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Vol.5 No.3 Press Spring Break or Baseball and Terror Hockey Break-Up?, "'fAt aI«tt,_ ... Softball: . Hits the Ice, Page 5 Get ready on Page 11 12 Sen. Mikulski Unveils Tax Credit Plan a bill that would provide a through scholarships and Thus, she wants to expand the LAURA HUTTON $4,000 tax credit per student financial aid. As prices contin- availability of tuition aid so it STAFf WRlTER per year to help students and ue to rise, even less then 15 can be achieved. On Monday, February 27th their families pay for the costs percent of students will be In addition to the $4,000 at 11:30 am Senator Barbara of attending college. able to attend small liberal art tuition tax credit, Mikulski Mikulski (D-MD.) delivered a Each year the price to schools without help. wants to double Pell grants. news conference in McDaniel attend college rises and leaves Mikulski believes that Through these need-based Lounge. In her speech, she more and more families "higher education is part of grants, one can receive up to addressed high tuition prices dependent on substantial the American Dream." $4,050 a year. The financial and a way to help lower the financial aid. Here at Everyone should go to college aid supplied by these grants cost of obtaining a top-notch McDaniel, 85 percent of the and expand their knowledge had not increased since 2002 education. Mikulski proposed students receive tuition help because it is so important. (See "Mikulski" on page 3) Student has·heard Admissions enough about Lures more vaginas ... See Page 9 Students ALYSE HOLLOMON STAFF WRITER The travel to various cities to meet with interested students and discuss why McDaniel is the At last, Break Time! school for them. The Admissions Centerspread: department used this tech- nique along with several other See Pages 6 and 7 new methods to recruit more students, from more areas, with a variety of interests. The breathtaking view of Krakow from the National Cathedral bell tower. Read more about (See "Admission" on page 2) experiences in Poland and Israel on Page 5 Female FBI Speaker Captivates Crowd time of her retirement in 2005. constituted only 2% of F.B.I women. BElli MCLANE In a heartening and humorous officers, and faced many other Varounis gave a detailed EDITOR-IN-CHIEF talk, she shared her struggles gender challenges within the and enthusiastic account of Athena Varounis -faced and triumphs as a woman in a organization. her FBIexperiences, including challenges in her life that male-dominated field. Varounis described the lack the faults of early weapons many Mclzaruel college stu- After earning a liberal arts of sports and general equality and gear designed for women. dents can't even fathom. degree from Wilson College with men. Then, with the She explained that she had a Bumbling goes Varounis, who spoke to a and spending time at a police advent of shows like Mary "tough" career during which beyond hunting packed crowd in Decker station where she was not Tyler Moore and Charlie's she arrested over 300 people. Angels, women could be seen allowed to become an officer, Auditorium on March 2, 2006, But she remains certain mishaps on was one of the highest-rank- Varounis was hired by the as authority figures, and the that she would not change Page 8 Ing female F.B.Iofficers at the F.B.I. At this point, women F.BI. opened its doors to (see "F.8.1" 011 page 3) Alumni: Thank One Today For Campus Benefits' haps take for granted. But families of students, outside returned to the faculty, I real- their experience while here. where does the money for all organizations - but most ized how much we depended Pam Zappardino '71 cher- ERICHOTT STAFFWRlTER of this come from? importantly it comes from the on our alumni and others to ishes her time on the Hill: Tuition, room and board, school's alumni. help make up the difference "All of my work since leaving It is a luxury to walk and the other fees it costs to Most alumni who give between the tuition/fees and McDaniel has focused on through McDaniel's campus attend a private college like back like Dr. Lightner '59 real- the actual costs of providing issues of equity, nonviolence, and see a new academic hell, McDaniel may seem like a lot, ized the benefits he was the educational experience." social change and peace. I to have access to Hoover's but it' actually only covers awarded as a student due to The idea of affording current learned the basics of all of that endless resources, and to have about seventy-five percent of . previous donations: "First, I students the same assistance at McDaniel. I was mentored personal relationships with what is budgeted for a stu- had received some scholar- they had while attending by many wonderful profes- elite professors who truly dent's education. What about ship aid while a student, so I McDaniel is common theme of sors, including Ira Zepp, who make themselves available. the other twenty-five percent? felt that needed to be repaid inspiration among alumni, but taught me that questions are These are just a few advan- Well, it comes from donations once I had the funds to con- for some it also has to due (~:: '~E?t~'~~I~t~~np:g~3)'ers. tages students here are fortu- by friends of the college: the tribute. Second, once I with a.love for the school and nate enough to have and per-