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Front page.. . 20 Runners .. ......... 19 Tennis ... .......... 18 Lacrosse .. ...... 17 Volume XIV, Number 10 Western Marytand Col/ege Thursday, April 11, 1996 Graduating with Calling cards illegal at WM C honors to change Compared to WMC-TD prices, calling cards rip you off! tion of the All College Council and By HEATHER REf:SE By KELLY A. FITZGERALD ComrihlllingWriler the Admissions and Standards Staff Writer Would you like to graduate Committee by Mulhern and bio- When you apply for a long dis- from WMC with highest "general chemistry major Sherrie Bermel, tance calling card while living on honors,'''Summa Cum Laude? the issue is currently being revis- campus, did you know that you can Depending on considerations ited as a request by Provost Dean not use your school number as your by the Admissions and Standards Coley. base account number? Committee, this may be an unat- According to Assistant Dean of Not all students are aware of tainable goal for future graduating Academic Affairs Dr. Henry Reiff, this school policy; however, it is seniors with less than a 4.0 OPA. the committee is "seriously consid- spelled out in the agreement we Currently, general honors at ering the present system" before a sign with telecommunications ev- graduation and Dean's List distinc- definite alteration is made. ery year. The policy is listed un- tions per semester are on the same Though the scale could be der "Collect calls, Third party calls scale. Summa Cum Laude (high- bumped down to 3.75, 3.5, and or credit cards assigned to WMC est honors) is 3,8-4.0, Magna Cum 3.25 as the dividing points, Reiff phone numbers" in the pamphlet Laude (high honors) is 3.6-3.79, mentioned the importance of a that is sent out to students attend- and Cum Laude (honors) is 3.4- scale that is "student friendly with- ingWMC. 3.59. out lowering standards." This section states: "Students Based 011 the five-course load While Reiff noted that few are prohibited from billing any of previous years, the OPA break- schools use a 3.25 minimum for calls or telegrams directly to any down inhibits the new four-credit honors, the possibility of an added campus telephone number or from system. A "normal" course load one or two-credit class is being dialing 900 and 700 (or 900 look- consisting of four four-credit considered as one way for students a-like pay-per call service) num- classes does not allow a student to to reach the 3.8 mark. bers. The WMC-TD [Telecommu- have highest honors with one B as Though varied credit values nications Department] will charge the GPA drops to 3.75. With five may make a difference, a definite the students the cost of the call and courses totaling 16 credits, one B solution is yet to be found. The handling fee of $50 for any of these once resulted in a 3.8 GPA, the Admissions and Standards Com- calls made from their phone num- minimum for Summa Cum Laude. mittee hopes to resolve the concern ber." "We've revamped the entire by next year. The reason for this policy, ex- academic system," said SGA presi- Fortunately, the concern does plained Ernest Ogle, telecommuni- dent Brandy Mulhern. "With that not arise among individual students cations manager, is that the num- MEGHAN JOYCE system needs to come a change in until graduation. And, as Mulhern . bers are owned by the school and Many students believe using calling cards can save them money. Ew it is the scale determining honors." pointed out, "even though it's just Continued on page 10 illegal to bill calis 10 a campus phone. as three students recently found out. Originally brought to the arten- a little thing, it matters." Student orientors selected for 1996 Female journalists Over 50 applicants apply; 15chosen to usher in new students con duct sym p 0siurn By CAMERON SPEIR Existence of "glass ceiling" discussed Staff Writer New Student Orientors were selected and notified last week By SARAH SNF.1.1. Andrea Shalal-Esa, a reporter whose job it is to make incoming StaffWTiter for Reuters news service, strongly freshmen and first-year students a Though the five female.journal- agreed with Engram's statements. little more comfortable with the ists who participated in the panel While working, she would of- transition to college life and WMC. discussion "Women in the Media: fer to work the night shift, begin According to Barb Homeff, Overcoming the Glass Ceiling" Continued on page 10 Associate Dean of the First Year agreed the glass ceiling exists, not Program, 15 students were selected all agreed on what exactly what it Inside to complement the 15 Student is or the thickness of it. Ortenrors from last year who will For Sara Engram, deputy edi- Letters to the Editor 2 return. More than 50 people ap- torial page editor for the Baltimore L&K.. .. 3 plied for the open positIOns. Sun, the glass ceiling was more of Are you connected? .4 Student Onenrors, or S.O.'s, COURTESYOFSQA a personal one. arrive on campus several days Here Holly Roback participates in an icebreaker, as part of SO training. She explained that the roles of Open Forum 5 ahead of incoming freshmen to around campus, familiarize them Dean Horneff commented, wife and mother often diminished Vandalism in Hoover 6 undergo training. They th.en gu.ide with college policies and resources, "S.O.'s are the key to holding stu- one's ability to rise up the ladder SERVE's Spring Break .. 7 new students through onentatlOn and generally answer any questions dents at Western Maryland. Hope- of success. She stressed that each WMC Budapest 8 week at WMC. Each is responsible they might have. S.O.'s also meet fully, they build personal relation- woman must decide which is more Dr. Richwine Tribute 11 for a group of 10-15 first year stu- with their groups throughout the ships with new students and en- important to them. first year and take part in the ori- courage them to become involved "Having it all is not an easy Movie previews 12 dents entation colloquium. Continued on page 10 S.O.'s show first year students thing to do," she said. Greek activities 14