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Wolfe Accepts Dos Passos Prize Tom Wolfe accepted Longwood College's John Dos Passos Prize for Literature recently after delighting an audience with a reading from his new novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities. Wolfe, a Virginia-born writer who has chronicled American popular culture since the mid1960s, accepted the award in a ceremony April 17 in Wygal Auditorium. The award, which has been given annually since j 1980, includes a $1,000 cash prize and a medal. A 54-year-old native of Richmond, Wolfe has been a leader of the so-called New Journalism, which blends the creativity of fiction-writing with standard reporting. Among his best-known works are Electric KoolAid Acid Test and The Right Stuff. William F. Buckley once wrote that Wolfe is "probably the most skillful writer in America." Wolfe —who wore his trademark white doublebreasted jacket, white slacks and white shoes—read from the first installment of The Bonfire of the Vanities, which is being published serially in Rolling Stone. The novel, Wolfe's first, is about life in New York City, with the major characters coming from diverse backgrounds. Some 21 chapters have been published so far. The segment that Wolfe read contains a humorous vignette about a successful writer who takes his dog for a walk one evening so he can phone his mistress. Accidentally, he calls home and his wife recognizes his voice, prompting suspicion. There is also a struggling prosecutor in the Bronx who, to fend off would-be muggers on the subway, dresses like a seedy "D-train lunatic" on the way to work. Serial novels, or those published in regular installments, were popular in mid and late 19th-century England, beginning with The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. "Dickens became an overnight success because of The Pickwick Papers. Before that, he had been an obscure journalist," said Dr. Michael Lund, associate professor of English at
Longwood College Farmville, Virginia
Longwood. Almost all future novels by Dickens were published serially, either by themselves or in magazines. Dr. Lund, an authority on serial novels, hopes that The Bonfire of the Vanities will lead to a resurgence of this literary genre. After writing a letter to
cyclopedia. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and has a Ph.D. in American studies from Yale University. One Longwood student, Donna Breckenridge of Farmville, plans to write a master's thesis in English, pending approval, that analyzes Wolfe's
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Dorm Fire Brings Safety Questions By Mark Holland "You only lose when you play with fire; it's not a game." It is ironic that this bulletin board message should be displayed inside the Cunningham complex. On the first floor of Main Cunningham, one of the extinguisher is empty, the other, last checked on the 19th of November, needs a safety pin along with its overdue recharge. On the second floor of South Cunningham, there is only one fire extinguisher. In the entire Cunningham complex there are only four fire extinguishers at the acceptable 100% level. The problem was evident on Friday night. This situation was never more evident than on Friday night when a room on the first floor of South Cunningham caught on fire. According to
Doug Samuels, the R.E.C. on duty that weekend, the 10:30 blaze was apparently touched off by a stray cigarette butt that fell onto the window ledge and caught the shade on fire. The flame then spread into the room and caught an 8' x 4' wallhanging on fire. By the time the first students entered the room it was filled with smoke and the flames were licking up the walls. The first fire extinguisher could barely manage a stream. It did more to soak the bed than dampen the flames. Another extinguisher produced a stream more like that of a garden hose. When the wall-hanging fell behind the bed, the situation worsened. Only one extinguisher was in proper working order. Longwood officials are investigating the incident.
Schools Update Dorms
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Wolfe last summer, he received a reply in which Wolfe said, "Writing one of these things is like trying to clamber up the back of a truck that's already going 15 miles per hour. You don't know rf you're heading down the road or head-first into the dust. Wish me luck." A former newspaper and magazine reporter, Thomas Kennedy Wolfe Jr. is known for his "lively rhetoric and amusing observations of American social life... As a contributor to Esquire, he established a type of journalism that is characterized by the flagrant use of fictional devices to present intentionally colored facts," according to Academic American En-
his new work. The Bonfire of new novel, which Dr. Lund called "the only living serial novel." She attended the reading and spoke with Wolfe at a reception later in the Alumni House. "I asked him how it would end," said Mrs. Breckenridge, who has read the novel from the beginning. "He said, 'Look for a happy ending.' But he added, 'Remember that happy endings are sometimes sad'." The Bonfire of the Vanities is Wolfe's first major-length work since The Right Stuff, which, coincidentally, grew out of a series of articles in Rolling Stone in 1973. It is scheduled to end in mid-summer.
For college students, access to cable television, automated banking machines and an occasional lobster dinner or late night pizza used to mean having to go off campus. Not anymore. Thanks to administrators' worries about attracting students to their dorms and intensifying competition for rents with offcampus apartment complexes, an increasing number of schools are offering a smorgasboard of once-unheard-of amenities for next fall. At the University of North Dakota, some dorms have weight rooms and saunas. At Eastern Michigan University, some on-campus residents have access to computer rooms in their dormitories, and are offered 12-month leases. At the University of Oklahoma, free cable television in dormitory lounges, a pizza bar and an automated banking machine are in the works for next fall. The school also has hired a new food service director and given free reign to plan what administrations call "monotony breakers," such as lobster dinners "Try as we might, there re
some areas in which we just cannot compete with apartment complex owners," say OU assistant housing director Craig Pulliam. "But there is an awful lot we can do." Dormitory residents are not pampered at every school. Many institutions still face perennial dormitory over-crowding, particularly at the beginning of the school year. "It's sporadic across the country," says Jim Grimm, housing director at the University of Florida and president of a national housing officers group. Grimm estimates that between 20 and 25 percent of the nation's colleges now have a hard time filling their dorms. Some schools—Oklahoma and the Superior and Oshkosh campuses of the University of Wisconsin among them—are being forced to close dormitories. But the schools still have to pay of mortgages on closed dorms, so, to avoid similar fates, most vacant dorms are turning increasingly to more aggressive marketing And some schools that are still full are offering students more to stay on campus, if only to keep Continued on page 4
Academic Awards Commentary ROTUNDA
THE ROTUNDA/Tuesday, April 23, 1985
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By Eric T. Houseknecht
Longwood College Editor-in-Chief Jeff Abernathy Editing Managers Barrett Baker Frank Raio Special Sections Editor Eric Houseknecht Editing Editor Pablo Duke Feature Editor Lori Foster Campus Editor Mark Holland Off-Campus Editor Tamara Ellsworth Miracle Worker Randy Copeland Copy Editor Michele Williams Business Editor Mike Harris Advertising Manager Tony Crute Ad Assistant Joan Dolinger Spiritual Advisor William C. Woods Staff Barbara Allen David Areford Catherine Farrel Eddie Hollander Nancy Nuckols Millie Published weekly during the College year with the exception of Holidays and examination periods by the students of Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia Opinions expressed are those of the weekly Editorial Board and its columnists, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the student body or the administration. Letters to the Editor are welcomed. They must be typed, signed and submitted to the Editor by the Friday preceding publication date. All letters are subject to editing. Send letters to: THE ROTUNDA Box 1133
Affairs 1985-86, Dr. James Adams. Last Wednesday evening, The actual presentation of April 7, saw the first of what is awards lasted less than an hour hoped to become a yearly as preliminary comments and tradition of Academic Awards prefacing remarks were kept Banquets. Held in Black well short and concise. Most of what Dining Hall and catered by transpired was no big surprise A.R.A., the event lasted just but, as always, there were a under two hours and saw many couple of sleepers who came of Longwood's academic into their own as the fateful achievers honored. envelopes were opened. UnUnlike those of past years, this suspecting winners included year's ceremony was limited to senior Steve Badtke (John R. awards strictly academic. While Clark Math Education Award), several student groups have Freshman Bobby J. Orndorff (H. expressed discontent over the R. Black well Scholarship), and elimination of non-academic yours truly as one of the select awards from the annual few to receive the coveted Who's proceedings it's probably safe to Who in American Colleges and say that the semi-formal, dinner Universities certificate. style presentation was a much The food was great and more tolerable format for most everyone who didn't receive an students than the afternoon-long invitation had to eat on Wheeler auditorium events of previous Mall. It was, undoubtedly, a years. special evening for those whose The ceremony opened with academic achievements allowed short speeches by Dr. Vail, Dr. them to be there and hopefully Greenwood, and the recently created some incentive for those named V. P. for Academic whose didn't.
SGA Election Procedures Petitions are available in the information office and are due back to the same place by midnight April 24. Election will be April 30 from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. in the new Smoker. Show that you care about the students' life in college, vote. Vote for class officers, honor board members - 15, campus life chairman, and judicial board members - 30. Thanks, SGA
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Your Turn Gay Awareness Supported To the editor: I am writing in response to student reaction on April 10. Last week The Rotunda staff asked Longwood students to wear jeans in support of Gay Awareness Week or in other words, education regarding homosexuals. This simply means that you support learning more on a subject that most of us know little about. By supporting education you are neither condemning or condoning the lifestyle. On April 10,1 saw fewer jeans worn than on any day since I've been here. It's sad to think that in 1985 there is a college population who rejects education, or worse, that there exists a population who cannot
read and comprehend well enough to know what support of an awareness week means! Sincerely, Gretchen Young
Chili Reception To the editor: In response to the article on Spring Weekend in the April 16th issue, we would like to inform you of an error. The first place winner of the Chili Cook Off was Alpha Pi Omega, National Service Fraternity. It was not Delta Sigma Pi. In the future, your information should be checked before it is put in print. Alpha Pi Omega
In The Limelight To the editor: As a careful reader of your publication, I get tired of seeing the same old faces in every issue. It is not that I dislike them, but variety should be used. Other people and other subjects could be photographed. I don't care whether Eric, Frank, or Mick are showing the lastest fashions, mellowing out in the construction sight of the new snack bar, or looking happy at a journalism convention. Now that they are known on sight as selfmade campus stars, could you please take pictures of something else? The Critic To "The Critic", Admittedly, you are "a careful reader" (so astute of you to recognize us in all of those pictures), but a genius you are
not. Does anyone complain about Ronald Reagan being on the front page of fheN.V. Times four days a week or Brook Shields making it into every other issue of The Star? Celebrities like us are constantly hounded by photographers and reporters from hundreds of national and international publications. Your lack of compassion for those who lead such harrowed lifestyles is typical of the ignorance displayed by today's unfeeling public. If you want some variety, try this one on for size: Here's me last fall trying to enjoy an evening of privacy at a sorority social function. Unwillingly yours, Eric T. Houseknecht
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The Balcony Reviewed By Randy Copeland In their final play of the semester, The Longwood Players and Department of Speech and Theater presented The Balcony, a play by Jean Genet. The production is set in a brothel that specializes in fantasy to satisfy customers, while it protects them from reality of the revolution that surrounds the house. The first act introduces a "John" who has a great desire to become a bishop, but only achieves his fantasy by wearing a costume and elevated shoes to feel power. The bishop looks at the mirror on the wall to verify to himself the powerful position he has assumed. Following this scene a judge is similarly dressed up to decide a verdict against his "mistress" and achieve an equal feeling of importance. He, also, uses a mirror to view himself in the fantasy role he has taken. Next, another customer is clad in military gear, complete with medals and elevated shoes, to force his girl to act as his horse and tell him of his great heroism as a general. The madame of the brothel, Irma (Becky Etzler), is a forceful and powerful business woman who does whatever is necessary to please her customers and satisfy their desires. Eventually, Irma, the bishop, the judge, and the general are all adopted to replace the queen and her court, thus realizing their personal fantasies. This, of course, making a long story short, however, in a play of this length and depth, it would be im-
possible to go into details, however, the irony and individual struggles by the characters was powerful and attempted to make the audience realize that everyone wants to see themselves as a grand illusion instead of what we may actually be. As for the performance, the acting was generally superb, but occasionally overdone. Etzler, who had over 700 lines, was very successful in portraying a every bitchy Irma. She made very appropriate smirk or glance that made her a most convincing character. Glenn A. Gilmer (the bishop) seemed to flicker between accents a bit too often, but was very funny, and similar to a television evangelist. Curt
Presidential Assistant Named Meredith Strohm, director of student services at Longwood College, has been appointed assistant to the president at Longwood She succeeds Sarah Kennedy, who is returning to full-time doctoral study at William and Mary and a teaching position at St. Leo College. The position has been changed from "intern" status to a regular staff appointment. Strohm came to Longwood in July, 1983 from the University of Maryland, where she was working on her doctorate and serving on the faculty associate staff. She has an M.S. degree in College Student Personnel Administration from Indiana University and a B.A. in sociology from Miami University of Ohio. In addition to her work in student development at Longwood, Strohm is teaching a
course in social work and codirecting the Faculty and Curriculum Development Project on integrating women's studies throughout the curriculum. She and Dr. Chester C. Ballard, assistant professor of sociology, are conducting the project under a grant from the Duke/University of North Carolina Regional Women's Studies Center. Strohm, 33, has written four articles for professional journals and presented papers at numerous conferences and workshops. She was selected to participate in a series of Moral Development Institutes at Harvard University last January. She will give the keynote address at a regional conference of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators in June. Her remarks will focus on student development and the mission of undergraduate education.
By Tim Fitzgerald On April 11-13, Longwood's Sociology and Anthropology departemtns attended the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings held in Charlotte, N. C. Over 2,000 people attended this conference which is one of the larger regional conferences in the nation. Dr. Ballard, Dr. Jordan and Dr. Perkins accompanied Yolanda Thomas, Herman McDonald, Charles Green, Melba Whitaker, Karen Haddock and Benji Smith to the conference. At the conference, Dr. Perkins presented a paper titled "Towards a Theory of Oc-
Walker (the judge) pressed his character a bit too much in the early scenes, but later relaxed to make a very plausible and entertaining performance. Jeff Fleming (the general) was very comfortable with his character and managed to transform from a nervous "John" to a heroic leader with great ease. Jerry Dagenhart, who played the Chief of Police of the beseiged city, was a less heroic Indiana Jones, who seemed to lack originality in his part. Despite this, his voice was very strong and his acting is highly commendable. Sam St. Phard (Arther) is very funny in his performance and Anna Prow (thief) also is humorous when she teases with the judge. Michele Watson (Dove) is flawless in her dealings with the general while exhibiting courage by wearing a very risque costume. Mark Holland (the tramp) and Ashby Conway (the redhead) were most successful in presenting their episode with the most action compared to the least words. Their movements and activities were very easily interpreted to exhibit the apprehension felt by visitors to the house. Toby Embert added a cynical side as the court envoy, and he was as easily despised as JR. Ewing or Alexis Carrington. Joyce Rollandini (Carmen), Vince Decker (the rebel leader), and Connie Watkins (Chantal), all gave strong, steady performances and were very enjoyable. The entire cast and crew should be congratulated for an excellent production with a very attractive, sturdy set.
Business Students Awarded At Convention By Deanna Moore The Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity attended the annual State convention in Staunton on April 12-13. Of the 16 Longwood students that attended the convention, 11 of them placed and received awards. These students received first place and are now eligible to compete in National competition in Houston, Texas from July 4 through July 8. The three are as follows: Michael Tupper, Mr. Future Business Teacher; Shirley Smith, Business Law; Lisa Jessup, Marketing. Mike Tupper will also receive a $75 savings bond from the Virginia Business Education Association. In case the first place winners are unable to attend the National competition, the three students that received second place will attend. They are as follows: Mary Beth Blessing, Ms. Future
Tech Requiring P. C. In following the example set by the Virginia Tech School of Engineering which requires incoming freshmen to purchase IBM personal computers, all Freshmen entering Tech's computer science department next Fall will be required to purchase Apple Macintosh L computers. According to Donald Allison, the Head of the computer science department, the owning of personal computers is being implemented to provide a "better educational environment" for the students simply by having systems that are more available. The total cost of having such availability will run about $2500, including hardwear and softwear packages
cupational Solidarity, Part I: On the Causes of Occupational Communities." Dr. Ballard presented a paper titled "Social Change at Local Community Level: Community Responses to Reestablishment of Cambodian Refugees." He also served as a discussant in a session on Applied Human Sociology. Two students, Yolanda Thomas and Herman McDonald, were in the Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. According to Dr. Ballard, "This was a good experience for all the students who went. They got a chance to see how these meetings are conducted."
Business Teacher; Sherry Southall, Business Communications; Judy Goodridge, Job Interview. The five students that received third place are: Richard Schmidgale, Mr. Future Executive; Allison Berry, Ms. Future Business Executive; Brent Shaw, Impromptu Speaking; Michael Harris, Accounting II; Bobbie Williams, Administrative Assistant - Secretary. In addition to Mike Tupper's Mr. Future Business Teacher award, he was also named alternate recipient for the Mary B. McGinty Memorial Scholarship. Congratulations to everyone that attended and especially to everyone that placed! Approximately 300 students attended the State convention so it is a real honor for Longwood students to receive a total of 11 awards.
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Campus Events U.S.C. INVESTIGATES 40 STUDENTS IN COMPUTER GRADE TAMPERING PROBEWhat began last summer as one university employee paid to falsify five students' grades, has led to an investigation of 40 students for "unauthorized discrepancies" in their grade transcripts. A faculty panel is conducting review hearings and will recommend sanctions in each case, says Vice Provost Sylvia Manning. PEER TUTORS HELP IMPROVE COURSE WORK BETTER THAN MORE TEACHER ATTENTION—A Stanford University study shows peer tutoring improves students' work almost four times more effectively than smaller classes or greater teaching time. The study says computer-assisted instruction, the second most cost-effective method, is twice as costly as peer tutoring. DOMINO'S PIZZA DELIVERY CARS were temporarily banned from the Univ. of Southern California campus because of repeated traffic violations. The Office of Security and Parking Operations lifted the ban after Domino's agreed to spend more time training drivers and to take disciplinary action against drivers who receive campus traffic citations. BLACK STUDENTS STAGED A SIT-IN in the Univ. of Pennsylvania classroom of a professor they say is harassing black students. The Black Student League staged the protest after the professor allegedly called two black students "exslaves." The professor involved apologized for his comments. The BSL later met with administrators to press for racism awareness seminars and more black faculty members, but walked out of that meeting, calling the administration "unresponsive."
"Homosexuals in Society" forum. The council is also advising student groups not to use the printer's services. The forum was intended to be informational, and included a speaker from the Moral Majority.
PRIOR RESTRAINT IS UNDER DEBATE AT THE UNIV. OF CONNECTICUT where the Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution opposing a student group's publication of a "Pledge of Resistance." The group, Students for Peace, printed the pledge in its newsletter to encourage students to commit civil disobedience at federal facilities in the event the U. S invaded Nicaragua. The USG's response is an attempt to exercise prior restraint, says the student newspaper, The Daily Campus. Not so, says the USG, which claims it's only exercising its own freedom of expression in asking the Students for Peace to get prior approval of controversial material which USG helps fund. EDITORS OF EIGHT IVY LEAGUE PAPERS put their heads together to produce an editorial that came down hard on the Reagan administration's proposed federal aid cuts. The statement was then published in all eight papers. It targets the effects of the proposed cuts of Ivy League schools, which might have to abandon need-blind admission policies, and says the cuts would make higher education "the exclusive privilege of the wealthy." SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS SELECTIVE SERVICE PROSECUTION POLICY-By a 7 to 2 vote the Court rules the government's policy of prosecuting young men who refuse to register for the draft ortty if they publicize that refusal does not violate free speech rights. The decision affects 18 men to publicized their decisions to resist draft registration by writing letters to President Reagan or to the Selective Service. The Justice Department says it now seeks out all eligible men who have failed to register for the draft, not just "known" non-registrants.
ITS THE YIPPIES OVER THE YUPPIES, at least if victory is measured by who is winning the bulk of applause at the popular Yippie vs. Yuppie campus debates between radical activist Abbie Hoffman and Wall Street investor Jercy Ruben. At recent appearances at the universities of Virginia PLAN NEW ALCOHOL and North Carolina, Hoffman was the obvious SCHOOLS GUIDELINES-The Univ. of Illinois-Urbanafavorite. Champaign student senate has banned unTHE BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENT at the controlled alcohol sampling, drinking contests and Univ. of North Carolina lost a referendum to get alcoholic awards on campus. The proposal, however, contains no enconstitutionally protected funding for its forcement provisions. organization. By a 94-vote margin, among over And Roanoke (VA) College President Norman 4,000 votes cast, the UNC student body rejected Fintel hopes to ban beer kegs from campus next the plan. The one positive note, said BSM leaders, fall. was increased awareness of the organization Fintel says kegs symbolize "the essence of campuswide. alcoholic abuse." A STUDENT PRESIDENT CANDIDATE at the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill filed Honor Court charges against two other student officers, CAMPUS COPS CUP WINGS OF PHOENIX claiming they distributed negative campaign COVERAGE—The proverbial open records materials that contributed to his defeat. The pair struggle between student newspapers and campus reportedly put up posters identifying the candidate police forces has hit San Francisco State Univ. as a socialist. One of those involved admitted "Relations have never been exactly the best distributing the posters, but says that action is within between the Department of Public Safety and the his right to free speech. Phoenix," says student managing editor Christine Feldhorn But those strained relations reached the STUDENT SHOULD EARN INTEREST from breaking point after the weekly paper reported that their student fees, the Associated Students of the the DPS was under criticism from the San Francisco Univ. of Oregon is claiming. Its finance coordinator Police Department chief. The paper had obtained a wants the state legislature to turn over the interest letter from the chief to the campus DPS office, earned on student fee surpluses to the ASUO. complaining that DPS had failed to file a follow-up Under current practice, the state receives the in- report on an October campus rape. terest on the account, although the money belongs After that report came a virtual news blackout, to the students and is used in years when student says Feldhorn. "Whenever we'd call, all the they'd fees fall short of expected budgets. say was 'We are not speaking to Phoenix' For about a week there they cut us off completely." A VIRGINIA PRINTER FACES A BOYCOTT by Meanwhile the DPS did provide information to the the Univ. of Virginia Student Council, after he other SFSU student newspaper, The Golden refused to print a poster advertising the council's Gater.
Schools Update Dorms Continued from page 1 their dorms as attractive as those on other campuses. Grimm notes the University of Florida is establishing dormitories with a strong academic thrust: computers, quiet halls and live-in faculty advisors. In some cases, innovative university administrators are acting on their own initiative. In others, they have no choice. Norman, for example, has developed a massive apartment Friday, Hay 3 lUM PAY/DATr.
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Lancers Lose At UMBC Stunned by a doublcheader record 57 runs, beating the old loss at Maryland Baltimore mark of 52 which Mayone set County Sunday, Longwood's last season. Lawter is also batting 18th ranked baseball team will .455 with'nine homers. He and have to bounce back strong this Mayone are tied for the career week if the Lancers hope to lead in homers with 18 each. make a return trip to the NCAA What makes Lawter's season Playoffs in May. even more amazing is that many Now 29-9, Longwood has a of his hits have come in key tough road ahead this week. situations with men on base. Following a home game with In the first game UMBC Hampden-Sydney Monday, the battered Lancer starter Rob Lancers visit Norfolk State for Furth for seven runs in the third two Tuesday, Richmond for a inning to take a commanding 9single game Thursday and 0 lead. Dennis Leftwich slugged Mount St. Mary's for two a two-run homer in the fifth as Longwood avoided the shutout. contests Saturday. Coach Retriever pitcher Craig Varner Buddy Bolding's squad hosts St. limited the Lancers to four hits. Mary's Sunday at 1 p.m. and Four Longwood errors also hurt wraps up the season at Virginia the cause. Commonwealth next Tuesday, April 30. The Lancers had beaten Earlier last week, Longwood Maryland Baltimore County 12took two from Radford Thursday 9 back in March, but Sunday 11-1 and 8-4 and staged a ninth afternoon the Retrievers put the inning rally to nip Virginia bite on Longwood 9-2 and 7-6 Commonwealth 11-10 Wedin eight innings, the nightcap loss nesday. Todd Ashby and Tony was a back-breaker for the Browning hurled complete game Lancers who held a 6-3 lead victories against the Highlangoing into the bottom of the ders. Ashby is now 5-1 and seventh inning. Longwood's Browning 6-1. Scott Mills walked two batters Junior Todd Thompson drove before giving up a homer which in the winning run in the bottom tied the game at 6-6. UMBC of the ninth as the Lancers
Lady Cagers Receive National Honors Longwood senior forwards Florence Holmes and Valerie Turner and Lady Lancer coach Shirley Duncan have been honored by the American Women's Sports Federation. Holmes and Turner, who led the Longwood women's basketball squad to a 16-13 season, have been named to the AWSF Division II All-America squad on the fourth team. Holmes also landed a spot on the AWSF South Atlantic All-
Region team.
Duncan was selected as an Ail-American Coach for 198485. The Longwood coach has led her team to back-to-back winning seasons, 16-13 this year and 16-10 last season, reversing a five-year losing trend. Holmes had been picked previously on the All MasonDixon Conference first team. The 5-9 forward scored 1,304 points and grabbed 821 rebounds in her career, ranking
Putters Last Stroke The Longwood men's golf team competed in the Chowan Invitational Thursday and the Shipbuilder's Tournament, hosted by Newport News Apprentice, Friday in action last week.
The Lancer wrap-up spring play this week, hosting Newport News, Washington and Lee and Bluefield Tuesday at Longwood Golf Course and competing against Hampden-Sydney and Liberty Baptist Wednesday in Keysville.
as Longwood's second leading all-time rebounder and scorer. Turner had received AllMDAC first team and VaSID College Division All-State honors earlier this spring. The Lady Lancer career rebounding leader, Turner pulled off 915 missed shots and scored 1,131 points in four years. She ranks fourth on Longwood's career scoring lists.
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won It in the bottom of the eighth. Mills gave up an astounding 13 walks in the contest, but the Lancers almost won anyway thanks to the hitting heroics of senior Allen Lawter. Lawter Shatters RBI Mark In the midst of what may be the best season yet by a Longwood batter, Lawter ripped two homers and drove in five runs. His three-run shot in the first, along with a solo homer by Jeff Mayone staked the Lancers to a 4-0 lead. Then in the top of the seventh, his two-run blast put Longwood up 6-3. Lawter has now driven in a
scored three to overcome a 10-8 VCU lead. Lancer Baseball Notes —Leftwich passed a major milestone in his career last week, topping the 100 mark in stolen bases. The junior centerfielder has swiped 46 in 50 attempts this season and 102 of 107 in three years for a percentage of .953. A Northside High graduate, Leftwich raised his batting average to .384 heading into the games at UMBC. —Sophomore Jeff Rohm broke the single season record for doubles Thursday The catcher now has 16 doubles, most ever by a Lancer player in one season.
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Lancer Sports Shorts
Men's Tennis Drops Five
Player of the Week Senior Lanic Gerken led Longwood to a third place finish in the National Small College Women's Golf Tournament last week, and for her performance, Gerken has been named Longwood College Player of the Week for the period April 12-19. Player of the Week is chosen by the Longwood Sports Information Office. One of the top golfers in Longwood history, Gerken fired a 71-79-78-228 at the national tournament, finished third out of over 40 golfers. Her first round 71 (1-under par) was the low round of the event played at Seminole Golf Course in Tallahassee, Florida. Her top five finish enabled Gerken to be named a first team All-American, the fifth in Longwood history. Her 228 total is the third best LC score ever for three rounds of play, and the 71 equals her previous career best which came in last year's Small College tourney. Only Penny Stallins has shot a better round than Gerken, a 70 which was recorded in 1973. Gerken holds the school record for three round score, a 7474-74-222, which she shot at last fall's Longwood Invitational. A participant in last year's NCAA Women's Golf Championship, Gerken has been a vital cog in Longwood's success over the past two seasons.
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Softball Team Ends Up 16 and 11 Paced by senior pitcher M. J. Campbell, the Longwood women's softball team closed out the season with five wins in its last six games. The Lady Lancers finished 16-10, winning the most games in school history. In the season finale Saturday Campbell got credit for both wins. Coach Nanette Fisher's squad dispatched visiting Mary Washington 4-1 and 15-0. Thursday, the Lady Lancers split with Liberty Baptist, losing the opener 3-2, but bouncing back to take the second game 8-3.
Longwood began the week Wednesday with a sweep of UNC-Greensboro, 5-1 and 7-4. The softball team has notched a winning record in iour of the five seasons Longwood has fielded a squad. Campbell ended her career in fine style, tossing a four-hitter and a one-hitter in the sweep of Mary Washington. She also went 2-3 at the plate in the second game when the Lady Lancers benefited from 15 walks by the Blue Tide With a 9-6 pitching record this season, Campbell had a 14-9
Longwood's men's tennis team dropped five matches last week and won a sixth by forfeit. The Lancers fell to Randolph-Macon 9-0, Monday, to Averett 8-1 Tuesday, to Roanoke 9-0 Wednesday, to HampdenSydney 6-3 Thursday and to Newport News Apprentice 8-1 Saturday. The Lancers got a forfeit win Sunday when Ferrum failed to show up for a scheduled match. Now 2-14, the Lancers got wins from Arjun Rishi and J. D. Almond in singles and Rishi and Almond in doubles in Thursday's loss to Hampden-Sydney. Longwood is scheduled to wind up the season Wednesday at Ferrum.
career mark. Earlier last week she had a homer, a double and three RBl's to pace Longwood wins over LBC and UNC-G. Freshman pitcher Andrea Samsky finished her first year of action with a 7-4 record. She had wins over UNC-G and LBC in the final week. Other top performers last week were Julie Biscoe with four runs-batted-in, Annette Easterling with two doubles and four RBI's and Bobbi Shuler with three RBI's. Shuler drove in 18 runs for the season to lead the team.
IAA Update Softball fever is building in the Intramural Athletic Association with the finals of the winners brackets in both the men's and women's division to be held this week. Eight teams are remaining in the A League Softball Tournament with Fever and Keggers I, both undefeated. The B League has only six teams still competing. The Women's Bracket has eight teams currently in the battle for the championship. Images and Totally Awesome are undefeated. In men's tennis doubles, Kidwell Haldeman will play the winner of Clark-Jimenez vs. Young-Gemborowicz for the title. Entry blanks and Captain's Meeting for foul shooting contest are due on Wednesday, April 22.
Golfers In The Swing Longwood played solid golf in the National Small College Women's Golf Championship Monday through Wednesday at Seminole Golf Course, but the end result was a third place finish behind two teams which played even better. Led by senior Lanie Gerken and freshmen Marcia Melone and Tina Barrett, Longwood carded a 315-307-312-934. Weber State (Utah) was the winner with a 304-302-315-921 while Troy State (Alabama) was second at 314-302-309-925. Longwood took consolation from the fact that Gerken, Melone and Barrett received AllAmerican honors, based on the top 10 finish in the individual standings. Gerken, who shot the low round of the tournament on day one (71), was third and earned first team All-American honors. She shot 71-79-78-228 to lead Longwood in the tournament She had finished sixth last season in the Small College Nationals. Melone tied for eighth with an 81-75-75-231 and Barrett was 10th at 79-74-79-232. The freshmen earned berths on the second team All-American squad. "I'm pleased overall with the way we played," said coach Barbara Smith. "Our score was not bad, but it wasn't quite good enough to win.'" Melone received a special award for being the low freshman in the tournament. She earned the Mike Ferrell Award, named after the late Weber State coach.
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Lacrosse Team Splits Week The Longwood women's lacrosse team went 1-1 last week, beating Bridgewater 14-7 Saturday, but falling at Lynchburg 14-10 Wednesday. Improving as the week progressed, the Lady Lancers put together one of their best games of the year Saturday at Bridgewater. Racing to a 6-3 halftime edge, Longwood got seven goals from leading scorer Sue Groff and outscored the Eagles 8-4 in the second half. "We played really well as a team on both offense and defense," said assistant coach Terry Chumley. Backing up Groff in the scoring column were Rala Heinen and Teresa Alvis with two goals each, and Kim Rhodes, Mariana Johnson and Sharon Smith with one each. Goalkeeper Jackie Smith had 10 saves. Groff had four goals, Heinen two, Alvis three and Johnson one in Wednesday's loss at Lynchburg. Smith had 16 saves, but the Hornets out-shot Longwood 35-25. Now 5-3, the Lady Lancers closed out their season Monday afternoon with a home game against Hollins. Lacrosse Summary Results — Record: 5-3 LC 12, Mary Washington LC 19, Sweet Briar LC 18, RMWC LC 10, Roanoke LC 16, Randolph-Macon LC 10, UMBC LC 10, Lynchburg LC 14, Bridgewater Totals 109 Scoring Sue Groff Teresa Alvis Rala Heinen Ellen Cykowski Kim Rhodes Mariana Johnson Tammy Marshall Sharon Smith Total
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Netters End Season At Home With hopes of finishing with a winning record, Longwood's women's tennis team closes out its 1985 season this week, visiting Ferrum Tuesday and returning home to host Southern Seminary Thursday at 3:30 p.m. and Bridgewater Friday at 2 p.m. Coach Bill Moore's squad, which has won three of its last four matches, will take a 4-5 record into Tuesday's match. In the only action last week Mary Baldwin beat LC 8-1 Tuesday afternoon. Heather Gardner took a three-set victory in singles to help Longwood avoid the shutout.
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Insurance Companies Threaten Drinking Ban North Dartmouth, MA —In a trend which many experts claim could soon spread nationwide, all Massachusetts state colleges and universities are being forced to halt campus alcohol sales because they can't find an inusrance company to carry their alcohol liability policies. It could make college bars and on-campus liquor sales obsolete. "No other state is in as severe a position as Massachusetts, yet," notes Mark Rosenberg of the Insurance Information Institute (III). "But it's a growing problem around the country and it could easily become as severe in other areas." The problem arose first at Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU), when administrators recently learned their insurance broker couldn't locate a company willing to renew their alcohol liability insurance. Such coverage protects the university, campus bar employees, administrators, and regents from lawsuits connected with on-campus alcohol consumption. SMU received notice its alcohol coverage would not be renewed at the end of March because insurance companies were getting out of the alcohol
liability business. "The underwriters are simply no longer renewing any bar or club liability policies," explains Francis Gordon, director of auxiliary services at SMU. "They're getting out of alcohol liability coverage except for establishments with an 80/20 food-alcohol mix. And there's no way a campus bar can serve that much food." Only days after SMU learned its alcohol coverage would not be renewed, state colleges throughout Massachusetts were told their alcohol policies would be cancelled April 1. Because Massachusetts law requires state schools to carry liability insurance before they can serve alcohol, on-campus alcohol sales in the state virtually have ended, Gordon says. "We've (SMU) already stopped selling alcohol here," he says, "and the other schools will have to do the same thing real soon. Even without the state law, we couldn't afford to continue serving alcohol without liability insurance." Experts say the lack of alcohol liability insurance easily could spread to other states. "The commercial liability industry is in a very tough time," notes Bob Fulton, an insurance
broker with Child, Savory, and Hayward in Boston, which unsuccessfully tried to find a company to renew SMU's alcohol liability policy. "From what we've seen, insurance companies are very anxious to get out of the liability market in general, and alcohol liability coverage in particular," he says. The reason, Fulton and other experts say, is a combination of tougher drinking laws, increased liability of bars and taverns for the actions of intoxicated patrons, and mushrooming court awards in alcohol-related lawsuits. In addition, 35 states now have "dram shop" laws that extend liability for alcohol-related accidents to the parties that served liquor to the person who caused the accident, explains Edward Hammond, vice president for student affairs at the University of Louisville, and member of a newly-established national task force on college alcohol issues. Colleges, too, have faced increasing liability in recent years for accidents, crimes and injuries resulting from institutional negligence. Cases involving such schools as Ohio State, Virginia and
Oregon, to name a few, have held student organizations and fraternities responsible for the actions of intoxicated guests, Hammond points out. Even raising the legal drinking age can make colleges more vulnerable to lawsuits. In Minnesota, for instance, the drinking age may soon jump from 19 to 21, greatly increasing the chances of colleges accidentally serving liquor to minors, and opening up tremendous liability potential, warns University of Minnesota attorney Mark Karon. "If you were at a fraternity, a sorority, or a dormitory or any other kind of party and you gave liquor to a minor, you impose the possibility of common-law negligence" by selling liquor to underaged students, he warns. "In the wake of all these law changes and crackdowns, what's happening is that someone drinks himself blind, goes out and wraps his car around a telephone pole or crashes into another car, and then the victims and their families sue the bar or fraternity for huge financial settlements," says Donna McKenna of the Professional Insurance Agents Association. "That's why (insurance companies) are dropping
alcohol liability. If more insurance companies quit offering alcohol liability policies, colleges may find it increasingly costly to serve liquor, or to allow alcohol on campus at all. SMU is a completely "dry" campus now, says Auxiliary Services Director Gordon. Other Massachusetts schools soon will do the same thing, he predicts. Indeed, without liability insurance, "many colleges around the country may decide to simply ban alcohol from campus rather than face the risk it poses to the institution," says Louisville's Hammond, noting a number of campuses already have gone dry even with liability insurance. "It's not something I agre< with." he adds, "but it's certain!; making more and more sense at least financially and legally for colleges to get away froi alcohol altogether."
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