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Page 2 Western Maryland College Dorm Life Mandatory -......,.-.-_-_--. RESIDENCE, from Page I Hood, and Franklin and Marshall, Sayre said. Other planned changes in the The sixties were very good to some people. To me, they residence halls, according to were very confusing. My journey toward enlightenment Sayre, include the installation of began in Mrs. Whooten's kindergarten class of '69 in a security screens on the ground tranquil environment. accessible windows of White- That environment was shattered by graphic pictures of ford Hall. The windows are protest and violence. During these early years, 1 did not unremovable from the outside understand what a protest was. When the media showed and knife-proof. However, the crowds of protesters, I thought that big cities were so over- screen can be released from the populated that they could house only a fraction of their inside in cascoffirc. citizens. Sayre also said that Greek As the seventies unfolded, and the media destroyed my organizations will no longer be perceptual screen, it became evident that the crowds on required to have 100% of their television weren't homeless people, but instead had organized membership live on their desig- to attain power for their causes through numbers. nated residence hall floors. The Thus.I entered the Christmas season of '72 more informed requirement is now 80%. Also,; about the world. And, as I watched Christmas programs, 1was Greek floors are being offered i: crime committed against children the opportunity to repair all hall ~ stunned by the outrageous in "Santa Claus is coming to town" damage themselves. '2 That movie documents Santa's decision tostop giving toys Thecollegc is atso taking two ~ 365 days a year and, gct this, to adopt a one-day-a-year of the Pennsylvania Avenue " ;:~~~~~~~~~~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~ schedule. The chilcrcnonhe time were passive; they let Santa ::s~~~~~~~~~~~~e~~~;:~eu~i~ P~i1ip R. Sayre, Dean of S.t~dent Affairs, said t~at exceptions act withoutasingle voice inopposition. This was an enormous . ... ,Will be made for non-traditional students, marr-ied students, mistake. privatcindividuals.Sayre said.O and students living with their parents nearby. I can only assume that the original victims grew up to realize thcir mistake and missed opportunity. As adults, they Focus on a Student: Shanahan and Lee were so embarrassed that they suppressed their children's notions of protesting the change. Michael Kubacki "Boontes'' when he "saw the campus in McDaniel, but he The succession of inaction and suppression has fed upon This weeks focus is on Mike police chasing a moose out of decided to live off campus after- itself for hundreds of years. In '72 1declared that the time for Shanahan and M ichael Lee, who town, but everyone at the gas wards because he disliked hav- action had come, that it was the duty of every child to unite and both had the experience of at- station 1 was at acted as though ing 10 deal with a residence assi- bring Santa to his knees, to force him to address our grievance tending large schools before this was an everyday occur- taru, "it is real difficult for me with the one-day-a-year policy. coming 10 Western Maryland rence." listening to someone three years Ineffective, I stood alone as a single voice against the College. Shanahan and Lee are During his four years here, younger than me telling me todo world. Ineeded help; Ineeded a forum to rally support for the both six year seniors from Shanahan has played lacrosse, something." cause. Now, voila, Ihavea forum, and you my fellow students Stamtord.Ct.andkumpton.toj., soccer, and hockey, while Lee Lee likes living off campus have the skills of organization that can catapult our cause to respectively. has played golf during his three where he shares an apartment the forefront of the global agenda. Together we can mobilize Shanahan first went to the years at WMC. with Shanahan because "you can our fellow victims in high school and grade school. Our goal University of Maine, where he Shanahan, a sociology ma- do whatever you want without will be to gain the support of the adult business world. played lacrosse and soccer, but jor, came to WMC because of worrying about the administra- We don't want to alienate the adult population; they were he disliked it. He says, "it was the small environment. "I like tion." children tooand should be embarrassed by their own inaction, too big, and during my first the class size, and it seemed like Lee, referring to Shanahan's but we need to assimilate them into our common cause. In economics class, there were 850 everyone knew each other," says love of smelling like he is on the today's high-tech, overpopulated world, Santa has to supple- people in it, and there wasn't Shanahan. playing field,jokingly points out ment his toy supply through manufacturers and retailers. By even a professor-just a tape re- Lee, a history major, likes "living with Mr. Shanahan, you cutting Santa's supplies we can threaten to destroy his credi- eorder; and at registration they WMC because, "you can dowhat don't ever have to wait for a bility. His image, that has been hundreds of years in the asked for your number, and not you wanton campus inthe realms shower." making, will be endangered. He will be forced to negotiate. your name." ofdescency." Lee, during the month of To gain the support of the business world, our coalition can Lee experienced the same "I feel the teachers here care April, helps out mentally retarded See BUZZ, Pg. 8 Col. 1 problems during his first year of about the students as an individ- children at the Maryland Tour- college at East Carolina. "That ual, whereas at other schools 1 nament of Champions, whieh is school was too big,and it had too felt just like a number," says a smaller version of the Special many people who listened to Lee. Olympics. Lee says he does this Country Music- if you know Lee Iived one semester on See STUDENT, Pg. 8 Col. 3 what 1mean," recalls Lee. Lee recalls that "they had t Lee also disliked his second school, Lynchburg College, Feeling Alone? because"it was toostrict.as Ierry -,J No one to discuss your feelings with? Falwell had too much influence if you were an upperclassman." ,,'1 '~I Confidential help is only a phone call away. 140 EAST MAIN STREET WESTMINSTER. 876-830 in it," says Lee. 21157 MD -ffji'~ ,~ 848-2844 ,.r,-·/A. SeN''''' INDIVIDUAL/GRQUPCOUNSEUNG visiunion hours inall dorms, even Services ProvUfes:f (~ 0 CRISIS COUNSELING The deciding factor in leav- /i - ~4~O~~~~~'~~UP NOW FORMING QUALITY RESUMES QUICK PRINT RESUMES ing Maine, according to Sha- I 1, ACCOMPA.NIMENTTOPOLlCE.COURT.HOSPITAL TYPESETTING WORD PROCESSING INFORlv1ATlON PRESENTATIONS nahan, was "being inthe Boonics A~ cournellng and support services ore free BOOKS MANUAlS at Maine, there was nothing to BUSINESS FORMS ANNUAL REPORTS do, but here at WMC, if the TWO AND FOUR COlDR BROCHURES campus gets onyour nerves, there Sanu 'Day St.rvia On Quic.(Print Orders are other alternatives, like going Pick Up And DEliVEry ServicE AvailablE to Baltimore or visiting other 21 '}ears of st.rving tlie community schools." Shanahan knew he was in the