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Gay/Lesbian Students To Join Together By JEFF ABERNATHY Two years ago this November, Longwood's campus was buzzing with news of a gay student's attempt to form a "Discreet Gay Society." An interview with the student in The Rotunda entitled "Running Scared" caused an uproar on campus. Moralizing letters were sent to the newspaper, and the student was soon "discovered" and harassed by numerous other students unmercifully. The reasoning for such treatment? Presumably, the student had committed a grievous sin; he had been brave enough to be frank about his sexuality if only to encourage others to do the same. The result? He and other gays and lesbians on campus were effectively shoved back into the closet. Unpermissive Longwood had does the shoving, and homosexuals on campus have

literally been forced to stay "in hiding" ever since. This fall, however, the subject of homosexuality will appear on campus again. Student Development Educator Barbara Gorski has been talking to gays and lesbians on campus in an effort to help them feel more accepted at Longwood. A dinner is being planned for mid-October, and an effort will be made to show homosexuals that they have the support of the students, administrators and faculty at Longwood. "A lot of our gay and lesbian students choose to meet off campus, but unless you're already involved in that group, you can't get involved," says Gorski. Thus many freshmen who are homosexuals are limited in their socializing. Gorski and other administrators are "aiming to put on a dinner for

anyone who is supportive of freedom of lifestyle choices," she says. "Hopefully, it will be an environment where people will say 'Hey, these students have the right to choose.' " The dinner is to be the highlight of various activities on campus which will focus on gay and lesbian rights. The activities are to be "low risk," allowing homosexuals some degree of privacy in an environment supportive of free choice of sexuality. One sophomore male who is gay spent his freshman year at Longwood in "a state of fear. I had no idea who to turn to. I couldn't go to the RA, and I didn't know anyone here who would listen to me after I told them that I was gay." Although he still lives with one foot in the closet door, the student is now becoming more open about his sexuality and somewhat

distressed at the situation at Longwood. "We have a lot of needs and rights just like any other students," he says. "Why can't we have a Gay Student Union and separate housing so that we can live together openly? Why can't we meet and date one another without stealing around in shadows? We're pretty goddamned tired of lurking around like criminals. If students at Longwood are so backward that they cannot accept reality, then they should have stayed back home on the farm, chewing their tobacco and driving their Jeep CJs. We're fed up, we're gay, and we're staying." Gorski recognizes the need for a sense of belonging on the part of Longwood's homosexual community. She noted that "gay and lesbian students are looking for a sense of culture — including religion. Their choice becomes

'less risky' for them if the Longwood community is permissive of alternate life styles." The question of religion often enters in discussions of homosexuality. Many Jews and Christians claim to oppose gay and lesbian rights because of various passages in the Old Testament. Gorski notes, however, that these very same people rarely adhere strictly to other passages in the Bible such as that forbidding intercourse while a woman is infertile or that forbidding premarital sex. Adherence, it seems, is only for those who deviate "too far" from the norm. Gorski realizes that not all Longwood students will be wholly permissive. However, she adds, "I also know that there are some people on campus who are willing to say to gay and lesbian students 'you're O.K.'"

The Rotunda Interviews: Horace Scruggs r

On Tuesday, September 11, Geist's annual Oktoberfest tapping was held. As usher after usher was joyously brought up to the Jarman stage, as the 1984 Mittenmeister and Festmeisters were named, one group of (Mr,, students sat sullenly amid the melee. Among them was Senior Horace Scruggs, who was to be named to the position of Geistmaster at the conclusion of the ceremony. Scruggs, however, chose to refuse the position in a protest of Geist, saying "I'd like to thank everyone who feels that I'm worthy to receive this position, but I can't see myself running around in a clown outfit. . . I care too much about the rest of the world." In the first of the 1984-85 series of Rotunda interviews, Scruggs explains the protest and the motivations behind it. ROTUNDA: Obviously, the primary question on the minds of the ra-ras and a few other "traditionalists" on campus is "Why?" What was the reasoning behind the action? SCRUGGS: The comment was made simply in protest of all the energy that's put into such childish antics while little attention is given to the issues that really concern each and

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every student at Longwood rather than a select few. ROTUNDA: What are your feelings in general towards Geist? SCRUGGS: I feel that it's o.k. . . . if students want to spend their time holding on to high school. But at the same time there should be twice as much effort put into becoming responsible, thinking adults; this is an effort which I and several others see lacking here at I>ongwood. ROTUNDA: So the protest was, in part at least, an effort to overcome this failing? SCRUGGS: What I really would like is for people to sit down and talk ... that is what it

was done for: to say 'let's talk about it.* ROTUNDA: Are the members of Geist truly campus leaders? SCRUGGS: There are many other people on this campus who give to much more worthwhile things: within their departments as well as on the campus as a whole. These people are giving, yet it's the ra-ras that get picked for Geist, and, consequently, noticed and rewarded by the administration. ROTUNDA: So, is Geist detrimental to the campus community? SCRUGGS: Yes, very much so because it's prolonging a high school attitude which does nothing for any graduating senior or incoming freshman because it doesn't afford them the opportunity to see what is real in the world. ROTUNDA: Were last Tuesday's action effective? Did anyone care? SCRUGGS: What the action did was, number one, let Geist know that there are some who refuse to go along with these childish games, and, number two, it opened up an avenue of protest which seemed to be closed in the past.

ROTUNDA: You said that you turned down the position because you "care too much about the world." Would you elaborate on that? SCRUGGS: That was a statement which came from the group I was with, David Areford, Laura Cullinan and Theresa John, which simply means that we refuse to be content with our own satisfactions. We strive to see that all students' needs are met and that their opinions are voiced. ROTUNDA: Is Geist an exclusive, say elitist if you will, organization? SCRUGGS: I would say they're happy with the way their lives,

particularly with the prestige that they have. They're living in a closed world. I mean, showing a slide show of yourself certainly shows a certain amount of itgotism. They're short-sighted . . . they can't see the needs of Students because they're dealing With only a handful of students, and that handful happens to be the ra-ras. ROTUNDA: How would you define the typical ra-ra? SCRUGGS: One who is much caught up in the "spirit" of Longwood but who fails to see the actual needs of the students here. By needs I mean the ability to think about those outside of one's self and see the rights and wrongs of our society. There is also the willingness to take a stand on beliefs which are true. ROTUNDA: What would you propose that Geist do in order to be more sensitive to the needs of the average student? Number One, stop basing its requirements for entrance on deeds done in the interests of Geist itself or in the interests of the ra-ras. Secondly, spend more time building a thinking and socially-aware Longwood rather (Continued on Page 4)

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I had an editorial to be printed in this space. I really did. It was a verbose piece of writing on the sorority and fraternity system here at Longwood. My editorial line was something like 'give independence a chance before you run off to join the Greeks.' I did have that. Now I don't. The Farmville Herald refused to print my editorial. Too freeking verbose is what they thought. In the eyes of the printer, my article was either "obscene, immoral, or illegal." I was a bad boy. I used harsh language. One shouldn't use harsh language in this town, you know. For this is not the real world, this is Farmville. Rather than consider a viewpoint, it is thought proper in Farmville to refuse to examine the view. I can hardly agree with this mentality. In this world, there is no room for a closed mind. Yet because I must abide by the whims of those who print this journal, for now I must allow myself and my beliefs to be pushed around in the interests of the students at Longwood. At some point, however, we students will grow tired of being shoved back from awareness. I hope that point is around the corner, for I certainly cannot see it now. Rather than print a watered-down version of my work, which I refuse to do, I will not run this week's editorial. Not again, however, and I refer you to the thirty-third line in Mr. e. e. Cumming's poem, "I Sing of Olaf." Naturally, I am unable to print the line. It is "illegal, immoral," or possibly, in the tainted view of my printer, "obscene." Censorship in a free society. .. a frightening reality which is all too close at hand.

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Geist Recognizes Scruggs To the Editor: As many of your readers are undoubtedly aware, this year's Oktoberfest Tapping was marked by a somewhat unexpected occurrence, namely the public refusal by Mr. Horace Scruggs to accept a position as this year's Geistmeister. Traditionally, Geist has reserved this prestigious position for the senior who most aptly represents the ideals of service to one's class and school spirit. We, the members of Geist, would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Scruggs

Parking Thievery? To the Editor: On Friday, September 14, I went to use my car which I had parked in Lancer lot five days before, and it was gone. I contacted campus police and found it had been towed without any notification to me. The officer informed me that my car was at Lawson Ford about two miles down on Main Street. When I asked him to take me there his attitude was reluctantly helpful. Once at Lawson Ford I found

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that the towing charge was $30.00 and storage was $3.00 a day for everyday they had my car without my knowledge (two days). My car was also ticketed twice at $6.00 a ticket, bringing the grand total to $48.00 for five days of parking at Longwood College. I was under the impression that when any police officer authorized personal property to be moved they were to contact the owner. Since campus police took the time to write two tickets and call for a tow truck they could have at least notified me too! Saturday when I went to my mailbox I found a letter from Meredith Strohm, about Important Changes in Campus Parking. This notice doesn't mention towing for cars parked in the faded blue section of Lancer lot.

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for honestly expressing his opinion. We are both understanding of and sympathetic towards his feelings and are quite willing to accept his decision. Despite Horace's refusal, Geist would like to recognize him for the services he has rendered to Longwood College. While the hard work of many students goes unnoticed, Geist prides itself in recognizing the accomplishments of these individuals, regardless of their personal opinions toward our organization. The Members of Geist

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As an independent student I find it hard to deal with $48.00 worth of unexpected parking costs in five days. I'm sure every student knows how dear $48.00 is to them, and can think of many better ways to use it than paying for parking. I feel my expenditure was unnecessary. Mary Ann Schraf Main Cunningham 131

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Longtime Dying By RICHARD D.LAMM Late one March afternoon, I happened to remark, in the course of a talk to a small group of health lawyers and one reporter, that "we all have a duty to die." The next day, all hell broke loose. The headline in The Denver Post announced: "The Elderly Terminally 111 'Have a Duty to Die,' Lamm Says." The appalled health lawyers hastily called a press conference to try to correct the Post's version, pointing out what I had actually said: that the terminally ill should be permitted to die with dignity instead of being hooked up to lifesupport machines long after consciousness has faded and after there is no longer any hope of recovery. Following the story, I received close to 3,000 letters. Despite the distortions, the vast majority of those who wrote agreed with the gift of what I had said. The response showed clearly that many people have come to believe that medical technology has run amok. It would seem that a new liberation movement is forming, a movement for liberation from our machines when they are used not to prolong living but to prolong dying. But there is a relentless kind of technological imperative, particularly in the medical field: If we invent a machine we have a duty to use it. In an article in Nursing magazine a nurse writes that we "can't shut our eyes" to the fact that resuscitation machinery is very expensive, and that "if the equipment is not used, there is no return on the investment." Last year health care nationwide cost $355 billion — $45 million an hour, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The time is not far off when there will be a direct conflict between the health of the individual and the health of the society. We cannot afford all the medical miracles that the profession stands ready to give, and choices will have to be made about the distribution of limited medical resources. Technological immortality is running into fiscal reality. A large proportion of our health-care bill already goes for the care of patients who have no chance of recovery. We spend 28 percent of Medicare funds on the 6 percent of Medicare patients who die each year. In other words, we spend our time as much on those patients who die as we do on other Medicare patients. Many high-tech procedures and machines are so expensive they interfere with our ability to pay for other medical procedures. The cost of high technology is one of the main factors cited by health care analysts for the decline in funds for prenatal care and health care for the elderly. The easiest issue both politically and morally is the "right-to-die" issue, and it is here that the new liberation movement is being felt. California passed the first right-to-die law in 1976, and 19 other states and the District of Columbia have passed similar or identical laws. Such legislation

gives doctors and hospitals immunity from civil or criminal prosecution if they have acted according to a "living will." The heart of a living will is simple: If a person should have an injury, disease or illness regarded by his physician as incurable and terminal, and if the physician determines that the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to prolong artificially the dying process, the patient directs that such procedures be withdrawn and that he be permitted to die. The courts have recognized three main criteria to guide medical professions in ambiguous situations. First, if a patient is brain dead the medical professional can declare him dead, even though his body functions. Second, physicians do not have to treat a "hopeless" patient. Third, treatment can be discontinued if there is "no reasonable possibility of a patient returning to a cognitive, sapient state." But these guidelines are minimal, and even the most fundamental question, "Is a person dead," differs from state to state. Twelve states have not adopted the so-called uniform brain death law. Whatever the ultimate standard, it is clear that most people recognize that at some point treatment becomes both counterproductive and cruel, Pope John Paul II stated in 1980 that the refusal of treatment "is not the equivalent of suicide; on the contrary it should be considered as an acceptance of the human condition." The movement to reaffirm the dignity of human life and death in the face of possible technological immortality is growing slowly. People who do not want to be placed on lifesupport systems are exploring options, in addition to the living will, for determining the conditions for treatment or nontreatment of injury or illness. California and Colorado have passed bills allowing patients to appoint attorneys to represent them in medical areas. But the best option currently available to the terminally ill is to arrange for hospice care. The philosophy of hospices is to ease the dying process by providing whatever pain medication or psychological support is needed. Hospices give terminally ill patients and their families choices about their care, including such extreme choices as refusing nutrition and fluids when death is imminent. Medicaid and Medicare should pay for hospice care as an alternative to hospital care for the dying, because the cost is lower and the quality of care is higher. Some hospitals, like the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Denver, are beginning to allocate a few beds to hospice care for the dying. However, these changes are occurring very slowly. In the meantime, countless human beings are hooked to the miracles of modern medicine, machines which too often offer them not recovery, but a living death, (Richard D. Lamm is governor of Colorado)

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Florida Moves To Ban Overnight Guests GAINESVILLE, FL (CPS) University of Florida students soon may find their indoor nocturnal activities curtailed by a ban on members of the opposite sex spending the night with them in residence halls and fraternity houses. And if Florida and other colleges are any indication, students everywhere may soon be facing tough new restrictions on what they can do in campus housing. Florida decided to think seriously about joining the growing number of colleges that restrict visiting hours when a university task force suggested the changes in July. Student reaction was mixed. The 13-member task force, made up of faculty, students and community representatives, was reacting to an alleged rape at a fraternity house and a campus hearing into a student's complaint about being disturbed by late-night visitors, says Hugh Cunningham, director of university information. "Currently, overnight visitation is not permitted," Cunningham notes. "But 24hour visitation is, so obviously overnight visitation probably exists." Among the suggestions were in-house monitoring by students and staff of individual residence halls, and live-in adult supervision in fraternity houses. Most fraternity members reacted "very well" to the recommendations, reports Tom Dougan, campus fraternity advisor, though many feel they have been singled out because of the alleged rape this spring. "In the coming year we'll start staffing the fraternities with grad students or house mothers," Dougan says. "But most fraternity members don't

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feel the presence of a house mother would have prevented what allegedly occurred." Last week, a 16-year-old girl visiting UF claimed she was raped at a pre-rush party at Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which does not have a resident adult supervisor. UF police are still investigating the incident. Some fraternity members also say they can't afford the $15,000 a year to hire a house mother. Student reaction to the suggestions was minimal because of the summer release of the task force's report, but Cunningham expects more feedback as students return to campus this fall. Florida is one of a number of colleges that have changed overnight visitor policies recently. While sign in-sign out sheets and curfews are outdated, restricted guest hours are replacing the more liberal policies promoted in the sixties and seventies on many campuses. In 1980, the University of Pittsburgh revised its 24-hour visitation policy and now restricts overnight guests to the same sex. Kent State, Kansas and Alabama, among others, soon followed suit. The changes at Pitt and Kent State were prompted by dormitory murders. Administrators there and at other schools cite security as the reason for the changes. Students themselves are the ones asking for the stricter housing policies, claims Paul Jahr, research committee chairman of the American Association of College and University Housing Officers (ACUHO). "The nature of college students in general is changing," he explains. "They are making an economic decision to go to college and they want to make the best use of their time." Dorm visiting policies were a question "way back when," Jahr adds, but as society has changed in the past two decades, so have students. "Most students now were born after Kennedy was assassinated," he says. "They've grown up in a more permissive society and the question of visitation hours just isn't that big an issue to them." Some students, however, are unhappy with college administrators' attempts to regulate visiting hours regardless of security or social reasons.

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Music Department Sponsors Trip By NATALIE THOMPSON Every two or three years Dr. Egbert, Chairman of Longwood's Department of Music, attempts to organize enough students for a European tour. This year a two week trip to London has been set to begin December 27 and conclude January 7th or 8th. The cost of this trip is a very reasonable $993.48 and there are quite a few spaces still open. Dr. Egbert will be directing a choral group during this tour and encourages anyone interested to audition. It is not necessary, however, to be a part of this group to make the trip. A deposit of $50 is due October 1, therefore, Dr. Egbert would like to encourage everyone interested to contact the music department as soon as possible. social awareness?

SCRUGGS: By asking "why?" and not going along with tradition. By finding out how the (Continued from Page 1) community feels — educating on than a school which is based on mass of students who are issues which affect that "good times" and self-interest. apathetic about things which community. ROTUNDA: We're talking ROTUNDA: Do you see directly affect them. Ixwigwood students in general as ROTUNDA: How do you bring about issues very close to racism. the opposite ends together, and at Would you say that groups such primarily self-oriented? SCRUGGS: Yes. There are the same time, bring about a as Geist promote stereotyping? SCRUGGS: No - not many things happening in the positive attitude from the "don't intentionally. I don't think that world around us which Longwood give a damn" students? SCRUGGS: By transferring the they promote stereotyping. They just seems to take in stride. love-of-self to the love-of-others. promote an exaggerated view of ROTUNDA: Such as? SCRUGGS: Such as prejudice That's the basic idea, and this one's self which makes people not in the surrounding area and idea includes making all students listen to others. Therefore, socially aware. In doing this, opinions of others are often based nuclear proliferation. The heavy use of alcohol and we'll get students to voice their on one's own ideas. ROTUNDA: Is Geist a the general idea that we all must opinions and obtain a society conform in order to be liked . . . where all people count and not nonessential part of campus life? SCRUGGS: Well, I'm quite These things are certainly just an elite few. sure that longwood could carry ROTUNDA: This is still detrimental to longwood, and, as wo grow instead of wiser, somewhat vague. How do leaders on as well — if not better — detrimental to the society as well, of a community bring about this without it. ROTUNDA: Would you say that the image of Snoopy, dancing on top of the dog house THE for everyone to see, fits a large number of people on this campus? SCRUGGS: There are a number of people who seem to fit that description, and, sadly enough, their weekend dances seem to start every Wednesday Located in the Lower Dining Hall.

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ROTUNDA: So you see alcohol as a large problem on campus? SCRUGGS: Yes. It seems to perpetuate several idas, one being comformity. Another-uhhmindlessness and irresponsibility. ROTUNDA: So there is a poliarzation on campus, with the ra-ras on one end and the apathetic students on the other'' SCRUGGS: The polarization is that you have the ra-ras here (on one end), a thinking group of students on the other end and a

The Learning World By Dr. RICHARD MEISLER The function of grades is revealed by using a little imagination. Imagine that the grading system was abolished today. If you are a teacher, are you sure that the students would come to class, laugh at your jokes and treat you with respect? If you are a student, would you do what the teachers want? I recently talked about education with a group of college students. They felt that the pressures of term papers and examinations left them no time to really absorb their subjects or even think about them. There was one exception. He was a young Vietnam veteran who was badly injured in combat. He received a government disability pension. He lived frugally, and his pension met his forseeable financial needs. The veteran handled college very differently from the other students. He concentrated on the classes from which he learned and didn't worry about the others. He got some low grades, but didn't let them bother him. He went to school to learn, not to get good grades. The other students in the group wishes they could follow his example. None of them dared. They feared that low grades might damage their future employment possibilities. I have never seen a better illustration of the nature of grading, which has more to do with money and power, than with learning. The grading system gives power to teachers over students. The main function of grades is to punish the student for not doing what their teachers want them to

do. Students and parents are terrorized by the way a teacher can harm a student's future prospects. Grades teach people to rely on the judgements of others about their learning. Students do not learn to evaluate their own learning, a skill they will need in almost anything they do. Students are taught by the grading system to obey instead of learning to learn. Years later they find that they don't know where to begin the process of learning something new unless there is a teacher to tell them. Teachers believe that grades are necessary to help students learn. Grades tell students how well or poorly they are doing. If this is their function, why do they have to be recorded on permanent records where they can cause so much damage? Most students, however, will tell you that their grades don't reflect their learning. Students receive good grades when they give teachers what they want, which means they usually learn less. Learning needs to be evaluated in many settings and for many purposes. Graduate and professional schools need to assess a student's previous learning. Employers and licensing agencies need to do the same. Ijet them do it. It is not necessary that the lower-level schools and the teachers do it for them. I^et somebody else do the judging. For when teachers judge instead of teach, a wedge of power is driven between the teacher and the student. They are no longer on the same side. That gap has been there for most of us for so long we don't even notice it.

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LC CURRENTS Alcohol Center Gearing Up By MICHELE WILLIAMS Friday, the 14th of September, marked the reopening of the Alcohol care center located in the student union's off-campus lounge. The alcohol center's new hours this semester are 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Before you begin to turn the page and sigh, "Oh no, not another anti-alcohol campaign," please read on. "The alcohol care center is in no way suggesting the student not drink but, merely that he or she drink responsibly,'' stated Administrator Barbara Gorski. Dr. Anderson, Janette Shoeder, and Ms. Gorski, the Interim Director of the Student Union, established the alcohol care center last spring, with an overwhelming response from the student body. The Alcohol Education Committee found that it was

necessary to provide a service for students so that drunk-in-public arrests in the Farmville area would decrease. The unpleasant experience involved with being "taken in" would also be reduced. The care center therefore could safely retain intoxicated students, and observe them until they were sober. "The center is strictly confidential and no effort is made towards disciplinary actions," Gorski said, The center is not, however, utilized as much as it was originally intended to be. However, "many students do call the Center for advice and inquiries," said Gorski. The volunteers are trained by Gorski, Shoeder, and Anderson befor e they are permitted to work 'n *ne center. Ms. Gorski said the student volunteers were taught "how to deal with a drunk individual in an adult manner."

LC Players To Produce Threepenny By DIAHN SIM ON INI On October 11th through 13th at 8:00 p.m., the Jarman Hall curtain will rise on Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera," a delightful musical romp through the slum and waterfront sections of Victorian England. No prim and proper England here; instead the stage abounds with delightful rogues, the most villainous of whom is the notorious Macheath (alias Mack the Knife), portrayed in the Longwood production by Vince Decker. This 1920's "mafia forerunner" has his fingers on the criminal pulse of tondon and is head of as colorful a gang of thieves, liars, and cutthroats as has ever been portrayed onstage. No wonder, then, that Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Peachum, played by Jerry Dagenhart and Laura Coombs, are appalled when their daughter, Polly, (Sophia Paulette) is smitten with the handsome stranger. Matters deteriorate when the lovestruck Polly actually dares to commit the "immoral act" of marrying him! Such happiness, of course, • cannot last. Waiting in the wings are two of Macheath's "formers" — a rejected mistress named Jenny (Connie Watkins) with bitter dreams of revenge, and Lucy the mistress of Newgate Prison (Natalie Thompson) who willingly adds to Macheath's difficulties with the law in hopes of rekindling the "old flame." Inevitably, Macheath is captured and is led to the gallows — but will he hang? A strong cast of supporting

Seated: Sophia Paulette Standing: Laura Coombs, Jerry Dagenhart actors aid in determining his fate. They include Jeff Fleming as Tiger Brown, Andrew Murtaugh as Jake, Travis Corker as Matt, Lewis "Spike" Newby Jr. as Walt, Glenn Gilmer as Filch and Rob Robertson as Bob. Rounding out the cast are David Turk as Smith, Toby Emert as the constable, Leon Young as Kimbel, Patty Piedmont as Betty, Kathryn Harshberger as Dolly, Cassandra Wallace as Molly, Martha Pollard as Coaxer, Dave Miller as the constable, Michele Watson as the beggar and Wanda Carter, Ann Lawson, Joyce Rollandini and Robin Falkenstein as the beggars' chorus. Tickets for "Threepenny Opera" are available at the door. For further information, call 3929361.

Students Recover Past With Modern Technology Longwood College archeology students used 19th-century mining technology to learn about prehistoric Virginia Indians this summer. During the rainy month of July, students in I,ongwood's Summer Field School in Archeology faced an unusual dilemma. They had to sift through dirt from a four-stepped trench that had just been dug. Normally, the soil is dry and sandy, making it easy to shake it through a screen to recover artifacts. But the rains had changed the dirt into mud. The essential screening of the mud would have been wastefully time-consuming and difficult, said Dr. James Jordan, field school director. When Hicksie Wells, Longwood's grounds foreman, was helping in the digging of the steptrench, he suggested that a pump and a firehose would enable water to be pumped out of nearby Little Buffalo Creek and onto a screen. Water from the hose would aid the archeologists in sifting through the muddy soil. "Hicksie likened it to a gold-mining operation," Jordan said. Three students — Kinney Swisher of Amherst, Craig Diffee of Dinwiddie, and Jeff Buttles of Hampton — quickly went to work on the details. They made a device consisting of a generator, pump, firehose and screen. After dirt was carried in buckets to the screen, the students used the hose to separate it from the hoped-for evidence of the past — projectile points, scrapers, and shards of pottery, mostly. "The hallmark of archeology is adaptability," Jordan said. "We have met the challenge of our muddy July environment and have not become extinct!" Thirty-eight students participated in the 10week Archeology Field School, which ended on August 10. A student's first five-week field school is known as Anthropology 495: Basic Techniques in Field Archeology. In the second internship — Anthropology 595: The Organization of Archeological Fieldwork — students conduct independent projects under Jordan's super-.

vision. Since August 1981, the Field School has been held each summer at the Smith-Taylor site, located near the junction of the Appomattox River and Little Buffalo Creek in Prince Edward County. The site is on a 289-acre farm formerly owned by the late Robert A. Smith of Farmville. Mr. Smith and Jordan negotiated an agreement in the summer of 1981 allowing the site to be used for archeological fieldwork. The site's name also recognizes Robert E. Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Taylor Manufacturing Co., Inc., of Farmville, who has been a patron of the Field School. Approximately 20 percent of the 2.1-acre site has been excavated, said Jordan. The site, which has an elevation of 315 feet, sits on a flood plain which lies 15 feet lower. This slight elevation prevented flooding, kept insects away, and still allowed the prehistoric inhabitants to stay close to the water of Little Buffalo Creek. "I think it was used during the Archaic Period — 8,000 years before the present to 3,000 years before the present — as a base camp for Indians who moved seasonally up and down the Appomattox River," Jordan said. "They would come here for a few days or a few weeks to exploit the available food resources. It was probably not a permanently occupied site; it may have been unused for hundreds of years." "In the Woodland Period — 3,000 years before the present to about 1600 AD — settled groups probably used the mound as a permanent occupation site. So this site, apparently, had two uses — first for migratory hunting and gathering bands and later as a hamlet for farmers." Taking advantage of the unusually high water in the Appomattox, two Field School students took a canoe upstream and, paddling their way back to the Smith-Taylor site, did preliminary survey work at similar mounds and bluffs close to the water. Buttles and Jaison Annarino used a topographical map to locate these sites.

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Maxwell To Give Lecture Longwood College chemist Maurice Maxwell will open this year's Faculty Colloquium Series with a lecture on his research on some compounds of thiophene. The lecture, titled "The Nature of the 3,4-Bond of Thiophene," is scheduled for Wednesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Wygal Auditorium. It is open to the public at no charge. Dr. Maxwell is one of a limited number of chemists in this country who are working in thiophene chemistry. (Thiophene is prepared by the hightemperature interaction of butane and sulf ur. It is used in organic synthesis.) Dr. Maxwell's work is, in part, a "prove-disprove" reaction to research by Janssen and deJong of the Netherlands. It resulted in the synthesis of another new thiophene derivative, benzo (1,2c:3,4-c) dithiophene. A graduate of Emory and Henry College, Dr. Maxwell received the Ph.D. from West Virginia University. He joined the Longwood faculty in 1974 and presently directs the college's chemistry program. Dr. Maxwell, along with Dr. Patrick Barber, has been

engaged in a project for the Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The two chemists have developed some high peformance plastics (polymers) which are stable at high temperatures. The other lecturers in the 198485 Colloquium Series are: Dr. John Molnar, professor emeritus of music, who will discuss the music of Colonial Williamsburg; Dr. Gerald Carney, assistant professor of religion at HampdenSydney College, whose topic is Krishna, one of the most beloved Hindu gods; and L. Marshall Hall, associate professor and head of Longwood's department of history and government, who will discuss the "complex phenomenon of Southern Unionism" as revealed in the life of William L. Sharkey of Mississippi. The Faculty Colloquium, established at Longwood in 1973, provides an opportunity for faculty members to share with colleagues, students, and the public topics of research which are separate from, but related to, their teaching studies.

Carl D. Bird, a senior from Petersburg, has assumed command of the Longwood ROTC Battalion. Bird, a business administrator major, officially took over as Battalion Commander in an ROTC awards and recognition ceremony last Wednesday. Bird's new insignia of rank was pinned on his epaulettes by IX. Col. C. Frank Broome, professor of Military Science at the University of Richmond. He will be responsible for Longwood's ROTC Battalion, which currently totals approximately 225 cadets. His selection was based on such factors as his academic and ROTC grades, his performance at Advanced ROTC Camp, and military proficiency. Also during the ceremony, which was held in Bedford Auditorium, many ROTC cadets received awards for their participation in Advanced ROTC Camp this past summer. Some 26 Longwood cadets attended the six-week Camp, which was held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Other awards included the following: 300 Club: Carl Bird, Charles Campbell, David Fowler, Guy Hackett, Steven Harmon, James Jackson, Betsy Kornieck, and William Reimsnider, III. Physical Proficiency: David Fowler, Charles Campbell, Steven Harmon. Land Navigation: David Fowler, Adam Lee, Jeffrey Thorpe. Military Proficiency: David Fowler. Honor Company: James Jackson, Lee Jones, Adam Lee, Brian Liming.

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Mixed Tuition Trends Nationwide By SUSANSKORUPA (CPS) - In-state students at Michigan's four-year state colleges and universities won't have to pay any more tuition than they did last year. But students at Arizona's three state universities will pay 14 percent more, even though the national inflation rate has been around four percent since last fall. Students nationwide, in short, are finding a mixed tuition picture as they start fall classes. While scattered colleges and university systems have managed to hold increases to a minimum, many other schools have imposed tuition hikes well above the inflation rate. "There's no trend toward freezing or raising tuition that I'm aware of," says Brooke Breslow of the College Board. There will be different states and institutions each year that freeze. Some stay stable for two years, then go up. Then others freeze the next year." In mid-August, the College Board predicted total college costs — which include room and board, books, supplies, transportation, and personal

expenses as well as tuition — will rise an average six percent this fall. Some colleges, of course, have been more successful than others in keeping increases down. Administrators at all of Michigan's four-year colleges took Gov. James Blanchard's offer to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition in exchange for an 11 percent increase in state funding. "There was some concern among administrators that tuition was too high," says Ron Jursa of Michigan State Higher Education Management. "Colleges were afraid of being priced out of the market." "I think the freeze is good," stresses Jim Labadie, a senior at Wayne State University in Detroit. "But tuition is still fairly high. I think we're still among the top ten in the country in terms of high tuition rates." Tuition freezes, in fact, typically don't last. The University of New Mexico has followed last year's tuition freeze with a 10 percent hike this year. "The 10 percent reflects the change in state funding," says UNM budget director Jim

Wiegmann. "We also needed to make up somewhat for the 1983-84 freeze." And this year's freeze in the state of Washington could translate into a 24 percent increase during the 1985-1987 period at state community colleges, says Kate Brown of the Washington Association of Community Colleges. The cost of education continues to climb, she notes, and while inflation is only four-to-five percent nationally, the Higher Education Price Index, which measures the costs of goods and services to colleges, is running at 10-to-ll percent increases. Colleges will spend a total $85.5 billion this school year, according to a National Center for Education Statistics report released last week. In Arizona, legislative pressure on campuses to raise more money to pay the higher costs convinced the Board of Regents to kick up tuition 14 percent at the three state universities. "Tuition is set by the regents," says Otis Elliott, spokesman for the regents. "But it's certainly influenced by the governor and the state legislature."

But when legislators and the governor attempted to raise instate tuition at the State University of New York system, student protest helped kill the proposal. "The students made their unhappiness clearly known," says Dick Gillman of SUNY Affairs and Development. "We have a pretty strong student body. They went directly to the legislators. Tuition stayed where it was, which pleased us very much." At least one school managed to roll back tuition this year. First-through-third-year students at George Washington's med school will pay 1.3 percent less — or $250 — than last year. Fourth-year students get a $100 tuition decrease, from $17,000 to $16,900 a year. Even those tiny rollbacks, however, are rare nationwide as many schools impose doubledigit increases again this fall. Penn State's increase, for example, is 10.8 percent for 198485. An administrative study shows costs at Penn have increased 170 percent since 1972. "We have looked at every available avenue for breaking the

16-year cycle of tuition increases," university President Bryce Jordan said this summer. "Unfortunately, this year's budget reflects the cumulative effects of past underfunding." Oklahoma students face 10 percent in-state and 15 percent out-of-state increases this year because of legislative cuts in education funding. Private colleges and universities are averaging tuition increases of approximately 7.5 percent in 1984-85, the College Board says. Stanford raised tuition 7.5 percent, considerably below its 10.7 percent average yearly increase since 1971. But in the past decade, the school has risen from eighth to sixth place in tuition costs among comparable institutions. Cornell and Dartmouth students will pay 7.9 percent more this year. Administrators blame higher energy and maintenance costs and diminishing federal college aid funds for the jump. University of Miami student leaders blame administrative "mismanagement" for a 7.5 percent cost hike there.

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HAPPENINGS New "Solomon Ammendment" Increases Pressure To Register

Heralded Psychologist To Give Lecture Kenneth B. Clark, educator, psychologist, and civil rights leader, will give this year's first Simkins Lecture at Longwood College. The lecture, entitled "Social Science and Social Morality," is scheduled for Wednesday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium. Clark is both scholar and activist. He is Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus of the City College, City University of New York, and a past president of the American Psychological Association. He presently serves on the board of trustees of Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is a leader of social justice and equal educational opportunity. The 1954 Supreme Court decision against segregated schools was based largely on his 1950 study showing that segregation causes psychological damage in children. Commenting upon the decision in 1964, Clark noted, "The Court saw the issue clearly and in the same human terms in which (blacks) had felt it. A racist system inevitably destroys and damages human beings; it brutalizes and dehumanizes them, blacks and whites alike." He is the author of several books, including the prizewinning Dark Ghetto, Prejudice and Your Child, and Pathos of Power. He is co-editor with Talcott Parson of The Negro American. With his wife, Mamie Phipps Clark, he founded the Northside Center for Child Development for the treatment of children with personality and learning problems. He is now president of Clark, Phipps, Clark & Harris, a firm which provides consultation on personnel matters with particular emphasis on human relations. Dr. Clark is the recipient of numerous honors, including the College Board's Medal for Distinguished Service to Education, given to persons who "have provided national leadership and service in the

advancement of educational opportunity." Born in the Canal Zone,

Panama, Dr. Clark was educated in the public schools of Harlem and at Howard University. He received the Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University.

WASHINGTON, DC (CPS) Rep. Gerald Solomon, author of the law that denies federal aid to students who refuse to register for the draft, says he may soon introduce a new law to apply even more pressure on students to sign up with Selective Service. The measure aims to punish schools that set up special funds to support students who lose federal aid because they refuse to register with Selective Service. "My impression is Congressman Solomon would be encouraging schools' attention to concurment with the Solomon amendment, which is the intent of Congress and the U.S. law," says Jeff Gleason, a Solomon aide. There is no evidence any schools have actually set up student support funds, but Gleason claims "some have said that's what they intend to do." Harvard, Northwestern, Swarthmore and Yale universities did announce plans to give private aid to students who can't get federal aid, regardless of the reason. "It's ridiculous," said one frustrated

male Longwood College student. "The Solomon amendment is unjust and unfair. Further legislation such as the proposal currently being discussed will only serve to perpetuate the D.C. as senility which we are forced to work with now. We are being punished for our personal principles. Is that fair?" Solomon's new amendment would cut off funds to medical, dental, allied and other health profession schools that help non-registrants. Those funds currently are awarded under Title VII of the Public Health Services Act. Health educators, like aid administrators in 1982, are lobbying to alter the amendment before it reaches the House, claiming it's not the job of schools to force student compliance with Selective Service laws. "We don't object to the underlying premise that students must register for the draft to get student aid, but it is quite another thing to expect the health professions schools to do the job of the Selective Service," said Marty Liggett of the American Association of Dental

The Francis Butler Simkins Lecture Series honors the memory of an eminent scholar and writer at Longwood. Dr. Simkins came to the college in 1928 after receiving his Ph.D. in history from Columbia Artist-Of-The-Month University. With the exception of Attention, all students enrolled periods he spent as a visiting professor at Louisiana State in Art courses at Longwood, you are invited to submit work University and at Princeton, Dr. completed since August 24, 1984 Simkins remained a member of for the "Artist of the Month" the Longwood faculty until his award. death in 1966. The awards will be as follows:

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Students Work In Europe Over Summer Three Longwood College anthropology students pursued their studies, either formally or informally, in Europe this past summer. Lydia Millar dug for artifacts in England. Jo Anne Akers studied French at a university in France. Shanna Eyer visited archeological sites in England and Spain. All three are senior anthropology majors. "I think it's unusual that, in a department which had only 15 majors last year, three of them were involved in some form of anthropological fieldwork in Europe over the summer," said Dr. James Jordan, associate professor of anthropology. Millar, of Midlothian, was one of eight American college students who participated in an archeology program offered by Westminster College, which is located near Oxford, England. The program, titled "The Archeology of Prehistoric England," lasted nearly the entire month of June. Akers, from Richmond, took part in a French language and culture class presented by the University of Toulouse. Six Ixmgwood students and 16 from Kennesaw College in Marietta, Georgia, were enrolled in the class, which ran from June 20 to July 4. She is currently working on a project related to her experiences in France which she will present to two anthropology classes. Eyer, of Fairfax, first went to England to see her family — her

father, a Navy captain, is stationed in Northwood, England — and then to Spain. Her travels included Majorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean. Earlier in the summer, she had participated in the first session of the Summer Field School in Archeology. Participants in Millar's program had to take part in a five-day "dig" in the nearby town of Radley, date every building in the town of Wootton Rivers, and write a paper about their experiences. "The dig site was used during four periods: the Neolithic, Bronze, Roman and Saxon periods," she said. "Twentythree burials and cremations were found there by a team of professional archeologists who were acting as teachers. Those bodies were all from the Roman Period. The site we worked on was a Bronze Period burial monument, which the Saxons later used as a garbage dump. We found a lot of pottery, animal bones, a carved bone-comb, and an antler that had been used for a pick." In Wooten Rivers, another nearby town, the students had to date a total of 29 buildings. "Some of the buildings were from the 10th century," said Millar, "and they came all the way up to the present. Some of them incorporated elements of architecture from different periods, so that made it difficult." After the program ended in late

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rrom left: Lydia Millar, Jo Anne Akers, Shanna Eyer. June, Millar traveled to Irvine, classes of mine." Parthenon and other Greek Scotland, to stay with relatives Asked to compare young adults sculptures, but in the 1820s Lord for a week. Her father, Dr. Jack in France and the U.S., Akers Millar, professor of history at said that the French people she Elgin, a British nobleman, had Longwood, is a native of met were "less modest" (topless them brought to the British Scotland. Millar stayed with a swimmers are common and Museum. Considered priceless, great-uncle, and also went to many change clothes on the they remain a source of Troon, on the west coast of beach or by the pool), they are embarrassment to British Scotland. It was not her first trip adept at speaking foreign officials. During the past four summers, to the British Isles; she once lived languages, and are familiar with Eyer has traveled to Italy, in England for two years while both American and French Holland, France and Germany, her father worked on his politics. in addition to England and Spain. doctorate. Eyer, who is minoring in Akers, a French minor, had sociology, history, and dance, has Last summer she visited planned to visit rockshelter and traveled extensively abroad. This Stonehenge and several other cave sites in southern France, summer, she viewed the Mary prehistoric Megalithic sites in but was unable to do so because Rose, one of King Henry VIH's England, collecting slides for the her time was limited. ships that was sunk in a storm off department of Sociology and Consequently, she is working on a the coast of England. "It was Anthropology. Although all three students linguistics project for which she raised a few years ago and is in enjoyed themselves overseas, will earn anthropology credits. the process of being they were happy to return to the "She will draw on her reconstructed," she said. United States. experiences in France to show She has been to archeological "I was so glad to get back how the French language reflects sites in Greece (such as the one at here," said Millar. "Why? I just French culture," Dr. Jordan Malia, an island of Crete) and said. "She will focus on one Italy, has visited archeological missed the American way of life. aspect of the language. She is museums (for example, one in I almost kissed the runway at doing research right now, and Heraklion, Greece), and has seen Byrd Airport when I got in." Eyer agreed. "After you travel eventually will give an hour and the world-famous Elgin marbles 15-minute presentation to two in England. The Elgin marbles abroad, you really do appreciate Introduction to Anthropology were originally part of the this country," she said.

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Finnish Professor Teaching At Longwood

Ilkka Keskinen hopes that the Jyvaskyla, which has 6,000 rest of his stay in the United students, is the only university in States is better than the first Finland that offers degrees in week. physical education and related Keskinen, a Finnish professor fields. who is teaching at logwood Keskinen is teaching five College this semester, arrived in swimming courses in the the U.S. on Aug. 14 with his wife department of Health, Physical and 19-month-old daughter. Education and Recreation. "The start was not so easy," he Although this is his first trip to recalled with a laugh. "Only four the U.S., he did not experience or five days after we got here, my "culture shock." daughter came down with "Nothing has shocked or chicken pox. She probably caught surprised me," he said of his new it in Finland, since it takes about surroundings. "Finland has a lot a week to catch. But she is better of news from your country. We watch American television shows now." Keskinen, who teaches and American news programs. swimming snd strength training Among the TV proat Jyvaskyla University, is here grams broadcast in Finland under a partnership between are Dallas, Dynasty, Hill Street longwood and his university. Blues, Fame, Happy Days, and Last fall Longwood received a All in the Family, as well as $50,000 partnership grant from Disney and Charlie Brown the U.S. Information Agency to specials. They are shown in develop "linkages" over a three- English, with Finnish subtitles at year period. the bottom of the screen, he said. Two Longwood physical Keskinen, 32, is originally from education faculty members, Dr. Saarijarvi, 40 miles north of Nancy Andrews and Ruth Budd, Jyvaskyla. He has a bachelor's are teaching at Jyvasklya degree and master's degree from University this semester. Jyvaskyla University, and has Another Longwood faculty taught there two years. He is member, Dr. Bette Harris, fluent in English, and also taught in Finland during the understands German and spring semester. Swedish.

Finns are a sports-loving, physically active people, according to Keskinen, who played on his high school volleyball team and bicycles two miles to work in Finland. Crosscountry skiing and jogging are the most popular sports. "We also jog in the wintertime. We don't mind the cold weather," he said. Ice hockey, volleyball, and a slightly different form of baseball also are popular. Finland has very few outdoor pools because the water is so cold, but there are many indoor pools, said Keskinen. His university has three pools, including a 50-meter pool, in one building. Most pools are owned by cities and towns, which charge a small user fee. "It costs about one dollar to swim for an hour and a half. It's only 50 cents to swim from 6 to 8 o'clock each morning, so a lot of people go swimming before work." In addition to being noted for its frigid climate and long periods of darkness, Finland is famous for its lakes. There are about 60,000 lakes, Keskinen said, and they are widely used for rowing and fishing.

Judicial Board Elections: By RANDY CHITTUM, President, Government Dean of Students "Do you mean to tell me that there is yet another election coming up?! I thought the Student Government Association just finished with elections, what's going on?" You're right, the Student Government Association (SGA), just completed the elections for class offices and the Honor Board. And while there is no question that these positions are very important to student life at Longwood, the Student Judicial Board elections represent another opportunity to become involved on the campus and are equally important. In fact, to help students focus on the importance of the Student Judicial Board and because the elections take place in each residence hall, they are held separately from class and honor board elections. This year, they will be on Friday, September 28, during your residence hall desk hours. "Big deal. . . why should this judicial thing be important to me?" We're glad you asked. There are three main reasons: 1. The Student Judicial Board holds "hearings" to help resolve differences that occur between students, or conflicts that may arise between students and staff or faculty. In a way, they help to promote a safe and secure living

and learning environment on campus. "OK, so that's one reason, what's number two?" Well, to be perfectly honest, we hope you will not only vote in the election but run as a candidate for your building as well. "Ya' right, I've got all this homework from classes and you're asking me to take on something else . . . I'm trying to get an education, ya' know!" That is exactly why we want you to run for a position on the

board. You see, we know that "education" is not just something you get through your classes. Don's misunderstand us, classes are critically important but your "classroom" can be more than just a room in an academic building. Other students who have been on the J-Board have told us they learned a lot! "Are you telling me that I could put this on my resume and it might even help me get a job or get into graduate school?!" Without a doubt, in fact, many

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Lady Lancers Rewrite Record Book Longwood's women's golf team turned in perhaps its finest weekend of golf ever in the eighth Longwood Invitational Tournament Friday through Sunday, but it wasn't enough to top Division I power Wake Forest which won the tourney by 14 strokes. I^d by senior Lanie Gerken and freshman Tina Barrett, Longwood put together rounds of 304-307-317 for a school record 928 total for 54 holes. Wake Forest was even better with 299-305-310 for a tournament record-tying 914 count at I>ongwood Golf Course. In one tournament performance Ixmgwood rewrote its own record book. The Lady lancers set new standards for 54 hole score (928, old mark 933) for 18-hole score (304, old mark 306) and turned in their best finish in

the invitational since they won the first event in 1977. While Helen Wadsworth of Wake Forest won the individual title with a 72-77-71-220 (a tournament record), Gerken broke the Longwood record for individual 54-hole score with a 7474-74-222 to finish at even par. AilAmerican Robin Andrews held the former record, an 80-75-74-229 set at the Invitational in 1980. Gerken's second place finish was the best by a Lady Lancer golfer since 1977 when Kay Smith won the title. Making Longwood's performance even more amazing was the presence of three freshmen and a sophomore in the top five. Barrett notched third place in the field of 65 golfers with a 72-76-78-226 which also broke Longwood's old record for 54 holes.

LADY LANCERS FINISH SMILING SECOND — Longwood's Women's golf team set three new records this week in their second place finish of the Longwood Invitational Tournament.

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Hockey Team 3-1 longwood's field hockey team, which won three of its first four games last week, will prepare to host the fifth Longwood Invitational Tournament FridaySaturday after playing at the University of Richmond Tuesday at 3:00. Longwood will take a 3-1 mark into Tuesday's game with the Division I Spiders and will welcome Davidson, Mount St. Mary's and High Point for the LC Invitational. The tournament, a round robin affair, was won by Pfeiffer last season while the I^ady lancers came in second. The tournament schedule is as follows: FRIDAY - 1:00 Davidson vs. High Point; 3:00 Longwood vs. Mount St. Mary's and 5:00 longwood vs. High Point; SATURDAY - 9:00 Mount St. Mary's vs. Davidson; 11:00 Mount St. Mary's vs. High Point and 1:00 longwood vs. Davidson. Last week Longwood beat Randolph-Macon 2-1 Tuesday, lost to Eastern Mennonite 2-1 Wednesday, defeated Appalachian State 2-1 Friday and clipped High Point 2-1 Saturday morning. Six different players scored for Longwood in the opening week of the season. In Tuesday's opening win freshman Claye Conkwright and senior Pam Esworth scored, Junior Sharon Bruce tallied Longwood's goal against EMC. Friday at Appalachian junior Sue Groff and soph Cathi Treacy scored and Saturday Groff and senior Mary Garrison had goals.

Longwood was hampered by the absence of Groff in its first two games. Last year's leading scorer, Sue suffered an ankle sprain early last week, but returned to help in the wins over Appalachian and High Point. Freshman goalie Becky Hardin played well defensively.

Under the direction of firstyear coach Bonnie Lipscomb, the Longwood women's volleyball team opens its 1984 season Wednesday night at Greensboro College with games against Greensboro and North CarolinaGreensboro beginning at 6:00. The Lady Lancer Spikers, 9-23 last season, will have their home

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opener Thursday night at 6:30 when Sweet Briar and RandolphMacon Woman's College visit Lancer Hall. Saturday, Longwood plays at Eastern Mennonite with Radford. Coach Lipscomb looks for improvement on last year's season. Five players return from last season including several starters. Returnees include Karen Moye and Brenda Bowman, who are two-year veterans on the Longwood squad. Coming back with a year's experience are Dana Shockley, Holly Hearne and Jackie Smith.

Newcomers to the Lady Lancer squad are Mimi Dreher, Susan Mears and Bobbi Shuler. Lipscomb is a 1984 graduate of Longwood and was a four-year standout on the volleyball team. She has been pleased with the efforts of her team in preseason practice and scimmages. "Our combination of returning veterans and newcomers has worked well together," said the coach. "We have a very tough schedule this year. We will know a lot more about our potential after the first game.

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LANCER SPORTS Kersey Looking Up In Pros Jerome Kersey, Longwood's top all-time basketball player, is one of five rookies on the Portland Trailblazers 16-man preseason roster. Kersey will sign a contract with Portland this week, according to Blazers' general manager Stu Inman. Kersey flew to Portland Sunday to begin a two-week session of special practice for the team's five rookie hopefuls. The other rookies are Sam Bowie of Kentucky, Bernard Thompson (Fresno State), Steve Colter (New Mexico State) and Victor Fleming (Xavier). "Jerome is coming to fall camp

and it appears he will sign a contract sometime in the next week or so," said Inman. "He is a kid with, in our judgement, enough talent to play in the NBA, but he may not be sophisticated enough right now. "He has an honest chance to make the team. The question is can he come back to Portland and improve in the areas Coach (Jack)Ramsey and Rick) Adleman want. There is a time factor involved. Is he ready now? I think he knows it's going to be tough."

jumper and rebounder, but I feel his position is small forward. He has a tendency to play out of control at times." Should Kersey fail to make the Portland roster, Inman says he would get close attention from NBA teams if he plays in the Continental Baske'tball Association. "Jerome played well and got a lot of exposure on our summer league team in San Diego."

Kersey scored 1,756 points and Inman says that Kersey will be pulled down 1,162 rebounds in his with Portland through at least four-year career at Longwood. A part of the exhibition season native of Clarksville, Virginia, he which begins October 7. The NBA was a first team Ail-American in regular season kicks off October 1983-84. Portland picked him in the second round of the NBA 27. draft in June. He was the second player from a Virginia college to Inman calls the 6-7,220 pounder Longwood's baseball team got a "tweener". "Kersey is a big be drafted. great pitching from sophomores Tony Browning and Sam Hart Sunday afternoon and swept a Get involved in the doubleheader from homestanding William & Mary. The Lancers took the first game 5-2 and won the second 4-0 in fall scrimmage action. CLOCC ENCOUNTER fa • • . • Browning hurled a four-hitter in the opener and got support . LASTIdC .VlHO from Mike Haskins and Kelvin Davis with two hits apiece and from Jeff Rohm with a triple. In the second game, Hart pitched a four-hit shutout while Mark a campus Christian fellowship open to Walsh went 3-3, John White had a all students. Wednesday 6:30- Speaker: triple and Tom Klatt a double. Longwood, now 5-1 in fall Dr. Steve Teague; Subject: Beatitudes. scrimmages, hosts Richmond for Lisa Fowler, President. a twin bill Saturday afternoon at 1:00 in games this week. William & Mary's scheduled visit to Farmville Sunday has been canceled.

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Lancers Take UMBC Tourney Commentary By Mark Holland

HOLLAND The Longwood Lancers invaded Maryland this weekend and made short order of defeating Coppin State and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, en route to winning the UMBC Soccer Invitational for the second year in a row. In a tournament marked by cold weather and gusty winds, the Lancers outscored the opposition 10-0 in running up their season record to 4-1. Following their opening game drubbing of Coppin State 5-0, the

Lancers played UMBC for the championship. The day and the Lancers started off the same, pretty cold. But after a while the sun came out, and things started to warm up. John Kennen was shining fairly bright down on the field and he started to heat things up with his first of four goals. The Retrievers of UMBC began the game showing a better ability to effectively penetrate the Longwood defensive side of the field then had Longwood's previous opponents. The Retrievers were able to keep the ball on the defensive side and keep Longwood out of its' attack half. On one of Longwood's few penetrations of the opening minutes, Kennen took a Scott Thoden throw-in on his chest, turned it around his man, and put it cleanly in the back of the net. It was not until late in the first half that the Lancers were able to increase their lead. Kennen received a nice pass in the middle from Mahfoud Kyoud and punched it past the goalie from the right to up the score to 2-0. Scarcely two minutes later it was Kennen again, this time from the left side shooting left footed to get his first half hat-trick. Coming out after half-time the

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Lancers started to work the ball more on the attack half of the field. Finishing the game with 32 shots on goal, the Lancers kept a seemingly constant barrage of shots up during the second half. Kyoud and Tim Ford held down the center dishing off to Kennen and Mark McArdle on the right or to Clay Mullican and Mark Kremmen on the left. The right side and John Kennen provided the next score as well with

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Kennen dribbling past the fullbacks and shooting over the lunging goalie for his eighth goal of the year making it 4-0. Senior Tri-captain Darryl Case made the next score happen, driving down the left side of the field. Case got off a powerful shot on goal that the goalie could not control. The ever present Jim DiModica alertly got to the rebounding shot and scored from the right for his second goal of the year. Head Coach Rich Posipanko used the final half of the last period to give his bench game experience and improve his depth. Freshmen Paul Dzierski, Jeff Robinson, Ricky Arnold and Mike Harris all played strong heads up ball. Posipanko has proven depth in sophomores John Anderson, Craig Reid, and Scott Gittman which he utilized realizing that he gave up nothing on the field. The opening game against Coppin State was another shoot out. The Lancers took 33 shots-ongoal compared to only five by the Eagles. The Eagles shots-on-goal figure is a direct reflection of the tenacity of the Longwood

defense. Erick Karn, Scott Thoden and Dan Bubnis sealed off the goal area and the Coppin State attackers were locked out. The Longwood attack men, playing into a head wind, were cutting the defense to shreds. Tim Ford got Longwood on the scoreboard first with his initial blast. The Lancers, playing some of their best ball of the year kept the ball down in Coppin State's defense. The Lancers increased their lead to 2-0 when Ford passed off to Kennen at the top of the goal area and Kennen put it neatly in the net. With the first half coming to a close McArdle made a spectacular shot off of a real tricky bounce when goalie Chuks Nyaneria of Nigeria missed a catch. Things only got worse for Nyaneria, Kyoud sent Case an arcing pass that the AllAmerican headed in for the fourth score of the game. In second half action, Kyoud sent a corner kick, with the wind behind it, curling and arcing and finally falling into the goal for the final score.

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