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NON-PROFIT ORG BULK RATE U S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT No 3 WEST LIBERTY, WV
West Liberty State College
Volume 75, Number 15
Senate closes session
Library head plans changes
By Robbin Tasker
The last student senate meeting of the semester was held Monday, Nov. 25. Resolution No. 9 was intro duced by Sen. Matt Smith. The resolution calls for clocks in all buildings around campus to be synchronized as to avoid confu sion. Smith said, “I think this is a common courtesy. We urge ad ministration to set a policy.” If the measure is enacted, those classrooms and hallways without clocks will be equipped with new or repaired clocks. In other business, there was no new information concerning the letter to the library asking that hours be extended. It was also an nounced that a reply to the senate’s Nov. 18 inquiry into the $50 room
December 10, 1991
By Matt Smith
Janet Criswell, secretary of the humanities department, couldn’t wait until Dec. 25 to unwrap this present. Photo/Steve Cline
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Self-defense class implemented By Robin Reed
time” in situations in which they may be attacked.
practice dummy so the girls can learn to attempt various moves.
Leo Miller, associate profes sor of physical education and chairperson of the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Safety, started a new self-defense class this semester that he said has been successful and of in terest to students. Miller said the purpose of the class is to “teach people how to defend themselves” and “buy
Although the class is predo minantly female, the 34-member group does have two male stu dents enrolled in it. Miller said one of the male students, Craig Headen, works as a student assis tant for the class and uses his martial arts expertise to help ex plain additional defense techniques that the students can use. The other male acts as a
Also in the class are two female students who were once targeted by rapists. Both women have shared their experiences with the class, and they are very involved in learning the techniques taught during the class as a way to avoid attacks. Miller said he teaches students how to avoid situtations such as (Continued on Page 5)
Bookstore bids opened
West Liberty’s latest head libra rian looks for even more changes to occur within the Paul N. Elbin Library in the coming year. Nancy Sandercox recently was appointed to the position of direc tor of the facility by a committee seated by President Clyde D. Campbell, academic dean Dr. Lawerence H. Talley, and Dr. Bil lie Jo Rieck, president of the Friends of the Paul N. Elbin Li brary. Sandercox has served as in terim director since June, and she replaces Donald R. Strong, who held the position from 1964 until his death at age 60. “Of course we have to keep up with the latest technology,” San dercox said. “Eventually we will need to have an on-line public catalog.” According to Sandercox, the electronic cataloging system would replace the present card catalog system. In addition to possibly rede corating the library, Sandercox hopes to create a comfortable browsing section where the present WLSC Museum is located. “I think students would enjoy a section where they could come in and look through a copy of Time or Newsweek,” Sandercox said. Sandercox suggested that the museum could be moved to the present paperback section on the top floor of the building, and she believes the changes possibly
Nancy Sandercox could be started this summer. Since Sandercox assumed the interim position, the library has al ready undergone several changes. Circulation has been restricted to six weeks .instead of an entire semester, magazines and video cassettes are no longer in closed reserve, and a no smoking policy has been implemented in the li brary. “I would like to see every WLSC student know how to use the library and become avid library supporters in their lives,” Sander cox said, pointing out that libraries have served to enlighten every as pect of her life from academics to hobbies. Sandercox graduated from Bethany College in 1959 with a degree in history. She received her Master’s of Library Science in 1971 from the University of (Continued on Page 5)
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Three firms interested in leasing area By Leslie Hudson Bids concerning the school’s interest in contracting out the WLSC Bookstore’s operation were opened Nov. 25, with three companies showing interest in the venture. Only one public school in the state. West Virginia University, and one private school, the University of Charleston, currently have bookstores that are leased out by the colleges to private vendors. Three vendors, Barnes and Nobel of New York, Follett of Illinois, and College Bookstores of America of North Carolina, submitted prop osals concerning leasing the area in the college union. Business Manager L.A. Orsini would not release bid amounts. “Prices will be confidential until we decide who we are going with,” said Orsini. After studying and evaluating the bids, the business office will then have until March 30, but no later than July 1, to accept one of the bids. The three companies declined any comment concerning the bids at this time. According to Charles Thodt, a representative of the National Associ ation of College Stores, 750 out of 3000 NASCS members are contracted out by colleges. “The basic issue tends to revolve around a few factors,” he said. “It varies depending upon the terms of the contract and whether or not there is off-campus competition.”
Under the direction of Professor Alfred de Jaager, the WLSC Chamber Choir per forms their traditional Christmas concert
at the Speakeasy on Wed., Dec. 4. Photo/Steve Cline