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CfCeR Ti100r SP''''iS Front page 20 Runners 19 Tennis 18 Lacrosse 17 Volume XIV, Number 9 Western Maryland College Damages Substance-free housing gives hurt Glar students alternatives on campus By GRANT RICE By CAMERON SPEIR meetings are critical to the success SlaffWrilu of the commission, "We've experienced damages WMC, under the direction of ''To say that the entire campus to napkin dispensers, our walls, our Dean of Student Affairs Philip has a drinking problem is foolish. carpets, and our tables," com- Sayre, has created a task force to But hopefully we can start a dis- mented Mary Roloff, manager of study alcohol abuse on campus. cussion on the responsible use of dining services on the trashing of The Presidential Commission alcohol through these meetings. certain areas of Glar. on Community Behavior and Al- We want to focus on how we can Damage has not been wide- cohol Use and Community Behav- make the community better." spread as one would assume, but ior was formed in December to In March, the commission will has continually occurred on the far examine the role of alcohol in cam- also distribute a survey to students. stage, the seating by the windows pus life and to study any problems The questionnaire includes various as you look into Gtar, These stu- resulting from it. questions on altitudes toward alco- dents who sit here have been con- Philip Sayre, Dean of Student hol and the effects of alcohol on fronted by Glar managers and Affairs and chairman of the com- academic performance. workers about damages yet they mission, says that the, task force's A statistics class will gather and deny any involvement or responsi- goal is to establish a dialogue arrange the data. bility. within the campus community and Dean Barb Horneff (formerly "Our mission was to provide to focus attention on the difference Disharoon), a member of the com- easy access to napkins, food ...and between responsible and irrespon- mission, says that alcohol is no a clean environment to dine in," sible consumption of alcohol. more of a problem at Western Roloff commented. According to the commission's Maryland that at any other college. Yet the students have damaged mission statement, "prohibition or However, because of an in- the new napkin dispensers regard- required abstinence ... and merely creasing number of students who less of the money it took to imple- toughening rules and/or enforce- complain about excessive drinking ment their availability on every ment" is not going to be a major that is affecting their studies or so- table. The dispensers costs $16 part of commission's study. ciallife, the commission is consid- each and are not likely to be re- Instead, it will take a "student- ering substance-free housing. placed if they are destroyed. centered approach" in which the The problem, according to Dr. Ethan Seidel agreed with commission will gather informa- Dean Disharoon, is that Rouzer and Roloff stating, ''The hope [of the tion, attitudes and opinions. Whiteford are already technically new Glar design] was to get away The commission, which is dry. from its cafeteria feel and improve made up of nine faculty, staff and "We know that they're not dry its atmosphere." administration, six students and MEGHANJOYCE [in reality], so the question be- The walls and new carpet have one alumna, will meet over the next Substance-free housing seeks to give students an alternative to hal/ways comes how we can make arrange- continually been soiled by food, month to get input and suggestions that may look like this after the weekend. ments for those students who want which will hurt Gtar in the long run. from students. groups. These groups are drawn lions, Christian Fellowship, the substance-free housing." Continued on page 7 They will conduct about from every campus social organi- Honors Program and SGA. Homeff also says that the com- twenty-five sessions with focus zation, including Greek organiza- According to Dean Sayre, these Continued on page 5 New registration process eliminates camping out By AMY HANNA cific times to individually register students to register in the StajfWriler for their classes. These appoint- Registrar's Office (First Floor, Beginning this semester, a new ments will be based on students' Elderdice). registration process will be imple- cumulative number of credits If students are unable to make mented which will save waiting and earned, and will be scheduled their appointments. they are urged frustration. around their current classes. Continued on page 5 In the past, students opted to Former Registrar Barb camp outside Decker due to the fact (Disharoon) Horneff noted that, Inside that the registration process is on a "you always need to change for the Letters to the editor 2 first come first serve basis. better;" this is exactly what the At this year's camp out unsuc- Registrar'S Office is attempting. L&K 3 cessful numbering systems were Scheduling of times will be ev- Dole for MD? .4 attempted for the long lines of stu- ery 15 minutes; beginning at 7 am. New affinity group 5 dents; yet this seemed to cause even each day. Women's History 6 more aggravations as people Registration for the Fall 1996 Westminster Choir 7 jumped line, or refused to recognize Semester starts in the Forum on the numbering's validity. Tuesday, April 16 with upcoming RA evaluation 8 So, this year, the Registrar's Seniors and winds up the rest of the Deep Blue Something .. 11 Office has created what they think week with Juniors on Wednesday Dr. Colyer 12 COURTESY OF BARB DISHAROON HORNEFP The new registration process will elimin~te the traditional camp outs that to be a more fair system. and Sophomores on Thursday. Fri- Coffee House 14 first year students do to gain a place in line. Students will be assigned spe- day will be an "open day" for any