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October 3, 19851We.tem Maryland CollegeIPage 3 Vice-President appointed Cole encourages for college relations housing creativity President Robert H. Cham- Wahlen thinks that the "fam- by Stefani Call bers has announced the ap- ily feeling" at the college can pointment of Walter L, Wahlen help us establish a "stronger as the vice president for col- presence in Baltimore and Looking forward to a pro- lege relations. Washington" by, for instance, ductive year, Charlene Cole, The former vice president "looking for ways that our the new Associate Dean of for development and college alumni can provide more Student Affairs, says, "I .think relations at Rider College in meaningful assistance to our that the students can expect Lawrenceville, New Jersey, admissions effort." me to be fair and open- Wahlen lists his single most The former YMCA, Mercer minded." satisfying achievement at Medical Center, and Rotary Cole, originally from Pitts- Rider as managing the public Club board member is a burgh, PA, obtained her relations aspects of Rider's "strong believer that the aca- bachelor's degree at Oberlin relocation from downtown demic world should be in- College in Ohio, received her Trenton to its present subur- volved in the community." law degree at the University ban campus. It was a move A broader view to the out- of Pittsburgh, and is now a that entailed transforming side world is reflected in the member of the Pennsylvania Rider's image from that of a renaming of WMC's Develop- State Bar Association. She small business college to one ment Division to the division believes that her legal back- IJ••• II! of a respected, multi-purpose of College Relations. ground will aid her at WMC, •••• institution of higher learning "The word development explaining, "I try to be fair During a 35-year profes- identifies strongly with fund- sional association with Rider, raising, and that's too narrow ~~~aln~i~~~ ~~P~~~jS~~s.eer- Associate Dean of Wahlen was a visible and an Walter L. Wahlen, a focus for the goals of this In student affairs since Students Dr. Char- influential spokesperson for Vice president for division," Wahlen says. "Col- 1978, Cole has held several ' his alma mater, establishing a College Relations lege Relations connotes the positions at other institutions. lene Cole reputation as a popular toast- much broader concept of Her first job, at the Unive~sity to institute it here. Cole would master known for his deft 56-year-old Long Island na- friend raising -- with all of of .Pittsburgh, was as judlc!al also like to improve the sum- humor. He was also actively tive has been particularly im- WMC's external publics. And o~l~er. Here she handled ~\s- mer orientation program in involved in community affairs pressed with "the sense of that will be our primary thrust. clpllne and gave legal advice order to retain more students and received many honors for warmth and openness that "I firmly believe," Wahlen to the vice-chancellor on stu- and to make them "happier." outstanding citizenship, in- everyone has toward the col- says, "that if the college ful- dent and housing Issues As Director of Office of cluding the Distinguished lege and toward each other." fills its mission properly, it will In 1981 Cole continued Resident Life, Cole intends to Service Award as one of live "There isn't any sharp divi- attract good and loyal friends, work as a judicial officer at introduce several ideas. "I Outstanding Young Men in sian between faculty and ad- who in turn will provide de- Florida State University where would like to see creativity in New Jersey ministration," he says "We're serving financial support for she was promoted in 1983 to housing," she says. One pos- At Western Maryland the all working together." worthy purposes." Assistant Dean of Stud~nts In sible option would be "inter- this position,. she again han- est housing" where people of died .discipline as well as similar pursuits are placed New 10 card system minority student affairs and together. A group of student . writers, for example, might be the Greek council. .- upgrades meal services sity, Cole comes to WMC to floor. From Florida State Unlver- assigned to the same dorm take on the responsibilit.ie~ of Working previously in large student orientation, discipline. institutions has not affected and resident life. Cole's perception of WMC At WMC, Cole wants to She likes to compare it to her A similar policy will be used and Senior Librarian, believes move toward a "peer-body alma mater, Oberlin, insisting by Leo Ryan at social functions in the that the new I.D.'s "will make concept," where students ac- that getting used to the larger Forum and the Gold Room. it easier to trace who has a tively participate in all major schools was difficult. "I have VAll-DINE is the new stu- Yeager says that one of the particular book." Students will decisions. She has success- a small school perspective," dent 1.0. card system at WMC best things about the new no longer "sign out" books at fully employed this approach Cole says. "I enjoy being "plated" ~============::::::::::::===~ this, year. It's high tech, cost card is that they "can't be the library. Instead, library at other colleges and hopes back." efficient, and expandable. altered" This will free the cards will be - Mr. Dan Yeager, director of college from many of the much as credit cards are,.... food services, was instrumen- legal complications involved ~Iat!~~ i~h~ep~t~~:~:.:t~r~s Spin~t-Console._Bano tal in implementing the sys- in serving minors. I tem. He explains that when a In light of this new policy, ca~~~ new system was irnple- Wanted: Responsible party to take over student's card is punched an interesting question con- into the scanning machine in cerning the future of beer at ~e~~eed~~~~~ f~~tetobe~:r~ low .monthly payments on spinet piano. the dining hall, the number the Pub is raised. Philip encoded in the card's mag- Sayre, Dean of Student Af- maintain the cost of the meal Can be seen Locally. Write Credit netic strip goes directly to a fairs, explains tht last fall 46 ~~:~~n~u~h~n~A~~_ci~~Err:~~Manager: central processing unit (CPU), per cent of the student body where the student's file is was "legal" This fall, less chosen over other services accessed. The CPU deter- than 20 per cent are so, ~~t~~a~~aiSp;~urfsg~~~a~~~'~ Fiedens, PA 15541 P. O. Box 33 mines whether the student is although that number will in- on the meal plan and whether crease to 32 per cent by the muters and students who live ~~iiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiii:=========l or not he has already eaten middle of the spring semes- in the Garden Apartment:" are that meal. The diversity of this ter. Could this mean the end possible through the VALI- - 's new system enables it to of beer in the Pub? Dean ~7~a~j~t~on~sa~~esuSfo~f i~~~~ marla Help DINE system. Another intrigu- access not only a student's Sayre says "no." "This ques- Wanted meal plan, but his date of tion has arisen many times of Westminster birth as well. The Pub, the before," he says, "and each access. Forum, the Gold Room - time we decided that we Lost or damaged cards will formerly the old weight room should not get rid of beer at f~r ~~~e ~~~~~~ Pizza and Submakers _ and the library have all the Pub. There will always be ~~arri~~i~~ been equipped to use the one class that is eligible to ~~rd~,es~tug~~~:C~r~h:nc~~~ Flexible Hours new system. drink, and it is not fair to The Pub, for instance, will penalize them." ~~~dds~ea~v~~ ~a~~yg ~~~~ Maria's 848-5666 or 876-2611 use the system to determine Dr. Margaret Denman-West, netic devices L __::..__ _...l who is of legal drinking age. director of Public Services