- \ A This is the final issue of the '92- VlLLANOVAN '93 staff. November 1 2, 1 993 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. VILLANOVA. PA. Vol. 69, No. 8 Homecoming receives good grades overaii By KATHLEEN COONEY The beer lines were' very long Assistant News Editor because the service trailers could not be placed directly on the field. Homecoming proved successful if they had, they would have been with the new plan, said Gary ensconsed in the mud, he Said. Olsen , executive director of Alum- This problem was not anticipated, ni Affairs. There were fewer Olsen added. problems, and the problems there The field needed some repair were can be easily rectified next after the event, which is to be year, he said. expected, Olsen said. For instance, The Homecoming Planning the area around the bandstand Committee, composed of represen may need repair because many tatives from key departments on people were dancing on the wet campus, and the Office of Plan ground. There was minimal inten- ning and Institutional Research tional damage to the campus, he for the University will send out added. 6,000 survey cards for students tp complete and return. The survey cards will be placed around cam- I thinly the problems we pus, including the dining halls. A similar survey will be included in had with the small PHOTO BY SHARON GRIFFIN the next alumni publication of the Spires. number of beer taps and Long beer lines, lack of port-o-potties, and dreary weather did not dampen the spirits of alumni The Homecoming Planning and undergrads at the 1993 Homecoming celebration. restrooms win be easy Committee members also filled >» •* out an evaluation. There were to remedy. questions in 10 areas with the Lucyna Gorski, focus on the picnic on Sheehan director Beach. of Student AcUnties Peace and Justice Center examines The committee's own evalua- tion gave beer distribution an "F" Kennedy said he thought the and entertainment an "A," said positive aspects of Homecoming condition of world liunger, poverty Patrick Kennedy, president of the were the entertainment, the limit- Student Government Association ed unruly behavior and the little (SGA). time it took to clean up. The main By MELANIE FIORDALISI Hunger" marathon, which begins in Bartley Cafe and Connelly The results of both surveys will reason bottles and cans were not Staff Reporter at 3 p.m. in front of Falvey Center. The money will go toward be tabulated and used to make allowed in the picnic was because Memorial Library. building an educational center for improvements for Homecoming the plastic cups could be collected Since the fall of 1972, the Track and field Coach Marty Peruvian farmers at a mission run next year, Olsen said. with the leaf blowers, which University has made a commit- Stern will fire the starting gun as by the Augustinians, said With about 10,000 people in drastically reduced clean-up time, ment to the active promotion of both the men's and women's track Jackson. attendance on Sheehan Beach, Kennedy added, Hunger Awareness Week. "The teams, winners of the "Big East" "Fast Day is traditionally held there were bound to be some Information is still being purpose of this annual event is to championship, will be partici- on the Thursday before Thanks- problems, said Olsen. For gathered about the majority opin- raise the consciousness of the pating. giving," said Jackson. "It is usu- instance, the beer lines and the ion on Homecoming, but the Villanova community to the prob- "The marathon is ally the most open to the successful of any lines at the ticket booths were too feedback so far has been that it lems of global hunger and pover- entire fundraiser. student body. Anyone who About 80 percent of long. Next year there will probably was significantly better than last ty," said the Rev. Ray Jackson, is interested should inquire about the student body participates," he be eight ticket lines instead of year, said Olsen. "Overall, we O.S.A., committee moderator of how to get sponsors, said Jackson, said. four, Olsen said. (Continued on page 2) Hunger Awareness Week. "The money collected from the "The program is also an effort five mile run will be given to the to raise money for the Hunger Hunger Relief Fund. Relief Fund," he added. A Hunger Banquet will be held University departments receive no Over the past 21 years. Hunger in Dougherty's North Lounge Awareness Week has successful- until the end of the day's ly raised nearly $250,000. The activities. new money has been spent on various Domestic Awareness Day and increases in expense budgets endeavors to aid poverty-stricken Homeless Awareness Day are people all over the world, Jackson Nov. 16 and 17, respectively. A By KATE SZUMANSKI said. The University is committed student body that table will be set up in Connelly News Editor the University said. Funds have been allotted to to improving its technological desires," according to the letter. finance soup kitchens in Haiti and Center to provide students with capabilities, emphasizing . compu- The University is information all activities. emphasizing the Philippines, schools in Peru on The University is not immune ter growth, he said. the need to will be a craft maintain competitive and community service centers in There sale on the to the soaring costs of higher Over the next two years, salaries for its faculty first floor of Connelly Nov. and staff, Africa, he said. 15, 16 education. Many parents and improvements in the University's said Sieber. "This is a high and 18. Crafts and artwork creat- students rightly wonder why an computer infrastructure should priority of the strategic plan and ed by the Appalachian people are education at Villanova costs so significantly impact students, The purpose of this^ where possible, it to be ordered from Virginia and much and takes prece- where their money goes faculty and staff, according to a dence over increases for expense sold to raise money. once It leaves their checkbooks. letter from annual event is to raise the Administrative budgets," according Connelly Center will have a to the letter. The Administrative Budget Budget Committee to all Univer- In order for the University letter-writing campaign to public- Committee fall to the consciousness of every recommends sity vice presidents, deans, direc- meet its strategic goals, funds ize the message of "Bread for the to the University president guide tors and administrators. received from various sources are the Villanova community World" Nov. 15, 17 and 19. lines for increases in expense Another objective of the Univer- allocated to meet those "Bread for the World" is a budgets for the upcoming year, sity is its commitment to improv- expenditures. to the problems of nationwide Christian movement said Frederick Sieber, University ing the physical plant, said Sieber. Seventy-one budget percent of all Uni- dedicated to the salvation of director. "Although the buildings may look global hunger and versity funds come from tuition people who are suffering from Expense and equipment good from the outside, many of and fees, said Sieber. Like budgets for "The Uni- starvation, said Jackson. the the 1994-95 academic their infrastructures are in need P^^^^ty- versity receives 19.2 percent of its nay Jackson, OSX organization, students are encour- year will be held at 1993-94 levels, of renovations," he said. funds from auxiliary said enterprises moderator of Hunger aged to lobby our country's deci- Sieber. "Decisions made in construct- including food services, the book sion makers and congressional In 1990, University President ing the 1994-95 Awareness Week operating and store and residence Rev. halls," he leaders to benefit the poor, he said. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., capital budgets will provide the said. Approximately 90 percent of .1 This year and student Students are invited to partic- and the Board of Trustees financial foundation Jackson for a sign if all University money 18. launched^a^ comes from coordinators Jodi LoBozzo, Kelly ipate in Fast Day on Nov. strategic planning icant investment in physical plant ^L TT student sources, said Sieber. The Corrigin, Joyce and Ray Those interested must register effort, said Sieber. The Universi- over the next five to seven years," Tom budget has been significantly the day before the event. People ty's strategic plan entitled, "A according Chablani have organized the to the letter impacted because will of undergraduate week's who eat in the dining halls Future Promise," outlines the The University is also allocating activities. enrollment has been reduced from be asked to fast for their afternoon strategic goals and objectives of more funds The week begins with the for student financial 6,400 to 5,700 the students, he said. masses homilies meals. The University will donate University for the next five aid, said Sieber. "Student finan- on Nov. 14. The Four percent of University every participant. years, he said. will address the relevance of $3 for cial aid continues to be critical to funds come from government hunger Donations from commuting The University's strategic recruiting and retaining the quan- issues. grants, 2.5 percent from private sought, and collection objectives include investment in "International Hunger Day" is students are tity and quality of students neces- set up on the tables technology improvements, Sieber Nov. 15 with the "Run for buckets will be sary to maintain the type of (Continued on page 5) '/ - Page 2 • THE • November 12, VILLANOVAN 1993 Novtntwr 12, 1993 • THE VILLANOVAN t Rage 3 INSIDE THIS WEEK Computer system facilitates INDEX EDITORIALS FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS pre- registration process This week in Features, read In Entertainment this week, For those who weren't there, Entertainment Ellen Goodman speaks on ByJANEPAPACCIO toward ...21 about the many trials the discover Villanova Law or for those who just don't technological advance- a problem with his schedule," said the Packwood Predicament, an Assistant News Editor ment Sports 28 actors faced in the making of School's production of "Death- remember, this week's Sports at the University, Stein- Elder.