"* ■■'•" " "."■ ■'■ ■ ■■ ' ■ ■' '■■■■■■■»' —-^■■■M—■— —.1 —— ■■■■■—■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■l.l.l ■ Cold but cool: All about life in a refrigerator MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1990 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY VOL. 67 NO. 34 Archaeology Research Center closes By Doreen Jacobson Norman Jefferson, an archcologist In 1986, there was a 39 percent had contracts coming in." stall writer at the center said. "We were looking decrease in the amount of money But January's success followed to hire more people." generated from contracts. And in funding ,troubles in December, JMU's Archaeology Research The center received contracts for 1989, the money generated from when the research center was Center was closed Wednesday due to archeological work. JMU students contract work dropped 65 percent $4,000 in debt. lack of funds, the JMU vice interested in archeology worked at from 1988. The cold weather in December president of sponsored research and the center for practical experience. But, Jefferson said, the JMU kept the contracts from coming in. external programs said. In 1985, the center had $1.43 Archaeology Research Center had Archeology digs cannot be done if "It didn't get enough contracts to million in contracts, a 378 percent $75,000 in contract work on hand the ground is frozen, Jefferson said. keep it going," said Dr. Barbara increase over 1984's $299,293 in for January 1990 before the decision Salaries contributed to the debts. Castcllo. contracts. After that "million was made Jan. 17 to close the Personnel at the Archaeology But archeologists at the center dollar" year, the number of center. Research Center received their disagree. contracts decreased sharply, Castcllo "We had contracts, we had a lot of "We did have the work," said said. contracts," Jefferson said. "And we See CENTER page 2> Behind the ESPN cameras in the Convo By John R. Craig ESPN has 24 games slated to begin staff writer after midnight EST during the regular season, but most of those games While the Electric Zoo was working involve teams from the Western on overload Saturday morning, ESPN Conference, Big West, Western was able to operate at regular voltage Athletic Conference, Pacific-10 or Big despite the early hour. Sky. Only Friday's CAA game and an For the first lime in JMU history, a Ohio Valley Conference matchup Jan. basketball game was broadcast live 27 were actually in the Eastern time nationally from the Convocation zone. Center. The JMU-Richmond game, The Ohio Valley Conference began scheduled for ESPN since last August, the idea of "Midnight Madness" two proved to be especially important for years ago when it was able to convince control of first place in the Colonial ESPN to put its games on at Athletic Association as the teams head midnight. "> into the second half of the season. ESPN didn't dispatch a crew from "Both Richmond and James Madison homebase Bristol, Ct. for the game. were on [ESPN's) short list as schools Instead ESPN subcontracted Creative that, if it would work out Sports Marketing, a production schedule-wise, they would like to put company from Charlotte, N.C. on," CAA Commissioner Tom Ycagcr Staff photo by VASHA HUNT "A lot of the things you sec on said Friday. "And so we had a couple Chris Brown, Matt Bresette, Doug Gllckman and Ted Brown (left to ESPN, some are produced by ESPN things that just fit into place." right) showed their support for JMU Saturday morning at the Convo. themselves, but then they subcontract ESPN officials approached Ycagcr in to several other companies," Galloway August to tell him that we look at building on this year and pulled up to the Convocation Center at said. "Because of the volume of the JMU-Richmond was the only CAA succeeding years. It's going to get 5:30 p.m. Friday and began items that hit their air they can't matchup that interested them. The better and hopefully this is a start." preparations for the midnight telecast. produce all of that themselves. CAA schedule originally had Last week the CAA struck another The JMU-Richmond contest was the Creative Sports will then contact Richmond visiting Harrisonburg Jan. 8 deal with ESPN that will put the Fcb^. culmination of a broadcast day that free-lance producers and directors from and then the Dukes traveling to 21 JMU at American game on the included World Cup Skiing from around the country to help them put Richmond for a game Feb. 3. 24-hour sports cable network. It will France at 8:30 EST, Top Ranked these things together." Richmond decided that the midnight be used as a regional game moved back Boxing at 9:30 and SportsCcnter at Mike Wells, the executive producer start would be too late for its two hours to 9 p.m. Duke at North 11:30. of Creative Sports, directed Friday's season-ticket holders and offered to Carolina Stale is the other game that "Whatever goes on the air is my telecast for ESPN. His company called flip-flop the games. JMU agreed and night, but contractual obligations responsibility," game producer Dennis JMU's Sports Information office to get the rest is 77-43 history. between ESPN and Raycom Galloway said. "I'm the liaison additional people to help with the "ESPN is kind of like the fourth Sports/Jefferson Pilot Productions between ESPN, the schools and all the technical crew. network now," Yeagcr said. "It's the forced ESPN to find an alternate game. different parties involved to get the best year we've ever had with TV and The television production truck telecast on the air." See ESPN page 2> Page 2, The Breeze, Monday, February 5, 1990 Center ESPN > (Continued from page 1) Richard Thompson, an associate ►(Continued from page 1 salaries from the contracts. professor, is the only other full-time "Every hour worked was billed to a faculty member in the department - contract," Jefferson said, "and the entire Opponents of the decision to close salary was paid by contracts." the center say the move will increase Also, changes in state law made staff faculty members' responsibilities. positions at the center into classified Amy Young, a senior, said, "What positions, entitling employees to they're saying is that these two men health benefits, sick leave and vacation are going to have time to go out and time. get the grants and do all this work on Dr. Thomas Whyte, assistant top of what they're already doing. professor at Appalachian State "We don't sec that happening, having University and former archaeologist at been in this department, seeing what the JMU research center, said the we've seen, taking the classes that year-old Virginia law didn't affect the we've taken and having worked in the center until December because many of lab," Young said. the staff members took vacation and sick leave pay at Christmas. "I just don't see how they're going to The center didn't have the contracts at have the time to be able to show the that time to meet the payroll, he said. use for it, and I think it's gding to be Eighteen percent of the funds taken away without us really being generated through the center's contracts able to fight for it," she said. "I don't was put into JMU's general fund. think that's fair." Except for housing and electricity Castello said the restructuring won't bills, none of the money given to hurt the archeology program. JMU was returned to the Archaeology "It doesn't keep faculty from Research Center, Whyte said. becoming involved, and it's not taking ■9-' "The research center never got any away student opportunities," she said. good support from the university," he Jennifer Thomas, an archeology said. student, said she and Young were The center, which had operated under surprised at the closing and are angry the department since the mid-80s, that the students were not told. became independent in 1988, said Dr. "Nobody told us anything," Thomas Clarence Geicr, one of the two faculty said. members who worked with the center. Thomas said the center was building Now the center's work will be a good reputation among other centers, returned to the department of sociology including that at the College of and anthropology. William and Mary. The staff positions have been Jefferson was shocked at JMU's abolished. Instead of getting paid, decision to close the center. "It took a Staff photo by VASHA HUNT students will now earn course credit for lot of time and energy to rebuild the Billy Coles slam dunks on national television during the first JMU their work on archeology projects. program. game broadcast on ESPN from the Convo. However, sociology and "We would hire students to process anthropology faculty members must artifacts and we trained them as "You go from town to town and the in and game out so I say, 'Let me head contract or grant research projects. personnel to do archeology work as crews are regionalized unless you need recommend this' but it's up to them for Only two of the full-time they were working there." a specialist — then we'll fly them in," the final shot." anthropology faculty members, Geier Whyte said JMU made the wrong Wells said. Wells said the Convocation Center and Dr. Bill Boycr, deal with decision. JMU's broadcast officer David was a pretty standard set-up, but could archeology. "The university made a mistake." Gallatin ran a slow-motion tape have been better. machine in the truck, local TV "In a perfect world we would rather sportscaster Paul Runnels ran one have the benches on the opposite side camera, some JMU students acted as from the cameras," Wells said.