The 1919 Cowl 1989 Established in 1935 VOL. LVVI, NO. 37 PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • PROVIDENCE, R.I. APRIL 26, 1989 Congress Rejects Football Referendum After the administrative duties of by Robert McGehee the recently installed 40th Student Congress concluded, a makeshift forum was set up whereby both the After a somewhat heated debate administration and the football between Fr. J. Stuart McPhail club could both have their say. The Vice President for Student Services point in question was whether or and Friar Football Captain Dave not Student Congress would pre­ Manganaro, the Providence Col­ sent a referendum to all students lege Student Congress voted, last which asked, “ Would you favor a Monday night, to reject a motion move for the Providence College to run a student referendum about Football Club to NCAA Division the fate of PC’s football club. 3 status?” The Congress later re­ The Football Friars have been in jected the motion 12 to 8 (5 dire straights since most of the abstained). teams they once competed against The position of Fr. McPhail was have moved out of the club circuit that by offering students a referen­ to NCAA Division 3. The program dum about the Football Club, the has been eliminated by college of­ Congress would be offering ficials but the fight lingers on for students false hope that their vote Friar football club members and would change the fate of the team. their supporters. The leaders of the “ If I can’t offer them (the students) fated club have been struggling to yes why would I offer them a ques- Spring Weekend Events gain support and funds as well as ★ See FOOTBALL convince the PC administration to Continued on pg. 2 continue the program. Seen as a Success By B.O.P. by Colleen Carson was the Hooters Concert on Friday ni Hall. The weekend was com­ night. The concert was opened up pleted by the showing of Roger Fr. Cunningham Addresses Once again, the PC Board of by the band “ New Man” . The Rabbit on Sunday night in 64 Hall. Programmers can take a sigh of Hooters then played their popular Many students participated in Neighborhood Problems relief. One of the most exciting yet tunes “ Day By Day” , “ Nervous the weekend by purchasing T- exhausting weekends of the school Night” , “ All You Zombies” , and shirts, sweatshirts, and boxers. The “ And We Danced” . They also t-shirts were the biggest hit. They Last weekend featured Pro­ behavior in the neighborhood sur­ year is over. Many events were put together to create Spring Weekend played songs from their new album sold out and the B.O.P. had to vidence College’s annual Spring rounding the college. The Police which will be coming out in the Weekend sponsored by the Board are under pressure from year-round 89. It started on Tuesday night with order a second shipment which is summer. also almost sold out. The sweat­ of Programmers. Unfortunately residents of the area to maintain comedians from the Boston Con­ nection. The fun continued with Saturday was a very busy day shirts have been marked down to there was more attention generated order and respectability. This with the cookout on Slavin lawn by off-campus activities than the weekend, the Department will at­ the competition of PC Jeopardy on $5.00 now also, so there are still Wednesday in the Last Resort. The and Outdoor concert featuring some left along with T-shirts and scheduled on-campus events. tempt to make it clear that it is do­ “ Scruffy the Cat” and “ High Numerous complaints were filed ing so. weekend itself began on Thursday boxers for students to buy. Overall with the outdoor film, “ U2, Rat­ Function” during the afternoon. In B.O.P. sold over 400 tickets to the with the Providence Police Depart­ The Providence College Ad­ the evening Emo Philips per­ ment and some arrests were made. ministration has responded to the tle and Hum” , on Slavin lawn. events and they feel the weekend formed standup comedy in Alum- was definitely a success. The weekend was punctuated by disreputable and inconsiderate The highlight of the weekend the loud explosion of a device on behavior of several of its students. the lawn of the Elmhurst Fr. John F. Cunningham, O.P., Neighborhood Association President of the college issued a President. statement regarding these incidents Fr. J. Stuart McPhail, O.P., and the position of the PC ad­ “Rumors of War” at PC Vice President for Student Services ministration. The statement is as by Ed Moore “ read Fussell through” he may en­ put on the radio airwaves as the has strongly encouraged all PC follows: counter such topics as the World American-baiting “ Tokyo Rose.” students to obey all laws, respect all Actions in which some Pro­ Imagine sitting on a bus in Wars, eighteenth-century English The professor explained that neighbors, and not cause any vidence College students were in­ France during World War II, the writers, the Boy Scouts, the atom rumors did not just seep into the disturbances this weekend. Fr. volved have outraged a wide continent has become a maelstrom bomb, the Indianapolis 500, and consciousness of foot soldiers and McPhail notes that the Police segmen of the community. These as armed conflict rages throughout Yugoslavian nude beaches. shoe-shine boys. In September of Department will be increasing action also smeared the name of Europe. Its a tense time, you In the lecture. Dr. Fussell said 1943 the Allied armies attacked the patrols to ensure respectable the college from which those wonder who you can trust. You ex­ that “rumors are everybody’s Axis powers on the beaches of ★ See FR. CUNNINGHAM amine the passengers out of the game” and preceded to share Salerno, Italy. Expecting an easy Continued to pg. 3 corner of your eye, anyone some of war’s more ludicrous and victory they were surprised when suspicious looking today? No, they mundane “ folklore,” to wit: the German soldiers provided all appear to be regulars. At the In the Second World War, tough resistance. The American next stop a few people get on. Aviator Colin P. Kelly supposedly troops were enraged at the gall of INSIDE THE COWL Francois the baker, Mrs. du Pont dropped a bomb down the the defenders who taunted them by with her children, and a nun. smokestack of a Japanese Navy saying things like, “ Come on in, Nothing unusual there, just normal vessel, waited until his crew bailed we’ve got you covered.” As high Dean Strikes Again: That wild and people, but wait, that nun, she had out, and directed his empty plane an authority as General Mark a hairy hand, the nun is a German into the hull of another Japanese Clark believed the Germans had crazy Frosh is on the move again—See infiltrator in disguise! ship before parachuting out of his endeavored to tease the invaders. Features Dr. Paul Fussell just laughs at cockpit. For this act of bravery Had the Germans actually wired this tale, one of the many con­ President Franklin D. Roosevelt amplifiers, supplied power and The Elephant Man! trived stories of war. The well-read announced an automatic appoint­ found English translators to broad­ and oft-published professor of ment to West Point for Kelly’s son. cast these antagonistic messages? The Elephant English Literature spun yams last Fussell notes that this narrative No, the supposed taunts were ac­ Wednesday, April 19 at Providence distorts the fact that Kelly was shot tually directions from Man! The College. The good doctor down and the first of his crew to beachmasters with bullhorns who delivered a lecture entitled attempt to bail out of the plane. had preceded the main force and Elephant Man! “Rumors of War” based-on From the mock heroic to the were attempting to keep the attack material from his new book “ War­ mad, the rumors of war know no organized. PC Blackfriars and Jacques LaRoques ex­ time, The Experience of War, bounds. A popular rumor in both Dr. Fussell, in his work, con­ 1939-1945” world wars was that a German sub­ cerns himself with the reasons that claim “He is not an animal!”—See A&E The author was introduced by marine captured off the coast of rumors spread. He quotes Peter former student and PC Professor Florida had milk from a Miami Conrad, “ if reality were satisfac- Providence People Update: See what John Scanlan as a writer of great diary. Folklore also perpetuated your favorite PC fixtures are doing as the range, depth, and quality. If a stu­ the story that Amelia Earhart, the dent should decide to take Dr. long-lost pilot, had been captured ★ See WAR STORIES school year crawls to a close—See Features Scanlan’s Johnsonian advice and by the Japanese, brainwashed, and Continued on pg, 3 NEWS ‘LA Law’ and Promises of Lots of Money Present a Good Argument to College Seniors NEWS BRIEFS An unprecedented number of that brought the law to the the past may have gone to meet of talks ended last weekend, but The President and First Lady college seniors are trying to get in­ forefront.” school are opting for law school in­ Perez de Cuellar says he may seek were in Norfolk, Virginia this week to law school, various campuses Kinnish isn’t the only law school stead. “ You can bootstrap a law new talks in June. report. admissions director to thank L.A. profession a lot easier than a leading the memorial service for the While no national numbers arc medical profession,” Kinnish said.