Feast your heart on Valentine^s personals... seepage 14 Volume 7b • Number 16 The Student Newspaper ofDrexel University February 10,1995 Man arrested Budget process changes AnhDang future revenue center to present on an as-needed basis,” said Denise Inman how it manages its money to the Senior Financial Analyst for loose rifle Triangle Staff budget development team and Maureen Wade. “It provides a On Feb. 9 and the Provost. realistic assessment of revenue Jen Rauktis Potter had none, and was today, a stream “I prefer to approach the bud­ against expenditure.” Staff Writer handcuffed and detained by the of chart-clutch- get from the mission of the Revenue, or responsibility, Christopher Potter walked police. After he was taken to the ^ ing department University [and do] what is nec­ center budgeting is perhaps easi­ into the Main Building on police station and questioned, he Cuts heads and pro­ essary to support the mission,” est explained by outlining what it Friday, Feb. 3 carrying an M-16 was released. There was no offi­ gram directors Uave presented to said Pennoni. is not. It is not an annual budget assault rifle. The gray sweatsuit cial police action taken. the budget development team The Strategic Plan dictated allocation that simply increases a he was wearing gave no indica­ “The sight of people carrying evidence of how they spend their financial management goals department’s share because over­ tion that he is a cadre member weapons from the Armory is not money and how they might man­ which will uphold the mission of all University expenses may have from the Drexel Army ROTC. out of the ordinary,” said Major age with 10 percent less funding. the University. Pennoni predicts risen over the year, explained Sergeant Potter was walking Dorothea Wallace. “Cadets in Working within the bounds the gradual shift in budget Pennoni. from the Armory — where battle dress uniform are routine­ established by the Board of method will accomplish such a In a draft document presented ROTC weapons are stored — to ly taken with weapons to the Trustees approved Strategic Plan, goal, but it may take as many as to the budget committee, Provost the rifle range, located on the indoor range by their instruc­ CEO Chuck Pennoni has three years for fiill implementa­ Dennis Brown wrote, “These rev­ fourth floor of the Main tors. launched a University-wide rev­ tion. enue producing centers will be Building. Notified by members “When weapons are trans­ enue center budgeting phase-in “Revenue center budgeting is budgeted, and managed, with of the University community ported at any time from the which began by requesting each a method to allocate funding ... see BUDGET on page 3 concerned by Potter’s “mad Armory, the ammunition as well gunman” appearance, police as the firing mechanism is confronted Potter at the rifle removed. Strict precautions are range and asked to see identifica­ taken when weapons are moved tion. see RIFLE on page 3 One green idea gets recycled Students and adm inistrators come together to give recycling at D rexel another try Kristina Sheedy about the effort’s history at StaffWriter Drexel. Others added details Recycling, an on-again, off- about what occurs in different again topic for campus groups, areas of the University. administrative committees and Director of Food Services Pat facilities management, may now Flanagan said Campus Dining receive the momentum it needs to does not currently recycle, but it be implemented campus-wide. would be feasible if there were a Two separate efforts — one grass trash hauler who would take the roots and the other through the items from their facility. Charlie On Friday evening, the Delaware Valley received nine inches of snow, officially ending the administration — launched Peck of Ogden Allied, the mainte­ snow drought and making walking across campus a chore. attacks on whatever is keeping nance company overseeing Drexel from abiding by MacAlister Hall and the Pennsylvania’s Municipality Residential Living Complex, said Waste Planning and Waste he understood mixed paper is Reduction Act of 1988, requiring picked up firom the receiving area all institutions of Drexel’s size to at MacAlister on a regular basis. COBA executive suite to at least recycle paper and alu­ The key to a successful recy­ minum. cling program is the education of On Monday, Feb. 6, the EYE consumers and custodians, Openers’ waste management expressed Charles Jefferson, be housed in Matheson committee assembled a group of director of facilities management. administrators, students and staff Jefferson added that physical Kristina Sheedy tions as economical as possible. 410 may be considered for reno­ to discuss what it would take to plant employees might be hired StaffWriter Roll plaster will give the cin- vations, but there are no definite establish a responsible recycling expressly for pooling the recy- Matheson Hall has been derblock walls a solid look. plans. program at Drexel. clables. undergoing renovations in rooms Painting has been completed and The College of Business and Director of Purchasing Jim Peck and Jefferson plan to 206 and 207 since December, carpeting will be installed. There Administration funded the reno­ Graham, a longtime supporter of gather specific information about with expected completion on Feb. is also a glass partition in the hall vations. However, the final cost the recycling initiative, updated successfol recycling programs at 27. The renovations are an effort that will declare the area the will not be known until the pro­ the assembled administrators see RECYCLING on page 3 of the College of Business and Executive Education Center. Two ject is complete. Administration to accommodate exterior exits have been kept, in Classes held in adjacent rooms its executive education program. addition to the glass partition, to made it necessary to have the ren­ The College of Business and conform to fire code regulations. ovations complete in the allotted Administration (COBA) wanted Room 206 has also been divided time. Some mechanical work was to create a setting similar to a into two rooms. prepared in advance and then conference room, according to Architectural Designer Steve moved to Matheson. To date, Charles Jefferson, director of Franey said the room is expected Jefferson estimates the improve­ facilities management. Drexel’s to accommodate 30 people. In ments are 85 percent complete. Department of Planning and addition, a refreshment unit will Construction started the design in be installed to enable use of a mid-September. This work small refngerator and coffee pot. included floor plans, samples and Fifteen tables will be arranged ideas for furniture and fabric to in the center of the room and at Ed-Op..............page 8 be reviewed by COBA. one end there will be a presenta­ Datebook............... 13 The design, according to tion area, spanning the length of Entertainment.......jl6 Jefferson, will update the rooms the room. Comics...................20 without knocking down walls or Jefferson described the changes Julia Fennell and Jeffrey Brace, coKJhaIrs of the EYE Openers waste making too many extensive phys­ as “basically ... just a cosmetic Classifieds..............24 management committee, listen attentively to discussion about the ical changes, keeping the renova­ renovation.” In the future, room Sports.................... 28 state of recycling at Drexel. i * The Triangle * February 10,1995 V A stronauts taste * Students bow led over test C oke in space College Press Service the new apparatus. Coke-guzzling astronauts on “The technology we’ve this month’s space shuttle developed to dispense gas-satu­ Discovery mission w'on’t be rated liquids in microgravity drinking the soft drink to without foaming will have quench their thirsts or give application to other Bioserve themselves a caffeine boost. projects such as nutrient-deliv- Instead, astronauts will ery systems for plants grown in drink Coke and space,” said Alex Diet Coke to test Hoehn, a CU t a s t e - p e r c e p - Test results could research associ­ tions in space, ate. said Louis lead to the Astronauts Stodieck, associ­ developm ent of undergo acceler­ ate director of ated physiologi­ ?hc University of better-tastm g foods cal changes in Colorado’s atid beveruges fo r space and report BioServe Space changes in taste- T ech n o lo g ie s future space perception, said Center. travelers as w ell as Stodieck. Such University of taste changes on “I'll take College Bowl for $100, Alex.” Student teams competed against each other, answering Colorado stu­ the elderly and Earth often are questions on various brain-bending topics for the College Bowl on Tuesday, Feb. 7. dents and facul­ chronically ill on tied to physio­ ty and other logical changes researchers have E a r t h , associated with developed a new aging, disease device known as the Fluids and bed rest. y O nlin e love: students su rf Generic Bioprocessing Appa­ Test results could lead to the ratus, which will allow astro­ development of better-tasting nauts to drink the carbonated foods and beverages for future soft drink during the flight. space travelers as well as the th e n et in search o f love Since bubbly drinks have the elderly and chronically ill on tendency to foam in zero gravi­ Earth. Marco Buscaglia and talk about this in person?” Casey was living in ty, astronauts will dispense and The experiment is sponsored College Press Service Modesto says. ‘That’s what hap­ Indianapolis at the time, so the drink 1.65 liters each of Coca- by The Coca-Cola Company in Lonely? No Valentine? pened with this girl from school. couple decided to pick a halfway Cola and Diet Coke while using Atlanta. Well, don’t just sit there. Fire It was pretty spontaneous.” point—Jellico, Tenn.—and met up that computer.