HVfllOalMlig, i •' '* FEB 3 1381 U \oi :,* James Madison University Tuesday, February 3, 1981 No. 31 SGA opposes General Assembly proposal By CINDY KI.MOKK half-truth. I'm very opposed to it," said Al unnecessary. "You open yourself up to special- The James Madison University Student Government Willner, senate chairman pro tempore. "I interest groups," he said. "Boards of Visitors Association is the only contingent in the state to oppose a bill think there should have been some are set up to represent the state, the tax- which would require student membership on the Boards of discussion—not just in executive council. I payers—not the university. That's why you Visitors. don't think that's a decision which should have have a cross section of people with various SGA President Chuck Cunningham submitted a letter to been made by just five people, even though backgrounds (as board members)." Virginia legislators on behalf of the SGA which opposes the bill they are elected executive council members." Rep. George Grayson of Williamsburg before the General Assembly. However, the SGA senate never Student governments at the University of proposed the bill in the House of Delegates, voted on the bill. Virginia and Virginia Tech have adamantly which was sent to the General Assembly "As it stands now, anyone in the General Assembly would think endorsed and lobbied for the bill which, if Education Committee. the whole student government is against it, when this is only a passed, would enable student governments at "We have to remember that the Boards of all state-supported schools to recommend Visitors are already composed of special in- three names to the Governor for consideration terests," Grayson said. "Most specifically is as student members of the school's Board of the alumni . The alumni get a dispropor- Visitors. The Governor would have the right to tionate share of the Boards of Visitors in any appoint a person other than those recom- state, and they are a special interest." mended, however. The fulltime student would Thirty eight states currently require student serve for one year from the date of ap- members on Boards of Visitors, and 14 of these pointment. states permit their student members to have full voting rights. CUNNINGHAM MAINTAINS that the bill is (Continued on Page 7) In JMU dorm* Fire safety standards violated By JEFF GAMMAGE ALTHOUGH THE the Harrisonburg Fire Missing exit signs and propped-open fire Department ladders cannot reach the top three doors in James Madison University residence floors of Eagle Hall, if a fire occurred there, halls are allegedly violating fire safety stan- Garber said, "Ladders are not the instrument dards. for moving 400 people from a building, Most JMU dormitories have at least one or anyway. two lights missing. In Hanson Hall, about 57 Instead, the dorm has been equipped with percent of the exit lights either are missing or two virtually indestructible stairways, each of broken. White, Dingledine, and Weaver Halls which could by itself handle the full evacuation also have high percentages of defective lights. of the building, according to Garber, who A glowing exit light could be a student's only added that the escape routes are super- direction toward safety in a dorm filled with insulated and equipped with emergency smoke. JMU Safety Officer Richard Garber lighting. said students do not realize how important (Continued on Page 7) these signs are. "People wake up in the middle of the night, they're surrounded by smoke, inhaling fumes, and they become disoriented," Garber said. Inside... "This is why we find people dead in closets and bathrooms (after a fire), even in their own —Local favorites The Skip Castro Band homes." returned to The Other Place Wednesday, to Another common hazard are fire doors that deliver more devastating rock and roll See have been propped or wedged open. When Folio review, page 10. closed, these doors will hold back fire and fumes for at least two hours, Garber said, —Two JMU wrestlers took state titles in the Ptwto by V* Naaay. adding that when open, smoke and fumes rise Virginia Intercollegiate Wrestling Cham- THE SWISS mime troupe Muramenschanz presented its up stairwells as if the passages were giant pionships, held Friday and Saturday in fascinating form of soundless communication Thursday in Wilson funnels. Godwin Hall. See Sports, page 14. Hall. See story, page II. From pool to office... By MARCO COBLE James Madison University may lose Keezell swimming pool if the General Assembly approves funds to convert it to faculty offices, according to the assistant to the vice president of university relations. The university will ask the General Assembly for $376,000 when it reconvenes next January to act on the 1982-84 budget, Fred Hilton said. «. Keezell pool has been a swimming facility for students, community groups, faculty and staff and their families since it was built in 1927. The "need for additional faculty offices and the costs of operating the pool are major reasons for the anticipated con- version. "It costs $18,000 a year to operate the pool," Hilton noted, adding that heating is the major expense. "Of course all this is contingent on funding," he added. The pool still is used "a good bit," he said, and if funding is approved, pool privileges may be dropped for several groups since the Godwin Hall pool cannot handle the capacity, Hilton said. Definite plans for the area will not be made until the funding is approved, he said, but the area probably will be used by the departments already in the building. Keezell Hall currently houses the English and Foreign JMU HAS requested funds to convert the offices for the English and Foreign Languages departments. frequently-used Keezell pool into faculty Languages departments. +*s*mflUr,-'.... > ■ ' Page 2, TOE BREEZE Tuesday, February 3,1981 Dining contract hours at Duke's Grill extended By TERRI JONES ERICKSON SAID he was Duke's Grill has extended reluctant to agree to the ad- iLs contract dining hours to ditional hours since D-Hall include Saturday lunch and overcrowding was not a dinner. problem on Saturday and Previously accepting since Saturday was the only contract dining customers day in which business at only Monday-Friday from 11 Duke's was light enough to a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4 to 10 allow cleaning and p.m. and Sunday from 4 to 10 "preventive maintenance." p.m.. Duke's now allows Erickson also added that with students to spend up to $1.20 the additional hours, student from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and employees, usually required $1.80 from 4 to 10 p.m. on their to work only one weekend per dining contracts on Saturday. month, would be forced to MM by Dun O'Brim No contract specials are work for several hours every BARB FITZPATRICK. Jacqui Plalsance and Lori Mauldin take advantage of the dining hall offered on Saturday. weekend. However, Cathy A resolution passed by the contract transfer service available to students at Dukes Grill. East, a second manager, was Student Government hired in case of additional Association late last semester business, he added. prompted the extension of contract dining hours at ERICKSON DOES not Asbestos clean-up needs funds Duke's. anticipate a large change in "We wanted to provide the grill's business on By CHRIS WARD continuation of the program under which the more choice for students," Saturday because few James Madison University will request more 350,000 currently is being spent. Chuck Cunningham, SGA students stay on campus over funds to correct an asbestos hazard here. president said. the weekend. Cash sales, The university will ask for some $319,550 WHILE THERE is evidence that much of the Erickson also noted, will from the state General Assembly when it actual physical work is yet to be done, Mundy ACCORDING TO Cun- probably remain the same. reconvenes next January to remove or cover stressed that some work has been completed. ningham, the SGA has at- "We feel we can handle the the asbestos in ceilings and maintenance areas "The big work, the identifying of the areas tempted several times last business from both the in 14 campus buildings, according to Dr. John that contain the material and the levels they semester to extend Duke's supervisory standpoint and Mundy, director of administrative affairs contain has been completed," he said. contract dining hours. Joseph having students working to here. However, other sources indicated that the Erickson, manager of Duke's handle any influx of JMU already has received 350,000, but needs university has taken other steps toward im- Grill, agreed late in the fall business," Erickson said, more funds to make the improvements, Mundy proving the asbestos hazard. semester to implement the adding that until the new said. George Marcum, director of JMU's physical extension of hours if the policy hours have been implemented According to Mundy, the money would be plant, noted that the university already has was student supported, for awhile, it is hard to say requested for the fiscal years 1982-84 as a (Continued on Page 8) Cunningham said. what will happen. -/ Introducing Some college pastimes were destined to If all this sounds too good to be true, you probably become fads — goldfish swallowing; telephone booth haven't heard about Virginia National Bank's Cash stuffing; and Dungeons and Dragons. 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