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NON-PROFIT ORG BULK RATE U S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT No. 3 WEST LIBERTY, WV
September 10,1991
West Liberty State College
Volume 75, Number 3
New trainer is contracted Curt Neel
'AIDS touches us...'
to assist students
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Mr. Jay Adams, president of the Upper Ohio Valley AIDS Task Force, addressed the crowd at the Speakeasy in the Interfaith
Chapel on Sept. 4. Those in attendance received free pamphlets about AIDS and participated in a question-and-answer session. Photo/James Matterer
Fenton will present D.H. seminar The dental hygiene department at West Liberty State College will sponsor a seminar titled “Nonpharmacologic Methods of Behavior Management in the Private Dental Office” on Friday, Oct. 11, from 1-4 p.m. in College Hall on the campus. The seminar will Be presented by Dr. Sanford J. Fenton, who is a professor and chairman of the de partment of Pediatric Dentistry at West Virginia Uni versity. Fenton also is deputy director of medical/ dental services for the University Affiliated Center for Developmental Disabilities. He has lectured na tionally and internationally on topics in pediatric de ntistry and the management of those with disabling conditions, and he was instrumental in the develop ment of the first nationally accepted guidelines for the use of restraints in the provisions of dental care. He currently serves as president-elect of the academy
Speakeasy addresses AIDS issue By Gloria McGowan The President of the Upper Ohio Valley Aids Task Force, Jay Adams, addressed the issue of AIDS during Speakeasy last Wed nesday. Adams stressed that education and prevention are the foremost factors in combating fear and ig norance surroimding the AIDS controversy. The reality of the dis ease has touched the Hilltop. Adams revealed that six people once associated with West Liberty have died of the disease in the past year.
of Dentistry for the Handicapped and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Science Care Organizations in Dentistry. “This presentation will provide the entire dental team a rational approach for nonpharmacologic be havior management applicable to the management of patients with developmental disabilities and other handicapping disorders,” said Carol Frum, associate professor of dental hygiene and director of the semi nar. “Emphasis will be on the use of psychological techniques and physical restraints, legal, ethical, and licensure issues also will be discussed.” Registration for the seminar will be from 12:30-1 p.m., and the $15 fee includes the cost of handouts and certification of three continuing education units. The application deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 25. Additional information about the seminar may be obtained by contacting Frum at (304) 336-8030.
During the discussion, Adams identified the sometimes elusive symptoms of the AIDS virus such as b^y aches, rashes, flu-like con ditions, and weight loss. He added that the virus appears in the body 2-3 months after initial infection. “There are approximately 187,(XX) cases currently in the U.S.,” Adams noted. He added “80-90 percent of AIDS carriers are unaware that they are in fected.” Adams stated that three ways the AIDS virus may be transmitted are through sexual intercourse, by sharing narcotic needles, or from mother to fetus. According to the Ohio Valley AIDS Task Force president, one in 10 babies bom in Brooklyn is HIV positive. Adams explained that the drug AZT is currently used by AIDS patients but in the course of three
years, the Salk vaccine, which is presently being tested in humans, could be a possible cure for the future. He said that anonymous and confidential AIDS testing is avail able at the Ohio County Health De partment in Wheeling and the Mar shall County Health Department in Moundsville for those who are in terested. In addition, the Upper Ohio Val ley AIDS Task Force offers educa tion, referral, and support/direct services (meals, transportation, medication) to AIDS patients at no cost. To obtain more information, call 232-6822 or 234-8161. Adams emphasized that com passion is vital in dealing with AIDS patients because they, like us, have “a right to live.” “AIDS touches us in campus, dorm, and family [life],” Adams concluded.
New Staff Athletic Trainer Curt Neel said the transition into the job has been easy because of the com bined efforts of the coaching staff, athletes, and student training staff. “The coaching staff has been terrific to work with and the stu dent training staff has been out standing,” said Neel, who comes to West Liberty from John DeBlasis’ Physical Therapy Services where he still works as an athletic trainer in the physical therapy clinic. Jim Watson, West Liberty Ath letic Director and coordinator of athletic training said Neel is not technically on the staff but is con tracted by the college. “He works for them; but is assigned to us by physical therapy,” said Watson. Watson said adding Neel to the staff will give student trainers more hands-on learning since Wat son must divide his duties now that he is the athletic director. “Basically I’ll be overseeing all of the varsity sports and overseeing the student training staff as well as covering all of the sporting events here at the school,” said Neel of his WLSC post. “I’ll be covering all of the home and away football games as well
Curt Neel Photo/Robin Stevenson as all of the home men’s and women’s baseball games,” he said. Neel said he’ll be at the athletic training room from 1 p.m. until around 6 p.m. everyday or as prac tices or games dictate. “We’re the first line of access to treatment the athletes would need,” he said. Neel said at the training room they will only be treating “typical bumps and bruises” such as muscle strains, sprains, and the like. “More serious injuries we’ll refer to Dr. Vic Wood, who is the team’s physician, as well as the school’s physician,” Neel added. Neel said Wood decides from there whether or not to send the injured athletes to a specialist.
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IF IT’S NOT ONE THING... Labor Day is over, and,now I can truly feel the reality of the school year set in. And while I face yet another year as a college student, I am left to curiously pon der something about West Liberty State College that quite frankly leaves me perplexed.
does get a lot of money.” Well, that is something I just will not accept. I just don’t see a lot of financial attention being given to the college. Obiviously, the re pairs in Main Hall and ^e Library are quite costly, but they are quite long overdue.
Why am I perplexed you ask. It’s quite simple; I am perplexed because (and here’s the bottom line) I don’t know why there isn’t a lot more done to improve and maintain every aspect of this col
The blame for ignoring West Liberty does not rest solely on out siders, however. It also rests, and I’m sure this will also result in a few jeers, on some of the faculty and students here.
lege given the fact that it is the state’s oldest college. WLSC is, in fact, older than the state of West Virginia itself.
It seems to me that if you want people to believe that you teach at or attend a good college, you act accordingly. However, I’ve seen some faculty and staff members act as if they are lowering themselves by teaching here.
I find myself wondering why the state and some members of the sur rounding communities have seem ingly forgotten that one of the state’s most historically rooted es tablishments sits on the top of a big hill in the little town of West Liberty. Rather than restore and maintain this college, individuals continue to fund and support other colleges and West Liberty is, for the most part, neglected. Now I’m sure this article will draw some criticism and some body just may say, “West Liberty
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The student apathy problem also has a negative effect on the col lege. If more students would show a stronger support of the college and participate in college-spon sored events, then maybe people would tmly realize that West Lib erty has a great deal to offer. Ad ditionally, a message I should con vey to students is "that student se nate and the programming board spend a lot of time planning ac
tivities few students attend. If the students don’t like the kind of events that are planned, they should get involved and tell stu dent government what kind of events they would attend. As a WLSC student, I have grown tiresome of hearing people refer to this college as the “high school on the hill.” Personally, that is something that I want to change. One way that I can do that is through participation in student organizations.
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THINK ABOUT IT Ahh, the noise is back. Re member the privacy you had at home all summer? Well, all of that is a fond memory as you are re minded that you have suitemates. Suitemates can be your best friends- or your biggest problem. The noise can be heard while you are trying to take that mid-aftemoon nap or during the wee hours of the morning. It is the phone calls, the fighting, the music selection heard from the shower, and the “private” conversations in the bathroom. It is the small parties that go late into the night, and the girlfriend/boyfriend dilemmas. Sharing the bathroom is half the fun of having suitemates. The question of the week (or month) is:“Who is going to clean the bath room?” Plus, you have to arrange a schedule so everyone can be in and out of the shower before the “mates” 8 a.m. class. And by the way, have you noticed that the per son with die sense of humor has to retrieve new rolls of toilet paper from the head resident’s office? I
NOT REALIZING HE HAD BORED HIS STUDENTS TO DEATH, PROFESSOR FENWICK CONTINUED TO LEC TURE.
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By Robbm Tasker guess some people don’t like to admit they need it. Sometimes it’s the little things suitemates do that can be very an noying. They’ll forget to unlock the bathroom door, and you have to dig through your backpack to find the keys to unlock it; They’ll cook something that smells awfiil and you have to smell jt for hours. They also have a knack for listen ing to Pink Floyd when you have the biggest test to study for. And last, but not least, they take the longest baths and/or showers at the most inopportune times. Always remember that the walls are thin, and sound will travel eas ily. Also remember suitemates, the bathroom is not a recording studio; Thank heaven my suitemates are getting college educations because quality singing will not be their vocations. Apparently there is only one way to deal with suitemates; invest in earplugs and keep in mind there is always an outside possibility that you are bugging them as much as they bug you.
The Trumpet Serving the students for 70 years The Trumpet is the student newspaper of West Liberty State College. It is published every Tuesday during the regular school year, except for holidays and examination periods. Yearly subscriptions are available for $6. The Trumpet offices are located on the second floor of the College Union, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV 26074. Phone (304) 336-8213. Office hours; Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday by appointment. Entered as third class matter, August 1976 at West Liberty, W.Va.
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The Uncanny X-Men
Dream is still alive
By Matt Smith
Mutant. The very word creates a sense of fear in the inhabitants of the Marvel Universe. Mutants are beings born with extra powers that separate them from the norm of humanity. Like all differences that can cause man to segregate his brother (color, gender, and religion), these powers cause mutants to be an object of hatred. Despite this, one man dared to dream that humans and mutants could live to gether in peace. To realize that vision. Pro fessor Charles Xavier has searched the world recruiting fellow mutants who share his dream, and they have banded together to battle ignorance and evil as the uncarmy XMen. Marvel Comics, the world’s largest comic book publisher, has recently rededi cated itself to the continuing struggle of Xavier and his mutants by releasing a second comic magazine to be titled X-Men. Joining its compan ion title Uncanny X-Men this month, X-Men is expected to be the highest selling comic in history, with sales predicted to reach as high as seven mil lion copies, according to Comic Shop News, a weekly newspaper of the comic indus try. The first issue of the new series pits the X-Men against their longtime nemisis and sometimes ally. Magneto, who believes mutants will only acquire peace by sub
jugating the human race, which supposedly persecutes the mutants. Magneto and the original X-Men debuted in September 1963, and were created by comic veterans Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Al though they initially failed to command as much of the mar ket as other Lee/Kirby crea tions like The Amazing Spider-man and The Fantastic Four, the mutants have been consistent leaders in the indus try since the mid 1970s.
Fictional as the X-Men’s situation may be, the goal to which they are dedicated—the elimination of prejudice-says something to our frustrated world. X-Men have had their friends slaughtered; none of this, however, has altered their dedication to the pursuit of their goal. Our world, in which race riots, holy wars, and chauvenism run rampant, seems shockingly similar to the X-Men’s. Comic book characters who are no more alive than our imaginations have something very impor tant to tell us about hope and perseverance.
Working with Xavier are his original team: Cyclops, who can fire powerful optic beams; Marvel Girl, who can move objects with her mind; Beast, whose strength and agility are second to none; Ice man, who can freeze moisture in the air into any shape; and Archangel, whose metallic wings allow him to fly at super-sonic speeds.
Members of the X-Men in clude (top to bottom): Ar changel; Colossus; Storm; Psylocke; and Wolverine. Art/Bob Shelek Throughout the 1980s the soaring popularity of the XMen spawned numerous spinoffs with titles as exotic as the characters they fea tured: The New Mutants, X-
Factor, Excalibur, Wolverine, and a host of limited series.
Completing the team are members who have been re cruited over the years: Storm, who can control the weather; Wolverine, whose healing factor, unbreakable bones and steel claws make him tough to beat; Rogue, who can absorb the powers and memories of anyone she merely touches; Psylocke, who can read minds with her telepathy; Colossus, who can transform his body into organic steel; and Gam bit, who can charge any object with explosive energy. Look out world, the X-Men cometh!
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AT A11IEATER NEAR YOU awkwardly discover their sexuality and their innocent paradise is disrupted by a passing ship and its “civilized” passengers. Acting is consistently second-rate and the feeble story offers no surprises or excitement. (PG-13)
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DOC HOLLYWOOD The setup for this romantic comedy seems promising: A young, hot-shot physician (Michael J. Fox), traveling to Beverly Hills to become a plastic surgeon, is sidetracked In a backwater Southern town where he finds true love. Alas, the humor is only sporadically and mildly amusing, and most characters are cartoonish. Fox performs with precision, but he is barely believable as a doctor. Julie Warner, in her first movie role, is tops as the doc’s love interest. She just abcait steals the movie. (PHj-13)
RETURN TO THE BLUE LAGOON Silly, mushy sequel that merely recycles the plot and setting of the 1980 tropical paradise adventure which centered on suggestive teenage sex. Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause are now the adolescent lovers (he is the son of the original couple). They
Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson play latter-day ver sions of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” in this noisy and uninteresting action adven ture. The boys are biker buddies in 1996 who rob an armored car for money to help a friend save his bar from foreclosure. The film quickly turns to an arr^ of violent confron tations including shootouts, brawling, explosions and motorcycle pursuits. Much mayhem is embroidered with silly humor which makes meager impact. (R)
THE DOCTOR Powerful medical drama about a top-notch but emo tionally detached heart surgeon who becomes a caring person after he is stricken with cancer. William Hurt is perfect in the title role as the smug physician who suffers the frustrations, fear and embarrassment of being a patient. The film is laced with Hollywood schmaltz and the plot has much in common with “Regarding Henry.” The change-ofheart message comes through with force and clarity. Christine Lahti co-stars. (PG-13)
Peek at the Greeks The Alpha Xi s hope everyone had a great summer and welcome everyone back. The members of Alpha Kappa Psi welcome back all students and freshmen. Good luck in the new semester. The sisters of Alpha Xi Delta thank the brothers of Delta Chi for a great party last Thursday! The sisters of Alpha Xi Delta wish Jen Pulice, Alicia Marks, Jill Pavlic, Kristin Smith, Cindy Sulek, Chris Wallace, and Kelly Zambito a very happy birthday. The Brothers of Kappa Delta Rho thank the DZ’s for the great party. We look forward to next time. The Brothers of Kappa Delta Rho encourage all incoming fi:eshmen to go Greek. The Brothers of Kappa Delta Rho welcome everyone back to WLSC. The Brothers of Kappa Delta Rho invite anyone interested in getting to know us to stop by Bonar Hall First Floor.
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4-The Trumpet Neel said the student trainers’ hands-on experiences will be a great help as far as helping them prepare for training professionals. By Leslie Hudson “The experience of seeing injuries is probably the most valuable part A West Liberty senior took a they will see as student trainers. Once you see an injury you won’t tumble and came in first in the na forget it. It will stick in your mind. tion. Wheeling native Melissa They will have a visual picture of Clyburn attended Starpower, a na that injury in their mind and know what it is and what to do with it tional talent cometition held on (when faced with treating the in- July 27-30 at Buena Vista Palace, jjuy again). They will know how Disneyworld. Clyburn earned first to begin to evalualte those injuries place in her age group of 20-29 and become familiar with the re- year olds. habilitaion techniques that are Clyburn began her climb to the used. top at the Starpower regionals, “Neel said there is a need for which were held in Pittsburgh. more student trainers. “There are There her acrobatic, jazz, and tap four full-time trainers and one routine took first place. “It was my trainee. He said three or four more hardest routine I’ve ever done in trainers on staff would be optimal. my life...by the end I couldn’t Anyone interested in physical breathe at all,” she said. Then she therapy or in helping out during moved on to Orlando, Fla. for the games, practices or other facets of Starpower nationals. team sports is welcome. Clyburn was one of 2,000 com petitors to perform for such distin Anyone interested can call Curt Neel at his office in the athletic guished judges as leading jazz training room at (336) 8093. dancing teacher Frank Hatchett
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Neel has a master’s degree in athletic training fixrm West Vir ginia University and graduated from Bethany College in 1988 where he worked for four years as a student trainer. He also com pleted two and a half years of med ical school before foregoing that plan to earn his master’s degree. He said the combination of his ath letic training and medical educa tion allows him to be a “good com municator between the medical and athletic fields.” Neel will be using this expertise to guide the student training staff he is in charge of. “They will be administering under my guidance modalities (rehabilitation equipment) as well as monitoring any rehabilitation programs. “They will be covering every practice of every varsity sport dur ing the year and may put in up to 30-35 hours a week (working as trainers) on some occasions,” he said .
Wednesday, Sept. 11 Speakeasy - noon Interfaith Chapel “Goals of WLSC Student Government” Mr. Dirk Winkler, President, WLSC Student Government p.m. and6-8p.m. Rogers Hall
Thurday, Sept. 12 Hilltop Tennis vs. Robert Morris - 3 p.m. Martin Tennis Complex Fall rush registration for sororities-5-6 p.m. Rogers Hall Saturday, Sept. 13 Hilltop Gridders vs. WV Tech - 1:30 Russek Field Tennis at Frostburg State Volleyball Tournament at Fairmont Monday, Sept. 16 Intermural softball begins Aerobics begin - 6 p.m. Bartell Fieldhouse Tuesday, Sept. 17 Volleyball at Bethany
The Trumpet staff extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Nancy Clarke, whose mother died recently.
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and actress Michele Pfeiffer, who is currently starring as the Catwoman in Batman II. “I was really nervous because the stage-I didn’t think—was big enough for the routine that I was doing,” said Clyburn. “The way we had practiced it...w& figured the stage would be a lot bigger than it was, because Pittsburgh’s was huge.” “The worst part of my routine
I do good?’ That was the worst part, the waiting.” The waiting paid off; Clyburn was awarded first in her age group. Clyburn, who began dance les sons at the age of three at Jackie’s Dance Studio, finished her dance education and began teaching others at La Danse Techniques in Mt. Olivet. A Co-director of the school, Clyburn mainly teaches acrobatics.
“The recruiters who attend the fairs will have the opportunity to meet and interview graduates from a variety of disciplines and de grees,” said Bruce Cox, chairper son of the ONT steering committee and district manager for AT«feT.
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was the part where I had to run and do an aerial cartwheel and then I went into an aerial walkover and I almost went off the stage and I was like ugh! because...! came right up and there was the edge,” Clyburn added. Another difficult point for Clyburn was Waiting for the re sults. “I competed at 8:00 a.m., and they didn’t give awards until 12:30,” said Clyburn. “So you just sit there and you’re all nervous, you’re stomach hurts and you’re like, ‘Oh, did I do awful?’ or ‘Did
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DR. VIRGINIA E. LEONARD, professor of English at West Liberty State College, re cently attended the Intensive Sum mer Seminar at the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology in New York City. The seminar was conducted by a team of national and international experts and included an exclusive guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Participants also attended a theater presentation of George Bernard Shaw’s “Getting Married,” visited the Kristine Mann Library and the Archives of Archetypal Symbols, and took part in an extensive study of psychol ogy, mythology, fairy tales, and art. MORE THAN 70 EMPLOY EES have registered to attend the first Operation Native Talent job fair of the 1991-92 academic year. Operation Native Talent (ONT) is a job fair program designed to pro vide recruiters and employers with a cost effective way of meeting college seniors from almost all of West Virginia’s colleges and uni versities. The first of the two-day job fairs will be held Friday, Sept. 13, at the West Virginia University Col iseum in Morgantown. Hours for the job fair are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A second job fair will be held at Marshall University’s Hender son Center, Wednesday, Jan. 29. Many of the same employers, as well as a few others, will be on hand at the January fait. The fairs are open to all West Virginia college seniors and recent graduates. Students are asked to “dress for success” and bring plenty of resumes.
College placement officers from all of the state’s colleges and uni versities have been participating in the planning and promotion of the fairs, Cox said. “The placement officers will publicize to their re spective students the names of the employers who will be at each fair and the types of positions they will be seeking to fill.” The program, which is in its fifth year, is a partnership effort of the West Virginia Roundtable, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Governor’s Office of Community and Industrial De velopment and the West Virginia College Placement Association. DAVID J. THOMAS, as sociate professor of English at West Liberty State College, had two poems published in the Sep tember 1991 issue of the publica tion, Poet’s Ink. The poems, titled “entelechy” and “days do not dis solve,” appear in the magazine which was recently formed by the Wheeling-Area Chapter of the West Virginia Poetry Society. Subscriptions to the magazine are $5 per year and can be made by contacting Sarah M. Zang at: 310 Martin Ave. Follansbee, WV 26037 ATTENTION ALL BUSI NESS majors: start your profes sional career today with Alpha
THE NATIONAL COLLEGE poetry contest is open to all college & university students desiring to have their poetry anthologized. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top five poems. Deadline: Oc tober 31. For contest rules send stamped envelope to: International Publications, PO Box 44044-L, Los Angeles, CA 90044. THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, Division of Personnel is recruiting appli cants for the position of EQUAL
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Hall of Fame to induct four
West Liberty State College will induct four men who have made outstanding contributions to West Liberty athletics into the West Lib erty Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday. The class of 1991 com prises Gene “Skip” DeProsperis, Carl E. Fodor, Spencer Johnson, and Louis J. Piccone. The inductees will attend a lunc heon in their honor, and they will receive their Hall of Fame plaques during halftime ceremonies of the West Liberty-W. Va. Tech football
game. DeProsperis played football at West Liberty under the legendary Joe Bartell, and he has the distinc tion of serving as a co-captain of one of only two teams in Hilltopper history to win a bowl game. Gene “Skip” DeProsperis DeProsperis began his career in 1946, and in 1947 he was a starter ship. He went on to earn three let in the offensive backfield. The fol ters in football, and in 1958 he was lowing two years he played on both selected as a member of the Alloffense and defense. During the Conference team. In addition to his success on the four years he was a member of the team, the Hilltoppers compiled an football field, Fodor also excelled incredible record of 32 wins, three as a member of the West Liberty basketball team. He earned three losses, and three ties. letters in basketball and was a In both the 1948 and 1949 sea member of Ollie Olson’s 1957 sons, DeProsperis led the team in team that posted a record of 23-6 interceptions, and he set a state re and upset powerful conference cord in 1948, when he returned an interception 80 yards for a champion W. Va. Tech on the way to winning the conference tourna touchdown. He also was the lead ment. The following year Fodor ing scorer on the team in 1948 and was recognized for his athletic ac the second leading scorer the fol complishments when he was lowing year. named the college’s most out In addition to excelling on both standing athlete. offense and defense, DeProsperis After his graduation from West was a fine placekicker. Affection Liberty in 1959, Fodor joined the ately dubbed “The Toe” by his staff of Weir High School as a teammates, he led the state in extra teacher, head wrestling coach, and points in 1949 with 15 . In the same assistant track and assistant foot year, he served as co-captain of ball coach. Later on he would the team that defeated Western serve as head coach in both foot Carolina 20-0 in the Smoky Moun ball and track. During his tenure tain Bowl. as wrestling coach, he produced DeProsperis’ athletic ac three state championship squads complishments at West Liberty and 11 individual state wrestling were not confined to the gridiron, champions. His teams compiled an however, as he played baseball for impressive dual meet record of 77four years and led the team in hit 29, and his 1965 team was unde ting in 1948 with a stellar batting feated in dual meets. average of .450. As head football coach from Following his graduation from West Liberty in 1950, he accepted . 1962 through 1967, Fodor twice guided his teams to impressive 8-2 a postion with the Blaw-Knox seasons, and during his last three Company and ultimately became years as head coach his teams safety director for the company’s dropped only nine games. Fodor’s plants in both Wheeling and Wartrack teams also enjoyed great suc wood. On Nov. 30, 1985, he re cess as they compiled a dual meet tired after having served Blawrecord of 34-4, and his 1965 team Knox for 35 '/2 years. He and his captured the Region I champion wife, Helen, reside in Wheeling, ship and finished third in the state and they have one son and two grandsons. meet. After he concluded his coaching Fodor has the distinction of career, Fodor went on to serve as being a member of the last West assistant principal and principal at Liberty football team coached by Weir Junior High and assistant Joe Bartell. He began his athletic superintendent of Hancock County career at West Liberty in 1956, Schools. The 1990 recipient of the when he played both offensive end Mr. Mat Award for his contribu and defensive tackle for Bartell’s tions to area wrestling, Fodor cur Hilltoppers, who compiled a sea rently is the transit manager for son’s record of 7-2 en route to win Weirton Transit Corporation. He ning the conference champion-
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Louis J. Piccone and his wife, Marlene, reside in Weirton, and they have two daughters and a son. Johnson began his illustrious basketball career at West Liberty in 1981 and immediately began re writing the basketball recordbook on the hilltop campus. Before he was finished, he would become the all-time career scoring leader for the Hilltoppers and win virtually ^very honor accorded a basketball player by the West Virginia Inter collegiate Athletic Conference. In his freshman season, Johnson scored 406 points, was named to the conference’s All-Freshman team, and received honorable mention in the All-Conference vot ing. The next season he added 436 points to his career total and was a second-team All-Conference selection. During his junior and senior years, Johnson emerged as one of the premiere players in the WVIAC. He scored 597 points as a junior and was named to the AllConference first team. The 697 points he scored during his senior season gave him a career total of 2,134 points in 115 games and firmly established him as the alltime leading scorer in Hilltopper
Spencer Johnson basketball history. He scored in double figures in all 29 games as a senior and was the leading scorer in the conference with an average of 29 points per game en route to becoming the 39th player in the history of the WVIAC to score 2,000 points. For his outstanding play in 1984, Johnson, who never missed a game in four years, was named WVIAC Player of the Year, first team All-Conference, and third team NAIA All-American. Addi tionally, Johnson was the leading scorer in the 1984 WVIAC Tour nament with an average of 27 points per game in four games for a total of 108 points, and he was the only unanimous choice for the All-Tournament team. His total of 288 points in 13 conference tour nament games during his carreer made him the WVIAC’s eighth alltime tournament scoring leader. Named by the WVIAC as “Player of the Week” twice during his career, Johnson led the confer ence in field goal accuracy during each of his first three years and was a three-time All-Tournament selection in the Ohio Valley Tipoff Tournament. After being graduated from West Liberty in 1984, Johnson went on to play professional bas ketball in Austria, where he finished his first season as the sec ond leading scorer in the country with an average of 38 points per game. But his professional career came to an abrupt end as the result of tom ligaments in his ankle. Johnson currently is the head of his own contracting company in Virginia, where he lives with his wife, Debbie, and their two sons. Piccone played football at West Liberty under Hall of Famer Bob Roe, and he was the very epitome of the term “hard-nosed.” A four-year letterman as a run ning back and kick return special ist, Piccone provided Hilltopper fans with plenty of thrills during
his playing days. Roe used to say thay Piccone was such a dangerous return specialist because he’d get “that wild look in his eyes” while he was waiting for a kick to fall into his arms. Former West Liberty defensive football coach and Hall of Famer Tom Frail recalls that Piccone’s enthusiastic approach to the game and his willingness to play hurt won him the respect of coaches and players alike. “Lou was always a winner,” Grail said. “He had the respect of his teammates and coaches wher ever he played, and he played with more injuries than any player I can remember.” During his junior season, the Hilltoppers posted a regular season record of 8-0-1 and earned a place in the NAIA playoffs against Wof ford. Piccone led the team in rush ing and scored seven touchdowns in that 1970 season. He was re sponsible for 100 yards of offense in the 10-3 victory over Fairmont to put West Liberty in the playoffs. Although the Hilltoppers lost to Wofford 12-6, Piccone had a big day, scoring West Liberty’s only touchdown and gaining 107 yards on 21 carries. Piccone was graduated from West Liberty in 1971, and al though he began a career as a teacher, he still had a burning de sire to play professional football. Despite his small (by professional football standards) size, the 5-9, 175-pounder began his profes sion^ career by playing for two seasons with the semi-professional teams of the Youngstown Hardhats and the Bridgeport Connecticut Jets. In 1974, Lou defied the odds and made it to the National Foot ball League when he was signed by the New York Jets. He spent three years with the Jets as a re ceiver and kick return specialist. In his rookie season, he led the NFL with 39 kickoffs for 961 yards, and in his three seasons with the Jets he returned 96 kickoffs for 2,297 yards. He also returned 48 punts for 322 yards and caught 19 passes for 226 yards and one touchdown during his career with the Jets. Piccone was traded to the Buf falo Bills in 1977, and in 1979 he enjoyed his best season as he caught 33 passes for 556 yards and two touchdowns. In his nine years with the NFL, Piccone appeared in 118 games, caught 100 passes for 1,380 yards and six touchdowns, returned 111 kickoffs for 2,559 yards and returned 73 punts for 482 yards and one touchdown. This will be the 11th class in ducted into the West Liberty Ath letic Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of members to 59.
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Family man is defying odds When offfensive tackle candi date Mark Fijalkowski reported to football camp at West Liberty State College several weeks ago, he had some doubts. He wasn’t sure how many of the players would be bigger and stronger than he was. He wasn’t sure how tough the camp would be. And he wasn’t sure how the other players would react to his presence in camp. But he knew one thing for sure. None of the other players in camp would be as old as he is. Fijalkowski celebrated his 31st birthday on Aug. 9, and before he joined the Hilltoppers’ football camp, he hadn’t donned a helmet and shoulder pads since he con cluded his sophomore season at Waynesburg College in 1979. He hasn’t let either his age or his ex tended absence from the playing field deter him from going into the camp with the idea of making the team, and head coach Bod Eaton says Fijalkowski is fighting for a starting position on the offensive line. Even if he’s not in the starting lineup against Concord on Satur day, however, Fijalkowski said the opportunity to return to school and to play football still is the “fulfill ment of a dream.” The 6-2,240-pound Fijalkowski is a 1978 graduate of Shadyside High School, where he played football for three years and earned letters during his junior and senior years. At the end of his senior sea son, he was named to the All-Con ference first team, the All-Valley second team, and received special mention on the All-Ohio team. “At the end of my senior year at Shadyside, I was recruited by Hayden Buckley to play football at Waynesburg College,” he recal led. “I played for two seasons, and earned letters in both of them.” Despite being a starter in his sophomore year, Fijalkowski de cided college was not for him at
talking to the groom and told him how much I’d like to get back into football. He told me I should go ahead and give it a try, and Coach Matsakis, who coaches the tight ends and special teams at West Liberty, overheard us talking.” “The coach turned around to me and asked me if I’d like to try out for the team. I told him I would, and he said he’d mention it to Coach Eaton but I figured that would be the end of it.” Much to Fijalkowski’s surprise, however, he received a telephone call from Eaton about a week later. “When I answered the phone and Coach Eaton told me who he was, I thought he was calling to try to talk me out of going to camp,” he said. “Instead he told me if I was crazy enough to w4nt to try out for the team, he was crazy enough to give me the chance. “Going back to school and play ing football again has been a dream of mine ever since I left Waynes burg. I kept myself in pretty decent shape throughout the years, and so I took Coach Eaton up on his offer.” Although he admitted the camp was physically demanding, Fijal kowski said the biggest difference he noticed is the way the game has changed since he last played.
At age 31, Mark Fijalkowski defied the odds by returning to “College football is a com college and play football. Here, he is pictured with his wife Lisa pletely different game from the one and six year old son, Mark Jr. I played 13 years ago,” he said. Photo/Steve Cline the end of his second season and dropped out of school. From 1979 until the present he worked at a number of jobs and lived alternately in the Ohio Valley and Pittsburgh. “1 worked with a number of ser vice organizations after 1 dropped out of college, but never kept a job for more than three years or so,” he said. “The longest I ever stayed with one organization was four
SENIOR SPORTS SPOTLIGHT With volleyball season begin ning today, it seems only fitting to spotlight one of the hilltop’s lady volleyers. Not only is she a vol leyball captain, but she also pilots the softball team. Of course this can only be Wooster, Ohio, native Laura Carter. There is very little Carter has not accomplished during her three years on the hill. Her list of achievements could comprise a novelette. Carter was named WVIAC Honorable mention after both her sophomore and junior sea sons in volleyball. This is her sec ond season as captain of the vol leyball team, and she will serve as captain for the softball team later in the spring. She has been named for the second season as a Hilltop per Scholar Athlete. Not only is Carter a Criminal Justice major, but she also is con templating a second major in psychology. These two fields will help her in the future as she plans to attend law school at either Ohio State University, or Capital Uni versity to leam how to use the law to help juveniles. Carter attributes her success both in athletics and academics to her aunt, Jeannie Chapman, and to her parents, Harry and Alida Carter. “If it wasn’t for her (Jeannie
years with the Youth Services Sys tems in the Wheeling area.” Throughout the years that fol lowed his dropping out of Waynes burg, Fijalkowski never gave up on the idea of one day returning to school. Then one night at a bachelor party he got the chance he’d been waiting for. “1 was at a bachelor party last March, and we started talking about football,” he said. “I was
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Chapman), I probably wouldn’t be playing sports. She used to take me out in the yard and throw the softball and also at family picnics would pull me out to participate in the traditional volleyball games.” Carter said the level of compet ition in college athletics as com pared to high school is tougher. “Every person on a college team was a standout at their respective high school, so the competition for a certain position is tougher,” she said. Sports can teach many things that one can use throughout his lifetime. Carter said that, “In ev
“The blocking techniques, espe cially in pass blocking, are totdly different from what they were when I played before, and the of fenses have become much more sophisticated than they were in 1979. The coaches have been won derful. I feel as if I’m catching on just fine, and I really love it.” Fijalkowski’s enthusiasm for his progress is shared by Eaton. “He’s outworked everyone in camp,” Eaton said. “I’m willing , to give anyone a shot, and when
erything you do, you must work as a team to succeed. Under the proper leadership that individuals give, team players respond accord ingly and have the drive to win.” Carter leaves something for every underclassmen to remember on both an athletic and academic level. “Keep on participating and give 110 percent or else you’ll look back and regret what you could have done while competing.” For those interested in playing college sports. Carter believes you should see a coach and “Just go and do it.” Carter wishes all athletes luck in the 1991-92 sea sons. Carter sends out a special thanks to her parents because “they’ve stood by me through all my years while playing sports. Their love and support really means the most to me.”
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he came into camp, he knew that he’d receive no special privileges. But the leadership and inspiration he’s provided for our younger players have been great. Right now he’s fighting for a starting posi tion, and we’re delighted to have him in the program.” The other players on the team agree with Eaton’s assessment of “the old man on the team.” “Mark has been doing a great job for us,” said senior Dirk Wink ler, All-Conference linebacker and one of the Hilltopper captains. “He’s set a real example for the rest of us to follow, and we all admire him for what he’s doing.” In addition to being the oldest member of the football team, Fijal kowski, who is pursuing a Board of Regents degree in Liberal Arts, is also a husband and a father. He met his wife, Lisa, when he was at Waynesburg, and they were married in 1982. Their son Mark Jr. is 6 years old and elated that his dad is playing football. “My wife encouraged me to give football a try again, but my son is ecstatic about it,” he said. “He’s been in pee wee wrestling, and I’d go to his matches to cheer him on. When he found out I was going to be playing football, he said, ‘Now it’s my turn to yell at you.’” There’s no question that Fijal kowski, who hopes to get into coaching someday, is attempting to defy the odds by putting his 31year-old body on the line against much younger men, but no one can deny the success he’s enjoyed so far. He firmly believes in what he’s doing, and he’s enjoying every mi nute of it. And when his career as a Hilltopper is finished, he might look into the possibility of being a spokesman for the Nike company because when he was asked what advice he would give others his age who might want to make a comeback in college athletics, he said, “I’d tell them, ‘Just do it!”’
By Robin Reed
Welcome back race fans! My first order of business will be to update you on what happened at Wheeling Downs since May. Vasalopjjet, who won six races in a row before leaving, was one of the Downs’ most promising young dogs, and Stage Door Ace, who dominated the keystone course for two years, have left to race in Wis consin. Meanwhile, DC Jay Bird, who tied for the national win championship last year, broke his leg and probably will never race again. Young star JC’s Wynken and the champion veteran My Reeboker also were lost because of injury. Additional losses were Caramel Man, who went to race at another track, as well as Vetas Big Mack and Lucky Vinnie, who haven’t been racing since mid-summer. What better way is there to introduce you to the new stars of Wheeling Downs than to preview the upcoming Wheeling Juvenile Stakes, for which qualifying rounds will begin Sept. 11, 14, and 18. The champion ship race is on Saturday, Sept. 21. The early favorite for the juvenile championship has to be Bon Jovi’s Style, who has 12 wins in his maiden year including recent times of 30.16 and 30.24. There are only five greyhounds I can see that can realistically challenge Bon Jovi’s Style for the championship. Snaps Carley is *e first racer. Carley has big-time closing ability, which has helped him score eight wins in just over 20 races. Greys Beaujangle also is a potential with 10 wins in 29 races including most recently a 30.19 race time in a Grade A win. Mr. Postman is a dog who, if in form, can take it all. Postman was on fire earlier this summer until a mid-summer slump hit him. However, Postman scored a big schooling race win as he stamped out a time of 30.61. Rounding out the field of potential stakes stars is RL Dazzle and Magic Guide. Magic Guide has the ability to become a sensational greyhound. His father was a magnificent All-American racer, and Magic Guide has shown that kind of ability at times in his young career. Guide has run first in 7 of 17 races with a fast time of 30.53. RL Dazzle is also a young star who has won 4 of 7 races in going to grade AA in less than a month. I will be back to update you on some more hound happenings soon. Until then. Happy Dogging and don’t jump on the bed!