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SurvivalTelephoneDirectory- Pg.8 THE PHOENIX Freshmen: 'Get Involved' By JENNIFER HILL at WMC? Business administra- Slqff1ll.PC"" tion major, Laura Machlan, "Get involved and stay open- wishes she had gotten involved minded," in more extracurricular activi- These are the two most im- ties earlier. "I just recently real- portant pieces of advice last ized all that I missed out on. year's graduated seniors bad for Now I'm involved in my soror- incoming freshmen. ity, SGA, the list goes on and Eigbt members of the class on. Being involved really of 1992 were asked in an inter- makes a difference," she said. view last April toreflect on their Eric Frees wishes be had past four years at Western passed the algebra part of the Maryland College. While remi- Math Proficiency test earlier. niscing about their own college "This is not something J need to experiences, they had a lot of be worrying about my senior advice for new students. year," be said. Mary Beth Craig, a biology/ Almost all of the seniors in- On September 3, the class of 1996 rang in the new school year during orientation, thus chemistry major, said she would terviewed said that they would beginning their four year college career at Western Maryland College. tell freshmen not to limit them- definitely encourage someone selves. "Get to know lots of WMC, if be or she was looking for a small, liberal arts college. people and spread yourself Frank Hurninski, a communica- Trip to Caribbean Planned; around," she said. Jonelle Leith agreed. She tions/theater major would not Students to help Puerto Rico through projects. believes she became more lib- recommend WMC to everyone, eral at WMC and is more will- tbougb. "The majors are very BY SUSAN GLORE group by their hosts. December 2. ing to accept change now. This general. If they know for sure c~"8W'; .. , The approximate cost for the Leaders for the trip are Susan biology major hopes that in- they want liberal arts then, sure, For ten days during Jan.- trip will be $1300 and will in- Glore (x243) and Rev. Mark coming freshmen will "take in Ed tell them 10 come here," be Term in 1993, a Volunteer Ser- clude air fare, inland travel, Lancaster (x560). If you are in- as many things as you can," said. vice Trip is planned for students food and lodging costs. For terested in obtaining more infor- Matthew Ballard and Shan- Ken Werley, a communica- of the Western Maryland Col- those participating in the trip, mation or want an application non Trone think that learning tions major, said be would rec- lege Community to Puerto Rico. there will be several group for the trip, call either Glore or bow to manage time is the most ommend WMC. "The faculty is The purposes of the trip are building sessions over the fall of Lancaster as soon as possible. important thing freshmen so friendly and you can get to to provide students with mean- 1992, including one camping Academic credit may be ob- should know as they enter know your professors person- ingful experiences among tbe weekend November 13-15. All tained through internships with WMC. ally. They pusb you to learn," poor of developing countries participants will be expected to a variety of professors on cam- What is the one thing they he said. and for participants to provide attend these. Evening meetings pus. The trip is planned for wish they bad done differently See REFL£CT1OIIS, p~ 5 CoI.l labor for projects given to the will be beld on October 17 and January 13-22. 0 Campus Safety Publishes Crime Statistics; WMC hopes to avoid tragedy on campus by crime and safety awareness. cbanged the way colleges across the the campus security annually from Sep- According to the booklet, no mur- country. including WMC, published in- tember 1992 on to all students and em- ders, robberies, or motor vebicle thefts Late on the night of April 5, 1986 cidents and viewed the role of campus ployees. were reported from 1989-91. In 1991 Jeanne Anne Cleary was brutally raped safety. The act also altered the Buckley there was one reported rape and the bur- and murdered in her dorm room at Jeanne's murderer was able to enter Amendment whicb previously kept col- glaries decreased from eight in 1989 to Lehigh University by a fellow student. her dorm because students stuffed tis- leges from telling victims the results of one in 1991. There was one arrest for This incident eventually triggered the sues into the locks and propped doors disciplinary procedures against the al- drug abuse in 1991 and there was a de- federal Student Right to Krww Act that open. Her parents thougbt tbat the leged perpetrators. Now colleges can-, crease from 59 to 38 larcenies (theft school's safety department had failed to tell victims the results of discipline bear- without force) in from 1989-91. Statis- adequately warn students of safety haz- ings. tics on tbe crime rates for the City of ards such as door propping, statis- Westminster were also included in tics of crime, and tbe policies of the booklet. the safety department. Jeanne's murderer was able to en· This is the first time the school has The Clearys made it their per- published its crime statistics. Ac- sonal mission to make students ter he, dorm because students cording to Webster, the safety de- more aware of crime on campus. stuffed tissues into the locks and partment bas been collecting data They started Crime on Campus a propped doors open. for statistics for the booklet for foundation wbicb lobbied for state three years. Before then there was and national reforms. no kind of systematic statistics of On the Pbil Donahue Show in 1989, Working Together for a Safe Campus crimes on campus. Mrs. Cleary said, "The schools are try- booklet written by Michael Webster, di- Lamas said that be made the statistics ~ ing to bide tbe number of incidents. We rector of Campus Safety, and the Asso- available to the college community be- ~ want. .. colleges to care about the kids ciate Dean of Students Frank Lamas fore this year. During one of last year's 'i! rather than the buildings and dollars." was prompted by this act. The booklet Board of Trustees meeting, be told the i Because of tbeir efforts The Campus includes campus safety and awareness trustees about the statistics. He said be ~ Crime Awareness and Campus Security policies, safety tips, and information on also told The Phoenix about the statistics ~===:======== If Act, contained with the Studeru RigJu 10 bow to report crimes. It was sent to all last year. "I've been trying to get The the students and employees passed in 1990. It requires all KMwAct, through the Phoenix to do on article on this informa- colleges and universities to distribute school mail system before school tion but they've not taken me up on it policies and certain crime statistics from &tarted •. _ See ST ATISnCS, PG. 2 COL. 3