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ARTS ACCENT ACTIVITIES WEEKEND FORECAST THURSDAY: CLOUDY, Speed racers HMH IN THE LOWER 70$ The Real McCoy The write stuff FRIDAY: PARTLY New go-cart track CLOUDY, MOM IN THE Basinger, Kilmer fail to Published works of LOW 80S deliver in new caper flick EKU faculty highlighted open for business SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS, HIQH IN THE Page B3 PageBl Page B5 MHO 70S. THE EASTERN PROGRESS Vol. 72/No^4- 18 pages © The Eastern Progress, 1993 September 16,1993 jblication ol Eastern Kentucky Unive —^——~ Eauitv in Women's Athletics Coaches question team equity : 5 How women's athletics at Eas|sp compare ^ each other for quired changes, including a new sport. the 1993-94 school year in njf&W and schota||hip6, and how By Susan Gayle Reed athletics. pense of another. Did the OCR really the number of coaches stacHJSp to the maximull allowed. Contributing writer 'Title IX and gender equity hasn't mean to start a new golf program at the However, no new women's schol- really done anythingfor most women's expense of women'strack?" he asked. arships were added for the team. In- Sport Funds NCAA It took an Office of Civil Rights sports here other than one or two Erdmann also said the decision to cut stead, scholarships were shifted from Coaching track scholarship aid hurt the sport other sports, including women's track mandate to bring fairness between the women's sports," he said. $215,498 100% In a June 8 memo to associate with the most participants and the high- and women's tennis, two of the sports Basketball university's men's and women's sports $189,193 100% programs, but some students and athletic director Martha Mullins, est percentage of minorities. with the least proportional amount of Volleyball Erdmann criticized her and the ath- "In the final analysis, it appears to scholarship funds divided among its Track/CC $176,438 50% coaches think more should be been 50% done to promote equity within the letic department for what he consid- be the intent to use the OCR report to team members. Softball $107,357 women's program itself. ered a poor decision to instate a eliminate the track program by stran- "Martha Mullins told me that this Tennis $63,802 100% Rick Erdmann, head coach of both women's golf team based on four fac- gulation," he told Mullins. "If this is university is committed to funding Golf $32,405 50% men's and women's track and cross tors. Those included "no equity among the case, why not just drop the sport?" certain women's sports at the highest * Field Hockey Scholarships country teams, said he thinks the programs, nor increased participation The new golf team was introduced level possible, when I questioned the Source: EKU Athletic Oept. for women." after the OCR found Eastern to be in university's athletic administration is SEE EQUITY PAGE AID Progress/TIM BLUM taking a "tier" approach to women's "Added one program at the ex- non-compliance with Title IX and re- Natural science to PERCUSSION REPERCUSSION merge with geology By Joe Castle leaves. Editor "They're looking at a series of de- partment policies, committee policies," University administrators now Batch said. "They're looking over those know who is going where and when policies to make sure that the transition they should be there for the departmen- is smooth for those faculty." tal restructuring in the colleges of Arts The mergers are supposed to be and Humanities, Natural and Math- completed by June 1,1994. ematical Sciences and Social and Be- Department of natural science chair havioral Sciences. Bruce MacLarcn is still skeptical of the The department of natural science merger despite Batch's approval of his faculty made a final recommendation to recommendation. dean Donald Batch Aug. 20 regarding "He accepts it and I guess he sent it where they thought their department to vice president (for academic affairs should be moved as a uniL and research Russell) Enzic,"MacLaren "The department faculty have rec- said. ommended geology and I have ac- The way the college handled the cepted," Batch said. "The two depart- natural science situation prompted phys- ment chairs are coming up with their ics and astronomy professor Christo- planning reports." pher Laird to start a petition stating how Batch said the planning report phase other faculty felt about the merger. of the natural science-geology merger "1 just wrote down what I thought includes a ree valuation of current geol- would be a consensus of what people ogy policies and procedures regarding such things as tenure and sabbatical SEE MERGERS PAGE A12 Student prompts campus safety By Angie Hatton and asked that Managing editor Jozefowicz look Progress/JIM QUK3GINS into removing some Eric Johnson, an undeclared freshman, leans on the congas from his music while the winds went over the field show at Senior police administration major parking spots there. band practice Tuesday. Andrew Johnson noticed some poten- "I checked it out, he plays for the Marching Colonels. Johnson took a break tially dangerous spots on campus and and 1 decided this decided to do something about it particular problem He met with assistant director of won't be solved by public safety Mark Jozefowicz to dis- removing a space; cuss several areas on campus streets something else may Company offers new nerve gas alternative that he thought could use improve- have to be done," ment. Jozefowicz said. "1 have an obligation to try to keep as many parking spaces By Angie Hatton Aquron presented the Citizens Advi- to act as a conduit of citizen's con- skeptical." said Craig Williams, a Last semester, Johnson, now a cerns which they will determine member of the local activist group memberof student senate, noticed that as possible." Managing editor sory Committee (CAC) Tuesday with Another area where Johnson sug- a proposal for what they say is a quick, through a scries of open community called Concerned Citizens. "But, any- a few spots on Kit Carson Drive cre- one who claims they can do it, should ated a blind spot when drivers turned gested safety improvements was on Nerve gas incinerator opponents inexpensive, non-polluting, mobile, meetings. Tuesday was their second meeting to discern the community's get the opportunity to test it and prove left off Kit Carson into the Baptist Daniel Boone Drive, which runs received what could be the answer to nerve gas neutral i/.cr — not an incin- through the Brockton apartments lo- their prayers for a safe way to dispose erator. needs and opinions. iL" Student Union parking lot According to Tuesday's meeting, The problem is, the new process This semester, the one space that cated between the Brewer Building of the unstable nerve gas rockets stored The CAC is a group mandated in and Telford Hall. at Madison County's Blucgrass Army the Congressional 1993 Defense Au- Aquron's method covers most of the remains to be proven to anyone out- hindered vision the most was removed. side the corporation. The masterminds Johnson also noticed the same type Johnson suggested that a yellow Depot Tuesday night. thorization Act. Through this at t, seven criteria the CAC is calling for in an of blind spot when turning off Kit Representatives from Texas envi- citizens and two government officials alternative method of disposal. Carson into the Brockton apartments SEE SAFETY PAGE A12 ronmental protection corporation were appointed by Gov. Brcrcton Jones "After ten years of this, I'm always SEE NERVE GAS PAGE AS EKU grad gets Jones' press secretary post INSIDE ■ Women's golf team fares well in Phelps has established a basic plan of what its debut tournament at Dayton. By DeVone Holt See Page B6 News editor . she needs to do in her position. "What I'm going to do is help the gover- " / feel very nor build a consensus with the public on This week's Going from news reporter to news maker class pattern: TRF might be a difficult jump for some people, but fortunate that he issues that were part of his agenda when he ran Eastern graduate Mindy Shannon-Phelps has for office," she said. Accent B1 done just that. asked me to do Since she took over the position on Sept. After working 13 years as a co-anchor on this. 99 1, Shannon-Phelps said she has enjoyed the Activities B5 one of Lexington's top news teams, the 1977 job. She said working with the governor has Ad Index B8 Arts/ been enjoyable but challenging since she must alumna left the broadcast spoilighl of WLEX — Mindy Shannon-Phelps Entertainment B3 TV for new challenges as Gov. Brereton Jones work as »liaison between the governor, the Classifieds A4 press secretary. press and the public. People poll A3 Shannon-Phelps, 38, said she accepted the asked me to do this." Recent acts by the governor, like his op- Perspective A2&3 governor's offer to fill the position vacated by After working as a disc jockey, govern- position to the Dr.