lllM\ Mtdlson UniYenlty l•Orlfl Women's H ,. .. "'7 Harrisonburg soccer seeks dishes up a revenge Nov. NOV 1 5 1996 host of havens 171n NCAA for caffeine tournament lovers to fulfill against UNCG. their craving. Sports/29 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY Style/21 THURSDAY '.,·.•r·r:t·r).l l'•(Jt . :_ • ·,, ; VMI goes to court over coeducation by Suzanne Compton women m August 1997 VMI will recei'lle $4.3 m1ll10n for senior wrtter.;.;._:;;._c__ __ _ cap11al improvements and three· A U.S. District judge did not g1'lle quarters of a million for recru1t1ng. a timetable on h1o, upcoming decision admi ion~.. personnel and trc~ining. regarding po~s1ble accommodat1onc; Stnckler sa1d. for women at V1rg1n1a Milllnry After VMI's Board of Visitors lhstitute, a previously all-male voted to accept women. the Ju tice inSLitUliOn Department requested VMI present a U S. Di!.tricl Judge Jackson L. "point-by-pomt plan" explainina the K1!.er dio;cuc;~d women'c; presence at integration of women into all aspect VMI in a Roanoke d1 strict court of the corps of cadets. he said. yesterday. VMI and the U.S. Justice VMI submitted a plan about two Deportment presented the1r weeks ago that stated women would arguments. be treated the same as the men except "VMI thinks they have presented for accommodations uch as (to the Justice Department) what they bathrooms, Strickler. aid. think to be ~ufficient nt this pomt," "We should be given the freedom said Col. Mike Strickler. director of to run our progrum." he said. "The pubhc relation~> at VMI. rcfcmng to Supreme Court has spoken and the the plan to accept women into the Board of Visitors voted. and we fully corps of cadets. "VMI hns moved n... accept women . We don't need the rapidly n.~ we can. oversight of the Justice Department " '1"he Just1cc Department sa1d that Bradley Norwood, a"sistanl • VMI's efforts have been ineffective professor of chemistry at JMU and and they arc not workjng in 1983 VMI graduate, sntd. "The recruitment of women." Strickler Justice Department is be1ng said. "We don't know what Judge hypocnltcal." Kiser will do. We w1ll continue to The Justice Depanment gave VMI move forward 1n the recru1t1ng the options of coming up wtth it'i KYLE BVSSisrnior photo1raphtr process and in recruiting qualified own plan or working with chc Justice men and women." Department in developing n plan. Gov. George Allen (R) and the The Justice Depanment told VMI it 'Ante' Gravity state's budget office have approved mu!it work with the department to the allocation of fundc; for capital develop a plan VM I was also The cuttarlst from Big Idea peels off a riff during the group's cover of Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Improvements and other aspect at WildsIde .' The Virginia Beach-based band opened for F1ChtlnC Gravity Monday niCht. VMI to prepare for the arrival or see VMI page 2 Journalist David Brinkley steps down King of Sunday morning television gives up throne and passes on crown by on the anchor desk with his hands. A makeup artist slicked Maggie Welter back Brinkley's thin silver hair with a comb and sealed it with senior writer hn1r spray. whtle nn audto technician hooked up his earp1ecc In 1956 Jack Gould, aNt'' York Timts TV cri tic, found a With earpiece firmly in place. Brinkley did an air check "'inner in chc news dep3rtmenL A man w1th a "heaveri.sent wuh Jim Wooten, ARC News correspondent who wa\ g01ng appreciation or brevity," Gould wrote, "has Slolen the to do a live feed from California. where he was folio" ing the television limelight and quice possibly could be che forerunner Dole campatgn . of a new school of television commentator." "How's Dole doing?" Brinkley asked Wooten. That man was David Brintley. and Gould's prediction "Well. I'll tell you the old gu} i domg tine," Wooten -.aid couldn't ha'lle been more on targel. Forty yenr; later. Brinkley "Which old guy? Me?" Brinkley asked jokingly is one of the mmt re.,pectedJournalists tn any new!l medtum. "Well yeah, you. Dole. and me. too," Wooten joked back. A veteran pol111cal reporter. Bnnkley has covered every Thi humor peppers many of Brinkley's commentaries and presidential election and nomin;umg convention since 1956, makes him appealing to a wide audtence. Bnnkley ke~ his but today he is probably best recognized as the witty political anecdotes and observations down to earth and moderator or ABC'~o Sunday morning news how. '1'his Week uncomplicated, but they usually leave an impression. and he With Dav1d Bnnl..lex " alway tells it hke he c;ee.s it. After 15 year; at 'the helm. Bnnkley stepped down Sunday This directness got Brinkley in!o a bit of trouble lost week. as moderator of 'This Week.'' His last show. also the show's During ABC's election mght coverage, Brinkley. apparently 15th anniversary. was marked by tbe highest honor a pubhc thtnking he was off the air. described Clinton ru, "a bore." This affa1rs sho~ can receive- President Bill Clinton's first post­ statement prompted Brinkley to open Sunday's interv1ew with election mterview. an apology to the president. Ln.\t month, the 76-year-old journalist announced he would Clinton accepted the apology and said. ''I've said a lot or step down as moderator Nov. 10, but Brinkley is not leoving things late ac night when I was tired, and you had been the progrom oltogtther. He will continue to provide an through a rough day." expanded weekly commentary for the end of each show. But Brinkley's ability co cut to the chase is part of what Brinkley's decision follows some months of concern 111 makes his commentary so effective. ABC over his health. Last year he underwent lung surgery. but "He appreciated the human side of politics and gQL a now Brinkley say~. "My health is perfect." chuckle out of it." Jeff Greenfield. ABC News correspondent. On the Sunday before his final show, Brinkley was in good recently told the New York Times. Greenfield aid Bnnkley health and good spirits. With s1x minutes unul a1r ume. the PHOTO COURTESY OF ABC NEWS spunky moderacor sat in the anchor chaJr dru01mmg a rhythm see BRINKLEY page 2 2 Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996 THE BREEZE VMI~~~~~~~~~-7~~~~- developtng a recruiting p~mphlet. bedrooms into bathroom on each restricted from talking to other it (VMI] would be altered by their tem Wheaton Reddtn~~. former floor of the bat'TICks. Shades w•ll be BieezeI~Mia W.\.1' \tW lJMIVI. lY military in tllutton • Norwood said. presence." he SAid. Norw.~ fa~ored placed on the window,, but they w 11 assistant admi~sions dtrector at 1 VMI becommg a private mstttuuon. only be used when women arc "To the press alo11e, cltequered The Justtce Department hould let Radford Unl\·er~ity. was recently VMJ develop and enact its plan and VMI has been busy prepa.nng for changing clothes. The women w111 as it is wit It abusts, the world is hired ~~ admls 100" female officer for let the test of lime find the faults in the first freshman class of women . VMI. "We are tn the process oE live in the san barracks u the men indebted for all the t numplts the plan. he said. "We are movmg at a tremendous developing strategie'i and goah. because all the cadets now live in the whiclt haw bffl1 gained by The Nov . 10 issue of the peed," Strickler srud. Reddiogs said 'he wants to. deve~op same building. Strickler said. An executive committee and reaso, and humanity over error Richmond Timts-Dispatch llled, quality rela~·~n htps All VMI cadets take fitne~s 1e, 1, ''VMI hopes s1mply to induct women seven sub-committees and oppress10,1." with famtltes of each sem~ter . although this te~ 1 1\ into the corps of cadets like all other are working on all women and !!how not a requtrement for admi~sion or -James Madisort rnts,' devotd of spec tal treatment •.. aspects involving pro~pecttve female graduation. About 3S-40 percent or Editor Kllren &opn the Justice Department doesn't trust female cadets. he said. ~tudents VMI is now first-year cadets do not pa.u the te,1 VMI to make women welcome or to One sub-committee although this number drop ~ Managillg tdttor Klll'll ()&letrM an opuon . protect them from sexual 11> looking at the Strickler sa1d, to dramatically after cadets get in better Ttdudq(y nmltfgt' Rocet' Wollenbefl harassment." unifonn women cadets date. VMI has shape. he said. Adsnrat.agrr TniCiyRifC Norwood defended VMI saying, will wear. Strickler received seven The fitness test consi~ts of S pull. "VMI IS not a he-man . women­ said. The unifonn will Nt:ws t:ditor Stac:.y O.UU.O ndmtSStOn ups, 60 sit-ups in two minute!; and 3 haltjp club." be tailored to fit Ntr.IJI tdttar KrbtefttWu applications from mile-and-a-half run in 12 minute\. At •MI never argued women could women. It has not Asst ntWSGiilor PIIUia Finkelstein women . There are th1s point, there is no plan to adJu't not succeed at VMI's physico! been decided how also 18 women the physical fitness test requirement, Focus ttlttar AICie Ktwn requirements. "I am sure there are women cadets will for women, Strickler said. probably women in this country. this wear their hair, but Slrickler said 11 auending an overnight open house to kit palS tdilor Jen Nowltdcy see what the school has to offer VMl Norwood said, "If it [the tran,iuon q.rn.m tfbtur state and even this county that could will be a "very close-cropped hatr to accept.