THE CAMPUS of Allegheny College
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THE CAMPUS of Allegheny College Vol 106 Number 3 Meadville, PA., Published Since 1876 September 30, 1982 First ASG Meeting: Silvis Announces Plan To Reduce Campus Crime Larry Silvis, Allegheny secur- appealed to the administration Council approved the ity director, proposed a new for funds. appointment of Doug McGee as program of crime prevention student voting chairman. Rulka said in the future Tuesday at ASG's initial council The next council meeting will $10.00 will be added to each meeting held in Caflish. be held October 5 in Crawford student activities fee. Lounge. The new program concen- trates on steps for students to ASG Vice President Rita She also told council that take to reduce crime oppor- Ober announced that a guest each representative will be tunities, Silvis said. ieaker will be invited to each required to sign-up for a com- council meeting. mittee, Silvis said his office now offers engraving for students' valuable personal items. Security marks each item with the Record Support Achieved student's motor vehicle oper- by Chris Shipley Monies raised in the Annual ator's license number and Fund drive are used where the registers it with the National "This was our best year yet," need is greatest on campus, Crime In formation Center meeting expenses not covered by (NCIC). reported Ron Heath, director of annual support. At the close of tuition. The security office owns two the annual fund year on June "Without the Allegheny engravers and has ordered more. 30, goals for dollar amounts and students we wouldn't have Silvis said escort servicemen alumni supports had been met. reached our goal," said Heath, will be on random foot patrol The Cabot Corporation refering to the phonathon this around campus, and will com- offered a challenge grant of February. Three hundred and municate with the main office. $25,000 to raise $75,000 in new one students gave their time to They will also answer calls or increased alumni gifts. Three make this year's phonathon the through hand radios. thousand two hundred and most successful. twenty two alumni increased "Our goal was $700,000 and Silvis said he looks to the their gifts and 892 made first 6000 alumni donors. When we Security director Larry Silvis proposes new crime prevention pro- student body for support on this gifts to the annual fund to meet closed the books we had raised gram to the ASG Council at Tuesday's meeting. program through ASG represen- the challenge with a total of $700,8000.54 and had received HAMILTON PHOTO tatives. $130,605. 6004 alumni donations." Pending approval by the ASG Treasurer Joyce Rulka alumni committee of the board announced that the admini- of trustees, the 1982-83 Annual Invasion Crisis Affects Allegheny stration will furnish $14,000 and Fund goal is tenetively set at ASG $5,000 to finance this $850,000. "I'm optimistic," said year's Kaldron. by Chris Allison Ertug, however, does Heath, "but it will take a lot of Greek Allegheny student not agree. Last year, owing to low sales, hard work from the entire John Georgiadis agrees with the After a three day delay, an the Kaldron resorted to an ASG Allegheny College community-- United States occupation of He said, "I can't expect agreement was reached Tuesday loan to reconcile a deficit. This administration, faculty, stu- Beirut, but doesn't lay the entire people whose families were on a withdrawl of Israeli troops year the yearbook committee dents, alumni, and friends." blame upon the United States. murdered there to stop fighting from Beirut's airport, opening and lay down their guns. Just the way for Wednesday's landing stay out of my country." of 1200 U.S. Marines. News of Georgiadis said, "It's an this occupation hit home for international situation. I feel In his news conference many Allegheny foreign stu- that the Israeli occupation was Tuesday night, President Reagan dents. completely unjustified, but what said the Marines will remain in Lebanon until all foreign troops Turkish Allegheny student happened, happened." (meaning both Syrian and Israeli Sacit Ertug said that he agrees Georgiadis added that he expects forces) leave the war ravaged with the presence of a United the United States occupation to country. States peace keeping force, but end hostilities. blames the United States for the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Ertug said, "The guilty one is INSIDE the United States because they let the Israelies invade Lebanon. World News page 5 "If the United States said, `No, you can't go !' to the Israeli New computers Arrive page 6 government, they wouldn't have gone." Jean Brodie Comes to Allegheny page 7 Ertug added, "Now I'm gld David Johansen and guest stars stormin' Norman Nardini and the the United States is doing Tigers will be appearing at Henderson Auditorium Friday evening, something about the situation Football Team Wins First page 9 October 1. Story on page eight over there." Page 2 Thursday, September 30, 1982 CAMPUS PRO Looking At ROTC CON What bothers the alleged free D.W. Braithwaite, Director of On March 10, 1976 Captain H. money for military programs. The thinkers of this campus isn't the Corporate Employment for U.S. E. Nestlerode announced that Alle- only government agency with extra fact that they weren't consulted or Steel Corporation, adds, "ROTC gheny was being dropped from the money for education is the mili- that they don't like the added training while pursuing a college Air Force's ROTC program. tary. By seeking to reestablish an tifr curriculum. What really bothers degree enables an individual to Reasons cited were, ". small ROTC program, Allegheny can them are the uniforms and the develop leadership skills con- Allegheny enrollment, cutback in hope to tap some of these re- discipline. currently with academic skills. This defense spending, and an increasing sources. Those people say that the combination is excellent back- demand for officers with technical If this trend is followed by uniformity, discipline and austerity ground for entrance into manage- skills. ." Students in the pro- Allegheny and other liberal arts of the military life warp a person's ment. Thus, ROTC graduates not gram were forced to transfer to institutions, could it be compromis- creativity. But isn't the ultimate only have the personal satisfaction schools with more permanent pro- ing the philosophy of a liberal arts goal of that uniformity the protect- of rendering a service to their grams. If only "some students" are education? ion of our individuality? country, but are developing qual- interested, can Allegheny respon- A liberal arts education attempts It is ironic to see self-proclaimed ifications for movement into the sibly seek reestablishment of a to show its students a method of freedom fighters attempt to deny industrial mainstream." new Army ROTC program? problem solving through logic and others the right to choose a life- Unlike the Women's Stucties reasoning. To understand world style. What right do those alleg- Allegheny senior and ROTC minor which was actively peti- problems, students examine cul- gedly open minded have to de- Cadet J.C. Mehling wants to make tioned for by students, the ROTC tures and philosophies of other nounce the career objectives of that move. Mehling said, "Through program is being reinstituted with peoples to gain insights toward another? Let those who choose to leadership, discipline and inter- little regard for student input. If solutions. By understanding the march to the beat of a familiar action with people, I'm going to be students felt that they needed the theory of things we understand the drummer do just that. marketable in the business world." ROTC program, wouldn't they have "why" of problems. For many, the Reserve Officer In a real sense, the absence of gone out of their way in trying to The structure of military disci- Training Corps is a way out. Using ROTC from any college campus establish it? pline, even in the form of an ROTC handsome ROTC scholarships, denies its students the right to program, teaches unquestioning many who have the brains for choose an officer training curric- On January 23, 1981, the obedience, ". ours is not to admission to Allegheny, but not ulum without attending one of faculty voted to seek reestablish- question why, ours is but to do or the hefty bank accounts, will be the service academies. And ROTC is ment of an ROTC program at die. ." Military thinking seeks able to attend. a choice. Allegheny. After five years without simple solutions without under- Not only is ROTC a way out, an ROTC program, why is the standing complex causes. it's a way in. Director of Career Allegheny. student Bob Lupica college trying to reestablish one? The philosophy behind a liberal Services Ted Gemmel says, "For said, "It (ROTC) doesn't really Why the sudden shift in senti- arts education and the philosophy that group, it can be lucrative bother me because we are free to ments? behind military reasoning are two financially ." choose." Chris Allison The shift of money away from opposing concepts. If money has education has created a fiscal bind shifted away from education to- at many colleges. While decreasing ward the military, should the focus THE CAMPUS money for educational programs, of a liberal arts education follow? of Allegheny College the government has increased J ack Donner "You want to be taken seriously? Letters To Then do serious work." A Question Of Integrity John Reed The Editor: Managing Editor Bill Grattan Hats off to Campus reporters for Certainly, everyone is getting bel- his "mistake" when he has indicated Layout Editor David McDonald their efforts in covering the mysterious ligerent about knowing exactly what that he does not wish to speak of it? I resignation of Dr.