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The Phoenix 3 DeGroot goes on surprise leave; will bemissed by all indication of alcohol, police said. No charges have been filed against Andrews, according to po- By LISA l. HII.L Bosnia at the time and had all lice. Edi/Qr-in-Chie[ her work for her courses with Although still in shock The Western Maryland her, so we didn't want to change trauma, Herlocker is apparently College community experi- her sluff around without her making some progress. "He's do- enced a great shock when com- here." ing better," Herlocker's 20-year- munication department chair So what did they end up do- old son and WMC student Daniel Dr. Jane DeGroot announced ing? The department decided to said a few days after the accident. her resignation in a letter while drop DeGroot's freshman "He opened his eyes and gave us a on vacation in New Mexico this course and one section of little squeeze on the hand." summer. Dillman's Foundations of Com- "He has a lot of broken "It came to everyone as a munication. Dillman then bones-the tibia and fibula in the total surprise," said Mr. Rich- picked up Senior Seminar and left leg, his pelvis is broken-that's ard Dillman, communication Theory and Research, the new where the majority of the concern profes c 0 u r s e is," said Daniel Herlocker. "But he and which re- doesn't have any brain or spinal placed the damage." mass and WMC President Robert interper- Chambers visited Herlocker in sonal com- the hospital recently, and said he munication was surprised at how much Until an injury temporarily classes. progress he is making. "I didn't sjde-tracked Case, he. often Thus expect him to acknowledge we meet Herlocker and three or for the fall s e m e s t e r , were even there," Chambers said. others for a daily run about 6 "But he raised his hand and gave "·We have run together for a Dillman is us a little wave." time," he said. teaching a "He lucked out in this thing," .i. Case said that they one-course Chambers added. "The other guy stayed on roads through overload, didn't." but says Her.locker, chairman of the they plan chemistry department at WMC, to hire an has been teaching here for 30 w h e re ~~~~~1ff.~~;.;;:;;~~a ~~!U~;:t:~ years. He is a lifelong runner who for several years organized the she felt return to WMC next faIl~ so that they Frostbite Run, a popular post-holi- she can offer a day race that once drew several needed to make a change. full course load to students. thousand runners to Westminster "She wrote that it had notb- "I hope we can eventually every January. ing to do with the faculty, stu- hire someone full-time to re- "Dave [HerlockerJ was fairly dents or admtni sfr auon," place her," said Dillman. "She religious about running pretty Dillman added. "She loved is an exceptionally good much every morning," said Dr. working with them." teacher, and [the department] Sam Case, WMC professor of DeGroot had gone on vaca- isn't strong enough to lose physical education and fellow nonzo ....visit her brother. While someone with her skills and runner. "He usually ran about ttrere, she first called to cancel knowledge and not be dam- the graduate class she was sup- aged." we guarantee Higher Standards, from page 1 posed to teach this fall. Then miss "I can said Coley. "She will has the letter came. her," Dr. Joan Develin Coley, contributed significantly to the volvement of state police if vio- because of the lacking social Provost and Dean of the Fac- college in the lime she has been Some students, though, lations occur during the party. life. ' ulty, called DeGroot and con- here." DeGroot her resig- her to change have voiced concerns that atti- Druzgal added that Campus Not all students feel as vinced to a leave of absence. beneath "Dr. my wings was the wind it came when nation tudes and activities on this cam- Safety and Residence Life though Residence Life's higher "She has personal reasons to my major," said junior com- pus are already changing. Se- "should be protecting residents expectations will affect their for doing this," said Coley. munication major Sarah nior English major Gail Conway and paying more attention to social life. Sophomore Joy "My assumption is that she will Sheckells with a laugh. "But se- explained that "although the crime and safety [than] break- 110ffman, English major, says be back at the end of the year." riously, I'm definitely going to authorities are trying to say no ing up alcohol gatherings." she and her friends "would en- Since DeGroot's deaision miss her and the relationship I policies have changed, the so- Ryan John, a junior and joy" the new activities Resi- happened so suddenly, the com- had with her as her advisee." cial life on this campus is al- Business and Economics Dual dence Life plans to sponsor. munication department did not Although Coley declined to ready hurting." major, believes that "with trial While making the transition have much time to react. comment on DeGroot's personal A concern with the higher and error people will set their into the higher expectations set Dillman became chair almost reasons for leaving, Dillman expectations is that "students own limits." Also, he recog- by Residence Life, Kane em- immediately, and they said he understands DeGroot. will resort to going off campus nizes that, "If there's a demand p'hasized that he is "willing to scrambled to redistribute the "Occasionally in my life 1 have to find social events" and with for something, someone's going meet the students more than fall classes. been in the same position for that safety issues arise added to supply" whether it's safe or ~alfway" on these issues. "The department didn't reasons those around me cannot Conway. Byron Druzgal, a jun- not. John wants the Residence Kane believes that tension! want to bring in a new adjunct understand. I have changed jobs ior Biochemistry major and co- Life department to "promote re- has decreased between students for Jane's courses," Dillman with just as little notice," said founder of the Student Safety sponsible drinking" and deci- and Residence Life this year, explained, since two of her Dillman. "On a personal level, Watch, echoes Conway's con- sion making. and that his higher standards three undergraduate courses for 1 feel good about [DeGroot's cerns about off campus drink- John added that with "are what [he] perceives the the fall were to be Senior Semi- decision]." ing. Students will "go to bars" stricter alcohol enforcement, college wanting." Conway as- nar and a foundations course "I think Jane has done what will and "already some Greeks "are people may turn to drugs which serted, though, that "there if they for the First- Year Student Pro- is best for her," Dillman added. be a lot of resentment taking their parties off campus," are easier to conceal, start continue to crack down the way gram. "Jasna [Meyer, cornmu- "I think that's what's really im- says Druzgal, and that can lead drinking in rooms, or WMC they have been." nication professor] was in portant." to drinking and driving and in- may turn into a suitcase college