Fordham University, New York Two Students Expelled, One Suspended for Villages Incident O'hare Speaks at Convocation
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BfWWW •I^"""«"P Thursday Nr ri P >f t Oct II, U . P i|i j Volume 67 BISU Number 24 Fordham University, New York Two Students Expelled, One Suspended For Villages Incident by Scott Benjamin, Jack Curry dent, but they will be allowed to remain on and Mike Zuccarello the football team. Two members of the Fordham football "It became clear to me that a number of team were expelled, and one other was sus- women on campus were terrorized by this pended for harassment and destruction of kind of behavior. As it turned out, on other University property, Vice President for Stu- nights as well," McGowan said. "Under the Joe Griffith Joe Gentile Andv O'Connell dent Affairs Dr. Joseph McGowan said Wed- same heading, there is a concern that male nesday. students here get (he wrong message, too. "It became clear to me that a number Joe Griffith, FC'86, and Andy O'Con- This is not the way grown, educated, mature nell, FC'87, were expelled and Joe Gentile, men behave." of women on campus were terrorized by CBA'87, was suspended from school until At an emergency meeting of the United the fall of 1986, for breaking down six dormi- Student Government Tuesday night, | this kind of behavior. As it turned out, tory room doors in The Villages, exposing McGowan related the details of the incident. themselves in publie and using vulgar lan- He said that ten students, apparently intox- on other nights as well,'' guage early Sunday morning, October 20. icated, gathered on Edward's Parade, where —Dr. Joseph McGowan Seven other football team members were many of them undressed. Several Walsh Hall placed on probation for their part in the inci- residents said they heard noise at about 5 a.m. and saw the students exposing them- selves. After dressing, the students headed to- Twelve faculty members honored ward the area between Walsh Hall and New Hall where they encountered an unidentified man McGowan said was not a Fordham stu- dent. O'Hare Speaks At Convocation The stranger, who McGowan described as 5'-10", 250-300 pounds, was seen peering by Tim Ring basis tend to take them for granted. O'Hare residence halls house about 2,150 students. in the windows of Walsh Hall. The man then Alumni, the school's physical resources said that considering the beauty and charm The new facility at Rose Hill would provide joined the ten students as they walked to The and the faculty are the three aspects most im- of the Rose Hill campus and the central loca- an additional 600 beds. Villages, where they broke down six doors portant to the continued success of Fordham, tion of the College at Lincoln Center, "few The last of Fordham's three major assets and again exposed themselves, this time di- said University President Rev. Joseph institutions can offer what we can here at is the faculty, according to O'Hare. He said rectly to several female Village residents, ac- O'Hare, S.J. at the University Convocation Fordham University." that assembling the faculty was "one of the cording to McGowan. Sunday. Fluctuating enrollment is one of its While on the topic of physical resources, most important duties of the administra- Student and parent complaints challenges, he said. O'Hare also spoke of physical growth. He tion," and he applauded the more than 100 prompted a University investigation, and McGowan, aided by Dr. Mary Raddock, In his annual "State of the University said the latest major capital improvement members of the faculty who have become assistant dean of students, Rev. Denis Address," O'Hare descibed the alumni as "a projects were new dormitories on both freshman advisors. He also thanked those Moran, S.J., assistant vice president for sprawling network that is waiting to be cqn- campuses. The construction project that has who became faculty-in-residences. student affairs, and dean of residential life nccted. We need to light up that network, been planned for the Rose Hill campus is "We must insist that the way our stu- Winifred Wegmann, determined the sanc- (fork is an important resource." He said that scheduled to break ground in late winter or dents live is an important part of their educa- tions Tuesday afternoon. The students were vast improvements are necessary for early spring. The new residence halls, which tion here at Fordham University. The stan- informed of the decision Wednesday. communication between the University and will open in the fall of 1987, is only the be- dard of living in the residence halls is not to "On Monday (October 22), I began our the former students, for many of them are ginning of the president's plan for increasing be left up to the students," O'Hare said. inquiry," McGowan said. "1 spent 30 hours not aware of the changes the school has un- the boarder population. O'Hare cited the fluctuating enrollment in the last week and a half and 20 hours of dergone since their graduation. "It is my belief that we eventually have in recent years as one of the challenges that administrative time, so you can see what He cited the school's two campuses as its to have housing for 3,000, but 1 hope we face the University. He added that "fluctua- we've invested and how seriously we have greatest physical resource, saying those of us could look for university-managed, off- tion is a kinder word than declining." who come in contact with them on a daily campus housing," O'Hare said. The existing > In 1984, the total enrollment at the Uni- Continued on page 18 versity was 12,340, a 14 percent decline since 1979. "However, this year I am proud to re- port that the trend has been halted and mod- estly reversed," O'Hare said, referring to the 75 more students who enrolled this year than in 1984. O'Hare said that this is "not over- whelming but encouraging." University in Transition He also cited what he called the lack of hard facts as the greatest hindrance to the —see pullout. University's continued growth. To deal with this problem, he has created the Office of Planning and Institutional Research, outlin- ing a five-year plan for each of the ten schools to thoroughly evaluate themselves and devise more efficient ways to operate. "Our academic planning must be closely linked to our institutional planning," he said. O'Hare concluded his comments by ex- pressing his hopes that the Jesuit influence .; will become a more prominent part of stu- Jdenf lives. "The Jesuit influence must be ^c.iiiniially clarified. This type of education t is a very personal business. By that I mean a i concern lor each student and a concern for $ the whole student," he said. I continued on page 18 2/THE RAM/THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31,1985 THE CAB CALENDAR Monday, November 4 T.O.P.: presents "Jeff Justice — Thursday, Friday, a unique comedian and magician." 9:30 p.m., Ramskellar. November 7 November 1 Pax Christ!: sponsors "Gods of Metal" International Black Student Union: —a film about religious resistance to Cultural Affairs: Tickets on sale for sponsors "A Black Solidarity Day the arms race. 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Celebration" with a play, discussion 5 p.m., McGinley Center, room 234-35. $22 tickets. 10:30 a.m. McGinley Center and refreshments. 7 p.m., Lobby. Collins Auditorium. Cinevents: sponsors Ghostbusters. Halloween Mixer, 9 p.m. Ramskellar. 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Keating 1st. Commuter Council: sponsors Society of Professional Journalists: "Commuter-on-Campus Weekend." 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