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Thursday, September 16, 1999 Campus Safety advises students on crime prevention BY ERIN S. HOWARD crimes which are actually made excessive drinking (which tend to SeniorWriler possible by the heightened sense of involve freshmen and sophomore security on the WMC campus. students) and drug use are also a A serene and secure atmosphere "[Students] walk around here major concern for both students is one reason why many students differently' than they would at Col- and campus safety. are attracted to the Western Mary- lege Park or Johns Hopkins," said According to WMC Health land College campus. In fact, un- Webster, indicating that WMC stu- Education Coordinator, Bonnie like their counterparts at larger, ur- dents are more likely to do things Bosley, "This campus is no differ- ban universities, WMC students such as leaving doors unlocked or ent than any other," in regards to rarely concern themselves with se- personal belongings unattended, attitudes and behaviors towards rious crimes such as murder, rob- which encourage certain types of drinking and drug use. bery, aggravated assault, or motor crime, such as petty theft. "Since school has started, we (From I to rj Afirsr year student, C;roline Rogers, Randy Rynes; vehicle theft. Those things just In fact, petty theft is the most have already put two students in the Michael Baker make a shoe sculpture created from donations which will don't happen here. commonly reported crimeon cam- hospital with alcohol poisoning," be sent to Kenya. The sneaker drive was sponsored by Alumni Affartrs. Although these types of crimes pus and is often centered around said Webster. Freshman class faces may not be a regular occurrence, "upperclassman dormitory style Webster estimates that he sees WMC students still have a number living," according to Webster. In over 150 students per year in the orientation changes of campus crime and personal the last four years, over 139 cases to first-offense which alcohol violation about. classes safety issues to be concerned he teaches of petty theft have been reported in con- According to Director of Cam- the Department of Campus Safety junction with Residence Life, and LISA DALE VAN AUKEN ttons were cleaned and sent to pus Safety, Mike Webster, the ma- (DoCS), averaging about 40 cases at least six to eight cases of mari- News Editor Kenya. jority of crimes committed at per year, according to Webster and juana use are reported each year. Initiated by a Peer Mentor Ad- The annual picnic at Harvey WMC are what he refers to as statistics provided by the DoCS. Other campus crimes that are of wnOOJ I but due to rain, the picnic R visory Board, changes in this year's Stone Park was moved to Red "crimes of opportunity." These are Alcohol violations I' and cases of Continued on page 2 Freshman Orientation program 'were intended to make the first days Square, inside '? Engtar_. -eDO - {}Urna1Stset to ecture was transferred at college more enjoyable for fresh- Dining Hall. Food Services also men, said Board member Meghan presented a Carnival Picnic to As ajcumulist, they don't come the pair's 32-nation newsgathering which he takes on his international Humbert, a junior English major. freshmen. much more worldly than Jack tour in 1988. assignments. However, Middle Changes included an extra hour But whether the changes made Kelley of USA Today. His hard-hitting work also East customs officials have blown at the Four Seasons Resort and a the program more enjoyable ap- He has dodged bullets and earned him jail time in South Ko- up two packages thinking they candlelight vigil to welcome new pears to be debatable. bombs throughout war-lorn rea and Russia, as well as death were bombs, only to have their students. Some students have com- Kosovo, interviewed 36 heads of threats from the Russian mafia. walls splattered with homemade Also, the downtown scavenger plained because orientation is jam- state, including Cuba's Fidel Castro Kelley has been tossed out of Ku- fudge. hunt of last year's orientation was packed with mandatory events. and the PLO's Yasser Arafat, cov- wait and denied visas into Iraq. The lecture is free and open to eliminated because of high tem- "1 liked most of orientation," ered the Soviet coup, the Somalia He has established quite a fol- the public. For more information peratures, but students could ex- said Patrick Dougherty, a freshman famine, the Rwandan massacre, the lowing among readers, too, and re- call the public information office plore downtown Westminster Sat- history major, "[but] maybe we Arab-Israeli peace accord, and re- ceives a monthly average of 110 at 410-857-2290. urday morning if they wanted to. [could have] had a little more time ported dozens of other international letters, more than any other re- Specific to this year's program to hang out and collect our tragedies and triumphs from 86 porter. was acollection drive sponsored by thoughts." countries. He also receives care packages Courtesy of Public Information the Alumni Affairs office. Over the Others, such as Mohindra The foreign correspondent will summer, incoming freshmen were Ramphal, a freshman music and discuss his global beat at 8 pm, on asked to bring in a pair of tennis social work major, feel differently. Thursday, September 23, in shoes or sneakers to benefit runners "I enjoyed it. You kept busy, stayed McDaniel Lounge. in Kenya, where running is a na- with your group, and didn't feel left Earlier in the day he will dis- tional pastime. After the students out. If it was [less busy], I'd have cuss writing and some of his recent made a shoe sculpture, the dona- been bored," he said. assignments with the College's Humbert firmly believes in oc- journalism students and staffers of Inside cupying the first four days of col- The Phoenix. USA Today as a Kelley joined lege with social and informational immediately news assistant t•• l,,',"§,i£'i' programs. for freshmen not to graduating from the University after of "It helps concentrate on the fact that they're Maryland and just before the daily Kristen G. Fraser defends Genera- away from home," she said. paper's start-up in 1982. tion X against disheartening MTV WMC's orientation program His first story appeared in the commercials that portray lawless has gained national recognition. inaugural edition on September 15, young adults. The Peer Mentor Advisory 1982, and he hasn't missed a by- •mp'ii 1 Board is pan of NODA, the Na- line in too many issues since then . tional Orientation Directions Asso- Although based in Washington, jenn Ross and Erin Jernigan in- ciation, and a few ofWMC's mem- D.C., Kelley spends up to 10 terview local artists in a new fea- bers went to a regional conference months overseas, mostly in Mos. tures series. This issue: jazzman in Philadelphia last semester. cow or the Middle East. John D'carth. From there, WMC was chosen He has earned four Pulitzer Nt :i to continue on to the national con- Prize nominations and numerous ference in Tampa, Fla., because of other journalism awards and has Mike Yestramski introduces ath- its "unique" nature, said Humbert. co-authored two books with USA letic director James Smith, and "Our program works so well that Today founder Allen H. Neuharth, Mike Jenkinson highlights the other colleges are clambering for including "World Power Up correspondent Terror football team. it," Humbert added. Close," an account of JetCapade, ~foreign 23, at 8 pm in McDaniel lack Kelley visits WMC on Thursday, September Lounge.