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News The Phoenix Thursday, September 14, 1995, Page 6 Pool named new dean of National Geographic to graduate affairs at WMC lecture at Western Maryland Courtesy oj Public In/annat/on Office News. Westminster, MD-Reg Murphy, executive Murphy attended Mercer 'University vice president of the National Geographi- and studied at Harvard as a Neiman Fel- cal Society, will cross the bridges of Carroll low. He has received honorary doctorates County to present Western Maryland from his alma mater, as well as Utah State College's Fifth Annual Ridington Lecture University, the University of Maryland Bal- Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. The event is timore County and Towson State Univer- free and open to the public. sity. Besides his volunteer leadership roles The former publisher of the Baltimore at educational institutions, Murphy serves Sunpapers will speak on "As the World as president of the United States Golf As- Shrinks ... In Human Geography," but will sociation, where he chairs a special com- also welcome a few questions from fans of mittee that planned the current centennial "Bridges of Madison County," the book and celebration of the USGA. movie which glamorizes the life of a Na- The annual lectureship honors West- tional Geographic photographer. ern Maryland College professors William Prior to moving to Baltimore, Murphy and Edith Ridington. Past lecturers have was editor and publisher of the San Francisco included novelist Madison Smartt Bell, project at the University of Examiner. Earlier in his career he served as a social historian and editor Taylor Branch continued with his faculty Jr. Theo administrative responsibilities hold- politicaJ reporter and editor of the Atlanta Con- and columnist information Lippman call the Pub- more and Atlanta stitution reporter and as a sports For of positions at both the Uni- Evansville and Berry College. bureau chief at the rnacon Telegraph and lic Information Office at (410) 857-2290. earned an Ed.D. in elementary from the University of Geor- RAG, the new student as the new Dean of Graduate Affairs in teaching as a professor of education and government in Rouzer will teach one course each semester in the continues his active involvement graduate program. large RAG program is a trip to a CFL Stallions game on October 7. will Orientation, con't from p.I activities nights, include other a Fall sports Fest, movie and While these functions will naturally ''The Outdoor Experience ...gave student" a chance what happens out there." [ernrnent organization .. The Rouzer Associa- preference to Rouzer, \Y.hiteford, and to be off campus exploring new tenitory with "I thought the movie was too mature for (RAG) was actually or- Elderdice residents, many will be open to the upperclassmen and faculty," said Disharoon. "I us ...[but] we came out of it more mature," empha- last year by several upper class stu- entire campus as well. relate this new experience to exploring the col- sized Singer. order to alleviate many of the prob- This is a fairly ambitious program for lege academically." First-year -student Sara Gruber disagreed on had this past year. While gov- new hall government~':n:~d;~j:~~,~:~'~:':j~;I The one event the entire freshman class is whether the viewing was justified. ''I thought it the building, RAG also hopes to fos- been promising. It is still talking about was the Common Ground was appropriate for our age to be aware of those support will help to rna •.e tms new nrosramt Colloquium, a film called "Dreamworlds." A very subjects, (but] Iwish [the videos] were rnorecur- controversial and explicit movie, it contained 45 rent so more people would or been affected by it minutes of what some students have called "male- and related to it." Gruber went on to say how the bashing" and others "intormarive," The video fo- entire campus should have seen the movie "be- cused around the "typical adolescent male's" fan- cause 1 think it dealt with a lot of issues that are tasies about women, although theorientation guide hidden in society and people don't want to deal described it as a video focusing on music1s impact with, most blockitcut" Overall, Gruberwas "dis- on culture and vice versa. Although it was a "degrading, rude, and ex- plicit piece of trash on rum," as one student who wished to remain nameless called it, others said the video was "educational, loa point." But when ten minutesofthelilm was devoted to a rape scene from the movie nil! Accused (starring Jodie fos- ter), some said it was just pure show to scare the students. The intent of orientation is to encourage stu- dents to interact and communicate. "Dreamworlds" did just that, although manyques- tion whether it should have been taken this far. '1 was freaked out by [the video]. 1didn't get up and walk out, though, but the thing was you were offered to get up and leave when you wanted to," said one student. "But who the hell would get up in a small group and go out the door? They would be embarrassed to hell that they even and their older sister Lisa are all new students at WMC this year. stood up." It would have taken a great deal of "l'rn sit- courage to walk out of Decker Auditorium in front gusted, because a lot of it was true." ting there in the beginning thinking, 'are all West- of the ISO students who attended each of the two Spirits which weredragged downbythe sick ern Maryland students rude?" said Van Home. viewings, thus admitting one was too bothered by truth presented in the coloquium were lifted by "Then when the students ran up there on stage I the scene to watch it, maybe even having been the play "Choices," which was presented that realized it was part of a play, bn 1 bought thai: ~volved in a rape himlherself. evening. "The play Choices was good stuff, 1had whole beginning." However, a lesson of life was learned from a good time, and it addressed a lot ~f issues that '1thought it was very well planned and give the video. "I didn't like the colloquium, but we students need to know," said Langville. orientation an overall A+," reiterated Singer. do have to face that stuff," said Langville. "lf you The play. started with Mrs.Bonnie Bosley, VanHorne agreed saying, "It's adefinite As-, block it out, you are going to be shielded from R.N., Medical Services Coordinator at Smith the program was outstanding."