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Wednesday, September 26, 2001 WM C family responds to terrorist attacks New frat of the loins WMC CLAIR"; ADAMS & JE£.<;ICA watching the live coverage WATSON terrorist attacks. "I still get chills Co-Editor ill Chief & Co-News Editor just thinking about it." LERoy MCDIJIIFm As a large crowd of WMC stu- Almost as if you were watch- Co-Nc ..-s Editor dents and faculty gathered to watch ing a movie, some television sta- the September II news unfold on tions brcadcasted live as the tow- Recently at WMC, a new the tiny screen of the Ensor Lounge ers of the World Trade Center col- form of brotherhood has joined TV, the sky above Westminster be- lapsed. the community--A!ph:l Sigma came still and disturbingly quiet. "You don't even really believe Phi, a national fraternity, has Cessnas out of the nearby it at first," says senior Nikki made its way to campus with Carroll County Regional Airport Gaston. "It wasn't until 1 saw the new ideas and hopes. ceased to buzz overhead and stu- Pentagon on fire that it really hit Established in 1845 at Yale dents ceased to follow their me, 1 can't believe this is happen- University. Alpha Sigma Phi was rountine class schedule, for ing." brought to WMC by junior Pat America was under attack. "We are searching for answers," Dougherty and senior John That Tuesday, there were two says Joshua Foster, the Iruervarsity Buschman, among others. successful terrorist attacks on Christian Fellowship Campus Min- Buschman explained at the Washington DC and New York and ister, "we need someone to reassure beginning it was just five friends a plane crash in Pittsburgh, PA that us." that wanted to be apart of a fra- never made its destination. Kate Prisby. Angie Seufert, Lahnna Catalino and Megan President George W. Bush terniry, a member of a life-long Almost immediately there was candle 10 remember Tuesday's victims. promises to aid the victims and brotherhood. live news coverage on every sta- Affairs, explained that the admin- come together," says junior their families, as well as to "hunt During the winter break, they tion, and vivid images of mass de- istranon's main concern was with Michelle Sorensen. down the perpetrators of this ter- wrote letters of interest to vari- struction dominate the screen-c. how the students were coping with Sorensen helped organize the rorist attack." One of the first of ous fraternities. They received between: 10to 12responsesfrom ~c:;e!/~~~d~~~:I~~~n~h~~oc7~~ the news. After candle tight vigil in ~~n~:~:~~~n!~~::~~~ ~~ ~~ sudl fratenlirica .. ~ pus. ;ee~~g ;'th They say that this memory of the vic- test of any generation. Ki, and Sigma Alpha EpsiJon. On the benches right outside of D~e~~~li~n~o~eay~ was worse than ti~~ of this disaster "The U.S. is going to be much Un(onunately, rnanyoftbese Decker Center two students try to and Dean Sam Pearl Harbor and j:s:~~ut~oa~t~:~~: different now," says sophomore fraternities had no more room to console an emotional friend. She Case, the admin- initial reports of me Amy Malcolm, "because we might expand chapters, so Buschman covered her face to hide her tears, istration planned that we need to attacks. go to war." Bush assertively reus- and Dougherty went elsewhere. it ~~a~:~ye~~:tyi"s'e'tt"ledsth,."e.coldharsh to cancel classes retaliate. For the Through pro- :~;~s us that America will retali- AI that point, they explained., had seemed like all hope of find- for the rest of the grams like the vigil As the breaking news spilled day and hold an next few years, and the all-campus "I would hate for war to break ing a fraternity was gone, but one out across campus, students rushed all-campus rneet-" meeting led by out over this," says senior Suzanne fraternity did make an im- to get back to their donn rooms, 10 ing. things are going to Coley.student were Holmes. "I don't believe in war." promptu visit, Alpha Sigma Phi. get ~ou;' ~~o~~~~~:I!e~:~ to be Time spent be shaky around able to express "This is definitely a wake up Alpha Sigma Phi was look- call," comments senior Chris ing to have expanded chapters. falling apart, WMC proved to be :~~:i~~to St~~~ here. ~~::,r s~~:I~;s:Sa~: Baeuerlein. "I still feel an amount Once Buschman and growing stronger as students, fac- spent consoling patriotism. of fear because we live on the East Dougherty met with members of ulty, and staff united. each other. "It was like a-dream," com- the frutemity, they realized that r-P_h_ili_p_S_ay_,e_,_D_"_"_O_' S_t_ud_e"_t__ ''T_h_iS_i,_a_t_im_e_'o_,_ev_e..:.ry_o"_e~toments junior Laura Slagle, on Continued on page 2 it embodied everything they wanted in a fraternity. Strike a pose! New faces at WMC to go back to the old fraternity said, "We wanted Buschman style." K ....TRINA BUCKLEY and Japan, has more than twenty Continued on page 3 SraffWriter years of experience in her field. When the WMC doors opened After earning a B.A. in art edu- at the beginning of the 2001 fall cation and English literature from -- -- - - includ- Inside semester, freshman and transfer Penn. State University, Scott taught students were not the only new an assortment of subjects, faces spotted on campus. Six new ing studio art and creative writing professors, their areas of expertise within the public school system. ranging from the stages of infant Returning to Penn. State, Scott development to the finer points of went on to receive a M.A. in art computer programming, also found history, eventually culminating her themselves navigating the WMC studies at PSU by earning a Ph.D. campus for the first time. in art history with a dissertation in Though their backgrounds and Italian Baroque architecture. specialties vary considerably, it is As a professor of Asian art and apparent that all of the new profes- Italian Baroque architecture at sors have a lot to offer the WMC Penn. State, Scott was fulfilling her students, each one of them express- lifelong ambition to teach, yet soon ing a genuine sense of excitement found herself yearning for a about being a part of the WMC smaller, more personalized envi- community. ronment in which to pursue her Molt Pohlhaus (left) ondfrlends goof off durin8 the /lU7Iily weekend /ootbo1l8am~ Su a./'ull welcome bock weekftuJ and/4mily weekend Dr. Susan Scott, who teaches career. collage on fJlJ8' 12. the History of Western Art I in ad- dition to the Arts of India, China, Continued on page 4