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J: <1(;,1 ~:m! - Thursday, October 31, 1996 - Page 6 Area High School Students Students voice opinions at celebrate German- open forum held by SGA American Day at WMC rum expressed the need to fix extra work." the new alco- would Regarding this problem, which The SGA recently spon- improve college relations hol violations sanctions pro- comed by Dr. Mohamed Esa, the Austrian Press and Infor- sored a Student Forum as a and boost interest in the ra- posal, Senior Ryan John German Professor, but the mation Service in Washing- follow-up to its Open Fo- MOHAMED EsA dio. mentioned that "some things Contributing Writers welcomes didn't stop there. ton D.C. rum, held a few weeks ago. Again, students ad- need to be more specified." Every year in the first Dr. Chambers also greeted Dr. Eichtinger gave a lec- At this forum, students dressed the poster policy in Students discussed what week of October, German- these potential students and ture, "Austrian Millennium discussed proposals and so- the residence halls. constitutes the unacceptable Americans celebrate their gave them a sense of WMC and' Austria's Place in Eu- lutions to the issues and Some students explained behavior, such as passing out ethnic holiday, German- pride. rope", which summed up the problems brought up at the and flight from an RA or American Day. Pete McDowell, the Di- reason for the days celebra- Open Forum. Regarding the Campus Safety officer, out- It is shared nationwide rector of Secondary Schools tion. The SGA will submit lined in the new proposal. with government officials, for Carroll County shared his Afterwards, the students these proposals and solu- new alcohol John emphasized that the legislators, state governors, enthusiasm about the pro- purchased lunch from Englar tions to the appropriate ad- sanctions primarily "center mayors, and all Americans. gram, as did Dr. Thomas Dining Hall. The high school ministrators and request violations on education." Fifty-seven million Ameri- Deveny, the Foreign Lan- students were seated at tables their feedback. sanctions Students addressed com- cans are ofGennan, Austrian guage Department Chair. with a faculty professor and Students continued to plaints and problems sur- and Swiss ancestry and con- After the high school stu- a student in the WMC Ger- debate the seating arrange- proposal, Senior rounding the residence halls stitute the largest ethnic dents were sufficiently wel- man program so that any ment in GLAR. After last Ryan John and housekeeping. group in the United States. comed, Dr. Julie Badiee, questions they might have January's renovations, the They voiced their con- German-American Day Professor of Art and Art His- could be answered. long tables were replaced mentioned that cerns about the cleanliness of has been formally observed tory dazzled them with a A concert "Great my with smaller square and "some things the residence halls, espe- annually since 1987, when slide show, "Art in Vienna Vienna" with songs of round tables. cially Rouzer, Blanche, 1st President Reagan signed the around 1900." Schubert and favorite songs Sophomore Mandy need to be more floor ANW, and the stair- first Presidential Proclama- She discussed the major from Vienna followed lunch. Hofstetter commented that wells of the Garden Apart- don commemorating the sig- art movements and'promi- The concert was given by she would like a "combina- specified. " ments. nificant contributions made nent artists from the period Lewis Grenville, Baritone tion of the old and the new" Students suggested that by Americans of German such as Oskar Kokoschka, and Frank Conlon; Pianist. seating arrangement in that hanging posters in the residence halls should re- heritage. Gustav Klimt and'Bgon At the end of the program, GLAR. residence halls ought to be ceive more attention from Schiele. Wasyl Palijczuk, Artist- and Other students ex- the students' responsibility housekeeping on weekends. - Ma?y~a~~t~~;le~e~~~::~ Upon the conclusion of Professor of Art at WMC ac- pressed the need for more and not the RA's. . Others asserted that house- German-American Day for the slide show, Helmut companied 80 high school, larger, round tables m Others 'questioned the keeping should use a more the second year in a row. The Jasbar, an Austrian guitarist students, their teachers and GLAR, while some students purpose of this policy as cen- effective cleaning solution in focus of this year's German- and composer, played a few chaperons to the Art Gallery explained that the existing sorship; however, Scott the residence halls. American Day was the Aus- selections featuring-works and gave a short presentation arrangement is adequate. Kane affirmed at the Open Many-students discussed Man Millennium (996-1996) by Bach and Schubert. The on his Art Exhibit "Rescued Some students voiced Forum that censorship was the status of January Term. which celebrates Austria's first piece he played was by Art: A30- Years Odyssey". that they would like to have not the policy's objective. They' explained that the one thousand years of exist- written-by Bach for a harp- His presentation and exhibit WMCR broad casted in An RA at the Student college should offer-Bl.Aks ence. sichord. were very well received. Decker College Center Forum commented that and gym classes during Jan- } The German-American Jasbar liked the piece so This year's German- again. "RA's do not get the posters term. Day at Western Maryland much he reworked it for the American Day that was spon- Senior Randy Ryner as- in a timely fashion and that , In addition, some stu- College started out with a guitar. sored by Provost Coley, Ad- serted that "no one will lis- the procedure is not effi- dents suggested that the col- bang when bus loads of en- During his performance, missions Office, German ten to our show unless it's cient." The RA further ex- lege should offer more ac- ergetic high school students all that could be heard in Club and Suite, Foreign Lan- on in Decker." plained that the new policy tivities, such as movies and were unloaded in front of Alumni Hall was his mu- guages Department and the The students at the fo- "creates a lot of unnecessary, ski trips, during Jan-term. Alumni Hall. sic--everyone was silent. Austrian Cultural Institute in The students all had for- The students were al- New York was a big success Exhibit shows off America eign language background in lowed a slight respite at this forWMC. German and were eager to point before the greetings Dr. Esa received numer- see the program and also get went into their second round. ous thank you letters from the most peoplehave never known a glimpse of college life. David Shoemaker, President many high school students Among the high school stu- of the German Club, and who attended the event. dents were also"l 8 exchange Kerstin Bowe, Director of He intends to repeat the "American Pictures" photos taken during his followed criminals in the students and two of their the German Suite, welcomed event each year by focusing shows a side of this coun- trek, which began in the ghettos during muggings, teachers from Staufen, Ger- the students again to the on a different aspect of the try most people don't like 1970s and continued in the sneaked inside to work in many who are guests at the WMCcampus. culture and history German- to see, a side that many 1990s. southern slave camps for mi- McDonogh School for one This second greeting speaking Europe and its rela- don't want to admit really Heldt. a self-described grant workers, joined the month. paved the way for Dr. Mar- tionship to the USA 'and exists, according to the Danish vagabond who Native American rebellion at The students were wel- tin Eichtinger, Director of WMC. program's producer. Wounded Knee, and infil- The highly-acclaimed multimedia Journey "American trated Ku Klux Klan meet- ings. through the American Pictures" shows Along with the KKK -- Western Maryland 18, at cretly tape recorded a meet- Possibilities '" ~ underclass is coming to a side of this rally photos, Holdt also se- Col- lege, Monday, Nov. country most "I shall be telling this with a sigh 7 p.rn., in Alumni Hall. all people don't like ing. The chilling, audio sometimes is part blood-ringling is $3 with Admission Pictures." somewhere ages and ages hence: Two proceeds benefitting area to see, a side of his "American Pictures," "American roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took charities. Holdt, a Danish that many don't Heldt's in-depth, poignant Jacob the one less traveled by, and that has photographer, spent five analysis in music, words and he of the country pictures America made all the difference."- Robert Frost years roaming the poorest want to admit witnessed and "most have staying with never sharecroppers, drug push- really exists. _ shown known," has been and in 200 colleges Saturday, November 9, 1996 ers and prostitutes, as well hitchhiked more than universities across the coun- of the country's as some Western Maryland College wealthiest families, in- 118,000 miles, started out try, including II times seven at 12 at Cornell, Harvard, sold Conference isfree and open to all students cluding the Rockefellers, con- with only $40 and to buy at Stanford and Yale, and 17 the vast to highlight twice blood a week Deadline Nov. 5, ]996 trasts. film. times at University of Cali- fornia-Berkeley. Details call ext. 266 The show was created Besides portraits of the Courtesy of Public Infor- from more than 15,000 people he lived with he also mation