James Madison Univasity THURSDAY OCTOBER 31,1991 VOL 69, NO. 20 During six-hour stretch ... Carrier answers almost all questions by Donna Ragsdale Student Government Association. questions were complete. what they got," surff writer It was the culmination of months of "I would have liked to have done SGA legislative vice-president, student requests for an open forum all this myself, but I just couldn't John Pagels said, "He tried to have It look six hours of of slide shows, with Carrier. And a crowded Warren answer all these questions," Carrier people there who could answer their presentations and talk — but JMU Campus Center Highlands Room, said. questions. Hopefully, [students] President Ronald Carrier and seven filled for the S p.m. forum, slowly Carrier responded to inquiries understand how broad-based the other administrators addressed emptied as the night wore on; but ranging from his son's employment at administration is — it's not just 10 or Tuesday almost all of 204 student Carrier and the seven administrators JMU to whether the he would run for 15 people." questions for him collected by the who helped him stayed until the governor. Carrier said he had nothing But some students at the forum to do with hiring, and answered the were not entirely happy with its governor question with an "I don't format and length. know, I might." "The way the forum was controlled In response to last year's questions was to the advantage of the about his home, Oakview, he simply administration," said SGA student said enough had been said about representative Laura McClintock. Oakview already. She said she hoped that it would be "These problems are long in the beginning of a continuing move coming, they're long in forming, and toward better communication they will be long in solving," said between the administration and the Cheryl Windham, SGA senator for student body. AshbyHaU. Pagels said, "There needs to be an Some SGA officers said they effort to continue this process of thought the forum was successful and creating a strong communication.'' informative, despite its length. Many of the concerns voiced by "I think it was long, but it was students related to state budget cuts needed." said SGA administrative vice — especially their relationship to president Melanie Byrd. She said faculty workloads and stagnant Carrier answered 90 percent of the salaries. questions which had been submitted to Carrier said increases in faculty him. salaries and the addition of more full- Pat Southall, SGA president, time faculty are a budget priority this VASHA HUNT/THE BREEZE agreed. "I think people wanted year. Since 1980 there has been a 25 Before Tuesday's meeting, 204 questions were submitted to answers to questions and if that's what JMU President Ronald Carrier through the SGA. they sincerely wanted, then that's CARRIER page 2 EARTH dumps trash on Quad INSIDE DIP spree to dispel campus indifference Homecoming weekend brought by Grant Jerding was not recycling." many alumnae back staffwriter Over 157 pounds of glass, 100 pounds of in town and stuck newspapers and 31 pounds of aluminum, as well as many partiers in jail Nearly half a ton ton of JMil's garbage was many other recyclable materials, were collected from for DIP/3 dumped on the Quad yesterday afternoon — all in the day's trash. The recyclable materials were Sexual scandal at UVA the name of recycling. bagged and weighed and sent to be recycled. Frat put on probation after paying two female JMU students, primarily members of the Although all dormitories, the Steak House and stripper to perform at their house/3 organization EARTH, or Environmental Awareness P.C. Duke's already are using recycling bins that are and Restoration Through our Help, sorted through Depressed? collected by Building and Grounds, the academic Don't worry. Depression is a common, 875 pounds of trash from Bluestone buildings — one buildings and Gibbons Dining Hall are without such normal feeling that everyone experiences day's worth — and found that more than half, 461 equipment, placing the recycling responsibility on sometime in their life/12 pounds, could have been recycled. each individual. There are a lot of different things we need to "I am really depressed that we don't have a work on in recycling, in so many different areas, comprehensive recycling program to take care of the News 3 Entertainment 15 especially in the (academic) departments," said trash in the academic buildings," said Dave Elam, Opinion 8 Sports 17 senior Danielle Doitsch, secretary of EARTH. "It Lifestyles %\ Humor 21 (this event) confirmed my fears. I knew this campus TRASH page! Focus On 12 Classifieds 23 2« TIC BREEZE THURSLW, OCTOBER 31,1991 Carrier- CONTWUED from page 1 last year on the last day of the session last year, alumni is 30, and those alumni have lower "otherwise there'd be a crane up right now putting a professional incomes than their older co-workers. percent increase in enrollment in Virginia colleges, third floor on that library,'' Carrier said. The lavish marble interior of the Business but only an 8-percent increase in faculty. Rose said student fees, a mandatory cost for each Building was solely funded by private contributions, "Our prominent feature has been superlative student each semester, are higher at JMU than at Foundation President Donald Lemish said. teaching, and we're concerned about that any other state university. Rose described this as And questions about the $600,000 spent on JMU deteriorating without full-time faculty," said "much like the tax base in a city," — all students grounds maintenance was answered by Carrier's Lin wood Rose, senior vice president pay for all JMU services, whether or not they use reply that an attractive campus was necessary in When students asked why money from each service. Rose said fees at JMU could not be getting new students to look at the school. construction and student life is not applied to faculty compared with those at other universities such as Student Activities Director Randy Mitchell said salaries. Rose said the Virginia General Assembly the University of Virginia because JMU has grown auxiliary money would help update the WCC, allocates money in two different ways — for so rapidly. originally built in 1971 for 4,000 students. education and auxiliary accounts. Education money JMU has emphasized private donations to make "At JMU education happens whenever people can be spent only on academic programs, and up for shortfalls in state funding. But "Our problem come together — and people come together at the auxiliary money can be spent only on non-academic is it's going to take a while to build up our campus center," Mitchell said. programs like student activities. foundation,'' Carrier said, though the organization Steve Knickehm, director of facilities planning, Once the funds are appropriated in these areas, has nearly doubled its contributions in five years. answered charges of bid-rigging in the submitted they cannot be interchanged. ? The JMU Foundation is a public charity managed questions by explaining the complex process of The library is another priority for the by IS directors who collect about 22,000 gift contracting firms for construction jobs. Safeguards administration, but improvements in this area also transactions each year. Most donations — 63 include multiple reviews and audits, and sealed bids have been hampered by lack of funding. The percent — come from JMU alumni. But because that are opened only in public settings. The bids for General Assembly cut funding for Carrier Library JMU is still a young university, the average age of the WCC expansion will be opened Nov. 27. Trash COHTIHUED from page 1 Students who did stop to watch echoed Toti's sentiments about the coordinator of EARTH's 'Landfill on JMU campus. 'To the mass majority the Quad'. "Obviously leaving it up to of people it (recycling) is just individual people is not working." something they don't want to deal But a comprehensive program is with," said junior Trad Hughes. under development, according to Erin But others were more optimistic Goewy, recycling coordinator for P.C. about JMU's recycling program and Duke's. A recycling survey has been the attitudes of students. distributed to all the academic "By doing this scene, by buildings and the ^^—"■—■—-—■~™,-^~—~~—^^~~ publicizing. results are being I am really depressed that people are going tabulated to we dorVt have Q to be more formulate a aware," said specific plan of comprehensive recycling senior Thomas action, she said, program... Obviously Houchens. "If every one receptacles with' '^rig * "P *<> individual becomes aware of three separate people JS not Working, the need for partitions, one for Dav« Flam recycling, the glass, one for U3Ve tl3m need to keep our aluminum and Vice-President of EARTH environment one for non- clean, I think it recyclable trash will soon be placed will work." across campus. Senior Amy Kargl said, "People are But even with a comprehensive a lot more aware of recycling on program, JMU's recycling efforts face JMU's campus than they are other opposition in the form of student places, but definitely not as many as apathy, EARTH members said. should be." "Not too many people even took Elam said that when the University the time to stand still and listen to of Virginia conducted a similar event, what we were saying for very long," 'Landfill on the Lawn', over 80 percent CHRIS TYREE/THE BREEZE said Doug Toti, a 1990 graduate of the trash they collected could have Coordinator off 'Landfill on the Quad', Dave Dam, instructs working at this event. been recycled. workers on what trash goes where.