ANN I J V 2 E 5 R S R J A STUDENT NNEWSPAPERE W S 1 Z3 25 billion alumni backbone Art a memorial killed CPS They might be gone people can donate both money and of alumna but they certainly are not forgotten services By Laura Hosmer Alumni in feet are on the minds Weve seen a dramatic in- As friends of Susan Con well a of college administrators even more crease in the number of volunteers 1991 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan often these days playing an in- said Richard Tantillo director of deal with the shock and pain of her creasingly large role in keeping development at Rensselaer Poly- X murder many reflect upon the art affordable education alive and well technic Institute in Troy NY If work that Conwell left behind For during times of financial difficulty alumni are involved in another way some Conwell s work remains as a They are absolutely essen- first it makes them more passionate memorial to her tial Thats the backbone of it all when they get to fund- raising s According to an article that said Charlotte Heartt director of Volunteer services offered by appeared in the Columbus Dispatch development at Smith College in alumni at various schools include Conwell and a friend Robert Scheid Northampton Mass recruiting serving on legislative were killed in Helena Ark while Statistics agree The 1991 committees to lobby state govern- their boat was moored for repairs Voluntary Support of Education ments serving on college steering Conwell had been sexually assulted survey published by the Council committees and other boards and I Both were stabbed multiple times for Aid to Education showed that working with career development I The article went on to say that US colleges snagged 98 billion networks for recent graduates of Conwell was on her way to the in contributions during the 1990 their alma maters Virgin Islands with David Denner academic year thats the highest Stanford University which is her fiance and Scheid a carpenter amount ever second in the nation in both corpo- to build a house on St Croix when Alumni contributors accounted rate and other voluntary gift- giving their 50- foot power sailboat Raga- for 26 percent of that total an receiving relies heavily on volun- Us muffin developed engine trouble estimated 25 billioa Corporations teerism as well While the boat was being re- foundations religious organizations Stanford has almost ended its paired the Dispatch reported and other individuals donated the centennial Capital Campaign which Conwell and Michael Pesicek a rest has raised 12 billion so far sur- 0 mechanic also travelling with the As colleges are feeling more passing its goal of 11 billion by group used the Ragamuffins small financial pressure they are going to February 1992 speed boat to get supplies in Helena try to get more money from volun- We saw the creation of a Harbor It was here that the two met tary sources said David Morgan of volunteer alumni network in which Curtis Pollard Jr and Calvin Council for Aid to Educations we will have made facetof- ace Marshall The four returned to the Alumni Services By and large contact with about 10000 alumni Ragamuffin voluntary support has grown stead- for donations by February That Later that evening the article Continued on page 3 ily over the past 30 years will require ahuge volunteer struc- Most colleges and universities ture said Elizabeth Sloan direc- have noticed the trend scoring tor of communications in Stanfords record- breaking capital campaigns development office We have a A returning graduate at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania is Inside for donations and developing new more committed group of alumni greeted by a friend as onlookers wait for the annual Homecoming innovative alumni programs in which Continued on page 2 parade to begin The cost of parking illegally in the no- tow situation ARTS By Claudia Moscoso is left to the discretion of security College The College of Wooster authorized vehicles parked in pro- Ohio Wesleyan ranks near the personnel and Ohio Wesleyan University hibited spaces are issued a warning Noel Abbott 5 top of the Great Lakes College McDaniel said Oberlin tows Earlham charges 5 for any at first and then fined 15 Movie Reviews 7 Association in price of parking fines any car in an illegal parking space first offense parking violation Each On the other hand Jim Long Crossword 8 Yet other schools such as during the weekday between 7 ajn subsequent violation increases by superintendent of buildings and Oberlin College are more strict in and 5 pjn 5 In contrast the smallest parking grounds at Wabash said there are enforcing parking infractions Unauthorized student vehicles fine at Ohio Wesleyan is for park- at least three or four areas desig- OPINION After five tickets security parking in handicapped spaces at ing illegally in a faculty and staff nated no parking All of these Letters 9 might revoke the students parking Oberlin receive fines of 60 and space The fine is 10 for the first areas are located in central receiv- Dave Barry 10 permit for the remainder of the year may get towed at anytime Students offense ing So vehicles are towed from said Richard McDaniel director of at Oberlin are charged more than Fred Moyer chief of public these places and no tickets are given security at Oberlin This decision faculty and staff for parking viola- safety said the price of parking Long said SPORTS tions The smallest fine given to violations goes on an escalated basis Moyer said Ohio Wesleyan Sports Shorts 18 Thomas confirmed students is 15 So the more tickets you receive charges the same fines to students Box Scores 20 Clarence Thomas was confirmed The GLCA includes Albion the more it costs faculty and staff alike Some schools This Sports 20 last night as an associate justice College An tioch University Deni- The University usually does give tickets that vary in price for week in to the Supreme Court of the United son University Depauw Univer- not tow vehicles away except in each group in their community For States The Senate vote taken at sity Earlham College Hope Col- very aggravated cases said Mo- example Depauw does not give 6 pm was 52 to 48 lege Kalamazoo College Kenyon yer any parking tickets to faculty and Seepage 8 for a related editorial College Oberlin College Wabash At Antioch University un Continued on page 4 October 16 1991 The Transcript Backbone National continued from page 1 tional students said Colleen 1990 alumni giving Briefs than weve had before Holmes director of the alumni 1 Alrmni accounted for 25 Of the 2 billion total about association Universities the 22- Yearold Brain Surgeon shakes up medical community cnt billion gien to universities Heres 760 million came from alumni only ones hurting We decided its PHILADELPHIA CPS Sometimes they call him Doogie like the a list of the schools that received contributions To date Stanfords more important than ever to pro- whiz- kid doctor on TV But thats not aproblem for 22- year old Dr Joshua the most voluntary support and five year campaign is the largest in vide scholarships to continue to Hirsch their total contributions accord the nations history But both Har- attract top students Hirsch who graduated at 21 from the University of Pennsylvania ing to the Council for Aid to vard University and Cornell Uni- Ann Riddle director of annual School of Medicine has fast- tracked his way into the field of brain Education Harvard 213 million versity have recently launched support at the University of Dayton surgery The young prodigy astounded educators when he left high school Stanford 202 million Cornell campaigns with loftier goals agreed and said students understand after the 10th grade and entered Touro College in New York at 14earning 161 million University of Penn- Heartt said Smith College an that alumni are directly responsible a BA in history in three years with a straight- A average sylvania 140 million Yale 130 all- womens school just completed for holding down the cost of tuition I love the art ofmedicine says Hirsch who says being younger than its own record- breaking year rais- even when other financial prob- his associates is- not a handicap ing 163 million the most by a lems are causing increases Transcript to charge Do Patients get concerned when confronted with a fresh faced young liberal arts college nationwide People do realize that alumni doctor I noticed once in OB I guess I was about 19 some of the patients The Transcript beginning in Alumnae represent 70 per- support them and that their tuition were asking how old I was I found out later a nurse was telling them January 1992 will no longer be cent ofourgivingshe said Their would be a hell of a lot higher Hirsch graduated at the top of his class at the University of Pennsyl- free to students commitment encourages others to without them she said vania and is now an intern on his way to a specialty in interventional The decision comes while the give And as Homecoming celebra- neuroradiology a new field using non- invasive brain surgery techniques At Edinboro University of tions begin at schools across the newspaper struggles to gain firm ground financially and a selfsuffi- ciency Pennsylvania one of the focuses of nation many administrations have Freshmen policies reviewed at Citadel fund- concerning equipment and raising is current students hope that a lot of alumni will come CHARLESTON SC CPS The Citadel is undergoing a healthy The money we housing will raise will back Tantillo said It energizes evaluation after its president asked the military schools governing board be The charge will be 8 a year tangibly