Chanticleer | Vol 31, Issue 19

Jacksonville State University JSU Digital Commons Chanticleer Historical Newspapers 1984-02-09 Chanticleer | Vol 31, Issue 19 Jacksonville State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty Recommended Citation Jacksonville State University, "Chanticleer | Vol 31, Issue 19" (1984). Chanticleer. 843. https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_chanty/843 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Historical Newspapers at JSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chanticleer by an authorized administrator of JSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. America rem era be Hats of1 fc) JsU paces Bea fdem canic: ' secpe lasiev Circle K U;r-d&-abf.. m. - 9 0-6 6 See page J3 See p~geI4 seepage f g Vol. 31-N0.19 FdIh.Bama February 9, 1984 Gamecock Concern rises fans show over campus school spirit mail center Associate Editor By CLAY WARMBROD "This is the first time one of my basket- "My dad is going to request a postal in- ball teams has felt wanted," said head vestigation," said Joe Fletcher. coach Bill Jones after Monday night's 90-66 Joe Fletcher says he has lost three letters victory over the UT-Martin Pacers. in the mail at JSU, each containing money. Intimidation Week, sponsored by the SGA, According to Fletcher, "my father put a The Chanticleer and area businesses, was tracer on one of the letters, and post office an attempt to encourage the gymnastic and officials in Atlanta reported it lost basketball teams at the university. Prizes somewhere in Jack~onville.'~ totaling $2,400 were given away to en- This student is not alone. The mail center courage students' attendance at games and has had a num'Ser of complaints about meets of the two nationally ranked teams. students not receiving letters and packages Tom Dawkins, a former JSU wrestler, that were mailed to them. said the crowd at Saturday's gymnastic Student Jeff Sherby maintains the mail meet was the best he had ever seen. The center lost two packages and one letter that men won the meet over Georgia Tech. Many were mailed to him from his parents. Ac- students at the meet said it was their first cording to Sherby, "Tracers were put on the time at a gymnastic meet and they enjoyed packages, and post office officials reported the contest. GET FIRED UP! The Phi MU'S show State-UT Martin showdown Monday Nht. they were lost at JSU." Another student, "Concerned citizens of Jacksonville, support for their Gamecocks at the Jax (Photo by TIM QUICK) Jeri Whitlow, has yet to receive two letters mainly David Carns, worked to provide mailed to her at the begmning of the year; incentives lor participation and we got it Students were questioned at the game the students aroused for their teams. Sissy Nelson reports a missing letter, and iolling," explained SGA Vice-president about the prizes being considered bribes tr, Monday night's basketball game was one the list goes on. Steve Martin at the one point loss to UNA get them to attend the games. of the wildest from the crowd. A protest was "I think it's carelessness and trying to Saturday night. "It is sad they had to do this to get filed by UT-Martin because the crowd was rush through their work," said Sherby. A crowd of 4,500 attended the UNA game everyone to support the Gamecocks," said less than 10 feet fromthe visitor's benches. "There is evidence there are problems and 4,000 attended the win against UTM. Linda Van Cleave. Coach Jones had to get on the PA and ask with the mail service, but it's not the JSU The Chanticleer went to press before the However most, like Amy Krout, didn't that objects not to be thrown on the floor. post office," said Director of Special Ser- West Georgia game. consider the prizes a bribe, but a way to get vices Claude Gaddy. "...that's not to say we (See INTIMIDATION, Page 2) J--,. -..*-- -:-*..I--- 9, UUIl L IllaKt: IIllSlaKeS. The problem, according to mail center supervisor Laura Taylor, is with students and their relatives and friends. "A lot of the time when the person is missing mail it's misaddressed. Late mail just about always is." "If they don't pht the right box number on it, I can't do anything about it. They can stand here all day and tell you that their mother addressed it this way, but when we get the mail it'll be addressed wrong." According to Taylor, if the box number on the letter is incorrect, or if the name on the envelope does not match exactly with a person's name on the computer, the mail will be returned to the sender (if the return address is given). If the mail is fourth class, or no return address is given, the mail will be sent to the dead-letter office in Atlanta, where it will be destroyed at the end of the year. Also, mail is only left in campus P. 0. boxes for ten days; then it is retirned or forwarded to the person's mailing address. "We put a lot of effort into seeing that the (See MAIL, Page 2) THE CHANTICLEER 9, 1984 Page 2 February Class action suit trial date set for February 21 By DONNA AVANS the law," said Dr. Hollis. An accompanying question is In preparation for the upcoming trial, plaintiffs' attorney The class action suit brought by JSU faculty members when the handbooks are in effect; the plaintiffs claim that &ward Still has taken depositions from Stone and Mon- concerning teacher promotions will go to trial February 21. the handbooks under which they were employed remain in tgomery to establish the facts in the case. Still is employed "I think all the pre-trial business has been taken care of ," effect throughout their employment. The university con- by the Alabama Education Association on behalf of the said Dr. Daniel Hollis, one of the plaintiffs in the suit. The tends that the requirements may change each time a new teachers. university's request to dismiss the lawsuit because state handbook is published. The most recent handbook was The plaintiffs met with the chairman of the university law prohibits the state of Alabama or any of its institutions plblished in 1980. Board of Trustees who, accor@g to Hollis, "seemed to be t?om being sued was among those pretrial motions. Circuit The plaintiff class includes professors employed under agreeable at the time to the teachers' dropping their claim Court Judge Harold Quattlebaum denied the request. handbooks 1961-1972. It was in 1972 that the requirements for back pay and damages in exchange for the promotions Because neither the plaintiffs nor the defendants for promotion became markedly more stringent. that the teachers assert to be contractual. But the requested a jury trial, the case will be decided by Judge The plaintiffs are asking the judge to declare the con- university instead implemented a temporary promotions Quattlebaum. tracts in force from the year of employment. procedure. Hollis stated that he did not know why the The eleven plaintiffs are suing for a declaration that the It' the handbooks are declared legal contracts, the chairman did not follow through. teacher handbooks are legal contracts, entitling them to teachers are seeking back pay which "generally averaged "I assume that some or all of the plaintiffs will be called" promotion to full professorships upon receipt of a Ph.D. and out to be about $1000" per teacher, said Hollis. They also during the course of the trial, said Hollis. Some department completion of 3 or 5 years teaching at JSU, depending upon seek damages for cost of living. The plaintiffs seek "back heads may also be called, he said, to testify about certain the specific handbook. "The real crux of the question is pay doubled, in effect,'' said Hollis. He said the total cost to "irregularities" that may have occurred concerning whether or not the handbqoks are contracts in the eyes of the university would be approximately $300,000-400.000. previous promotions and hirings. Husband and wife team Tandem authors new textbook Possibly the first in-depth treatment of community-based what has been done and what research has been done on corrections has been written by a Jacksonville State particular areas." University associate professor and his wife. Accorhg to the authors, "community-based corrections Drs. Bernard and Behda McCarthy say Community- is the general term used to refer to various types of Based Corrections, just released by BrooksCole of Mon- therapeutic, support, and supervision programs for terey, Calif., is unique because "it touches on all forms of criminal offenders." community-based corrections" and the problems of dealing These programs fall into seven categories: diversion, with certain types of offenders. pretrial release, probation, restitution and community The 432page textbook is for students as well as service, temporary release, halfway houses, and parole. professionals. It is available at the JSU campus bookstore The McCarthys began research on the four-year writing and the Houston Cole Librarv. project in 1979. Behind their book is the belief "that the ultimate goal of corrections is the prevention of crime and "The basic problem we have in the field of criminal the protection of the public." justice is that people keep trying to reinvent the wheel," McCarthy said. "If there is a jail overcrowding problem, a The McCarthys have dso signed a contract with Brooks- community may start from scratch to find the problem.

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