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Thursday, December 9, 1999 - Page 10 WMC YEAR IN REVIEW LOOK BACK AT 1999 Thursday, December 9, 1999 -: Page 11 Hate group appears on campus Pres. Chambers celebrates 15th year Members of the hate group World Church of the Creator, known for their disLikeof non- whites and Jews, attempted to spread their beliefs by placing racist fliers on the windshields of cars on campus last February.---: - - - --;-- - Group members were forced to remove the fliers and escorted off campus after a WMC atWMC student notified Campus Safety of the group's presence. WMC was not the only institution affected that night. The. group also placed fliers on In honor of Chambers' 15th year at WMC, the college staged a semester-long celebration of hi~achieve- cars at Westminster High School without interruption. -JS ~ents, which included a $300,000 Presidential Endowment Fund in his name at the Founders Socie\y Dinner in September and the campus-wide special program held at the Nov. 8 First Thursday. Chambers, one of the longest sitting presidents of all four-year private colleges in Maryland, likens his job to being mayorof a small city. . . So~e accomplishments Ghambers has enacted during his term inClUde: the WMC;~.iidapest prq'.$ram, the and the $40 million New WMC tradition begun new science center, simply that, "I want it to be said when I leave here that everything I had a hand in helped Moment Defining When asked about his legacy, Capital Campaign. ~hambers states is going on a sabbatical -SR spring semester 2000 and will return next fall. Chambers Improve the place." Last semester marked a new tradition at WMC: First Thursday. (just in case j:,'li Called "an experiment in communication and community," by President Chambers, the event was part of an effort for members of the WMC community to voice concerns and open the lines of communication between students and the administration. See the article clvilization.you New computer stuff! on page one about the next First Thursday celebration. -JS baving relived network and switched the college-provided tempor~ily disabled t~!!, computer On Sunday, Oct. 24, the college email server from' ns1 to opus, Student suspended for Faculty stayed on the ns I server. The switch was intended space. to make com- disk storage safer and to increase quicker, munication Some students found the change to be confusing and undramatically from the old server, but Information handgun possession different are for the better. The school connections Services believes Internet the improved changes also instituted connections. Ethernet I'~n: -SR in all dorms. Coming The campus community was jolted with news they received in their campus mailbox on March 31. According to a letter written by Michael Webster, director of Campus Safety, Vance Gibson, 26 and a transfer student, was suspended the previous day for unauthorized posses- New science building, sion of a firearm. The suspension came. after Secret Service agents attempted to question Gibson about indirect threats he made towards federal buildings, and a loaded handgun wasfound hidden too! in the waistband 9f Gibson's pants. In addition to the handgun, objects were found indicating the intention to make an ex- On October 26, the ribbon was cut on WMC's new $i3,4 million plosive device. science building. Dr. Paul A.J. Janssen of Belgium, a scientist active in In the letter to the campus community, Webster said he was "ethically bound and legally the discovery of the AIDS vaccine was the guest speaker. He was pre- mandated to inform the students of the threat." However, he assured students that this case ., sented with an honorary degreeby James Melhorn, chair of the hoard of was all isolated incident, and calmed the fears of many, '-is 1 , trustees. John Willis, Maryland's secretary of state, also spoke. New Lewis is a major improvement on the old science hall. It is four stories and 50,000 sq. ft., a "downright state-of-the-art technological marvel," according to Dean Coley. -SR " Possible drug problem tackled Last May, a WMC student told the Phoenix. that he made an estimated $30,000 selling Football fun psychedelic drugs at WMC. The self-proclaimed "biggest drug dealer on campus," spoke with Phoenix. reporters in WMC football has had an exemplary year, its third straight, unde- order to clarify questions of drug use on campus. Additionally, five other WMC students feated regular season. Our team went to the Division III playoffs again, claiming to be aware of the dealer's activities confirmed his statements. but this time they were held on campus. We played against Catholic and 'The dealer told the Phoenix that students from all groups, including Honors, ROTC, won 20-16, and then moved onto play Trinity in Texas where, despite the and Greeks purchased drugs, including acid, shrooms, ecstacy, and pot from him, He claimed team's valiant efforts, we lost 16-20. Those mofos. -SR that he did not sell physically addictive drugs such as cocaine andheroin, although they were available at the local high school. The story was the second part of an investigation about drug use on campus and fol- lowed arrests of several WMC students for the possession and use of drugs. In December, 1998, two students were arrested in their off-campus apartment, and eight students were arrested in two unrelated incidents in Rouzer Hall one week last March. However, in the first "part of the investigation, WMC students told the Phoenix that A delightful drugs weren't necessarily a problem on campus, but they were easily available to those who pursue finding them. -JS homecoming celebrated WMC Homecoming Honor code revised ,.'.• from a parade of Homecoming floats '99 with 'many festivities" ~girig of the prestigious to the award of the Greek Brandt in recognition Cup to Phi Kappa tion, with the best academics, Sigma sportsmanship, and community organiza- - service. , The beginning of the semester began anew commirmeni'endcbange in the honor code. . Another highlight of Homecoming' weekend was WMC's':Jde?isive Students are now required to report all instances of honor code violations to professors 19-0 win against Franklin and Marshall. Outstanding aspects of the game and must sign that they have not tolerated others chea~ing as part of the honor c?rle pledge, include: yet another touchdown for Teron Powell, who had ,~t least one Additionally, professors must report all instances of honor code violations to the Honor and Conduct Board. ~ ,_ - ~ - "". ~ every game this season. Anthony Burgos shui down his side of ih'e field . y~t again ,as his dominance of ~~ corner P:2~ition con~,n'';ed. ~t1y!-S!?".:: , ThiS change occurred following several semesters of negotiations by the faculty and mar Mru:yin Deal set ,a new Division UI record for career pun~ return "" SGA regarding the effectiveness of the system. Many thought students were iiot being hon-" yards. -~R est in reporting honor code violations; therefore, a change was necessary. -JS ':S '. . . c',' By Jenifer D. Sirkis and Sarah Radice ".