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Bill to Consolidate Fails in Congress Vote 26 Against vs. 18 For A Congress bill, "A Bill departments. Creating Executive Departments,” The committee’s choice would was rejected on Monday by an then be presented to the Congress 26-to-18-vote margin. The bill was by the president, in his order of to provide for the consolidation of preference, and the candidate the six congressional boards. would be confirmed with a majori­ The six congressional boards are ty vote. the Board of Programmers (BOP), With just cause, either the Con­ the Resident Board, the Commuter gress President, the Committee on Board, the Off-Campus Residents Ethics, or the Committee o f the Organization (OCRO), the In­ Whole would have been able to tramural Athletic Board, and the remove any person holding a title Brotherhood. in the Executive Department of The original text called for the crea­ Congress." tion of cabinet departments to The Board o f Programmers was to replace the current board system of be changed to the Department of Congress. Social and Extracurricular Ac­ Secretaries (or heads) o f the tivities, with its committees becom­ departments were to be chosen by ing divisions. the proposed Committee on Ex­ The bill was amended to allow Students try their luck at the gaming tables in the Slavin Center at last Friday's Las Vegas Nile. (Cowl Photo by Scott Hay land) ecutive and Legislative Appoint­ the secretary and the assistant ments from a list o f “ not less than secretaries to choose the division three and no more than five poten­ directors “ in a manner they see fit, tial candidates” nominated by the provided they consult the president Woman Sexually Assaulted previous heads of these See BILL, pg. 3 In Own Eaton St. Apartment A female student was attacked as loose cash that was on the girl's If someone approaches you, go she slept in her Eaton Street apart­ dresser. After he left, the woman up to the nearest house and ring the ment on the night of Thursday, called a girlfriend who notified the bell. It could be embarrassing, but Feb. 14. Her attacker, described as police. it could save your life; a white male, in his late twenties or Police arrived thirty minutes Watch out who you meet at bars early thirties, is still at large. later and dusted for fingerprints in and other such places. Do not give According to the woman’s the basement and in the victim’s out your phone number and roommate, who spoke on the con­ room. They refused to reveal if address; dition that she remain anonymous, they had a suspect in the case. Make sure your doors have suf- the man entered the building by The victim was taken to the icient locks and that they are us- breaking through a basement win­ Womens’ and Infants Hospital ed; get shades for all your windows dow, which gave him access to all where she was treated and released. and lock your windows at all times. the apartments in the building. The Providence police gave the All break-ins should be reported man then broke into the apartment following list o f precautions in to the police (272-1111) as well as and attacked the woman, threaten­ order to prevent in getting into a the security office in Slavin ing to kill her if she moved. potentially situation: (865-2222). As the attacker left the apart­ Do not walk alone; do not jog ment, he took some jewelry and or walk alone at dusk or after dark; Candidates in Tomorrow’s Election Royal Little, famous entrepreneur and Fortune 500 Business Hall of 7 Juniors, 4 Sophomores vy for 4 Spot Fame inductee, speaks to students in crowded '64 Hall. Mike Reagan—Class of 86 Massachusetts, is currently a (Cowl Photo by Tom Corrigan) and the other usual off-- campus Mike Reagan o f the Class of 86 representative for his class. This is has been President of his class twice problems are one o f her main his first term. concerns. and President of the the Resident He has served as Secretary at his Millionaire Lectures Board. dorm and on the Student Congress John Cervione—Class of 87 He served as class president his Finance Committee freshman year. He then ran for A class representative his in 64 Hall: How He President of the Resident Board his freshman year and Vice President sophomore year. of his class this year, John Cer­ Reagan resigned from the Resi­ vione is a member of the Class of 1987. dent Board about half way through Lost $100 Million Cervione has served actively on by Tom Corrigan the year for what he said were In the 1920’s, Little worked lor “ personal reasons". the Congress Academic Research American Associates, a failing S3 Committee. He is responsible for Royal Little, a world-renowned He has been President of the million company. Its directors tried Junior class this year and saw the initiating a food preparation entrepreneur, spoke to a standing- to liquidate the company’s assets, mini-- course which will be offered room-only crowd in the rear o f '64 class through Junior Ring but, as Little told them, they could Weekend. for the first time this spring. Hall last Wednesday. Little said get only $25 thousand. A member of the PC Business he was here to tell about "the Little bought the company for John Soares—Class of 86 Club, he is involved in coordinating dreadful mistakes I’ve made in John Soares club field trips. that amount and eventually made John Soares o f the Class of '86 (Cowl Photo by Brian T. Thornton) business.” More advice can be a $2 million profit. wants to see "A person in the posi­ found in his book" How to Lose The American Screw Company tion of President (of Student Con­ “The Congress is there to serve Rich Dunn-- Class of 86 100 Million and Other Valuable once asked Little to take over their gress) who can lead, perform, and the students not the other way Rich Dunn was Vice President of Advice.” organization. Textron made an at­ delegate.” around,” Soares says, and “ I feel He has been the director of tempt to buy half the stock, but Soares, from Danvers, that perspective is being lost. I want several companies and was the first another company already had done to get away from the popularity inductee into Fortune magazine’s so. aspect. I feel we need a change." Business Hall of Fame. Though the take over attempt Trudi Algero-- Class of 86 Little retired from Textron at age w as A member of the Class of 1986, 65. unsuccessful, Little said it “ ended Trudi Algero served as a represen­ __ See LECTURE, pg. 3 _________ tative for her class her freshman INSIDE THE COWL and junior years. She has served actively on the News...................................................... Page 2 Congress Legislative Committee Editorials.............................................. Page 6 during her freshman year. Algero is very concerned with of­ Trudi Alagero F e a tu re s............................................ Page 15 fering more activities for (Cowl Photo by Brian T. Thornton) Mike Reagen underclassmen at PC. Sports.................................................. Page 19 (Cowl Photo by Brian T. Thornton) Avoiding off—campus arrests Continued to page 3 2 The Cowl, March 6, 1985 NEWS CLASS NOTES '85 Congratulations to Richard Greene and Virginia Maher for winn­ ing the 20 Week Club for the last two weeks! On Saturday, March 9, 1985 Otis Day and the Knights, the original Animal House Band, will be in concert in Slavin Center. The backup band will be the Rockadiles sometimes known as No Secret. The event is 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and is a Garden Event exploding into full Slavin. Tickets are available in the Congress office until Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. On Saturday March 9 in the Congress office tickets will be available from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. Anyone 21 years of age that buys their ticket in advance is invited to attend the Rat from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a pre-Otis party. Togas fo r the evening are not mandatory!! In Lower Slavin starting Monday, March 11, 1985 until Friday, March 15 sign ups will be taken for Assassination Week. The actual Assassination Week will take place M onday, March 25 to Friday, March 29. For information stop by the table in lower Slavin. Also, starting March 11 in lower Slavin, a unique gift idea will be available to Seniors for their parents. This is an actual diploma thank- ing your parents fo r 4 years o f college. Stop by and check it out ! Beer Blast at the Garden Cafe on Wednesday, March 13, 1985, 7 U.S. Army Color Guard performs in the Peterson Recreation Center last week. p.m. to 9 p.m.! Don’t miss out! Senior Night at the Rat is Back!! on Friday, March 15 in the Rat- skellar. There will be a Senior Night, be looking for details. Congress News Congress Nominations March 13-15 by Margaret Sweet Class of '87 to be held on the St. Patrick’s Day bits in the croissants in the future. weekend. The ski weekend will be The February 25 meeting began Since the tablecloths went over so To all Las Vegas Night Volunteers-Thank You!! held at Smuggler’s Notch, Ver­ well on Valentine’s Day, there will The night was a huge success. Keep looking for details about the with an announcement concerning mont.

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