Short Takes
& Updates
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FOR HIRE-ONE WHITE.
MALE MASCOT:
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. —
Joining the ranks ol
other politically incor
rect school mascots
is "Blaze " This white
bread, mustached
warrior who cheer
ed on the U ot
Alabama. Birmmg- £
ham. last sem
ester. has entered the ✓ "
unemployment line ■
The school ditched I
the somewhat goofy- '
looking Blaze this fall
because of complaints ^
that he did not repre- *
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sent a diverse student population
"Some people were complaining that
he was too white or too male and was
not representative of anybody else," says
Sports Information Director Grant
Shingleton “There were also complaints
that he was too aggressive and mean
looking and frightening to children He
didn t look like Attila the Hun or anything
But apparently they |ust didn t feel it was
right for the school"
The school spent more than two years
and $20,000 to develop Blaze and has
not yet begun researching another mas
cot (Last year's mascot, a yellow chick
en named Beauregard,” was nixed
because he was not masculine enough )
EVERY SHOE MUST 00:
WASHINGTON. O.C.— Geoige Washing
ton U's bookstore would really like stu
dents to buy its custom-made university
tennis shoes All 2,200 pairs of them
It seems the school bookstore has an
excess of the beige and blue sneakers
after ordering a whopping 3,700 pairs for
this past summer s freshman orientation
“I think they're fine for publicity pur
poses. but it would be a lot cheaper just
to stamp freshman’ on my forehead."
says freshman Bernadette Pitts
DAZED AND CONFUSEO:
CHAPEL HILL. N.C.— As if finding their
way around wasn't hard enough, fresh
men at the U of North Carolina were
doubly confused this fall by phony cam
pus maps posted by pranksters on the
first day of class
Displayed in prominent locations, the
maps resembled official university maps
exactly — except the labels ol each
building had been switched
Of course, no freshmen admitted to
being duped
"I didn't get lost," says one astute
frosh "I used an official campus-issue
map"
Hey dude, we know where you can get
some cool shoes
National service plan
gets off the ground
Hill Clinton the candidate promised to reinvent
government ( Itnton the president took what he
called the first step in Septcmlier In signing the
National and < ommunin Service I rust \et
Duhhed \meneorps, the SI 5 billion program is
slated to begin next fall with 20,(MM) members
during its first tear. Overall, the three tear pro
gram will give alniut 100,000 students the chance
to finance their education through service work
N'carh I.‘'(H) high school and college students
got that chance last summer In volunteering tor
the Summer of Service, a pilot program held in 1 r>
cities, from I os Vngclcs to Boston Students
helped tens of thousands of inner-city kids
through tutoring, health education, mentor pro
grams, conflict resolution workshops, and immu
m/.ition .1 n*l iiihmvc prcvriumn services
“ I his national attention is letting people know the
muiortance ot volunteering,’' saw Scan Madison, a graduate
student it Boston l who volunteered it the C ollege Bark,
(.a . Summer ot Service program “It is more or less
reminding people ot an obligation to their eoiniinmiH
Participants reieeteil higher paving |ohs tor minimum
wane, early morning physical training and the troubles and
turmoil ot America's inner cities \\ hen the summer ended,
thev also received Si ,000 to tic used tor college
In exchange tor a year ot communin service, the newh
treated \mcrtcorps will otter students S-f. in tuition
assistance lor college or vocational training I he program
also will proside each vear tor hvmg ev|K-nses during
service, as well as health care and am necessary child tare
services Students are limned to two years ot service
According to Bill Spadca, the national chairman ot the
( ollcgc Republicans, the problem is that Amcricorps will
help less than I percent of students while t reating an cnor
iiious burcaucracx “I see it .1% iu%i .mother [xilitic.il maneu
ver to expand government," he says.
lint Secretary ot Kducation Richard Rilex s.ivs, " I he pro
gram t% not going to lie the answer tor .1 lot ot students, hut
11 will Ik- .1 partial answer ll means a difference It otters an
option that students do not hav e."
I 111 ike existing financial aid options, selection tor the
program will not lie need based. ( orps members will be
chosen trom a varietx of htestxles, experience and financial
backgrounds Participants must be l S citizens, at least 1
v ears old and hav e a high si In Mil diploma or ( ih I)
I he National Service Office plans a massive recruiting
campaign In mid-winter, \nvone interested in getting a
head start should send a post card with their name and
address to Idle National Service Oftice. N St NH ,
Washington, l)( .’(toil) ■ I talic I.iguid, ibr Hrrrze,
James Madison l’., and Matt I Iconic, / he Paladin.
Furman l .
Give me a home where students roam
l.oud mu si i' blaring .ill night \
luihriMim that you have t<> share with
two dozen strangers. Hie rank odor ot
burnt microwave popcorn \tter tour
\ ears, most college students have had
enough ot dorm life.
But Harold Brumbaugh, better
known to Juniata College in
Pennsylvania as “II.B . has called a
dorimtorv home tor 61 ot bis N2 years.
Brumbaugh moved out of his dorm
room this tall into a nearhv retirement
commumn, having earned a place as
one ot the longest dorm-dwellers ot
the 20th centurv
\\ bile tew students remain in a
dorm through i single presidential
term. Brumbaugh has witnessed I
presidential elections, six papal corn
nations and lour l S wars trom his
college digs
Brumbaugh first came to Juniata as a
Ireshntan m 1020, graduated in 10ft
and moved awa\ to become a high
Juniata * Hi' rap* wttti ttudant* an campu*.
sc hool teat her/aclministrator i c ss
than three tears later, he came luck to
scork m alumni relations and has heen
at Juniata ever sinc e
In the I 'M(K, Juniata ottered tree
room and lioard to unmarried ernploc
ees, explains Brumbaugh "I wass|>oiIed
and didn't want to move,” lie sacs
\nd Hnimhaugh didn’t stat in your
average dorm room l or tears In
stated m a suite equipped tor enter
taming alumni, and in IWiH. Juniata
huilt a soiindprool two bedroom
apartment tor him in a new residence
hall
Hrumhaugh sacs that he will still
work evert dat at Juniata as curator ot
the college museum, a |w>st he’s held
since his retirement in l‘C6
I or dorm residents like junior I loll)
\le\ander, memories of Hrumhaugh
remain “I II alw.it s rememlier the
sight ot him ill the hall lounge ruling
his exercise hike, watching the morn
mg news evert dat when I woke up ■
Roll (’.arson, The Juniutian, Juniata
College