Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The Parthenon University Archives Spring 3-19-1992 The Parthenon, March 19, 1992 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Marshall University, "The Parthenon, March 19, 1992" (1992). The Parthenon. 3015. https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/3015 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Parthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MARSHALL Thursday Volume93 March 19, 1992 PARTHENON Number80 Athletic Department to lose stat~ funds By John B. Snyder proximately $400,000 of state-supported the Athletic Department self-sufficient," ment on campus pays for their own util­ Reporter----------- money and estimated stadium operating he explained. ity bills or maintenance costs associated expenses of$150,000 to $200,000 a year. The Athletic Department must now put with office space. · Budget cuts have hit the athletic de­ The department was receiving $400,000 together a 1992-93 budget reflecting those A lot of people have the wrong impres­ partment hard, Lee Moon, the athletic annually ofstate money, Grose said. That changes, Grose said. sion regarding how much money the director said. support will be reduced through the next Moon said· though he supports Presi­ Athletic Department generates, Moon Moon confirmed Wednesday his depart­ five years and that money will be put into dent J . Wade Gilley's decision, he is con­ said. During the past two years the de­ ment will gradually lose state-supported education in general purpose accounts, he cerned about paying for all expenses re­ partment netted less than $11,000, and money and will now be responsible for said. lated to the department. four years ago had a projected budget operating expenses related to the new These decisions were made for two rea­ For example, the Athletic Department shortfall of$586,000, he said. stadium. sons, Grose said. "Severe budget prob­ must pay all expenses related to office "Some people believe we made a lot of Dr. K. Edward Grose, vice president lems within the university was the pri­ space in the new sports facility building. for administration, said at stake is ap- mary concern, but also we want to make Moon said he believes no other depart- · See DEPARTMENT Page 2 Saaafe! Outfielder Todd Borders, Ashland junior, slides safely into second base under the tag of an Alderson-Broaddus infielder. Marshall won Tuesday against Rio Grande. Please see Page 7. 24 hours a day, seven days a In 1988 the Office of Public campus watch has been a real week, 365 days a year acts as a Safety, Department of Criminal success." Officer: Many factors deterent to criminals to a large Justice and StudentGovernment The escort service provided by extent." Association developed Campus Campus Crime Watch operates The Office of Public Safety Crime Watch, an organization of within a one-block radius of employs 21 officers, 12 full-time students that provide escort campus 8 p.m. toll p.m. Sunday make campus safe residence hall watch guards and services, patrol and report to through Thursday, Crawford said. Editor's Note: This is the last utes and a larceny every 4.3 28 student-security residence MUPD. "Since Crime Watch's presence While the program is deemed of a three-part series con­ minutes, according to a USA hall guards, Crawford said. successful, it is not being fully cerning campus crime. This survey of 495 campuses con­ Marshall's officers have the in areas on campus that hr ,;e had the potential for being dan­ utilized by individuals, Terry series was written prior to ducted in 1990. · authority to arrest, detain, said. Capt. Eugene F. Crawford's Despite these statistics, search, seize and direct traffic gerous in the past, the number of "Everyone thinks 'It won't death last week. Marshall is a safe campus, said and events on any university incidents has decreased," said happen to me.' " Captain Eugene F. Crawford, property, Crawford said. Marshall University Police De­ Emergency call boxes also have By Michael Belcher assistant director ofthe Office of "The second reason [for partement officer Jim E. Terry. contributed to safety on campus. Staff Writer ------- Public Safety. Marshall's safe campus] is that "You can attribute the decrease 'I'he boxes are connected di­ Crawford attributed the our officers are active instead of in vandalism that has occurred rectly with an MUPD dispatcher. Nationwide on college cam­ university's safe environment to reactive in the community," he since the program was initiated The system overrides the puses, a rape occurs every 21 two factors. "One is that we have said. "This involvement helps to either the success of the pro­ dispatcher's other phone lines so hours, a robbery every 9 1/2 pretty good officers who are sin­ decrease the problems that would gram or better quality residents," two-way communication between hours, a burglary every 27 min- cere," he said. "Their presence occur otherwise." Terry said. "In my opinion, a victim and the police is created. Thursday, March 19, 1992 DEPARTMENT From Page 1 Moon further explained the department barely makes ends money by going to the NCAA meet now. Because the loss of Division I-AA Football Champi­ state-supported money and new onships, when in fact we made expenses were not budgeted, the no money," Moon said. "The only department may quickly exhaust money we received was jc.st its reserve account, he said. enough to cover our expenses as­ Grose said paying for stadium sociated with the game." facilities expenses may have What makes it tough to man­ caught the Athletic Department age the sports budget properly, by surprise, because no money is that there are so many vari­ was budgeted for stadium opera­ 0 ables that can not be predicted, tion once it was complete. Moon said. "We [university] made itknown For example, "We lost $37,000 in advance that additional money hosting the EastTennessee State would be needed to operate the game this year," Moon said. facilities, but the Board of Trus­ Ticket sales for that game fell tees and the Legislature never 2,900 tickets short of what the provided the additional funding," department had budgeted for. he said. D,.. Serving the t/ 2 Double !Bedrooms Huntington Area t/ 2 Full Baths t/ Great Fumlture ·& Mars"hall Campus t/ Security Design t/ Dishwasher t/ Sundeck t/ Permit Parking 525-7222· t/ Laundry Facllltles ~-----------------~11 ~-----------------,BREADSTICKS 1 - ·14 LARGE 1 TOPPING· MOM ••$5.99 ,Tu of the With Any Additional Toppings $.95 each. Pizza Order Not valid with any other coupon. VEAR L-----------------~ Here's your chance to make your Mom famous - nominate her for L------------~-----' Mom of the Year. 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De Klerk power with the black majority. lost only one of the Right-wing groups opposing de Klerk one-day event that draws people said they would not abandon their struggle from throughout the eastern United reporting districts,. .• including four for a white homeland despite their poor States but repulses those who can't Africa's problems. showing in the referendum. stand the smell. traditionally pro- apartheid districts. "White voters have faced upto reality," The Conservative Party was likely to The event is set for April 11 at said Ken Andrews, a lawmaker of the lose influence after its poor showing. Richwood High. "Today we have closed the book on liberal Democratic Party, which backed Moderates within its_ranks want to join The festival is centered on meals de Klerk's governing National Party. talks on a new constitution, and the party oframps, pinto beans and cornbread. apartheid," he told cheering supporters in Helen Suzman, the veteran anti.: could split.