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News Thursday, October 12,1995, Page 6 Chamber SGA Open Forum searches for answers to Music on the student's concerns; students respond Hill begins BY CHRISTIAN WILWOHL while Oct. 22 The SOA held an Open Forum on pus is not safe, campus Staf!Wnler thai it expressed others would promote September Most of the 27. Courtesy of Public lrformauon Wednesday, centered around the Honor Code, - safety. A few students discussion Westminster, MD - The popular Cham- the January Term, censorship, cleanliness of complained that the 24- ber Music on the Hill series, in residence at the residence halls, and 24-hour lockdowns hour lockdown would Western Maryland College, commences its of residence halls. be a hassle during the sixth seasonon Sunday, October22 with a per- Many students as well as members of the day and the early formance by The Westminster Trio in Baker administration, faculty, Residence Life Staff, evening hours, espe- Memorial Chapel at 7:00p.m. Ticketsare$lO Campus Safety, and College Activities at- cially if they wanted to and $5 for senior citizens. The Trio is a loag- tended the Forum to discuss complaints, con- visit a friend in another time favorite ofCMOTI-I audiences. cerns, and issues about the campus. dorm. Those in favor of Comprising the trio are David Kreider, pia- SOA President Brandy Mulhern initi- the proposal stated that nist, Esther Mellon-Thompson,cellist,and Me- ated the forum with the SONs proposal to this should not be a lissa Zaraya, violinist. Dr. Kreider is a mem- increase student awareness of the Honor problem because ber of the music department faculty at WMC, Code'. According to the organization's sug- phones were installed , while Ms. Mellon-Thompson and Ms. Zaraya gestion, at the beginning of each semester, outside residence halls . . are musicians with the Baltimore Symphony. professors are to present students with their The SOA took a vote on 'The three have been perfonning together asThe expectations of the Honor Code, regarding the issue; 15 students fa- Westminster Trio for approximately five years. exams, homework, labs, etc. The students vored the proposal, stu- The performance will consist of three pi- then sign cards; with the Honor Code writ- dents voted against it. anotrios, whicharenewadditionstothegroup's ten on them, that the professor keeps. In As a follow-up to the repertoire. The' works range from a trio writ- addition, in the interest of consistency and Student Forum, the SOA ten by Haydn In the 1790s to one written by fairness, the policy requires that all infrac- sponsored a Student Fo- Faure in the 19ws tions of the Honor Code to be reported to rum on Wednesday, Oc- The Trio will conclude with Brahms' the Honor and Conduct Board because. Cur- tober 4. The forum con- ''Trio in B-Major," which is perhaps the most rently, not all infractions are reported. The sisted of four stations, intriguing work. Shortly after it was composed All College Council approved this proposal each containing three in Gennany in the I850s, the Brahms piece on Monday, September 25, and it will be topics discussed at the had its premiere in New York City. ''Trio in B- submitted to the Student-Faculty Relations the organization recently hung up in resi- Open Forum. Students attending the Io- Major" shows the evolution of the piano trio Committee. Following this, the committee dencehalls were tom down. The group was rum divided themselves into groups and and the increased importance of the cello and will present the proposal to the faculty to not permitted to hang its signs in Decker moved from station to station discussing violin. decide whether or not they will approve the College Center. Director of Residence Life, these topics and writing their suggestions "I have wanted to play the Brahms piece proposal. Scott Kane said that the signs were allowed and proposals down on paper. since I was a student," Dr. Keider says. '11 is a Regarding January Term, students and to remain hanging in residence halls. Kane, According to SGA President, Brandy very challenging work---a wonderful chamber administrators expressed concerns regarding along with students, stated that it was most Mulhern, this went on for about two hours music masterpiece of the 19th century." curriculum and the future of January Term. likely that other students, opposed to the or- and each group had not gotten to each sta- obviously stated that Class Mulhern NASA physicist Sophomore proposed Representative, Andreas ganizarion, tore the signs down. non yet. were "dedicated to this [finding students Kalisperis Students that housekeeping Term that the January complained should be used for BLARs so that students was nOI doing an effective job, especially in solutions to campus problems}" and wanted Stu- Ward Hall. to "see some SOA Trea- to speak at may graduate on time. Dean Coley stated the Rouzer Hall and Blanche because that is when the dedication of students results." and hopes more dents suggested should be with is presently that housekeeping exploring was also impressed that a committee surer, Tim Collins and January on weekends issue ofBLARs Term as an en- increased that the col- suggested seriously students students WMC tity. Several it. Part of the reason for this is that floors, particularly Greek floors, are the dirti- The purpose will take SOA more Forum was for as them. est. Other students that if students to help an organization suggested serve and Term and the January improve lege should maintain of the Student for the responsibility would accept personal Courtesy of Public Infromation it offers athletes the opportunity to earn credit cleanliness of dorms and exhibit more con- students 10 devise proposals to campus Westminster,"MD- 'The Society of Physics hours while they are on campus over semes- sideration, the problem would not be so bad. ' problems, which the various SOAcommit- Students, Western Maryland College Chapter, will ter break, and it allows students to develop Out of concern for student safety as well tees will submit to the appropriate cam- present a lecture by Dr. Cynthia Hess of the socially. as their possessions, the All College Coun- pus administrators with the expectation of NASA-Goddard Space Flight Cener on "From Sisters for Justice member, Sarah cil proposed the 24-hour lockdown of the a response in a reasonable amount of time. Hot Gas to Black Holes: Observing the Biggest Dexter-Thornton addressed the issue that residence halls. The SOA opened this for SOA is willing to work with the administra- and the Brightest Stars with X-rays" Oct. 12 at censorship. This censorship from the admin- discussion. Some students argued that such tion to resolve these issues and encourages 7:30, p.m in Lewis Hall of Science, Decker Audi- istration might possibly explain why signs an action would produce a fear that the cam- student participation as well. torium. The program is free and open to the public. Observing celestial objects using X-rays is a young discipline. The 1970s and early' 80s Homecominq Court brought a stream of enigmatic results and ideas which raised nearly as many questions as they answered. 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