Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1990-1991 Student Newspapers 10-30-1990 College Voice Vol.14 No.9 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol.14 No.9" (1990). 1990-1991. 15. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991/15 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1990-1991 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. THE COL E VOICE Volume XIV, Number 9 Ad Fontes October 30, 1990 Administration Cautions Sources of Drug Story damaging. I don't know what the article is like, bUIif by Sarah Huntley it is clear who they're talking about ... it's going to put News Editor you in a more damaging situation: because I was Administrative interaction with potential sources under the impression that be had received a more in an article describing drug use at Connecticut formal warning than he had." College has yielded a Wave Mag a z in e Last year, suspicion that the source was decision to pull the piece, a IIega- u sin g drugs resulted in the issuing tions of auempted control 0 v e r of a word-of-mouth warning to press and firm reasserta- him. tion of the school's "two- "It was supposed to be trans- pronged" drug policy. lated through another student and The article in question was writ- part of the problem was he never got ten by Jackie Soteropoulos, '92, the message worded in the form in an attempt to examine the that was clear -cut. Our error college's drug culture. was that we probably Interviewing should have spoken twenty-four stu- directly to him:' she ~ dents in three locations, Soteropoulos said. Dr. Charles King '=-~~~-====='" guaranteed her sources anonymity. Tolliver said part of the reason for the in- According to Joseph Tolliver, dean of Student formal and unusual method of message delivery was Dr. Charles King Provokes Life, the administration became aware of the article that the student in question lives in the thematic and the names of some sources through the "student house. at Racism Workshop grapevine." According to Tolliver, the messenger was told, "You people who are nOI like them, Daphne Williams, assistant director of Residential need 10 tell them that they are putting themsetves in by Christi Sprunger people of color. King, author of Life, said that because one of the sources was a "name jeopardy meaning some sort of disciplinary action, The College Voice Fire In My Bones has spoken at that was not new .. _[she] was concemedand immedi- See Druos". 10 Dr. Charles King has a mission. over 100 colleges and universities ately got in touch with him through his housefellow." See Special News Supplement for For the past forty years he has tried in his effort, On Sunday, October According to Williams, "We talked head-on about Soteropoulos' Story what was going on and I said, 'Look, this is very to bring an See King p. :, aware- ness to W hit e Gaudiani Invites President George America of the bur- den of Bush Over Senior Wish List Each year, the members of the Senior Class are at their graduation. The list is compiled by Index by Jon AlegranU asked to fill out and return a questionnaire with the the senior class Executive Board and is The College Voice name of the person they would most like to have speak submiued to the president's office, where it Features pp, 4-5 is then narrowed and in- This year's Senior Class commencement ;;;;;;;"",-","",=======''''-======='1 vitations are mailed. speaker could be George Bush, president of the Native-American Said Linda Smith, '91, United States - and many people are not happy Enlightens Crowd assistant to Senior Class about the possibility. president, popular Unlike the Wellesley incident last year, the choices for speaker by problem does not appear to be with the speaker Ct. View pp. 6-7 this year's class included himself. Rather, students are concerned about Gubernatorial Robert Fulghum, author their lack of input before the invitation to Bush Candidates Profiles of All I Needed to Know was mailed. I Learned in Kindergarten, Jane Comics Pauley, newscaster, Kurt pp.13 & 16 Bush Poses- Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five, Alvin Poussant, scholar, r~ ~% with oves Toni Morrison, author of Beloved, and Dr. Seuss, ~L) author of children's \~~. Leaders books. Above the list it was by Sarah Huntley written, "[The Senior &E pp.14-15 News Editor Class] believes that the Three students learned a lesson in political J persons below have some Yale Drama Group reality on Tuesday from the sage teacher of .J or all of the qualities that we deem important in a Motivates Students politics - observation. ] Kim Harding, '92, Office of Volunteer is !!'§""'~ commencement speaker. Community Service (OYCS) Mentor Program :" President Bush poses with Sal Menzo, '93, and Kim Harding, '92 Such qualities include passion, motivation, wis- ports pp. 17-20 coordinator, Sal Menzo, '93, Tripartite Pro- gram coordinator, and Michelle LaGrave, '93, According to Harding, they were told, "He would like dom, humor and insight among others." drove to the Radisson-Tara Hotel in Stamford, to meet with us one-on-one in a private setting." The only political figures mentioned in the primary and secondary lists were Wil- Connecticut 10 see George Bush, president of With this expectation, the students submitted to Fed- liam O'Neill, governor of Connecticut. Mi- the United States. eral Bureau of Investigation background checks and According to Harding, OYCS received a prepared to discuss OyeS programs with the president. chael Dokingue, undersecretary of the United Nations, Tom Kean, ex-governor of phone call from the White House on Friday Bush, three weeks ago, designated the OYCS initia- New Jersey, Elizabeth Dole and Claiborne inviting two student leaders to meet with Bush. tives one of his 1,000 Points of Light. Pell, Rhode Island Democratic senator. ECAS-Bound A scheduled meeting earlier this month was When the students arrived at the hotel, they- found a See SdedIoa Po 8 Women's Soccer cancelled because of the national budget crisis. See Pol." of LIIht p. 9 .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~c:::: ~ i~VI~E~W~P----:O:..:I~N~T~==========~===---.. j Wave Magazine Abdicates MSSC Responds to President ;0;; i its Responsibility Gaudiani's Views on Curriculum ~ 8 __ -,_ _at that highly qualified students, Plancannotbeachieved. Theorigi Letter to the VDiu: nal Strategic Plan calls for • 7 '.... ., , ", which the college so desparately ·0"" rt' ~...,_ The Minority Students Steering ~ .. _ •.,.. • ,' 10' 2 1 -, American Studies Depanmenl Committee was concerned by the wants to attract. do not come to t' ~.. _es .. ..,. ...,......, _ the detailed document entiU; article "Gaudiani Pledges Money Connecticut College because of the Broadening the CurriCUlum)"As~ a lIIIJa" .... For Curriculum Initiatives" lack of diversity. o:! J-Ie 0'aIa1'lnallerl. .. ro ' .1I1V_ d , .... MSSC agrees that the curricu- department, with its Own faculty raaJaddeSal rap I ••-, ..... (TheVoice, Oct 23, 1990) in which ~ 1Ilat..., _ .. and a choic~ of concentration (in: President Gaudiani presents ber lum is mainly the responsibility of • '_ llnFIl eII'edI" .. _ ... ,. ,'wIlIn 'FIlch. eluding Afncan-American, Asian. views on diversifying our curricu- the faculty but students are also _""'-, Oatof lIultlladut's .......... line members of the Educational Plan- American, Hispanic-American 1lai'1•...,. _ ,_line prfatcr._puIIod. lum. Since its inception in 1986,as ning Committee and the Academic history and culture).'·lfthe goal of G.... 1Iaisstldeant·.reportoflinelltrat ...... '''''' ......... ·atIua,FIIIIo a result of the Fanning Takeover. and Administrative Planning this school is toprepare its students .. ",......wenaJS'l'Od .. paJi/aa""'storyrr- tII.,_of"'" mopzhpe the Minority Student Steering for the global decade, it needs to WlIIt IlttIe lim.to decide, lit.,made. dllliaoJt _ Pa tim. to protect "'" Committee (MSSC) has been ad- Committee. the curricular deci- combat the primarily Eurocentric wIsiaeI.1ICI worrIeoofSoleropoulos·-..... dressing issues dealing with stu- sion-making bodies. Their pres- ..... 1halpolDl... W... M edlloisdIsreprded1helrrespoaslblU· dents of color on this campus. This ence ensures that the curriculum education learned through high Iles.Soteropouloo·.story.nm spedaI ........ pp llbls .... kb'TIu year, MSSC is focusing on diversi- reflects the needs of the students. school. The college education Colkt. Voi< •• lsmoreof. t.. lure_lDtllpOOt. How sIgnIlka.I ..... fying the college's curriculum. The The addition of courses dealing should prepare its students for the BfoJ'y bas arise. from lbe omc. ofS_.1 ur.'. baacl1lDc of lbe .Uu._. reason why MSSC is focusing on ~ith ethnic American groups is the "outside world." This "outside W... M.tIZiM bad. reopo.s1bIUIJ tor .... artIdtoa what the admIolslra· diversifying the curriculum is be- concernofMSSC. To only modify world" consists of not only just _'s n>ie III ...... IPaa Ibe drug BfoJ'y..... cause itnotonly benefits srodents of courses seems to be a patchwork international perspectives but also Ther. are •• umber ofslgalllcaaa........ arlsIng rr- bow this story was color but the whole college commu- solution to a major problem. the different ethnic perspectives wrltteD.1ICI wby IIwas DOlpublished D1ll1orf1laaDy oc:heduled date, DOIIhe nity. Diversifying the curriculum MSSC appreciates President that exist right here in the United _ofwlnJdoareco_ablpaadlherfPtsoflludenlrtpOl'lerstow.Icb •• d not only lets students learn abOut Gaudiani's commiunent of funds States. How can we possibly be report oa boaor code WIIa_ (w1111out -.uy WllatPaa Ihe hOlM code ethnic perspectives as well as sro- toward diversifying the curricu- prepared to be "better citizens of .....