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The Phoenix ~ I ( Thursday, November 12, 1981 Westem Maryland College Volume I, Number 9 SGA doubts mixer money returns , SGA movies but there were very few deemed. So what happened to one- a normal security procedure. at 10 divided equally between the Social ~ Holt big denomination bills in tte pro- third of the beer that evening?" p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Each lime Committee and the co-sponsoring The memories of an enjoyable eve~ ceeds from the dance," said Street. The cost of the eight kegs of beer money was picked up. about five organization. The Social Committee - ning of spoofing at the Punk-Hallow- "It just did not make sense, so we served that evening was 286 collars dollars was left in the box to make uses half of the door revenues to een Party have been clouded by the began checking the other figures and At a charge of 25 cents per glass. change. delray the cost of the band and the SGA Social Committee's inquiry of more inconsistencies were olscov- the beer sales should have paid for "I know exactlY how much money [Ion-alcoholic beverage served at the possible embezzlement andlor mis- erec." the cost of the beer, according to was in the cashbox at 11:30. and I dances handling of admission and beer con- Street and Wright estimate that Social Committee figures from pre- find it hard to believe that less than "Discrepancies in U1e money col- cession receipts collected at the approximately 400 to 450 persons vious dances this year. $30.00 was taken in at the door and lected hurts the school, as well as the dance on October 31. attended the Punk mixer, but the "That means only 255 people who bar during an hour and a half span of co-sponsoring organization. As a The mixer, co-sponsored by the Phi revenues from the event indicate an paid admission and the 45 members time," said Street. "We recognize a committee that produces entertain- Detta Theta fraternity. has been esti- attendance of about 255 persons. of the Ph! Detta Theta at the dance slight bias towards one and nve ment events for the student body, we - mated by the Social ccrmutee co- "After awhile, you can gauge the drank 1400 glasses of beer. I find dollar denominations that evening, plan to lose money on each event. chairmen, Adam Wright and Ward number of people at an event. At the that difficult to believe" because of the people wearing cos- We are not out 10 make .a profit, but Street. as the "most well attended peak of the dance. the place was Street also pointed out that mem- tumesand not wanting to carry large we need to stretch our budget as far dance this year." Yet. the co-chair- packed. There were people standing bers of the Phi Delta Theta. who did amounts of money. Yet, there were no as possible over the year," said men are suspicious of impropriety. shoulder to shoulder. People were not tap beer or coliect admissions, twenty dollar bills tumed in, and that Street. "These kinds of discrepancies because the re....enue collected from coming and going all night long. so I wrongfully drank beer without paying does not make sense." will limit the number of events we will produce this year and we can not He also said that the figures from th~ e....ent does not reflect the-esti- am not saying that 400 people were for it. Unless they assisted with the the mixers of this year indicate that afford these kinds of losses" mated attendance and the amount of jammed into the Forum at one time." preparation, managing or clean-up. there were less people at the Punk The committee is currenlly investi- beer distributed for the e....ening said Wright. the fraternity members should have gating the cause of the problem, and The basis of the Social Committee's According to the Social Committee paid for any beer they consumed mixer than at the Class of '83 dance. what action will be needed to avoid suspicions is thai of the five mixer ledgers, the Halloween mixer grossed One of the most alarming concerns Yet. all estimations indicate that there these doubts and problems in the events to date. the dance with the $541.40 in admission fees and beer to the Social Committee is that less were more people at the October 31 future. Some possibilities include seil- largest estimated turnout grossed the concessions. In comparison. the than $30.00 w.as collected in admis- dance than at the Off the Wall dance. ing admission tickets for dances in According to Street. door admis- second lowest amount of money. poorly attended Class of '83 dance. sions and beer sales between 11:30 sions should be left remaining, after advance. reving Social Committee Also, the committee was disturbed by on September 19, grossed $547.60; p.m. and t a.m. Street said that he the beer cost is deducted. to be continued to page 7 _ I picked up money from the cashbox, , the fact that there were not any the moderately attended Beach Party, t twenty dollar bills in the cashbox at on September 26, and the October 9. According to Street. "a lot of people Intensive French growing the end of the evening Off the Wall events grossed $618.75 ''The distribution of currency de- and $718.25 respectively nominations is disproportional to the receipts of other mixer e....ents, and were not charged admission and "a the numbers just do not mesh with lot of beer was given away at no the figures from other dances." said charge," or "someone took money Fkty Kuo language competency as a skill. A typical l-F student's day may Street out of the cashbox." Street points to In the fall of 1980, WMC initiated rather than an objeCtive language mean rising early in the morning to Street explained that there are the inconsistency in the beer sales as the Intensi....e Language Instruction "If a student lakes a course like attend a one hour drill class taught usually several twenty dollar bills at one indicator of impropriety. Eight model in their introductory 'French chemistry," said Cipolla, "he or she by an A-T. then in the afternoon, the the end of an event. and twice as kegs of beer were purchased for the courses (I.F. Parts I, II, and ill). Since only leams principles, which is objec- student attends a master class taught many ten dollar bills. When it was mixer. Accounting for inevitable sen- then sixty fi....e students have com- tive knowledge. However, the use of by one of two professors. In the noticed that there was an inconsis- lage. Street said that 1400 beers pleted parts I and II, and. have a language is a skill. Achieving eveninq, the student returns for labo- teney in the re....enues from the eve- should have been served. Yet. only attained what foreign language in- proficiency in a skill requires practice, ratory work wiU1 assistance from ts ning. in comparison to other mixers, 900 beer tickets were sold during the structor Dr. William Cipolla calls "a not just learning." staff. In all. the class time renuire-' the committee co-chairmen checked evening and only an "inconsiderable comfortable speaking level." Of the So, in the spring of 1980. the ments add up 10eight hours a week intensive French instruction idea was three hours of drill (M.w.F.), three for other inconsistencies :~~t:; =~~~sn~e~i~~r a:~~~~sixty five, twenty na....e gone to Part III. presented to the Undergraduate sc- hours of master class (M.w.F.), and credidatiOn Policy Curriculum Com- two hours of laboratory (M-Th.) r_::";::".::ii~!.~o;::::"::=:il.!:::.;~::::":.~:..t~ew"'''::;:!~::.;:::.t'".!!:th::.~_.!!:;;no~th:::at,-!:all..;_=,..;t~ick::;e::.ts..;w::;e::;,e";',::;",::1~~?;~~~~;:e~:~ mittee (U.A.P.C.C.) for a decision on In master class, approximately .Reform up for vote implementation. The faculty board twenty students attend. The master sections of I.F. Part I. Appco,;mate" Sixty are enrolled in that part. reviewed the idea and voted for it teacher (M-T) begins by reviewing unanimously. Since then. the WMC the "scenario," a skit in French for has used the I-F' instruction course each chapter covered a week LIz Siegenthaler. . . the live Coonei1:the Chairs 01 all pr-:::! ~~o'onWt~;'~ra~;t~~~~ WMC's l-F course is modeled after Usually. the students play out the St~~~nt ~~~;~~e~t r::o~~tion committees (action, social, ~~;~~I~~: =~ii~~~to:o~~~ Dartmouth's own intensive model parts of the scenario with the M-T's Constitution is finally ready for ap- ~:;:~~rs ~:I:: ;:c~~professional responsibilities." the They started the concept of Intensive supervision Then. the grammatical work for the language study since the fall of 1967. prcval by me student bodyheld I st live Council. Previously. they French section of the foreign ten- and it has been running successfully day is introduced and drilled. It is up At the SGA =~ng oted th ~ a held only ex.()fficio status. guage department proposed an in- since U1en. In fact, U1e textbooks to the M-T to use his or her imagina- Wednesday, the Id ~ ~Id . a 2. Student-faculty committee tensive language instruction model. used here are the same ones used at tion in supervising the "scenerios." the ~~:;e~~~~. ~~hat time, the I~e members: After being inter- ~:n~~::7ns~~~ti:t ~~del f~~u~~ Dartmouth. They were wrtti9f1 by Dr. and teaching the lessons. The. way, John A. Aassias, head of U1eirforeign the student will be enthusiastic about ~~~e~e~~a~:S;~i= ::~~\ ~ ~~:~ ~~n~II~':wl~y !~~al: 1 '~~::rs:~~s that the stu. language department. U1elearning process In keeping with the "futl immersion" As of this year, the WMC I-F 641 students in favor of the Charter POmi~n~edme~:~~I~~~: su~:; dents achieves proficiency in the instruction team consists of Dr. Ci- principle, French is the only language Will be required, so all students are language through total immersion into polla and Dr. James Baran as master allowed to be spoken in the class- :£;;~~~:~:';J':,~~;"~;~:~;!::~:;':',~:,~~~i=~:~:g=~;;~~~:~: ~ s::~ap:ov~ officers: it. He or she uses it several hours a strongly encouraged to tak~ a r;:ute room. The use of English is a "cardi- who also Dr. Cobb, instructors. nal sin" according to student A-T Ken teaches full time, is on sabbatical this year. Six students serve as Appren- or comment. he or she must use tice Teachers (A-Ts), and four stu- Schaefer. If a student has a question most of the Change: being m~de t~ than mid-April. The date was meant to offer a gcxxl deal more dents serve as laboratory assistants French to say it. In tum. if the M-T clarify language. or e~ ~ ,au moved forward so ~t newIy_ exposure. or immersion, to the lan- According to Cipolla. "we are one comes across a word that the class "he's" win be changed to . sc:' elected officers will have a guage than the previouS three .hours 01the ....ery few small colleges to ha....e does not understand. he or she must referendum will be held =~::~~':ts' t~::S:;:c=~ :di~pe~;:n~~::~~ ~ chance to familiarize them- :~kih:C:~i:yt~o~=~a~~~r:~ developed and implemented. an in- relate it to words the students are been combined into one article. sel....es with their duties before language tensi....e program without a graduate already familiar with. In drill sessions, the A-Ts are its key Other noteworthy changes_from the taking office on the first of Another reason that added to the program to supply apprentice teach- . elements. tn lact, both the drill ses- :~:the new Constitutions are as r!a~ent ers. This is no small accomplish· conttnuMI to ". 7 mom" l__'~.~~~~~iti~~~O~f!~:e~&~~~"~- __ ~~~~~d~~~,~N~~~~~::,'~~~. ~