Oresort Daily_ _ Emerald Friday . ()t tnbri t>. I *IH*I liugcnc. t Jit'gnn Volumr ') 1 \iimhri 7 _Inside_ ■ Shelter serves 500, Page 4 ■ Sex hearing canceled, Page 4 ■ Alumni art displayed, Page 1 1 ■ Football program, Pages I-12B Service with a smile Seung-C'.hul Kim. a graduati• student in the business school, takes time out to hit a few tennis balls Thursday morning Photo by Bill Haines Morale at Physical Plant better with new director B\ ( hris Bunnell I mcr.tld Assoc into l ditor \tter nr.irh a veal ol ( ontrov ersv. the I niversitv Physit ill I’l.ml is on (In' Ir.u k In improving internal umkim; i.nnili turns .mil service to its customers said I),m Willi.ims. vn ’1 president lor admin istr.it ion Last spring, former Physical I’l.mt di rer tin Harold Biihi m k u.is tin* suh|e< t ol .in investigation into possible unpropri elies .mil although ll.ihi oi k was even Itiallv i le.ill'll intern.il amlitors dul lind instant es of poor management Main in k retired latri that spring and U illi.mis brought in Hull Boat li to ai t as interim Phvsu al Plant direi tor until a ii.itlon.il sean li tor a permanent iliii'i lot imild he i ompleted The searrli turned up (ieorge lleiht funnel he.id ot the I 'niversitv of South western Louisiana s I’hvsn al Plant, who will he responsible tin improving inniia gel lal prut esses Besides the internal audit, the 1 nivei sit\ s Department ol Hum.in Kesouri es i ompleted its investigation this week into alleged nepotism within the Physi i al Plant Williams also hired the servii es of a Portland < (insulting firm to analv/e the managenient problems " There was nothing in the ronsul tant's report that i aught me In sut prise," Williams said "Having this kind of individti.il assessment brings credibility to what von want to do' in the wav ol improvements Two representatives from ( oast ( on suiting (.roup surveyed Physical Plant employees and their customers to find areas of discontent "What we've done is combine turn turns together " said Michael llipps. one of two researchers who condor ted the survey for(!(XI "Harold {Babcock) was divide and conquer Hipps said problems included a lai k of adequate communication between de partments and frustrated employees w ho felt their func lions within their de p.irtmenls weir mil i learlv delmed llll- slink Wit II ll Was released III \ 11 gust found more ill,m 'll pen out ol Physical I’l.inl employees tell morale was low Sixty seven peri out said at templed impiovemeiils m working ion ilitions won' not successful lint more 111 .n I I) pell ent said 1111 • \ wolilil eli|oy then |nli it some t ll,imp's were made llie snivel suggests i nuimuim at ion with employees and with management needs to lie improved llie management problems grew gradually during tin- 1 gears Main.nek headed llie I’livsn al I’lant lint llie solo lions would not lake as long llipps said ■'Seventeen veils ol lertain plaitin ', and phltnsopliies Is ingrained tin a while and it will lake some time to gel nvei that llipps said Its a good group down there Personally I llmik it s going to work out Williams said lie will woik t losely with 1 lei lit to implement many ol the lei ommeiidat n ms made in the report Uthough the report's findings were not surprising W ilhams said he did not know the problems were serious enough to bring in new leadership I thought I iamid i hunge things Iw working through the existing leadei ship he said I did not apprei iate the seriousness of the problems I he nepotism stmiv whii h was i inn pleted by Offiie ol I Inman Resoim es Director Linda king, found several questionable hiring situations that might fall under the state's nepotism law I he instaiii es oci lined too long ago, however, lor < orrei five action to he tak en Many ol the original partii ipants re tired or were transferred to other depart merits kmg said In her report to Williams, king found one instance where action needs tn he taken, only because the situation might appear as favoritism toward a supnrvi sor's relative king's list of conclusions included lurn to Plant, Page Speaker says attitudes must change to fight date rape By Brian Blot h Emerald Ans ttl p m Parrot outlined a number of contributing fai tors that tvpi i ally surround dale and ai i|uaintanrc rape situations ranging from socialization to alcohol use In addition she ot fered advii e to both men and women to help avoid and dees i alate date rape situations She said that a great deal ot misunderstanding between men and women stems from the variety of terms used to de si ribe sexual organs .mil at Is "It's very unc Icar wh.it is () k sexually for eat h individ ual.' Parrot said "111 our i til lure you don't have a common understanding Also, she said an intlividu al's level of sexual at replant e varies tn time situation and dynamic pressures exerted by parents peers and the media. i'hiiln I * % \mtir K.imrr l)r. Amlrea Parrot •.poke .it the HMI Hallninm lliursil.n niiiht about il.ite ami aequaintam e rape ami urged < hanges in alti tude1» In i (imliat rape.