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HIGHEST RATE OF ACADEMIC DEFICIENCY IN TEN YEARS Westminster, MD 5,.idkiM' VoL 3 No.2 Press Wrestling takes second at', Party fouls The Communications Conference Championship No party is the Department's Deana Three members will compete at National same without them. Villani is a Professor with a Personal Touch. See Championship, See story on page 12. See story on page 7. story on page 7. College launches wireless network INSIDE BY GREG SANDRUCK "Ladies and gentlemen we "a major step in improving Lounge, the Pub and Coffee STAFF WRITER have lift-off, the message is technology" at McDaniel. Shop, the Commuter Lounge, there," said Dr. Joan Develin This is only the first step in a the Library "Sky-box," and the: Tuesday, February 15, Coley, McDaniel's president, House and 2005 - Ensor Lounge - At during a brief ceremony six month "task force, devel- McDaniel Hall Student Whiteford oping a blue print" for wire- 10:16:01 AM EST an e-mail to celebrate the wireless less access all over the college Lounges. More locations in- made its way from one connection. student's laptop to another. The overall mood of the . campus. Coley said that she cluding Memorial Square and are Garden the Sculpture hopes that in the summer she The message read, "Hey ceremony, which included will "see students sitting with planned for when warmer tem- Nick, here is the first wireless cake, balloons and drawings their little computers, doing peratures arrive. e-mail message." for five free Memory Sticks, whatever they do." "The college hopes to Tha t e-mail served as was one of light-hearted the "ribbon cutting" of the humor. "What do they do?" hear from students about the Take a look inside President Joan new wireless network avail- she joked. hot spots that are open and Coley's Decker Center office. Find . Coley's introductory re- The wireless network, [See Wireless continued 011 out what's stashed in her desk able at McDaniel College. marks described the event as for now, is limited to Ensor drawers. Page9. page 3] Students arerkeepin' it real" BRIAN PATTERSON COMMENTARY EDITOR Ever wondered how well our campus promotes McDaniel's ROTC program offers unity? Did you ever notice students the opportunity to go to the racial divide that exists in college for free and have a secure Glar? What about the percep- job after graduation. Page 5. tion that all African Ameri- cans playa sport? These questions, and more, were addressed at the Keeping it Real Forum last Tuesday hosted by the Black Student Union. A crowd of about sixty students, faculty, and staff got together to share what was on their minds. "The goal of the forum Vagina Monologues - Edgy is to bring people together to talk about the racial and eth- nic issues that affect their production raises awareness lives," said BSU president Ronnie Wooten, who moder- ated the event. Professor Becky Carpenter and sophomore Ten Hamer play the roles of sex workers in "The Vagina Monologues," which were performed in Big Baker last Friday and Saturday [See Keepin It Real nights. The performances were aimed at raising awareness and funds for anti-violence groups continued 011 page 2] in the local community. Approximately $4,000 were raised through ticket sales. New plates in pub arepart of pilot project E.M. WILLIAMS Manager of Food Services. "Styrofoam is such a ronmentally friendly cost as well as food services. STAFFWRITER "Then we'l! do three to four huge waste," said freshman much as 35 percent more than The company's web site, days of surveying. We have Dave Woodsome, who is a This week, McDaniel Col- 1,000 surveys for pub cus- standard Styrofoam, Smith wv.rw.amylex.com/product.hbnl, lege became the first college in tomers; ifwe got half of them member of the environmen- said. But the Amylex prod- claims its products have a "zero tal action club. "I'm glad that the region to test a new prod- completed and returned, the we are looking at an alterna- uct won't run that high. stun environmental impact." uct to replace Styrofoam. The company would be ecstatic." tive so we don't have to It's too early to explore These biOdegradable new product is cornstarch- The plates are the stan- dump a product that takes costs or to commit to the bio- materials "are produced based and is produced by a dard manila colored, 9-inch degradable, cornstarch-based from annually renewable, company called Amylex. plates with a ridge, so people 5,000 years to decompose. product, he added. But lots of sustainable agricultural re- "We purchased 5,000 might not notice a difference This new material only takes people are thrilled about the Sources - starches and grain plates and we'll use them in the between the old and the new 48 hours. It breaks down real product's prospects. meals. These products are quick." Pub until they are gone," said plates, Smith said. But in the Amylex is also target- created naturally from Usually alternative Cameron Smith, the General long run, landfills will products that are more envi- ing packing materials for as page 2] [See Plates continued 011 major manufacturers