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MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
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By Julit Nanny
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\1'"■;~111 Falls) - The Wichita t W--111 and Art CCf'lter will I• tecond annual Sink of the 11-1-nilcr on OcL ). ; . CVIQI will ftalUrt ov~ IWO ltato; ret,pel . wh.ich will vl8 111Qi1dt II severt,I ca1t,orks inllrt Most Crc.■ llve Cbef, M<»I
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Jane Lc1~hnc r . u sistant dea n o f .sluden ts, 111d a leak developed 1n a sewaae hne 10 the basement, bu! the rupture bu been repaired .
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Enjoy the cool, refreshing spray of the fountain while you can. Warm weather won't be around much longer.
Fo r some wo men, loch and c ha~ns are not enoush. They 111 fiod1n1 other fonn. of J'l'Olectioct.
However. 1he problem hH not been corree1ed co mpletely because raw sew1ac 1ecped underneath tht' bu1ldm1'1 foundauon . · u n11I 1he scwaac dries out cumplt1cly, all -...-e will he ahle IO do u tr y 10 mask the s m&ll w 11h rJcodor1ze rs . • Le1shner sa1J.
t-or Sl ◄ . 95 , women CIQ purc hase an aerosol cao of Mace to add to their lis t of prolect ive dcvKcs,
Local candidates debate at Midwestern
Tom Popejoy . assis tant manager o f Sloan's Loans at Midwes tern Parkway, $1Cld, "We sell a lo t of Mac e . Sales have Jumped about 50 10 60 percent.•
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Gun sates have also mcrcased, but not without precaution. "We press 1he Mace ,f som► one is 1101 familiar watb suns, · Popejoy said. Hopefully, women wrll have more protcc:1100 if the Texas Leeisla ture passes a b,11 that will make s talking a class A m,sdemcaoor. This wo uld be Hpec1ally importaol s ince police officials admit thal the rar1s 1 11 probably s talk,oe h,s v1c-Un!il the np111 11 cau1ht o r 1hc st.1tk1ne bill passe1, women will ha ve to continue lo be alert and ·:11;t1oll.'l.
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By ChlU'lesCqt The Metro po litan Business aod Profes s ional Women's Club hdd a candidate forum Sept. 23 m lbe Clark Student Center. Spe1km1 11 the e vent were Roy Sparkman and hwuta Pavlick, cand1d11es for the 891h d istrict J udae 's scat: Tom Callahan and a representative of Ray Ctnncdy. c 1nd1d11t1 for W1c h111 Counly s heoff; Tom Haywood and Sieve Carriker , c 1nd1d11es for s lale senator; and representatives of Beau IJoulter and Bill Sarpalius, candidales for U.S. Representahve. The forum's format. ellplained to audien c e members by Dr . Mic hael Preda , duec lo r o f the D1vis1on of Political Science and P\lblrc Admmts lratio n . allowed eac h c andidate a five minute s peech follo we d by a 2 .5 minule rebuual.
Cand1d11tcs were then u kcd quest ions prepared b y a BPW comm11tce poo r to the e ven t. Finally. all c1nd1d1tes were presented for quest1on1na by lhe audience. Sparkman and Pavlick opened the event. dcfinmg pasl clpcncnce IS a ffllJO f votma ISS UC . While Spa rkm ■ n believes hu bo ard c ert1f1 c 1t1 o n and t ru l law upericnce be tter qualify him for oflite, Pavlick d1:iagrees, citing her cx1>encnce m f1m1ly law, wluch she bcheves w ill encompass mosl of the Jud1:cship's cues. Althoufb both judge candidates aucnded 1he ~vcot aod offe red araument, Preda later said of the candidates "I wish we'd know a little bit more.· Callahan and Mrs . Ray Canned y , repn:senl1t1 vc of Ray
Cannedy who wu unahl~ lo am:nd lhe for um . s poke DU I . Callahan pointed to his past record a~ county s hcnfl sa ying thll ~h~ ngt 1~ not necuu r y C an ned y u 1J he r hus band fe e h she ri ff's o ffH e employee morale 1s a t an al l· tr me low, and he 1n1ends lO address 1h15 problem. The mo st conflic t , however. was o ffered 10 the small audience by• Ha ywoo d and Carriker , whu s p o ke af..ter a 10 minut e iricernussKm . H a ~ spoke first . at11c k1ne Carnker H "the T rial Lawyer"s c1nd1date, • a man who believes · 1berc "s no r oo m for budiet cuts , · and ·• r esident o f Au.stm. not the vonna: distncl. • Carnkcr lhcn counter •slruck s.a.ym1 that be owns no ro1dence 10 Austin and accused Ha ywood of deb1t1n1 · s mo k e and mirrors
,nstead of issues. · Neithe r Sarpa h us no r Bo ulter 11\cndcd tbe eveol , making direcl club d1 fficult . Compound1na 1h,s problem -...15 lhe BPW dcc mon 10 n o t rn ppl y t heu p re-pre p a red q ues11u ns t o th e n o n-att e nd i ng cand1dates pr,or lo the event. ·1 wu du1p po 1nted ,· Shay Brewer . an 1ud1encc member. said w h e n s p eakin g ab o ut the cand,J ates" repre~enta11ves' ab1l11y t o an s w e r B PW and audie n c e questions . Preda aerced, but sa,d, • some r cople fe e l that W ic h ita Falls is he1nr liflOTC'd. I don ' t th mlc so . The r ublic meeti ngs arc sch eduled to he as co nven1cnl as pou 1blc, bul are n · c al wa ys co n ve nie nt for all candida te.~.· A J c ba tc be twee n C ar ri k er anrJ Haywood will take place at 7 p.m . O:t. 5 1n the CSC Theater. All s1ude nts arc cncourtigcd to attend .
Actor's testimony mystifies audience By Linda Wilson Soott
R,pon,r Ac tor Corey Feldmao spoke abo ut the dan1ers o f drua and alcohol abusc before• crowd of mo re than 500 people Sept. 24 an 1be Clark Student Center Ballroom. Feldman c ame 10 M1dwcs1em to relate h11 story aboul his "hfe in the fas l lane• and bis evenlual triumph over drue add1c1ion. Before Feldm■o spoke. David Loodon, a c erllficd drut and alcohol abu se counselor, spoke about h,s friendship w11h Feldman and hii; personal s1o ry o f substance abuse. Whe n Feldman was intro duc ed 10 the audience, the s tandm a: •room•o nly c ro wd was eager 10 see the youna aclor/ tcen ido l w ho bu s carred 1n such bo1 office bits as "Stand By Mc: 'The Lost Boys ,· "The Goon1es· and ·U,,.--en.se ID Dnve. · Tho audience c ompr ised an unus ual m i x o f MS U s tudents , pare nu with y o una children. ..: hurc h ,roups , MSU fa culty and s ta r-,;trud : 1cen•11ecrs. The crowd li ~tcncJ 1n1i:n1ly 10 Fcldm1n as he de sc ribed 1n vivid detail bis ltfe o r p• m tha t ullimalcl )" le ad lo dru g 1dd1c t1on . Feldman s11d he d idn"t beheve druJ and alc o h ol abus~ wu so
prevalen! JUSI bec aus e people wanted 10 have fun. "Oru1 and alcohol abuse 1s • Juect result of p 1 1n , • he sa ,d . He als o said substance abuse w.u a way lo "fix· h1msdf; a way lo fill the voids tn his l,fe. Ft ldman co ld the crowd the inumate , fr,ghtcmna delails of hi~ de sc e nt inlo a life of hennn add1.:11on by aac 20. G raphically desc nb1ne the low points 1n lus life, Feldman said he. "c rawled on his bathro om flo o r , franti c ally s earc hina for a ·pehble" to free · ba.<ie.· Feldman also described the embarrassment o f bcina: ■nested three time s and having his face "plastered e\·crywbere so everyone UM.lid lcnow I was a junkie.' Feldman u 1J dunne his mne mo n1hs o f drug rchabd1t11mn, he "allowed God into my life. • After 1h1s dcc1s 1on . Feldm1n decided 10 s peak 10 othe r s about hi t experience~. hop,na to u,ve othcn from a life of ·pure hell.· Feldman told the allen11ve 1ud1ence lht he came to Wich,ta Falli. becau~e. ·1 care, not because ii m1gh1 looki,'()00." "There are people here who are burl1n, and d o n · , ha ve so lu11on1, • he said. ·1 want Co soc
people happy. and that 11 ponible .. . if I can help one per,oo in this room, thal is what will make me
b.l'JPy.· Arter !he quesllon and answer peri o d fo llow1n1 the lecture, Feldman wu swarmed by the p h o t o -and -a u t o a rap h-bun1 r y crowd. A llho ugh he si11ned many IUIOjrtph.t , h,s Objective WII to personall y counsel anyOflc with a substance abuse problem. Feldman and London co uns eled lroubled tecnl'I and adults for more than one hour. Due 10 the sell -out c r owd , Feldman offered lo do a sec ond lecture. but dcc\,ned because of the lalc hour. During lhe afternoon press conference, Feldman eave advice IO parencs who miaht be concerned about 1hc1r c hildren . He said the best 1hin1 a ~ rent could do was to en s ure goo d parcnc / chald communic11ion , and to "be a friend 10 t he child , not Just the 'bi&
parent'. • Feldman r e.:enrty appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show,• "Sally Jessy Raphael" and ·Married With Children. · He was also featured 10 • July issue of People M11tzine.
Corey Feldman lectured about his '1ife in the fast lane" on Sept. 24.