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CXXIII, ISSUE XXI A STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883 Friday, March 9, 2007 "A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for the king.' - Emily Dickinson Fight Scots advance to 1 6 Chris S3 Sweeney 18-- 3 run and holding Centre score- Swt opons bailor'- - less for the next six minutes. Evan Will "08 got things started with a The College of Wooster (27-- 3) layup followed by a Tom Port '07 Vr r men's basketball team advanced to three. Tim Vandervaart '07 then the sectional semifinals (commonly added another layup to push the Jit known as the "Sweet 16") last Scots' lead to 28-2- 1. Saturday with a convincing 73-5- 6 A Centre timeout did nothing to win II over Centre College (24-- 5) in the stop the Wooster run, as the Scots t second round of the NCAA Div. Ill continued to attack. Devin Fulk '08 tournament. hit a three-point- er followed by two Last Friday night, both -- teams had Vandervaart scores. The first was a J (A : I - i ' l u old-fashio- convincing victories in the first jumper and the second an ned IT round. three-poi- Wooster got some revenge nt play, hitting a over Transylvania University (19-- 9) layup and sinking the free throw. with a 92-6- 6 beatdown on the team Centre ended their scoring f--' that knocked the Scots out of the drought on the next possession with i, old-fashio- second round of last year's tourna- an ned three-poi- nt play of ment. Centre also prevailed in dom- their own. But Wooster would have inating fashion over Capital the last laugh, thanks to Port, who University (19-- 9) 69-5- 5. hit a deep three as the clock expired ; The game against Centre started to give the Scots a 39-2- 4 lead at the off close, with Wooster and the break. I Colonels battling" back and fourth Wooster never let the Colonels until 17-- 12 Centre jumped out to a back into the game, coming out of fcw lead. Following a timeout, Wooster the locker room on a 9-- 0 run to push The basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 for the firsftime in three yeafsaftenrblling knotted 73-5- up the score at 17 apiece. It the lead up to 24 (48-26- ). The Scots over Centre 6 on March 3. James Cooper '08 (22), the team's leading scorer on the sea- remained deadlocked for the next kept the momentum and cruised son, scored 11 points. The team begins the sectional round of the NCAA Tournament tonight, two minutes. right into the Sweet 16. taking on John Carroll University at 6 p.m. at St. John Fisher College in N.Y. Tied at 2 1 with 7:37 left in the half, Rochester, Wooster struck fast and hard with an See "Sweet 16,"page 7 (Photo courtesy OPI). Hotel fire interrupts convention Fee increases to $40, 022 Brown - - Hugh ft Missie Bender Wooster students and their parents or Voice Staff Senior Writer guardians saying, "This decision by I - ; 1 I r the Board of Trustees reflects the At 6:15 a.m. on Feb. 25, Andy ill College fees are already rising at College's firm commitment to deliver- I White '09 was awakened by the faint 5lv record rates. Last month, the College ing a high quality and highly individ- sound of fire alarms at the Park Inn MY announced that next year's compre- ualized education." Toledo. hensive fee will increase to $40,022, Hales also notes, "The full cost per' White was one of 14 members of To say the least, the response from student of Wooster's program is sub- the Wooster Circle K chapter's dele- students hasn't been overly positive. stantially higher than the comprehen- gation to the Ohio conference, and It 'is now common knowledge that ' sive fee, and the College must there- was rooming on the seventh floor of the comprehensive fee for the 2007-0- 8 fore augment its resources with gifts the Park Inn when an electrical fire' academic year is ,$40,022. This deci- from alumni, trustees, parents, and broke out in the sewers underneath sion, made by the Board of Trustees, friends, as well as with income from the sidewalk in front of the hotel. ensures students will have the the endowment." Smoke 7 began billowing into the resources needed to exemplify their With the fee increasing every year, hotel's ventilation system, setting off college years. Programs such as the students have become curious as to the fire alarms and forcing the hotel's First-Ye-ar Seminar in Critical Inquiry exactly where and to what the money evacuation. and Independent Study are what make is allocated. Some students even find it "What was really impressive was The College of Wooster distinctive hard to identify any benefits the Bill Thomas '10, who carried a girl and exceptional. Faculty and staff are increase has. Since the 2000-0- 1 aca- in a wheelchair down from the sev- also factored into the tuition rise, as demic year, the fee has increased enth floor, and ended up spraining An electrical fire "broke butIn the "sewers lihdemeath" the side well as improving facilities such as $12,822. Currently, the fee is $37,580. his ankle in the said White. process," walk of the Park Inn in Toledo. All guests in the hotel were evac- laboratories, studios and technology Next year will be $2,442 more expen-- J Upon clearing the building, White uated. The fire department eventually came to the scene (Photo that support student work. sive than the current price tag. As a found the other Wooster students On Feb. 21, President R. Stanton courtesy Taylor Swope). out front in their pajamas, being Hales addressed a letter addressed the See "Fee," page 2 escorted into an ambulance to pro- Inn's staff. one was injured in the early morning tect themselves against Toledo's ice "I saw two members of the hotel incident. storm from the night before. staff simply get up and leave as we "Some of us were on the 12th floor, GREs set for a change Eventually, students were ushered were evacuating," said White, "and at and were told we couldn't evacuate," Chandra Asar Fay Hughes '08 had a different view- into the neighboring convention cen- no time did the hotel offer us any said Sarah Coffin '10. "The entire point. "I wonder how this making it a Voice Staff ter, but not before becoming angered sort of comfort during the wait." bottom half of the hotel had filled linear exam will change things," she over the incompetence of the Park Local news services reported that no with smoke, so we had to wait to get The Graduate Record Examination said. "I think how they have it now out, in spite of the fact that fire a test that most graduate schools seems like a good idea, to keep it so that alarms were going off throughout require for entry will undergo a it adapts to how you are actually doing." the entire hotel. Luckily, everyone large reformatting that will premiere in Nancy Luken '08 had a similar opin- got out of it all right." September. While some students seem ion. "I find it interesting that they made After waiting a few hours in the optimistic atxwt these changes, others an effort to cater to different learning convention center next door, stu- have their doubts. styles in people. ... I support that, dents were allowed back into the Many students were unaware that because I think there are a lot of prob- - hotel and, flustered, the Wooster del- the GRE is changing. A recent issue of lems with not having enough ways to egation promptly packed their bags The Princeton Review outlined the teach and ways to test kids of different and left. changes. One issue is that the format learning styles." 1 Circle K had won three awards at itself will change from a computer Another change that has also the conference. These awards includ- adaptive system which adapts to test received mixed . opinions is that the ed first place in membership growth, taker's abilities, giving easier questions quantitative section will include an on- second for most outstanding club, if they answer incorrectly, and giving screen calculator. and third for number of service them harder questions if they answer "I think that's good, because then hours completed, with a grand total correctly to a computer-base- d linear everyone would have the same calcula- of 631.5 hours this year. exam which distributes the same tor," said Luken. Circle K is a division of Kiwanis exam to all test takers. Kenneth Thomas '08 disagreed.