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Vol. 7 No.2 Chick flick reviewed by two Page 5 INSIDE tocol was carried out on the MELANIE CHUPEIN night of the bomb scare. NEWS EDITOR "We want to get to the bottom of this Webster noted that informa- Nearly three weeks after and keeping students safe is our tion linked to bomb threat Blanche Ward Hall residents number one priority." protocol should not be made and campus administrators public. faced a bomb scare, campus - Michelle Lieberman "I believe that these 'aren't safety and the Westminster the kinds of issues that can be police have not been able to managed by committee," said identify the culprit. [they should] share informa- has enlisted the local police's Webster. On the evening of February tion with campus safety or help for things like "submit- Neighboring Gettysburg 3, a call was made on the blue even the police, "said ting fingerprint evidence to College's bomb threat proce- light phone outside Blanche Leiberman. "We want to get to the FBI." dure, which is published on by a caller who sounded like the bottom of this and keeping Webster and his team are its Security Services website, an intoxicated male. The students safe is our number actively investigating this outlines the following steps: incident and he assured, "We caller tried to disguise his one priority." "Upon receiving a bomb voice and stated that he Mike Webster, director of take every bomb threat seri- threat call or report, immedi- would blow up the building, campus safety, said the ously." ately complete the Bomb according to Michelle Westminster police are cur- The department of campus Threat form." From there, Leiberman, associate director rently assisting campus safety safety has a detailed set of Safety and Security personnel of media relations. in their investigation. Since it protocol for emergencies such (see "Bomb" 011 page3) "If students know anything, is "our offense" the college as bomb threats, and that pro- Ice clean up worst In twenty years McDaniel's hard working BRIAN ENCLAR staff begin their 10-12 hour STAFF WRITER days to get the ice and snow Snow Days tend to be won- bound campus back on its derful, carefree days with feet. very little, if anything, to do. The aftermath of the 'most Most often, it involves playing recent storm was the worst in the snow or bundling up Boob and his crew has had to inside your house or dorm to manage in 20 years, Boob avoid the cold. However, for said. These sturdy caretakers Phil Boob, physical plant have been using steel shovels, employee, and the many heavy scrapers, hand tools, groundskeepers and building calcium chloride, ice melt - staff, the situation is quite the anything they have that pene- opposite. trates ice and enables them to From as early as 5:00 A.M., clear the campus. a time before the sun rises that So far breaking through the Super Bowl may as well not exist as far as ice hasn't been an easy task. are Sleet fell on top of snow. students con- overseas not the EV"NTICKNQR college until as late as 8:00 Rain followed. This rain satu- cerned, same Red Square was transformed into a winter wonderland, but the cold P.M., a time when many col- rated the snow / sleet mix and did not stop everyone from wearing shorts and flip-flops.For more Page 13 photos, see page 4. lege students' 25 nights 30 are of (see "Clean Up" 011 page 2) beginning, to Tuition hiked but remains relatively reasonable tion and finance, "It's hard to grand total of $34,840 (not over six percent increase. In a January 29 memo AMANDA KLEIN visualize that there will be induding health insurance "Among small private insti- regarding the tuition increase, STAFF WRITER years that. it won't go up." In and various other undergrad- tutions, we are very reason- President Joan Coley states, the past 15 years, tuition has uate fees). ably priced," says Seidel. "While they are here on the Ben Franklin once said, "An In comparison to other Seidel notes that the con- Hill, our students are investment in knowledge increased between four and institutions, McDaniel's year- stant increase is an attempt to immersed in a vibrant learn- always pays the highest five percent each and every ly tuition percentage increase keep up with the long-term ing-living community return." Luckily for McDaniel year. This year's five p~rcent is generally small. After cost of living. Not only do the designed to enrich not only increase consistent remains students, their investment in with last year's five percent researching tuition figures of salaries of the faculty and staff what they learn, but how, knowledge is soon to' go up 16 schools of similar size and increase each year, but the cost when and where they learn." again. Next year McDaniel'S hik~s for room and board, the demographic, it was found of day-to-day expenses steadi- However, senior Ali Gargon tuition will rise from $27,280 that McDaniel's percent ly rise annually. wonders why so many stu- to $28,940 a year. rates will remain the same. A increase was ranked 14 of the "If [tuition] doesn't go up, dent requests go overlooked. standard double room in a tra- Though the five percent 17 schools. Gettysburg then how are we going to pay "If we are paying all this hike may come as a shock, this ditional residence hall will College, for instance, raises and pay the bills? money for tuition, all I want to tate is actually quite standard. cost $3,200 a year and t~e increased tuition from $39,864 Because they are going to go know if why our concerns According to Ethan Seidel, standard 210 meal plan will to $42,310 last year-a little up," Siedel comments. (see 'Tuition" Ott page 3) vice president for administra- remain at $2,700, leaving a