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First Class Mail U.S. Postage PAID Lancaster PA The College Reporter Permit 901 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA http://www.the-college-reporter.com VOLUME 52, ISSUE 1 Alumni gift will enable renovation of Appel Infirmary to Harwood Commons BY NOAH SUNSHINE though there is nothing specific Senior Staff Writer announced at this time. Also to The College recently announced be determined will be whether a partnership with Lancaster Gen- the transition of medical records eral Health (LGH) which will re- will require students to sign a sult in the relocation and expan- new waiver with Health Servic- sion of F&M’s Health Services to es, private physicians, or both. the first floor of College Square. Meanwhile, Harwood has As Health Services moves out of pledged to $1.5 million to reno- their current home at Appel Infir- vate Health Services’ former lo- mary, the Office of Student and cation at Appel Infirmary, which Post-Graduate Development (OS- will be renamed Harwood Com- PGD) will move in to occupy the mons and become the new home space, thanks to a gift from Brett of OSPGD, currently housed at Harwood ’71. photo courtesy of fandm.edu 619 College Ave. As of now, Gibraltar sits on Appel Infirmary will be renamed Harwood Commons and become the new According to Dan Porterfield, the first floor of College Square, home of the Office of Student and Post-Graduate Development (OSPGD). president of the College, as quot- which is used as a space for stu- will also improve communication She also hopes that many of the ed in the F&M News article “$1.5 dent activities, including late- between college medical provid- personnel currently working for Million Gift from Harwood Sup- night programming. This will be ers and medical specialists in the Health Services will be able to ports Significant Move for Stu- the site of F&M’s New Health area. LGH will also offer students carry over to the new arrangement dent Success,” Harwood Com- Services, which will have an ex- online portals so they can see their with LGH. mons will be equipped to offer panded range of services. medical information and access Students can expect things to pre-health and pre-law advising, “One new addition will be an 24-hour helpful health and well- start changing as early as this video conferencing, and use as electronic medical record system ness information.” Spring, though the full relocation a space for students to have on- that will allow a student's home Hazlett also mentioned the pos- will not occur until 2016, as noted campus interviews with potential medical providers to better com- sibility of having group therapy by the College’s own statement employers. municate with the medical provid- and greater mindfulness offerings on the official website. Changes “This remarkable investment ers here at F&M,” said Margaret at the new facility, as well as ex- such as access to health records Hazlett, dean of the College. “It panding hours into the evening. may come into effect sooner, see GIFT, page 2 Black Pyramid Society hosts induction to formally welcome cohort of new members Beloved alumna, Lisa Bonchek Adams, dies BY INDIRA RAHMAN powerful and influential student-run Staff Writer organization on campus, despite its The Black Pyramid Society (BPS) secretive nature. With the outbreak of isa Bonchek Ad- hosted its annual induction ceremony WWII, F&M lost many of its students, ams '91 passed last Friday, March 6. Members of the causing Richard ‘Dick’ Winters, then- away last Fri- organization dedicate themselves to president of BPS, to disband the or- L day, March 6. She lived knowledge, leadership, and service, ganization, which had rapidly shrunk with metastatic breast the organization’s three foundational during 1942 and 1943. It would take cancer and wrote a pillars, in fulfillment of the organi- almost four years to reorganize Blue popular blog on her zation’s goal: striving to better both Key, and in 1949, the newly revived experience with the ill- Lancaster and the F&M community organization ended affiliation with ness. through academia, on and off campus Blue Key and reverted back to Black After two years leadership, and community service. Pyramid Society. attending Cornell Uni- Founded as a secret society in 1921 Today, BPS continues to versity, Bonchek Ad- by C.B. Clinard, R. F. Wagner, and be active on campus. During ams transferred to F&M. She met her husband, Clarke Adams Howard B. Albright, BPS is one of the Homecoming, it organizes a silent auc- '92, at the College. In recognition of her love for F&M, her father, college’s oldest and most prestigious tion on Hartman Green, with proceeds Dr. Larry Bonchek, serves as a trustee and has made a number of on-campus organizations. It became going to the First of Many Campaign, philanthropic gifts. a recognized chapter of the larger also known as the Senior Class Lisa will be missed dearly by the F&M community. Read national Blue Key Honor Society in her blog at http://lisabadams.com/. 1936 and went onto become the most see INDUCTION, page 2 Inside this Issue... Opinion & Editorial Arts & Entertainment "College community fails on New season of House of Cards handling sexual assault" met with mixed reviews page 5 page 7 Campus Life Sports Peer Health hosts forum Women's Lacrosse begins focusing on drug use at F&M spring season page 6 page 10 Page 2 News The College Reporter Riemann’s Crime Watch Induction: Porterfield, presidents of Black Friday, Feb. 27 — A student reported a sexual assault that occurred on Septem- Pyramid offer congratulations at ceremony ber 13, 2014. continued from page 1 ing back to 1937 and was collec- Friday, Feb. 27, 8:50 a.m. — Officers Campaign, and a local philanthropy. tively working to improve its alumni from the Department of Public Safety This year, the organization raised network – in the future, for example, (DPS) responded to a report of the odor $2,026.42, with half going to the each cohort will be assigned their of marijuana in Ware. First of Many Campaign and the own informal alumni mentor. Friday, Feb. 27, 11:00 p.m. — Thefts other half going to the Mix at Arbor BPS is small and selective, with from the lockers in the Alumni Sports & Place. each cohort consisting of 15-20 stu- Fitness Center (ASFC) were reported. “Homecoming this year was a dents. Juniors who meet a certain Saturday, Feb. 28, 12:33 a.m. — DPS re- great success,” said Lindsay Stern GPA threshold are encouraged to sponded to a noise complaint on the 400 block of ’15, president of BPS. “We’ve had apply through a blind application W. James St. returning alumni tell us that BPS process, where student ID numbers Saturday, Feb. 28, 2:50 a.m. — DPS responded to the report of an under- was one of the most proudest ac- replace an applicant’s name to elimi- age intoxicated student in Ware. The student was released to his or her complishments of their college ca- nate bias, and each member of BPS friend. reer. We connected well with Dr. then reads the applications before Saturday, Feb. 28, 11:20 a.m. — DPS responded to a report of a non- Jack Shilling ’89, who has helped making a decision. F&M person putting trash in the dumpsters behind the ASFC. us tremendously along the way. Our “We want to correct the mis- Saturday, Feb. 28, 10:00 p.m. — DPS responded to a noise complaint on alumni network acts a huge support conception that BPS is simply an the 500 block of W. James St. for graduating seniors.” academic club,” Stern said. “Every Saturday, Feb. 28, 11:26 p.m. — DPS responded to a noise complaint at This year also saw the organiza- member of BPS exceeds academi- 526 N. Charlotte St. tion host its first annual Black Pyra- cally, but we also pay particular Saturday, Feb. 28, 11:41 p.m. — DPS responded to a noise complaint at mid Alumni Reunion, where mem- attention to the applicant’s leader- 526 N. Charlotte St. The party was shut down. bers ranging from 75 years old to the ship role on campus, their willing- Sunday, Mar. 1, 1:12 a.m. — DPS responded to the report of an underage most recent graduates came back to ness to take responsibility and be intoxicated student in Bonchek College House. The student was taken to reunite. This year, BPS will bring a involved.” Lancaster General Hospital (LGH). TedxTalk event to campus for the Dan Porterfield, president of the Sunday, Mar. 1, 7:50 p.m. — DPS responded to a fire alarm in Dietz Hall second year in a row. The organiza- College, spoke at the induction cer- caused by burnt food. tion’s final event of the year is the emony for the cohort of 2016, as did Sunday, Mar. 1, 8:00 p.m. — A student reported their vehicle was Last Lecture Series, a commence- Stern and Steven Viera ’16, president stolen. ment style speech for seniors where of the cohort of the Class of 2016. Monday, Mar. 2, 10:30 p.m. — A person not a member of the F&M com- they vote on which professor they munity reported that items had been taken from his or her locker in the want to hear. First-year Indira Rahman is a staff ASFC and their phone was smashed. Stern also said that the organiza- writer.