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Spring Edition. 71st Year The Student Newspaper of Wlnthrop University February 15. 1995 Faculty moves foi without Trustees' support BY JULIANNE GUZMAN tion on behalf of the faculty "Did the board get a feel for NEWS WRITER that consists of three main the gravity of the situation?" points. The resolution said that asked Jason Silverman, a his- On Friday, Feb. 10, the fac- the faculty recognizes that the tory professor. ulty conference held a regu- recent actions of the faculty Patricia Cormier, vice- larly scheduled meeting and and the board may cause ambi- president of academic affairs, discussed the board of trust- guity regarding the role of the was concerned if the advisory ees' decision to hire a consult- committee elected by the fac- group mentioned in the state- ant to investigate budgetary ulty as a result of the unani- ment from the board would be matters at Winthrop. mous vote of th e faculty on Jan. the same as the ad hoc commit- Barbara Price, faculty rep- 27. tee. resentative to the board of The first point the faculty An amendment to the ad trustees and chairperson of the appreciates the board's efforts hoc proposal was proposed by faculty conference, outlined the to investigate budgetary mat- William Blough, professor of events that took place during ters at Winthrop through the political science. The amend- the board's retreat on Feb. 3-4. consultant. The second point ment, which said that the ad In an executive session of states the faculty will cooper- hoc committee would double as the board of trustees, they de- ate with the outside consult- the advisory committee to the clined the faculty proposal to ant. consultant and the faculty, ex- appoint a board member to an This sparked questions by pects the committee to per- ad hoc committee on budget many of the faculty as to what form its duties completely and priorities in academic pro- and who the consultant will be. hopes that the administration grams. They admitted there They wanted to know how "in- will cooperate. It was passed are many concerns to be inves- dependent" the consultant will unanimously. tigated and decided to hire an be. However, the ad hoc com- outside consultant to investi- Reed Johnson, psychology mittee will continue with its gate. professor, asked where the goal to uncover information and PHOTO BY BRYAN HAYES James Casada, professor money was coming from to pay Cultural Events Monitor Felicia Cameron scans the card of history, proposed a resolu- for the consultant. PLEASE SEE FACULTY, PACE 5 of seniorDavId Glassen before a recent cultural event. More news from the Students praise Faculty Conference Committee Enrollment Management said there have been 1,630 freshman cultural scanners applications, and 1,256 have been accepted. This is an increase from last year. after trial semester BY BONNIE CALLISON data base the next day. The South Carolina state government has proposed a five percent cut in SPECIAL TO THE JOHNSONIAN Ken Harrison, 21, a se- education. nior history major, said he Going to a cultural event likes the scanners better than The revision of the faculty manual was discussed. The manual does not is as easy as checking out a the old system because it cuts have a grievance policy or a sexual harassment policy for faculty. library book. down on the waste of paper. Last fall, the Cultural However, Harrison also won- Events Board implemented ders whether he is actually There have been 52 applications for the position of the dean of the school the use of scanners to monitor getting creditfor attendance. of visual and performing arts. One hundred and one people have applied attendance atcultural events. "I worry that there might for the position of associate vice-president for information technology. The scanners, which read be a glitch," Harrison said. the code on I.D. cards, are "At least there's documenta- replacing slips of paper which tion with paper." Basketball game attendance rises students previously filled out Cultural event monitors and returned at the end of arc trained to use the scan- Record 3,800 people attend Wake Forest the event in order to get ners. Thompson said there credit for a cultural event. are several safety features BY CORRIE FREI Winthrop students do care. It's of which were home. The last "There was a two-fold pur- built into the system to let NEWS WRITER not a problem of getting them home game will be the home- pose for switching to the use the monitor know when they to care but getting them to care coming game held on Satur- of scanners," said Sharon Th- have gotten a good reading. The increase in student on a more consistent basis." day, Feb. 18. ompson, coordinator for cul- Monitors are instructed attendance at men's basketball Even though the Eagles did Based on the first 10 home tural events. to check the picture on each games has had an extremely not win the game, Kenney games, about 11,424 were in The first reason is they I.D. to make sure it belongs positive influence on the play- stated What had happened dur- attendance with an average of save an enormous amount of to the person using it ers themselves. ing the game "was such a posi- 1,142 for each of the home key-punch time in the Courtney Ames, 17, a About 3,800 spectators at- tive influence on the student games. There were 10 away registrar's office. The second sophomore biology major, tended the Feb. 4 basketball body of Winthrop," the team games with a sum of 22,830 reason is security. said she likes the scanners game against Wake Forest, was made to feel special by the people in attendance with an "It keeps students from better because she does not which is the 11th ranking team support it had received. average of2,283for each game. paying someone else to attend have to hold a slip of paper in the nation. "Athletes are just like some This is compared to last cultural eventsforthem," said for the entire event "This is by far the biggest of our students in the visual year's numbers. The average Thompson. Barry Brooks, a psychol- crowd we have had all year and performing arts," Kenney for the 12 home games was Thompson also said the ogy mtyor, agreed. round," said Dan Kenney, head said. "Performers play for rec- 1,227, while the average for records are secured and are Hfou don't have to re- coach of the men's team. "The ognition. When fellow students the away games was 2,575. entered much more quickly member to take a pencil with players felt really good about show enthusiasm, they give "We have yet to play home- with the scanners. She down- you," Brooks said. themselves when they were their best performance." coming, and we surmise our loads the scanners on the Brooks also said he given a standing ovation when So far this year the men's night of each event and the thought it would still be easy going off the court. It shows team has played 21 games, 11 information is entered into the for people to cheat. PLEASE SEE GAMES, PAGE 5 HCinC ARTS 8 OPINION 6 ENTERTAINMENT..10 SPORTS 14 LIVING.....................12 TIME.OFF - .9 Homecoming pull-out inside The Johnsonian February 15,1995 Alpha Kappa Alpha NEWS IN A MINUTE Landford Canal to sponsor second hosts nature walk Landsford Canal State Park will host "Search of the history carnival Lower Canal" on Saturday,. "Didyou Know...?" Something Feb. 25. BY THOMIE MOSES new for this year's event will be SPECIAL TO THE JOHNSONIAN The day's event is a four- caricature drawing. "There were a lot of differ- mile walking tour of the Alice Coachman was the park's historic canal, includ- first African-American woman ent exhibits, but the best part was the'Black Trivia'because ing some of the most beauti- to win an Olympic gold medal ful and remote parts of the when she placed first in the it tested your knowledge park's oak/history forest. high jump competition at the about black history," senior 1948 Olympic Games in Lon- Marcia Robinson said. "I also The hiking tour is sched- liked the entertainment part, don. uled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Patricia Roberts Harris, an the singing and the dancing." Pre-registration is required, attorney, was the first i^ri- Senior Tiffany Armstrong with a $3 fee. can-American female cabinet said, "There were a lot of people Participants are asked member when she became the from the community, which to bring comfortable hiking secretary of housing and ur- was good, and there was a big crowd. People seemed to be shoes, drinking water and a ban development in 1976. She bag lunch. was also the first African- involved." "Culture Fest To register in advance, American am- '95 is a very unique contact Landsford Canal bassador.