■ **>• ■ Pat* 13 Quick im Meat pinching pennies? Tune up the tones FMtball SMsen suds with real less It - lime to get creative and make the per- Exit 245s Massively Huge Fall Concert Seven Dukes turnovers were the difference Inl holiday gifts on a student's jmjgtl. perked up the crowd Saturday evening in in JMWs season-ending 41-10 loss at 1 PC Ballroom. Northeastern University Saturday. Tw*, w "v James Madison University Mqr. Party cloudy High: 56 HEfrBREEZE *> Low; 34 Front-end budget controversy escalates Students SGA officers, senators face pressure from JMU community connect Bv DAVID Cl BMI NTION various media outlets — from tain it, a group has to: have a NAACP remain front-end bud- news editor 44 JMU, high local ABC affiliate TV station campus-wide impact, the geted. "They're shocked that The Student Government WHSV and the Harrisonburg The intimidation factor impact must be important, wide this even came up," Stoney said. Association is finding itself Daily News-Record, to the front is getting out of control. and necessary, they must need "They ask us to proceed with schools being pressured by students, page of the University of to be funded on the front-end, caution. Everybody wants their aiumni and administrators to Virginia's Cavalier Daily and and their services cannot legacy to be preserved." BY AMIR support the Black Student Northern Virginia's WTOP already be provided by another Senator Melissa laughner, a POONSAKVARASAN — Matt Gray contributing writer Alliance and NAACP in their radio station, according to jun- SGA preskJenl pro lempore FEB gmup or |MU department. junior, said a stranger called her ongoing funding debate. ior Tom Culligan, director of With voting postponed to "ignorant" the morning after About 80 JMU students will "The intimidation factor is communications for SGA. -99 — Dec. 3, many interested parties the SGA meeting. "Some people be.participating*in the Home getting out ot control," said Senior Jeremy Coleman, issue, when it's not. Coleman are using the extra time To plead have been receiving threatening High School Connection, an sophomore Matt Gray, SGA president of JMU's chapter of said people need to "look to their cases to SGA senators. phone calls and harassed event sponsored by the president pro tempore 1m National Association for the what the^gjf is about, whk h is SGA President Levar Stnnev around campus," she said. Student Ambassadors, over concerned about how big this is Advancement of Colored roujjflfwHset torth by H .A said he's received 30 e-mails laughner is one of 10 sena- Winter Break. going to get." People, said the story is being; .''c^ojijajng to the Nov. 18 and 15 telephone calls from tors involved in confrontations Sophomore Jessica Begley, It's gotten so big, in fact, that blown out of proportion . ^■P/oT77if Breeze, to earn front- alumni, many of whom are coordinator of the event, said, the story has been picked up by because the mediaJgH' it's a race end budjjeting status and main- demanding that BSA and see SGA. page 5 "Home High School w Connection is students talking *2 to ojher students about their ~^f experiences at JMU" According to Begley, the main purpose of the event is for JMU students to contact their Students lend helping hands old high schools or other I«R,II schools. Begley said they ask the high school(s) for permission to come and talk to students, usu- Volunteer Day reaches out into local community ally juniors, who an* pn>paring to apply to colleges. Bv DAVL NOKMAN contributing writer JMU students present a video tape on life at JMU to the Junior Gabriela Kevilla s high school students. The video vision fo better the relation- includes what the campus looks ships between JMU students like and some personal experi- and the community came to ences of JMU students eating at life Saturday through D-hall or working out at UREC Volunteer Day. "VDAY is a service project ■. Ml IHMS i, being coordinated by various students on campus in order to serve the community and give Library to something back to Harrisonburg," said Kevilla, extend finals director of media and public relations for University week hours Pn>gram Board. Kevilla said Carrier Library will offer the project was co-sponsored extended hours of operation for by Student Ambassadors, the finals week, according to a Nov. Student ('ten crnment 22 press release. Association and UPB. From Monday, Dec. 9 to Students volunteered at the Thursday, Dec. 13, the library will Boys and Girls Club, the. be open dailv from 6 to 2 .i in Salvation Army, Mi i,\ lions.. The release stated that fol- the Clothes ' Closet, lowing the recent tuition Bridgewater Retirement increase the library was author- Community and Purcell Park, ized to fill part-time positions among others. The event began enabling the library to have at 9 a.m with a kickoff break- these extended hours. fast in Taylor Hall and ran until It also stated that during the students completed their tasks. Spring 2003 semester the library Sophomore Lauren Zangardi, plans to extend its regular hours whit coordinated the event to 1 a.m. Sunday to Thursday with Revilla, said she did a lot after being allotted money from of logistical work such as call- the recent tuition increase. ing agencies to set up counts Information about Carrier for volunteers needed. I DKI VWIIt l\v ■asas* Library's hours can be found Zangardi Mid >!u- received online, at umnvMb.jmu.edu/car- Senior Philip Duhart, left, collects food a* senior Dave Urso, right, sorts through donated Items Saturday in Taylor Hall. Sponsored by Student Ambassadors, the Student Government Association and the University Program Board, Volunteer Day rierfltours.html. see VDAY, page 5 featured over ISO JMU students assisting In various community service projects throughout the day. —from staff reports Homeless experiences discussed Volleyball loses Linda Bartett, Forum left, listens as Katie Bell, right. in CAA title game addresses Adult Services BY AYANA BARBER Coordinator at contributing writer attacks. Meanwhile, the origins of Mercy House, Patriots had 12 kills, two errors discusses home- Up 2-1 and needing to win and 26 team attacks. lessness and how only one more game, the vol- In the second game, the homelessness Mercy House leyball team looked as though Dukes came out stronger and BY LF.KI.A PhKhIRA helps the home- they would reclaim the harder to regain their compo- contributing writer less. Barlett, cur Colonial Athletic Association sure. The Dukes managed to A small group of students rently a resident title. But in the end, top-seed- win the second game with a and faculty converged in of Mercy House, ed George Mason University score of 30-24. The front row Keezell Hall Wednesday shared her per- battled it out to take the fourth consisting of Fuchs, freshman sonal anecdotes evening to discuss the causes and fifth games to claim the outside hitter Emiliee Hussack as a formerly CAA Championship Sunday and Winkler blocked many of homelessness in America. homeless The forum was part of at Sinclair Gymnasium in woman. The two- Godwin Hall. see DUKES, page U National Hunger and hour forum was Homelessness Awareness Senior outside hitter Larissa held as part of Winkler said, "We played point Week Professors Craig National Hunger Abrahamson and Gregory for point. It's an honor to get as and Homeless- far as we did. There can only be Peter facilitated the drsCTsMOn, ness Awareness one winner, yet I'm proud of the while also presenting then Week. viewpoints on the hontiHi way we played." population in America and the Games four and five were both extremely close, but the origins of homelessness. BRIAN (OKUt/iluff/*,.(, .viun/tfi "Homeless people are bro- 1 hikes lost the fourth game, TO 27. However, their competitu»n ken windows," Pits* slid, referring to a modem theory was strong and they had 18 kills that correlates the homeless Speaker shares first-person accounts four errors and 31 team attacks and shattered windows — BY KIT COLLINS With the fifth game deter Week, the program was about the homeless, and we mining who would be the both of which are problematic, contributing writer designed to spread the truth* wanted to show students that unsightly and threatening, CAA champions, JMU jumped A formerly homeless about homelessness in the these people are on our level." out in front first, but the Una totethfof] woman shared her experi- community, as well as offer the Senior Isiah Smith, service Abrahamson, an associate Patriots tatted the Dukes off ences Thursday evening in opportunity for students lo coordinator for Community 15-10 to take the title. psychology pOtMOE initiated Warren Hall ask questions. Service-Learning, reminded the discussion by Milling Ins Sophomore middle blocker The Miller Leadership The purpose of this event students that one-fourth of the Kate Fuchs said, "Vfc played lifelong fascination with home- Program hosted Katie Bell, the was "to put a face with home- homeless in this country are less people and his experiences really hard. The games didn't adult services coordinator at lessness and increase aware- working people. go our way. We could have in homeless communities Mercy House, and Linda ness," according to junior Katie Barlett shared her stories BRIAN COKHR/iftitf/A'h.ifMvrfKf thnnighout Phoenix, Ariz, and given up after the first game Barlett, current resident of Zimmerman, Miller leadership with the 50 approximate stu- but we didn't." Seattle, Wash Abrahamson said Mercy House, for a two-hour coordinator. "It is a huge issue dents in attendance.