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thuratey Non-Profit Org. Mht1 U.S. Postage PAID •biuiMiM Bronx, New York NumbtrT Permit No. 7608 'The C ulture of Silence" —see Centerfold dministrators Resign: Wegmann Dowling To Go To Return West To Classroom by Kieran P. O'Dwyer by Matthew Browne • Citing personal reasons, assistant dean of and Jacqueline Hatlar Indents for residential life Winifred Rev. Edward Dowling, S.J., dean of Dean Dowling [fegmann has decided to resign at the end of Fordham College, submitted his resignation to |is semester. Rev. Joseph P. O'Hare, S.J., president of never intended to stay very long when I came. Wegmann, who has held the position Fordham University, Monday. I thought I would be here for a limited dura- ice July, 1983, emphasized that her In a letter distributed Wednesday, Dowl- tion." feparture is not the result of any conflict with ing announced to the faculty, administrators, O'Hare is in Albany to support a pro- |e administration. and staff of the College that he was resigning posed financial aid increase and was not avail- "After nine years of work in residential Winifred Wegmann effective June 30, 1986. Dowling said that he able for comment. Dr. Joseph Cammarosano, resigned because he wanted to return to executive vice president, said that Dowling's |e, I'm going to explore other possibilities for confronted with the issue of housing for teaching and research. resignation was not unexpected. self," Wegmann said, pointing out that she students. The demand for on-campus housing "I think that I've accomplished what I set "Academics do not go into administra- moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico to has increased significantly in the last few out to do and I would like to go back to teach- tion to make it a lifetime career. So, from that ay with her husband whose job has relocated years. Fordham currently houses some 2200 ing...! missed it very much," Dowling said. standpoint, I was not surprised," Cammaro- m there. "I have considered working with students. The renovation of Hughes Hall and "You can't have everything in this world and I sano said. "In administration people have to |e American-Indian community in New Mex- opening of the Villages has alleviated some of prefer to teach." run as hard as they can for as long as they can 3, It will be a nice change in lifestyle." this pressure and Wegmann assures that more Dowling came to Fordham as an but they also have to know when to pass the Vice President for Student Affairs Joseph relief is on the way. Economics professor in 1973. He was the baton." |cGowan believes that Wegmann has done "its naru IU work within a system where assistant chairperson of the Economics De- Cammarosano, who was once assistant 1 excellent job in every aspect. "She is well we have a shortage of housing," Wegmann partment from 1976 to 1979 and the chair- chairperson to Dowling in the Economics De- Jganized...and has been an outstanding admits. "We're in a rough period. By the fall person of the department from 1979 to 1982. partment, said that Dowling's return to of '87 we should be in better shape as far as ember of our staff," he said. "She has In 1982, Dowling succeeded Rev. James teaching will be an asset to the College. housing is concerned.'' anaged in three quick years to help us very Loughran, S. J., as dean of Fordham College. uch in resident hall planning. She has Century Hall, an all freshman temporary "While it's a loss to the administration, "The position was empty, they were lofessionalized and systemized the residential dorm for 155 students, is scheduled to open by it's a bonanza for the students, particularly in looking for someone and I felt that I was able |e operation." the Economics Department because he is a continued on page 5 to make a contribution," Dowling said. "I Since her arrival, Wegmann has been superb teacher," Cammarosano said. "One person's loss is another's gain." Edmund Sheehey, assistant chairperson of the Economics Department, said that he is glad to hear that Dowling is returning to teaching. The few, the proud "I understand that he is an excellent teacher," Sheehey said. "We're delighted that he's joining the department again." Dowling said that when he became dean of the College he had three main goals: to strengthen the academic program, to increase contact with parents and alumni and to in- crease efficiency within the dean's office and the administrative structure. Among his accomplishments, Dowling finished implementing the new core curriculum by adding core enrichment continued on page 5 INSIDE: Special Piillout John Roussey/THE RAM There wasn't much of a crowd a( the Meadowlands last Thursday. There wasn't much of a Same either, as the Rams were knocked out of the MAAC Tournament, 61-52, by St. Peter s. 1 THE RAM THURSDAY. MARCH o. " * • ''•'*"" THE CAB CALENDAR Friday, Monday, March 7 Wednesday, Residential Life Lottery begins. 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Me~C6"3 -y =c'dhaai University Only Campus Center Director's Office THE RAM/THURSDAY, MARCH 6., 1986/3 Bitar McGinley Speaks To Expand Lebanese by Ruth Harris by John Wikstrom In order to accommodate the growing "Peace in Lebanon cannot, and should student population and to increase serving longer, wait for peace everywhere else in efficiency, both the Ramskellar and the main s Middle East. It can only produce, in a cafeteria in the McGinley Center will be gion of religious fanaticism, a model of renovated in September, said Bill Phelps, mocracy!" said the Former First Secretary director of dining services. the Lebanese Permanent Mission to the According to Phelps, the tentative plan is nited Nations in Geneva, Victor Bitar, to construct a forty-foot extension on two iday evening, ftbruary 28, to a packed faculty levels, creating an additional area 40-feet wide aunge at the College at Lincoln Center. and 200-feet long behind the present A sad but understandable misconception Ramskellar and Cafeteria. Phelps added that a f many is that each national, racial or ethnic forty by eight-foot student lounge to be oup has an equal hand in the Middle Eastern located on the second level of the McGinley alence. To explode this presumptuous Center has also been proposed, Bill Phelps j>tion, and redefine other gray areas, the "Renovations are being done to expand twly-formed Middle Eastern Studies Student services to the student body and increase conditions, Phelps "cannot handle the ssociation (MESSA) lured Bitar, Consul efficiency in the food service area because of projected 400 students from the new ;neral of Lebanon, away from the U.N. the growing student population," Phelps said. dormitory" to be completed by the fall of ng enough to have him lecture at the Leon Phelps stated that the Ramskellar would 1987. awenstein Center. "Peace in Lebanon expand into the area of the present pub, while According to Sullivan, discussion of Bitar explored the sensitive topic of the University Shop and the Pub will make use possible renovations for the McGinley Center |Why Should Americans Care About cannot, and should of the newly created space. By using the pub began last semester when Dr. Joseph ebanon?" by delineating the cultural and area for seating and installing more McGowan, vice president for student affairs Dlitical tradition of his country. Quite no longer, wait for functionable booths, this will allow for 150 contacted the McGinley Center Committee npressively, he elicited from the annals more seats in the Ramskellar, Phelps said. In along with Rev, Denis Moran, S.J., assistant ficcessive instances of Lebanon's continual | peace everywhere the main cafeteria, Phelps said that 250 extra vice president for student affairs, the ndurance as an autonomous state. seats will accommodate students as a result of chairman of the committee, This lucid narrative spanned a gamut of else in the Middle the expansion.