The Wooster Voice Costs $25
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1981-1990 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 3-31-1989 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1989-03-31 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1981-1990 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 1989-03-31" (1989). The Voice: 1981-1990. 457. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1981-1990/457 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: 1981-1990 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE WOOS TERj) VOICE Volume CV March 31, 1989 Number 23. Two groups of COW Yvonne Williams named Dean of students assaulted Faculty for next four year term AMY HOLLANDER ness during the incident Assistant Editor A full police report concerning the incident was not filed. Wooster townspeople assaulted In the second incident that even- two groups of Wooster students ing, three College students and f m Jfi . .... this past Saturday in two individu- two Wooster citizens' were assault- .V;. ', -- - i-- al incidents. ed outside of Babcock Hall by A large group of students was townspeople around 9 p.m. - . walking down East University Av- A small truck passed the stu- 't enue between College and Beall dents and their friends and the driv- Streets when a person er shouted a comment out the win- nied by 4 to 6 other townspeople dow. A student responded in an reportedly shouted to them, "What attempt to diffuse the situation and did you say?" the truck pulled into Babcock's cir- One of the Wooster students re- cular driveway. - plied, "nothing" and was verbally Two of the three occupants .- abused by a man wearing a t-s- hirt jumped out of the truck and one and shorts. made threatening remarks. When a A second Wooster student sug- student responded, "relax," the lo- gested that both groups relax and cal grabbed him by the hair and back off and the groups separated. punched him in the side of the However, the townspeople fol- head. The townspeople also hit lowed the college students, and a another man in the arm and licked few seconds later, a Wooster stu- one of the women's faces. The two dent received a tap on the shoulder. men then jumped back into the College security indicated that truck. the next thing he remembered was As the truck was pulling away, Lisa Walsh waxing up in nygeia wiin cuts on they hurled a bottle at the ground Yvonne Williams will be replacing Glenn Bucher in June as Dean of Faculty. his check and above his eye. The and shouted, "take-that!- " Dr. student claims that friends took The three students have notified him to the hospital but apparently Campus Security and the Wooster SHIREEN BEHZADI lected as the new Dean of Faculty, Williams stated that another one security did. He lost conscious City Police. News and Feature Editor Williams said, "It's a good feeling of her goals for the next four years to know one's peers approve of will be to strengthen the First-Ye-ar Dr. Yvonne Williams will be re- one and that they validate the Pres- Seminar Program and to $1-$- placing Professor Glenn Bucher as ident's choice." maintain the level of excellence of 1 2 phone four-ye- million Dean of Students for the next ar Her main job as the Dean of Fa- the Forum Series. Williams said term. She will begin in June. culty is the supervision of the that it is important to constantly system to be installed College's curriculum. As the reevaluate this program in order for Williams stated that she was tru- Dean, Williams will also chair the it to run the way it should. When DAVE GREEN the type of system best suited for ly surprised when Vice-Preside- nt Educational Policy Committee. asked if the Black Studies program Staff Writer the campus, so that Wooster can of Academic Affairs Donald Har-wa- rd When asked what she thought the will become an important part of offer the most efficient telephone came to tell her that she had main function of her position is her term, she replied that "Black cur- one the nominees for the Williams stated, "As I view it, the Although the details of the deal package possible. There are been of see Williams: page 4 remain sketchy at this point, the rently seven vendor companies bid- position of Dean of Faculty. primary function of an academic College has been making progress, ding on the system (bids are due When Bucher made it known dean in the small liberal arts col- returning for lege is to support actions within operating within an extremely April 14), offering various hard- that he would not be -- ra- Inside- tight schedule, in its plan to over- ware systems, including ROLM, a second term as Dean of Faculty, the institution that will achieve -. AT&T's Definity System, North- it was up to the members of the tional cooperation --between the fa- haul the campus telephone system. f'v-- " -- -- in ac- Lctters 2 The current plan calls for having a ern Telecom, and Fujitsu. Current faculty to nominate one of their culty and the administration posi- complishing the educational goals Beta fundraiser 3 telephone in each student's room estimates of the cost of the new colleagues to take over the ' Pro-choi- ce march 3 (includes all small houses and resi- system are $1 - $1.2 million. tion. The members of the faculty of the institution." her role Murray and Ytrd 4 dence halls) by August IS. Wagn- The installation of the system make nominations to President She also believes that for India Week 5 er, Armington, and Holden still will require the recabling of the en- Copeland as to who they think will include being an "advocate within the frame- Judicial Revisions 6 need to be wired for the system, tire campus, and trenching is to would be appropriate to serve in faculty concerns is that cooperative effort," "Hedda Gatler" 6 and Kenarden has been partially begin after commencement If the the office. The final choice work of 8 project continues according to made by the President, but the fa- and realizing that "the administra- Dream House wired. 9 ; differ from faculty SPA Column The College has hired the con- plan, all students can expect to see culty must approve of his choice tive priorities concerns." Finally, she will have Snorts , r 10 sulting firm of Ersten-Whinne- y, a a phone in their room when they by a majority vote. how she felt when to be an "agent of reconciliation to jacobus and Shiltsy group which has advised other col- see Phone: page 13 When asked ser . in sync? Commentary 13 leges, to offer guidance concerning she found out that she had been get the two elements -- .March 31, 1989 t Page 2 OPINION -- THE WOOSTERj VOICE: Editor's Remarks I am currently applying for the position of editor of next year's Letters to the editor Voice. Below is a statement which should make the readers aware of my plans for next year's paper, if I am selected as editor. If you have further concerns, please feel free to come and talk with me. as ra- the system of education designed porary social problems, such a very powerful statement to the campus commu ignorant stereotypes The Voice makes Eradicating racism: cism, sexism, drugs, AIDS, etc. to overcome subscriptions to parents have increasea, as nas inadequacies, and how nity at Wooster. Our day responds There seems to me to be no valid showed its student interest in the paper. This latter statement is evidenced by Pur go eradicate ra- reason why the College of Woost- far we have to to the speed with which students take the paper from the stands, and arti- To the Editor er cannot establish a course of this cism. number of letters to the editor we have had responding to various re- Lest anyone think this was an The fact that students and admin- type and make it a compulsory cles and concerns on campus. isolated incident, another act was "SGA Challenges Copeland's Decisions and with istration are currently at odds con- quirement for all students in their With articles like within a week, in the page spreads on campus crime, pledging, and AIDS, the paper an issue which demands first year. committed the one cerning against a a number "touchy" issues with as much variety of an- is In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. form of a death threat has tackled of unity in the college community get perspectives which vary explained to the country prominent black student on cam- gles as possible. This allows students to deplorable. If we are to eradicate eloquently engrossed the campus at same pus. While the administration from their own on the concerns which have racism on campus, we must work "Why We Can't Wait." That voiced by ponders a response, I and other large this semester. together and not against each oth- sentiment is now being a lot of work to do with the paper in the members of Dream House have Beyond this, there is still er. It is my fervent hope that this the College of Wooster's upcoming years.