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April 27, 1989IWestern Maryland College/Page 3 Trustees committee discusses student issues By Erwin Gonzalez Joanne Goldwater spoke of the temity, also known as the Bache- to develop a model pledge program. andmemberofthePhiDeitaTheta necessity of awareness of racism lors. Last fall, they were found She mentioned that hopefully by the fraternity, expressed hisdismay at On Friday April 14, 1989. the on campus and the attempts of the guilty of hazing their pledges. As end of the semester the document the policy limiting 49 people to Student Affairs Committee! Board Residence Life staff to encourage part of their punishment they must will be complete. clubroom parties. especially since of Trustees conducted a structured cultural diversity. Resident assis- develop a model pledge program After these issues were raised, there are 54 active members of his open forum for all students and staff tants are required to plan and have for all Greeks to follow, before the time was alotted to conduct an open fraternity. He also wondered how in the Forum. The focus of this residents attend a cross-cultural end of this semester. discussion and permit student feed- student fines will be billed. forum was a review of issues and program every year. These pro- As a response to the hazing back. Each issue was tobediscussed Dean Sayre replied that stu- concerns in Student Life dwing the grams are one way of reaching a indictment. Frank Kratovil. a for no longer than 10 minutes so to dents will have two weeks to pay 1988-89 academic year. Thecom- substantial portion of the college member of the Phi Delta Theta allow equal time for every subject. the fine or it will be placed on the mittee meeting was attended by community. In conclusion. Dean fraternityandchainnanoftheludi- After the discussion, the final pres- their bill. All money from fines trustees and representatives from Cole stated she was "pleased at the cial Board of the Inter-Greek entation on W.M.C.·s Year of Serv- goes to the general fund which in various campus departments and college's response in rallying Council (IGC), is currently in- ice was to be offered so to allow the turn goes into the residence halls, student organizations. The follow- around the minority students last valved in reforming IGC by-laws. meeting to end on a good note. such as the PRIDE program. ing issues were presented: College fall," in order to havean effective way of The alcohol policy dominated Aletha Byrd, freshman stu- Alcohol Policy, Racial Incidents, The hazing presentation dealt dealing with such problems. Cindy muchoftheopenforumandnoother dent, questioned how single-sex Hazing and Pledging Reform. and with the hazing charges brought Zeiber.Assistanrdirector ofCollege concerns were allowed equal time. dorms will help the alcohol prob- W.M.C.'sYearofService, but Col- against the AlphaGammaTaufra- Activites, is helping the Bachelors Robert Zimmer, a resident assistant ~~~~~~~liCyr~mnedther- ~ ~ S_ee__Tr_u_s_tee__s_o_n_p_a~g_e_7-, "I t r bbing DeanPhilip Sayre gaveapres- wasn u ' entation on the role of the Student Affairs Office in addressing the itin-Ijust wanted , alcohol problem on the Western e Maryland Collegecampus. He also Eddi tokn expressed theooncemofthe faculty OW ~~;~~~~~~:Sl~:~~.:r the score of a handle on this problem." lastru'ght'sgame.~~ The beginning of the school year was marked with a sexual as- sault, one of many alcohol related incidents. This incident and others caused theS1udentAffairsOffice to take various steps to address the problem. Last October. Dean Sayre and college President Robert Chambers met with the Studein Government Association (SGA) to discuss alcohol policy, In mid-No- vember an alcohol forum was spon- sored in Alumni Hall, which 300- 400 students attended. Also in November of 1988, the Student Affairs Office took a survey of the alcohol policies and procedures of 15 collegeluniversity campuses in the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. In comparison to other college/university alcohol policies. Western Maryland College was shown to be in the middle of the Go ahead and gloat You can pack. in tenns of its alcohol policy rub it in all the way to Chicago with AT&T Long Distance Service. and procedure. It was neither the Besides, your best friend Eddie most stringent, nor the most lenient was the one who said your team Sayre supplied a list of planned could never win three straight. changes to the WMC conduct pol- So give him a call. It costs a icy. enforcement. and administra- lot less than you think to let him tion. Along with changes in the know who's headed for the Playoffs. current residence hall system, there Reach out and touch someone" will also be a stiffening of penalties If youti like to know more about for those who violate alcohol policy A1&Tproducts and services, like and other proscriptions of conduct. International Calling and the A1&T The penalties issued to students in Card, call us at 1 800 222·0300. violation of the policy will be more of a deterrent than the current penal- ties. The presentation on racial inci- dents was given next. Annette Ra- pley.arecentgraduateofWMCand Coordinator of Minority Affairs. stated. ''Racial incidents have al- ATlr..T ways been prevelent on the college The right choice. campus. Last fall they were promi- nent." She spoke of the positive work of the Black Student Union (BSU), such as a successful Racism March, sponsored earlier this year.