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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 2-4-1992 The Grizzly, February 4, 1992 Eric Foellmer Ursinus College Erika Compton Ursinus College Tom Wilusz Ursinus College Melissa Chido Ursinus College Melisa Miller Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Foellmer, Eric; Compton, Erika; Wilusz, Tom; Chido, Melissa; Miller, Melisa; White, Kristin; Lumi, Carrie; Rawls, Annette; Donecker, Gar; Moore, Erik; Iaconis, Dorian; Jones, Katie; Grubb, Steven; Richter, Richard P.; Brown, Jeff; Lecrone, Laura; Baldini, Kristen; McDonald, Liz; Zobel, Laura; Gelston, Trey; Rubin, Harley David; and Solensky, Gina, "The Grizzly, February 4, 1992" (1992). 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Brandeis February 4, 1992 '92 Enrollment Promising Iraq: One Year Later BY ERIKA COMPTON was renovated and dedicated News Editor under its new name, Thomas H~. BY TOM WlLUSZ "It's really first class," Features Editor Some of you may have heard DiFeliciantonio said, "and it has the rumor that student enrollment taken a while to get there." It has been a year since U .S. at Ursinus College is way down. I, A third factor which helps raise Marines launched the fmal phase too, heard the rumor, so I decided the quality of Ursinus is its of the liberation of Kuwait, the to check it out. I spoke to Dr. addition of the Phi Beta Kappa ground war that was to have Annette Lucas, Assistant Dean of chapter. With this organization completely cut off Iraqi forces in the College. She assured me that now on campus, selected faculty Kuwait from either supply or current enrollment was somewhere can select a current student as a retreat. By this time last year, a near 1050 students. She did, Phi Beta Kappa member. Of the swift and decisive American victory however, suggest that I speak with 3000 public and private colleges' was assured, and we felt confident Rick DiFeliciantonio, Director of and universities in the United eil0ugh to assume we weren't Admissions, to fmd out exact States, only 240 of them have a going to be drafted. Eleven figures. Phi Beta Kappa chapter. This months ago, a unilateral cease-fife This year's freshman class further illustrates to the was called, and America had won consists of 240 people, which, educational community and the war. (Technically, a U .N. according to DiFeliciantonio, is prospective students that Ursinus coalition had won the war, but I'm "lower than we wanted." However, is dedicated to providing students speaking realistically.) This at the this is partly because there are with the highest quality faculty and cost of 305 American lives, 250 currently fewer high school seniors staff possible. Allied lives, and as many as throughout the nation. The total "One of the most difficult things 140,000 Iraqis (with an additional number of people attending to do is to set out on a quality 100,000 more post-war casualties college has gone down 25% over agenda when you know the to materialize in the flfst year after tb.e last decade in the northeastern number of students appears to be the cease-fife). So what has United States. There are currently shrinking," remarked Changed? 1050 students at Ursinus, of which DiFeliciantonio. Ursinus is trying Well, for starters, the fourth 10% commute. While 1050 is not to build quality into its academic largest army in the world has been an ideal number, Ursinus would program. Some other schools have effectively disabled as an aggressor prefer to be judged according to opted not to spend money, and to force. In December of 1990, Iraq the quality, not quantity, of its lower admissions standards. had the fourth largest army in the student body. "However, in ten years, schools world. Now, with 85% of its tanks war to prevent atrocities like the In the last ten years, Ursinus without quality will suffer," he and 90% of its artillery destroyed, invasion of Kuwait, U .S. gassing of the Kurds from College has undergone dramatic added. The improvements made to Iraq is entirely incapable of intelligence believed that Iraq was recurring, we have failed changes. These changes include the faculty and the school's launching an attack outside of its 5-10 years away from its flfst miserably-aside from the daily the upgrading of faculty, repairs physical beauty are two of the "orders. However, with 50% of its nuclear weapon. However, top threat of famine or plague in the and additions of new buildings, ways in which Ursinus intends to armored personnel carriers and a secret documents recovered by a war-crushed country, there are also and the installation of a Phi Beta remain ahead of its competition in considerable portion of the elite U.N. inspection team in October Hussein's brutal responses to Kappa chapter on campus. the future. Republican Guard intact, Saddam detailed the existence of over a revolt. In the southern Iraqi city Ursinus has taken great strides Ursinus recruiters have been Hussein is fully capable of dozen surviving nuclear facilities in of Basra, Republican guard forces over the past ten years to working hard to try to get more launching attacks on his internal Iraq, leading experts to believe that we allowed to escape from constantly upgrade its faculty. Says attention from high school enemies, notably the Shiites who that, had we not gone to war, Kuwait were instrumental in the DiFeliciantonio, "At this point, we students. When DiFeliciantonio President Bush and staff have Hussein may have had nuclear brutal suppression of rebellion have never had a better faculty." came to work in the admissions counted on to bring the dictator weapons in as little as two months. early last year. If we went to war Ursinus has to have the best office two and a' half years ago, he down. a more disturbing Now, with the information we have lit to lay the foundations for peace in faculty in order to stay in decided -it would be best to focus development, experts estimate that gathered in the past year, it should the Middle East, then we have competition with other schools its marketing in the New Jersey, New as many as 200 Scud missiles may be possible to destroy Iraq's again failed. Regional peace talks size. He stresses that the best York, and Pennsylvania area first. have survived the air war. Despite nuclear potential for good still bog down with the slightest possible teachers will provide the "We have to rebuild a reputation assuming, of course, that Hussein what we believed last year, Iraq provocation, and Kuwait's recent best possible education, and that is at home first," stated sits idly by and allows us to do so. retains more than a mere shell of purchase of an air force (40 U.S. why we, as students, are here in Difeliciantonio, "then the an army. But it is difficult to determine F-18 fighter planes) adds another the flfst place. marketing can build from there, whether the war has done more Recent intelligence reports stack of blocks to the Risk board. In the last decade, Ursinus trying to get out in a three to four harm than good. Saddam Hussein indicate that the war also One year later, it appears that we College has invested tens of hour away area." prevented Hussein from building is still in power, perhaps more may have won a decisive victory, millions of dollars into renovations One way Ursinus is trying to nuclear weapons. Before the strongly than ever. If we went to but by no means a clear one. and new structures. The art attract students is through the availability of merit scholarships museum was one of the flfst such Gettysburg," said DiFeliciantonio. want one-third of them to write positively. and need-based fmancial aid. The renovation, and was converted The Merit scholarships will be back and say they will come," Upgrading the quality of fmancial aid budget has increased from a student center. In 1985, awarded to the top 20% of the stated DiFeliciantonio. The only Ursinus has certainly helped in significantly, with more money Ursinus received a grant from the admitted class, with students statistics available for next year's keeping the academics high. "Our coming from the Annual Fund. F.W. Olin Foundation to construct earning as much as $4000-$7000 in freshman class are those for early quality agenda and marketing are Ursinus will be offering $4 million a new classroom building. The fmancial aid. decision, which are promising but starting to payoff," remarked to next year's incoming freshmen.