Page 65 - ThePhoenix1988-89

Inside: Sports- pages 6,7 Sixty Seconds- page 5 News InBrief- page 5 Western Maryland College March 9, 1989 PRIDE to reduce hall damages damage alone. Common damage By Brian Paneltlere includes halls, corridors, bath- PRIDE may be the key to re- rooms, and lounges. Room dam- ducing hall damages, and in tWTI ages are not included in these bill- student damage charges if all goes ings. as the Student Affairs Office hopes. Goldwater further explained PRIDE (providing Respon- that some floors drastically re- sible Incentives for Damage Elimi- duced their damages, while others nation) will beemployed from now went really wild. Her statistics on when damage billings are being show that this year's highest dam- calculated. Joanne Goldwater, age billing goes to Blanche, once again. Whiteford,however,ranksa Assistant Director of Student Af- close second. fairs, explained that the program has a three tier design which pro-- Floor damage rankings have vides an incentive for residents of also been determined. This year's floors to keep damages minimal. number one ranking in floor dam- Rafael Lacayo, Andreas Wood, and Christina M. Covell are The first tier provides for age belongs to McDaniel 2nd floor. among the cast In Eugene 0' Neil'S The Hairy Ape. damage amounts of $0-$150. The number two is Whiteford 2nd. Under this new program. a floor The number three ranking goes to four goes to Whiteford 4th. Last Mreceives national charter with this amount of damage would McDaniel 4th. And the number not be billed. and would receive an award. One idea, explained Joanne Goldwater, Assistant year's record breaker, Blanche By Mimi Kldeckel Goldwater, is to give the floor a Director ofStudent Affairs 2nd, did not even rankin the top 10. The Phi Alpha Colony of the Phi Mu Fraternity was installed as the special dinner in the President's Goldwater also explained that Phi Alpha Chapter on February 25. Dining Room. or possibly a cash of different infractions which oc- Student Affairs deals with the Berorc that time, they had existed as the sorority of Delta Sigma award. cur. The releasing of fire extin- problems of damages as well as Kappa, which was the oldest sorority on the Hill. According to president entering the costs into the com- The second tier of the PRIDE guishers is the most popular and the Heather Willever, after weighing the pros and cons of going national, the program is for damages between most expensive form of vandalism. puter. Prices for thesedamages are sisters of Delta Sigma Kappa decided it could only be advantageous to $151 and $300. If damages fall Goldwater said that this problem is ultimately determined by the them. within this range, the floor simply by far the most serious and sensi- Physical Plant and the school's After reviewing all the national women's organizations who gave would not be charged. tive because of me ramifications in Budget Committee. The school presentations on campus, the Delts decided that Phi Mu possessed all the The third tier, $301 and up, case of fire. The consequences to does not have the money to spend qualities that they valued. On March 29,1987, Delta Sigma Kappa was would result in payment of the full thisoffensearea$150fineandpos- on student infractions and must, colonized by Phi Mu. Since that time, they had been working hard to amount. The ultimate goal of this sible suspension. Holes in the dry- therefore, find an appropriate prepare for their chapter installation. program is to promote a clean, safe, wall are the second most popular, means of financing these damages. "In order to be installed as a chapter, we needed to increase our and enthusiastic environment for with broken windows running a Goldwater added that the student membership, which we have done. National has been very excited to see living and leaming. cJosethird. handbook explains the responsibil- us growing so strong," said vice-president Jill All Hall damage has been a com- Residence Hall damages from ity of student actions in detail. Other long tenn preparations included becoming familiar with Phi mon problem at WMC. according last semester are going to cost stu- toGoldwater. Thereareanumber dents at least $15,000 in common Continued on page 3 Sidelights: 12 WMC Alumni return to speak on volunteerism By Ellen Marth/Debra literacy, and education in the Due to the recent plane disasters Rayne Puerto Rican village of San Nar- On March 13 at 7 p.m., twelve ciso. would you... WMC alumni will be back on 'Iheotherkeynctespeakerwill campus for a reunion, but the pur- be John Springer, classof'81, who will speak on careers in the non- pose of this meeting is not just to profit sector. At college, Springer reminisce about past extracurricu- 100 lar activities and classes. These learned to work for peace and jus- tice. He says, "At Western Mary- ... 80 former students have a deeper pw:- land, I found socially aware people to speak with stu- pose in mind; .. dents about volunteerism and work like Ira Zepp, Bob Sapora, the !I. '0 Palmers (Del and Nancy) and Bi!1 in the non-profit sector. ~ 60 Oneofthe alumni, David Car- Tribby. They helped me to find a way to implement my ideas." ... e rasco, class of '67, will be flying in Now director of the Baltimore from Colorado to give the first of Jl 40 Chapter of Clergy and Laity Con- VI two keynote talks. According to cerned, a national interfaith organi- WMC Professor Ira Zepp, Car- zation, Springer is still upholding '" :E: 20 rasco is "the North American ex- John Springer '81, Director peace and justice issues. CALC's )0 penon Aztec religion." AtWMC, of the Baltimore Chapter of Carrasco was instrumental Inlead- Clergy and latty Concerned major interests include opposing apartheid in South Africa, and dis- Stop flying Fly anyway Travel by other ing the Student Opportunities Colorado, he was crucial in creat- crimination in Baltimore, provid- means Services, the campus version of the ing a library as well as community Peace Corps. Nowareligiousstud- dcvelopmem programs in health, Continued on page 3 ouree: Phoenix Sample Size: 185 ies professor at the University of . \'