FEATURES: Tori Amos speaks to a wide audience, page 8 SPORTS: Gearing up for UAB, page 14 t I I I THE CHANTICLEER i TaIIUIng tra#Sc signal on the way JSU's Whitestone 1 at Miss America ~fYOU are standing at the inter- section of Alabama Highways 204 and 21 by yourself and start hearingvoices, don't be alarmed. It's just the traffic signal. Around 'mid-~ctober,talking pedestrian traffic signals will be installed at the intersection to as- sist visually-impaired students in getting across the street. Though the task might seem simple, it can be dangerous for a visually -impaired student. These new macines can help. The pro- * Heather Whitestone, totype, manufactured in France, a hearing-irnapired JSU was installed in Talladega's city student, w~llbe com- ] square about three years ago to 1 assist students at the Alabama " School for the Deaf and Blind. Daniel Miller, coordinator of Disabled Student Services, said JSU has been working on getting Campus crime rate down once againatalkingtrafficsignaleversin~ Talladega's prototype became a JSU's campus is safer for the third straight year as trend continues suc=ss. Whitestone is cur- "This is only the second unit of its kind being installed in the New Jersey participat- state," Miller said. ing in preliminaries. A Criminal activity on campus has "Enhanced entry requirements The unit doesn't come cheap. The cost is around $10,000, plus installation. This rather high price The traffic signal will serve 25 visually-impaired students, 15 of which are legally blind. A com- puterized voice will inform them' when it is safe to cross the inter- (154 arrests made). Housing areas," he said. Most social behavior problems, "We're really excited about ille," Miller said. "We're excited about being able to better visually-impaired stu- of people had to work sale now, two-for-one, made were 124. mitory floors, and guards in men's sexual harassment occur, Nichols together to make this happen. We at TMB. The price of Dr. David Nichols, Director of dormitories have also contributed said, but "no more than at any (D.S.S.) couldn't have done this other institution." without the city of Jacksonville, ols of the de- Saturday at Legion schoolsinthearea. felt around campus. Nichols and dents obtain and read the public partment and many, many oth- Field will be $8 per per- "They are unheard of in any UPD Deputy Chief Nelson safety policy booklet and that fe- ers.,, son. police department, whether it be Coleman conducted a night patrol, male students contact UPD to be meschool and city arenot stop- campus, or municipal, ormunty," visited with residence hall direc- escorted around campus in the ping with traffic signals. addi- Game preview: Seesports, Nichols said. tors and assistants and attended the evening. Students can take ad- page 14 Nichols said a number of things Welcome Back party on the Quad. vantage of the escort service by See Signals have happened to help lower the "We are trying to let people who calling 782-5050. Page 4 SEYEMBER 15.1994 0 PAGE 3 IF YOU PON'T G~TIT, GET IT." >. MEMI~ER~~W€WORI01991 G~eenwoolTrust Company, Membe~FDIC PAGE 4 THE CHANTICLEER Signals from page 1 tion to the talking signals, other 66 improvements are underway Many sidewalks around cam- We tell them that it will pus were "scored7' - changing be hell the first few the texture of the sidewalk by weeks.. cutting grooves into the surface --Dan Miller - during spring semester, and the sidewalk in front of Martin Disabled Student Services Hall will undergo the process 99 soon. This aids visually-impaired challenged students adjust to cam- students who use a cane. pus life. Elisha Gilliland, a visually-im- According to Miller, "physi- paired elementary education ma- cally-challenged students come to jor, is one of many who wel- school a few weeks early. Through comes these advancements. Con- the Orientation Mobility program, struction is nearing completion they learn how to get to and from on these projects. class and basically how to adapt "One of my friends didn't know to campus. We tell them that it that construction was going on will be hell the first few weeks, (in front of Martin Hall)," she but they learn to adjust. The pro- said. "She wondered why her gram helps them to adjust." (seeing-eye) dog wouldn't go Of course, there is Disabled Stu- over there." dent Services, which offers a wide JSU Chamber Orchestra: The JSU Chamber cialize inpiecesfrom the Class There are also programs already variety of services to the physi- Orchestra starts its second season this semester. era. Composers include Bach, available at JSU to assist physi- cally-impaired. The first rehearsal was September 12th. Pachelbel, Mozart and many others. cally-challenged students. Talking traffic signals and other The orchestra is made up of community mem- The orchestra is open to all college students Lois Gregory, of the Depart- improvements underway will bers and college students and is under the aus- and members of the community as well. Rehears- ment of Rehabilitative Services, hopefully make the jobs of these pices of JSU's Department of Music. als are 7 p.m.-9 p.m. each Monday at Mason is in charge of one such program: organizations a little easier, and The orchestra was formed in January of this Hall, room 104. the Orientation Mobility pro- make the friendliest campus in year and has already performed several concerts Those interested in joining should contact Vic- gram. This is a state funded pro- the south that much friendlier to in the Jacksonville and Anniston area. They spe- tor Vallo at 782-5048 or 435-8349. gram designed to help physically- physically-impaired students. JACKSONVILLE BOOK @ STORE 'Uptown On The Squarev We Thank You For Making Jacksonville Book Store Your Choice for JSU Books & Supplies. SEPTEMBER 15 1994 * PAGE 5 .,. "". ihmber of applicants up, number of slots in grad schools down Trying to get into grad school? The odds are against you r From College Press Service school, available spaces for thesestu- showed a record 65 percent said they 64 decrease in the number of staff posi- Staff reports dents have increased only slightly, if were interested in attending graduate I applied to six grad tions available for graduates, which Each year, more and more students at all. school, a 10 percent jump from 1992. all affect the s!udents' ability to pay are applying to graduate schools only "From 1986 to 1992, graduate "There's also a higher percentage schools... all of them tuition. Nevertheless, odds for ad- to face increasingly slimmer chances school applications increased at a rate of women coming into college in- rejected me. mission are not great-approximately for acceptance. of 7 percent per year, and in some tending to pursue graduate and pro- 16,000 applicants for 2,500 open- The harsh realities of limited job cases even higher," says Peter fessional study, and I think that may --David Null ings. opportunities has prompted'record Syverson, director of information be feeding the increased admissions 99 At Ivy League schools like numbers of students to pursue ad- services for the Council of Graduate as well," says David Merkowitz, di- of the Graduate School. Princeton, the competition has al- vanced degrees. Now, many outstand- Schools. "Enrollment has gone up 2 rector of public affairs for the Ameri- "Extending offers is really a game ways been tough, but now it's even ing college seniors who would have percent per year overall. If applica- can Council on Education, whospon- of chance. We got burned in English more so. had little trouble being admitted to tions go up faster than enrollment, sored the survey. three years ago when the national Dave Redmond, acting dean of the top graduate programs a few years institutions become more selective. At Duke University in North Caro- picture looked bleak ...the department Graduate School, says Princeton has ago are being turned down cold. "Most attribute this (increase) to lina, Donna Giles, assistant dean and extended the usual number of offers, experienced a 5 percent increase in David Nall, a senior at Rollins Col- the economy. As the job market for director of Graduate Admissions, only this time 70 to 80 percent (in- applications this year. And,otherthan lege in Winter Park, Fla., is one such new graduates closed, many students reports receiving about 6,6000 appli- stead of the usual 50 percent) said a small decline last year, applications student. Nall has a 3.93 GPA and looked to continuing their education cations in 1994, up 10 percent from they were coming and it put them in have been slowly increasing over the GRE scores totaling 2230. He de- as a way of increasing their competi- 1993. a dither for the year," she said. "In last several years. signed a rigorous combined major tive edge while riding out the eco- "We don't expect toadmit any more philosophy you practically have to "This year we had 7,000 applica- for himself in art, philosophy, music nomic recession ...bad economic times students just because the pool in- walk on water to get in." tions and admitted about 900of those and English, and is considered an are very good for graduate schools in creased," she says. "we offer admis- At some larger state universities, students and hope to enroll about 460 exceptional student by his profes- terms of student demand." sion to fewer than 1,500, but the economic cutbacks have decreased to 465 new graduate students," he sors.