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THURSDAY This is the LAST summer August 17, 1995 Hot, Hot, Hot issue of The Parthenon!!! 7~"' High 90s ,.

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Campus crime The lowdown on stayin·g safe By Michelle R. Ross StaffWritet

Police can only help those who help themselves.

"Personal safety is an indi­vidual responsibility," said Thomas C. Johnson, director of public safety. He said students need to help monitor

· · all crimes on campus. He said while many people

think an insignificant crime isn't worth reporting, nothing can be done unless they are reported.

Johnson said there are of­ten rashes of petty thefts on college campuses, but if they aren't reported, there is virtually no way the police can find the guilty parties.

He added that students should keep closer tabs on their personal property and if some­thing is stolen, they should immediately report it to the university police.

Johnsonsaidmorethanany-

thing else, Marshall's police department is concerned with · the crime spillover from the surrounding community onto campus.

"College campus were origi­nally built like fortresses," he said, "so crime in the commu­nity didn't stand as much chance of filtering into the schools."

Capt. John Noble of the Huntington Police Department said Marshall students must be very careful when they decide to venture off campus. He said there have been arrests made in the Marshall area involving drugs and firearms, and that dark alleys just aren't the safest places to be hanging out.

Noble said the best advice he can give students is to just stay away from the areas around campus where there might be trouble.

See crime, page 6

Follet booksto·re goes self-service in fall By Brett A. Smith Reporter

The remodeled textbook section of the book­store is open for business and ready for the fall semester, according to Mike Campbell, store manager.

During the past month, students have had to go to the first floor of the Memorial Student Center to buy books, while th~ basement-level textbook section of the bookstore was remod­eled.

Campbell said 14 new checkout registers have been added, replacing the previous three lanes. Students will no longer have to wait for some­one to get their books for them as the textbook section of the store is now self-service.

The Marshall University Bookstore is now under the management of Follet College Stores of Elmhurst, Ill., which manages over 450 college and university bookstores. See books, page 6

Marshall Stadium to be ready for fans By Brett A. Smith Reporter

Fall means a lot of things to Marshall students, like more homework and tests, but it also means football is not far away.

The town may be ready for football, but is the Marshall University Stadium ready for football?

Craig J. Antush, supervisor of athletic facility maintenance, said the stadium will be ready and routine repairs are on . schedule. '

"All we are doing to the sta­dium is simply routine. Some of it is. due_ to weather, some due to wear and tear," Antush said.

He added the only actual con­struction in the stadium is the

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addition of the seats in the south end, which are nearing completion and will be finished in time for the first game.

Antush has been in charge of maintaining the stadium for three years, and said the only things that have been done to the stadium have been ex­pected due to use.

'"The stadium is holding up very well and seems to be well engineered," Antush said: '!We have never had a problem with it structurally."

Weathering this summer took a toll on the scoreboard speaker boxes and they are beingreplaoed, alongwith some lettering on several signs.

"You have to stop and think about how the weather hits the stadium. It is hardest on the

outside of the west end and the · inside of the east end. Things in these locations show more wear,"Antush said.

He said a new smaller scoreboard will be ad~ed to the top of the facilities building sol!letime this week.

In addition, the field will see its yearly paint job at the end of the month, which includes let­tering and the designs in the end zones ..

Antush said the windows in the skyboxes get cleaned twice a year and this will be done soon.

"The surface of the field should last from seven to 10 years," Antush said.

"This fall is the fifth for this stadium and the field is in ex- · cellent shape."

On a roll

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Orlando Hatchett, former Thundering Herd tailback, takes a ride through the Ma'shall Stadium parking lot

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-This & That

Grateful Dead cancels fall tour SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

- With Jerry Garcia gone, the Grateful Dead has canceled its fall tour. . "It's the only decision . we've made. Everything else is still up in the air," the band's publicist, Dennis McNally, said Monday night.

- Garcia, the Dead's lead guitarist, died •• Wedies­dayat"

_ 53 of an apparent heart attack at a drug rehab center. He had battled a heroin addiction for years.

Before his death, concerts had been scheduled from Sept. 13 to Oct. 22 in Boston, New Yori<, Philadel­phia, Toronto and two cities in California. Refunds were planned.

Whether there can • • be a Grateful Dead

without Garcia remains to be seen.

"We appreciate that Deadheads and the

public have many questions, but

we ask for their pa­tience," McNally said.

Country Music Association· announces award finalists (AP)- Finalists for 1995 Country Music Association awards have been named. Winners will be announced Oct. 4. • ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:

Brooks & Dunn Garth Brooks Vince Gill Alan Jackson Reba McEntire

• FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:

Mary Chapin Carpenter Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Reba McEntire Pam Tillis

• MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:

John Berry Vince Gill Alan Jackson John Michael Montgomery George Strait

• SINGLE OF THE YEAR (for singer):

"Any Man of Mine," Shania Twain "Baby Likes To Rock It," The Tractors "Gone Country," Alan Jackson "The Keeper of the Stars," Tracy Byrd "When You Say Nothing At All," Alison Krauss & Union Station

• ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "John Michael Montgomery," John Mich_ael Montgomery · "Lead On," George Strait "Now That I Found You," Alison Krauss "When Love Finds You," Vince Gill "Who I Am,• Alan Jackson

• HORIZON AWARD (most promising artist):

David Ball John Berry Faith Hill Alison Krauss Shania Twain

• VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: .

BlackHawk Diamond Rio The Mavericks Sawyer Brown Shenandoah

• VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR:

Bellamy Brothers Brooks & Dunn Brother Phelps Sweethearts of the Rodeo John & Audrey Wiggins

• MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

"Any Man of Mine," Shania Twain "Baby Likes To Rock It," The Tractors "I Don't Even ~now Your Name," Alan Jackson "The Red Strokes," Garth Brooks "When Love Finds You," Vince Gill ·

• SONG OF THE YEAR (for songwriter):

"Don't Take the Girl," Craig · Martin and Larry Johnson "Gone Country," Bob McDill "How Can I Help You Sa~, Goodbye," Burton Banks Collins and Karen Taylor­Good "Independence Day," Gretchen Peters "Thinkin' Problem,• David Ball, Allen Shamblin and Stuart Ziff

• MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Eddie Bayers, drums Paul Franklin, steel guitar Brent Mason, guitar Mark O'Connor, fiddle Matt Rollings, keyboards

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Mcveigh pleads innocent

Faulkner succumbs to heat on first day as Citadel cadet

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)­.Shannon Faulkner spent 2 1/ 2-years fighting to become the first woman cadet at The Citadel. Then she spent most of her first two days in bed.

Ms. Faulkner remained in a private infirmary room Tuesday, recovering from the effects of drillingin stifling 100-degree heat. She succumbed · l\fonday after her first lunch as a cadet.

She missed talcing the cadet oath and she missed "Hell Night," when new cadets are rousted out of bed and into a courtyard. There they stand in silence in the dark for 15 minutes with their new classmates.

Ms. Faulkner missed welcoming remarks Tuesday by Citadel President Claudius Watts. He did not mention her as he spoke t:o rows ·or cadets sitting ramrod straight in gray uniforms.

"If you are willing to pay the

price, ifyo.u are willing to invest your time, you will succeed," Watts said.

School spokesman Terry. Leedom wouldn't provide details on Ms. Faulkner's condition, citing her privacy, but said she was expected to be released Wednesday after being examined by a doctor.

"I don't get any indication they are asking the doctor to come in to make any special visit,"Leedom said.

Neither Ms. Faulkner's mother, Sandy, nor her lawyer, Val Vojdik, had information about her condition.

Ms. Faulkner, 20, and four other cadets were sent to the infirmary Monday. Two were released earlier Tuesday and Ms. Faulkner and the two others will be examined Wednesday. ,

Leedom originally said that six of the 591 cadets were hospitalized; but later lowered that number to four.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols pleaded innocent . Tuesday to ·committing the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, .and their lawyers

-complained again that they cannot get a fair trial across the street from the bombing site.

. Both men could face the

death penalty if convicted · in the April 19 bombing of the Alfred P . Murrah Federal Building, which killed 168 people and injured more than 500.

They arrived at the courthouse in separate vehicles in a caravan of police and U.S. marshals' · cars. At the courthoµse, security did not appear unusually striilgent.

"Sir, I plead not guilty," said McVeigh standing before U.S. Magistrate Ronald Howland during an arraignment.

"Your honor, I am innocent," Nichols said as his mother sat in the courtroom.

The building is across the street from the blast site, and defense lawyers said that is too · close to ensure a fair trial

Hurricane Felix stalls off coast

HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) -Hurricane Felix slowed Wednesday as it neared North Carolina, threatening to stall offshore and prolong the hammering that awaits the remaining coastal residents.

Islanders who ignored an evacuation order tied down their boats, nailed boards over windows and braced for the worst Wednesday as Felix and its 80 mph winds stalkedN orth Carolina's Outer Banks.

"I'm going to stay," said Joe Morris, · manager of Teach's Lair Marina on Hatteras Island. Only about 20 of 100 boats remained at the marina Tuesday.

"I feel like I've . got a responsibility here with the boats," pe said.

The unusuallYi wide storm had been expected to reach the North Carolina. coast early Thursday - most likely at Cape Hatteras, the outermost point .of the Outer Banks. It had slowed from 14 mph to 12 mph at midday Wednesday and was expected to ease up some more, making its arrival time uncertain.

It was likely to be a long siege. Bill Frederick of the National Hurricane Center said that the storm center would probably not come ashore and would instead slide to the north and stall just off the North· Carolina~Virginia coast for 18 to 36 hours with drenching rain and punishing winds. ·

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because so many judges, court employees and potential jurors knew victims.

"These people are in a sense the victims of the case that is going to be tried," said Michael Tigar, Nichols' lawyer. "It is inappropriate to ask these people, possessing the feelings that they evidently do, to sit in dispassionate judgment upon these events."

One of those who attended the arraignments was Sharon Coyne, a deputy court clerk whose 14-month-old daughter was killed in the explosion.

Deadbeat dad won't be freed

NEW YORK (AP)-Ajudge has refused to free the nation's worst deadbeat dad until he makes a deal to pay all or some ofhis $580,000 in overdue child support payments.

State Judge Phyllis Gangel­Jacob sent Jeffrey Nichols back to jail Tuesday. Nichols' lawyer , Mark Kaplan, expected his client to be freed Friday, either through a settlement or by paying $68,000 - the amount Nichols owed when Gangel­Jacob charged him with c9ntempt in -1990. Nichols, 47, made $180,000in

1994 as an investment adviser on commodities and precious metals.

Air Force closes friendly fire case

WASHINGTON (AP)-The Air Force closed the book Tuesday on one of its worst friendly fire disasters by grounding five, officers and

· imposing penalties that effectively end their careers and those of two generals in the 1994 shooadown over Iraq.

The pilots of the two F-15 Eagle jets that shot down two U.S . . Army Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq on April 14, 1994, ha'.ve been disqualified from flying for at least three yeai:s, Air Force officials said. •

Twenty-six people, including 15 Americans; were killed in the shootdown.

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Thumbs up to some, thumbs down to others A The issue: A brief recap of the good and bad from the past summer.

Thumbs up to the addition of the new stadium seats.

Thumbs down to the end of summer.

Thumbs up to ·the new parki~g· lot and tennis courts.

Thumbs down to the heat.

Thumbs up to promises of a more efficient

campus bookstore.

Parthenon Volume 96 • Number 114

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Cracked rear view Farmers, trucks and American traditions ...

CRACK! ·1t sounded like a gun shot when

it hit, and looked about as bad. A large glass bull's eye rippled in front of me with long cracks run­ning to the edges of the windshield.

This past week while driving to class, a rock and I had a disagree­ment at around 60 miles an hour and my windshield ended up on the losing side. Oh sure, drive around long enough and you're bound to get dinged whether it be on the highway or in a parking lot. However, this was no ding and this rock was no freak occurrence. This sizable chunk of stone was hurled at me from the rotting remnants of what used to be a pick-up truck.

This antiquated beast of a ve­hicle looked !Ute something out of The Road Warrior- riveted pan­els and beaten fenders , a technicolor top coat ranging from rust to green and back again. Its jacked-up tires were only exagger­ated by the lack of a bumper or tailgate. As it sped past me, I was surprised it ran at all. "It shouldn't be on the road, it should on blocks in somebody's yard," I thought. "It should have been shot and put out of its misery."

Seconds later, it fired a rock at me from its rear tire that nearly camecompletelythrough the glass. My first response was terror, real­izingthat the little plastic film was the only thing .that kept my wind­shield from shattering in my face. I looked up quickly to get the li­cense plate number, but there wasn't one to be found - only the words "Farm Use• hand-painted across the back of the cab.

Irony strikes again. A vehicle clearly unfit for public roads, one that never has to pass inspection, had in a instant, (a) crack~ my windshield in the very month that

J.R-. MCMILLAN COLUMNIST

my state'-inspection is due, and (b) nearly killed me. .

This inspection scam is just one of the many ways our state and federal governments coddle private farmers.

Before you pick up your pens and start writing furious little let­ters on how farmers are the back­bone of all things American, let me be quick to concede that yes, we need farmers and yes, we do need to eat. However the day of the private farmer is over - period. This said, I for one am tired of my tax dollars being effectively thrown away to assist private farmers, and am sick of the preferential treat-

. ment they receive. Farm subsidies are a farce, a con

perpetrated by the government to protect corporate farms, not pri­vate farmers. Just take the time to analyze the alleged justifications for subsidies and I'm sure you11 agree.

Government agencies claim that if private farmers maximized the use of their land, it would result in such a surplus of food that prices would fall so dramatically, it would ultimately run farmers out ofbusi­ness. The unspoken side, however, is the excess that would cost pri­vate farmers -hundreds or thou­sands, would cost corporate farms millions. In a s~ke of brilliance, the government decided it could solve both problems by paying smaller farmers not to grow cer­tain crops thereby insuring an in­flated market price and an inflated profit for the corporate farmers, freeing up qui~ a bit of change for campaign contributions as well.

Doesn't it strike anyone else as

sick and twis_ted that we live in country that has people starving in the streets and a government that pays farmers not to grow food? Wouldn't it make more sense to just buy the surplus food with the money spent on subsidies, thereby stabilizing the market and having food to distribute to the estimated millions of Americans that are un­dernourished? Not if you're more worried about keeping your cam­paign contributors well-heeled than keeping your constituents well-fed it doesn't.

Then again, homeless people can't vote, so why should politi­cians ~are?

The real problem is the disap­pearing need for private agricul­ture, it's tragic but true. Unlike other industries which the govern­ment has few qualms with ship­ping south and west, there is a n9stalgicsentimentwiththeplight of the American farmer.

This plight strikes a campaign chord. However, subsidies that appear to help farmers serve only as convenient political tools, al­lowing elected officials to publicly support independent farmers an~ still receive campaign funding from the corporate farm industry. You see it's only called pricing fixing and collusion when other coun­tries do it, or when someone like Bell or. Microsoft isn't generous enough around November. - Like it or not, private farming is

dead and nostalgia doesn't pay the rent. _,,

What then is to become of America's farmers? If they can keep farm use vehicles running that long, maybe they should be mak­ing cars.

If Detroit's any indication, there's still no subsidy-against pro­. ducing lemc;>ns,

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Summer workout rough to keep up Gremlins wreak havoc on fitness plans

Well, the summer will be wrapping up soon and we will be faced with the wonders of fall.

You know the ones: fighting for parking spaces with the new system, being cramped into smaller student sections and trying to figure out "just what is the MAC?"

But for now, students are left to reflect on how their summers have gone thus far. I have enjoyed a number of summer activities up to this point, but there is one thing that I said I was going to do this summer that I had not followed through with.

Up until a few weeks ago, that is.

At the beginning- of the summer I made the brazen remark that I was going to make this my summer to get in shape. Then the summer began and after all the other daily

· activities, there wasn't much chance to exercise, nor was there anyone to exercise with. Then fate intervened.

Adam Franks, a friend. of ; mine, commented that he was

looking for someone to work out with. I figured that this was a golden opportunity.

One, I would be working with someone who had been working out for a while and coul_d help me get Qn a good program. Two, Adam is is a medical student, so if! collapse of a heart attack at least I'm in good hands.

CLIFF HADDOX

COLUMNIST

Well, on Monday oflast week I arrived at the new Marshall Wellness Center. I had to fill out a form in regards to my medical history and my goals. At first I thought I might put down "to win the 'hunks in trunks' contest at Regatta next year,"butifiguredthatitwould be best to start with a small goal. So I wrote "to get in better shape."

After being shown around the room, I went over to work out with Adam. Day one was geared toward working the chest and after we were done ~ felt good. I guess it was just the euphoria of the first steps towards getting in better shape. After the workout I went home and I could feel the strain in my muscles from the work that they had done. Then I went to sleep.

Now I don't know at what part during the night the little men snuck into my room with baseball bats and beat my chest senseless, but in the morning when it hurt to pull the covers off me, I knew I had fallen victim to Fitness Gremlins.

That's right. Fitness Gremlins. Not much is written about these mischievous creatures,-butrestassuredthey exist. Their sole purpose is to

do everything in their power to keep you from getting in shape. After the next time I worked out they struck again this time my arms fell victim to their hammers and clubs. ·

After the first week, the Fit­ness Gremlins could no longer attack me with the sheer pain of beating my muscles so they attacked another way. They systematically replaced all the weights I used in the fitness center with ones that were 20 pounds heavier, making it harder to finish the wl)rkout.

But! did finish and that night I stayed up late, waiting for them to come for me, but they didn't. Probablytoluremeinto a false sense of security.

So now I continue on my program. I hope to be in better shape as the summer concludes and even better shape as the fall seme.,ter rolls along, but I know that the Fitness Gremlins are out there and they are watching me.

They will have to resort to n ew tactics. They will be placing dessert menus on the tables at restaurants, making sure that food commercials will be on heavy rotation on television and trying to fill up my schedule so I won't have time to work out.

But I will have to take on each snag one by one and remember the most important rule in fighting Fitness Gremlins: never, ever feed myself after midnight.

Soap addict confesses My name is Angela and I'm a

soapaholic. . That's right. I'm addicted to

soap operas. It's not like I haven't tried to

quit. When I was in eighth grade, I religiously watched "Another World." We had just gotten a VCR, so my mom would tape it for me. But then my favorite character left, and I swore I would never watch soaps again. That lasted for, oh, about three days. I guess I had watched too long to just stop cold turkey.

When school started again, I couldn't watch anymore, so everything was fine. I would come home and my mom would tell me what happened. She didn't tape anything for me, and I ne'9'er asked her to. Sum­mer would come, and I'd start watching again, but never as faithfully as before.

But this summer something happened. Something made me not want to live without soaps. And now, everyday, without fail, I go home, rewind my vid­eotape and watch "Days of Our Lives" and "Another World."

You see, it all started with "Days"whenMarlena was pos­sessed by the devil and her former lover John. now a priest,

ANGELA HENDERSON COLUMNIST

had to perform an exorcism. Everyday exorcism partici­pants recited prayers, and Marlena got tired and the par­ticipants left and went to the mall for lunch.

But I only taped "Days" -that is until on "Another World," Carl finally told his son Ryan that Ryan's mother Justine, who everyone thought was dead, is actually alive and impersonating Carl's wife, Rachel. But what Carl doesn't know is that Justine has im­prisoned Rachel in a mental hospital where she has paid a nurse to kill Rachel.

You know, now thafl think about it, that is possibly some of the most insane garbage I have ever heard. And r love every minute of it.

You see, I like to think I'm an intelligent person. I graduated near the top of my high school class, and I'm doing fairly well in college. I'm even, consider­ing going to graduate school. So why do I find myself so wrapped up in such nonsense? Because it's nonsense.

Lost? One of my professors once said that the greatest in­vention in his lifetime was tele­vision because no other discov­ery has had such an impact on so many lives. Through televi-

. sion we have seen lands all around the world that we can escape to without leaving our living· rooms-Rome, Cairo, Venice, and yes, the fictional locales of Salem and Bay City. Fictional though they may be, they are still a place to escape. Your problems seem minor to the trials and tribulations of those on the screen.

Maybe you've had a rough day at work, but you can bet that Carl or Ryan or Marlena or John had it tougher. And you can scream at the people on the screen, and tell them how stupid they're ~cting (and they do act stupid); because they. won't scream back. Of course, they don't listen either.

When classes begin in a few weeks, I'll probably still be tap­ing. See, Tony is going for re­venge on John for taking Kristen. John's been released from his vows, so he's not a priest anymore. And Kristen's getting an annulment, so she won't be married; and ...

Onseoondthought,lneedalife.

THE PARTHENON 8 THURSDAY, A UG.17, 1995

CONGRATULATIONS I ·I I • • •

Nancy Filbert, account assistant for the Morrow library, correctly identified

the curiosity pictured in last week's

contest as the BeechTree dedication plaque in front of Old Main. Thanks

Nancy!

• DEATH From page one

wilJ be sometime in the begin­ning of September. "It is up to the grand jury to decide what to charge Nolan with and whether or not he will stand trial," Chiles said.

Nolan's bond was revoked Aug. 3 by Cabell County Cir­cuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon after Walker died as a result of wounds received during a fight July 23 outside of Robby's, a bar in the 800 block of. Third Avenue.

Medical examiners deter­mined the cause of Walker's death to be a wound received from a fall during the alterca­tion, not ~ctually a blow from someone. ,

The investigation into Walker's death is ongoing, ac­cording to Chiles, and adpi­tional charges against Nolan are pending.

Debbie Morford, . legal secretary for the county prosecutor, said the grandjury can pass a true bill, which means members believe there is enough evidence to bring the case to trial. If the evidence is insufficient, the case will be dismissed.

"If a true bill ~s passed, an indictment is prepared and the case then goes on to be tried or possibly plea bargained," Morford said.

• CRIME From page one

Johnsonsaidincidentsofvio­lent crime are very low on cam­pus, but there were 293 re­

. ports of theft and 42 alcohol­related offenses dµring the 1993-94 school year.

J obnson said he would like to implement a plan from the University of Florida, where he worked before coming to Marshall~ to teach students crime-preventing techniques.

The program would be high­profile to get many students involved and to make them more aware of their environ­ment to help keep them safer.

Johnson said he and his staff will implement a "zero toler­ance" plan for m.onitoring and fighting crime on campus, but he also said students must get involved for the plan to really work.

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tially reduce average student shopping and checkout time."

Steven Laraba, Beckley freshman, said "Fourteen registers sounds nice. Things should definitely move faster. The important thing to me is having more efficient people behind the counters.

I hope these people know­what they are.doing."

The textbook section of the

bookstore includes a rede­signed storage area, new infor­mational signs, new decor, and the relocation of the textbook office.

"I am sure the.service will be better. It couldn't get any worse," said Amanda L . Norman, Beckley freshman.

Campbell said plans for the second phase of remodeling include a major restructuring

of the main floor with an en­largeditrade book department.

The third phase, planned for 1996-97, includes anew ground level addition to· the store to further improve convenience and customer access.

"Service is the important thing," said Campbell.

"That is the area where our customers should see the big­gest improvement."

New English class a help to international students By Brett A. Smith Reporter

ment of English and the En­glish as a Second Language Institute.

International students at "Moreinternationalstudents Marshall having difficulty - arecomingtoMarshall,"Egnor getting the hang of the En- said. He added the university glish language may be in- must adapt in order to meet terested to know there is a changing demands. classwhichcanspeedupthe "International · students process. sometimes have problems get-

Clark M. Egnor, director ting the hang of the English of Marshall's English as a language. Our mannerisms Second Language Institute, and rhetoric are different from said the university has re- other countries," 'Egnor said. spondedtotheneedsoftbose "Our logic is also different not having English as a na- for them and hard to under-tive language. stand for some of them."

Egnor said the class was AccordingtoEgnor, the class developed as a collaborative is the equivalent ofEnglish 101 ·' effort between. the Depart- and fulfills the requirement for

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that course for international students. This fall will be the second semester the class bas been offered.

"Students taking this class will be better prepared for the other classes they have to take," Egnor said.

He added that international students are not required to take the class but seem to want to when they find out about it.

"We even have ·some gradu­ate students taking the class to be prepared for grad school," Egnor said. .

Husna Khader, an interna­tional student, took the class last spring. She said it was the first college course she had

taken. "The class was good,"

Khader said. "I enjoyed it and learned a lot. It was better for me than the regu-, lar English class."

" I wanted to take it be­fore I started any other class so I would have a better understanding of the other classes."

Egnor said the class i~ actually more demanding than a regular English 101 class but the goals and gen­eral assignments are simi­lar.

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Returning champions Tourney champs read_y for new season By Penny K. Copen Sports Editor

the Southern Conference Tour­nament Most Valuable Player, and Cook earned the honor of Southern Conference Fresh­man of the Year.

depth," Berndt said. "Depth is something I ~ looking for­ward to because it is the one thing we haven't had a lot ofin the two years that I have been here."

With the 1995 Southern Con­ference Tournament Champi­onship tucked under its belt, the Marshall .

. softball team is getting set to gear up for the 1995-96 sea­son.

"Really ev- · eryone from

- last year will· · key in the up~ coming season because they will all defi­nitely be play­ing," Berndt said.

The third year coach said another of the team's goals is to aim for one of the two South­

" ern Conference championships.

Head. coach Louie Berndt said the first item of business is to replace those athletes lost to graduation.

"One of our first goals is to just get several healthy bodies to play," Berndt said. "We lost quite a few girls as a result of graduation. But I believe this season is going to be exciting becausewedohavealotofnew . kids coming in."

The 95-96 team will feature six veterans from the 1995 championship teain. Returners from last year's team include

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"We are going to aim for the conference or tournament championship,"Berndtsaid. "It

_ Hinkle gets pretty-tough to win both titles because we do only have four · teams in the conference and therefore teams get to know one another pretty well. But we are going to try for both titles."

Berndt said she will be look­ing to Proctorville, Ohio, jun­ior Carrie Hinkle to provide a positive influence for the young team.

"Carrie is a utility special­ist," Berndt said. "She basi­cally plays anywhere I need her to play and she just pro­vides a lot ofleadership for the team."

Berndt said she looks to have a more versatile team this fall and said she is pleased with the added depth to the team.

. "We are going to have more versatility and definitely more

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With the momentum off of last season's championship the Lady Herd will head to the mound Sept. 23 at Penn State for the first tournament of the fall season.

"Our ultimate goal this sea­son is to play well against top ranked teams and win some tournaments," Berndt said.

The first team meeting is Sept. 5 with try-9uts taking place the same week. Practice for the fall season gets under­way Sept. 11 and the fall sea­son concludes in mid October.

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But Ayak came back and found himself a new partner­you guessed it, Randy Stoklos.

And last weekend, the duo reached their first final to­gether against Johnson and Loiola .

Things were not pretty­trash talking, · cheating accu­sations, and a complete thrash­ing of Stoklos.

The word on the beach is that Kiraly is not happy. He and Steffes are struggling, and there's bonus money on the line. And Ayakatubby is a good friend of his ....

In two weeks, NBC will have coverage of the final tourna­ment at Hermosa Beach.

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Boehm leaving Marshall, Artist field -n·arrOws to four heading to Keystone

By Brett A. Smith Reporter

Dr. Edward G. Boehll), Jr., senior vice president for insti­tutional advancement, will be leaving campus Sept.16 to be­come president of Keystone College in northeastern Pennsyvania.

Boehm was selected from a field of more than 125 candi­dates, according to Marty Markowitz, chairman of Keystone's board of trustees. Markowitz announced the ap­pointment, effective Oct. 1, Tuesday.

Although he arrived at Mar­shall in 1989, Boehm said be­ing a college president has been his goal since 1968. · "Everywhere I have worked, administrators have told me I had what it takes to be a col­lege president,,,. Boehm said. "This is the realization of a 20 year old dream."

Boehm said he loved his work and the university, but he could not pass the opportunity.

"I will miss this community very much," Boehm said. "It is amazing how much the com­munity believes in Marshall. They are really supportive and everyone on ca~pus has been too."

Marshall President J . Wade Gilley said, ",Ned ·Boehm, through his administrative tal­ents, his vigorous mind and his warm personality, has made an enormous contribution to

Marshall University and the Marshall Foundation," Gilley said.

"He certainly has earned this opportunity to be the chief ex­ecutive of a higher education institution and he has the best wishes of all of us."

Boehm also served as vice president of Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington-Ironton and is a member of the Boy Scouts of America's Tri,State Area Council, the Huntington Area Chamber of Commerce and the Huntington Rotary Club. . .

He began his career in his hometown of Was~n, D. C., atAmerican University. He held various positions before becoming director of univer­sity development in 1977.

In 1979, he left the univer­sity to become dean of admis­sions at Texas Christian Uni­versity in Fort Worth. He was associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and an assis­tant professor in the School of Eduction at TCU before accept­ing the position at Marshall. • Boehm said he and his wife

Regina are looking forward to the move, as she is a native of Pennsylvania.

"The university is in such good shape, probably the best it has ever been," Boehm said. "Now is a good time to pass things on to someone else."

A search committee to hire a replacement for Boehm has not been formed as of this time.

By Brett A. Smith Reporter

A contest begun over one year ago has been narrowed to four finalists i1'l the Birke Art Gallery on campus.

Michael I. Cornfeld, · pro­fessor and chairman of the art department, said the winner of the nationwide competition should be named by the end of the week.

Cornfeld said the goal of the project is to place art on the flood.wall in downtown Huntington which will re­flect positively on the town and promote a positive im­age.

He said the idea for the project came from area resi­dents John A. Goodno,Anne Koppehele, and Hasanna Shareef.

They formed an informal committee of Mayor Jean Dean, Cornfeld, and various members of the community , including a representative of the Huntington .,6rt Gallery.

Cornfeld said the committee notified the National Endow­ment for the Arts in case they could not raise e~ough funding to complete the project.

The NEA also supplied in­formation about how to de­velop the contest.

According to Cornfeld, ads about the contest were placed in national art magazines and international publications. . The ads ran November 1994

thr.ough February 1995. Cornfeld said they received replies from across the nation and around the world.

The number of entries to­talled 50, which has been nar­rowed to four.

The four finalists are Mar­shall art professor Stanley C. Sporny, Karen Smith from New Jersey, Clifford Land of Tennessee and an artist named Vredapans from California.

"These four are profes­sional artists," said Cornfeld. He said the project is something worthwhile for the community.

According to Cornfeld, each of the four finalists will receive $1,000 and the win­nerwill receive an additional $2,000 for a total of $3,000.

Cornfeldadded the art will remain on display in the Birke Art Gallery through Friday.

He said painting of the winning entry on the flood­wall will begin as soon as the committee raises the necessary funds.

Employe~ of the month for July n.amed Br Paul R. Darst Reporter

A 13-year member of the Marshall University staff has been named Employee of the Month.

Barbara K. Williams, Proctorville, Ohio, was ~lected as the July Employee of the Month, Bill Burdette, chair­man of the selection commit­tee, said. .

Williams, who holds the po­sition of program assistant II in the Department of English, was nominated by Elizabeth H. Nordeen, interim chair of the department.

"Barbara does a hardjob with skill, with energy, with enthu­siasm, and with a wonderful cooperative spirit," Nordeen said.

"She does complicated sched­uling, fills out lengthy reports,

computes figures, handles bud­gets, orders supplies, oversees work study-students-the list is endless," Nordeen said.

Funds for the Employee of the Month awards are are pro­vided through a grant.by Mar­shall President J. Wade Gilley and his wife, Nanna.

They are given to acknowl­edge excellence by classified and non-classified staff at Mar­shall University.

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