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Volume 78, Number 4
Southeastern O k l a h o m a State University, Durant, O k l a h o m a 74701
September 18, 1997
4 new flight
team
5 football
results
Southeastern
played host to
260 area high
school and
middle school
students.
Students were
from the
Fellowship of
Christian
Athletes. They
had a
motivational
speaker, pizza
and tickets to
the football
g a m e against
Tarleton State.
Dana Bell Southeastern
Students gain control Of
Enrollment up 3.3 percent
Southeastern Saturday
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The show
will
eventually be
completely
student
produced
and in the
hands of the
communication
department
Students enrolled in the communication
campaign class are taking complete control of
"Southeastern Saturday" Southeastern's television show.
According to Jane Umstead, director of
public relations Southeastern Saturday has
often been thought of as a sort of coach's show
because of its athletic content but now, more
than ever, it's about Southeastern.
"It's always been more about Southeastern
than anything else," Umstead said."Putting it
into the hands of students, it's more about what
Jane Umstead
director, public students think. They're creative ideas are
relations essential and they provide the energy projected into the program."
Umstead said the show is an incubator for
bigger things to come and the goal is to have
a television cable show that is student produced and reaches people as far as it can go.
They are also looking at a 24-hour channel that
would be used as a teaching tool for communication students.
"Video and television production is a hot
area and this is a way to get Southeastern
students in that market," Umstead said. " The
show will eventually be completely student
produced and in the hands ofthe communica-
9-5-
James Pate, dean of the school of arts and
letters said. " A lot of people have been going
out and visiting the two-year schools."
Pate said as a spectator it appears as if all
areas of Southeastern have grown in some
way.
The music department itself has more to
offer with 71 majors foi=-s*udy-.-According tc
Pate, two years ago there were only 33.
"Jack Robinson and a number of faculty
have pushed the honors program," continued
Pate. " It's really been initiated in the last two
"After reviewing the enrollment figures for
the fall 1997 semester, w e are very pleased that
enrollment is up 3.3 percent, a trend w e are
tion department.
happy with," Southeastern president Glen
"It gives us a real world application, studio Johnson said.
experience and students like it because it's
"Obviously, this indicates Southeastern's
fun," said J.J. Lampher school of arts and reputation for offering quality academic proletters technology director.
grams at a reasonable cost and signals that
" W e need a formal education with profes- progress is being made in the area of enrollsional equipment so w e can learn h o w to be ment management which includes student rebroadcasters," T a m m y Blanton, junior in com- cruitment and retention," Johnson added.
munication said.
"More representation has been getting out," see ENROLLMENT, page 6
"The class is going to do different segments
they' ll incorporate into Southeastern Saturday
that will give insight about Southeastern,"
Blanton added.
The show will feature highlights of the
previous football g a m e ; interviews with Tracy Moore
will be games and prizes at the lunch on the
coaches and players followed by in depth covlawn.
erage ofthe Southeastern campus.
Saturday, Sept. 27 parents day begins with
Southeastern's homecoming and parent's
"This is the first time students have become day will be the week of Sept. 22-27.
registration at 9 a.m. The Parade will start at 10
this involved in producing a show," B o b Hays
Students can participate in m a n y homecom- a.m. and be on the campus at 10:30 a.m. There
professor w h o teaches the class said. "I've ing activities.
will be parents day booths set up on the
never seen a group of students get so excited
There will be a bonfire and pep rally Thurs- Morrison lawn and there will be performances
about doing something."
day, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. across from the by the Chorvettes and band.
Hays said the result will be some really Baseball field. The homecoming dance will be
The homecoming pregame show will begin
professional work students can show potential from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom. H o m e - at 2 p.m and kickoff is at 2:30 p.m.
employers and they're more likely to get a job coming cups will be given away at the dance.
The coronation will be during halftime at
with this kind of experience.
Friday's activities will begin with queen the football game.
The show will air this Saturday on K-Ten, candidate elections.
"Students should participate in homecomat 10 a.m. and will feature a behind the scenes
Elections will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in ing to support the school and they will have fun
look at the preparation of Homecoming.
front of the Bookstore. There will also be a doing it," Sarah Holcutt, co-chair ofthe homelunch on the lawn from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There coming committee said.
Homecoming activities set
Southeastern beats East
Central in bloody battle
Dana Bell
In keeping with tradition, Southeastern once
again donated more blood than East Central
(ECU).
The blood donation competition between
Southeastern and E C U has been a tradition
here (Southeastern) since 1983. Since the beginning, Southeastern has always donated the
most blood.
Every semester, for the past 14 years, the
Southern Oklahoma Blood Institute (SOBI)
arrives on the campus of Southeastern waiting
for eager students and faculty to give of themse
lves, for a good cause.
W h e n the blood drive first started at Southeastern, it was sponsored by Circle K. Circle
K became inactive in the spring of 1996 then
the Office of Student Life began sponsoring it.
This semester 340 people showed up to
donate blood. Out of the 340 people the institute received 298 pints of usable blood.
"Three hundred and seventy-eight people
will benefit from the generosity of Southeastern students and faculty," said Vickie Holkum,
Blood Program Consultant, SOBI.
The blood drive took place this semester on
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2 & 3 .
The first day of the blood drive was on a day
when classes were cancelled due to the fact
that there was no water on campus.
"The main office in Oklahoma City was
shocked and extremely pleased with the results of the first day," Holkum said.
The results from the first day are 48 pints of
whole blood and 3 pints of red blood cells and
plasma (rbc &p). The second day brought in 74
pints of whole blood and 3 more rbc &p's.
Southeastern and E C U both have one more
blood drive for this year. The dates are November 5 & 6 .
The S O B I encourages everyone to get out
and donate. They will also be giving out free Tshirts to everyone w h o donates blood.
Dana Bell Southeastern
Senior Nate Thomas patiently waits for his turn to be over with. This semesters blood drive
was a sucess. The score in the competition is Southeastern 282 East Central 189.
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Opinions
The Southeastern
September 18.1997
Southeastern
Real life with R e n e e
Students
practicing
bad habits
by Renee Laney
Y o u know, it's not always easy putting an has something to say about virtually anything.
error proof newspaper out to our readers. This It's our way of going to the gym.
At times w e lerk around hallways and beshould come as no surprise to anyone w h o has
hind white columns standing in front of buildever read an issue of The Southeastern.
Yes, despite our continual efforts to be ings looking for facts. Kind of spooky uh?
Usually there's just an overflowing origin
perfect copy editors, sometimes w e fall a little
short (sometimes a lot) of producing an error of news to be covered. I like to call it, " W h e n
Ten Minutes Count".
proof product.
But we're a dedicated bunch w h o won't
But I can assure you, no one takes it harder
resort
to a coin toss when covering the news.
than w e do.
A s a student publication, our subject is
At times it seems that people all over this
campus are all too quick to point out our student; our verb action. We're dedicated to
mistakes. A n d when w e do well for an student action. Without it none of us would be
extended period of time people tend to be quite here. M a y b e that's the reason the word student
is the mostly used word in our newspaper.
lax at bringing it up.
Most of the time students cooperate and are
But that's okay with us because, w e know,
happy
to see us. Sometimes a person's negano one cares more about our campus newspative attitude can put a real lesion in the day.
per than w e do.
But that's okay, w e lick our wounds and
Besides, if you told us h o w good w e were
doing there probably wouldn' t be enough space c o m e back, wagging our tails behind us.
It's always challenging. Every interview
in the news room for all of our swelled heads.
In reality we're no different from other gives us more experience in verbal communication.
students on campus.
Although it seems our speciality should be
W e all have stressful schedules, tests to
study for, and piles of textbooks to dissect. print, verbal communication is the element
A n d yes! Research papers to construct. When's necessary in getting that print.
W e actually live for these kinds of things.
that due?
N o one on campus is trying harder to present It's all part of w h o w e are as a part of this
every event and emotion Southeastern experi- campus.
So if you see mistakes in this student newsences back to the people w h o experience it,
paper, be assured we're are already painfully
than w e are.
W e can be seen at any time trotting across aware of it.
If you don't, look harder. Nobody's percampus, taking three flights of stairs with a
single bound and interviewing anyone w h o fect.
Courtesy of
College Press Services
Federal researchers have released a
n e w study on college students' behavior, and the results are not pretty.
Most college students smoke and
drink too much, sometimes more than
five drinks in one sitting. They do not
use condoms. A n d on top of everything else they are overweight.
The information comes from a national survey of 4,609 students at 136
universities, conducted by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The survey found that 21 percent of
college students are overweight and
nearly one-third smoke cigarettes,
drink heavily and drive after drinking
alcohol.
Researchers fond that 14 percent
said they had smoked marijuana within
the past month. Almost half said they
had tried marijuana at some point in
the past, and 14.4 percent admitted
trying cocaine.
" S o m e in our society m a y think
that college students are an elite class
of young people w h o do not need to be
targeted by public health policies and
programs," said L L o y d J. Kolbe, director of C D C ' s Division of Adolescent and School Health.
"The study shows that college students endanger their health through
some of the same risky behaviors as
the general population."
Smoking, drinking and eating too
m u c h can contribute to the leading
causes of death in this nation: heart
disease, cancer and stroke. Students;
bad habits are serious enough to warrant better campus health programs,
he said.
"They need programs to help them
reduce these behaviors so they can go
on to become healthy doctors, teachers, artists or whatever they want to
be," he said.
The study found that 34 percent of
students reported binge drinking, consuming five or more drinks in one
sitting, at least once in the past month.
About 4 percent said they had drunk
alcohol on at least 20 of the past 30
days.
Only 30 percent said they had used
a condom during their last sexual intercourse, although 80 percent claimed
to use birth control pills or some other
form of contraceptive.
This was the C D C ' s first national
survey on the behavior of students at
two-year and four-year universities.
About 40 percent of college students
surveyed by the C D C were over the
age of 24.
The good news to c o m e out of the
survey, according to the C D C , is that
most college students do not carry
guns, get in fights, attempt suicide, or
use chewing tobacco.
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Welcome monotonous, heartwarming
by Jeremy
Wright
Ever since m y
high school English
teacher's daughter,
Sarah, went off to college it has been a
dream of mine to have
the same privilege.
Sarah always said I
would be there one
day. Being from Hopkins County, the dairy
capital of Texas, I was eager to m o v e and see
a different part ofthe country. But I knew I had
a few years to wait. I was a junior in high
school at the time.
W h e n I graduated from high school, I went
to Paris Junior College (PJC) for two-years.
Even though I did not live on campus, it was a
privilege to go to college 30 minutes away.
The last semester at PJC I had a big decision. Where was I going to continue m y education?
It finally came d o w n to two choices: The
University of Texas at Tyler or Southeastern
Oklahoma State University.
W h a t broke the tie is the friendly service
given to students by the faculty and staff.
Everyone is so welcoming to the school. I
came to visit the campus of a thousand magnolias in March.
Immediately, I knew this was the place for
m e , but I wanted to explore other universities
before I made m y choice.
Another dream of mine was to go to school
in N e w England. M a y b e even a school in N e w
York City.
At times, I have dreamed of going to a city
coffee shop at 2 a.m. after studying at the
library.
Knowing I could not afford a N e w England
school, I made the decision to come to South-
eastern. I think this campus looks like a campus I would see in N e w England, but probably
the people are not as friendly as the ones here
at Southeastern.
Even when I was moving in, people were at
the steps of Choctaw Tower to help m e carry
m y belongings up to m y room.
Since school has started, I have attended
several meetings.
Each person w h o would get up and speak
would always begin with, "Welcome to Southeastern."
I heard the phrase so m u c h I was beginning
to think I was been born here.
Being here at Southeastern for a month, I
have realized Sarah was always right about
h o w fun college is. Thanks for all the encouraging words, Sarah.
Also, for only being here a short time, I have
discovered the Texan w h o first said, "Deep in
the Heart of Texas," stole it from "Deep in the
Heart of Southeastern."
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22 Odd
24 Ballot
26 Grasped
27 Adds sugar to
31 Percolates
34 Slack
35 Poetic muse
37 Welshmen, e.g.
39 An astringent
41 Intimidate
42 Hard to get
43 Corpsman
45 City on the
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51 Raze
53 Acid to the taste
55 Fish in cans
56 Colonist
59 Dolor
63 European river
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66 Star that flares
67 Fairy tale villain
68 Faith: abbr.
69 Perfect place
70 Peal
71 Certain
European
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9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Career Fair - Ballroom
12:30 p.m. Pre-Law Clubmeeting - A302
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7:30 p.m. Bonfire/Pep Rally - acrossfromthe baseball field
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. homecoming dance - Ballroom
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News
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September 18r 19Q7
Student m a k e s debut on C-Span
Renee Laney
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Dana Bell Southeastern
T r e D u r b i n , junior in m a r k e t i n g , a n d J e r e m y S t o n e ,
f r e s h m a n in criminal justice, t a k e t i m e to look o v e r
t h e s e n a t e c a n d i d a t e s b e f o r e voting.
Several students took advantage of the opportunity to hear
some of the chief foreign policy
makers of the world discuss foreign policy last weekend.
Select students and faculty were
invited to attend a conference entitled Preparing America's Foreign Policy for the 21 st Century at
the University of Oklahoma. T h e
conference was rated world class
by faculty and was furturistic in
nature. A m o n g many topics discussed, the majority revolved
around terrorist movements into
mass destruction and chemical
warfare.
A m o n g the students w h o took
advantage of the opportunity was
Michael Parker, senior in social
studies education.
" It was a privilege to be asked
to go," Parker said. "It was interesting meeting and hearing different opinions on foreign policy."
Parker w a s especially impressed with former U.S. Senator
S a m N u n n from Georgia w h o
spoke on "Protecting and Defining Our National Security in a
Changed World."
"He was the clearest and most
interesting ,to me, and he was willing to answer various questions on
both foreign and domestic policy,"
Parker said.
Parker added that the campus
benefits from students taking advantage of these kinds of opportunities and says students shouldn't
take these kinds of opportunities
lightly.
"You bring back insights from
direct sources that you don't find
in textbooks," he said. "Compared with other nations in the
world it's interesting that U.S. students have the opportunity to meet
former members of our government w h o have not only shaped
foreign policy, but w h o are still
very much in touch with the current issues."
Parker asked the first question
to former Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) director Judge William H. Webster at a round table
discussion Monday, Sept. 15.
The question was whether or
not the C I A is doing anything to
forward democracy in Russia?
"I think it's important to ask an
A n n u a l career d a y planned
Aimee Woulfe
Looking for a job after graduation? O n Wednesday, September
24, Placement Services is sponsoring its annual Career Fair in the
Ballroom located in Halley
McKinney.
The fair will be open to all students from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. With
three seminars in the Magnolia
room at 9:45, 10:45, and 11:45
a.m.
"The careerfair serves two main
purposes," said Barbara Rackly,
director of placement services.
"First it helps students w h o are
unsure or undecided about a major
to explore the opportunities available to them in the work force. It
also allows students w h o are about
to graduate to look at job offers
available in their field of interest,"
Rackley said
According to Rackly this is "a
chance for students to talk to recruiters from approximately 40
different organizations and businesses about possible careers.
Rackley said the career fair is a
great place for students graduating to look at a variety of places to
work. It also gives younger students the opportunities to look into
theses careers as well.
Along with the recruiters there
will be representatives from many
of the graduate schools across the
state.
Rackley thinks it is beneficial
for students looking for careers to
dress professional and bring a resume to present to the recruiters.
"If there are no present jobs
available then the resumes can be
used for later references." Rackly
stated. " A m o n g some of these
recruiters will be recent Southeastern graduates w h o have already obtained employment from
these companies."
Students will have the opportunity to get job search pointers from
the pros during the seminars. The
seminars will be presented by a
panel of recruiters.
Each seminar will be conducted
by a different panel w h o will discuss what to expect at most professional job interviews.
Broadway Night Out takes the stage
Renee Laney
Opera Theater presents an
. evening of fun and entertainment
: with "Broadway Night Out," this
, weekend Friday and Saturday,
9 Sept 19-20 in the Ballroom at 6:30
- p.m.
"I wanted to do Broadway Night
. Out to give the students a chance
to perform before the Children's
Opera later this Fall," Mrs.Betty
Wintle, director of opera said.
" W e think this type of music
will reach a wider audience. People
w h o like all kinds of music, like
Broadway music," Wintle added.
"It's an opportunity to show the
public that opera theater classes
are dedicated to providing performances for everyone regardless of
their interests," Wintle said. '
Wintle said she doesn't want
people to think the only kind of
music the department is interested
in is opera, it is their speciality.
"It gives m e an opportunity to
perform in front of m y peers and
parents," said Ashley O w e n s ,
sophomore in music. "You have
to put yourself into the music, really feel it and play the part. If you
can't play the part you really can't
sing the music, or at least that's
m y case."
" W e can finally show people
what we've been doing in class
since school started," O w e n s
added. "We've been working real
hard on getting it d o w n in a short
length of time."
Steven E m g e , assistant professor of voice and music education
promises an evening of just plain
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The cast is as follows. Freshm e n in music include Lynnea
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In addition to Wintle and E m g e
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important question rather than
some conspiracy question because
as a student you represent the university to the rest of the world at
these kinds of things," Parker
added.
The C I A session will air on CSpan Sunday, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m.
Parker said he hopes his question
doesn't get cut as he is excited
about seeing himself on television.
Richard Pearlstein, assistant
professor in social science said the
conference particularly stands out
in his mind because of the caliber
of the speakers.
"It was a world class conference," Pearlstein saids. "I was
impressed that the conference focused on the challenges facing foreign policy makers with a perspective view rather than a retrospective view."
Pearlstein said what he found
most interesting were the discussions of several former C I A directors on the topic of distinctive differences between secrets (people
try to discover) and mysteries
(people can only speculate).
"Students w h o plan to go to law
school or graduate school are at an
advantage attending conferences
such as these," Glenn Melancon
assistant professor of social science said. "
These are the kinds of activities
they'll be involved with,"
Melancon said.
Melancon added that although
Southeastern is unable to have conferences that are at such a large
scale, students should take advantage of what w e do have to offer
such as the upcoming Native
American Symposium and the Arts
and Letters lecture series.
The conference included many
former C I A directors, former A m bassadors to several different countries, directors involved with national security, Pulitzer Prize Winners and former U.S. Secre-'
tary of State, The Honorable Henry
A. Kissinger.
Others w h o attended the conference were Southeastern president Glen
Johnson, Jon
Lewisjunior in English/technology, Justin White, junior in social
studies education, Michael Glover,
junior in history and Rodney
Blankenship, senior in history.
Flight team announced
S. Katie Hrncir
W h a t group at Southeastern
has many high-flying ambitions
as they chart out their career
path? The Flying Savages flight
team.
O n September 16, they chose
nine n e w members in addition
to their three returning m e m bers from last year's team.
Those returning include Joe
Carter, A m y Dilbeck, and Jason Turnbull.all juniors in aviation.
The n e w members include
D a n Bacon, sophomore; Brady
Borgmann, junior; David Bray,
sophomore; A d a m Killer, Freshman; Brent Ruebin, sophomore;
Matt Thatcher, Freshman;
Bry son Williamson, senior; Rob
Young, sophomore.
The flight team try-out consisted of a landing competition,
written exam, and interview, according to A m y Dilbeck, captain ofthe flight team and junior
aviation major.
"This process makes the
group more of an honor society,
which is what it really is," said
Dilbeck. The flight team is in
conjunction with Alpha Eta Rho.
All of the present members
ofthe flight team and the former
members are members of Alpha Eta Rho, also.
"The members from last year
that are n o w ineligible are n o w
coaching the team. So, w e are
a student-based and student-run
organization," said DilbeCk.
Southeastern shares a region
with colleges and universities
in states including Oklahoma,
Kansas, Texas, and Nebraska,
according to Kyle Thomas,
chief flight instructor of aerospace.
"The Flight team spends an
average of 5-6 hours per week
practicing for competition,"
Dilbeck added.
Their competitions are very
rigorous and apply many skills
the members aquired through
their aviation classes, according to Dilbeck.
Their regional competion
which will be at Southeastern
during the first week of March
includes many different, detailed assessments.
"There is a lot of pressure on
us this year because our
regionals are going to be here at
Southeastern," Dilbeck added.
Sports
September 18r 1997
The Southeastern
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Savages Press For Win
C o m e Up Short In Second Half
Jeremy Conkling
Tarleton State managed to pull
off a difficult win, Saturday, at
Paul Laird Field against an ambitious Southeastern team. The Texans from Tarleton delivered the
finishing blow during the third
quarter when they pulled a thirteen
point lead to take the game.
The beginning quarter was
dominated by Tarleton with Justin
Hafer's safety to begin the battle.
Justin McDaniel followed with a
26-yard run to set the Texans ahead
9-0 with 4:53 he proved his running ability during a 19-yard scurry
for the endzone. Eric Nuber finished the hard fought half with his
kick that tied the two teams up for
Dana Bell Southeastern the second half.
The plague broke out in the
third quarter, that is the plague of
Southeastern's Levi M c D o n a l d s a c s Tarleton's # 1 4 C h a d C o l e during a p a s s i n g
penalties. Tarleton's Justin
attempt at S a t u r d a y night's g a m e h e r e o n Southeastern's Paul Laird Field.
McDaniel returned Eric Nuber's
kick 22 yards to start the half.
James Dearth and McDaniel
Cross Country Team Finishes
Fourth At Oklahoma Christian
Jeremy Conkling
Southeastern's Lady Savage
Cross Country team captured a
fourth place position at Oklahoma
Christian College, Saturday, September 13.
j The team finished in the fourth
position overall out of a field of 8
places, with several runners holding out to the finish ofthe 5 K race.
Southeastern 1
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Commerce
Sept. 18
7:00 p.m.
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Angela Landre and Natalie
Krieger tied for the fastest time on
the Southeastern team, finishing
11th and 12th place overall with a
time of 20:32.
Further into the field was Halee
Lackey, who finished 25th overall
at21:33. Sophomore, Shanna Lott
reached the finish line in 28th place
taking a time of 22:12.
Melissa Morrison completed the
race in 31 st position at 22.51, followed by Beth Harwood in 35th
place with a time of 23.24.
Julie Williams completed the
event 42nd place at 24.47.
The cross country team will
compete Friday, Sept.' 19 against
the University of Central Oklahoma at Edmond. The race will
begin at 5 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend and support their
team.
SOSU vs. Tarleton
Sept. 13,1997
21. Then Cole's passing game
kicked into high gear with a total
of 63 yards of passing, setting the
Texans up for another touchdown,
score 22-15.
Southeastern received Bryan
Jones' kick at the 20, but the return
lost 6 yards to start the Savages at
their o w n 14-yard line.
Three plays later, stuck at their
own 14-yard line, Southeastern's
Chris Enloe pulled up to punt.
Mark Lister of Tarleton blocked
the punt and it was recovered by
Tarleton's John Metzger at the
Savage-0. The score one play later
was Tarleton 28, Southeastern 1$.
The fourth quarter brought a
single touchdown by Robert
Marshall for Southeastern, and a
44-yard field goal by Tarleton. j
The game was finished with the
Texans from Tarleton edging out
the Savages in the second half victory, with afinalscore of 31-22,
Tarleton.
Who Is The Greatest Athlete Of All Time
Paul Laird Field, Durant
John Ingalls
Guest Columnist
Individual Statistics
R U S H I N G - S O S U , Enloe 1023, Anderson 7-14, Ray 10-1.
TSU, McDaniel 16-103, Randle
14-49, Wall 4-14, Cole 5-3.
PASSING- S O S U , Enloe 5118-2, 207. T S U , Cole 36-20-2,
216.
R E C E I V I N G - S O S U , Terrell
10-91, Poole 3-68, Reed 1-25,
Stevenson 1-10, Anderson 1-7,
Brinkley 1-3, Marshall 1-3. T S U ,
Dearth 7-61, Albright 4-83,
Kendall 4-38, Swint 2-23,
McDaniel 1-9, Smith 1-5, Wall 1-3.
P U N T I N G - S O S U , Enloe 5187. T S U , Couch 6-190.
FIELD G O A L - T S U , Jones 144.
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teamed up to gain another 13-y ards
before a holding penalty set them
back ten yards. Southeastern's
Robert Jones stepped up and intercepted quarterback Chad Cole's
next pass attempt giving the Savages the ball.
Southeastern's possession was
short lived, but glorious with Chris
Enloe's 38-yard pass completion
to Keith Poole.
Southeastern's m o v e w a s
slowed with a pair of penalties
called on the two teams, with
Southeastern's clipping off-setting
Tarleton's face mask call.
After a single incomplete pass
the Savages opted to punt. Enloe
sent the pigskin 52-yards to the
Texan 6-yard line and out-ofbounds.
Tarleton began their march for
the opposite endzone from their
o w n 6-yard line. McDaniel,
Albright and Dearth all added yardage to bring their team to the T S U -
In 1950, the Associated Press
conducted a survey of sportswriters around the country, asking them
who they considered to be the greatest athlete ofthe half-century. The
highest vote-getter w a s Jim
Thorpe, the Native American
Olympian and football player.
Another vote will be held in the
year 2000, only three years hence.
The winner of this vote will be
matched against Thorpe in a competition to determine the best athJete of the century.
It is not too early to list the
names that will most likely head
the list for the 1950-2000 time
frame. This is true because it is
highly unlikely that any athlete
who is not n o w in the public eye
will make an impact similar to
those ofthe following people. With
only three years remaining until
the vote, the latter 20th-century's
greatest athlete is either currently
competing or has retired. M y list
is as follows: 1) Carl Lewis; 2)
M u h u m m a d Ali; 3) Michael Jordan; 4) Jim Brown; 5) Hank
Aaron; 6) Mark Spitz; 7) Eric
Heiden; 8) Pele; 9) Nadia
Comenici; 10) Wilt Chamberlain.
A breakdown ofthe top ten is as
follows, starting from tenth place:
Wilt Chamberlain. Barely visible in today's media, "Wilt the
Stilt" was totally dominant in his
sport of basketball, once scoring
100 points in a game. His 7'4"
height and dominant defensive tility.
abilities made him the best until
H a n k Aaron. H e beat Babe
the age of Michael. H e is still a top Ruth's home run record and racked
volleyball player although over up amazing statistics, doing it with
sixty years old.
the dignity befitting a great athNadia Comenici. The only lete. DiMaggio, Mantle, Mays,
w o m a n on the list, she is the great- and others may be better-known
est gymnast ever. Her style and baseball players, but they weren't
grace haven't been matched since better. Aaron played on substanthe 1976 Montreal Olympics. dard teams most of the time, too.
Comenici did more than anyone
Jim Brown. Walter Pay ton and
else to open up opportunities for Jerry Rice have broken his rushing
today's w o m e n athletes.
and touchdown records, but there
Pele. The greatest soccer player was never a football player with
of all time was in a class by himself his ability. At 220 pounds and
during his prime years, displaying possessing sprinter's speed, he ;°
speed, skill, and endurance that still acknowledged by many as thv
would have made him a world- greatest football player ever. H e
class athlete in almost any sport. was also a top college lacrosse
M a n y consider him the world's player.
greatest athlete.
Michael Jordan. Five chamEric Heiden. The only winter- pionships and numerous personal
sport athlete on the list, this speed- records have solidified Jordan's
skater won five gold medals in the reputation. However, an inability
1980 Olympics. This feat is rea- to play consistent defense and his
son enough for his inclusion, since inability to make an impact in a
he won sprints as well as endur- sport other than basketball (rememance races. Heiden has also con- ber the failed minor-league baseducted himself in very classy fash- ball effort?) will probably keep
ion in the public eye, refusing en- him from the top spot. If it is
dorsement deals and self-promo- proven that he has any more .intion.
volvement with gambling, he could
M a r k Spitz. Almost forgotten be eliminated from consideration
today, this swimmer raked in med- altogether, due to the increasing
als in two Olympics and domi- intolerance demonstrated in the
nated his sport completely. H e media on this issue.
deserves to be on the list as the
M u h a m m a d Ali. Certain to be
greatest swimmer in history. With controversial choice, Ali exemplimodem-day trends of increasing fies the m o d e m athlete, becoming
specialization, it is unlikely other
swimmers will show such versa- see ATHLETE, page 6
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ATHLETE
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an Olympic gold-medal winner
and three-time heavyweight boxing champion. Still among the
most widely recognized and respected people worldwide, his
draft resistance during-the Vietnam W a r made him a hero to some
and a villain to others. His speed,
intelligence, and endurance in the
ring make him the greatest boxer
of all time.
Carl Lewis.
Lewis is
America's greatest track and field
athlete ever and a living legend.
Had he chosen football or basketball he would be setting unbreakable records. His four gold medals
in one Olympics equaled Jesse
Owens' feat. H e has faded somewhat, but again won a gold medal
in the long jump in the last Olympics (his fourth in a row in that
sport). Lewis doesn't deserve the
bad rap he often gets for being
cocky. "King Carl" is the king,
indeed.
Honorable mention goes to A.J.
Foyt (auto racing), Walter Payton
(football), Willie Mays (baseball),
Martina Navratilova (tennis), the three years remaining other
Larry Holmes (boxing), Richard than Michael Jordan.
Petty (auto racing), W a y n e
H o w does Jim Thorpe stack up
Gretzky (ice hockey), Bjom Borg against Carl Lewis or any of the
(tennis), Daley Thompson (track others in the vote for the greatest
and field) and Magic Johnson (bas- athlete ofthe 20th century? I don't
ketball).
consider anyone equal to Thorpe,
A few athletes currently have who in m y mind is still the world's
the chance to make the year 2000 greatest athlete ever. Thorpe, an
top ten list if they keep strong, but Oklahoma native, dominated the
show signs of slowing down.
1912 Olympics, setting world
Jerry Rice is an outstanding ath- records in several events and winlete, and if he plays a few more ning the decathlon and pentathyears his touchdown and pass re- lon. H e was a tremendous football
ceiving numbers may be so high player, lifting lowly Carlisle Colthat he will merit inclusion on the lege past football powers such as
list. Emmitt Smith has the foot- A r m y and helping to found the
ball rushing record within reach, National Football League. H e
but has to overcome injury prob- played big-league baseball as well
lems.
with the N e w York Giants for sevW a y n e Gretzky is slowing eral years. Y o u say Deion Sanders
down. It will be difficult for Mike plays both sports? Get this—
Tyson to overcome the negative Thorpe also played professional
publicity resulting from his im- basketball, and did all three in the
prisonment and other incidents, same year. Thorpe excelled in any
but if he regains his former boxing sport he participated in, and his
form, he could make the list. It's all-around ability can't be equaled.
difficult to see anyone else that H e is the greatest athlete of the
could elevate their reputation in century.
Dana Bell Southeastern
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