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The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 1991-2000 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 4-13-2000 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 2000-04-13 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 2000-04-13" (2000). The Voice: 1991-2000. 247. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/247 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 1991-2000 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SGA is rich ... we have struck oil because we are so deep in a hole. Thursday, Maritte Cltivnum Ittt 59 April 13, 2000 The WooFterWoice Volume CXVI, Issue 23 America's Oldest Weekly College Newspaper www. wooster. eduvoice SGA election results thrown out Carnival a huge hit James Allardice of people could have voted twice." the card-swipe- rs to break down." Editor-i-Chi- ef The polls opened at 1 1 a.m. on Last year, according to Tuesday in both Kittredge and McLaughlin, every voter signed his Because ofa computer glitch, the Lowry, but Mahaffey said he was or her name on a list next to a com- ballots from Tuesday's SGA elec- unable to do anything about the puter printout of their name in ad- tion were thrown out before they problem until 12 p.m. dition to their social-securit- y num- were counted. According to cur- Adding to the problems, the card ber. In addition, student social-securit- y rent SGA president Matt numbers were written on Mahaffey '00, several hundred their ballots. "We had a better names were left out of the card "There was some confusion, ' back-u- p system last year," scanner when downloading the Mahaffey said. McLaughlin said. names. As a result, when many Presidential candidate John students went to vote and Zesiger '01 said the issue "puts swiped their card through the ma- scanner at Kittredge did not work us back in limbo for another week. chine, it registered as invalid. at all. "There was some confu- Instead of being able to really get The lack of a contingency plan sion," Mahaffey said. "We were going on a lot of issues, a stagnant 0 o left open the possibility for many unaware of the problems in SGA is in limbo for another week." students to vote twice. 'To an ex- Kittredge." Zesiger said he was confident head- tent, this was beyond our control," Presidential candidate Erik ing into Tuesday's election, and he Mahaffey said. "A couple hundred McLaughlin '01 said, "It isn't nec- is "ready to take on some of these names were overlooked when they essarily the entire fault of SGA. issues." r were initially downloaded, and But there should have been a there was at least an hour when we backup plan ready. Last year I was please see ELECTION, were unprepared. With the glitch, one of three senators that ran the page 2 there is the possibility that a bunch election, and we were prepared for Hazing reporting now mandatory PHOTO BY MAKY NlfcNABfcK Campus Council votes a change in Scot's Keypolicy Cuteness abounded last Saturday in Lowry with the Sibs Naomi Kresge stand where campus attorneys are know how you're going to enforce 'n Kids Weekend Carnival. News Editor coming from," but went on to call this" and questioned why the new rule would apply only to Wooster students, as well as their younger counterparts, enjoyed games. Lowry when inclement weather moved hazing. The change would face painting, balloons and more in Campus Council adhered inside. responsibility out festivities to the request of College at- take The event was the centerpiece of a weekend of sibling interaction jeaiunng torneys at their Tuesday "It makes the College seem much of the students' hands," he movies and a game show as well as a special performance by Don 1 Throw meeting, when they more like a police state and much stated. Shoes. ' amended the Scot's Key to less like a community ofresponsible Director of Libraries mandate report of hazing adults," White said. and Charter Committee incidents. The change adds chair Damon Hickey This Week In the Voice: the language "every mem- pointed out that some in ber of the campus community is the addition "probably the most dis- Viewpoints fl.rS & ErXTKKTAINMKMT required to report any incidents of turbing passage in the Scot's Key please see COUNCIL, Send the kid back to Cuba... Moving beauty. hazing or suspicions of hazing ... a Big Brother clause" which, page 3 An alternate take on Elian Gonzales, Spring dance concert promises much, which come to their attention" to White said, "makes the College page 5 page 8 Section X of the Code of Social Re- seem much more like a police state sponsibility. and much less like a community of Coming next week: Features Sports co-cha- ir responsible adults." Who do you know? Of men and gods. Judicial Committee Special Report on the the discus- Andy future of A poll of campus awareness, Baseball team wins 17 straight, Courtney White '01 opened Council member Black Studies Program. sion with the statement, "I under-- Rockertstein '02 said, I want to page 7 page 12 on Lowry Lounge from 10 a.m. to 7 Friday through Sunday, April SAB will show "gia" in Senior I.S. presentation 0QB OfRB (PHffi the Art Wall. p.m. in Lowry on Tuesday. April 14-1- 6, the Name Project AIDS Mateer'Auditorium at 7:30 The Dinner, cap 18. Quilt will be on dis- D.m. Friday. India Memorial week, will be Scot Lanes hows "South in PEC The Jazz Ensemble will per- Gault Recital Hall on Saturday. ping off South Asia play in Timken Gym the 10-10:- in Mackey Hall at 5 p.m. and Park" from 30 p m. from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. form Friday night at 8:15 p.nv in SAB will show "Patch held are required. Wednesday. The Chemistry Sympo- McGaw Chapel, featuring legsrtid-ar- y Adams" in Mateer Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Tickets Admis- Angela Adams will give her night. --CO- p.m. Saturday WPII sium, featuring over a dozen guitarist Kenny Burrell. Tick- 8:30 H HY ClIKIS Bui Hk! N. recital at 7:30 p.m. in Gault distinguished alumni, will take ets are required. sion is $1. junior SlMI WMI k 16 21, Recital Hall on Sunday. place Friday and Saturday until Nicole Liambeis will give her Sunday, April to May There will be a jewelry salejn noon. junior voice recital at 4 p.m. in Beth Wunderley will present her News ril 13 Woo marchers take back the night Allison Roger Campus Crime Assistant News Editor Many undoubtedly heard the College lot was vandalized last Friday night, A car parked in a chants Tuesday evening as the an- according to a police report riled by a College of Wooster firstryear. nual Take Back the Night (TBTN) to the doors and The vandalism resulted in about $1,000 of damage march made its way across campus. four-do- or 1985 Caprice. roof of the vehicle, a gray Chevrolet The march was the centerpiece of Information on the incident may be reported to the Wooster Police Week " Women's at Wooster and was ' Department. ' .'. coordinated by the Women's Healthcare Center. in An. incident classified as trespassing occured Tuesday night Originating in New York City room on the Compton HalL An unidentified man went from room to and California in 1978, the Take hall speaking to residents. Back the Night march has since - extended across the United States Corrections in a "national effort to provide sup- We apologize to the organizers of Africa Week and South Asia port, confidence, and understand- Week and to the campus community as a whole for last week's Africa ing of survivors of violence," ex- Week photo caption, which referred erroneously to South Asia week. plained TBTN coordinator Carmen Hbtvedt, '00. "These marches are This was inexcusable; we are idiots, and we are sorry. : ; - . Last week's corrections box incorrectly listed John Zesiger as significant because they focus com- Jonathan Zesiger. Since Jonathan is his brother, we are embarrassed munity attention on the work that still and apologize. Again. needs to be done to stop all forms of violence, domestic vio- Last week's Features section spelled Eddie Priesand's name in- particularly correctly. We apologise. lence and sexual assult," she added. The march was promoted as an As journalism is a human process, there is a constant potentialfor evening of strength, sharing and mistakes. Errors can be made at any step ofthe way: in news-gatherin- e, hope for victims and supporters of editing, or printing. The Voice staff strives to avoid such violence and sexual assult. It was rrrii'- - h'ii'anjerror does occur, it is our policy to admit it preceeded by an opening ceremony .! ulU (LThis space exists for that purpose. including national statistics and IMAGE COURTESY OF CARMEN HOTVEDT . ,v . poetry. In the opening statement, A symbol of the march. AND THE WRC lort.t ( r register a complaint, please call the Voice office at participants were forewarned that, ext. 2598 on-camp- us or (330)-263-259- 8 off-camp-us, or e-m- ail us at in the past, marchers had been sub- voicewooster.edu.