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Jane Leishner named dean Search for assistant ongoing JASON LAWRENCE

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As Midwestern State's Greek system recruits new members, has the alcohol poisoning death of a Louisiana Stale fraternity pledge led to any changes?

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Editor in Ch_ief Assistant Dean of Students Jane Lcishncr w,is promoted to dean in mid-August, fo llowing Dean Phil Birdine's departure lo accept a posi tion at ano1her university. Bird ine announced in early August th .it he hadacccpted anoffer from hi s undergraduate alma mater, L:mgston University in Oklahoma, to be associate vice president for student affairs and assistant to the president. He was dean of students at Mid westemfor sixyears. Vice Preside nt for Student and Adm ini strat ive Sen•ices Howard F:irrell announced Lcishner's promotion at a pre-semester facultys1aff meeting 011 Aug. 18 Leishncr has been a~sis1ant dean a l MS U for past six years, and se rved as act ing dean for short time ~fter her appointment to that position before Birdine was hired. Prior to workin g in the Dean's Office , she w;isd irectorofthe CareerPlanning and Placement Center on campus for three years. She earned ii bachelor's degree in

Throu gh the years, MSU has exper ie n ce d many chan ges. lnl 922theuniversity was estab li shed as Wichita Fall s Junior College with 55 students Today, MS U ha:• grown into ;1 larger un iversi ty that offers much rnorc 10 Students. "We can be pr~ud of our history," Dr. Louis J. Rodnguez snid. "It 's so importan1 for institutions such as ours to have a sense of pride." Junus. Buss, _director of pub lic in formatm_n. smd plunning for the 75th Ann 1vcr.~ary celebration has been a lot of work "\'ilc just fe el like there 's going to be_ something for everybody," Buss said. Bu!<.s sa id the entire week of the celebration will he busy because Parents' Day and th e 75 th Anf'livcrsary ce lebration will both

~~a i~1u;:~ct~1:rc~~j be the Sunwatchcrst atue dedi cation in which some members of the Ki owa Tribe will be prese nt. Sunwat<.·her is a bronze statue of a South Plains Indian currently under complet_ion by Jack Stephens. a local art ist. Another event planned during the celebration is the Gates of Hercules unveiling which will rnke place in the grnssy area south of Bolin Sc ience Hall. The anonymous donor is taking finai_1cial responsibi lity for the entire proJCCl. R~riguez said he hopes Lhc 75th ~nm versary ce lebration wi ll help mcrease know ledge about and pride fo~ MSU . " I feel really good abou1 tlus." Rod ri guez said. ··1t onl y comes around once every 75 years." Sophomore Meg Morrison agrees. ··1t·s gre;u to be a part of such a milestone. I'm proud to be at :i school that has been around and is sti ll growing.''

Midwes1ern Siatc will celebrate 75 ye ars during its upcoming

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State's ca mpus has cuuscd some ~ temporary inconveniences. the r,-lcted projects should be worth it _':ie of ~e main projec ts undcrw;1y is the ~ lructlQn of Clark Student Center i '?t)1!1ing has, in essence. been rebu ilt.'' Al ./tn,\·1ccprcsiden1of business, said. ~ nsaid there will be 7,000 square fee t ~f ~truc1ion when Clark Student Center 1s

Construction leaves University with different look Al though there is mud1 more work 10 be done on th e studcrl! center, !>ludent ~ l1a vc al ready been ab le 10 u1ilizc some of the new facilit ic:i;. The Mesq uite Dining Room i!. now open and is vastly different from the old c:1fc1eria. "[l' s (the dining hall) better than the old one,'' fre shman Jam ie Lamm said. Hooten said the new kitchen should be com-

pkted hy mid-Septcmbcr whi le the rood cou rt, '\ll :1<.: k har :md rnrnputer rornns arc still under con~tni c1io11. "[ 1hi11 ~ it\ a m~ss,:· fre shma n _S\1clby Hausk:r \ :l id. "13ul I 1h111k 11'11 be worth 11111 the eml " lloolcn said Clark St1!de 111 Center's m1ticip:1tcd date o_f r.:omplction 1s April 1998 , although ph :1scsw1II hccomplc tcclupunti l 1ha1dute McCull ough-Trigg Hall is also under con~1~1ctio11 with 1h ree lloors being added to the buil ding. A n cxcrcbc room. cx1rn storage and n sernnd elcvatN will he .idde<I to the dorm . Accord ing 10 Hooten, the ant icipated date or

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~ ibi!ityandinvolvemcnt are ~ ideas he~i~d the Student ;7-981 Assoc1at1on's agenda ~~iiidcnt Aaron You ng said ,l!tir ui;~;o~~ .

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English and a master's of education in human resou rce development al MS U. Fflrrcll praised Lcishner as a pro~ ponent of s!Udents and said he is pleased Leishner accepted the position. "We're very lucky to have someone ofher professionalism and quality," he said. "A lot of the duties and responsibilities of the dean of students she was already 'fa miliar with ." Lcishncr said she is ready for 1hc challcnges~fthe ncw~sition "It's not like I came m10 it blind," she said, citing her time as acting dean . " I am ex.cited. I"vc gotten

take Place during Ho mecom ing Weck, Oct. 20 to 25 . Buss said students arc likely to enjoy comedian George Wallace. presented by Lhe Arti st Leciure Series on Oct. 24. Rodri guez said there will be a lot

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Ano1her item on the election pl atform last spring was 10 all ocate fund ~ to the Greek system. The pl:m now is to make the money avail able through the Slu~cnt Leadership Fund , which is a\·mlablctoallcam~~: do~~a;;::i~~~~i:t~~j ~::~~!~~~'. ly Young said the Grc_ek ~y~tcm was a primary foc us ~r 1h1s idea hc~ause fres hmen who jom it have a higher retention ralc thnn those who don't. SGA is still work ing on extending visitation hours in the dorms from midnight 10 2 :1.m. Young sai d the Housing Office appenrs to _be responding posit ively. Before ncuon is taken to make the change. h~wcvcr, " We 're going to fi nd out if the students livi ng in the dorms ~iow reall y want a change." Youn_g said. He pl ans to survey the rcs 1de1~1S to learn what they 1hink about the idea. SGA Vice Prcsiclcul George Cunningham s,iid Student Govern-

ment is working with 1hc Office of Student Activi ti e.~ to promo1e involvement among ~tudents in general. In celebration of Mklwc~tem State's75thAnnivcrsary,SGA plan!> a food drive with a goal of 7,500 pounds or food to donate th rnugh United Way. ''It' s a way tha1 the campu , can gel toge1hcr aml do somc1hing for the communily. l>ecm1 ~c they give U!> so much in so many war.'' Cunningham said. Stu<lcntActivi tic., Director Les lee Pontlcr said she talked with Young and Cunningham about ideas to promote student involvement. Thi! Student Go\'emment ol"licc b in the Clark Student Center, Room 106. Hour.; will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.. with ei ther Young ur Cu 1111ingharn av.1ilahlc to students most of the time.

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Soccer team alumni returned to MSUon Sunday to take on this year's team . The alumni won by a score of 2-1 .

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Wayne's European Vacati

A SIMPLE SOLUTION

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E,Try ye ar at thi:- time. -.1utlcru ~ hour:-. This se mester the Un ivcrsi1 y '-cr:unhk tn fi nd th.ii one park ing .., pw.:c .ind get to du:,.:- hcforl.! 1hc pro- offered 514 mornin g classes, co mpared to onl y 286 classes and labs in fc,,or ,tan, k rturinu . And a, the morn ing pro~rc:-:-cs. thi.: the.: a hi.:rnoon. hunt for ltwt p,ir~ ing - - - -- -Of cour:-c. problems :-p;11:1..• h1..·L'omc, the might arise due to this m1..·1,1phorit: hunl fnr a 111..·cdlc in .1 h;1y:-1ai.:k. B~ \J ,1. 111 •• you ran for~ct 11 - an ) a\;11 lahk

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Manv sn1dctll:- ha ve pa rt -ti,;1c jobs and work par~mg :-pacc j.., going in 1hc afh.:moons. which 10 h..: at ka:-t ;1 fi vc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ would make it difficult min ulc walk lrom the da,:- room. for them 10 schcd uk their classes. And C\C[) year the prohlcm gets a And still. most students make their 111th: worse . The additi on of more work schedule around their classes. than 100 p.irki ng -.,p;1ces nn West regardless or wh:11 time the class is Carn pu-., IJrivc las t ycu r hdped offorcd. FM the most part. though. the rnn:-. li gh tl y to alleviate the prohlcm Jt lir,t. bUl 110\\ st udent:-. arc ha,·in!! to tinuous circulation of ,·chi cles wou ld hum for ,pace:-. like prcll,itor:-. ag;in. allow more parking selecti on. Even Some have sugge:- ted building if onl y 50 students sc hedul ed the ir e\i,,: 11 more parking :-.paces or eve n a classes in the afternoon. that wou ld mul ti-:-.tory p:1rking f!aragc lO sol \'c me~in 50 additional parki ng spaces in the p;_1 rk ing problem. Othi.:r, ha\'c the mom ine . The best ...feature of the schedu ling sa id ra i:-.ing the price of parkin~ so lution is that it c.111 hcgin immedidc.:<.:al s could help. But the most pr11ctical sohnion is ately in the spring and would not much -.implcr. cheape r and c;1sicr have to w:.i it the yea r or so it would taki: to cons1ruct a new parking lot or than any of tho,c. If the l'.ni \'cr,it y would simply parking garage. And sc hedu li ng reform would oflcr more cl:1s.,i.::-. in th e early afl crnoo n. rather th an :-checlu lin1:. !he mean th at the U~ive rsity wouldn' t majorit y hcforc 1100 11. re,,er sll~dc.:nt s have to spend more money on new woul d ha\'C to hu nt for a parking constrnction. Scheduling classes in the afternoon ,pace \Vith the.: maj orit~ of :-t ud e nt s i-., the mos t scns ihlc and effective hc[!i nni nc their cla:-:-.e, at 9 or 10 in solu tion to a major problem facing 111: morni ng. the lig hl lO find a park - studcnl s and shou ld be implemented ing !<ipa,.:i.: i~ at its ,, or:-t du ring those thi..; spring.

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noor hold wi udow, I _could sec ,, b downtown with its v:im•tl shops and ~u Is. cn1r.inccs 1~1 the tm~crground mall s un t .~c liulc cars wi th f;mu liur muncs but unf:um • iar;~t~;~ll~l;~r w;i<s spent shopping. sigh.I· ,ed 11g and n.-c upcrJting from the drns11.c ~hangc in time. 1t was nO?n an~ I f~ lt as if I should hcj11 s1:1ppro:1d11ng ~EM sleep. II w;1s vcl)' exci1i n~ to be 111 a country that most don·t even give a.second 1hou.ght 10. When 1 think of a v:1c:i11011. Polat!d JU SI. docs n(lt pop into mind. ~hen I thm~ ot goi ng 10 Eu rope , I think of Pan~···

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.. \vc differed in so many ways. hut few differed as much as J did. I am black , ;1~d 1hc on ly black people in Poland arc tou;1m, In ccr• tain backward towns in 1hc Uni~ed Stmcs, I may draw some attention. hut in Poland I drew ewryone·s attention. I would hear people whisper as I w.ilkcd by and sec 01h• crs poinl at me from across 1hc meet. And 1hen I heard it: Munyn (pronounced moosinn). Everywhere I wenl I would hear thi s funny sounding word .ind wonder what it meant. . \ wa." expecting ii 10 me:m something like touri sts or foreigner. but what it rea ll y mc:int was ··11cgro man." It w:1s nothing to he offended about. hccausc for them it w:1s something they had sc_ldom if ~vcr seen. I take pride in speaking En¥h~h wel l. bul nothing 1 have learned in hi gh school or

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g Most of the lungliages I m_n f.11n1l1ar \\llh tiave words th:tt arc e:1sd.Y .translmed. ~~ ~11 1~,;;c~~~~;: because they look or SOl.1.nd s1m1la.r. but l_he

May. mc111Jms State's Chor.LI D~pa~~;~ 'fc~as Swtc's 111c111hcrs of Sout 1 • ~eyed 10 Poland .

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Polish languoge was nund -~gglmg. w11h phrn~s like "Dzic.fi Dobry ~pronoun_ce~ Jane Dobrny). whi ch means good d.1y, und ·· Dzipkuje" (pronou nced .. Gen Coo Ycu). which mc;ins "thank you. As lhc <lays in Poland went by, I began to pick up more and more words and

..tJ , thc sameif ~, , ished the ~~~ encore. for Which· v.,,·e ~'tit IU?.c ~a lied "Cindy:• did a~-

ftrt~f~hB~~.th.~~~; rr;;a~; c;~:~e~~n~ water without carbonat ion. Carbonated water is much easier 10 find t~an no~•c:.irbonatcd water. and whe~ we did fi ~d it. we hatl to nsk for "water w11h no gas. We spent u few days in Warszawa. where we pcrforrned al the Frederic Chopin Acade my of Music. It was a great hon~r 10

Cindy.. . was liter.ill ·~ foot-Slomp1ng piece, : sense of excitement. Th hich ij- l ~c . had lo do an e~cce cr°'i:. again. and then w l'fll frr.... 1 Time to Die" agai:. J')crfo~ ,, I The concen was ix-· ; of t~e concert hall ing la~l

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kc~~r;1o}"p~~J/ }~~~l.1~ir;~f~/~~c1h;~tr~a~ vcrsl!y, and so · musicians who had performed there before began to play 1 us. and knowing we were one of the few mancc. It was \mcrican choirs th.it had perfonncd there. When 1 The next day. we set ou1 for 1 Czcs1ochowa. Poland. to vis it a 14th century P:1uli1e Monas1cry for the unveiling of the .. Black Madon na." As we prepared to leave. I was stopped :iha:;~~~~ their prograrn1; by different people who w~n1ed to take my The next day, we left C picture. I am nol cxa~gernhng when I say I was in al least 100 p1c1ures. Parents want• 10 Krokow for sighl•S<'ei ~~t) cd me 10 be in pictures with their ch_ildren. one ~f lhc oldest caihcd~,1?1 1 and children w,mtcd me to be in p1c1ures "'.a.'> n I a struc1urcd cone la~ with their parents :ind grandparents. Some mlely drew 1hc ancniioncn,h_'.-,. people just wanted to touch me 10 sec if I people around. of ti:--i1 wr,s real or if my color would rub off. Poland ~a.~ an cxcitin We then traveled to Cicszyn, Poland, and l cons1dercditagreaig~'.aj where we were hosted by the Universi1y of Cicszy n's Department of ~usic. We spent resen t my school, stale and t a great deal of ti me rehearsing for our sec- allowed me to experience all( tll meet new pc~plc, and louch ond concert. Our concen in Cieszyn was in the city learned more in those re,,.,, di · \ !I~ concert ha ll. We were 10 fo llow the cou ld in a textbook.

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Weh.:omc 10 fv1idwcstcrn State and approximately 100 student organizal ion s wi th whi ch to afli lia1c. you ha, t' chosen 10 run,uc you cdu At Mid wc~tc rn State Univc.: rsit y 1,;at1011 at .\ilSU. You will !ind a qual - you will di :-icovcr that qu..ility and il) l°acll ll y ,kd 1cated to teachi ng. and caring make the difference. :1...-.. i,1i 11_!! ~ou. fCn1.·ra ll y :-111.1 11 d:i:-isBest wi shc~ ror a grL'at ycar. l a he;1u11ru1 r hy:-iic::d plant. up-1 0· ll a11.: it h tru ctinna l cq uipmc111. ,m Louis J . Rodriguez, excellent 1111ramural sport .; prog ram. Midweste rn State President Un i,T r:- 1ty. I am ex U\.'mcly <.k li gh ted

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Grad students deserve respe HAl•TE YANG

The Wichila n Gr.tdu.ile ~tudc111s are 1rc,11cd :is graduate ~1udents m their depar1mcnt , bul nol so elsewhere on campus. like lhe library or for parking purposes. Dcce_mrnli zat ion is the key word. Acc~rdmg 10 Dr. Jc~~c W. Rogers, vice pres1~c~t of_ academic affairs, the MS U Adrmn1 strat1 on hel icvcs. ·'The variou!> gradu:1te programs should be large ly ~l:ume~: cxecutctl , ;ind ~ontrol led by the !ac uity. _In ?l~1er words. 11 is fa culty members or 111d1v1duul dcpnrlmcnl ~ who lake con1rol of n_ialler!> concerning graduate stu dent,_. .500 _m the s~utlcn1 ocxJy of 5.S0O. !hrs p~hcy ha, Its pros and con~ . I ~le hngl11 ~idc is that through 1his policy faculty.mcmhcrs, "'.'ho i.lre fam iliar wi th gr.1du.11e stud~nt aff:uni, rnn have a freer hand ~_,rm.:lunng thei r gradua1e programs ~n.d_cnJO)' a gr~:~1 deal of freedom ,md ncx11l1hty. In add11_mn, ~rndu~te student~ can ~~~ gre:it rcla11on-.h1ps w1 1h facu lty mcmTh~ .dark . side. ho~\'evcr, is th,u the :~~:::~t':~t~t~~~t.)!>11::~~i.ng to n:cognizc For example,_ graduate ~tudcms have 10 ~o .idv;mccd ~-~c,1rrh requiring much more

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:nus pol1~y has hccn causing tremendou s 11~corwcn1encc for graduate rniclcms. espeernlly when we coinp:trc ii wi th those of many Olhcr sc hools in which gradu:uc stu~~:~~ ~1~1~~cs:~/,ook-lo:ming period of a Moreover, part-1imc graduate stu~ents. who represent four-fi fth s of 1he 1oial graduate hooy. have to rush b.ick :md fo rth between . work .i_nd school, but they can ~,cv~r CIIJOY the hfc-~aving benefit of park1 mg spaces. 1 leaching .h~t ~c-~~~. as foc ulty . rncmbcr.;. but ic:i:~;~ ass1s1an1s comprise ::ipprox imatcly onc~:~ l~e~f the total g~a~u;n~ population. . ,· ... • I0 lhe Adn!IIHStr.111011. tci.lching ;~~::: ~r:tJu~~~ ;:~od:11 :~kc facult y members So. iu the Cy!! of ·the ~dministrntion t1icn: arc ouly two dis1inct1vc groups 0 ~

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Campus Construction

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Construction complc1ion i:. Ju ly 1998.

A nother proj ect underway 1s the

construction of J.S. Brid wel l Hall , which will house the hcalth ,cic ncc progrums such .is dental hy1:?-icnc and rcspirutory c.ire. According to Hooten. Bridwe ll Hall has been :1 101of work hccau :,c it was completely new con,.truc1ion. not an addition. '"The weather ha!, :-ct ll" hack:· Hooten s11id. ··Wc'"c Ima all ou r brcathi n~ room." Other projects that wi ll iakc place in the near foturc incl ude: additional p:irking.a ncwmof for 1hc utility bui ldi ng between Pierce Hall _and Killingsworth Hall. a new roo t _for the Bu siness A nnex. rcmodchn g

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process is continuou s: "ll's the dominoes.'' Stan Coker. a po!il-graduatc MBA, said he can accc p1 the incon\'Cnicnces brought on by construc1ion. "l th in k the reputation of the schoo l is buill around i1s continued growth," Coker Sflid . " I' m pleased th at 1hc sc hool has r.:o111 in ucd 10 grow and establi sh itself "

olin's changes please faculty, students WAYNE MOORE The Wichitan

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- Rodney Cate Professor of Chemistry cm111ic s programs There arc i;ome mixed feelings abou t the renovations. bu1 for lhe most part. they are pos itive "It' s nice for lhc most pan . The math compu1er lab is probabl y the bci;t lah on ca mpu s." Virgil And ronache Jr.. mathematics-compute r science major.said Magal y Rincon-Zachary. profes~or of biology. said. "h "s rea ll y nice. I only wi sh that we h.1d more time to unp.ic k. We moved hack in on the 14th !Augu s1) :1 nd we havc to getthc hall running ;md ready fo r 1ours by the ) rd of Septe mber. Some of the

labs had great structural changes. and the third floor is extreme\ )' sharp." Chemi stry professor Rodney Cate said. "We are still discovering items tha1 have not been unpacked yel. The facilities arc much better. The labs were in poor shape . bul now we ~~~·; ss~ ner visibility and s!udent One student in particular had mixed fee lings about the renovations. "Looking 1hrough some of the windows. it looks as though they didn' t do squat." polilical science graduate assistant J. W. Justice said.

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the CSC'., futu re. incl uding th e de,ig n of anewm ulticulturnl cente r. Lci,hncr was ali;o ad viser 10 the Wai-Kun yearhook and the Greek ,y'>tcm. She h ,..., yet 10 plan any major J:!Ual~ or change, for the Dean's. Of1icc. "M y bigge!,l goal i,; to fin i!.h the rc llovati un and get our admini strat ive ofli cc~ moved hack in here." she ~,lid The Uni ve rsity will cond uc.: 1 .i nat ional :,,Carch to l"l ll the a:-sist.int

dean's pos ition. The target date fo r hiring an assistant dean i~ Oct. 15. Accordin g to Farrell and Lcishncr. 1he ideal candidate wou ld ha\'C expe rience in studem affairs and student union management. Wi th the CSC rcnovalion neari ng completion. Farrell said a new assistant dean should be easy to find . " I think this i.~ going to be .i real plu m for some profe ssional across the count ry to consider," he said

"Some of the old fu rni1ure stil l remain s, which I guess is good. It shows that we arc willing Lo recycle old materials wi1h the auern pt of saving money. I will :my that they did a sloppy job on some of the tiling. but overa_ll I lhink ii's grea! ," Chemi s1ry mstruc1or Candice Fulton was more upbeat. "The safety equipment is excellent. and the chemi stry labs layouts are more student friend! )'. I think that the work that lrns hccn done is wonderful, and it wi ll be great for recmiting ," shesaid. The rededicalion of the Bolin Science Hall will be on Wednesday. Sept 3, al 3:30 p.m.• wilh MSU adminislrators and slate lcg isla1ors scheduled lo attend. Tou rs of the renova1ed foci li1y wi ll be given by siudent s in the division s of mathematics and science.

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TheWichitan Beginning in tvlay. lhc prefix for Midwestern State's telephone numllc r:- was 10 be changed fmm 689 l1l J97 in order tu accommodate an improvl·mcnl in the te\ccommunica1ion:- sy, 1cm. hut due 10 un~cen circums1;111ce:-. the change did no1 occur. Acrnrd ing to M:1 rslw ll I lardy. dirc, tor of telecommunication'> for MSU , the un iver~ity is not at fou ll for the delay. "Th is technology is ~o new 1h:1t no service provider in 1he ;1re:1 ha, bee n able to gel it." Hanly said. "Everyone on.lcn!d , the equi p· men! 111 once. so AT&T (now Lucicnt Tec hnologies) experi enced 1 7 ~hc,1~1~~~~ · AT&T would have been ahlc to ship the new technology sometime in mid-Oc1obcr but was ,1skcd to delay the del ivery. ,1ccording In Hardy. "The delivery time that wa,; .~ct up happcnctl 10 coincide with the celebration of Midwes1cm State's 75th anni versary." he snid "We to ld them (AT&T) 10 just hold uff un til November so we would nnt inlerfcrcwi th thesched • uled activit ies during the :mnivcrsary week. The change shou ld OO \V occur around No". 18.'' The new technology should provide subscribers with more choices and heller servi ces. "With thi s new syste m. we will be able to all ow customers to sub• sc ribe to calle r ID and have a faster modem speed," Hardy said. The new ad vances will also pro\' ide a better managemenl system for Sou1hwe:-1em Bell. "The integrated system will not on ly allow us 10 provide better ser-

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The .\IS U foo11';1II !cam will not only he entering n m:w ,ea~on llwr.-day ni ght when it hosts N~nhwc_st t-.fosouri State .it Memorial Stadiu m, hut the Tnhc \V III aho bcin ;1ncw c,m fcrencc .\1S U will p!:Jy i! s first full .~ea~on of Lone Siar Conkn:nrc arnon :iftcr a Jll O\"C from NA!;\ 10 NCA,\ Di,·is ion II ~t;1tu ~. The Indian<; arc looking 10 irnprO\"C on :1 current t\\:0g;unt' winni nc streak a!. 1hc,· head into their gam~ w1lh the Bcarc;1L,.~ ,1 ho arc curfc111ly i.lnked No. 9 m the NCAA Di,·ision 11 poll ThL· 1wo '"ictorics. however. were the only 1wo of a tough season which saw Midwcs1cm lose ii~ first eight games ]aq yc:1r. Five lossc<; were by five points or less, :md two were in ovcnime, 8111 hl·:.id coach Hank McClung said he is cxci1cd about a new year and i~ posit ive he wi ll have a OC11cr team this season. "] 1hink we'll be ready to go on Thursday night:· .\kCl ung said. ..Thi s game wilt he a great test for us to sec where our progrnm is right now." ~kClung ~aid he cxpt.-cts a tough game from the Bcarcats. who return 14 srnncrs from last year's team

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C~~ i;:i~~i:~: l~~i!~c~i·rill on defense will 1 wi ll al:,,o he playing ih fir.I full O be~J:t:o~~io~~a~.ping to have help from ~·rernay,~e last week The Indians host Northwest Missouri ,rhcdulc oi NCAA Di\'i:.ion II cornMorgan, Gnrren Sil vey. Charlie Cr.ift and Craig Frost Ill night In the season opener Photo by JC Gare/a ate petition including the Lone Star Contl"n·ncc that department. J3ut likc any new product or facility, it :.hou)d he given :i chance hcforccritki., m . For new :-.tudcnh. not gninc: 10 1hi:. Thur:.d:iy·~ g:imc , houldn ·1 l·,cn he acon,iUCration For rcturning :,,tudcnh who didn't go t--crorc, r can a,;surc you th i:. CHAIS FISHER pose yards this year ;ind _contrihmc game won't he like :my MS U :game any way I can for us to w111:'' I you·\'c '-Ceo hcforc The Wichltan McCl ung believes G ilmore·~ Yn11 'rt: going to ,re an opcn-s1ylc In 1996 Midwestern State wide preparntior_1 i_ s de finitel y a step offcmc th:.11 <::.in potenti:illy mnve 1 the hall up and down 1he field receiver Bryan Gilmore spent hi s to~~ri~~~11~sv:~r~~~~~a~~ni'!~is sum for 1hc fir..t time in three sc:,~ons, freshman season trying to perfect mer:· McClung said. ··He has gotten 1hc lndi;m" wil l h:J\'e a halnnced his skills with the Indians' offense a lot stronger and fo s1cr:· .i_!lack fcmuring a strnng-anncJ c.'tpcNow as the 6-0 sophomore from Along wi t~ hi s rec7iving dut_ies PLAYER OFT~,: ncnccd qu:mcrh:ic k. speedy wide Lurkin . Texas. enters his second sea- Inst season. Gi lmore shmct.1 as a kick rccei_vers, and three yo_ung, powc~ul son, he wi ll be one of the center- returner, where he not on ly led the runnln!: has:ks. ' Bui won't he JUSI pieces in the Tribe's aerial ,mack. ,cam in yards, he also set two sc hool rnir rc:1mthatw1ll tx-d1fTcrcnt according 10 head footba ll coach records With a new cnnfcn:nce and an,:-\~ Hank McClung. Those fea ts included most return div i. . ion . ihe competi tion wi ll H~ "We ex pect a lot from Bryan thi s yards in a singlt' game ( I08 ynrds hcmuchbettcra ... wc!I year," McClung said. "Anytime you vs. Western New Mex ico) and in a Now I'm not prcd icl ing the outhaven guy with speed like h~ ha_s, sc::ison (449 yards). t·?me of the game.'- , o~ even hm~ ~~~r:~~,n~~ _.!ry nnd fc::iturc him 111 Other hi gh li ghts from Gilmore"s hrgh or lnw nur ).('.Oft' will he 22Clk'-. But thi s 1cam wi ll face the ~ I Gi lmore, who led the team in alt- ~~;~hn~f;k~}~m~c~~r~ irncl~~;dsia;i~ ITD.:i cnmpctiton it ever hn~ before thi~ purpose yards last year, said his opener against Tarleton State the Gil more rt!Ullt~ ye:1r. including No. 9 r:inkcd game day successes could be attribli~t time he touched the ha ll as a Northwc"l Mi\\OUri St:ilc in the scauted to his tireless preparation durcollcginte player. i1ivc in the conference. " ~on ope ner on Thursd:1y After l~c lndin_ns· 2-! ing prJcticc. As the Indi ans make their maiden MSU may not he ready in heat " I really had to learn a lot my firSI voyage in the Lone Star Conference 19_96. Gilmore IS COI\S lc.im." like \lnnhwe~t Mi~ . .,mri. or , year," Gilmore said. "I had to watch this year. Gilmore secs :1 lot or Midwcstcm will surpri!( Tt'X:J~ A& ~I -King~ville ! :'o. I in S!ar Confcrcnccfoes,dCI · th~ Division_II pol!~l. hui I think the :h~tc~n½~~nacncd po_,~~~a:c~~;, ~:~, re.i i hard in picked last hy LSC c~ Tnhc t.lc~mtcly will han: cnou~h :~ !~?w me 1he ball in key situa- the spring ;md in two-a-d.iys;· season poll s lalenl th l\ year to cmnpcle with ~.;~""1 1hink we arc goini thn"c team~. and who know~ . Gilmore, who was second on !he Gi lmore s:dd . "\Ve hOJ>C to pl:.iy we ll mayhc even pul l out u few up~<:ts team in receptions, looks 10 add. 10 and shock some people a long the so_me peo~lc wrong Uu G1 lmorcsa1d. "Wl·nregcint If you're nnt u fan of ~-!SU fno1 ~h a~hdci~,i~!~~o~s0 ball. you might w:1111 to jump 011 the Bryan Gilmore led the Indians In all•purpoe yards last year with his statistics (22 receptions. 370 1•; some team~ home di~aplll 1 1 handwagon nnw, hccau"c you"]! he 826. He also set two school records as a kickoff returner. ya~t)' g!~{: ~~~a~~t2~~o~il -pur- Jackson we :ire going to he compe lglad you did Courtesy photo

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!!~~•\~!~~.~i:i~ay lake anywhere The Mid wcstcm Srn1c mcn ·s from half a momh to half 11 seuson soccer lcam wi ll ha\'C i1s meu le before we gel click ing into :i tested in lht! early pan of the rhythm . hut hope full y we c:m schedule could determine whether sneak out some wins durin i:: lhi~ the lndi;rns will make the pla)'offs phaseur thcscason. I thi nk 1\1: will gel bcucr with e11ch game:· this sca.~on. Pifer knows the higges1 wc:tkIn their first sc:1son in NCAA Divi sion II 11occcr. lhc lndiunsw ill ness of this 1c.i111 will he inexperibut he 11ait.1 once thi~ learn ence. ;i gel have to cam an at-large bid lo gains experience 1hc Indian~ will playoIT hcnh. 111e Indians will ope n the season be o playoff-level le;un. Tcnm speed will he the MSU's this Thu rsdaynt 7p.m.. whcn they visi1 the 21st-ran ked team in strength. according tn Pifor. He said lots of 1hc new pl:iyers NCAA Division II. Cal State-Los Angeles. Cal St:1te-LA is also the .ire very fast :111d wi ll pro\'idc <lcplh sixth-rnnked tea m in the Wcsl even if they lack ex pcriencc "We arc deep on 1:ilcn1 and have region. directly :tbovc MSU. MSU will then complete its trip a 101 of skill with speed so we west by playing Ca l S1:i1c- should wear some 1c.1ms out with Domingue1. Hills at l p.m . on our specd." _Pifcrs;iitl Defense 1~ one place where the Saturday To make the playoffs, 1he Indians will hnve lo squeeze thei r wuy into the lop four. To do this, head coach Nnthai: Pi fer believes the fi n;t stretch of games is very imponant. "It wilt be necessary to win 10 gain the opponuinity :u end of year 10 be selected for the playoffs," Pifer sa id . The lnd ianslost six starters from last yc«r's NA IA national 1oumamcn1 squad. and replacing them w;1s the biggest rnsk Pifer had to ;ic:cnmrli.~h over the off-.~c:1son. He ;idmits lhc Indians arc having to re-load hut did not rneruion the :Llw11ys-fc.ircd lcrm. rehuildin g Pifer en ters 1he season wi 1h opti mism bu1 knows he must ha\'C pat ience. "I'm posili\'C about thi.~ 1c;1111

Indians rcl.iined ~ome CX J)Crience. and l'i lcr said he will rely on the returnee~ 10 ,111d1or 1l1c 1ca111 for 1he first portion or 1hc y11un~ .\ C;t !<oOl1 . Two- lime fir..t l~·arn NA IA All A111cric.111 Mikko L:1itincn returns for the Indians lt swccpL·r. ;1~ do defenders Jeff Samples :md Mike Soro l:1 . Senior Chris Rohin~on return., for the Indians hctwcen the pml s

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.,.even , cores durmg the l 996 'l',1 • ~on . ,\ho n.:turni ng on offc1hc .ire Chm Rai n and Chri~ Md)o11gal. "We h;l\'c IHCa! ll':lm 11pced anJ have enOU!Jh~experience 10 help: Pifer s.11J. "Chris Bain i, t....ick l ncl i.,. a goo(J ,corer \\.hen hcahh~ . Wil~on is :1 key ~i:oring tlHt'at ,1111] i~ ~/~t:n~-~~1~£~~a~:7-~~ R) dcr Md)O\\CII !O heir the Indian, with hi~ experieni:e anJ "lightning .. 11pc(·d O1her llC\\COmc r-. Pilcr is look ing hl induJc Paul 13 icoy, .\fark Hopper. John Ha~1 ing~ ;ind Rom:_m K~·n ned v. ;ind freshman Chip Scymoui-. The 1\ ISU 2:i-man rm!cr :il~o includes returnees Rohen Shanl' and krcmy 8;1rne11. hoth midtii::Jd-

in!! it c:.~y:· The offen~ had lo replace fake Joy. A<fam Paucrson and Ja~on Johnson. who comhincd t'or 25 goals lma season. Midwe.,.1ern returns for ward Chad Willi ams. who scored eigh t er.... go:1ls last season, along with midfielde r Rohhy Wi lson, whn !allied

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schools in the local area," McBee saiJ. "Uy giving them a VIP pass. we hope they c:111 it take home, and

said, lhe athletic department has added 12 new corpora1c sponsors in the 1hrce months he ha.~ hccn in

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received 1t~/~ei! 1~~ "It 's really to nice lo ha\'C a prcsi dent and u s111ff as suppurtivc u.s I've had." McBee said. "' I' m having fun

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Freshmen finding new experiences in conege dor e,Th~~!~\: r:~.~,g:~ent8 Laundry, larger city, food, roomates top list of di:!: : :~~~::"f,:i~~ ~?,,m JOSH DESKIN The Wichitan

Crnmpcd lil'ing ,pare (v.ilh ,1)mw1w cl~l'l. h111d mu,ic ~e.,1 doClf. !\h<merin: w11h 111her-, ;, l:ir~cr city .llld c.1fctcmfood. All chan!!,1',. Change, frc,hmcn llll1,1 cndtH\.' when corning to rnllq;e for th,• fir-1 t11ne. Fur ( \--.ly (ir;iywn, a {n:,hn1.111 lrom Chilllrc", fin1I• 1ng h1, I\ ,1y .m1uml .1 nt'" en~ lx·ramc the ht!!,J;nl chal • lcngc.

lo~t~;~~1:1J/~:.~~n·1 hu~c. llul II ,urc i, c.1,~ 10 .;.!t'I '"tl1) ro{in1mate and I "~·n1 look111g for one o( m~ off. ~-:impu, d a"i.:' :md 'J't'nl :10ou1 an hour fi rn.li ng ii. N(lw 11', at-.ou1 a 10-mmut.:dn\e .. Lhi ng \\tlh '11tnc1,oc 1hcy h:nc llC\l'r met .11,o priwccl

111 ~ ye! another ch:mi:;c for fre:-h!ncn. l·n:,~mcn ro11 IU gel i.iud wnh . an)·onc from 1hc c,cc"o·c par1icr who ,tay, up unul :ill hours of 1hc morning playing luuJ 11111, if to the quic1. rc:-crvcd per-

r,f fore1gn language You might \.\ ondcr 1,1, h,· he cho~c 10 come 10 the Un ued State~ when he wa, a!n:ad>: e,1ahli_,hcd_a~ a liti.:r.itu_rc p_rnfc"nr 1~1_Sp;1!"· lb11ng l1\cd in Sram h1, enti re hie. ~ucne,-M,mJon ":" intcrc,1ed in worki ng at a ,rn:ill uni\er-i1, . Fucnc,.i\.lanjon 1.1,:i, 111 ihc Mcrch:1111

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When ·a,;kcd what ,urpri'1-·d h1111 1110,1 :ihnut M1<l\11.:,1i.:rn S1a1c. he an\wcrctl. '"Tht hcauty 1)r 1hc huiltling,, the ;m.: hilcc turc. aml hO\\ well 1hcv arc c.ircd for:· Fucne,-~lanJon 1h11ii.., the ,m,111 rrofc,.

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,(1r•l~•.,,lt1dcm_ratiu, al MS U lead to helter kammg relationships and more hclr for ,1udcn1!'-. Fuencs-Manjon ;.,, married and his wife. also a rrn(es, nr, 1eai.:hc, al Baylor l 'ni\·er-ity in W.1eo. An avid spom rari, he 1 ~~~::~:~: Ehl\. He enjoy~ Jiqening m Barr)" While

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Thursday, September 4 •Student Government m~ting, 12:30 p.m. in Bolin Room 101 •Association of Social and Behavlora l Sciences meeting, 12:30 in O'Oonohoe Room 11 9 •Football vs. Northwest Mis souri , 7 p.m. at Memorlal Stadium , corner ol Barnett and Soulhwest Parkway Friday, September 5 •Biology Club m~tlng, noon in Bolin Science Hall Room 320

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Tuesday, September 9 •Volleyball vs. Tarleton Stale, 7 p.m. at O.L. Ligon Coliseum •Red River Photography Cl ub meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Wichita Falls American Red Cross Chapter 1809 5th St.

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Wednesday, September 3 •Student Ambassadors meeting, 7 a.m. in Fowler Room 112 • Quarterback Lunch. noon a t Dyer's Bar•B·Oue, 2708 Southwesl Parkway • Bolin Science Hall Rededication Ceremony, 3:30 p.m. at Bolin In the eas1 en1 ryway

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11 nprm~d 1h1.: c.ifch:na trom the '-'·,iv 1 lc it..: Commg 10 collr.:tc :1li,o hring, ;i 1·111 'dll 111 ,, of,..._.... 1.' ;1 <lum 1h:11 mo,1 frci,hrncn J·1111 ,1 h:t\c \\h 11 ' . th •i r p:-in:iu, c Ir,. , . ~ ~-N 0~,, tin; 1, 1 m ln:r~ _I cfon 1 nnti1:c 1 . · much a, other.,, nHghl. lrt·,hn1;i11 Hri ~ f:~ " I rea lly _don 't go ou t a 11 hole 101 ann.i ~rt.,l · hui it f • 1 good knowi ng th:ll 1 don't hw, _:i curfol\ ~11 t..1 Along wi 1h thi, pcr!>nnal hil ity mo:.I arc 1101 u,cd 10 h·1 __111c<lom cor11t/1 ' rlt .. 1 . ·k 1 • 1 . .1 . • ' !:1 J,~~ l'.>lllt.: ~itln lu\c !11 !.111m} fl\\ O1.ii:: , oflc u, Kmght !>:Ud. '~ ll ,n:ip much how 10 .. , had to learn 1l1c laundry room 11bo11t once a wcck."\c .tn~ 01 ~

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