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Terrors Fall Short of #1 Spot-Story on Page 6 THE PHOENIX Volume XI, Number 7 Western Maryland College November 29, 1990 Open Forum Planned; Council Discusses Petition By Jenn Scott 1)The three studentand three the administration. Greg Ch- class of 1992, agreed. tober and February meetings of After several meetings be- faculty representatives on the erundolo, president of the Stu- On the second issue: faculty . the Board,accordingtoCoving- tween students, faculty, and Board of Trustees should each dent Government Association, representatives are already ton. administrators, the Student have one vote in all Board deci- supported Seidel's position. elected, according to Seidel. Dr. Robert Chambers, presi- GovernmentAssociation(SGA) sions. Dr. Francis Fennell, profes- Cherundolo stated that student dent of the college, was cynical has set up an Open Forum. The 2) Student and faculty repre- sorof education,said in rebuttal representatives are appointed, about student interest in the student petition (see below) is sentatives should be elected that a vote would be a powerful but added that he did not want Board of Trustees. "If the stu- the top issue expected to be rather than appointed. symbol. the Student Government Asso- dentsgaveadamn,they'dcome," addressed. 3) Board meetings should be Tom Quirk of the Political ciation to give up that power. he said. The Forum is scheduled to be open to all students and the stu- Action Coalition (PAC), Pat Seidel noted that the SGA Pat Blackman said in defense held in Alumni Hall on Novem- dent press. Blackman and Meeghan should develop a means to re- that the college may be geared ber 29, at 7:00 p.m. In discussing the Iirstrequcst, Ziolkowski, both of the Student place student representatives towarddisinterestinstudentself- Al the All-College Council Dr. Ethan Seidel, professor of Environmental Action Coalition whodonotfulfilltheirposition's government, saying, "Apathy (ACC) meeting on November economics.saidthata vote would (SEAC), and Andrea Coving- obligations. can be created by institutions 12, discussion centered on the be unnecessary and that repre- ton, the student representative to Student representative atten- and structures." petition's first three requests: sentatives should work through the Board of Trustees for the dance was a problem at the Oc- See ACC, Pg. S, Col. 1 Cult Expert Discusses Mind Control Tactics By Andreas Wood Hospital and is an advisor to the Destructive cults can quickly F.B.I. and many national and ensnare anyone without even international law enforcement being noticed, said a .leading groups. He outlined four differ- expert on cultism and mind ent categories of cults. control at a Western Maryland One of theseis political cults, CollegelectureonNovember 12. which are made up of organiza- The "Rev. Michael G. Rokos, tions such as the Aryan Nation the former president of the Cult and theLyndon LaRouchegroup. Awareness Network, spoke to Economic cults, operating approximately 100 students, largely on college campuses, faculty, and townspeople at the offer unbelieveable "money- college's McDaniel Hall. Ac- making"opportunitiesorexpen- ~ cording to Rokos, recognizing sive "self-help" seminars. ~ the tactics that these groups use Therapeutic cults often in- ~ in recruiting and ensnaring vclve a psychotherapist taking ~ members is crucial since they ove the lives of his or her pa- if=---'::-:---:-=:7'~~~~~~~~I11!!11~~~~~~~~==~ are constantly changing their tients. However, the most seri- Barry (Marshall Price) gives Pat (Steve Zumbrun) a rude awakening as Mary Theresa (Jennifer names. ousculticorganizations,accord- Dean) looks on spitefully. Rokos works in the Depart- ing to Rokos, are the religious ment of Disassocianon Person- ones. "If you are going to start a Playthings Uneven but Memorable ;:a1.::ity:..;D.::is.::o..:nI.;.,,_sa_tS_h..;ep~p_"'_dPra_t_t__ S_e_oC_U_L_T_S..;'P_;g;_,S_C_0_L...,3 Oy Pat Blackman The small stage and surrounding gives theplaystrengthand makes ThelastthingIexpected when Student Petition I went to see WMC Theatre's seating easily allows the audi- it vulnerable. such a point of ence to engage The first act is quite original; production of Wendy view. Idon't think I've ever seen any- Thefotlowing is a complete ingof a particular image of this Ruderman's two-act Playthings The characters are not realis- thing quite like it, and Ifound it copy 0/ the petition being cir- institution; was to be part of asmall group of tic in any external sense, nor do refreshing. Weare introduced to culated by the Political Action Whereas student tuition in- audience members being led into I think they were meant to be. the four characters: the aspiring Coalition: come keeps this institution run- a nine-seat by three-seat closed Instead, they are each a sort of writer, Pat (played by Steve ning, yet is used to further the box. Iwas feeling a bit claustro- fractional person; each a portion We, the undersigned stu- goal of marketing this institu- phobic until I realized that our of inner humanity rather than an Zumbrun); the neurotic, passive Cov- dents, declare the following tion at the expense of programs box wasoneoffour surrounding outwardly identifiable stere- caretaker Frances (Chris Freudian ell); the Catholic/Jew grievances and make the fol- which would benefit the stu- the stage in a square, and that the otypical role. Though each spiritualist Mary Theresa (Jen- lowing requests: dents as learners and human front of each box opened onto character fits some stereotype in nifer Dean); and the father-pleas- Whereas the administration beings; the setlike some sortof observa- of WMC makes decisions and Whereas WMC studenttui- tion cubicle in a laboratory. a sense, their stereotypes are ingcareer seeker Barry (Marshall undertakes projects which di- tion is outrageously high, is The physical arrangement of made a mockery by the revela- Price). One can imagine even rectly affect the students with- rising at a rate higher than in- tion of each one's inner life. If without seeing the play the in- out adequately consulting and flation, is higher that that of this understage production corn- The Breakfast Club was a gentle herent strangeness of placing informing the student body; other institutions of equal or plemented the mood of the ac- journey from stereotypes to real these characters together in a tion very well. As student play- inner life, then Playthings is The Whereas this administration greater comparison, and is al- college library. does not have the interests of located without therepresenta- wright Ruderman notes, "the Breakfast Club on LSD! As the characters interact it the students as its highest pri- tion of a student vote; characters in Plaything sare play- Most of the play is steeped in becomes clear that they are each ority, but rather makes its first Whereas student rights are things. They are puppets in a the tension between outer and incomplete and searching for priority me marketing and sbap- See PETITION, Pg. 3 Col. 3 puppetshowwiththeiremotions inner reality. and the "on the wholeness in one thing or an- and feelings pulling the strings." edge" feeling it creates at once See THEATRE, Pg. 2 Col. 1