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LONGWOOD COLLEGE, FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA
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NO. 18
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News Briefs By BILL BRENT WORLD
Photo by Joe Johnson Renovations could be finished by next month on French pool.
Facelift On French Pool By DAVID RITTER "It could be ready by April and I think it will have a whole different feeling about it." These comments were made by Dr. Judith Johnson, chairman of the health and physical education department, concerning the renovation of French Pool. The face lift for the pool is the final phase of reconstructing French Dormitory. The project, which costs just over $86,000, is under the supervision of Ike Finney, resident inspector for the school. Finney also believes the pool can be ready for a spring opening, "all that is left is cleaning the tiled walls, the pool, itself, plus we are installing two new clorinators." Other cosmetic work done on the building includes: Removal of the old bleachers, expanding the deck area, a complete paint job and blocking off the double doors which led to the street. Several new features have been added which will help change the atmosphere: A new roof which includes 10 skylights to help light and heat the pool area and six
garage-type doors have been installed in the east wall that open up to a deck outside the building. Johnson feels that, "when the weather warms up and the doors are open the pool can turn into a real nice place for students to gather with friends and enjoy the day." The two reasons behind the renovation are that as soon as the pool is ready it will help ease up the logjam on Lancer Hall pool, lancer's pool is being used this semester from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The decision on how French Pool will be used has not been made, but Johnson states, "It could be used for recreation swimming and when outside groups would like to reserve swim time." Also the renovations make the pool area more efficient and attractive. There is also consideration that the pool can be open year round. With the addition of a heating element to warm the water the only problem would be keeping the surrounding air warm enough.
Class To Excavate 'PreHistoric Indian Village' By JOE JOHNSON In 1870 A.D. Heinrich Shlieman uncovered the ancient remains of Troy, verifying with solid evidence the culture that Homer, in 850 B.C. had written about. He was an archeologist believing in Homer's detailed descriptions of palaces and weapons and capturing in those ancient ruins, the voice of the past; "a voice nobody has ever heard before." Dr. James William Jordan, associate professor of Anthropology, is in a similar (though, perhaps, smaller scaled) venture. "To try to make the atones talk...making them speak." The endeavor will take place this summer under the title
of the "Ixmgwood Summer Field School in Archeology". The field school is divided into two classes; Anthropology 496 (Field Methods in Archeology) and Anthropology 595 (The Organization and Execution of) Archeological Fieldwork). Both are offered May 26th through July 2nd and July 5th through August 6th. Anthropology 495 should give the student a working knowledge of the tools and methods used in excavating an archeological site. The tools range in dimensions from a bulldozer utilized for clearing the heavy surface dirt to a mason's trowel used in the delicate art of scraping the surface of the ground (called the
In Latin America, El Salvador has been ripped for nearly two years by civil war. Last week Maj. Roberto D'Abuisson, a retired army leader of the rightwing party in the upcoming election, was wounded by leftist guerillas. This violence in the past few months has upped U.S. involvement in Central America. "El Salvador is not Vietnam," said Secretary of State Alexander Haig in Washington last week,
enforcing his point that the U.S. will support the Salvadoran government against the Marxist oriented Farabundo Morti National Liberation Front. The Transvall Province voted 172-36 in confidence for South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha. Botha also thwarted a revolt in his own party by ultraconservatives who are against lightening strict racial segregation policies.
The capital of Uganda, Kampala, was attacked last week by mortars from 300 heavily armed guerillas. The violence culminated on the cities military barracks as part of a plan to oust President Milton Obote and his government. The fighting between guerillas and troops resulted in 69 deaths. Battling has not been this harsh since 1979 and the ouster of Idi Amin.
NATION After 12 hours of deliberating a jury of eight blacks and four whites found Wayne B. Williams guilty of murder. The 23-year-old Williams, a free-lance photographer and talent scout, is charged in the deaths of two of the 28 young blacks in Atlanta. State legislatures and governors nationwide are ready to start negotiations with President Reagan on a dual plan
to separate state and national support for programs in the 1983 budget. The President is calling for cuts and turning over programs run by the federal government to the states. State officials fear they will not have enough money to adequately run the programs. A report from the National Academy of Sciences on marijuana, the country's most
accepted and illegally used drug, discloses a high risk to health; heavy prolonged use may cause cancer of the lungs. The drug's short-term devastation to mental capacity, sperm production and lungs is usually reversible. l-ast week's report released by the U. S. surgeon general says that smoking is to blame for almost one-third of all cancer deaths.
Arrests Made In 'Incidents' Case From PUBLIC AFFAIRS Last month, there were four incidents on or near the campus that contributed to rumors regarding a lack of safety for women students. In two instances, a young man of 15 or 16 pinched two women students from behind; he has since been arrested. In the third incident, which occurred off but near campus, a male student allegedly pushed and hit a female student who was his girlfriend; the matter is receiving disciplinary attention. The last incident involved an unknown male placing a knife to the side of a female behind Her Gym at about 8:10 p.m. The student was able to get away uninjured. Although identification of the would-be
assailant is difficult, the matter is under serious investigation. A possibly related occurrence has been the arrest of a non-student local man who has been exposing himself in residence halls. No other incidents involving threatened or actual physical abuse of women students are known to have occurred at Longwood this semester. In addition to an increase in campus lighting, the progress made so far by Campus Police, and the development of an escort service by Alpha Sigma Phi, the following suggestions are offered to women students: 1. Avoid walking alone late at night or after dark through unlighted or lightly traveled
robatoge technique). No prerequisites are required to register for this class. Anthropology 595 will concentrate on learning the skills necessary to organize and supervise the execution of archeological excavations. Students will serve as Dr. Jordan's assistants, taking one or two grids from the overall site and aiding in the design of the field strategy, intrasite sampling technique, site mapping, artifact feature plotting, and recording for the chosen area. The site, which will be excavated this summer, is a cluster of three large mounds located near the junction of the Appomattox River and Buffalo
Creek. Entitled the Smith Taylor mound site, it is thought by Dr. Jordan to be a prehistoric Indian location, dating from the late woodland period. "There was probably an Indian farming village surrounding the three mounds and they utilized the interior area as a type of civic i center or community center. Wooden buildings sheltered the artificially built mounds." If Dr. Jordon's hypothesis is correct, theSmithTaylorexcavation should yield pottery, hoes, farm tools, rotted or charred wood (from the shelter), and a variety of religious type artifacts (some possibly used for burial purposes), anything that would (Continue* m ptfal)
areas of campus. Plan your route in advance. 2. If possible, walk with one or more friends; use the Escort Service if you feel the need. 3. If you think you're being followed, get away fast and head for a lighted area and other persons. 4. Report suspicious activities to the Campus Police or other College officials as soon as possible. Alert and prompt action will clearly aid in reducing this kind of problem.