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College Voice Vol.14 No.26 Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1990-1991 Student Newspapers 5-7-1991 College Voice Vol.14 No.26 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol.14 No.26" (1991). 1990-1991. 2. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991/2 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 EVOICE Volume XIV, Number 26 Ad Fontes May 7, 1991 Recession hits admissions constraints. by Sarah Huntley According to Matthews, It IS Editor In Chid likely that Connecticut College will ~ .~ While the federal administration be able to draw more students from ;:j may hesitate to acknowledge it, pri- the waiting list; however, other] vate colleges know the country is in private institutions, such as '; riki. a recession. And Connecticut Amherst College and Brown Uni- .9 College, for one, is feeling the ef- versity, will also be appealing to ~ •• , fects. their listed candidates. ~ A lower than usual enrollment In addition, the college does not .il rate and increased requests for fi- guarantee a need-blind admissions'" :;: nancial aid indicate that the reces- policy for wait-listed students. The ~ sion is spiraling towards the institution, therefore, is not obli- 61 ~~~~~~~~~;;;;;~~~~~~~~;;;~~~~~~~~ __ ~~~ __ ....."~~ college's community. gated to accept students with high Last week's Assembly meeting sparked new debate about Cro renovations. Claire Matthews, dean of ad- need in the second round. missions and planning, said on Nonetheless, "All students, in- Thursday .the day after the deadline cluding students accepted from the Administration tempers for accepted students to indicate waiting list, will have [their] dem- enrollment, "Our response is poor. onstrated need met," said Weare going to have to go into our Matthews. Cro phasing assertion waiting list very heavily ...· She credited both demographic A total of 328 students have cho- shifts and the recession as factors Officials pledge "open, collegial" review sen to attend Connecticut College. behind the low enrollment rates, The freshmen class on average has saying, "There are fewer bodies two administrators stated that tion to anew Acting Vice President by Michelle Moon "phasing is not a closed matter." for Finance," the letter stated. 450 members. and fewer bodies able to pay." The College Voice "I feel we should have on May I The largest decline in enroll- Lynn Brooks, acting vice presi- "In lhecoming monlhs we will be 480 students ... because we'll have ment, according to Matthews, is Students and faculty members dent for finance, said that he spoke conducting a comprehensive re- melt over the summer. We've from the area most heavily hurt by left last week's em contact session prematurely at me sa A. contact view of the strategies {OT imp\e- never been in a situation like this," the recession, New England. with tbe impression that tl\e Cro- session. Brooks stated then that the menting the-renovation of CIo," it said Matthews. ElaineSolmga. director of finan- zier-Williams Student Center Cro renovation would nor be con- continued. If the college does not meet the cial aid, said that 70 upperclassmen would not be renovated in phases. ducted in phases, but would be Brooks said that the next step will 450 mark, the loss in tuition dollars who have not formally been on aid But in a letter sent this week to the taken "off-line" .during the project. be to examine and price the strate- could precipitate serious budgetary See Admissions p.7 Student Government Assembly, "After meeting with SGA, I gies for constructing the new stu- talked with a lot of people, and it dent center. "Over the summer I'll appears that phasing is still an op- be working with the construction Explosion tion," Brooks said. people so we can define options and The letter, co-signed by Brooks cost them,"Brooks said. "When the and Robert Hampton, dean of the options have been laid out, we'll college, began by saying mat "last make the decision in an open, col- shorts week's discussion of the College legial way." Center project was originally de- Phasing, the letter said, will be a signed to provide you with first- "fully evaluated" option. However, power hand information and allay some of the letter stressed, there is dis- your fears. We regret that our dis- agreement over whether phasing or by Rebecca Flynn cussion created confusion, distrust closing Cro would be the best way Associate News Editor and additional anxiety:" to complete the project. A power surge marked by The letter stated that the confu- "There is a delicate balance be- flames, a loud explosion, and a _ sion occurred because the admin- tween these positions that can only flipped-over manhole cover ~ istrators have been concentrating be resolved when all the facts are plunged a good portion of the cam- 2 on the construction of Becker before us," Hampton and Brooks pus into darkness on Wednesday. ~ House and contract negotiations said in the letter. According to Victor Spinnato, a ~ for tile new natatorium and athletic A primary student concern, the lieutenant of the New London Fire .~ center. relocation of all functions now in Department, the power surge likely .:! "The misunderstanding between Cro, was addressed in the letter. blew a wire and caused the coating ~ the two of us over the phasing issue "We will maintain essential pro- on the power wires to catch on fire, '\i for Cro resulted, in part, from this grams and services either in em or releasing a gas that built up below ~ preoccupation as well as the transi- . See Cre Pro jed p. 11 the manhole cover until it finally o;c.~~".;;;;~;;;~==~~~~~~~~=;;;;~~~~ popped . he ew n on e epartment raced to campus ednesday. Kim Harding, '92, witnessed the Because all the wires are high- . ments, such as temperature or envi- Features p. 4 CTView p. 5 explosion. Harding said that she voltage, an electrical company was ronment controlled experiments, and some friends were near the called to assess the damage, which that depend on electricity as aregu- manhole when the cover blew. arrived at 6:45 p.m. Eric lative device. According to Ed- I Judge Wald speaks Prison program "The manhole popped up five feet Farnsworth, an employee of Con- ward Hoffman, director of opera- at Dilley Lecture fosters awareness off the ground. We saw flames, necticut Cable, said that the trans- tions, people whose experiments N smoke ... We all screamed," she former did not blow, but that did not were endangered would becalled if said. One of Harding's friends then mean the danger had passed, possible. D ran to call Campus Safety. "There's still some hot wires down The loss of power in the dorms A & E pp. 12-13 Sports pp. 14-16 The fire department received a there," said Farnsworth. also exposed a potentially serious call at6:07 p.m., and arrived within Power was out in Hale Labora- problem in that many emergency E Interview with Men's, Women's Lax ten minutes. At the scene, Spinnato tory, Blackstone, Plant, Branford, lights in the dorms did not work. In Blanche Boyd, both head to playoffs .lvI''''\. said although the fire was soon put Palmer, Cummings, Fanning, and addition, the lights themselves are X wrlter-in-residence out, "We're still not going to go . the Campus Safety gatehouse until battery operated. \i' down there and check." Ground 8:25 p.m. A production of one-act plays seepage had collected below the The loss of power in Hale was also was postponed because of the Comicsp.6 ~ wires into a pool of water. recognized as a problem for experi- loss of power. ___________ ..:.c"--"-- J:..JI VIEWPOINT Open Letter to SGA Gaudiani misses Takaki's meaning As 1M semester .... es to a dose, a _ stuckDI goverDID ... 1 wiD ofan Ethnic Studies program. Such a program WOuldbe leiter to the Voice: .' CGIIveae witIl a flII s1a~ (J/ issues 011 1ft table. TIle rorlbcomblg designed to educate all students about the Culture LdtertoIMCoIIqeCommuailyRrvaasagoodoulliaefor Regarding last week's article entitled "Gaudi~ OpeD history of the people that make up the United S~ studeDt govenuaeat COIItffIII iD 1M DJICOIIIiDa year. TIle DeW touts student action in college issues and diversity, This program would not only addiess the dive . StudeDI GoverameDI Ascodatioa ExecDtive Board's platrorms, as (The College Voice. April 30, 1991) the Conn~ticut among people of color but also include the cUltur~l: _II, provide valaable Issue pides. ID additiOll, we would like 10 College Asian! Asian American Students Assoclall?n the immigrants of European descent. It is necessary to stress four poiats tbal_ believe are primary issues for next year's (CCASA) feels that Dr. Ron Takaki's ideas were mrs- use programs as M.1.M.1.C. torevise existing courses AsRmbly. represented and his words were used out of context, CW start new ones in order to move in the direction Of TIle Dumber ODe Issue (J/ importaoc:e is stocleat represenlatioa OD Prior to his visit, Dr. Takaki was sent mfonnallon multicultural curriculum in which we would have a lhe Academic: aDd AdmiDislrative Cabiaets. Those two bodies are regarding issues of diversity at Connecticut College. In !be oDly two remainiDg wbere stud ... t iDput is denled, A plan 10 addition, he regularly speaks at small liberal arts in- American Studies program at Conn~ticut COlleg~ iDclude stucleats oa a case-by-<:ase basis bas faUed miserably.
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