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INSIDE: Focus On Student •.......page 2 EditoriaIM.~M page 4 Wtst Side Story page 10 Glar Waste page 12 Volume X Number 10 Western Maryland College March 15, 1990 Coaches Step Emergency Attention Down Delayed To Student by Steve Harlan demic Affairs. During a March 6 press con- The moves are the result of ference, Scott E. Deitch of the the college's decision, approved by Andrea Covington Sports Infonnation Office an- by the Board of Trustees at its OnuenigbtorSarurday.Peb- nounced several changes in the February meeting. to reduce the mary 17, a resident student had a physical education/athletics staff. teaching load of full-time faculty medical emergency. yet the call Deitch was joined by Dr. members from four to three for an ambulance was delayed for twenty minutes. The delay was caused when the professional residence life staffperson on duty sought per- mission to call for an ambulance. ButOr. DanielWelliver, who is affiliated with Student Health Services, had left instructions with the professional staffperson that afternoon to get the student to the emergency room if problems arose. While the student's nameand condition are not being printed in respect for privacy, the student's illness was serious enough to require immediate attention at an emergency room. The staffperson, Kristen Albert, Residence Life Coordina- tor of Whiteford Hall, said that getting permission the second time was probably unnecessary. "Maybe that's the curse of being new," she said. Albert became an R.L.C. in January. Joanne Goldwater, Assistant the emergency. that the emergency medical pro- tor, Dr.Carol+ruz.associeteaio- DirectorofResidenceLife, is sat- Goldwater said that any sur- cedure used by all residence life letic director; and Dr. Leroy isfied with Albert's handling of dent can call an ambulance, but Continued on page 3 Panek, Assistant Dean of Aca- Sidelights: by Andrea Covington A fire broke out on the third Iloor of Blanche Ward Hall on Which Black History Month event did Thursday, March 8, at approxi- you enjoy the most? mately 9:00 p.m. . The fire was confined to one • "RlghtThlng' room, reportedly 306, and is cur- II eoscet.xcnee 1m orere sest rently under investigation. ~ Victor r-creer The Department of Campus o serttce eerrv Safety called 911 at 8:59 p.m., • uo crere-erce and fire engines from westmin- ster Fire Department responded by 9:02 p.m., according to M.A. Sprout of Campus Safety. Fire engines from Reese, Pleasant Valley, and Manchester FireDeparunents,aswellasGlyn- don Valley Fire Departmemfrom Baltimore County arrived soon Thatfire was aresultof arson 10% after, according to aflreflghteron set by a Campus Security officer, Sample Size: 223 Source: Phoenix the scene. who was later arrested and con- Witnesses could see flames tensive damage from a fire on victed in the case.