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Campus vandalism siphons money from all students LERoy McDuFFn: News Editor The damage caused by vandal- ism that has been occurring at WMC not only hurts the people that are directly affected by it, but also has consequences for students President who were not involved in the van- problems is that sometimes "stu- dalism. with various substances in Rouzer. dents leave their rooms for long Property crimes are a serious Also, in the campus safety re- periods of time with their door Coley to matter that affects everyone from ports from last year, Rouzer was the open." the resident life coordinators to the dormitory on campus that are af- The RAs are very concerned students themselves. The vandal- fected by vandalism the most, while about vandalism in the residence announce ism of residence halls can be mini- dorms like McDaniel and Daniel halls. mal to severe depending on the act Madea were affected least by van- Michael Baker, a senior RA on committed. dalism. the fourth floor of Rouzer said, college's The damage done to dorms and According to Amanda Rose, the "vandalism causes damage to the hallways ranges from shaving RLC for Blanche and ANW, last noor." cream on students' doors to minia- year two of Blanche's floors com- "There is food left in the hall- name ture soda bottle bombs being tossed piled over $2000 dollars worth of way ... destroyed decorations ... at people's dorms. Many students damage due to vandalism and other bulletin boards being torn down," STACEY MYI':RS who live in the dorms have seen property damage. stated Baker. Destruction of the Assistant News Editor and also been the target of vandal- She added that this year, Rouzer dorms not only affects the RAs On May 10, 2002, Western ism. is the most damaged residence hall. and RLCs, but the damage also Maryland College will announce According to reports from cam- She also explained other forms of affects the students. and celebrate their much-antici- pus safety, over 70% of the inci- vandalism on campus The students who 'have been pated new name - by giving away dents reported in April were van- The recent rash of burglaries in Continued on page 2 freet-shirts. The t-shirts are part of a cam- pus-wide celebration that begins 8:15 p.m. Friday in Memorial Square, where the bell will be rung to gather the college for the an- nouncement, said Joyce Muller, associate vice-president of commu- nications and marketing. "Having all these people in Me- morial Square to hear this historic announcement - it just gives me chills," said Mary Ann Friday, ex- ecutive assistant to the president. Following the announcement by the naming committee and President Coley, a brief multime- dia presentation on the name and new logo for the school will be shown, Muller said. "J think it's the kind of name that will grow on people as time goes on," said Philip Sayre, dean of student affairs. "1' m not sure [people will think] suddenly 'Eu- reka!' what a great idea." After the announcement, the college will have an opportunity to celebrate with a mini-carnival on the Quad, including a DJ, cotton Continued on page 2