The Vanderbilt Hustler Commons and General Concerns
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www.vanderbilthustler.com FRIDAY THE VOICE OF MARCH 3, 2006 VANDERBILT 118th YEAR SINCE 1888 No. 23 TThehe VVanderbiltanderbilt HHustlerustler HOUSING Sprinkler accident causes Towers evacuation 9th floor hallway baseball game could be to blame. there was water coming from under our Tower II residents were permitted to fi cials worked. suite door in waves. It was brown sediment return to their rooms at 1 a.m. Th ursday “Th e crew came remarkably fast clean- BY SEAN SEELINGER 9th fl oor of Tower I began discharging wa- fi lled water. We went into the hall and one morning. Tower I residents were able to ing up and vacuuming up the water,” Gor- HUSTLER EDITORINCHIEF ter, sending the entire Carmichael Towers sprinkler head in the hallway was going off . return at 2:20 a.m. don said. Investigators are determining whether East complex into “general alarm,” accord- Th e hallway was fi lled with water. “ Residents of the 9th fl oor of Tower I He said that residents of the 9th fl oor students playing baseball in a hallway ing to a report released by the Offi ce of Th e buildings were immediately evacu- were off ered alternative accommodations were asked to tag their belongings. caused sprinklers to go off necessitating Housing and Residential Education ated following the alarm. in “vacant spaces” on campus last night. “Th ey were not allowed (to sleep there) the second evacuation of Towers in less “I was in my bed taking a nap,” said ju- OHARE staff , Plant Operations and Gordon said that he slept in Highland last night because carpets were saturated,” than a week. nior Graham Gordon, a 9th fl oor resident. contracted services subsequently cleaned Quad. said Tina Smith, director of residential life At 11:21 p.m. a sprinkler head on the “I got out of bed and opened the door and up the water. He did praised the speed with which of- Please see TOWERS, page 2 ADMISSIONS SERVICE SGA More than ASB kicks off a week of service SGA fl yers 12,000 may violate apply for policies Senators pass resolution for freshman newsletter. class of ‘10 BY ROBERT PROUDFOOT HUSTLER SENIOR FEATURES REPORTER BY BEN SWEET Student Government Association in- HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR cumbent advantage and violations of Th e number of applications to Vanderbilt university policy are issues raised by a rose again this year, with the total number of resolution passed Wednesday to sponsor a applications for undergraduates just passing newsletter that will be sent to all freshmen 12,100. authored by freshmen senators. Th at number represents a total increase of Th e resolution will cover the $160 nec- 4.3 percent over last year, with early decision essary for current freshman senators to numbers up 17.3 percent for the fi rst round and write, publish and distribute a class news- 8.4 percent for the second round. letter during the week of primary elections, Another notable change is the 17 percent in- March 21. crease in minority applications. African-Ameri- Freshman Peabody Senator Leigh can applications are up 16 percent while Asian Taylor, co-sponsor of the resolution, said applications are up 22 percent. the newsletter would address sophomore “I see this as a sign of our increasing momen- PHOTOS BY ELISE ALFORD housing questions, information about Th e tum as a community that clearly values diver- / The Vanderbilt Hustler Commons and general concerns. sity,” said Dean of Admissions William Shain. “I think it is a great idea, especially in a ABOVE: Marvin With an even larger applicant pool this year time right now when people think student Figueroa & Ashley than last, Shain said that Vanderbilt can expect government isn’t translucent,” said sopho- Phillips. asb site leaders incoming classes to continue to be more quali- more Arts and Science Senator Will Hub- step up the standards fi ed than the ones before them. bard during deliberation of the resolution. for this year’s service at “I’m fi nding that our average applicant is just Freshman Arts and Science Senators Thursday’s ASB kickoff . To- stronger every year,” Shain said. “We’re not able Meadows Carpenter and Jared Anderson day, the majority of ASB to take people now whose records are just phe- also sponsored the resolution. Th ey did particpants will embark nomenal. Now, part of that is cool, and part of not respond to requests for comment. on their journeys to 31 Please see ADMISSIONS, page 2 Th ere will be a mailing of roughly 1,600 sites across the globe. newsletters to all freshmen Taylor said. She said that the distribution is not re- ACTIVITIES RIGHT:Site Leaders lated to the election. from various ASB groups “It is a separate issue,” Taylor said. “Th is comically enact the long is part of our job. Just because we are run- Idealists to van ride to the service ning for offi ce next year, doesn’t mean we site. Although each ASB still aren’t part of this year’s senate. If we group spends months don’t get elected, we lose our ability to do getting to know one something this year.” convene over another before, many Th ere are two sophomore Peabody Sen- participants agree that ator candidates and seven Arts and Science the close-quartered trav- candidates. Th ree of the nine sophomore spring break eling is often a milestone senator candidates will have their name on for group bonding. the newsletter. BY KRISTEN CHIEMELEWSKI HUSTLER REPORTER Junior Gabriel Hemphill, SGA attorney general, responded via email that he was Staying on campus this Spring Break may actu- sick for a several days and was not able ally be the “C.O.O.L” thing to do. SGA Vanderbilt’s Offi ce of Active Citizenship and Please see , page 3 Service and Th e Division of Student Life, with sup- port from the College of Engineering, is hosting ENVIRONMENT the 22nd annual C.O.O.L. Idealist Conference this weekend, March 3-5. “College students, campus administrators and non-profi t professionals from across the country SPEAR proposes new recycling program for campus will converge at Vanderbilt University for discus- sions, networking and workshops on how to im- BY DARCY NEWELL SPEAR is a student-organization that the plan, entitled the Proposal for Inquiry that although Vanderbilt currently has a prove the quality of life on their campuses and in HUSTLER REPORTER strives to raise environmental awareness into the Institution of a Comprehensive functioning recycling system, the univer- their communities through community service, Students Promoting Environmental and institute new programs to aid the Recycling Department at Vanderbilt Uni- sity would greatly benefi t from a program activism and socially responsible work,” said Prin- Awareness and Recycling presented a new Vanderbilt community in recycling. Th e versity. that is larger in scope and more unifi ed cine Lewis, Vanderbilt Public Relations Offi cer. recycling proposal to the University admin- group was formed originally in 2003 as Students Star Wallin, Erin Feeney and throughout campus. Sponsored by Idealist.org, the 22nd annual istration last Monday that calls for a more Vanderbilt Recycles, but was re-created in Jenny Magill pitched the proposal to a “Our current program is disjointed and C.O.O.L. conference is expected to have 1500 unifi ed recycling program across campus. 2004 as SPEAR, as the group’s focus broad- group of students and administrators. uncoordinated,” said SPEAR President participants and off ers over 150 workshops, two- During the meeting, SPEAR presented ened from simply recycling to various is- “Th e presentation went very well,” said Jenny Magill. “Th ere are so many diff erent thirds of which are student-led and 70 non-profi t its ideas for the future, various goals, a bud- sues of environmental awareness and pro- Vice Chancellor of Operations Jon Gullette. programs and individuals on campus that organizations at the Opportunities Fair. get plan, a timeline and examples of other tection. “It was evident that the committee spent handle issues of recycling-we would really In addition, a variety of speakers will share university programs that have installed Both Interhall and the Student Govern- much time and eff ort with the proposal.” benefi t from one, unifi ed, comprehensive Please see C.O.O.L., page 2 similar systems. ment Association have formally endorsed SPEAR members said they believe Please see RECYCLING, page 3 OUR VIEW BASKETBALLCOLUMN NOTABLECOLUMN WEATHER INSIDE Read why we Read about the Read colum- Read columnist In the Bubble 2 THE believe that the Commodores crucial nist Chirstopher Daniel Kasbohn’s col- Vanderbilt com- 77-62 win over the McGeady’s thoughts 440%0% umn on why the stig- In History 2 munity owes Dean Ole Miss Rebels on on why the ma associated with Crime Report 2 WALL of Admissions Bill Wednesday that Mohammed cartoon Percentage of col- living in the Kissam Shain its gratitude brightened the controversy shows lege students who Quad as a freshman Opinion 4 for his work pro- team’s chances of an that the right to free will drink until is unjustified. 51 29 Our View 4 moting Vanderbilt NCAA post-season speech is taken for they vomit or pass See Page 4 HI LO Sports 6 while respecting and birth. granted in America. out during spring » Extended forecast on page 2 interacting with the See Page 6 See Page 5 break this year. 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