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The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1971-1980 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 9-27-1974 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1974-09-27 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1971-1980 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 1974-09-27" (1974). The Voice: 1971-1980. 97. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1971-1980/97 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 1971-1980 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HET7-regulati- New on 1 - Womenimiarahtsed equal opportunities comparable funding and sports a few years ago.".. Dr. Sexton is enthusiastic about The College of Wooster. Is provide ''Just ' by John Sharp re- teaching a course a recipient of federal funds and facilities for all athletics, The Women's Athletic Assoc- Title DC She is gardless of sex. iation provided most of the funds this quarter called "Women in 'Last. June 18 the Department being a private undergraduate by H. Alberta Colclaser, in the past. Today Wooster sup- Sports.". not of Health, Education, and Welfare Institution, is affected field, hockey, may not be barr- - utlve assistant to President ports basketball, Also students issued Title DC, proposed reg-- . the proposed admissions policies Drushal and a lawyer, said tennis. Lacrosse and swimming ed from any course on the basis illations governing the status of and practices. accept- Wein- "Separate but equal are as varsity sports for women. of sex. women . - However, said Mr. In educational institutions able," but one faculty for one sex "Often a big movement like Educational institutions cannot berger, "Even institutions whose support to exempt cov- only Is not. Neither is one old the Women'sXlb movement, will provide substantial The proposed regulations cov- admissions are from ex- erage must treat all students building for one and ..one new do some things mat will help campus organizations that er virtually all public schools acceptable. some things that clude the other sex. federally nondiscriminatory once they building for another .women and and In full or in part, Buildings and facilities must be hurt," explained Dr. Sexton. Substantial support includes ; A- -. have admitted members of loth funded private institutions. open equally for all. The danger, she Implied, Is in- financial support and housing. mong , completely exempt sexes.". " .. those poll must be taken volved when women and men Mr. Weinberger continued to say, and - Probably the most far reaching Also a are military schools, some annually to determine what ath- get together in sports. In many "The proposed regulation does reg--. covering private col- religious schools where the regulations are desired by each sex. cases, like football or basketball, not specify in more detail what - concerns Athletic letics ulatlons would be Inconsistent leges athletics. Maria Sexton, professor the men will overtake the game. organization, agencies, or per- with religious tenets of that must be open to bom Dr. met activities of Physical Education here, said "Pretty soon there is nowomen's could not, If they operated reported Cas-- sexes unless the college operates sons particular school, that the College didn't provide team, because the men will lust . per W. Weinberger, Secretary separate, but equal activities for continued on page eight " any money for women's varsity take over." of HEW. ; .. , the other sex. The college must I ...to the show that I "Welcome back my never ends." 1 1 - 3 Emerson, Lake it Palmer friends... I I r --- . v PUBUSHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER Wooster, Ohio, Friday, September 27, 1974 Numbe r 1 Volume LXXXX, iKmrerfafcfo site of colloquium experiment College Asso- Morse. Nancy PfelL Brian Ris- - On Aueust 29. the participants -- '. ' - me Great Lakes . : colloquium. ' Tat-genho- rst, campus, by Jeff Adair (GLCA) which received a ley, Doug Rodenberg, Jim arrived on the. Wooster The students, accompanied by ciation to cover grant wilderness programs Christ Vannorsdall and having paid their $150 fee attempt-tin-g ; two faculty members and four for Getting stung bybees, the Reader's Lauren Zadel. food, transportation and canoe with student assistants, travelled to of $100,000 from col- to eat :bod saturated and the Lily Dr. David Elwell of the Physics rental, ready for their first climbing a moun- . the Adirondacks in northern New Digest foundation GLCA stove fuel or Fund in 1973. department along with students lege experience. The two-we- ek camping and Endowment Du-lu- tain may not " normally be York for a Bedtent and Jan Smeltz led funding covered purchases of th wil-derne- Berglund of the Sue in ss- Dr. Donna expected out of a Wooster col- canoeing experience the fiie They were packs, shovels, camp - Chemistry department applied In other students. loquium course,-bu- t for the 25 as a part of their camping equip- December 1973 to the GLCA for Donna Diaz, Susan Dunlap, Eliz- stoves and other who had these' exper- colloquium course. now by the college, freshmen funding of the- - Wooster abeth Gallup, Nancy Hofstetter, ment, owned and others before classes Funding of the program was partial paying Instructor iences program in the Adirondaks. Ap- Annette Hopkins, Roberta Light, as well as for was not an everyday ntade possible by a grant from Na- costs. started, it proval was given early in 1974 Jim Ogan, Ronald Ransom, food and transportation S on trip came from an additional $747 : nette Secor, Fred perry, John Students the for $2,500, and backgrounds. Some granted later. Funds were used . Vandenberg, Patti Waltz and very diverse equipment. David Weiss. were from large cities while invaded by for purchasing towns Wooster were divided into Colloquium brochures were others were from small The students and camping two groups, the same as their sent out to all freshmen early in and rural areas, ranged none to colloquium groups on campus. the summer explaining all cluster experience from thundering herd The first group, headed by Dr. programs and inviting partici- some. the individual's aca Berglund and assisted by. Cindy pants. Letters of application by Sarah Brown sideration College-own- ed left in- from freshmen were taken on a Five cars demic work in high school. An Williams and Fred Warner, 500-mi- Pa- come first served basis with the campus for the le ' entering freshman who perhaps cluded Becky Blackshea, first "Interesting," "exciting," and was not the number one student tricia Brayden, Roger Gilcrest, only a few being turned down for continued on page five are some character- reasons. "very able" in high school was accepted at . Gave Kelly, Shawn Megin, Robert health istics given to-th- e class of 1978 , probably turn -- Wooster and will the largest, entering freshmen out to do as well as mat number one high school student. This Is history "of the col- class in the largely because he can pursue his lege. Colloquium"" advisor Bern basic fields of Interests here ra- Lewis, of the history department fulfilling requirements as being ther than describes me class unrewarding to him. very capable "in both writing and speaking." A class of "en-- --The freshman class shows a ergetic and confident people" Is wide variety of interests. Chem- rm another advisor's opinion. istry and Biology especially -; - There are 629 students In the attracted students. History, Eng- class, dividing into 332 men (76 . lish, Sociology, Psychology, Art, more man last year's), and 297 and Business Economics also women (21 more than lastyear's). nave a large appeal. The combined total represents Fifty-on-e percent of the stu- 57 percent of those who were - college. dents come from Ohio the admitted to the There largest percent. Most of mem 13 percent more .appli- were live a few hours drive away. cations for mis class, but early decision applications were down An Important question being -- : In number. ,; "- - : asked mis year about me entering . - . class is why so many? Many " . Acceptance was based largely private colleges are being forced i. Six 14 ; on each individual', agreement to close because of lack of funds to the Code ofAcademic Integrity, - and shrinking .enrollment. Woo- - which is based primarily on me ster is an lnexpursive college, Idea mat 'your college education one of the lowest on the list of ' -- Photo by Donna Bergland ; is your responsibility," said private college tuitions, perhaps .' assistant, being a contributing factor for Steve Graf, admissions ' Energetic freshmen listen during on impromptu colloquium class in the Adirondack. v He said the most Important con the large enrollment. u 5imSC13 S hall opened until it closed. organization of over 325 tective agencies control. - that is, to take - it is With such tedious waiting members from- many com- non-pro- fit and Is financed care of strays and to en- Overcrowded and over - crowding Food munities in Wayne County, by membership dues, con- force Wooster' a leash law. Services are no longer pro dedicated not only to the tributions, etc. In addition Because of this limited So- viding the quality services alleviation of distress . In to these sources, the So-d- ry funding, the Humane cafeteria that they usually do pro- emergency situations, but receives -- revenue ciety cannot act on control vide. They are just shov- to. the long term preven- sharing funds from the calls outside the .City students eling out food and pro tion of suffering. City of Wooster under con- limits, but will respond to fails cessing as many people Like most animal pro-- tract to handle animal incidents of cruelty, ne- through the cafeteria in as glect or Injury ,in".