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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1990-1991 Student Newspapers 10-23-1990 College Voice Vol.14 No.8 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol.14 No.8" (1990). 1990-1991. Paper 16. http://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1990_1991/16 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1990-1991 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. THE COL E VOICE Volume XIV, Number 8 Ad Fontes October 23, 1990 Administrators Find Fault with Low College Ranking better than or equal to 15 of the 25 schools and 21 of by Alice W. Maggln the top quartile. Connecticut College's graduation Editor In Chief rate is also impressive. It is equal to or better than The Connecticut College adrninistration believes that 12 of the top 25 and 19 of the top quartile. the educational efforts of the college community were not In the area of finances, the traditional weak spot, fully recognized in the U.S. News & Wor/dReport annual the college did better than three of the schools in the list of America's best colleges and universities, which ap- top quartile. peared in the October 15, 1990 issue. The feature also Matthews said another Slatistic not used by U.S. appeared in a supplemental book published by the maga- News was the admitted students questionnaire win! zine. lose ratio. The national questionnaire asks stodents Connecticut College was ranked in the second quartile what schools they were admitted 10 and which out of a field of 141 "highly selective"liberal arts college, school they chose. Of co-educational admittances, . and was tied for third on the "up-and-coming" list Connecticut College won outover five of the top 25 Claire Matthews, dean of admissions and planning, has schools and 13 of the top quartile school. raised questions regarding the algorithm employed by With statistics like this, Matthews stiongly ques- U.S. News to determine the ranking and me method the tions the equation used by the magazine 10 come up magazine uses to gain the statistical information. with its ranking. A description of the algorithm The seven criteria used were: average Scholastic Apti- system used was not published. tude Test score, freshmen in the top ten percent of high "Relying on quality to stand on its own hurt us," Third Budget. school class, acceptance rate, faculty with doctorates, stu- said Matthews. "What ever the arbitrary algorithm dent faculty ratio, total spending per student, and gradu- is, it worked against us." ation rate. Julie Quinn, director of public relations, ear- Breezes by SGA Connecticut College fared well against schools in the marked another fact that may have hurt the college in the ratings. The rating was based 1989 figures. dent budget passed 28-0-1 at a spe- top 25 and against the entire first quartile, which consists. on by Jon Flnnlmore cial SGA meeting before fall break. of the top 36 schools. Among other changes the 3:2 plan has been fully im- Associate News Editor Michael Sandner, '91, vicepresi- Average SAT scores for accepted students at Connecti- plemented, faculty salaries have gone up, SAT scores have increased, the endowment has in- To the sounds of applause and dent of SGA and Finance Commit- cut College is better than or equal to four of the top 25 and see IlaI*IIlI p. 8 praise for the Finance Committee, tee chair, presented the proposal 13 of the top quartile. Connecticut College does better the third version of this year's stu- with a quote from "a struggling than two schools in the topquartile ir ,-----------------------, comrade," George Bush, president freshmen in the top ten percent of of the United States, who urged their high school class. The aecep- ]IJI1l deX Congress to judge the nation's lance rate is equal to or better than budget "'as a whole, not piece by nine of the top 25 and 17 of the top Features pp. 4-5 piece," and that the budget was qu:irtile.· 1-.-. __ ....J. LL..~ )'lv '''the best agreement that can be The college has more faculty with CD CD #~{ reached now:" Ph.D.s than nine of the top 25 school 1..:::::::........::::::::... ~...!3e_3~..::3E!:....., _ __, The new budget included revised and II of the top quartile, 81 percent USN rationals, cjanges in allocations to of the faculty at Amherst College, the -----.:::!.:.::. ~.~e:..!w!..:s~ -1' In Politic;, ~ave Magazine, Stu- number one liberal arts college in the I ;~r81 Arts CoIl* Ranl:ing dent Activities Council, and Stu- country according to the report, have dent Organization Office,and the doctorates while 89 percent of Con- setting aside of money for the Club necticut College's faculty do. 2 Improvement Fund, According to Matthews, Connecti- 3 Because of recommendations cut College's student faculty ratio is 4 See Budget p. 10 one of the best in the country. It is CT. View pp. 6-7 Winthrop Highrise Meeker Steps Down Tenants Voice Frustration From J-Board Position Meeker was involved in l!Il acci- Approval of Financial Comics p.14-15 denton September21. during which a ear struekaconstnlClion dumpster Aspects Ushers in Plan Craig Meelcer, '92. Junior C1lL'ls outside Windllam dormitory at 1:45 Judiciary-Boardrepresentative.re- a.m. Wltnessesbeforellltdllft«the signed from his pPIlition late this accidentloldTheCoileltVoiuthat Implementation eek citing the driv« of the alumni. by Cbris McDaniel ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!!!~ veblcle, Seeing "serious dicipline" in the "personal rea- S8J1l Associate News Editor sons." '1 tim resigning from J>aveailQr".. '92. area of cost containment, and an In a written my position ••• due to was visibly in- Recently approved by the Board increase in alumni giving from 40 A&E pp.16-17 state men t. ~ol\ I eue d. of Trustees, the financial portion of to 60 percent, as major prorities in Meeker said,"1 personal reasons.' Meeker was the the five-year Strategic Plan is ex- making the financial plan work. New Television Sea- am resigning _ Craig M-I.'...., 1M, pllS,.,..,lIIditpeeted to allow the college to pur- Gaudiani said that only "everyone son Peaks Audience's fn)lll my posl- ~. ."'''''' was lIlIli .... sue the bold ambitions of the Plan. working full tilt" would make the tion asClass of J-Boardrepreseatative IIlinod whelIt« Said Claire Gaudiani, '66, presi- "dreams" of Connecticut College Attention 92 Judiciary he. bad 1Ieta dent of the college, the financial come true, not justspeciflC actions. oard Repre- 41lnklng WillIln plan is a "model" by which Con- Inthefall of 1988. numerous fac- senlativeduetopersonaltea8OllS-1 fourhomsofthelncidellL necticut College will be able to wty, staff, s~dents,a1umni and ,made this decision on my own lIItd Neither Meclm nor Neff _Id realize "all the objectives in the trustees began wodring on the out- hope thecoUegecommunity will romment Wbether the resignatloo Strategic Plan." line of the five-year Strategic Plan· I!rellJlC'etit» was reIa1ed to the acddent. The president also stated that the that would "outline the foundations Tom Nell'. '91.chalrofJ-Board. Joseph ToIIM!t, dean of StudeIJt success of the Strategic Plan de- for Connecticut College's dynamic said that he has spoIr.en at length Life. who _ DOt aWllte of pends not on the acceptance of the presence on the national educa- 'tiI Meeker about the penonal Meiekers 'Uignation WheII tiJlIi financial plan alone, but on an tional;scene." This plan isdesigned Men's Soccer UpsetS reasonsartel conIinned dlat it "as COIIlIICfed by TIw C6lItge Vokt. "aggressive and successful d~vel- to strengthen the resources of the college which in turn will allow the Trinity opement effort," that must include ij~=:iSfidecl=lSIllll=::to:~resIgII~~~. ~ ~Nelf~~.~id~la'er~:.·:{~d01l~.~·~t~1rJ\OvI;~Iha!:~lt~baIIJ:Jto the help of students, faculty and see PIaD p. 10 ~ VIEWPOINT ~==~==~====;;:====~~===================== i Voter Registntibn Effort: ~ Economic Sanctions Justified i Hind elp? Letter to the Voice: children under 18 detained since June 1986: 10,000. ~ I would like to respond to "Misguided Sanctions" The number of people detained without triaI since So,.. L $ .56"" •• !kG I ... by Michael Lynch (The Voice Oct. 9,1990). Firstand 1960: 75,000. The numberof people in detention at the .~Cw._Ltd e.a. III foremost I would like to invite Mr. Lynch to visit me begU;ningof 1989: 18,935. What about the thousands ~ _ ' t! 'JEll f' '- .... in Branford 102 to learn more about the situation in my of students who were killed while protesting peace- ~ 8, .. " """ 'M er_.. lalI .. country. It is rather obvious that Mr. Lynch ~nows fully. J. Mahlangu, M. Songelwa, S. Marule, and the 1$ dIiIrId I"""'''''' CGIoIt- ..... nothing about the plight of black people in South list goes on of people who have died in custody. And Q .,.., 101 II 11 Mm, .... Africa, His first argument was that the sanctions that the explanations range from suicide, falling down the ~ ........, M .,., .. I'N 56A, • are imposed on S.A. were designed to help blacks but staircase, falling six floors to having no official expla- Iaeadod tIaIIlnllladft, _ to ........ _In .. Doiaocratk are actually doing the opposite. Iwould like to know nations and yet you call the A.N,C. a terrorist organi- .........,. which black South Africans he h¥ been talking to and zation. The A.N.C. is not a terrorist organization. It What ~ aad Co. -.- .... yIoClllTlCt: that It 10 what their response has been to the sanctions.