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... ONLINE REGISTRATION SOON AVAILABLE Westminster, MD ~ sqUiliN' Vol. 2No. 4 Press Recycling on Presidential Race 2004 Screen names campus Which candidate will What does yours mean? Which color can is it? McDaniel students vote for? See story page 8. See story on page 3. See story page 4. INSIDE rATO·TOOLE SPORTS EDITOR Year after year, the American Red Cross demon- strates great effort in trying to personalize the blood dona- tion experience, The group always releases a barrage of posters that depict a small child or a family thanking donors for saving them in their time of need. The con- cept is simple: if students can visualize a tangible way in which their blood will be used to save a life, they will find it all the more difficult to pass up the opportunity to donate. Butwhen the Red Cross came to campus last Wednes- day, there was no need for an unknown face on a poster to compel students to roll up their sleeves. The desire to save a life had already found its way onto the Hill in a way Junior Megan [eeves donates blood last week with the help of a Red Cross nurse that no ad campaign could ever equal. way as it was turning. He condition in the University of as the Cadet First Sergeant for Last Sunday night, Joey was taken to the University Maryland Medical Shock the ROTC Battalion. Morningstar was riding his of Maryland Shock Trauma Trauma Unit. "Joey is in our thoughts motorcycle on Md. 140 when Center following the crash. Joey, a junior at he was struck by a car which At the time of publication, McDaniel, is a member of the {See Btocd drive continued failed to yield the right-of- Joey was listed in critical school's baseball team as well on page 3] High BAC turns parties into 'nightmares' LEON MACH coming synonymous with STAFF WRITER not been spared the alarming these occurrences happened campus life. trend. Since November 2001, during a twelve day span. Bottles of alcohol are However, when con- there have been 20 total inci- According to Denver Post opened just as often as sumed in dangerous quanti- dents of alcohol poisoning, research, 16 college students schoolbooks at colleges and ties, drinking alcohol can according to Campus Safety have died of alcohol poisoning universities throughout the have tragic consequences. records. since 1997. Most cases could nation. The comedic por- Over consumption of alcohol Five students have been have been prevented if their trayal of drinking in popular has already claimed the lives Students chat with award winning escorted to Carroll County friends would have gotten playwrite at Kennedy Center. Page 9. movies such as "Old School" of two college students in General Hospital during this them help rather then putting and" Animal House" has Colorado this September. semester alone after overdos- contributed to alcohol be- McDaniel College has ing on alcohol, and each of page 2] [See Alcohol continued 011 Dip in enrollment results in budget cuts and adjushnents KATIE MARTIN get and we've ended up with CO-EDITOR Seidel. ally huge endowment, you history. However, there are cur- a good budget," Seidel ex- "These budget adjust- are going to be more depen- An unexpected dip in this plained to faculty members at ments are in the range of a rently only 419 new students year's enrollment produced their meeting in October, normal fluctuation," he said. dent on student revenue," enrolled. that Seidel said, explaining less revenue for McDaniel Col- where he spoke to clarify any Revenue from under- McDaniel is a tuition driven "Early indicators such as lege, forcing college .officials to concerns about the extent of graduate enrollment com- prospects, early applications, make cuts and adjustments to the cuts. prises approximately 75 per- institution. campus visits, etc supported the annual operating budget. "The budget is strong cent of the annual operating Therefore, predicting the budget goal," said Marty However, the cuts were but the budget is tight," Presi- enrollment is a major aspect O'Connell, dean of admissions. "invisible changes" with little dent Joan Develin Coley said. budget. Money also comes of the budget process, which "But historic trends for com- from the state of Maryland, as impact on students, faculty or This year, the college's well as the college's annual begins each fall and continues pleted applications and yield throughout the year academic progra.ms, according projected $45 million annual fund, endowment, summer The new srudent projec- .did not hold and therefore the to Ethan Seidel, vice president operating budget was ad- conference programs and tion for this year was 515, goal was not met." for administration and finance. justed by about one percent, other miscellaneous sources. what would have been the It became apparent at the "We had a very good bud- or $466,000, according to "Unless you have a re- largest class in the college's page 3] [See Budget continued 011