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TThehe CCenturionenturion All the news--about Bucks--that’s fit to print. The week of September 22, 2008 www.bucks-news.com Volume: 44 Issue:1 Designated smokers Bucks smokers are to stay within INSIDE designated smoking areas, but Tunnels under who’s going to make them? campus BY LAURA IRWIN we had last year, Editor-in-Chief NEWS PAGE 2 requests from student government and The decision has been made: Website change employees, the passage smokers at Bucks can now only of legislation in the state ahead light up in designated areas on regulating smoking in campus. NEWS PAGE 3 public areas which is Where will the designated effective today, and the Meet the areas be? How will this be clear trend towards des- enforced? The problem is no one ignating public spaces as candidates seems to know. clean air or smoke-free POLITICAL NEWS AND On Thursday Sept. 11, Bucks’ zones, the Trustees rec- VIEWS PAGE 4 Board of Trustees officially man- ommend an approach dated that smokers must smoke that is a middle-ground BUCKS STUDENTS SMOKE IN DEFIANCE OF THE PRESENT SIGNAGE; COMMON AROUND DOORS AND ENTRANCEWAYS. only in designated areas of the Bucks piano man between an absolute ban PHOTO BY MIKE VESEL campus. The board’s edict fol- STUDENT LIFE PAGE 6 on our campuses and lowed on the heels of the state what we currently are doing.” process and there was nothing tively to create an environment legislature banning smoking Student Government we could do. Everyone at SGA is that does not endanger others Mercenaries 2 from most public areas and Association President John pleased that a compromise was but will allow individual free- INTERACTIVE MEDIA workplaces, and in Skudris thinks a middle-ground reached. We consider this a vic- dom to make decisions that have PAGE 8 Pennsylvania’s 14 state-run uni- approach constituted a win for tory for all students and I’m very health consequences,” said the versities. Pennsylvania is now students. “Coming into this proud of the decision.” report by the Trustees. “This is one of 32 states that adopted A Modern semester, it appeared as though “By creating clearly marked consistent with recently enacted some sort of prohibitive-smok- Hypocrisy: Hi the students at our school who areas where smoking is permit- Pennsylvania legislation that ing measure. smoke were going to lose their ted and areas that are designated prohibits smoking in public OP/ED PAGE 10 The board issued a statement rights. It seemed that the original as smoke free/clean air zones, that read, “Based on the report Continued on page 3 9/11 remembered plan was going to be put into the college will be acting proac- FEATURES PAGE11 SPORTS Campus construction continues Ski Club BY DAVID NONINI area. It makes it more convenient Centurion Staff SPORTS PAGE 12 for students," said 20-year-old student Matt Rumpf. Bucks is undergoing building Over the next three to four Wellness Center and mechanical renovations as weeks, the Student Life Clubs SPORTS PAGE 12 part of an ongoing process of and Organizations offices will improving the Newtown cam- occupy a new location in pus. WEATHER Rollins. These offices will occupy Students at Bucks have seen the space that formerly held the Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a signs stating, "Please excuse our Transfer and Career Counseling high near 72. appearance while we improve offices across from the cafeteria. your college," all over campus The clubs offices were former- Wednesday: Sunny, with a recently. However, it does not ly located in the space now occu- high near 74. detail what exactly is being con- pied by the Testing Center, and structed or renovated. were temporarily placed near the Thursday: Partly sunny, with a Mark Grisi, executive director, Fireside Lounge in the Rollins high near 73. physical plant, said that the two Center. "We've been in limbo for most noticeable changes to stu- a year now," said Matt Cipriano, Friday: A chance of rain. dents are the Hub and the director of student life. Cloudy, with a high near 74. Student Life Clubs and The new space will have Organizations offices. offices as well as meeting areas Friday Night: A chance of rain. The Hub opened in June 2008, for smaller club gatherings. Mostly cloudy, with a low and houses the offices of Larger groups will use the around 58. Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Life conference room Student Accounts and next door. Additionally, there Saturday: A chance of rain. Registration, which were former- will be computer stations for Mostly cloudy, with a high near ly spread across the campus. making flyers detailing events 77. These offices deal with the around campus. process of applying to and In its new location, Cipriano is Saturday Night: A chance of becoming a student at Bucks. hopeful that the clubs will be rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low Student Accounts handles billing more visible to students and around 57. and tuition payments, while encourage participation. "We Financial Aid assists students hope for three things: One, create Sunday: A chance of rain. with scholarships, loans and more interest in clubs, two, Mostly cloudy, with a high near grants that enable students to PHYSICAL PLANT CONTINUES TO RENOVATE ALL OVER CAMPUS. encourage the clubs to interact 77. afford educational expenses. PHOTO BY KISHA LOWENTHAL and work together, such as co- Previously, the Financial Aid WEATHER COURTESY OF THE floor of Tyler Hall, across the Pemberton Hall. "It makes sense NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. office was located on the second campus from Registration inside to put them in the same general Continued on page 2 2 News Monday, September 22, 2008 History buried under campus BY ERIC NOCITO eration facilities in storage the temperature drops and Centurion Staff areas connected to the tun- earthy, stale air hangs. One nels. step into the tunnels, a wall of Few people know about the When Bucks was founded chilly, damp air hits you. The mysterious tunnels, hidden in in 1964, the tunnels were ceilings are low, making it the depths underground, closed to all but a restricted difficult to navigate through between Tyler mansion and few, and most on the campus for anyone taller than 6-feet. the Orangery. never learned about what lay The main tunnel goes The tunnels are believed to beneath the estate. straight through to the have been dug in the 1930s These select few use the Orangery. Off of the main when Tyler was built to act as tunnel for maintenance and tunnel, there are several a pathway to avoid the ele- storage. Numerous pipelines smaller tunnels leading to ments during inclement now run through the tunnels mostly dead or unknown weather. to modernize the mansion. ends. The kitchen area of the “The tunnels carry the heat- The smaller tunnels make mansion is the entrance to the ing ducts from the furnace,” the underground pathway tunnels, and the exit is adja- said Professor Lyle even more mysterious. The cent to the side door of the Rosenberger of Bucks’ history can be seen in every Orangery. Historic Preservation pro- crack of the wall and every Stella Elkins Tyler, a sculp- gram. “They bring the ducts narrow line of stone. Under tor and painter, used the from the heating plant to the the Orangery, coves are splat- Orangery for her creative Orangery and Tyler tered about. work. Mansion.” The stone walls look much “The tunnels were a means The passage, from Tyler older than walls built during for Mrs. Tyler to access her Mansion to the area right out- the same period as the man- studio,” said Tobi Bruhn, side the tunnels, has an eerie sion. Rather, they resemble executive director of the aura when traveling from a the stone walls of houses Bucks foundation. “They sophisticated estate. built during the American THE TUNNELS ARE BELIEVED TO DATE BACK TO THE 30S. gave a weather-protected The tunnels are behind Revolutionary period. PHOTO BY ERIC NOCITO pathway to the Orangery.” many locked doors and are The large rock that Tyler And by its name, the barely visited by administra- mansion was built on is Council rock was also one tunnels date back before the Orangery was used as a place tors. “I only came down here believed to be a part of coun- of the reasons that the house house? No one knows. to grow and house orange once before,” said Debbie cil rock, a meeting area used was built in its location; the But for most students, fac- tree. The Tylers’ servants Blough of the Tyler by the Lenape Indians—later original name of the mansion ulty and staff at Bucks, the would also pass through in Foundation. giving name to the high was “Indian Council Rock.” underground tunnels will order to gain access to refrig- Upon entering the tunnel, school. Could the large room of the always remain a mystery. Campus undergoes facelift Centurion Publication Schedule continued from page 1 year, will continue next summer with the rooms have been renovated. Stone work addition of elevators in Rollins and is being completed behind Tyler, includ- sponsoring an event, and three, let the Founders. ing the replacement of some of the steps The Centurion is published students know what's going on and The electrical system has been leading down into the garden area. weekly on Mondays. revamped, with the installation of two There are exploratory talks about creat- spread the word around about different Deadline for advertising is activities, such as workshops and bake emergency generators outside Pemberton ing a more energy efficient "green cam- sales." Hall, and the area behind Founders and pus" in Newtown, which is underway at noon on the Wednesday With the Student Life office and the Penn.

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