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Seniors need extra day to register, Eddins says Registrar to change scheduling process
By Cristy E. Swanson propriate registering times. fall registration, but will be given an extra Eddina said other than the problems Reporter •1 screwed up, not the students," Eddins day for advanced spring registration. experienced by seniol"9, registration seems wd. -We forgot in setting up time periods By making this change, Eddins snid sen to be proceeding "very well." Registrar Robert Eddins said he owes the that more seniors register during the spring iors will not likely experience the problems "'The kids I saw yesterday were very well S<'nior class an apology nfur the first day of than in the fall. Therefore, we only set up oflong lines in the future. prepared," Eddins snid. "I didn't hove to ndvnnced registration. one day to register.• "Y e9terdny we experienced very long send e single student oway." Eddins srud seniors experienced •unnec• Eddins said in the future, seniors will lines,"Eddin08eid. •t felt very bad about it, essnry long lines• because he set up inap- continue to have a single day for advanced oo I'm making e change." Sea REGISTRA R, Page 5
Residents make Music department Halloween fun sponsors concert for local children to aid scholarships By Megan Lockhart 'Nightmare on Hal Greer' the first Reporter production of its kind at Marshall Laidley Jlnll residents had few problems finding volun lffrs to make Halloween more eajoyable for oome local By Michelle Polakovs children who usually do not have the opportunity to Reporter celebrate it. John R. Goodwin, president of Laidley Hall Resident Marshall'• music department is sponsoring "Nightmnre Association and Moundsville oophomore, said children on Hal Greer," at 10 p.m. Wednesday in Smith Recital from the City Mission will be gujded through the hall• of Holl. the residence hall by residents clad in costumes. Hallow Approximately 15 faculty members, primarily of the een night, the children will be taken to about 30 rooms to mu•ic deportment, will perform. -We11 be playing ins tru trick-0r-treat for candy provided by Laidley's Resident ments we ,hn't normally ploy," Dr. Elizabeth R. Smith, llnll Association. nssistnnt professor of music, said. Goodwin scheduled a meeting for Tuesday efurnoon to Vocol pieces, on undertaker commercial and an Elvis rercuit residents to participate, but by Tuesday morning impcroonator also arc among the entertainment. he already had half of the residents needed. Proceeds from the show will go toward the Music "People hnve been coming up to me and saying they Scholarship fund. want to do this because it's such a great idea," Goodwin Genernl admission is $2 or 50 cents for those in costume. snid. Dr. Smith will be performing a duet with Merrie L. "I suggested that Laidley Hall should get the le88 Daisy Randolph, as.slstant traffic clerk, Is one of uveral WPBY employeH to ahow their Hallow Sea HAL GREER, Page 5 See HALLOWEEN, Page 5 HO aplrlt. Laidley Hall's ghost goes 'bump in the night'
By Maureen Mack and aimed for her throat. She sliced her of windows in locked rooms opening and tale to tell. Reporter jugular and blood spurted everywhere u cloaing. "I have a feeling there's e dend body her life quickly drained away. "Electrical appliances up there go crazy over my r oom." e:he so.id. •And one of On e gloomy, overcoat winter night, And, according to current Laidley resi oometimea," he said. "VCR'• tum on end these days, 111 feel blood dripping down, many decades ago, Lnidley residence dents, "Ruthie" hu never lef\ the attic. off, TV channels change bythemselves, and and a body will fall down on me. The door hall headmistress "Ruthie" stnrted First floor resident adviser Matt Lyons fans run ell of e sudden." will lock, and there will be ghost• oil over feeling peculiar. An utge to go to the snya he 6rst heard the tale of "Ruthie" Lyons aaid he aloo thought he heard my room and I won't be able to get out!" attic overcame her. when he moved into Laidley three year• oomeone whispering his name once in the Jon Edwards, Frurview Park, Ohio, ago. middle of the night. sophomore, lives on the 6rst floor of See related atorlea, Page 8 •1 don't know ifthe iu.icidal headmiatTesa Other residents say weird things aome Leidley. He complain• of loud noiaes in atory ia true," Lyona, Parkersburg aenior, time9 happen in Laidley. the middle of the night. As she stumbled up the stairs, en said. "But strange things happen on the Mariam Buha r, Burke, Va., freshman, • Around 2:30 in the morning," he snid. hysterical laughter gripped her; ahriek oouth wing of the third floor all the time.• Ii ves on the third floor oouth. She had ing, she gtasped a long butcher knif~ Lyon• said the most common reports are never heard of the ghoat, but had II acary See GHOST, Page 5 2 The Parthenon Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1990 Beyond MU From Auociatod Prass and Co/Iago lnlortn8tion Norwo,k rcporrs Stud~nt soldiers are being all they can be
By Le sle y Ann Mitchen return. mc,nth - m011t 1upplementing full-time military when Collage Information Network Biermonn, who could be sent to the Persian Gulf, said it regular troops ere shipped to the Middle En.st. would take her on utm year to eorn her degree, but oil of College students - who constitute e smoll pnrt of the All.er only a few dny1 of dMSe9 this fall ot Western her costs this semester were re fonded. She mid she should notion'• military reserves - could be sent t,i different Wisconsin Technical College in LR Cr011se, Wi1., freshmon be homo In less than six months. militnry base• in the United Stntes or to the Persion Gulf Lourie Biermnnn, 19, pocked her bogs, withdrew from "If I'm gone for six months I CM plnn on starting agoin during Operation Desert Shield. school nnd prepared for nctive duty in the Army in the next August," she said. "But I got e I 00 percent refund. To these students, who often nre gi ven only n few dnys nn Persinn Gulf. There ere otudento here who got the same den\." tice before they ore deployed, there is o lot ot stake. Biennenn, from Independence, Wis., is one ofhundreda Sylvia llaurane, coordinator ofMilitary Affairs at Wayne Mnny will miss o semester or yeor of closses, lose their of students in the U.S. Army National Guard or reserves State University, said some students ere given only 72 part-time campus jobs end many will hove to postpone whose units are being called up for aervice. hours notice before they mu1t report to t.-aining camps - greduotion. Even though there is no national policy, most four-yeor but in most cases, school coots ore rerunded. "They have no control over being cnlled to active duty," colleges t1nd universitie1 will refund tuition and housing Each university's policy is different, said BennettSporks llnurane m id. "They're just gi ven orders. Employers hnve costs to reserve students who nre called to active duty and of the Reserves Officers' Association. to keep jobs for people thnt are colled to duty, so we do the m011t make it easy for them to re-register when they U.S. officials plan to activnte thousands ofreservists this same for student.a.•
McGinnis sentencing postponed High school hostages freed Baker says U.S. may attack
The sentencing olconvicted murderer Lyle B. McGinn.i1 An 8-hour h08tage stsndofT at Charlestown (Ind.) H igh Secretary of State James Baker worned lroq Monday Jr. was p011tponed Tuesday after a conference among School ended withoutir\jury Monday when the 17-year- There is o S1 charge to hove o portrait token Student Portraits For and placed in 1990-91 Yearbook 1he yearbook. December, Moy and summer GET graduates will receive six proofs SH(;T! and all others will receive four -~- proofs from which to choose the picture they wont used in the i,; ' ->%· .½$ :Af:j. .,.. ;f;.:: 1-·:~ BW31 Merhorldl Studerif Center book. Students who wont l o sa .ml -r-J&,n 6nd "1 • $ p.m. purchase pie Tuesday:, Nov. 6J hrough ~ -~ : <)'.:, ~ .,,..,, /«:? .:. ,:,,£ lures will receive Thurday, Nov. 8 purchasing and BOTH PART-TIMEAND FULL-TIME billing instruc tions ,,STU~ENTS-ELIGIBLE,. , from Yearbook ~:;~ \ . ~- ,,. .~(. Associates. Wednesday, Oct. 31 , 1990 The Parthenon 3 Opinion Halloween has lost its zing Editorial Ghouls don't get it for ftiis guy Growing up, my brothers and I quickly tired of the usual Plan _puts money Halloween festivities - bobbing for apples, telling gh06t stories by candlelight, decorating the tree, hiding the eggs Chris Rice and, ofcou rse, fireworks - it all seemed kind ofaenaeles •. MANAGING EDITOR in students' care To start with, we were a little confused about which proposed plan to put control of student night we were supposed to peal tho slobber-stained slips off of our pillows and threaten the neighbors with tricks we all returned home after hours of running door-to-door fees in the hands of students could work, until they gave ua goodies. only to find our pillow slips completely filled with gum. A but only if handled correctly. Every year it was a different night and time. , Nothing we could eat, just gum. Student Body President Tom Hayden Our neighbors, on the other hand, were totally confused. Halloween had loet its zing, and we were all over six feet has submitted a proposal to interim President Old Mr. Cole was a merry ole soul, but he sparked a bit tall. Alan B. Goul d that would transform the ofcontroversy one Halloween when he paaaed out blue•tip lnouad oftri ck-or-treating, we decided to try our hands President's Committee to Study Student Fees kitchen matches to all the children. The matchea were at raising the dead. On one of the more memorable Hal into an SGA committee. wrapped in °how to• pamphlets written in crayon promot loweens, we tried to aummon Vic Tayback. Here is the thrust of the proposal: ing what he called Devil'• Night. Tears filled our eye• when we heard a ghostly voice •There are four students but five faculty Last I heard, he had moved to Detroit. whisper, •stow it, dingy.• members on the president'• oommittee. Under Ms. Kasmov was a little loopy too. She would invite ua Thia year we're going to try to call back Jimmy "J.J., Kid Hayden's proposal, atudenta would make up the into her house and read a prepared speech explaining that Dynamite" Walker . majority on the committee. The committee would the Ruaaian people were our friends. As we left ahe would Instead of passing out treate to the ~hildren, we1I round make reoommendations to the university presi give us bread and cigarettes. up all of the otray animal, in the neighborhood and give dent, but the proposals would first be reviewed It took guts to go to the old Stewart house. It set up on a them new homes. by the SGA president. hill about 100 yard• from the street. The path to the front After the critters are hog-tied and wrapped in colorful As long aa there are proper checks and bal door was dimly lighted. The wind whistled through the paper, the k.ida never notice the difference. We derive great ances, the propoeal sounds feasible. It it atu bare branchea of the dead tree in front of the dilapidated pJeaaure from providing the community with this aervice. dents' money and they should have some input structure. It wasn't haunted, but Mr. Stewart - who usually paaaed out the treata - weighed 600 pounda and For the past three years, we alao have invited the chil into how it is beingapent. The current makeup of dren in to view a very graphic film about tooth decay. the committee doesn't represent students - the could not find clothes to fit him. Then there was Mr. Price who took the name jack-o' Instead of hanging up cardboard 1keleton1, ghost.a and majority is faculty members. lantern too literally. Every year, he would carve his pump pumpkin•, we hang picture, of rotten teeth and dental • The SGA business manager would chair the kin to reaemble Australian rule• football star and Ener instrument&. committee. gizer battery spokesman, Jacko. When children rang hia At the end of the evening, we all gather under the table Whoa! With all the turmoil and inhouae fight bell, he Y/ould jump out and shout, "lt1I surpriae ya, Oyl" in the living r oom with a skull and a flashlight waiting for ing in SGA this year, should we give one of its The straw that broke the camel's back - the Halloween our ho;,sekeeper Alice to come home. members that much authority? th~t forced us lo develop our own trnditiona- was the year She never comes. Maybe appointing Herb Ka rlet, vice president for finance, as the committee chair man would better serve students by providing oontinuity as Reader's Voice well as respectability. • Hayden says representatives will be appointed ~~s time, everyone was walking. They didn't atop to fight, for two years instead of the one term they cur ll JUSt happened. rently serve. Student concerned My friend• were minding their own buaineaa, they were SGA obviously lacks continuity, so why allow walking on a public street (Fourth Avenue) at 10:30 p.m. the student body president to appointoommittee with racial 'slugging' and the girls just popped each one of them a good one. member•? With staggered appointments, this Someone pleaae tell me what in hell is going on here! I am could provide some consistency that ia lacking To the Editor: furioua, not to mention diaappointed. A group of 10 big from the current committee. black girlaapprow:hed three ofmy friends, punched them • Hayden says the students appointed won't I am extremely concerned with an incident that hap without just cause, and afterward, the sluggerofthegroup necessarily be senators. (Good call.} pened Homecoming weekend. On their way to the Tavern yelled to her friends "1 got two thia time," as if they were Pepectability. Some eay the word shouldn't be Off the Green, two ofmy friends were slugged. fve tried to keeping acore. said in the same breath aa SGA. Other t'ud•nta come up with a more appropriate word for what happened, Aren't there any morals in this community anymore? My active in campua groupa would be just aa capable only tofind that another word won't fit the situation. There frienda have no idea how to throw a left hook. What are waon'tafight, noworda wereaaid- just twopuncheo. I can to serve the students. they to do? Ignore it, just like the adminiatration on cam • Finally, the proposal provide• a way out for deal with the punches when they are made with good rea- 10n1; when they are made because ofracism it's a whole dif pus? Dowe really have to stand by and watch thi• happen? the university president if this aystem doesn't We do have a problem at Morohall and I find it offensive If, ferent story: work. in two years, people are unhappy, the One of the girl• hit was only 16 years old. She was in that no one really give• a damn. president can revert to the old system. Huntington viaiting her sister for her birthday. On their Similar systems work at other universities, way to the Tavern to oee friendsoftheira, 10 black girl• our Juliet E. Rieger including West Virginia University, ao in theory, rounded them while one ofthem did the punching. During Point P leasant junior it should work for Marshall. Although Marshall is no ordinary university, Gould should give the plan a shot. Policies Letters: The Parthenon welcomes letters concerning hems will be published every Tu·esday and Thursday on the MarshaU University c:ommunhy. a space-available basis. Ad letters lo the ed~or mlllll be signed and include the ad Information for Calendar must be submitted by noon the Pa rthenon dress and telephone number of the author. Leners should day before publication on forms avaUable In The Parthe be typed and no longer than 500 words. The Parthenon re non riewsroom, Smhh Han 311 . serves the right to edit, verify and· not publish letters The Porttlenon. tOUlded In 1896. ls publshedluesda'(lhroug1 vlolating this policy. ·· Friday In conj1.n:tlon ,-Alh dosses or the W. Pogo Fltt School ot Joumollsm. The editor hos flnol outhollly ove, news and edfo Calendar: The Parttienon has designed Calendar 88 Errors: Errors that appear in The Parthenon may be rlol content. a free aervloe for campus groups and organizallona to ad• . {eP9rted by calling 696·6696 or 696-2522. Facutal errors ',~dtfOI ...... ~ L!]lenoPrlce ;ff~~· lr,~~t':~ ::_:.. •,r. :j·•. •::. : : - ·:--.:.: "'.!11.~ .~r~~on"'.e~inlonPage~~riupossble. ',tr'P(lanlt)ll .fdt~ . . .. , ...... C'.NlfRk:8 , \ :"\.~ • . .,l t , .. ,~.. ... · · - ·- -- • •.• .: ., .. ., ..•• . .... ,. , , , , . .• r,.r,TJ";!~l)~!,• •!, !.'.'.. ',t,1.' .. 1 ,!,l.';1 •,1:'t·,\ ,l;1~t t;l . . . .. • ' '..".,,.J.r.U,f: i ,: .. 1 1 4 The Parthenon Wednesday, Oct. 31 , 1990 SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION MU to honor local achievers FREE FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED Officials hope to recruit high caliber high school students By Mary L. Calhoun Dr. Alon B. Gould, interim president, will MONEY FOR COLLEGE Reporter welcome students. Dr. Ralph Taylor, pro fessor and chairman of biological sciences Every Student is Eligible for some type of Financial Aid Re High school honor students from West and chairmM of the Search Committee on gardless of Grades or Parental Income. Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio will be on Recruiting Excellent Students (SCORE) campus Thursday for Nationnl MeritSemi- and Dr. Donna J . Spindel, professor of his • Many scholarships are given to students based on their academic interests, 6nalist and Honor Gradunte Doy. tory nnd director ofUniversity Honors, will career plans, family heritage and place of residence. The program, which began in ~972, is a discuss topics such as SCORE and the Yen • There's money available for students who have been newspaper carriers. way to recruit high caliber students from ger Scholars program. area high schools to attend Marshall in the Dr. Charles McKown, denn of the medical grocery clerks, cheerleaders.nonsmokers .... etc. fell, C. Kay He88on, administrative aide for school, will make a presentation. Open dis • Results GUARANTEED. the director of admissions, said. cussion also will be lead by Dr. James Har Students attending must be National less, director of admissions. CALL ANYTIME 1-800-542-5174 Merit Test semi6nelists, or haven GPA of _•After hearing the speakers, the otudents 3.0 or higher and be a member of the Na will divide into groups based on their inter tional Honor Society. ests end take tours of the di!Terent depart "Last year we had close to 1,000 students ments on campus," Hesson aaid. RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS visillhe campus," she said. "This year we "We want this to be a specinl dny for the are expecting only 500 to 700 because of the students," she said.•A lot of work goes into gas crisis e.nd fewer graduating seniors in this event. We expect it to be one of the the local 1990-91 high school classes.• highlights of the year.• BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS GUY IS IN CLASS. U you're looking for excitement and adven tuu· you'U find it when you e nroll in Army ROTC. It's not your ordinary coUege elective. i ARMY ROTC m SMAllTEST COLLEGE COOISE TOO CD TAn For information contact Captain Zimmerman 696-2651 Wednesday, Oct. 31 , 1990 The Parthenon 5 Registrar-. Halloween From Page 1 From Page 1 Eddins said while his office was staffed fortunate children down here for a special well enough to handle the number of stu Halloween," Goodwin said. dents trying to register, aome were not Goodwin said the original idea was to pro allowed to do so because of various obliga vide a Halloween party for the children, but tions to the university. it developed into trick-or-treating. HallowH••n Parly! Eddins said he still antidpateuome"tight Goodwin •aid the resident with the beat situations• concerning Jong H,aea. costume will win a large pizz:a with one • •41••141•1 Ip• Ill l•I• "Chances are, if student& will come and topping from any pizza place. register during late afternoon, they will Carolyn Hager from the City Mission Oo.tlum• Prize, THIS THURSDAY!! avoid waiting for an extended period of said she is trying tobring about 20 children • tall lffr for l0pm-2am time." Eddins 58id. to campus. She could not give an exact haltayearl He said everyone is trying to keep the number because most of the children will • 7S Drllt~ Doll1111 Bub Smith & Jeff Columbo registration process as pleasant u poe, come from downtown neighborhoods. good to,food andS.w~• Hager said she doea not know how many •ible, and would accept legitimate sugges • s favorite C D's Playln' Your Dirtiest-- tions from students. children will be dressed in costumes be cause not all of them can afford costumes. lpeolall All Righi and Funniest Hits She said visiting Marshall will be a treat for the children, because most ofthem have 15¢ $1 Ghost never been inside a residence hall. Draft "We were tickled to death when Mr. From Page 1 Goodwin called because the children aren't usually remembered on Halloween,"he said. "Sometimes 111 hear a loud banging like a pickax next door or the washing machines blowing up. Then, sudden silence. I can't Marshall University Psychology Clinic MU Students- We 'll Herd You sleep so well anymore." Providing services for anxiety. depression, Oul ol Bedl But not all Laidley residents believe. stress, relationship and family problems. 24-hour woke-up service , snooze Arden Sansom, Barboursville sophomore, Call 696-2783 f or information. cal-bock ovoioble • SB/month lives on the first floor and had only one 529-9700 noise complaint. "Those bonging radiators scnre the living hell out of me!" Sansom said. "But l don't believe in ghosts." A poster on the first floor reads "Ruthie 2: You Ci.ln't. Keep a Dead \Vomon Down!• And who knows? Maybe you can't! Hal Greer- From Page 1 Petteys, an assistant music professor. INTO STAR TREK? If So, our local Petteys is a pianist and Smith is a violin IFT Chapter is forming and would like ist. Tonight, however, they11 switch instru you to check us out. If Interested, call ments. Leslie at 696-3429. If no answer, This is the first time the music depart leave name and number at 529-6576. ment has put on such a concert. "'\Ve're EXPERIENCED TYPIST will type doi ng it to show that our faculty is human," research papers, reports, resumes, Petteys snid. "We11 all be up there making etc., For price info--743-7198. fools out of ourselves." BRIAN PERDUE- If you're looking for a good time, call Wanita. 523-LUST. We're looking for seniors who like working with all kinds of hardware. Careers in data processing, accounting, actuarial, and auditing at Slate Fann. Al State Fann, we understand the concept of"work:' Believe it or not, we also understand U1e concept of"plaY:' Thats because we don't think you can be really outstanding at the fm;t without having an apprt.·dation for Uie second. Which is exactly why a career al SI.ale Fann in llloon\ington coukl he Uic ideal place for you. You'll work for one ofUic country\; most re;µccled companies on U1c m~ l ndvanced wiU1 excellent pay and benefits. You'll make your classmates very envious. Whats more, you'll also have time lo appreciate the finer things in life. ·niat's bcc:iusc 131oom ill!:,1'on isn't just a great place lo start a career, i_l~ a great place to live, to enjoy, lo stmt a fiunily (if, - i11ctced, you're ready lo start U1inking ahoul U1al). In addition lo the communitys pleasant 11cighhor hoods, inviting parks, and other recreational facilities, you'll find two univer.;illes U1al ofter a host of cultural and social activities lo take advantage of. ' Ifyou're a senior witll a math, accounting, The Parthenon Wednesday, Oct. 31 , 1990 Comics THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson l lo\HN, C~II lrS A SltGOS~R\IS II'\ '{OIJ BEL/EYE I,, l!.OQ(.E.T ~II', RIG\\f? " Who are we kidding, Luke? 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Swint ·· 1rs always techn,c,ans who see the Superstitions are behaviors, rituals or News Editor ghost: Dolen sa,d. · A friend of m,ne was charms loosely based on religion or result runn ,ng a scene from above the stage. ing from historical events. Susie Dolen said she doesn·t believe in and he saw the ghost s,n,ng on a sofa· Raymond Brown, author of"The Book of Superstitions," defines them ns •o stondin~ ghosts James Morris-Sm,1n, ass,s1an1 techni still in apprehension or awe.• But she has no explanation for what she cal director. sa,d several years ago 1n• The most common superstitions are apprehensions - events or symbols believed to experienced ,n Old Main Theater. vo,ces and bdls began amv,ng al !he thea· bring bad luck. These include black cats, walking under ladders, spilling salt, a nd The theater wasn·1 crowded on the day ter s,gned by the m,ss,ng !heater director breaking mirrors. in 1979 when Dolen, box off,ce manager · 1ang aher he could have been al,ve • Friday the 13th is an "unlucky" day. Brown writes thot businesses lose more that $275 for the Department of Theatre and Dance. Morr,s-Sm,th sa,d he has never seen the million on Friday the 13th, because people do not go out on that dale. saw the ghost. "There were only five tech ghost. but he has t10.1rd 1I I wa~ a:one Brown writes that in 1970, more than $130 million was spent in the United States on nical people working on the summer pro• doing some techn1cJI work on a sel 1n superstit ion items. M06t of these were "good luck charms.• duc11on, a11d !here were a lot of lights and 1978 or 79. when I began 10 11ear fool • These charms, the most popular being a rabbit's foot or 'magi<' crys lnls, originnt.ed in Scotland several centuries ago. People wore rock amulets for protection ngrunsl the "evil sound. steps overhead in !he gr:dwork abo,e !he ··1 was working by myself as stage man• stage." eye," said to be used by witches lo bring tragedy to unsuspecting individunls. ager al stage r:ght. nEl,)1110 the fly system He left !he aud11orium for a few minutes. (the system of ropes which operate the When he returned. he started to work curtains r aga,n. ··1 was stand,ng on a p,ano doing Dolen said she had developed good some work overhead when the footsteps side v,s,on, mostly to watch out for people returoed Then a l,ghl started sn:n,ng down TOP TEN THINGS MU STUDENTS moving props backstage. As she stood on me from the ceiling offstage w,ththe script, she noticed move• I d1dn·1 come back after that • MIGHT DO ON HALLOWEEN ment to her side. .Moms-Sm,th later discovered the light ·When I turned. a man was there. s,1- was only a reflection from a staple gun, but 10. D RESS LIKE McGRUFF THE C RIME Doo. 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