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"Catching Sight of Longwoodfrom atop the Sesquicentennial Mount" VOL. 68 No. 1
September 13, 1988
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Curry residents live in fear of break-ins By ANGELA KOUSSOGLOU Hearing the door open. Jane awakened. She thought it was her roommate. "Want me to get the lights?" Jane asked. Hearing no reply, she assumed her roommate had already gotten into bed so Jane fell back to sleep. Little did Jane know that she'd awaken the next morning to find her roommate gagged and strangled to death in the bed just five feet away from her. On the mirror by the bed. the words: Aren't you glad you didn't get the lights, were written in lipstick the shade of blood. This is fiction ... a story used on campus across the country to scare students Into
protecting themselves against crime. It's time Longwood read the fiction and heard the facts. On September 2 at 1:15 a.m.. Curry resident. Donna Hedge, was In the shower while her roommate and suitemates were in bed asleep. Unfortunately, someone forgot to lock the door. In the few minutes Donna was out of her room, her gold necklace, two watches, and three silver chains were stollen. Also stollen was a box of earrings, a checkbook, and a wallet belonging to her roommate. Not more than fifteen minutes later, Curry resident. JoAnn Sayko became the next victim. JoAnn was alone in
GALLERY Dr. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1885 - 1903) Gallery is a weekly column that will feature the many men and women that have worked in the past to build the college we all know as Longwood. By MATT PETERMAN Dr. J. L. M. Curry was born on his father's plantation In Georgia; however, he spent his early years on a plantation in Alabama. According to Charles Burrell Dr. Curry was "graduated from the University of Georgia at the early age of eighteen, then studied law at Harvard University, graduating when twenty years of age" (315). "At the age of twenty-one he became a member of the United States Congress from 1857 to 1861. when his fine gifts of oratory attracted much favorable attention" (315). After the Civil War he took the Job as President of Howard College In Alabama which he held for approximately a year. For the next thirteen years he made his
her room when over $200 worth of Jewelry was stollen off of the dresser by her bed. She slept through the incident. JoAnn says that the door to her room was unlocked. She isn't sure whether her suite door had been locked or not but she says that a hanger was found In front of the suite door the next morning. Minutes later, a Curry resident, who prefers to remain unidentified, was awakend to the sound of her roommate ordering someone to leave their room. The roommate who also prefers to remain unidentified, came into her room and found someone standing in front of her open closet. When she demanded that he leave, he told her not to be worried and that she should remember him from D.T.'s. He then left taking with him a few items of gold jewelry. The girls described him as being a clean cut. black, male. One girl said. "He was so calm . . . as if he owned the room and we were the ones breaking In."
V Sergeant A. Rhodes gave lecture on how to protect oneself to 10th floor Curry residents. Campus Police were notified in the morning. Sergeant A Rhodes came to get a full report from Donna Hedge the next day and later that week came to a 10th floor Curry Hall meeting to lecture on "how to protect yourself." He informed the residents that a strict security was being kept on the dorms and that only dorm residents and registered guests could enter the dorms after midnight. He said to report all suspicious persons and to always keep your doors locked. Should you Photo credit: Emily Howcll
home In Virginia teaching at Richmond College as a professor. During these years he also held the position of President of the Board of Trustees at that College. "He often occupied the pulpit as preacher, although he had no regular charge. He [also] was at one time President of the Foreign Mission Board of Southern Baptist Convention" (315). For twenty-two years. Dr. Curry acted as an agent of (continued on page 10)
come in contact with a stranger in your room, calmly ask him to leave. If he refuses, you try to leave the room and call Campus Police immediatly. Under no circumstances should you question or aggravate the person. Because the ratio of Longwood students to Campus Police Officers Is 273:1. the students need to support the police in order to make the fight against campus crime effective. This became evident last Tuesday night. The desk aid noticed two suspicious persons In Curry lobby. She called Campus Police who arrived less than five minutes after the call was made. Ten minutes later, both persons were arrested for trespassing. With this kind of support from the students as well as an increased awareness to protect ones self, the Longwood Community can become a safer environment for all to live in.
Contents News
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Sesqulcentennial
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Events
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Greek Affairs
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Lauren Wacker usea the SIGI-Plus computer at the Editorial and Office of Career Planning and Placement aa Bill Froude Commentary assists her. OCPP held many typea of career workshops all last week. The SIGI-Plus computer la just one of the Features. many tools used to aaaesa atudent interests and skills so students can make wise career decisions. Sports.
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APO goes to Camp Friendship By DONNA L. FERRIER On September 2-3. Alpha Phi Omega, the co-ed service fraternity, ventured to a place called Camp Friendship in Palmyra. Va.. where the members experienced some interesting challenges. Probably the most challenging activity was a low ropes course, during which the fraternity brothers helped each other through a series of obstacles. "The basic goal for the low ropes course is not adventure." says Gene Kerns. Alpha Phi Omega's Vice President of Service. "It is to promote group unity. One activity we have done is 'The Spider Web." he describes. "The group is placed on one side of a rope web and must get all of its members to the other side. Each hole in the web can only be used once and you may not touch the web. Through these activities the group learns to adapt to its strengths and weaknesses (physically) and to use each person's abilities to their most. Hopefully the group learns something about itself that can be applied to all types of challenges In the future, such as teamwork, minimizing weakness, using personal strengths and abilities. and working together to accomplish a goal." The fraternity brothers also participated in a wide range of other activities, such as archery, rifle shooting, horseback riding, and canoeing. Camp Friendship is Just one of the many activities Alpha Phi Omega has to offer. This fraternity is also dedicated to participating in and sponsoring service activities to raise money for various causes such as Cystic Fibro sis and Heart Disease. The fraternity also provides campus entertainment each year by sponsoring Faculty Follies each spring, and donating the money made to worthy causes. If you would like to be a part of Alpha Phi Omega. Informal rush meetings will be held on Septemb r 13 and 15 at 8:00 p.m., in Lankford Conference Room 2.
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Campus Police take a bite out of crime
ISI comes to Longwood
By JEAN TAYLOR The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, an organization dedicated toward the Improvement of college education, is coming to Longwood this Fall. ISI will expose stuBy TRISHA OGDEN dents and faculty to the basic Where do Campus Police principles of Western Civiconcentrate their efforts? lization through publications, Many students believe that the Campus Police spend the guest speakers, seminars, organized group majority of their time writing and discussions. tickets for parking violaAs pointed out by ISI. tions. principles like individual This misconception should have been almost liberty, limited government, eliminated with the promis- respect for the common good The Virginia Symphony serenades Longwood students ing news of new parking and others have come under spaces, announced last attack In recent times, espeand faculty. semester. Evidently this is cially in colleges and Univernot true. Officers JK Moore sities. ISI seeks to rectify this and W Oertel claim they are wrong through its publication issuing twice as many tickets The Intercolligate Review, this semester than last which is free of charge to stusemester. This is odd consid- dents and faculty. Other pubering we have an estimated lications include the Hillsdale Review a highly acclaimed 1200 new spaces available. commentary published Most of these parking Quarterly. ISI also has a host spaces are located in dirt lots, By JULIE LANZA This fall, for example, some of other programs and AMHERST. MASS (CPS) — schools arc t.urr.ing away with 150 allocated for faculty services available. If he's elected president In students. replr.c!n£ teachers and staff. These spaces extend The organization, sugfrom Madison to High Street. November. Gov. Michael with computers end raising gested by Dr. James Helms of In addition to issuing Dukakis will take with him tuition 8.5 percent — a higher the History and Political Scieducation policies that have price hike than the national parking tickets, much time ence department, will prove to left students In Mas- average of 4 percent — to and effort has been spent be an invauable part of the writing reports for the robsachusetts with more finan- cope with deep budget cuts. Longwood community. It will cial aid and campuses with In general, the Dukakis beries occurring in the give students and faculty the more buildings, but that have administration has been both dormitories. Officers Moore opportunity to express themalso gotten the state's public a boon and a bust for colleges and Oertel explained that selves and receive information 95% of these robberies arise colleges In deep budget trou- and universities. on a wide range of topics. from students leaving their bles. (Continued on page 4) rooms unlocked. The thefts Involve mostly Jewelry, portable radios, and small pocketable items. Officer Moore explained that many students misplace their keys and as an alternative leave their doors unlocked. Already this year several keys have been turned into Campus Police, which still remain unclaimed. If a The Anthropology/Sociology Club held its key is lost the cost of a new lock is cheaper in the lon- first meeting of the semester grun. Wednesday. September 7. Meanwhile, students can 1988. Officers for this help to combat the crime by semester are: Michael locking their rooms while Sheffield, president; Debbie unattended and continue re- Cwetna, vice-president; Dana porting any suspicious per- Wilcox. secretary; Charisse MICHAEL DUKAKIS sons in the halls. As a result McGill. treasurer; and James of some calls, arrests have Green and Julia Simmon as publication officers, with Mrs. been made for trespassing. Robinson serving as the FacTracey's "Back Door" Announces ulty Adviser. Whether Its Sociology. AnMAIN STREETS WELCOME BACK PICNIC thropology, or Biology the club is for students of all majors. The association would like to do many activities this semester such as: fundraisers, invite guest w speakers and host Lancer CNOICE OF 1. Kristi Foeberg Cafe'. The organization is alHIGHLIGHT, 2. Denise Ballance ways open for new members. MAKEOVER The next meeting is schedSERVING 3. Kara O'Keefe uled for Wednesday. SeptemOR VAV00MI AMERICA'S ber 14. 1988 at 7:00 p.m. in West Ruffner. Room 227. YOUTH
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New Look for residence halls By DENICE EIDSON Due to the over capacity of people, Longwood Is still housing a few people In the Longwood Motel. The students will be moved on campus as soon as the final moving around Is finished. The problem Is not in the over acceptance of students this year. Fewer freshman came in this year but more transfers were accepted. The 1988 summer brought an abundance of remodeling for Longwood College. South Cunningham received completely new plumbing; and North Cunningham got fire retardent mattresses and new furniture. All bath fixtures were replaced and fire retardent mattresses added to Stubbs. Wheeler was completely rekeyed. Along with individual dorms, new furniture was distributed throughout the campus to
Dining Hall changes
twelve different study lounges and t.v. rooms. The plans for this school year include new locks on Cox and Stubbs and more new furniture in nine additional lounges. French front lobby and the commons room between Curry and Frazier will receive changed and improved lighting. Students on the Hall Council for the dorms get to review the plans and made additional Input. This helps with student involvement. If anyone has a problem contact David Rettig. "I am certainly open to anything; although I may not be able to accommodate because of lack of resources". David says. More plans are in store for next summer. More new furniture and mattresses will be added. Longwood Is really working to improve itself.
Bookstore under new management By DENICE EIDSON Many students returned to Longwood with a sigh of relief, The newly remodeled bookstore, under the management of Dale Bolt, provided a much easier method of obtaining books. The contract drawn up in June of 1988 gave the chain bookstore out of Lexington, Kentucky the option to remodel as they needed or chose. This included painting all the walls, laying new carpet. and rearranging the entire store to better suit the students. There is now a separate section for clothing and Longwood articles. The books are all in one area, a much larger area. "The traffic problem is not as bad", says Dale Sutton, who is in charge of textbooks. The Alpha-numerle system along with a card below each book giving
class, section, teacher and whether the book is required or not made the buying easier and faster. The bookstore provided assistants to help students find books as well. During the rush hours there were three registers going at all times which made waiting in line only a five or ten minute time span. The hours were also extended to nights and weekends rather than the regular eight to five Monday through Friday. Students should be aware that the new bookstore buys back books everyday instead of just once or twice a year, Dale Bolt, the manager. foresees the outside bookstores as being "no problem with competition." Visit the expanded Longwood bookstore. Students will see. things are running very smoothly,
By KRISTIN L. HOSIER The Longwood Dining Service recently put into effect one of its most successful changes yet: mandatory use of tra s Y - Simply put. if you don't take a tray, you don't eat. which adds up to a rather generic form of Incentive. But. taking a tray doesn't guarantee a person will then return It to a cart when they're done eating; after man y months of disregarded propaganda to keep the dining halls clean, however, the results of the new rule have been impressive. Since the phase-out of family style dining, the problem of dishes stacking up on tables has been an Increasing and controversial one. Clean tables aren't Just a matter of enjoying your own meal, but allowing someone else to enjoy theirs; "We wanted that for the other students." commented Rich Johnson. Director of Longwood Dining Service. Stacked-up piles of dishes and leftovers aren't Just an Inconvenience for those eating, either;, for those who work in the dining halls, the unpleasant extra hours of work created depleat money that could be spent on suggestions for improvement submitted by the students themselves. For years, carrying a tray has been equated with "looking like a freshman", so the idea was simply reversed; with the help of the dining service, orientation leaders, and over 900 new, impressionable students, most people have had little trouble adJusting. Old habits are hard to break, though, and more than a few returning upperclassmen have found the change a little awkward. "We've had very good cooperation from the students." said Johnson with regard to the clearing of trays and returning them to a cart; the money and work saved by helping out create a better dining system for everyone. —*-
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The Changing Campus 1 "Blackwell Mall By ROCCO TRICARICO Detours, dust, and dirt has middle accentuating a decline started with the construction to the fountain as well as of the new Blackwell Mall. stairs from the larger brick This small part of the five- area. Traditional benchs will year campus beautification be in the courtyards and the project is costing the students colonial lighting will make it $200,000. The focus of this a beautiful place for a n project is a lighted three evening conversation. tiered fountain. Six Oak or The completion and dediMaple trees will accompany cation of this project is to two grass and one larger brick take place on Saturday. Oct. courtyard. The two grass 15, at 12 noon. The cerecourtyards will have a 3:1 monies activities will include slope dividing them into the the burying of a time capsule. PiUE -STREET
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Symposium to kick off September 20th
By CHERYL JEFFREY Many events are planned throughout the year as a celebration of Longwood's Sesqulcentennlal. One such event is a three part symposium series. The first part of ihis series is entitled The Future Of Education," which be held on September 20th and 21st in Jarman Auditorium. The first speaker Is Dr. James E. Blackwell. professor of sociology at the University of Massuchusetts. Boston. Blackwell will speak at 1:20, and will direct his remarks to the students and faculty of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. At 3:00. Dr. Lawrence E. McKibbin will speak to students and faculty of the school of Business and Economics. McKibbin is from the University of Oklahoma, where he is Professor of Management and Director of the office of International Programs.
At 4:30. Dr. Barbara A. Sizemore. Associate Professor in the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Black Community. Education, Research, and Development. Sizemore will speak to teachers from local schools and to students and faculty of the School of Education. The final event of the day will be a lecture given by Dr. Ernest L. Boyer. Boyer Is "President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Senior Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson School. Princeton University and Education Columnist for The London Times." In 1987, he was chosen by his colleagues to be the Man of the Year in Higher Education. "The Future of Education" will continue on Wednesday, beginning with a lecture by Dr. Hoke L. Smith, President of Towson State University. Smith is on the Board of Di-
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what they see as a bias toward private institutions, by scandals that pushed several campus presidents out of Jobs and by Dukakis's failure to The final part of the sym- maintain adequate operations rectors ot both the American budgets for state colleges. Council on Education and the posium series, on March Jenifer, for one. said oper15th. will be a Longwood American Association of State ating budget cuts have almost Panel consisting of "The AcaColleges and Universities. paralyzed the state higher edAt 1:30 p.m.. there will be demic Vice President." one ucation system. faculty member from each of a public panel discussion, Public campuses will rethe three schools and two with Dr. Blackwell. Dr. Boyer, ceive $638 million this year, Dr. McKibbin, Dr. Sizemore students. This panel will be $21.3 million less than last and Dr. Smith as the moderated by Edwin New- year. Current operating budman, of NBC News. panelists. Dr. Gordon K. This informative sympo- gets are "not conducive to Davies will be the moderator. maintaining programs." Dr. Davies has been Director sium series is Just one of the Jenifer said. of the Council of Higher many events planned which Fitchberg State President Education for Virginia since will make this year an inter- Vincent Mara called the re1977. This panel discussion esting one. Be sure to set ducUons the most severe blow will conclude the two day aside Ume to hear these noted to public institutions since symposium. "The Future of speakers, as an opportunity the state's fiscal crisis during to increase your knowledge Education." outside the classroom setting. Dukakis's first term in 1975. The second part of the Several schools say they'll NOTE — Much of this insymposium series is entitled accept fewer students this "Educating for the Future." formation was derived from year because of financial the Longwood booklet, which will be held on Februwoes. To save money, they'll "Anniversary Activities." ary 6th. 8th. and 9th. Art cut back on teaching assisBuchwald will address the ■tants, freeze faculty hiring public on February 6th. Dr. and tap maintenance funds to Rhoda M. Dorsey will give an try to provide the same level address on the 8th. On the of services as last year. 9th. there will be an address The University of Mas(Continued from page 2) by the Honorable A. Leon sachusetts at Amherst, the Hlgginbotham. Jr. state's flagship public univerThe boons have been con1,€ ,""7" \r ^T" *r*w/ sity with more than 20.000 slderable: since beginning his UI/dergraduates, ,s charging second term in 1982. after a students a special one-time four-year absence from the $230 fee to raise emergency governor's office and a stint cash. teaching at Harvard. Dukakis Students throughout the has raised student aid. ^ W|c (em face an faculty salaries and the Senior Orientation to 8.5 percent tuition hike in the budgets of other programs on coming OCPP: Get the Employment ^kCnni i"«6-"« «" year and a a mP USe Edge Thursday. September £!* hL£ t h ,f A TTH substantial increase in his high tech agenda for the dormlt fees. 15 — 7-8 p.m. — Career states■economy Many University of Lowell Library. OCPP As the federal government den* wlU receiJe instruc. Student Teachers: Interreduced aid to students the from computer8i lnstead viewing Dos and Don'ts Dukakis administra ion of facu, mer^bers> ln order Wednesday. September 14 — up to cut c sls Those sludents 1:00-2:30 p.m. — Wynne ?Sf < <*■ s scholarship ?i ^e wi 1983 tv, the state „ have° to a $100 fee to Bldg. fund, for example, umped USC „„. „Ammi(llP UKfrom $19 million to $84 milcomputer labs. Graduate School Prepara"Without the faculty we lion. tion: It's Time to Get Going have to do something." said Earlier ln 1988. moreover. President William T. Hogan. Wednesday. September 28 — Dukakis signed legislation to 5:30-7:00 p.m. — OCPP It could get worse. State initiate more than $400 milcampus budgets. Dukakis lion in massive construction, Job Search Strategies said during a March hearing Mon.. 9/19. 4:30-6:00 maintenance and repair proon college savings bonds, jects on several campuses, a p.m. Mon.. 10/10. 3:30-5:00 bill that was a top priority for "cannot be expected to continue to grow at anything like education officials. p.m. "I think we were treated the rate they have over the Thurs.. 10/27. 12:45-2:15 reasonably fairly." said past few years." p.m. Some students, however, Franklyn Jenifer, chancellor are upset most by Dukakis's of the Board of Regents of support of a measure that Higher Education. would allow schools to keep Yet Massachusetts excess revenues generated by students and administrators tuition hikes. The "tuition maintain they're frustrated by (Continued on page 5)
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New freshman Commentary rush policy Welcome Back
By CHET AHN Why can't Freshmen Rush? Well, for the first time here at Longwood, freshman students are not allowed to rush or even atend Rush parties until the spring semester. Even so. they are not allowed to Rush without at least a 2.0 GPA. so. Rush during this semester will only be opened to transfers and upperclassmen. The reason for this new policy Is to abolish the so called "Hold-Over" Pledges. That Is. students who pledged for a fraternity or sorority but failed to get initiated because they did not obtain a 2.0 GPA. so. now they would have to wait another semester until they achieve grades. In addition, this policy Is to help freshmen students adapt to college life without having the pressures of both pledging and trying to survive their first semester In college.
DUKAKIS (Continued from page 4) retention" plan, student leaders say. encourages colleges to raise their prices. "We all think he's not sensitive enough.' said Michael Ferrigno. director of the State Student Association of Massachusetts. "It pains us. This policy, we believe, Is really a Republican policy." And Vincent McGrath. president of the State College Faculty Association and a Salam State College professor, said tuition increases are often determined by what private colleges charge, even though private schools "can't keep their own costs down." McGrath also thinks Dukakis tends to bow to the traditional dominance of private colleges in Massachusetts. "We aren't California, we're not Texas and we're not Michigan." Dukakis said during a 1986 Boston Globe Interview. "We do happen to have some of the finest (private) institutions in the world. And I don't think it makes sense for us to duplicate that (by building up public colleges)." The remark Infuriated many educators and students. Stanley Rosenberg. a Democratic state representative from Amherst. said the UMass community still feels betrayed.
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This new freshmen policy was passed by both Panhellenlc and Interfraternity Councils. There might be some debate on this policy, but this debate was not persuasive enough to prevent the Longwood Board of Visitors
T ng a d PaSS ng lthis ™^r' " ' policy. According to Charlie Warner, the Greek Affairs Coordinator, he is very optimistic and thinks that this new policy will have an overall positive effect upon the Greek system here at Longwood. However, he also cautions this new Idea because this is the first time this policy is being implemented. Furthermore, for the first time, all male potential prospectlves must sign up to attend Rush parties. As part of the new policy, every prospective will have their names and grades checked In order for them to Rush.
'The governor has clearly done and said things over time which have given rise to concern and annoyance among people In western Massuchesetts.' Rosenberg said. Yet. he quickly added, the Dukakis terms have been "a good time" for UMass, noting that $141 million of the recently signed capital improvements bill will go to the Amherst campus alone. Rosenberg credits Dukakis with saving the multi-million dollar capital outlay proposal from a legislature that had doomed It. But in a letter circulated to fellow educators and published In the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this year, Wesleyan University Prof. Robert Wood, a longterm Dukakis foe, credits the Massachusetts legislature alone with providing real support for higher education in the Bay State. And critics, including the Bush campaign, have noted a certain "sleaze factor" on the state's public campuses. While former Dukakis education advisor Gerard Indelicato was sentenced in July to 30 months In prison for fraud, two Westfleld State College presidents have fallen to scandals in the last three years. Administrators, moreover, think Dukakis will interfere in campus affairs if he feels his authority is threatened. For example, they say
By BRIAN KAVA The brothers of PI Kappa Phi would like to welcome everyone back for another school year. We had a successful year last year, and hope for continued success. Wehope that your year will be Just as successful. We are making a few changes In our fraternity. One of them is working harder on outside activities, especially with community services. Our social blasts are doing fine, but that's not what being greek is all about. Being greek means getting Involved with school activities, as well as with community and outside projects. Being greek is not for everyone. Really be sure its for you. Take the time to choose the Fraternity or Sorority that is for you. And remember this. Pi Kappa Phi is more than Just a Fraternity! Dukakis forcibly reshuffled the state Board of Regents in retaliation for naming Amherst Rep. James Collins, who he didn't like, as head of the public education system. The realigned board then fired Collins and hired Jenifer, a Dukakis loyalist. Rafting Trip on the New River Gorge In West Virginia Excitement, thrills, adventure and a new experience! When: Friday evening and Saturday. September 16 and 17 Where: New River Gorge in West Virginia Who: Longwood Students Cost: $50.00 per person (Includes rafting trip, lunch on the river, camping fees and equipment and a good time). Each person Is responsible for their own sleeping bag. Transportation will be an addition and will be arranged as a group. Interested: Contact Rena Kuester — HPER Dept. Lancer Hall Pool Balcony, 392-9266. Pre-trip meeting: Tuesday. September 6. 6:00 p.m. 203 Lancer Hall 20 spaces available. First come, first serve. Your payment will Issue you a space. Payment deadline — Friday, September 9. Come Join Us.
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ASA rumors prove false By CHET AHN The Alpha Sigma Alpha Hanzel. President of ASA, Sorority is still alive and go- these rumors began over the Ing strong according to Char- summer, and quickly began He Warner, the Greek Affairs to spread nationwide. After Coordinator. This past sum- contacting her nationals, mer, rumors began surfacing they reassured her that there that this pai ticular sorority was no truth to these rumors, had gone bankrupt and had The Alpha Sigma Alpha folded. Another rumor sur- Sorority is financially stable faced that the Sigma Kappas and continuing to function on had brought and taken over a national level. Alpha Sigma Alpha. Be asSo, be aware that the sured, all these rumors are Alpha Chapter of the Alpha false. Sigma Alpha Sorority, as Who and where these ru- well as their other chapters, mors started are still a mys- are still going strong and
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Living in a material world speaking of that one piece of equipment that can cause a student to grin or bring a sneer to an REC's face. Yes. I'm talking about the every popular stereo. Most students have one. be it large or small. But why? Music seems to play an important part in keeping one's sanity. After class, one may like to blow off steam by popping a favorite CD or tape into their stereo and cranking
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^COMMENTARY By P.J. WERNER It is quite evident that we are living in a material world. Amongst a college student's many treasures is the one thing that he or she may not be able to live without. No. it's not the teddy bear that's lived through sticky Jelly doughnuts and several spins in the Ken moor washer, nor is it the old. torn and faded Jeans that are finally Just right for wearing. I'm
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the sucker till the floor so important to most college vibrates. This has been students, we must look at the known to be a great tension basic purpose of a stereo. reliever. However I must Most people would think a ment'on that it has been, on stereo Is used to play the occuirm. a tension increaser. types of music that one wants in such Instances where a to listen to. However, on a neighbor has been blown out college campus, one must of bed at 9:30 a.m. or a take that definition a step roommate's phone further. For some unknown conversation drowned out to reason the volume knob Is the tune of Mony Mony. quite popular and thus, used I guess In an effort to try to frequently. Therefore you understand why stereos are (Continued on page 7)
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Ii COMMEN TA RY Let's Check The Record This commentary is reprinted because a rather significant portion was erroneously omitted last week. By MICHAEL WHITFORD I am sure that everyone knows what is happening on November 8. 1988. On that Tuesday the eligible citizens of the United States will choose the forty-first president of our nation. We have come to a crossroads in our history. For eight years we have been Involved in a passionate romance with President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan has given us a reason to be proud of America. The Reagan-Bush administration has bolstered our defences, re-animated our staynant economy, and provide good Jobs at good wages to the American people. Now, after eight years of romance what does our nation need? To quote Alexander Haig. "Our nation needs safe sex." By Safe Sex I mean that we do not want to elect an unknown quantity to the highest office in the land. We should not turn our backs on the progress we have made since 1980. Our choice for President should be the man who will continue the policies of the Reagan-Bush years. Let's look for a moment at Governor Michael Dukakis. He may be competent, as he claims. But I have known many competent idiots. Take for instance the "Massachusetts Miracle". The "Miracle" was the economic rebirth of a state that had fallen upon hard times. Michael Dukakis would have the American people believe that he brought about this fabulous Phoenix trick; but look closer. You will discover that the companies that moved to Massachusetts and Invigorated the economy of the state are all defense research and development companies. These companies
have money to open shop in Massachusetts because of something Michael Dukakis had nothing to do with, the Reagan-Bush defence build up. Now, upon even closer examination, these companies aren't building tanks. Jeeps, guns, or ships. These companies are testing lasers, particle beams, and satellite defense systems. To this bit of information add the fact that Governor Dekakls wants to cut most (if not all) of the money going to testing lasers, particle beans, and satillite defense. Does this make sense to you? The man wants to get rid of the very programs that caused his state to prosper economically. Think about it. Is that a smart thing to do? If It is. does cutting your throat with a razor sound Just as smart? Any competent individual can cut his/her throat; but only a smart person would know that cutting your throat is not a wise thing. Let us talk some more about defence. Governor Dukakis wants to scrap the SDI system (Strategic Defence Initiative); and replace it with his own CDI (Conventional Defence Initiative). This says something about Governor Dukakis' aptitude for foreign policy. Do the words: first-strike Capability and Nuclear Blackmail mean anything to you all? First-strike Capability Is. put very simply, the ability of a Nuclear Superpower to destroy a high percentage of another nation's ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) before the other nation can retaliate. If your nation as a superior Firststrike Capability, your nation can engage in Nuclear Blackmail. Nuclear Blackmail Is difficult to explain so let me give you an example. The United States lost its First-strike Su-
periority over the Soviet Union around 1977. In 1979 the Soviet Union decided to invade Afganistan. President Jimmy Carter warned the Soviets that a war in Afganistan may provoke the U.S. to intervene in the region. Intervention may include use of nuclear weapons. The Soviets knew that they, and not the U.S., had a superior first-strike capability. This act let them know that if Carter had decided to use nuclear weapons; they (the USSR) would have been able to destroy most of the U.S. ICBMs before they could be used. From this the Soviets concluded that Carter was bluffing. The Soviets called our bluff. We lost. Now. to get back to Governor Dukakis. He would like to get rid of SDI. The only chance we have to truly negate, or weaken, the Soviet First-strike Capability. Conventional weapons are no substitute for SDI. Governor Dukakis could put us in a situation where we say. "Hey we have 1000 tanks on your border; if you don't do what we want we'll invade." The Russian reply could easily be. "So what. Our one bomb can destroy your thousand tanks in a minute." Who would win in that senario? As far as our nation's defence is concerned there is no (Continued on page 8)
MATERIAL (Continued from page 6) must not only play your in which "Student W" had a music loud, you must play it "snowstorm" in his room loud enough to be heard over when his celling tiles began to your neighbor, who is doing flake and fall. This happened the same thing (and so on . when the volume level was set and so on...). on four, and the set of 85Most stereos can broadcast pound speakers cranked out at a fairly loud, yet tolerable a booming rendition of volume level. Obviously some "Dumb Girls" by the Fat Boys. are louder than others, but When one needs a large for the most part they all moving truck Just to carry a range from loud to louder. stereo. Is it really worth It? There are of course, Sure the stereo could exceptions. broadcast halfway across Every year, a select few de- campus . . . but what good is cide to engage in "stereo it when you become half deaf wars." To these music mani- and your fillings shake loose? acs it's not enough to buy a Sure we all have favorite moderately priced, compact things that mean a great deal stereo. Instead, tactics such to us. Stereos seem to fall Into as "watts per channel." that category, because music "feature comparisons" and is hard to live without. Could "brand name dropping" flood we live without stereos? If the their game plan. However, the 24 hour quiet hours ever befinal test Is not who has came strictly enforced, we "Cerwin-Vega". 'Yamaha" or Just might get the chance to "Denon." It's who can find out. Until then, follow the entertain their entire floor as advice of singer. Eric Carmen well as send the hall shaking and. "turn the radio up for to earthquake proportions. that sweet sound." A classic example is a case
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Retired Army Chaplain Harvey Sperry has been a Golden Age student at LC off and on for the past 3 years while also earning a dozen gold medals in track. Now 65, he set a course record Labor Day weekend at the U/VA senior track and field — with 31.8 for the 200 meter (seconds!) Also got gold In the 110 M (15.4) and 400 (77 sec) before giving up in 85 degree hot sun. Retired with 30% disability. He spends most of his time in the LC Library, writing letters to editors or keeping house while his wife Gloria "burns up the books" as a Longwood student. A hymn he wrote was sung recently by Heritage Baptist choir.
I am looking for a nice, mature woman who would be interested in spending time with a man of similar characteristics. Interests Include; participating and attending REMEMBER! sports events, plays and quiet Please be considerate of dinners for two. If interested your box mate's mail. Do not please respond to Box 832. push mall through the boxes, bring it to the window and it AEA Were Red Hot in will be taken care of. Most of •88! all, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MAIL BOX EVERY DAY! This Good luck to all Sororities will eliminate a lot of probfor a very successful informal lems. Rush. — Alpha Sigma Alpha Thank you very much. B. A. Franklin. Jr. CHI is enthusiastic to see Mgr. Longwood Post Office the blue and white spirit to possess a Chi Banner! However the banner that was taken before convocation on Sept. 1. 1988 needs to be returned Immediately! Chi »AMIIASSAl)ORS will gladly give you another banner. Ambassadors Social — Return the banner to Ken Tues. Sept. 13 at 7:30 in the Rockensies (the Rec of Colonnades/Cunnlnhams) person- Gold Room. Anyone interested in being an ambassador ally. is welcomed. Female student looking for another female student to share her house with. $50.00 a week (includes everything) close to campus, call Penny at 392-1828.
STUDY: Kids are poorer (CPS) — Young people today are the most — but not the best — educated in history, and are taking longer to become self-supporting adults than earlier generations, a new government report asserted. Americans in their 20s are living at home longer, delaying marriage, and living on declining salaries, the U.S. Dept. of Education found in its "Youth Indicators 1988" paper released August 22. "One of the questions that leaps out at me Is: How does a kid In America know when he's grown-up? The transition from childhood to adulthood Is taking longer than it used
to. and It has more pitfalls." project director Emily Wurtz said. Youth Indicators 1988." compiled from government data dating back to 1950. found that almost 54 percent of the nation's 18-to-24-yearolds are living with their parents, up from 43 percent in 1960. "American young people seem to be staying younger longer." said Assistant Education Secretary Chester Finn. They seem to become autonomous, self supporting individuals at a slower rate than was once the case." But Matt Klssane. a 22year-old Columbia College senior who lives with his parents near Chicago, says economics play a greater role than immaturity. "I have to live at home for economic reasons. I work. I pay my own tuition. I pay for my own transportation.
Monticello Trio will perform at Longwood The Monticello Trip, from the University of Virginia, will give the first concert in this year's Chamber Music Series at Longwood College. The concert Is scheduled for Monday evening. Sept. 19, at 8 o'clock In Wygal Recital Hall and is open to the public free of charge. The program will feature a Haydn trio, the Beethoven "Archduke" trio, and the Ravel trio. Members of the Monticello Trio are Mark Rush, violin; Mathlas Wexler. cello; and Tannis Gibson, piano. They are musicians-in-residence at the University of Virginia and have performed throughout the nation and on national public radio. The ensemble has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. For the summer of 1988. the Trio was chosen to be ensemble-ln-resldence at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Funding for their concert is provided by the Longwood Arts Council and with a matching grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The other five concerts in the 1988-89 Chamber Music Series will feature: The Richmond Camerata
(Oct. 10). a flute, cello, and piano trio whose program will include George Crumb's intriguing work. "Voice of the Whale;" Richmond Renaissance Singers (Nov. 21). an ensemble of nine professional vocalists who will present their annual Advent-Christmas concert; Western Brass Quintet (Jan. 23). who have performed throughout the U.S. and Canada and toured the Peoples Republic of China last fall;
Ciompi String Quartet (Feb. 20). from Duke University, one of the nation's finest chamber music ensembles; and Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano (April 3). who has received international acclaim performing both the traditional and contemporary repertoires. The Chamber Music Series is sponsored by Longwood's Department of Visual and Performing Arts.
Growing up doesn't have anything to do with it. I'm not dependent on my parents. I am dependent on their house." The report also discovered that the median annual Income for men age 20 to 24, after adjusting for Inflation, fell from $18,792 in 1970 to $14,152 In 1985. "Overall, the tendency In the country has been to assume that when you graduate from high school, you're on your own, you're headed for a life atleast as good as your parents or maybe better," said Samuel Halperin of the William T. Grant Foundation, which has conducted research on the status of youth. 'That Just isn't true anymore... It's a lot harder for young people to be successful in the world and raise a family-" The median age of women to enter their first marriage climbed from 20.3 years In 1950 to 22.8 years in 1985. "Kids are becoming adults later and having sex sooner, getting married older and getting pregnant younger." said Wurtz. /Jcohol and some drug use
are down, according to the report, but cocaine use has increased among high school seniors. Suicides are up, while deaths by accidents and homicide are declining. Wurtz noted such problems are self-inflicted. "Medicine has brought disease increasingly under control. Polio, for instance, has disappeared. For anyone who lived through the 1950s, that's enough to bring tears to your eyes. But what do today's kids suffer from? Sexually transmitted disease, drug abuse, suicide; In other words, the things they are suffering from are behavioral, not Inflicted by the outside world." The precentage of college graduates among Americans age 25 to 29 increased from 7.7 percent in 1950 to 22.4 percent in 1986. The 1986 total of those with some college. 44 percent, is greater than the percentage with only a high school education. 42. percent, for the first time In American history. But Finn said falling standardized test scores, plus the last-place ranking of U.S. students in recent international science and math tests.
are reason lor concern. "I have to say that while a lot more kids are getting more education In the numbers of years of schooling, they don't know very much," he said. 'They make me worry about the future of a country that's raising up people with a number of years in school but that don't know anything." But American youth are doing better than many believe. Finn said. "Overall, it's not as gloomy as most people believe. The younger generation is not going to the dogs... but it's a very mixed kennel."
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Record (Continued from page 7) substitute for experience and intelligence. Jimmy Carter learned on the Job. and look where It got us. Need we repeat history? Cicero once said. "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it." In the realm of Foreign Policy and National defence, reliving the past can end the future. We have the chance to learn from the past. Vote for experience and intelligence; vote Bush-Quayle this Nov. 8th.
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Little Shop of Horrors to open tomorrow night For Fall 1988. Daedalus Productions will present a new national tour of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. This New York Theatre smash, based on the popular B-movie of the same name, has been called the most successful offBroadway musical since GODSPELL. running five years, and grossing over 14 million dollars. Since winning all the major critic's awards for Best Musical. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and its leafy star, a giant, maneating plant affectionately named Audrey II, have made their way onto the stages of every major city in the world. In 1987. Audrey II made her comeback to the silver screen, co-starring along with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin in the Hollywood version of her outrageous hit. It was 1960. when Roger Corman. "King of the B Movies", introduced Audrey II to American Drive-ins and theatre balconies in the film LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Little did anyone know that this 6-reeler. made for under $100,000. and shot in two days, would become a classic cult spoof of the BFilm/Horror genre. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which ironically introduced a young Jack Nicholson to Hollywood (23 years old and thirty seconds of dialogue), was touted by critics as "the worst film ever made." Now a standard late night TV. feature and video store rental, the maneating plant with the big appetite is internationally known for her first cinema words: "FEED ME".
A family portrait of the owner (Steve Saydah. center), namesake (Mary O'Neill, left), and keeper (Todd Sherry, right) of Audrey II (downstage) — the outrageous talking plant featured in the musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Despite the cult-fame of the borne, a poor-schmoe florist's movie. Audrey II would have assistant who allows his itch to wait until 1982 for her de- for fame and fortune to seduce but as a Broadway musical him into playing nursemaid star. With the aid of Howard to a man-eating plant from Ashman, the author and diouter space. A clever twist on rector of the original New the Faust legend. Seymour's York production, and Alan popularity grows as does his Mencken, who wrote the plant. Audrey II. And the bigscore. Audrey II's story was ger she gets, the bigger her aptransformed into an early petite for human blood. 60's musical complete with What will Seymour serve to street-urchin back-up singers, quiet the cries of "FEED ME"? bouffant wigs, and a cunning Will Audrey II devour both new ending to give fresh blood him and his girl? Will the auto this hip morality tale. dience get out alive? The wild Now. Audrey II not only spiralling insanity which retalks, she sings and dances as solves these dilemmas is the she conquers the world, one ultimate kick of "LITTLE plant-lover at a time. SHOP". LITTLE SHOP OF HORHeading up the talented RORS takes place on Skid young cast of this new Row in the early 60s. This Daedalus tour is actor Todd gleefully gruesome tale follows the life of Sevmour Krel- Sherry as Seymour Krelborne
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Students were shown how sll dirt removed from site must be screened through sieve to insure that no artifacts are lost or overlooked.
Students learn 1 about 'Old Age on trip 2nd in a Series of 3 By Tana Knott Students from Buckingham and Nottoway participating in the Longwood College Summer Institute for Gifted and Talented went on a field trip last Wednesday. They traveled to a remote section of Buckingham County, near the Appomattox Buckingham State Forest, to the Morris Farm, which is located at a |unction of the Appomattox River and Holliday Creek. In all, they probably traveled thirty miles; but. the trip took them back some ten thousand years. The students visited Archeological Site 44 BK212. Now. to the casual observer that might not Bound Impressive; however, the ninety students participating in the field trip couldn't help but be Impressed — impressed with the reality of an archeological dig, and with the realization of how much history is revealed within a few inches of the earth's soil. Tour guide for this field trip into the past was Dr. Jim Jordan. Director of Longwood College Archeology Field School. Jordan, with the same ,u uteness that his slu dents use In troweling dirt in their 5 by 5 grid sections, uncovered the past, exposing the lives of Indians that roamed In the area. According to Jordan, the Morris Site evidences
Indians from 7.000 years ago who were "hunters and gatherers." and "farmers" from 3.000 years ago. The farmers actually made their home in the area while the hunters and gatherers were a very mobile people. Before the young students were even aware of what was happening, they were learning about the basics of archeology and anthropology. They watched as Jordan loaded up the arms of one of their classmates with Indian artifacts. As he explained the usage of each item and placed them in the young girl's arms, the weight began drawing her body to a slumping position, almost aging her while Jordan described how sleeping on the ground caused chronic arthritis and rheumatism; how her teeth would be destroyed by bits of sand and stone from grinding her food in stone from grinding her food in stone bowls, eventually causing the tooth's pulp to be exposed, setting her up for infection and even starvation. "By the time she was 21. it was all down hill, by 24. she was an old woman." said Jordan to the moaning and wincing audience. After their introductory lecture, the students were taken out Into the adjacent field where they learned how a site is marked for identifi-
cation and measurement, how the items that are found are identified and then catalogued, and possible hints of Andlng such sites. Although. Jordan was quick to point out that most sites are not found by archeologists. instead they are discovered by farmers, wood cutters, and others who come in contact with the land. When students questioned Jordan as to what had happened to the Indians that lived on the site. Jordan explained that they had found pieces of clay pipe. "By measuring the size of the hole In the pipe we could determine that they were made in England." The pipes were possibly traded to the Indians who then brought them to the settlement, since the colonists did not pass through the area until 1702. They were also getting blankets from the colonists which had been brought from England, and along with the blankets they were getting diseases like measles." said Jordan as he told how the blankets were often from hospitals in England. The students sympathetically listened as Jordan explained that the white man' may not have Intentionally killed the Indian, as in battle: but, instead he destroyed them in other unintentional ways. During the last four weeks, the twenty-seven students enrolled in the Archeological Field School have uncovered 500 links to the past. Jordan explained that all artifacts in such a dig belong to the landowner; however, in the last few years that the Field School has been working at the Morris Site, the family has donated the "finds" to the Field School. During archeological dig. according to Jordan, only forty percent of a site can be excavated, sixty percent is reserved for future archeologists. All information recorded and catalogued is sent to the Virginia Research Center of Archeology which is headquartered in Yorktown. When the young students boarded their buses they may have left the site behind in a cloud of swirling dust, but their trip Into the past will help them as they travel into the future. Reported from the Farmville Herald 7-20 88.
CURRY (Continued from Page 1) the Peabody Education Fund. This very important fund consisted of 3.5 million dollars donated by American businessman and philanthropist. George Peabody. The sole purpose of this fund was to advance education in the south. Dr. Curry became known as a champion of education through his efforts to use this fund to educate the children of the south. The managing of the Peabody Education Fund was extremely important, for the civil war had left its people too poor to be taxed for educational purposes. According to Dr. Curry "there were in the ex-confederate states two million children and youth within the years of instruction. In the effort to organize and put in successful operation, a new and untried system of . . . schools adequate to the needs of the entire population, the southern states, were under a weight of debt beyond their ability in their impoverished condition to pay. To add the expense of . . . education to this crushing weight was In their financial condition a perplexing and almost impossible task." Dr. Curry further believed that "to impose voluntary, heavy burdens on scant property which survived the demoralization of the war. so as to educate gratuitously their children. . . was a task of patriotism, of humanity, civic duty which no people ever encountered." Dr. Curry also administered a similar fund called the Slater Fund, which was used solely for the education of the negro for twelve years. According to Burrell. Dr. Curry ". . . had more to do with the organization of the common school system of the south than any other man" (315). "While agent for these two funds. Dr. Curry was twice sent to represent his country at a foreign court; first as Minister of Plenipotentiary to Spain by appointment of President Cleveland, and afterwards as representative at the coronation of the Spanish King" (315). Instrumental in founding the George Peabody College, (set-up ". . . for the special purpose of training teachers. . .") Dr. Curry also advocated establishing these institutions in other southern states (Bradshaw 482).
"Dr. Curry's recommendation aroused the Imagination of some in Farmville, notably Dr. W. W. H. Thackston. then mayor, and Rev. James Nelson, then pastor of the Baptist Church" (Bradshaw 482). "It was under Dr. Curry's leadership that the establishment of State Normal Schools was inaugurated in the South. It was he who originally drafted the bill for the Virginia School at Farmville (now Longwood). He was elected the first President of its Board of Trustees" (Burrell 315). As stated last week's Gallery, "to Dr. W. H. Ruffner. and to J. L. M. Curry, undoubtedly belongs the credit for the Normal School idea in Virginia .. ." (Burrell 306). Dr. Curry should be remembered for his untiring work to educate the children of the south. He was a statesman and a leader in educational matters at all levels. He organized what we know as Longwood more than one hundred years ago and remained committed to it until his death some nineteen years later in 1903. Bradshaw, Herbert Clerence. History of Prince Edward County. 1st Ed. Richmond: The Dletz Press. Inc.. 1955. Burrell. Charles E. History of Pi ince Edward County. 1 st Ed. Richmond: The Williams Printing Company. 1922.
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fsPORTS Conner sweeps By STEVE EVANS In San Diego last week, Dennis Conner won his third America's Cup. After defeating away New Zealand 2-0. the final decision of that series will go to the courtroom once again. Michael Fay, the owner of New Zealand monohull, claims that the America's Cup rules forbids a match between Conner's much faster 60-foot catamaran and Fay's 132-foot monohull. Fay accused Conner of sailing his stars and stripes well below its top speed, to avoid Fay's statement that a race between catamaran and the monohull is illegal and a mismatch under the cup rules. Regardless. Conner the first American to lose and regain the cup. replied that if Fay wins a couple of cups, he then can tell Conner how to doit. The final decision on the race, with the first catamaran competing for the cup and a bitter rival, will be decided later.
Intramural "88" The '88 Fall Intramural Season started off well this semester. Participation is increasing as larger team sports begin. Volleyball is proving to be popular in both weekly and weekend events. The weekend 2-on-2 tournament consisted of seventeen teams. The weekly tournament almost doubles that with 33 team entries. The next weekend volleyball tournament ("outdoor", co-ed) will begin Sept. 24. Entries are due Sept. 22. Men's flag football also had a large number of entries. There are 21 teams in all, 11 In the A' league. 10 in the B' league. Women's bowling also has a strong turnout, with a total of 17 teams. Coming up soon will be 3on-3 basketball, women's flag football and men's bowling. Look for more info, around campus or stop by the Intramural Office in Her if you have any questions.
Jones Lady Lancers finish fourth in repeats Invitational as Player of Week
Sophomore forward Ray Jones (Smith's Parrish. Bermuda), who scored six goals in two Longwood soccer victories last weekend, has been named Longwood College Player of the Week for the period September 411. Player of the Week is chosen by the Longwood sports information office. Jones, a first team A1IAmerican last season, is a repeat choice as Player of the Week. He tallied three goals in the Lancers' 4-1 win over North Carolina Wesleyan Saturday and came back with three goals and two assists Sunday in an 8-1 win over Atlantic Christian. "Ray had an awesome first half against Wesleyan," said Lancer coach Rich Posipanko. "They {N.C. Wesleyan) have a first class facility and I think the atmosphere got him charged up. Their coach was raving about Jones' performance. Wesleyan doubleteamed him and he still burned them." With his weekend showing, Jones has collected seven goals and four assists this season. He tied second place career goal scorer Tim Brennan. who totaled 36 goals in four years. Jones has 36 goals in a little over a season. The sophomore has now scored three or more goals six times in his career. Jones has a record 29 goals and a team high 10 assists last season while claiming Most Valuable Player honors for the Lancers. He helped Longwood to a 14-4-1 record and a national ranking of 13th in Division II. He also had a record five goals in one game. Longwood was ranked 12th in a preseason ISAA-Gatorade Division II Doll.
Longwood's reign as champ of its own women's golf invitational came to an end Sunday when James Madison won first place in the 12th Longwood Invitational Tournament at Longwood Golf Course. With a veteran team JMU put together rounds of 306315-316 Friday. Saturday and Sunday for a 937, 17 strokes better than second place North Carolina Wilmington. Methodist College was third at 957 while Longwood was fourth at 965 (See complete results on back). While Longwood coach Barbara Smith would like to have seen her squad win its third straight title, the veteran mentor was pleased with the performance of her young team. "Considering it was our first tournament, I was pleased," said Dr. Smith. T expect we'll improve with each tournament. Of the top four teams in the invitational, we probably had the most inexperience. I was especially pleased with Ashley's play." she said referring to Junior Ashley Warren (Pinehurst, NC). The most experienced of Longwood golfer, Warren rebounded from a slow start to tie for fourth place in the individual standings. She finished with an 82-76-236. After shooting a 44 on the front nine Friday, she came back with a 38 on the back and played steady golf the rest of the way. Her 236 was a career best for 54 holes and her final round 76 was also a top mark. Freshman Daphne Sole (Cape, South Africa) also placed in the top 10 with a 74-76-89-239 for eighth place. Sole, the tournament leader after two rounds, was unable to get her game going Sunday. Also scoring for Longwood's top five were freshmen Ami Schonauer (York. PA) 78-80-82-241 (tied for 11th). Angle Monro (Sherwood Park. Alberta. Canada) 8387-79-249 and senior Kim Poirier (Wakefield. MA) 8589-96-270. Playing as individuals for the Lady Lancers were fresh men Sherry Evans (Joneaville) 83-87-94-264. Beth Plecker (Ellicott City. MD) 86-89-89-264 and Laura Lyons (Boardman. OH) 97100-100-297. Next up for Longwood is the Lady Tar Heel Invitational at the University of North Carolina's Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill. N.C. Friday through Sunday.
Graf makes history By STEVE EVANS After Steffi Graf had won the Australian. French, and U.S. opens also along with Wimbledon, everyone asked her how it feels to win four major tournaments in one year. Her reply was "I'm very glad to have the talk over about the Grand Slam." "It's a nice relief." Graf, the world's No. 1 player Joins (1970) as the only women In history to accomplish this feat. In order for Graf to complete the slam, she had to overcome Gobriela Sabatini. the fifth seed of the tournament. With a thunderous forehand after forehand winner, she defeated Sabatini 63. 3-6. 6-1. Now. on the men's side of the draw, the No. 1 ranking was at stake. Ivan Lendl currently No. 1 and Mats Willander No. 2 battled in the finals in New York for over 4 1/2 hours. The longest match in U.S. open history.
Wilander. who won the French and the Australian opens was ousted early at Wimbledon, so a grand slam wa s impossible. On the other hand the No. 1 ranking of the world was at stake. Mats Wilander rose to the occassion. after being accused of not mentally capable to be No. 1 in the world. Wilander ousted Lendl 6-4. 4-6. 6-3. 5-7. 6-4. in one of the best tennis matches ever played. 1988 is almost over, can Steffi Graf repeat her performance again and how long will Mats Wilander hold on to his new No. 1 ranking?
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Field hockey team starts from scratch By KACEY RAY
The best word to describe the Lady Lanrer Field Hockey team during the 1988 season is young. The team does not have any seniors and seven varsity members from 1987 are missing, including Division Regional All American Claye Conkwright and Division Academic All-American Traci Strickland. You would think that this season the team is rebuilding but Coach Sue Finnie says that "the team is not rebuilding but reloading." "We had goal setting and the team was talking about going undefeated." "We've got to fill the holes with freshmen, and depth will be a problem especially on the frontline, says Finnie. "Fortunately, the frontline players are experienced enough that barring injury, the lack of depth should not hurt too much, concluded Finnie." Finnie expects the mantle of team leadership to fall heavily on her junior tri-cap-
tains. Liz Annet. Diane Brown, and Laura Felch. all of Virginia Beach. The high scorers for the past two seasons Annet and Laura Goetz of Virginia Beach, return. Junior Kim Howells of Horsham. PA. will stand in the goal cage for the third year. She was hampered by injuries in 1987. but she still posted five shutouts and a sparkling 1.05 goals-against average. Sophomore Celeste Lloyd of Haddonfield, NJ, was a part-time starter during 1987. She is able to score from 3040 yards out and did so twice last season. Lloyd and sophomore Judith Barnett of Charlottesville will be counted upon to shore up the defense. A strong recruiting class is also expected to contribute. Newcomers Ellen Binswanger of Richmond. Lara Cini of Boothwyn. PA. Hollie Phelps of Virginia Beach. Carven Ports of Baltimore. MD. and Teri Riemondy of Falls
Church, are expected to start. Behind six goals from goal and two assists, Rich The Field Hockey team is sophomore All-American Ray Yenere (Cherry Hill. NJ) and scheduled to play at William Jones (Smith's Parrish. Helmus with a goal and an and Mary on September 14.- Bermuda). Longwood handed assist, Moore and Edge with a 1988 and at the University of North Carolina Wesleyan only goal each, and John Barone Richmond on September 15, Its third home loss In four (Neptune, NJ) and Regan 1988. The first home game is years Saturday 4-1 and with an assist each. Longwood had 24 shots to on Saturday, September 17, blitzed out-manned Atlantlcl four for the Bulldogs. Fresh1099 at 3:00 p.m. on Barlow Christian 8-1 Sunday. Jones man keeper Chuck Loughry Field. had three goals in each game and two assists against ACC. (Middletown. MD) went the Only Duke. North Carolina distance In goal, allowing one Greensboro and William & score. The Lancers will be favored Mary have beaten the Bishops at home over the past three to add three more victories seasons, but Longwood was this week. The Southside Virable to pull off the win as ginia Doubleheader will Jones got hot in the first half. match host Hampden-Sydney The Lancer forward's three and Maryville at 12:00 Saturday while Longwood will play Longwood's 12th ranked first half goals put Longwood Cal State at 3:00. Sunday's soccer team cleared Its first up 3-1 at Intermission and schedule calls for the Tigers big hurdle of the season Sat- Junior Mike Edge (Chester, to play Cal State at 1:00 and urday with a 4-1 victory over England) added a fourth the Lancers to face Maryville North Carolina Wesleyan, the score in the second half. at 3:00. Longwood out-shot N.C. preseason number one rated Division 111 team In the Wesleyan 19-12 and got 10 saves from goalkeeper Steve country. Alter an impressive week- Thompson (Dale City). Ed end swing through North Regan (E. Brunswick, NJ). Carolina, the unbeaten Bill Moore (Triangle) and Lancers will face three games Chris Helmus (Garden City, this week. Longwood hosts NY) had assists Saturday. Sunday at North Carolina Roanoke Wednesday at 3:30 Wesleyan Jones added three and then plays Cal State more goals and two assists as (Pennsylvania) and Maryville In the Southside Virginia Longwood battered Atlantic Doubleheader at Hampden- Christian 8-1. Also playing Sydney Saturday and well for the Lancers were Kirk Rlnehard (Yorktown) with a Sundav.
Longwood clears big hurdle
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