Events keep ASU Greeks busy 
Zaneta Wood Organization Beat 

Greek Week encompasses events and community service projects in which sororities and fraternities compete against one another, acquiring points to be added up to determine a winning organization. 

Today has mall events beginning at 4 p.m. on Duck Pond Field. 

The events begin with dizzy bats, in which individuals from a team of four will run to a bat, spin around 10 times with their forehead on the bat and run back to tag the next team member. 

Next is the egg toss, in which participants will attempt to lob an egg back and forth over increasing distances without breaking the shell. 

Tug of war is the third event. Sororities may not exceed 1,300 pounds with 10 participants. Fraternities cannot exceed 1,800 pounds with 10 participants. As in all tug-of-war games, the team that pulls the opposing team over the halfway point will be the winner.  

A scavenger hunt will follow the tug of war competition. Each organization has 20 minutes to find all items required and return them to Duck Pond Field. The members cannot drive anywhere on campus. Specified items on the list that are returned and donated to charities result in receiving higher points. 

The fifth event will be a game show very similar to “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Points are rewarded based on how many questions are answered correctly in a set amount of time. 

The last event is an obstacle course in which competitors will go head-to-head in a race consisting of a potato sack race, sliding down a slip-and-slide, a wheelbarrow race, a tricycle race and finally, a jump into a pool to search for a designated object at the bottom. 

The mall events should be entertaining, as there is keen competition among the Greek organizations.  All students are invited to watch and cheer on the participants. 
 

Dorgan receives service award from Appalachian Studies Association 
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Howard Dorgan, professor emeritus at Appalachian State University, has received the Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award from the Appalachian Studies Association. The award recognizes service to the region and is the highest honor bestowed by the 600-member association. 

The award was presented during the association’s 23rd annual conference in Knoxville, Tenn. 

Dorgan was cited for his leadership, his service to the Appalachian region and his scholarship relative to the religious traditions of southern and central Appalachia.  

Dorgan has been called a “cottage industry in the study of mountain religion.” He has studied Appalachian religious traditions for more then 25 years. 

His “The Airwaves of Zion” received the 1993 Thomas Wolfe Literary Award. His other books are “Giving Glory to God in Appalachia” (1988), “The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia” (1989) and “In the Hands of a Happy God” (1997). 

He received the Appalachian Consortium’s Laurel Leaves Award for Scholarship and Service in 1998. 

Dorgan has a long history of service to Appalachia, having worked in the region for nearly 30 years, and has been a member of ASA since 1979, according to presenter and last year’s service award-winner Grace Edwards, a professor at Radford University. 

“His scholarly work includes the publication of four books on his research specialty, more than 40 articles in journals, magazines and collections, the editorship of a section of the forthcoming ‘Encyclopedia of Appalachia’ and myriad presentations and lectures about his specialty area,” she said. 

Dorgan has been a longtime member of the Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association’s editorial board, served six years as treasurer of ASA and helped secure the association’s tax-exempt status, and was president of the organization in 1997-98. 

Dorgan continues to teach communication at Appalachian. He helped develop the university’s Appalachian Studies program. 
 

ASU  international tubist: Jason Remley 
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Jason Remley routinely practices tuba up to four hours a day. Once a week in the summers, he makes the three-hour roundtrip from his Cary home to Winston-Salem to study with his Appalachian State University professor. 

“His raw talent is only matched by his dedication to his instrument,” said Appalachian music instructor Robert Clark. “He works three times harder to be successful.” 

The senior music performance major not only has made the finals of a premier international tuba competition, but he has won an audition in Switzerland with one of the world’s best tuba instructors. 

As one of 14 tubists who made the finals of the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association competition, Remley will travel to the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference this summer in Saskatchewan, Canada. The competition is for tuba players who don’t play professionally.  

“If I win I receive a brand new tuba,” Remley said. “But more than that is the recognition. Just being a finalist is quite a feather in my cap.” 

Also this summer Remley will travel to Switzerland to audition for Roger Bobo in hopes studying with the famous tubist. “When the most renowned tuba teacher in the world asks you to come audition, you go,” Remely said. He hopes to continue his music education at the graduate level, eventually becoming a university professor or landing a gig with a top military band. 

“The talent level of our musicians continues to go up and up,” said Clark who has taught tuba and euphonium for 23 years at Appalachian. “We have students winning competitions, teaching at universities and performing with major conservatories.” 
 

Planned Expansion in store for ASU Bookstore 
Caitlyn Payne  SGA Beat 

The manager of Appalachian State’s bookstore told senators Tuesday that planned renovations will join the present bookstore with Plemmons Student Union. 

Michael Coston spoke to the Student Government senate about the possible expansion of the bookstore, which was built in 1969. 

Coston told senators that the current building reflects the limited designs of the late 1960s. “The needed renovation will change that.” 
Coston said expansion will bring the walls of the bookstore concurrent with those of the student union. 

There will be one level where the bookstore can be entered from the student union, and a second level that will be expanded in the front. The student union and the bookstore with resemble a horseshoe, he said. 

Coston is also looking into expanding services offered at the bookstore. Banking and food services are two of being considered. He is also looking at film developement but is not sure that will work out. “We are (also) planning to do some kind of video rental” he said. 

Improvements in textbook rentals are also being looked at. ASU is one of 25 schools in the country that has a textbook rental program. “We hope to ... automate (the system) ... students would have to retrieve their own books under this system” Coston said. 

If the book rental program is redone and changed to include a two year book rental option, an increase in rental fee may be necessary. 

When questioned if the renovations would cause an increase in prices at the bookstore, Coston responded, “On school supplies, convenience is the only thing we can offer ... we won’t be price  competitive in some areas. I am not going to tell you we’ll be cheaper than some places ... (but) I certainly hope prices will not increase” he said. 

Initial site preparations for the construction will begin this summer or fall, said Dr. Clyde Robbins, director of design and construction. Construction for the renovations will take place in the spring of 2001, Robbins said. 

Robbins said the construction will not hinder accessibility to the bookstore. “We are not changing the present entrance.” 
 

Rape Aggression Defense classes now offered by ASU Police 
Kathryn Booze Police Beat 

One fear on the minds of college women is the fear of rape.  Whether the attack is date rape or a random stranger in the bushes, one woman in the United States is attacked every four minutes.  This statistic is especially high among females in college. 

One way the ASU Police Department is attempting to prove they are not a waste of everybody’s money is by offering a course in preventive techniques that people can use to defend themselves from an attacker.  This course, called Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) teaches students punches, kicks, and basic martial arts techniques.  For ten dollars, participants receive three three-hour long classes, a RAD T-shirt, a lifetime return and practice policy, and a student manual. 

The students in this class took it for many different reasons. “It’s just something you need to know,” says Katie Chasie, a participant, “Even thought you learn a lot, I hope a person taking this course wouldn’t feel to confident.  There’s still a lot you need to know.” 

For Sarah Rich, a Resident Assistant in Hoey Residence Hall, one of the things RAD gave her is more self-assurance for walking through campus at night.  “It works,” Sarah said, “I even tried the stuff we learned in class on my boyfriend a couple of times.”  Sara recommended the RAD class to her residents and was joined by four of them for the Tuesday night class at Owens Field House.  This was the Tuesday night group’s third and final class. 

The instructor of the Tuesday night RAD class was Sergeant Billy Arnette of the ASU PD. He has been teaching RAD ever since it was first installed at ASU in the summer of 1999. ASU PD offered one class last summer, three in the fall and two this spring. 

According to Sgt. Arnette, the ASU PD chose the RAD program because of its thoroughness. “I don’t like the one-time classes,” said Sgt. Arnette, “I think they are a waste of everybody’s time.” He hopes that the repetition the class offers will help the techniques learned stick with the participants longer. 

For information about summer and fall RAD classes, you can contact Sergeant Stacey Sears at the ASU PD at 262-2150. 
 
 

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