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Poly Sci course provides realistic view of politics general objvatiora, among them the various personalities ArIa Fox, a candidate for the House of Delegates (D) and . by Cethv Nelson involved in the campaign. and predictions cI the outcome Joseph Tydings. the incumbent senator (D) running for The fourteen upperclassmen in Dr. Weber's ,,'Political ri the election for each student's candidate. re-election Behavior" course will learn about election activities in a But the chief material from the journals will come from The purpose of the project, Dr. Weber slates, is fourfold. rew and exciting way this year; by participating in them experiences of the students themselves; what jobs they First, "to acquaint students with campaign procedures. As part of their course requirement, the students are have done. and in general. how they are used as campaign Second, to instill in students the urgency til participate. campaigning for the candidates of their choice in what workers. Basically they are to "help in anyway that they Third. to acquaint them with the mechanics of a cam- promises to be aninteresting and enlightening experience can," says Dr. Weber, "whether it is in speechwriting. palgn.' The fourth point is perhaps the mostimportant: to for seniors David Denham, Jerry Hopple, Alan McCoy, passing out literature, attending general campaign come to the realization that voters can "constructively Gary Mcwunarrs. Charlie Moore, Gec-ge Shellem, functions such as dinners, or doing a research project." change things, through vote power." Daniel Wiles, Sandra Gomane. Susan Hille and Carol He adds. "We ha ve students campaigning for every level This is the first year for the project, which, Dr. Weber Sims; and also for juniors Jeffrey Klunk, Donald Krueger, ri office-seekers," feels, has been enthusiastically received by the students Craig Shulze and Mark Vidor. The campaigning will be The office seekers include Carroll County Com- participating Anyway, "I'm enthusiastic about it," he clone in addition to the regular academic rerptrements for missionercandidales Mike Binko (D), Herb Rice (R), and declares. "I love it." There seems to be good reason for the course, but a journal kept by each student during the Lou Sharon (0), Also included are Congressional can- that sentiment til be shared by the hard-working cam- campaign will take the place of a regularly assigned didates Clarence Long WI, Burger (D-Pennsylvania), paigners. research paper. The journals will include the students' Goodloe E. Byron (D) and Ross Pierpont (R). And finally. 'VOLUME 47 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND NUMBER 101 the gold bug OCTOBER 19, MONDAY 1970 English dept. leads in curriculum development by Cathy Nelson A new freshman English program, a possible in- tegration of January term courses into the regular curriculum, and a major in American Studies; these are some of the new developments that students of English can look forward to, says Dr. Keith N. Richwine, chair- man of the WI\IC English department. The new freshman English program is designed to be an enlargement of the system whereby forty freshman are chosen to participate in English 103, a course which satisfies the college English composition requirement in only one semester. Whereas, Dr. Richwine explains, only two classes of 103 students have been chosen in recent years, this program would allow members of incoming classes, after evaluation, "to sausractorny complete what we (the English department) have in mind in one semester." The new program, if approved, would become effective as early as the 1971-1972college year. In the category of possible changes, Dr. Richwine calls attention to the integration of January term into the regular year, and also the field of American Studies as a possible major. Concerning Jan. ter-m, Dr. Richwine Gloria Steinem says that its integration is "pretty much up in the air There has been some feeling that we should integrate Steinem-Pitman explain revolution January term into the regular college year." The January term courses being offered this year, however, are very much established. They include a trip to A "new" journalist and an educational innovator will Dorothy Pitman is founder and director of a England, a Shakespeare film festival, and a course onthe discuss "Women's Liberation" Thursday, October 29, at revolutionary, community-controlled day care center in literatureof the thirties. The latter course is being taught Western Maryland College., Westminster New York City; founder and member of the Board of by Dr. Richwine himself, in conjunction with Dr Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman will speak in Directors of an equally revolutionary, community- Phillips. The purpose of the course, Dr. Richwine says, is Alumni Hall on the campus at 11:00 a.m. The public is controlled public school; and the mother of two small to study a decade of literature in depth. The thirties was invited without charge. daughters. An innovator in the techniques of community chosen because "so many students seem to have an in- One of the country's most acclaimed "new" journalists, control, Mrs. Pitman's advice is sought by groups terest in the thirties these days. n- The design of the Miss Steinem's articles on politics, urban problems, throughout the country. design of the course utilizes a varied format, with daily current life styles, and other aspects of 20th century These two leading advocates of women's liberation variations in the number of students participating, and sociology have appeared in most of the nation's think of the movement as a revolution in consciousness, the type of media used. This ,will ete effective because, magazines. She is a contributing editor of New Y~rk best seen in the light of women's many roles in history. according to Dr. Richwine, "a student could choose his magazine, in which she has a regular column, "The City The varied range in experiences of the two speakers will own route through the course, following his particular Politic." Miss Steinern is one of a number of prominent add depth to the discussion. There will be time for interest." women involved in the liberation movement. questions from the audience. The American Studies program, another possible development, is a chief topic of discussion among the S.G.A. surveys opinions various departments. It involves the creation of a new department --American Studies-- which would be com- prised of various members of already existing depart- by Greta Herrmann ments. There would also be specialization in various The SGA distributed opinion surveys to WMC students cent advocat a policy of unlimited open house seven fields of study; American History, American Literature, two weeks ago. The purpose of the poll was to determine days a week. The rnajonty of students are opposed to the etc. Dr. Richwine feels "that this would be of tremendous how the majority of students feel about several important sign-in sheet for open house. value, especially in the field of teaching." He notes that it issues concerning campus policies. Approximately one- Results from the next question indicate the majority of is already in effect at Goucher College, as well as at the third of those given out were returned students would prefer a system of self-scheduled exams. University of Maryland. A decision on the program at Responses to the first question, concerning music in the Most people are in favor of the SGA tutorial service, but WI\1C should be made in the near future. cafeteria, indicate most students would prefer music at about sixty-five per cent would not use it. A newsletter published by the English department for all meals. The most popular radio stations are WCAO and Many students wrote suggestions for the SGA in ad- the alumni describes the January term courses for this WLPL. dition to answering the survey questions. Students feel year as "varied and exciting." It would seem that this About fourty per cent of the students advocated a policy_ the cafeteria should employ a dietician, have a larger could also apply to the English department at WMC both d unlimited open house on weekends, thirty percent are selection of food at each meal, and have better quality now, and in the near future. ,satisfied with the present system, am thirty per food