Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1988 The ommeC nt, February 4, 1988 Bridgewater State College Volume 66 Number 1 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1988). The Comment, February 4, 1988. 66(1). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/594 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. •-11111 The Comment since 1927 Bridgewater State College Vol. LXVI No. l February 4, 1988 Bridgewater. MA MassPIRG motion dies in Congress By Brent Rossi that MassPIRG is a non-partisan Comment staff organization, involved in en­ vironmental and consumer issues. A group of students. which Recent projects, stated Mullen includes several members of the after the meeting, have included Student Government Association, the passage of the state's Lemon is attempting to change the law and the Acid Rain Bill. method by which MassPIRG The motion went to a vote, and collects money on campus. passed 10-6-1. The movement began at the At last Tuesday's meeting, a SGA meeting of January 26. new motion was put on the floor, Congressman Joseph Lange submitted by Students Against submitted a motion calling for a Fee Abuse, which requested that referendum question to be placed another question be placed on the on the upcoming SGA ballot. ballot; the question asks the Reverend Bartley MacPhaidin C.S.C., president of Stonehill College, addresses graduates The motion read: students if they want "MassPIRG at BSC's annual winter commencement. (Staff photo by Steve McPhee). · "Move to place on the ballot of on campus, who collect eight the next SGA election the dollars a year through a negative following question: Should the checkoff system?" waiveable MassPIRG fee of four [MassPIRG's existence on begin presidential search dollars be changed so a student campus must be reaffirmed every Trustees must check an appropriate box to two years by the students through By Marci Hahn likely it won't be until the middle Means said that it is important contribute to this cause?" a referendum question. The Comment staff of the semester. He said that it is that all groups who have contact Lange argued that the group is a referendum passed overwhelming- a long process, and, the com- with the school have proper political organization, and that ly last spring.] The Bridgewater State College mittee is going to do their best to representation on the committee~ students may not know they're When discussion on the motion board of trustees. has begun the find a Ilresident who will meet The committee will consist of conmouung, to it. At thi:) time, M•liiiti~•· •··~.,.. ,, •· •••--•"'· ~~tt--e~ .. ~ ,~·.•<,~~,.,~,, i;~ i-l'""ff"' .... ~,,,\,,.,,.J~i~~}~~:~!~~~~"~~.r,~-· t~~~~.·:·. .. , Search Committee to . find · a ''Siii~E1 :6v~r' · me~~~ a'swm,n:tta member ()1 through a fee. on the. semester change the negative checkoff. replaceme11:t for Gerard Indelicato, Indelicato's appointment and. his, the Association of Professional bills. Students are given the "It's a state law," stated Pearce. Trustee ·Paul, Means, head of resignation, the· search wilI ·be Administrators,'a member.of the option to not pay the four dollar "It went through the legislature. the Presidential Search Com- under the spotlight in tenns of jts staff, and an alumm;1s. fee by checking a box on the bill. We cannot, as a campus, change mittee says he hopes to have a openess and its fairness," M~ns The only member of the Mullen, director of the Eileen the negative checkoff." He ad- , president by the start ofthe 1988 said, "I intend to keep it open and cont. onp.2 Bridgewater State chapter, stated cont. on p. 4 .. fall semester, but more than fair until the end." Student Dillman eager to vindicate himself in new role as acting · Court president: says he will try to move the school forward tackles four case·s By Bill Bilod~au and right now r think our By.Bryon Hayes Comment SLaff resources w·ould be better spent Comment staff elsewhere."· . The Bridgewater State College He says that there were two The dismissal of all charges board oftrustccs, in their meeting imijor reasons why he accepted in the case involving Bridget of December 16, voted unani­ the position pf acting president. Chin, president of the Biology mously to name Dr. Robert "Number one was to pay back an Club, was the judgement Dillman acting presid.en.t of BSC · institution, that had treated rn,c passed in the last of the four .. until a permanent selection can extremely well for twenty years, cases which were heard by the ·be four.id. and to help heal that institution, I Student Court this past Dillman, who has been at also wanted to vindicate myself· Wednesday. Bridgewater for over 20 years, completely. My name should be Chin was accused of forging has served. as a member of the cleared of the circumstances the· former club ·s~cretary's faculty, acted as the .chairman of surrounding the fall of 1987 ," he name· ou. a voucher to gain the school's fledgling Manage­ says, referring to. his re;. funds for the c!ub, larceny by ment Science department, and assignment following what false pretense, and uttering. was vice president of academiC then-President Gerard Indelicato Richard DeRosa, attorm~y affairs for five years before being termed "differcnces in academic general of the SGA, brought reassigned this past semester as philosophy." Dillman also says, up the charges, which violate · vice pre$id'ent of academic . "It was an·issue·of integrity, and Massachusetts General Laws. planning . l wouldn't change what .I believed Actions within an organization .·· About that post, Dil!man says, in."' must be in compliance· with "I think that (position) 'Would not Indelicato resigned on Decem­ such laws. be unreasonable at a large in­ ber 7, amid speculation that he According to DeRosa, the stitution. However, I think it was had forged the names of four Biology Club had been really a position created to members of the Bridgewater without a secretary since the provide a job for me in a capacity Foundation on a land deed. He start of the academic year. that would allow me to help the has since been arraigned by a Therefore, DeRosa said, the 11 college. Dillman has no• plans federal· grand jury en various Secretary, Debbie Greel, could to fill 'that position in the near charges stemming from his role not have signed her name to future. "I think it's a question of as governor Dukakis' top the voucher. Also, the voucher Acting President R.obe.rt Diiiman .. (Staff photo by Debra Willis) whether we can afford to do that. cont. on p. 5. co;:zt. onp. 5 2 The Comment Thursday, February 4, 1988 Selectmen nearly evict students explained what was By Christine Howard agreed to rectify the situation, Canepa Comment staff "but as we now know, he had needed for a permit. The ten," she added. homeowner must apply Lo the Ten Bridgewater State College D~vid Deep, vice president of zoning board of appeals for a students faced possible eviction student services, said that the hearing. If the ZBA approves, it from their rented Bedford Street college has revised its policy. goes to the Board of Selectmen home two weeks ago when it was They (the off-campus housing for a hearing. Canepa said that revealed to the selectmen that office) act as a referral service the Selectmen will generally their landlord was renting the bclwccn prospectivelandlords and approve it if the ZBA does. rooms illegally. students. In the past, landlords The by-law has been in effect According to Selectmen Chair have filled out an application and since 1984, but according to David Canepa the board was if, as in Sabota's case, they listed Canepa, has only been informed of the situation by more then three openings, they implemented for the last two to the ten students were Hous.e on 38 Bedford Street that several of Sabota's former were refused. There was no way two and one-half years, because it almost evicted from. (Staff photo by Debra Willis) tenants. to verify if this was the actual was "new, and there were loose Canepa said that the town's number of students in the house, ends that had to be worked out." bylaws prohibit homeowners or if the landlord had a permit. Prior to 1984, the by-law Screening Committee from renting to four or more Now landlords listing more than allowed landlords to rent to up to tenants who arc not members of three openings on their six tenants, who were not of the the same family, without a applications must provide a copy same family. Canepa, \vho was cont.jromp. I important that the committee special permit. of their permit. on the board at the time, said that committee to be chosen is Robert knows what the faculty, staff, and It was reported in the Selectman John Myers, said, the by-law was changed because Crouch, a teacher from Somerset students are feeling. From this Bridgewater Townsman, January "The college should be more of complaints from neighbors. and an alumnus. Means said he survey, he can make. out a 20, that the landlord, Daniel responsible on whose name they "felt it was important to have a definite list of what they should Sabota, told thc··board that he did give out," adding that the board "What brought this about, teacher on the committee" since keep in mind while looking for not know that he needed a has experienced similar problems what usually brings about so many of Bridgewater's our new president.