNSHIPS GLOBAIJX
J.{ERI SCHWAB which she attributes to the boom delivering it to over 100 different derful people, it was an amazing ~w_n_·l_tr____ _ ...... __ ing American economy - stu BRANCHING OUT compa nies throughout the learning experience, and I was dents do not need to get intern United Kingdom," she said. "I living and working in such a rich In addition to studying ships abroad when there are believe my internsh ip to be environment ... Remember that WHAT: Unpaid 12-week inter abroad, JMU students have a plenty of jobs here. extremely beneficial. Not only you are going there to team and unique opportunity to spend a The program is open primari national internship did 1 learn about the music experience new things. Absorb summer or fall working as an ly to third · and fourth-year stu program industry in the United Kingdom, all of the knowledge that you can international intern in one of dents in Virginia, as well as WHERE: More than 50 coun I also experienced a gene ral from those you work with, try more than 50 countries in Eastern recent grad uates and graduate tries. including Western and office atmosphere. I feel this is everything, get out - go to and Western Europe and Latin students. Eastern Europe and Latin important for someone who has museums, other cities, etc. Have America. Applications can be picked up America never really worked a 9-to-5 job fW1, enjoy yourself and enjoy this The unpaid internship pro· at the office, located in Hillcrest TO APPLY: VISit Hillcrest in an office every day." once-in-a-lifetime experience." gram, sponsored by the universi· House House, deadline is this Friday Chid ley sald she recommends Cohen said she tries to help ty, lasts 12 weeks and offers posi· A student doesn't need to be interns to try and find something students find low airfare and has tions in the fields of business, the in a specific major to complete an new to do each day. ''There are coordinators in Europe who help arts, government, communica internship, but Cohe n said , variety of projects. so many incredible things to students find housing. There are ti ons and social services. The "Some [internships} may be She said she made the deci experience, you just have to look apartments stude nts can use application deadline for these more inclined toward a certain sion to intern abroad because it for them," she said. " It may be every semester. The coordinators programs is Fnday. major." was important for her majors. diffi cult initially to leave your in Europe are also there to "keep "The experience of working Some students are able to set She was also able to earn seven friends and family for an entire up with the interns and be in m an anternational office for a up an independent study with credits while abroad. But, she semester, but in the long run you their line of defense in times of steady three-month period will the.ir internship and earn credits will have to spend a n extra will return having grown a need," Cohen said. give the student a feel for the while they are away. semester at JMU in part because tremendous amount. Also, you Senior international affairs professional workang world," "All internships are office of her time away and beca use will feel like there is a city out major Austin Adams interned in said Judy Cohen, coordinator of jobs," Cohen said, with the spe she is a double major. there that you can always call London last summer for a law interna tiona l internships. She cific tasks "depending on the "1 worked for an organization 'home' when you decide to travel firm called Finers Solicitors. " 1 said having an international type of organization and to some ca lled Campaign for Nuclear later in lire. It is an experience shadowed lawyers and worked internship on a student's resum~ extent what (the students'} inter Disarmament," Poplin said. " I you will never forget!" with clients in their cases," he lets the employer know the stu· ests are. Interns need first and helped organize a protest march Senior Shannon Welch said . "Most of what I did was dent "automatically is more foremost to be flexible with what against nuclear transport ... I interned in Belgium last summer. support work, though J had mature ... and has made the they find." worked at an outdoor music fes '1 started out working on a trade some amazing opportunities to commitment to go off to another The estimated cost of airfare, tival ca lled Glastonbury (with mission to Belgium. Then l was work one-on·one with multi-mil part ot the world and work for 12 ho using, food and local trans headliners like Blondie, Lenny chosen to produce (coordinate lionaire clients. " weeks." portation is $4,500. A student Kravitz and R.E.M.). I did basic the efforts of four offices in the Adams said there were two However, students cannot be receiving credits for their intern administrative stuff as well as writing of) the Country down sides to his internship. offered full-time jobs by the com· ship must also pay for the credits produce some artwork (photos, Commercial Guide 2000 for "The most difficult part was the panies with which they intern they receive No financaal aid is banners .md postcards)." Belgium," she said. "This as the menial work that we had to do in There are problems with ammi offered for the internship pro • Senior music major jennifer biggest annual project that the order to get the cases ready," he gration laws that prevent stu grams. Chidley interned in London last commercial service produces." said. "The other major problem den ~ from Jeg,lll)' workang full .. Semor Beth Poplm, who is summer wtth the National She said JMU helped her find is fundmg what ends up being a time. double maJOring an h1story and Federation of Mustc Societies. housing and the public trans· very expensive summer." About 20 to 2.c; students p<~rtici· international affair'., interned in Chadley saad she was anitaally port.,tion system was effacient Adams said his anternship pate in the program each ~ason. London for -.e\•en months from anvoln
S ARAH JONES event and would be worth while for Tri-Delta to get involved. contributing writer Although Tri-Delta did not have a specific mon Delta Delta Delta social sorority membe rs etary goal to raise for the hospital, DM2000's goal strapped on their dancing shoes for 24 hours this was $50,000. weekend to raise money for premature babies. "[Sisters] are individually responsible for rais About 55 members of Tri-Delta participated in ing money by getting sponsors," said junior Amy Dance Marathon 2000 (DM2000) held in the Tomanio, president of Tri-Delta. "Tri·Delta has Memorial Gym at the University of Virginia this no s pecific goal to reach because any donation weekend. made to charity makes a positive impact. We DM2000 kicked off at noon on Saturday and hope to raise as much money individually as we continued throughout the night. It is organized possibly can." specifically to raise funds for the Sarah Du Bose Throughout the night there was a variety of Fund and the Newborn Intensive Care Unit music to dance to, with different themes changing (NICU} at UVa. hospital. every hour. The Sarah Du Bose Fund was established by Du "There was an hour of '80s music, a hip-hop Bose's parents to celebrate the miracle of her life hour, a country hour, a '70s hour, a Madonna hour, after s he was born 14 weeks early at the UVa. ska, swing," Tomaniosaid. Medical Center and spent the first four months of The participants didn't need a partner to shake her life in the NICU. Her parents wanted to ensure up the dance floor, and hundreds of people spun that future premature babies at UVa. also have a and twisted the hours away. Participants were chance of living. allo}'Ved breaks for food and water. There were a The theme for DM2000 was "Dance for couple of performances that gave the dancers a Champs." Some major corporations also helped to deserved break. support the cause including MCI WorldCom., "There was an a cappella performance as well as Pepsi, Tropicana and Frito Lay. an impromptu performance, but other than that, Tri· Delta became involved with the project participants danced the entire time," Tomanio said. when one of its members, freshman Jen Tri-Delta member freshman Alison Lawson said Oberholtzer, participated in the event last year. it was great to be able to raise money for charity Oberholtzer said she thought it was an exciting and still have fun.
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The four officers-Sean Carroll, crimes are committed there by minority Por many demonstrators, the feeling is 37; Edward McMeJion, 27; Kenneth~. NEW YORK - A day after the verdict suspects. personal, not distant. 28; and Richard Murphy, 27 - have been that failed to avenge the death of one of " For individuals to leap on individual Dem Bocar came here in 1995 from a on modified, non-enforcement duty since their own, African i mmigrants and circumstances and well-publicized events ci ty in Guinea not far from where Diallo the shooting. A frican Americans around this city imag· ... and use that to paint all pollee officers grew up. In more ways than that, he can In addition, the U .S. justice m ed themselves as Amadou Diallo in with a broad brush is a form of bigotry," identify. He lives in a mostly white neigh· Department has begun a probe to deter waiting : stopped by police, killed by said George Grasso, a deputy New York borhood in Elmhurst, Queens, and some· mine whether federal civil rights proceed· police, with no one punished for it. PoUce commissioner. "Just because people times when he arrives home late after dri· ings are warranted. Outside the Bronx apartment building on the street are saying something doesn't ving his cab all night he has what he now And Oiallo's parents, Kadiatou and where Diallo died after being shot 19 mean that it's true," he added. believes are close calls w ith police on Saikou Diallo, plan to file a civil suit times last year, Ali M cCoy described how patrol. against the city and police for the death of it could have happened to him. He was " I ' m afraid of them, your cops," he a son w ho ca me to the United States in going home from his construction work said Friday night on Diallo's steet. "I can hopes of getting a college educa tion. lie si te with his brother when the police " It's a fight over see them going arond and around and was a street vendor w ho people who "rolled up to us, guns out, and yelled 'Hit looking at me real seriously, but 1 didn't knew rum called genial and deeply reli the floor."' They did as they were told, the soul of the city, do nothing wrong." gious. McCoy recalled, and put their faces on the . " At Saturday's Fifth Avenue rally, Ob1 The four officers at the center of the floor, " right w here the d ogs do their zn a way. ~gbako, a computer technician and son of controversy, w ho wept with apparent thing." West African immigrants, descr1 bed the rem orse during their trial, hail from a It was one indignity, but it forms part feeling as "a sense of helplessness, border pollee force that has been lauded for its of the universal truth of urban life that Richard Curtis line bitterness, an overwhelming sense of crime-fighting success but also cnticized young men of color here and elsewhere cuhurol anthropologist desperation." for appearing to be a tool o( politicians say they face daily: police theoretically Diallo, 22, died in the vestibule of his such as Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, w ho has intended to protect them often end up tar· These two views of life on New York's apartment building in the early morning twice been elected on a tough law and geling them with stops and frisks. In the streets represent the fundamental schism hours of Feb. 4, 1999. Four w hite oficers of order platform. wake of Friday's acquittals of the four offi· between two communities- police and the city's Street Crimes Unit saw him The police department of 40.000 is not cers w ho shot Diallo, the sense of vulnera· minorities- that historically have been at standing on his stoop, believed he could rcO ective of the city's racial mix. It is about bility that black and Latino men feel odds. The Diallo case h a~> ba:ome the lat be a criminal suspect, stopped to question 67 percent white in a city that is 43 percent toward police has only deepened, as has est chapter in a long battle over race and him, became alarmed w hen he retreated white. Blacks and Latinos are bul a small the anger, many of them say. rights in urban America. from them, then fired their weapons at percentage of the top brass. But police say sentiments such as these "lt's a fight over the soul of the city, in him a total of 41times w hen they mistook The Street Crimes Unit of which the are the work of demogogues out to demo a way," said Richard Curtis, a cultural the wallet he pulled from his pocket for a officers were members, was likewise unre· nize police or people who are unfairly anthropoiQglst with Manhattan's john j ay gun. That is the version of events that Oective of the city's ethnicity. It does some extrapolating from one experience or College of Criminal j ustice. police told during their trial m A lbany, of the most dangerous police work and IS unfortunate episode. On the streets agam Saturday, demon N.Y. at the forefront of the city's proc1ct1ve New York po lice are proud that strators against the Oiallo verdict gathered The jury of eight whites and four pollee polic1es. aggressive and proactive policing tech· in the slain man's Bronx neighborhood. blacks found the officen. not guilty on all 13ut its nearly 400 members \'Oiunteer niques - including the broad use of the Thousa nds more converged on Fifth six counts that each of the men faced, from from uniformed patrol or other special· constilutionally-protected right of police Avenue in midtown ~anhattan 's premier intentional murder to reckless endanger· izcd units, and at the time of Diallo's to stop and frisk people - have brought shopping district in a relatively peaceful menl death i t had only a sprinkling of blacks a drop 10 the city's once soaring ra tes of outpouring of anger. More than 40 arrests Now that the crimmal proceedmgs are and Latinos
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Chronic Northeastern U. hacker may significant loss of bUsiness." Among the survey's findings: Northeastern University officials said they have been • 34 percent of respondents said they knew that have gotten Into NASA computer system cooperating with law enforcement since last fall, when they Washington was a general at the battle of Yorktown. discovered lffih had copied classified information about • 22 percent knew that the words "government of the A Northeastern University c:>mputer science student students, faculty and alumni. people, by the people, and lor the people" was a line from has been accused of a "coast-to-coast" hacking spree of the Gettysburg Address. military and government networks that prosecutors say • 23 percent correctly identified James Madison as the also gave him access to NASA's computer system. "Father of the Constitution." lkenna lffth, 28, was charged Wednesday with three • 42 percent knew that "first in war, first in peace, first in hacking charges that bring a maximum 1~year sentence the hearts of his countrymen" was a phrase referring to and $250,000 fine. Beavis and Butthead, the fathers of Washington. "All in all, the defendant used his home computer to America? By contrast, students' scores soared on the popular leave a trail of cybercrime from coast to coast," U.S. culture front. Almost 98 peroent knew that Snoop Doggy Attorney Donald Stern said in a statement. "The Know the finer points of George Costanza's life but not Oogg was a rap singer, and 99 percent correctly identified defendant gained Illegal access ... either causing George Washington's? the cartoon characters Beavis and But1head. substantial business loss, defacing a Web page with You're not alone. A recent survey released by the The study's results are a "clarion call for action," sa1d hacker graphics, copying personal information or, in the American Council of Trustees and Alumni shows that Anne D. Neal, the study's author and vice president of the case of a NASA computer, effectlvely seizing control." college seniors at several of the nation's top universities council. "If institutions of higher education no longer ProsecutOf'S said there was no disruption to the nation's know their popular culture, but are far from whizzes when requi re their students to have basic knowledge of defense, no Interference with satellite control and no it comes to U.S. History. American civilization and its heritage, we are all in danger Improper use of information. The report, "losing America's Memory: Historical of losing a common frame of reference that has sustained This Is not lffih's first brush with law enforcement. He Illiteracy in the 21st Century," states that 81 percent of our free society for so many generations." was charged with hacking the Interior Department's site college seniors surveyed In December received a grade of last year. And in August, he was charged in Seattle with a 0 or F on history questions taken from basic high-school computerized attack on Zebra Marketing Online Services, curriculum. The survey was distributed to students on 55 an Internet service provider In Bainbridge Island, Wash. campuses identified by U.S. News & Wor1d Report as the Prosecutors In that case said the company sustained "a nation's leading universities and liberal-arts colleges. - FROM WIRE REPORTS 8 MonJ.ty, Feb. 28, 2000 NEWS
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OPINION EDITORIAL t • o4 ' ... • P I 0 lilt NOW FoR EVERYBoDY'S THIS IS JUST ANOTI-/ER \ BREEZE FAVOR \TE G-AMES~ OW · EXAMPLE or= T~E DOWN ''HUMILIATE '{Ol\RSELF FALL OF OUR SOCIETY. 'To tile press alcmc, dr.equemi FoR MONEY~ '' PAS S TH[ CHIPS, HON cl., rt i..; witlr almse~. the ·world is mdcbted for nil the triumplrs • wftich hnr~t• been gauwd lnj reason and lumra11ity otlfr error awt opprcss1on." - fames Madison &Iiio r Courtney Crowley Mo11aging ~litar Kelly Whitten Ad:. mana:~cr Brandon Hedrick Art tl~rcclor Dylan Boucherle ( 11'()(/u ctintt mauogn Rick H01nnan Nt'Uos alltor Kelly Hannon New~tdllor Gina Montefusco Asst. MUJS tdilor Brian Westley 0 11illtOil N ltOr Mel .;mie Jennings Asst. opinio11 editor AmyBafumo Style t!tfltor jenny Stromann FCic.u.s ol1tor Megan Ross Asst uyW40Cils td110r Alison ManKr S110rts td1tor Mlh~rfo Assl S!IOrfs cdrtor Ryan Murr&y Copy tdrtor Mucla Appuson Millionaire madness needs a rest A!iS I . copy editor Steven Landry Photo !'thtrrr AlexVuselt h e recent explosion of ment. Morals and values are being " pure" intentions - these s up Photo tdllor Katie Wilson money-makin s hows has exchanged for money, material posedly innocent intentions bein9, Grapltics editor Michele johnston Tgotten out of ~and. First, possessions and network ratings, a chance to win a "paid vacation' Aduism Flip DeLuca America was obsessed with Regis and it's time to stop this madness. and to be on television. Abn Nedowitz Philbin's "Who Wants to Be a Have people no respect for Isn't there an easier way to Mi llionaire" and other game the institution of marriage? Will compete for such winnings with shows like "Greed." Now this they stop at nothing just to win a out disregarding the sanctity and pia y on the American love for few prizes? Apparently, Conger serious nature of marriage? money has gone too far. doesn' t see the problem with this To make things even worse, EDITORIAL POLICY On Feb. 15, "Who Wants to this s how isn' t the only Marry a Multi-Millionaire" pre "Morals and values are being moc~ery of marriage we can miered on Fox. On th1s show, expect to see on prime-time. The hrnJSe edltonill reflect& the t~pmum <1f the cditurhlJ Ward IU ll Whtllt, and is nr>t "winner" Darva Conger wed exchanged for money, n1aterial According to the Post, Fox nc..:b).lnly the c>p nl•m ,,( nny ind lvtd~ll ,raff millionaire Rick Rockwell after is working on another show mrml-er of w Br~at knowing him for less than the possessions and network call ed "I Do, l Don' t" in the length of a television show. hopes of "cashing in on the Courtney Crowley ... editor Her prizes? According to an ratings, and it's time to stop Rick & Darva mania that has KcUy Whalen ..• managing editor article in the Feb. 23 issue of th zs. ma dness. " gripped the nation ." Melanie Jennings •.. opinion editor The Washilzgtou Post , she won Universal is also plan Amy Bafumo •• . asst. opinion editor an Isuzu Trooper, a $35,000 ning their own version diamond ring, diamond ear kind of behavior, in spite of her called " Wed at First Sight," Le11cr~ '"the edittlr ~l<~trld he nn murc than rings, a $2,500 shopping spree, a protes ts that she never really according to the Post. 500 wun!s, c;>lumm dl "Oscar because "Suuffleupagus "Tit e trveedle "Eru ie because l1e was tl1e ouly because lie was bugs because they Ire is ~t ' l afraid to 011 e wi Ill n cool lire depl1a11t of were comrcally lakt a bat It witlr a llnclwlor pad." all elepha11ts." stupid." yeUow duck." SPOTLIGHT. Christina Couch Julie Plit1 Katie Lawson Karen Stank UNOSA V EUBANKSit•ontnhutinJI phuw11ropllu freshman. undecided sophomore, health sophomore, theatre ophomore, lDLS I I The Brcete OP/ED We can learn from the rhythm of the silence w golden is silence? It depends on pay attention to the walkl'rs because they Th1s col umn IS usually burshng with AI Gore doesn't stand for anything, who you ask. The talkers - presi can't hear them, a malady that tricl..Jes nonsensical happ1ness. Enough lime of unless 1t's politically en vogue; he couldn't H enbal candidates, brokers, motiva down to our very lives sometimes. my day IS spent silently takmg the world milke a long-term stance on an tssue tf the tional speakers and talking heads, among Now it seems like everyone who isn't in, d1gesting its problems and trymg to Chinese pa1d htm to. How can you go from others - would prefer to talk the talk your friend is trying to talk you out of figure out what to do about them. Writing being pro-life to pro-choice? The abortion instead of silently walking the walk. And . something- your money, your time, your happy thoughts is cathartic I love nothing debate shouldn't be a political one. l don't how. They do nothing but talk. But when peace People need to stop talking long more than to not write about a ll the bad care 1t you' re a Repubhcan who's pro do we see the fruition of those words? enough to hear life. Thomas Merton, a trap things happening in the world. But I can't choice or a Democrat who's pro-life just Hardly ever. pist monk, once said, "Without the silence, take it anymore. choose what you believe in and stick to Even when their words do translate into there is no mus1c." I prefer to hear the In watching Campaign 2000 unfold all I your guns. And Bill Bradley? Aye aye aye. actions, there is often a caveat. Yes, you will music in this life and 1 wish the world ca n think about is how much trouble I le's grumpier than Walter Matthau and get a tax break, but you'll see it when NASA around us rljiiiiiiiiiir--~------, Amcnca is in jack Lemmon combined. lands humans on Pluto. Yes, you will make would partid- - how deep Global polihcs isn't helped along with millions on lhe stock market - provided pate in prolif- Ramble 1nto moral the inability to deal with people you don't scientists can find a way to genetically man erating the debt we are, ltke Besides, as much as a Rhodes Scholar ufacture immortality for Alan Greenspan. soulfulness of On albeit the col- would be nice in the White House, dtdn't john McCain promises to give govern silence. To lect1 ve we. we learn that lesson with Bill Clinton' ment back to those who vote for him. some, silence There .ne What 1s thl!> country coming to? Why can't Dandy. What do his compatnots in 1f deafen mg. -Courtney Crowley decent pt>ople we e\'en manage one decent cand1date out Congress and the rest of the multi-layered Perhaps those out there, of four "i th years of go' ernment -.cr\lcc Establishment think about th1s? Talkers who talk so spcctacu'tar between them' talk a good game (unless your name is much are afra1d of what they would hear 1f people. Anyone I ca ll my fr1end 1s a won None of the decent souls out in /Jm::t· George W. Bush and you're not qu1te sure they were silent enough to hstcn to the derlul, lovmg human bemg. re.ldc:rland are old enough to run for office. how to talk), but all they ever do is talk. Do world around them. Would they be tern- But there isn't one viable moral bcmg But e\'(!n af we were, could \-'\e ctulnge the these people even know how to walk? Aed to hear babies being slaughtered, war who is runnmg for prcs1dent, '' symptom way our govcmmcntts run' That would be But then you have the walkers, those tearing countries apart, dtvorce ravaging of the significant morass our governmt•nb lik~ trymg to tum C\round a super tanker. people who let their actions speak for them. families? Would they have nightmares are trapped tn. Bush has charil:.ma but Bush And yet, the only hope I have is that our gcn The priests, ministers, rabbis and social about what the fruits of the static noise of Speak undoubtedly stands for BS; he's thl! er.1tion, when we get out 10 the world, c.1n acti\ ists who aren't featured on TV or in rhetoric has borne' dumbest Republican since Dan Qu.. 1yle. silently t•xecute a coup d' ct:.Jt - ,, mor Darts & P01s nr~ submiued ano11)1110u.fi)' and prmtt'd 011 a spocc avoilabl~ busiJ Dart. .. Submissions are baud upon ont' person's opimon ofa giVt'n A "next-time-1' m-going-to-unplug-your situation. per.fOII or computer" dart to the girl in the Hillside computer t'l'elll and do 1101 necessartly rejltctthe lab who kept clogging the printer with ~tupid /filth. forwards from her e-mail. . Selll in by a fuming senior who had a major paper due and didn't appreciate having /0 wait for your pages of worthless drivel to print so he could & get his prinwuts. Dart. .. Dart. .. Dart. .. An "are-you-sure-you' re-in-the-right-place?" dart A "do-you-know-how-to-say-sorry?" dart to the to the girl in our SCOM c l ~s who acts like she A "what-doe!)-this-have-to-do-with-academics?" guy who fell on me and crushed my lunch when ou r belongs in seventh grade. dan to whomever designed assessment tests that dl:!al bus driver slammed on his brakes. Sent in by your annoyed classmates who don't feel wllh students' body images and moral values. Sent in by an angry lady wlro wouldn't lwt·e like tolerating your immature commems, exagger Sent in by a j, tudent who wouldn't mind felling minded too much ifyou had bothered to tlpologi:..e, ated sneezes and cutesy remarks while waiting for JMU assess her knowledge, but thinks that other bur doe.HI 't appreciate being used as the cushion for you to grow up. questions are off limits. vour fall. Pat... Pat... Pat... A "thanks-for-taki ng-care-of-my-business" pat to An "1-take-full-responsibility- for-my-actions'' pat my friend who kindly ran several errands for me to the girl who sent me a dart last week after I ru ined when I unexpectedly had to leave town. A "we-appreciate-your-devotion" pat to our fan s, her new shirt at a party. Sent in by a thcmkful friend who wams you to cheerleaders and Dukeues for all their support. Se111 in by a very apologetic guy who is sorry for know that your help saved her from a very stre,\'!>ful Sent in by Coach Jeff "Peanut " Bowyer and the his inexcu.rable behavior and will be happy to pay to weekend and that shes willing to do anything to Wrestling Dukes. have your clothes cle£med. repay the favor. 12 OPINION • The Brute Va. primaries should favor McCain Return Student emphasizes the importance of participating in elections morrow will be a historic primary The question for you as college stu- are tired of bemg left out of the circle, and the n Virgania, pitting Gov George W dents s till remains. Why bother? As a thatwcare stcppingin. TiBu-;h agains t the tnsu rgcnt Sen. young person tn American politics I too There is no better way to exercise our john McCain. ha\'t~ felt left out and sickened by lhe polit· political rights by voting for McCain on It's important for everyone to get out teal process. Tuesday. and \Ole, and I will attempt to explain wh} I wanted to be mvolvcd, but I felt that McCain ts an American hero. He has insult in that \'Ole should be for McClin. there was no real place for me in the pre- served his country proudly first as a Navy Never before has a candtdatc insptrcd "Cnl system. I would \'Cnture to guess that pilot and then as a public servant in the me more dunng my relatively short li fe- many of you feel the same. That is why United States Senate. time than McCain. this ca mpaign is so important to me and He fights hard and on solid conserva- ·a non ln ,,n age of disillusionment and dis- to !>O many other college students around tive principles for what he believes in: trust with the office o f the president, the nation. campaign finance reform, education, McCain plans to brtng refreshing ,______..,. defense spending and, most importantly, changes. this great country. violent His courage and integrity arc what Breeze Reader Is View He is lhe best man for the job, he won't his campaign is built on, along with a stand for pretense, wasteful pork barrel passion to invoke real reform in our fed- spending of taxpayers' money, and he is era I government. - Lindsey Hodges solid on foreign policy, a huge, important As a former Capitol Hill intern, I was issue in this campaign. able to witness some of the issues that This is our chance to be involved in a He plans to follow in the footsteps of McCain is so intent on changing- namely presidential campaign that actually wants boted Republican..c: like Abraham lincoln, the dominabng presence and power of spe- young people to be involved. Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan and cia I interest groups. McCain has challenged us to "give our- he will make us proud of our president I saw McCain in action on the floor of selves to a cause greater than our own self again. the Senate and listened to him speak as a interest" and join his noble crusade. I challenge you as college s tudents to member o f the Senate Armed Service McCain believes that we are a great do something g reater than your own Committee. He is an unusual man in the generation. Through us real reform will self-interest and become part of the poUt Senate. He "doesn' t gtvc a damn" about be made and government power will jcal process. lobbygroupsorspecialinterests. actually fa ll to o ur hands, back to the This timeyourvoteisachance tomake He is someone whose passion is doing voice o f the people and to the local grass Washington the way you want it to be but what is honorable and right. As a fan of root action. never thought it could be. McCain before his quest for the presidency, He is not the rigid "establishment" that Vote for john McCain on Feb. 29. the more I know about him, the more com- has kept so many of us out of the political mitted I am to his crusade to become presi- process for so long. Undsey Hodges is a senior political science dent of the United States. It's time to tell the establishment that we major. Forest Hills 60 West Water St. 434-7647 Tne Breete OP INION ~onday,Feb . 28,2000 ~ M®~ [p@l~~· Congratulations 2000 ACUI M®~ ~©'b1®00 Tournament Participants!! frontR.cw: 3rt! RooJ: ~00®~~ SteueHoM, fWd l'ellllil>giOI\ Knru.~. JoM>n trfit.J., IGmPo!JM. ~M~~ StiWUI Kronw; .Awl &1ft, Don llft.f..th. 11fodeHM~ aNI R.ido &/~mv I From ~TI® ondTror.y fop Roiu.· 2nd Rtxu: Cveyf,-,ltl. Jolin UonAtA011, StiWC lJo91-.u, 13nan fatlarl:o, trfurl lk!Jer, 1.800.426. 771 0 Pon. lJe.66. llnon G)ofrA .ltHllou6e. ontl 11ng t.)ong sunsplashtours.com onJIWJ {til( ACUI Top Winners rncluded.... 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Get to lmow U8 better... www.jmu.edu/stuaffain Ssoo each ... e"U 'Dlylor Down Under ~ "Open Mic Nights" Every Tuesday Night 8-10:30pm TDU Stage Enjoy JMU homegrown entertainment in a fun & relaxed atmosphere. Share your talents and observe others! The Women's Resource Center and FYI "Clothesline Project" March 28th & 29th, 10-3pm PC Ballroom Visual Display bearing witness to violence agamst members o( the JMU community. "Take Back the Night" March 28th 5pm Commons Music begins at Spm, Speak Out at 7:30 Center for Muticultural and International Student Services Th~y're your pride and joy. What's more, they can s;l\e you "Gospel Extravaganza" March 26th, 6pm Wilson Hall up 10 SSOO each, subtracted Join the celebration! The Contem2 part of the tradition, at the end of the meal, ATHLEEN REU CHLE he was honored w1th having to eat has _K contribuflll$ writer choice of m<.>at off the lamb's head. Next, After a hot day in Yemen, an AmeriCcln he JOined a toast of fermented horse's milk, businessman joins new friend s for a meal JUSt previously chilled in the stream. In the m1ddle the table is one glass and a " It is of great pride for them to kill a bowloffood. sheep in your honor," Points s.11d. " It's very community-oriented, like Points informed students that a fork is famHy style," said Ronald j. Points. He is not used to eat with in Vietnam, but the U.S. representative to the intstead to push things onto a spoon. International Federation of Accountants lie also warned left-handed students to Public Sector Committee and a managing switch to using them right hand when con director with PricewaterhouseCoopers ducting bus10ess in the Maddie East, Washington Consulling Practice. "There because the left hand is considered dirty. is only one glass for the table. Everyone A special wt~rning was given to refrain pours themsekres a drink, drinks it, then from trying to get down to business right JANE !\1cHUCHist11wr phmu~:rupfltr away when overseas. Organizations In Friday night's Unity Cook-off had to make food using the colors passes the glass and pitcher along ... you of their group. learn to sit on the nght side of the table if "They want to talk to you and get to you're thirsty.'' know you." Points said. "They will spend an There are also no utensils, so you don't hour just having conversation with you. It's Seven campus organizations 1 have to worry about which fork to use. not the old Anglo-Saxon way of rushing "When I was prepanng to go to Yemen, through things. " •SOmeone told me that it was going to feel Up next was Coleman, who is the \ice unite for a good cause, to eat like stepping back 300 years in time when I president of lnternahonal Operations for got off the airplane. And that is exactly Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors (J)\MIKA NOTTINGHAM "This was a novel idea, it's really mce what it felt like," Points said. "You have and Systems International Inc. lie oversees and it's great to be doing something dif never done an audit if you haven't had the company's Balbmore branch. l sta_f! writer ferent," Larson said. someone in the room with you that carried I lis advice on survivmg the mtemation· Lasagna, golden-fried chicken perfect Foucar-Szocki agreed."The entire event a nne." at arena includes "being flexible, adapt ly seasoned, plump and juicy meatballs, and the idea of bringing students together Points was a guest speaker at JMU's able, and resilient." tender and oh-so-delicate salmon, to share recipes that have beenpassed Madison Marketing Association's "World He spoke of learning how to say at least brownies, red velvet cake, blue-frosted down for generations in their families was of Opportunity" International Etiquette hello, goodbye, please, and thank you m sugar cookies, pasta, banana pudding, phenomenal. The celebration of food really Banquet held at Mrs. Green's last the country's language. curry chicken and so much more. crosses over into every heritage and Wednesday night. Each year the JMU mar He also mentioned that 1t tS essential to No, this is not a dinner scene from allowed us to focus on raising finances to keting organization hosts an informative not come off as "arrogant, rash, or in the "The Nutty Professor" or a menu for a give back to the local organizations." session for students and business represen habit of cutting to the chase." five-star restaurant. These foods were Stomachs growled as the judges tatives to network. Business attendants help Being well aware of appropriate greet prepared and entered in competition for began to walk around sampling the food send the Madison Marketing Association to ings like bowing and using proper titles the Unity Cook-off on Friday njght spon· at every table. The suspense built for a coUegiate marketing competition, which such as ambassador, doctor or general are sored by the Iota Alpha Chapter of Delta those waiting to be judged and for those wiU be held in New Orleans this spring. also important. Sigma Theta Sorority as a community waiting to ea t. Thjs ~ear, Aerotek, Enterprise Rent-A As a tip, he said to arrive to any service project. When the judging was finished, mem Car, Vector Marketing Corporation, Sears, appointments 20 minutes early since "it is Organizations urufied to raise money bers abandoned their tables to go attack Old Navy, Kroger, PricewaterhouseCoopers, inevitable that you will get lost." for local charities while stuffing their the dishes of their competition. Plates of Northrop Grumman, EDS, Wai -Mart, As far as negotiating goes, Coleman faces at the same time. Seven groups lasagna seemed to appear everywhere. JCPenney, OnCampusRecruiter.com and offered that overseas clients are interested (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Phi The winner was Alpha Kappa AJpha Greenery by Lowes attended the event in dealing with you as a pt!rson, and not so Alpha Fraternity, Club Latino, sorority. These ladies decorated their Ann Keast, the president of Madison much your company. lnsptrational Ensemble, JMU Hospitality, table in their sorority colors of salmon Marketing, coordinated the evening that ''You are the focal point. If things don't Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Students pink and apple green. They also added mduded dmner, two guest speakers and work out, you are the one they will come for Minority Outreach) participated in the special effects of green w1ne glasses an award presentation. to," he said. the event. The host, Delta Sigma Theta and a banner. Among several items, they Guest speakers Points and James F. Other helpful tips included: Sorority, prepared food and set up a table prepared and nicely displayed salmon, Coleman highlighted the evemng with col· • Humor - not a good idea; sometimes with charity information as well, but did green apple slices, punch, and their num orful descriptions of their experiences con American humor is misunderstood not compete. ber one dish, chocolate-covered pink and ducting business abroad. • Gift giving- know the rules and know With some teams consisting of over green pretzels. Points' advice on entering into the inter the law; don't play the one-up game Lapping members, there was no room for 'We actually made the icing that covers national arena included getting trained in • Be gracious competitive tension. The night began on the pretzels. Then we sprinkled them pink," the states for three to five years before ven· • With blunders, apologize and drop it a positive note as people mingled with senior AKA member Allie Wright said. turing abroad. Once ready, the most • Forget business casual- dress conserva· other groups. Everyone was there hoping Foucar·Szocki said of the winners, important thing about conducting business tively to achieve one goal- unity. To give back ''The five of us agreed unanjmously on in a foreign nation is learning how to • With business cards, take time to look at to the community, to take the time and these ladies. The display was great, we honor various customs. them, so you can introduce people proper· get to know some of the other members judged on creativity and color usage and "Situations can happen where you may ly-don't shove them in your pocket of other organizations and to eat. the food ." say ' I could never do lhat,' but you will • Use resources- the Internet, CIA fuct After aiJ, everyone has to eat. The winners took home a check for I have to, because you would never want to book, books, newspapers, magazines such Judges Rick La rson, assistant vice $116.50 from the registration fees and offend anyone who is taking grE•at pride tn as T11e Ecouonust. president of student affairs, Reg Foucar tickets. ''This year our project ts called having you as their guest," Points said. Coleman suggested that when getting Szocki, director of hospitality, Chris Stup, Project Se'nd," said senior Shavalyea Adventurous stories of h1s trips to to the country you will be doing busi coordinator of the University Program Wyatt, and AKA vice president. Kazikstan, Yemen and Latin America cap ness in, immediately get a copy of their Board, Jeff Harrison, catering, and "We raise funds to collect or purdiase tured the audience's attention. newspaper so you are-aware of any George Barlow, assistant football coach, encyclopedias to send to Africa and that In Kazikstan, Points recalled where he demonstrations that will be going on, for certainly had their work cut out for them. is what will be using this money for." was the guest at a Sunday lamb dinner. As your own safety. •• ,• 16 Monday, Feb. 28, 2000 STYLE Food Sponsored by: Anthony's Pizza, Little Caesar's, Luigi's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Pizza Hut, S. Carlton St. Offical Judges from: Walmart Super Center, Q-101 and BOB, · Campus Link College Park Office Hours M-F Ashby Crossing 8:30a.m.- 5:30 p.m. 1191 Devon Lane Saturday Harrisanburg, VA A 10:00 a.m.- 4:00p.m. (540) 432-1001 EJ • o..,"'"yc., •Restnctlons May Apply: Must be 18 or older UJUJUJ.COIIEgEpork.org • •""'\.#~ .. ' I , • .. rr H :J r r~ ~., The Breete STYLE Munday, Feo. ZB, 2000 17 Students share their souls at U PB Conclave NGIE JENNINGS Little then sang to the males in comributing writer the audience. " I know, f'm hop A ing that you know, that you can't Held in the PC Ballroom, the tum a 'ho' into a housewife." University Program Board's Soul Vaughan was next, reading a Conclave Saturday night was a poem comparing the mnocence peaceful assembly of souJs bear· of childhood to the hurt and mg spirited creativity in front of adultery of adulthood. "It hurts about 100 people. to think you gave him every junior Dana Broadnax, UPB's thmg," she said, "and all you got director of issues and cultural was a broken heart Sex was an awareness, said Soul Conclave addtction, a drug to me that left was an event s he wanted to me with a virus, I IIV. Damn, l'm bring back. gone die." "Tangelia Rouse was a former Her words were put to life as JMU student who put on the first Fleming, acting as one of her love Soul Conclave in 1997 in collabo interests, comes in unaware of ra tion with Black Moo n her previous monologue, calls Produc tions," Broadnax s aid. her baby, and she walks away "When she graduated the follow· with him. ing year, the event seemed to Junior Gagan Bah, senior jaime have been abandoned. I wanted Lanier and sophomore Dantelle to carry o n a Soul Conclave tradi· Eure, simulated a d omestic dis lion, so with the he lp of two pute involving a father, mo ther AI.EX NORBO MkuntrtbutifiK pltutuwuplter o the r JMU s tudents, senior and child through dance. Samra Tefe rra and junior The University Procram Board sponsored Soul Conclave Saturday night In the PC Ballroom. Students Next, Fleming, a long with shared their talents by perfonnfne skits, readlne poetry and singing. Stephanie Vaughan, we worked o ther performers, simulated a to make it happen." drum increased. "We need to behind Andrews, celebrating and fessing their love to o ne another prison scene in which one man is The show was full of original bring some positivity to o ur dancing. The song received an and placing a romantic setting in constantly doing s it-ups and w ritings and dances, opening plight ... "Jones said to Fleming, ovation from Lhe audience. the audience's imaginations. working out, another reads, and with a poem by Broadnax that smoking a blunt, which, with the Semor Nichole Flippen was Walkins and Moore's skit ended others gamble. asked if "to be or not to be" was aid of an empty sandwtch bag, next, speaking about a man who w 1th rhythmtc snaps of all the Finally, the drummers began reaiJy a question at all. was supposed to be marijuana. overlooks opportunity and cre performers' fingers. to play as Moore d1d an impres A sho rt, but intensive d rum Sopho mo re Re nita Moore ates his own imprisonment. " It's Sophomore Anthony Little sive tap dance. " I've been tap· solo by freshman Cary Colburn was next to display her talent. a shame how he moves so slow, s tepped in, first honoring jesus ping since I was 6," Moore said signaled the end of Broadnax's She read a poem in which she while the world around him C hris t for triumph over his after the show. "The dance 1 did poe m and introduced s tated that "belief in the creator moves so fast," she said. recent illness and hospital stay. was purely improv. They played, " Revelations," a poem by sopho should be the only salvation one In the next poem, freshman Little sang a love song to the and I d anced." more Tyrone Jones. He ended the needs." Her poem's end was Daryl Watkins asked, "What If?" upbeat tempo of the performers' Soul Conclave received a poem with the self-empowering accented by a song by graduate " What if the world exploded snaps. "No ma tter what you say, standing ovation as the perform statement," Alii can do is rise." s tudent Mike Andrews, w ith deep down inside, causing mass no matter what you do, it really ers lined up and gave a final bow. Next, senior Damarius Colburn, senior Ernie Savage on destruction from which no man don't ma tter, 'cause I still love The performers then opened the Fleming and semor Chris Jones drums a nd junior Chris can hide?" you," he c:ang in a soft, smooth m1c to anyo ne in the audience gathered in the middle of the Oiegelman on guitar. Performers Watkins then did a skit with voice. "That one was for the who had a poem or any other tal stage as the sound of Colburn's in Soul Conclave gathered Moore, simulatmg a couple pro- ladies," he s.1id ent they would like to share. 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Whether we like it or not, Rprison as "excruciating,'' whether we want it or not, we are and said not only did he not com all brothers and sisters." m.it the murders, but he "could not However, this one race is still and would not" do such a thing. divided up by its people's different Carter has been a free man since colors, Carter said. He called these 1985, when he was released from groups "tribes" and the tensions prison (his indictment was over- between them "tribalism." turned in 1988) and he now Right now, the white tribe is in spreads his message of a control of the planet, he said, need for change as a although this hasn't always been speaker. the case. At some point, each of the "ln order for tribes has ruled the world.· and its members stick together march in Washington, D.C. on change, we need a ,;Ovilizations rise and dviliza because they are drawn to people Monday to support Jamal. new way of think tions fall," Carter said. What sepa who look, talk and act alike. Carter ''There [should be] no perfect ing, a new way of rates the while tribe and gives the said members of the black tribe punishment - death - from an acting and a new members power is their willing have stereotypes about the other imperfect system," Carter said. attitude," Carter ness to use "massive destructive tribes. said." ... People forces." There's a proliferation of "lf you're white, you're all Carter's Angels · have a love/ hate rela "smart bombs being armed by right," he said. "lf you're yellow, - dumb people." tionship with change. you're mellow. lf you're brown, "Nothing in my life has been We want everything to Although there is one "mixed" you can hang around. If you're tribe, the tribes are inherently easy for me," Carter said. get better, but still remain the black, get back! Fortunately, he said he's had some same. We rivals. want everything the "Black people, black males in "angels" to help him along the way. easy way." . ''We are in a state of competi particular, operate under a pres tion on this earth, tribe competing One was a fellow sold ier he met The world is now at a "point of sure cooker. We know thirtgs while in the Army. He helped Carter virtual destruction and disaster," against tribe," Carter said. aren't right." .. "Competition brings out the worst conquer a Ufe-long speech impedi he said. Eventually, Carter said, the ment. Carter pointed to racial tensions in you and me." pressure just explodes. Each tribe .has its own identity "People laughed at me," Carter as a major cause of this plight, said. "I felt really, really dumb. And although he shied away from Cruel and Unusual when people laughed, the only SOWld they heard was the sound of Punishment my fiSt whizzing through the air. Much of Carter's own pressure My fists did the talking then. That comes from his fight against the stopped the laughter for awhile." death penalty, a fate he narrowly Carter said his friend "stopped avoided when he was sentenced and made me reali.ze 1 had a prob for the murders. He said more lem.'' By helping Carter understand than two miltion people are in himself and work through his prob prison in the U.S., more than in lem, Carter's angel helped him chan any other country. nel his frustration into positive ener ''Four thousand humans are on gy. .. _.... Death Row awaiting execution for "1 found my voice and the words something they may or may not came tumbling out like rhe unbri dled Niagara," Carter said. "People have done,'' Carter said...... "Newspapers don' t even tell haven' t been able to shut me up you about it anymore, it's so com since." monplace.'' Carter now ba54..:>S part of his Carter discussed several cur- career on public speaking. "We do not have to accept the rent cases, including Betty Lou 1 Beets, a Texas grandmother con limitations imposed on us by society victed of Jllurdering her husband or by ourselves," he said. Carter hasn't forgotten the Far Left: Audience members listen ea&erty to Rubin who was executed the evening Carter spoke, and Mumia Abu impact his friend had on him, and .. Hurricane" Carter &Jve a speech In a p8Cked he emphasized thatlitt.le actions can Wilson Hall auditorium Thursday nfCht. Jamal, a former Philadelphia-based journalist who was convicted of make a big difference further on Middle: 'LIYin' on a cloud,' the man himself. killing a police officer in the early down the road. Top rl&ht: With his championship belt at his aide, 1980s. Jamal's case has been a "Today is what is because yester - Carter •l&ns copies of his book. SlxtHtrtlt Round, out· cause cele'bro and inspired the day was what it was," he said. side the auditorium lifter his speech. 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Shots ODU would normally make were not FAlRFAX- lt wasa tale of two halves. falling and after o ne half, JMU was tied The fi rst h a lf saw JMU ride great with ODU, 35-35. rebounding, balanced scoring and tight The second half was a different story, defense to a 35-32 halftime lead. as the Monarchs (22-4 overall, 24-0 in the The second 20 minutes were the CAA) looked more like the team that has antithesis. While JMU's senior leader Jamar not lost a conference game since 1995. Perry was sidelined with an injured right And in the end, ODU pulled away from knee and facing a ball-hawking full-court JMU and left the Convocation Center with press, JMU turned the ball over a season an 84-64 win. high 22 times and fell to George Mason 76- "You've got to give credit for the first 64 Saturday in a pivotal CAA game before eight minutes of the second half that ODU a sellout crowd at the Patriot Center. put together," JMU Coach Bud Childers "They're probably one of the most said. "They turned up the heat and got to aggressive teams I've faced in my span as the basket and just did a great job. That a head coach," JMU Coach Sherman Dil was when the game was decided." lard said. "The defensive pressure can be It was the Monarchs' 97th-straight con bothersome." ference victory. Their last loss ~as a Feb. The loss d ropp.?d JMU ( 18-8, 11-4) into 19, 1995, loss to JMU in Harrisonburg. All second place, a half-game ahead of Rich four of ODU's losses this season have mond, who lost to Virginia Common come to top-25 teams. JMU's loss, played wealth on Saturday. The Patriots improved in front of 1,857 people, snapped their 11- to 18-10, 12-4, but, m ore importantly, game home winning streak. clinched their second-straight CAA regu "The first ha lf was a great battle," lar season title and top seed at next week ODU Coach Wendy Larry said. "James end's CAA tournament. JMU can clinch Madison created some opportunities for the number-two seed with a w in over themselves and made their own breaks. UNC-Wilmington today at the Convoca Defensively we weren't very sharp, nor tion Center. If the Dukes finish second, offensiveJy were we very sharp. But in the they w ill likely face number seven seed second half, I thought Old Dominion cre William & Mary (6-10, 11 -16). Jf the a ted oppo rtunities for themselves and Dukes lose to UNC-W, they will finis h scored in transition. And we had some third in the CAA and play the sixth seed. good outside shooting today." " I think if we're playing with a full The Dukes {16-9, 9-5) took a 5-2 lead deck, if we're playing with another ball early in the game on a three-pointer by handler o n the floor, a seasoned player, junior guard Mandy White and continued our second leading scorer, I think we do a to roll in the first half, leading by as many much better job o( handling the pressure," as four points. PATRICK RORST/stc!IJ phutu}lrtlflhtr Dillard said . He was referring to senior ODU then tied up the game with Freshman forward Molly Williams scored 17 points In the Dukes' 84-641oss to Old Jamar Perry, who was lost to a knee injury under eight minutes to play in the first Dominion at the Convocation Center on Friday night. in the second half and didn't return. ha lf and the two team s continued to "In the first half, we were right there," trade baskets. other, knocking down our shots, playing 55.2 percent from the field in the second Dillard said. " Losing Jamar Perry in the The Monarchs took advantage of the team defense and not paying so much half, JMU floundered. The Dukes' shoot younger Dukes' lineup - at one point attention to the crowd and to the fans," ing percentage was 28.6 percent in the see TOP page 33 Childers had four freshmen on the floor ODU forward Natalie Diaz said. "We ha lf. They were 1-7 from three-point -and led by five when Childers was m ade our adjustments at halftime. We range and were outscored 49-29 in ~he CAA Standings forced to take a time~out with five min· talked about some of the things we were second half. CAA Overall utes and 25 seconds to play in the half. doing well, but m o re impo rtantly we "We stood around," Childers said. George Mason 12-4 18-10 The Dukes managed to come bade, talked about the things we weren't doing "We didn' t attack the bas ket with any James M•dison 11-4 18-8 thanks in part to a perfect 6·6 shooting well. I think that we came out a little gusto in the second half. 1 thought o ur Richmond 11-5 16-11 performance at the foul line from fresh more fiery.'' guards set the tone in the second half for UNC-Wilmington 8-7 15-11 man forward Shanna Price, and tied the ODU e rupted for a 22-3 run and us not being aggressive on offense. We Virginia Commonwealth 7·8 14-12 game at 35 on sophomore guard Jody opened up a 57-41 lead . Hamche tou had numerous opportunities to go to the Old Dominion 6-10 11·18 Williams' shot in the closing seconds of Maiga was a key to the Monarchs' run. basket on the dribble and we shied away William & Mary 6-10 11-16 the first half. She scored six of her 15 points during that from it. That led to the long drought." East Carolina 5-1 I 10.17 Despite being tied a t the half, JMU second-half run. Several Dukes were also in fou l trou American 4-11 9-17 had only five players score points in the "Our mind set may have slipped a lit ble, which hurt the team's chances of first ha lf. freshman forward Molly tle bit," Mo ll y Williams said . " We hanging with the Monarchs. Junior center Saturday's Scores Williams led all scorers with 11. White weren't physically and me ntally pre Stacey Todd picked up two early fouls George Mason 76, James Madison 64 and Price each had 10 and Jody Williams pared for what they brought to us. Our and played only 10 minutes before fou ling William &: Mary 70, American 60 and sophomore forward Katie Hardbarg mind set wasn't there." out with 7:17 left in the game. With UNC-Wilmington 70, Ea~t Carolina 55 er each had two. Childers said, " I told them at halrlime sophomore center llollee Franklin out for Virginia Commonwealth 80, Richmond n ODU proved to be the superior team that these people a re trying to protect the y~r with a patella tendon injury, the early on in the second half. The Monarchs their turf and you guys invaded thal a lit loss of Todd put more pressure on Molly Remaining Games took a 39-38 advantage on a put-back by tle bit in the rirst hair, so they are going to Williams. Withams responded, scoring 17 Monday: Tiffany Thompson and never looked back. come out with all guns blazing. I'm not points in the game - more pomts than UNC-Wilmlngton al james Madison, 7 p.m. "We needed to control the things that sure we got that message." Tuesday ~ we can control, which are talking to each While ODU went on a tear, shooting see MONA RCHS page 29 Va. Commonwealth at American, 7:30p.m 28 Monday, Feb. 28, 2000 SPORTS Don't tn.iss Vee's Spectacular specials! ~ 2 Crispy Chicken ' or 2 Geaeral Tso Chickea 14. or . '• oaeofeacb for. ONLY .. $10.95 .... Registration for Reach Out Climb begins Feb. 28. Sign up today for this 10. chanty climbing event taking place on April I. Sign up for UREC's Biathlon and begin 9. your training program. April 8, 2000 is coming fast! Attend a climbing class at the UREC - 8. climbing waJI on March 18 from 9 am. - 3 p.m. "Choosing From Us Is The Smartest The First Aid Clinic is on March 17 7. from 2-5 p.m . The cost is on ly $25. 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"Kim doesn't have a classical comributing writer Campbell said, "I think Tara style, she's very unorlhodox," T surprised herself in how well she Campbell said. "She has a very When JMU first participated fenced against Lin. Once she effective unorthodox s tyle. It's in the Virginia Intercollegiate realized that she could score, I tough to go up against someone . Women's Fencing Champi think she got over her nervous Uke that who just uses their ath· onships in 1974, the school was ness a little." leticism so much like Kim does." known as Madison College. Schwartz had a team best 12- Karousos fell behind by six The name of the school may 0 day and defeated sophomore points early and could never have changed since then, but the teammate Kelly Scott to win the quite recover despite pulling Dukes' domination of the meet individual competition on sabre. within three at one point. She has remained constant This is an impressive accom finished in se1:ond place with a On Saturday, the Dukes con plishment considering this is 9-1 mark. tinued that domination by fin Schwartz's first year on sabre. "She got down a little early ishing as the overall team cham· last year, she won the s tate and once she decided that she pions, winning first place in championship on epee. could do it she got going but each of the three swords and "Individually I think I per· was in just too big of a hole," having two of the three individ formed very well," Schwartz Campbell said. ual winners. said. "In the past couple of Karousos said, "She's a really "They did it all," JMU weeks, I d idn't think I was doing interesting fencer in that you Coach Paul Campbell said. as well as I am capable of, but I really d on't know what she's "They fenced their hearts out. think 1 pulled it together today." going to do. lf I hadn't fallen so It's just an all-around incredible Campbell said, "That was an far back at the beginning that performance." incredible difficult situation for would have helped, but I was Sophomores Tara Saddig and Kelly Scott and Maggie McCoy able to close the gap a little." Allison Schwartz finished first in (who finished third in the foil at These three weren't the only their swords. 9-3). Allison is doing 90 percent fencers who had big days on Sat Saddig moved up to ejghth of their training. With three urday. Senior captain Laura I place on the all-time win list for squads and two coaches, we Webb won five matches and JMU foilists, going 10-0 on the haven't been able to d o a Lot moved in to sole possession of I . day and defeating Virginia with the sabre squad. Allison is a third place on the all-time win Tech's Jennifer Lin to win the great fencer and has developed list for JMU foilists with 214 individual competition on foil. into a great coach and captain career wins. Lin is a very solid fencer who for that squad." Junior I - - ...... NOT RESPONSISL£ FOA TYPOGRAPHICAL OR PHOTOGRAPHY ERRORS. OUAHTlTY RIGHTS RESERVED. PRICES EFFECTIVE ONLY IN STORE USTED ABOVE. - -- . -- ~------~-- - ~- -- ~ The Breete SPORTS Making decisions on where to live next year until you have checked out all your options. 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All are first-team All-Americans- Diane assists, which is now second onship game. jMU records. Amazingly, the Such ln 1988, Nora Maguire in best in the program's history. The Dukes 199 points scored by the pro l992 and Carolyn Carr in 1995 She scored 125 goals, fifth trailed 8-3 with gram's second leading all·timc were the prog-ram's first three. most in JMU history, in her 13 minutes and scorer, Nora Maguire, pclles in Our selectio ns are the two 125 games. She is third all 36 seconds left in comparison to Riley's 260. most recent All-Americans. One time at JMU with 196 points. that g<1me before The llarwood, Md., native holds the JMU career records for She trails only Riley and All Riley scored back also holds the team's records goals, assists and points. The American Nora Maguire. L..-.-.&..-_ _. to-back free posi- for goals in a season (52), other ranks in the top five in each Klaes became the team's tion goals to jump s tart the assists in a season (41) and of those categories. fourth first-team All-Ameri team. Klaes then scored her points in a season (93). can selection in 1997. That th1rd goal a t the 6:21 mark. Last year, as a senior, she THE TOP 50 year she was also named to Riley a dded her third goal finished second in the country Sydney Beasley Charles Haley the first-team All-South squad twenty seconds later to cut in assists per game (2.38) and Courtesy of Sports Media Relations Linton Townes Gary Clark and played in the North· the lead to 8 7. points per game (5.44). She Megan Riley Plordta Jackson A. Williamson South Senior All-Star Game. jessica Kane netted both was 19th in goals per game Klaes was a second-team the game-tymg and winning average with 3.06. of the Year, Rii"Y was the 1998- Shem,an Dillard Jennifer Cuesta CAA selection as a junior in goals. The game-winner was Riley was the 1999 CAA '99 JMU Femille Athlete of the P. McSorley L. Collingwood 1996 and a first-team pick the scored with 2:31 remainin in Player of th~ Y<>ar anJ the Year. Brent Bennett Cathy Cole following year. the game. CAA Tournament MVP She With Riley's help1 the Carol Thatc Terri Caskill JMU put together a .J-2-28 Loyola had been the tour \\aS also the MVP of the 1999 Dukes compiled a 46-26 l.A."e Mc'I:Alnnugh Chris Gillies record with the help of nament's number-seed and Norlh·South <3e nior A It-S tar record. JMU won two CAA Suzi Slater Bill)' Sample Klaes. The Dukes won the had won th rce of the last Came. Tournaments and made three Juli Henner jeff Garber CAA Litle in 1997. They CAA Tournaments. It was Riley was a member of lhe NCAA apperanccs·i~ Riley's appeared in the NCAA the Dukes' first CAA title 1995 U.S. Under-19 World Cup four seasons with the team. Matt Holthaus Faber Jamerson Championship Tournament and the team's (i rst confer· runner-up team with JMU A three-time All-American, Mark P. Weilenmann Carnevale in 1995 and 1997 and were ence championship since it teammate Rebecca Tweel. Riley has ret urned to the Jeff Bowyer SHELLY l TOP, from page 27 {Outt~l a little, trying to make ror-20 s hooting but had 14 him speed up his game and points. While he tallied five second halfhurtusatbolhends." make the ball get o ut of his rebounds and four assis ts, he game series this weekend at Clemson. Perry (five points in 23 min- hands, and I think that was one turned the ball over five times, Cle mson won game one, 5·1, on Friday afternoon. utes) went lo the sideline, two of the keys." as did Fanning. Righthander Scott Berney picked up his third win of the season minutes and 55 seconds into the The Patriots' full court pres- "I was definitely tired, and for the Tigers. Berney has not allowed a run in the 22 innings second halfwilhJMU leading39- sure, which was applied virtual- that had something to do with he has pitched this season. He gave us six hits and one walk 37. He apparently twisted his ly the entire second half, finally (Perry) not being there," Outtz In eight innings on Friday. knee while making a cut, bring- got to the Qukes, as they turned said "He can play the point, and Clemson took an early 4-0 lead in the second inning and ing the ball upcourt and trying to the ball over three times in the take some of the pressure off me added one more run in the fifth. JMU's only run was the result br~k the full court press. Hisst:a- six-minute plus drought and and allow me to rest. I was a ll by of a bases loaded walk to freshman catcher Matt Oe uc hler in tus for today's game is uncertain. were only able to score three myself back lhere." the top of the ninth. Senior first baseman Eric Be nder, who Lnitially, the Dukes played free throws as lheir offense mis- JMU led the entire first half, had two hits in the game, scored the run. inspired ba ll with their senior fired miserably. After s hooting as they dominated the boards Sophomore J ohn Gouzd took the loss. He worked 6.1 captain on the bench icing his 42 percent from the noor In the a nd contained the often-explo innings, allowing 10 hits and five runs, only two of which were knee, taking a 51-47 lead on a first half, JMU dipped to 31 in sive Patriots offense. The Dukes' earned. three-point play by fres hman lhe second stanza, while CMU's biggest lead was 25-16 wilh six In game two, Clemson exploded for a 10-run fifth inning and guard David Fanning with went up from 36 to 48 percent. minutes left in the half, and defeated JMU , 12-4. Ryan Mott pitched five shut-out innings to 10:46 remaining. Soon after, GMU, shooting only 65 percent were up 35-26 with 58 seconds earn the win. however, the absence of Perry's from the line as a team, made left. H owever, in that fi nal The Dukes got on the board with two runs In the seventh. strong defense, ballhandling 10-11 from the line in the final minute, JMU committed two Freshman third baseman Brent Metheny scored the first run costly turnovers and al lowed on a wild pitch. Sophomore shortstop Dan Woodley drove In skills and 11.6 points per game 2:15 to seal the win. For the junior right fielder Jeremy Hays on a sacrifice fly later in the was evident. game, the Patriots shot 22-for-29 the Patriots a quick 6-0 run, highlighted by an Ahmad inning. After JMU took a 56-53 lead from the charity stripe. As was the case in game one, JMU stranded more runners on a Pat Mitchell basket inside The loss of Perry was espe- Dorsett three-point field goal at than Clemson. with 7:31 to play, the Dukes cially evident in Dillard's offen the buzzer to make the halftime The Dukes fell to the Tigers 5-3 in the third game of the went the next 6:26 without a sive rotation. Instead of having score 35-32. three-game series yesterday. field goal as Mason put together the luxury of brining Fanning in "I loved our intensity at the Sophomore designated hitter Pat Cunningham led the a 16-3 run and turned the three- for a few minutes at a time to defensive end of the floor in the charge for the Dukes with three hits and one RBI. The Dukes point deficit into a 10-point lead spell Perry or Outtz, the fresh- second half," CMU Coach jim scored two runs In the top of the s ixth to take a 2-1 lead. with l :OS to play. man from Chesapeake was Larranaga said. Metheny walked, followed by a single by Hays. " l don' t think we were forced to play lhe two-guard, Outtz. said, "The first half it Senior first baseman Eric Bender reached on e rror. Cun pleased with our defensive pres- which in tum didn't a llow Oil- (the pressure) didn't bother us, ningham then drove in Metheny with a single. The Dukes s ure in the first half, or the lard to substitute for Outtz. The but in the second half, with JP scored one more run in the sixth before Clemson scored three beginning of the second half," senior played 37 minutes, not being there ... " and his in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead fo r good. 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