Rape Attempt January Program:Asset Or Doomed
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\ 1 i h\ , t % Thursday, THE LAM December 8, 1977 THE BRONX, NEW YORK Volume 1, Number 2 Ram 78 Gets New Rape Editors Attempt by Bill Schmitt An off-campus man has been charged Jim Dwyer, FC 79 will edit the 1978 with attempted rape by an upperclass Ram, outgoing editor-in-chief Charlie Kel- female resident who was accosted early ly announced today. Dwyer will become Saturday morning in Martyrs' Court, the 60th editor of The Ram in January. according to Robert Becker, Assistant Dwyer, a native New Yorker, said his Dean for Housing. first objective next semester will be to Neither the female resident's nor the reassert The Ram's independence by suspect's name was released, but sources "straightening out" its financial structure. said the woman lives in G-house, and her In addition, he said he would like "to first confrontation with the assailant was in synthesize" the things "I've learned from the G-house stairwell at about 5 a.m. two past editors, Charlie Kelly and Kevin Becker described the incident as he Hayes, whose journalistic excellence help- understood it from an official report and New Editors: Pat Borzi [1[ takes over as Executive Editor, while Jim Dwyer starts from the reports of security and the ed to make The Ram the most respected as the 60th Editor-in-Chief of The Ram. newspaper in the Northeast." G-house resident advisor: ing, but said The Ram is a "pisser" in changing The Ram into a sports magazine The woman was returning to campus via Sports editor Pat Borzi, FC '79 has been explaining his association with the news- Mike "Shor"" t Eyes~ " Mauro, at one'time a me Conrail trestle when she noticed a named the new Executive editor replacing paper. Dwyer boasts of residences in both Muppet, is going to take time out from his suspicious figure following her. As she Bill Schmitt and Mike Mauro, FC '78, will A and D house. hectic career as a Point czar to man his new Passed the I.B.I, security guard stationed replace outgoing Managing Editor Maria Pat "Moon" Borzi, who has a history of post. Mauro and Borzi bring an average at the trestle booth, she motioned over her Basile. Other appointments include Neil popping moons, plans to stay with The height of just over 4" to The Ram. shoulder, signalling the guard to stop her Grealy, FC '80 as Rose Hill Editor and Bill Ram, despite offers from Playgirl maga- Other Seniors leaving the staff besides pursuer. Bole CLC '80 as Lincoln Center editor. zine and the Mafia to join their respective Kelly, Schmitt and Basile, are political "I dont know why he didn't stop him," Dwyer, a dedicated Presidential Scholar, staffs. In his capacity as executive editor, affairs editor Bob Ehalt and Arts Editor Becker said, guessing that the guard prefers astronomy and physics to report- Borzi hopes to influence Dwyer into Jeff Dorsch. interpreted the woman's gesture to mean, "Let this man pass; he's with me." The man was allowed to come on campus, and he followed the woman to Seek Geaner Student Deli Martyrs' Court, where he stopped her by a by Bob Ehalt staircase and threatened her with robbery A surprise visit by a Board of Health and rape. She reportedly utilized the in two weeks and if the violations are not were required by the inspector, have yet to inspector last Tuesday uncovered seven techniques recommended by Frederic Stor- corrected by that time summonses will be be recieved. Finally to on-campus mix-ups, aska in his recent American Age lecture, violations in the student deli. The viola- issued. a new operating permit was never gained. "How to Say Not to a Rapist-and tions are current being rectified. The problems concerning two of the Welsch said that the permit would be Survive," and talked to the man for a total According to Deli Director Tricia Welsch certificates are due to the failure of the city purchased within a week. the violations included the handling of to mail them on time. Two months ago of about 45 minutes. During this time, she meat without plastic gloves, excess debris Welsch took a xity-sponsored course on "I'm glad we were inspected," Welch was not physically attacked. on the floor, traces of flies, roaches, and food protection, but the certificate did not said. "It was something we wanted. Although it's not clear how, the woman mice, and three other violations for failure arrive at the deli until three days after the People are always making cracks about the then apparently managed to slip away from to post health certificates. inspection. deli; now they will see the improvements the unwelcomed guest and she entered her Welch said that the inspector will return In addition, self-inspection forms which we are making. [Continued on pege 2) January Program:Asset Or Doomed by Bill Bole said January Program Director Robert The January Program at Lincoln Center O'Brien, "it would either necessitate face? terminiation because according to an increase in instructional staff, or detract Academic vice president Joseph McCarthy from the regular semester's enrollment. there are no viable reasons for the According to O'Brien, these approaches continuation of the program in its present would still deprive the students of acceler- form. ating their studies which is one of the main JANUARY "This is basically a calendar issue," he reasons for taking the course in the first said, "and there are many alternatives to place. the present format. The courses could be A draft of a report compiled by the offered in the other semesters and sessions Lincoln Center Curriculum Committee or the entire program could be scheduled questions the basx priorities of the higher PROGRAM during a summer month." administration. It says the committee sees McCarthy said the January session no connection between registrar-bursar causes the spring semester to start late, activity and the academic nature of the 47 unique courses delaying the commencement date. He also program, and considers the minimal noted the "long gap" of six weeks which increased activity to be "unquestionably a you can take presently takes place between fall and convenience to the students." The report spring semesters, and specifically inter- continues, "to sacrifice a program on such during intersession. rupts the school year for less than a quarter an account seems to invert the order of of the student body," he added. priorities of an educational institution and The curriculum committee report also Faculty members have expressed dis- McCarthy also pointed out the January to make the convenience of a service states "it can be determined that it takes content with scheduling the January program creates the additional registrar organization a major determinant of educa- ind bursar activity. only the full year's tuition of less than one program in the summer. They argue that a tional policy." percent of the student enrollment to He added that the uniqueness and January in June program would lower McCarthy said ths registrar points were financp the program each year." Twenty- intensity of the program was not being enrollment for the regular summer ses- minor, and reiterated his emphasis on the one percent of the school were enrolled in questioned but believed the project coul be sion. calendar issue. the program last year. "Any loss of over removed from the month of January. O'Brien said the January program is a on-, perant of student enrollment due tc The general consensus among faculty O'Brien agreed that the program has not "financial asset to the University," and the discontinuance of the program would members at Lincoln Center is that incor- attracted many students outside the Univ- serves as an "excellent means of recruit represent a financial loss for the University ersity, but noted an increase of such porating the program into the spring or fall ment." He said the discontinuance of the » gs a whoIei the report added participation in the past year, from .5 semesters would "cut into the regular program would hit evening students the percent to-3 percent. He added that the curriculum." McCarthy doubted the January Pro- hardest, who make up two-thirds of the lack of adequate advertising budgets has college's population and 70 percent of the gram ^Influence in retaining 'If the January type courses were f , , been a major cause of this situation. simply added to the regular curriculum," January proan.m's enrollment. dent s toth e UniversItv But wnat causca mis imrepia proauc«r anu revolve/around getting involved, if I didn't get Involved 1 Jn&S?& some spare money? Publisher to turn to the movie business? Thursday, Decembers, 1977 THE LAM SERVING CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1977 Wolf-Tickets Yet another proud Ram tradition that deficits and react with surprise when it is IHI STAFF The Lam has adopted is the awarding of suggested that it would have been only wolf-tickets. natural for them to have been more / Wolf-tickets are given in memory of inquisitive than they were. But, when those things that happened, but shouldn't you're working in a perfect system, like have, or those things that should have Fordham, who asks questions? happened and didn't, or something like The We Don't Have a Suspect, But We that. Read on and you'll understand what Think It's an Inside Job wolf-ticket goes to we're trying to relate. security director Thomas Courtney who The Hanging On By A Limb wolf-ticket sounds like Kojak, but who is about as goes to Peter Fazio, the Assistant Dean of effective as Deputy Dawcj.