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Wooster, OH), 2004-10-16 Wooster Voice Editors The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 2001-2011 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 10-16-2004 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 2004-10-16 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice2001-2011 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 2004-10-16" (2004). The Voice: 2001-2011. 97. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice2001-2011/97 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: 2001-2011 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is The WOOSTEROJCE a part ofyourself." Serving the College of Wooster since 1883 - Herman Hesse, author VoLCXXI, Issue VII October 16, 2004 "Hatespeech" litters walls of Bornhuetter By Liz Miller her roommate, who is Jewish, was Peter Schantz, director of the todial supervisor called him at 8 Trustees were slated to gather at News Editor scrawled with that message and a physical plant, said, "the graffiti a.m. to tell him that profanity was the main entrance of the residence deformed swastika. "I thought it was applied with a permanent written on the doors and walls of hall at 4:30 p.m. for a ribbon cut- LesS than 24 hours before it was was weird," Boateng said. marker and a dry erase marker." part of Bornhuetter. "The initial ting and dedication, followed by to be unveiled to trustees on Oct. Security was notified of the The paint shop and custodial staff reaction was 'we need to clean tours of the building. 8, three floors of Bornhuetter Hall graffiti on walls, windows, doors began removing it at approxi- this'," said Brown. "We immediately tried to recti- were defaced with phrases such as and dry erase boards of the first, mately 8 a.m. Clean-u- p was fin- The vandalism ranged from fy it for two reasons," said Brown. "I hate minorities." second and third floors of the ished in full by 1 p.m. defaced photographs to racist, "One, the offensive messages, and The door of Alexandra Boateng Beall Ave. wing of the residence Director of Residential Life and homophobic and anti-Semit- ic '06, a student from Ghana, and hall at approximately 7:45 a.m. Housing Dave Brown said a cus graffiti on walls and doors. See "Vandals," page 2 Trustees meet for fall session Questionable search By Justin Hart News Editor stirs controversy Last week, the Board of By Sarah Core room. Because of this they took Trustees for the College visited Managing Editor the alcohol out of the room." the campus for their annual While Maras and Brumbaugh meeting. Recent concerns over student agree there was alcohol present, One of the primary focuses of privacy issues have led College they were upset because they con- this meeting was the College's officials to make changes in some sider the actions Security took ongoing Kauke Challenge cam- of their practical Security opera- unnecessary and an invasion of pri- paign which began in July 2000 tions and review vague judicial vacy. "There were articles from our and will end in May of 2005. policies. fridge missing," said Maras., "We The College's goal for the According to roommates Corey were not notified by Security and campaign is to raise $122 mil- Maras '06 and David Brumbaugh there was no notice of them here." lion in total. So far the cam- '06, their privacy was violated Maras said if some of his hall-mat- es paign has raised approximately two weekends ago when Security had not seen the incident, $93.5 million. was called by an resident assistant they might not have known President R. Stanton Hales K. to investigate underage drinking Security had been there until they said the meeting "lasted a bit in their room in Bornhuetter Hall. received an alcohol notice in the longer" than past meetings. "In No one was in the room; Maras mail on Thursday. addition to normal business, we had left the building and Brumbaugh and Maras took had campaign business to Brumbaugh was out of town with their case to Dean of Students attend to," said Hales. his family. Kurt Holmes, who subsequently Ronald Bornhuetter joins President R. Stanton Hales in cutting the "The official meetings started "The officer keyed into the investigated the incident. ribbon dedicating Bornhuetter Hall Oct. 8 ( Photo by Caroline Hotra). on Thursday, but. the chairman room with knowledge there was Holmes said the Security officers of the Board and the vice chair ahead of that," said Sara Patton, On Friday at 4:30 p.m., the illegal activity," said Director of did nothing wrong, but not inform- ing the students was an oversight. and the chair of the develop--me- nt vice president for finances. She trustees attended the formal ded- - Security Lynn Cornelius. "The committee-- and thecam --said ihat theofficial visir ended " -r-esidents were indeed gonehow. "We blew it," Holmes said. paign came in several days Saturday afternoon. See "Trustees," page 2 ever when the officers keyed in they saw alcohol all over the See "Security," page 2 Foreign voting practices examined in election year panel By Melinda Jacobs Political Science professor Amy certain countries in Africa have a During the discussion, the audi- demonstrating the strict voting Staff Writer Carter, representing the United single-part- y system but allow a' ence was asked to stand up for the requirements. States. Student panelists were Ana choice between leaders. next activity to show the students Carter then went on to explain Representatives from different Azevedo'07, representing Brazil; In Brazil everyone over the age how selective it can be to gain the some about the American voting countries gathered at Lowry pit Irina Pavlova '06, representing of 18 must vote. Anyone in the right to vote. If anyone fell under system. She said all state elections Tuesday evening for a forum the Ukraine, and Ali Shah '07, ages of 16 or 17 can vote, but are one of the categories they were are run by the state and can be run about the various voting policies representing Pakistan. not required to. Voting is manda- asked to sit down. in any way they would like to run and procedures .enforced in their The event, entitled "Electing tory and is seen as a civil duty. If Some of the questions were, it as long as it is on the first respective countries. Our Leaders: A World View" there is no clear winner and no "Are you fluent in English?," Tuesday in November. The faculty members on the was sponsored by OISA, the one has an absolute majority, then "Do you have two dollars in your Carter pointed out that criticism panel were Black Studies and Ambassadors' Program and the another election is held between pocket?" and "If you are not has been made that if it was more Political Science professor Department of Political Science. the top two candidates and voters male sit down." Soon only two uniform there would be less prob-- Boubacar N'Diaye, representing There are all sorts of different have a chance to re-consi- der and older men were left standing up the continent of Africa, and traditions of voting. For example, vote again. out of 30 people in the audience See page 2 ( "Panel," News Editors: Liz Miller Justin L. Hart Asst. Editor: Leah Koontz Holmes: "We blew it Trustees pleased with status procedures Security officers and Security other college officials can take of campaign, Bornhuetter Hall when entering students rooms and continued from p. 1 investigating private property. "Primarily as a protection for the Gonzalez said his understand- Trustees mittees some serve on three tion," Patton said. "The steering is limited to officers and an assurance that we ing vTas that while any member of and then there's also an. executive committee issues continued p. 1 are matching the issue and the the College could'enter a student's from committee that receives the that directly affect the cam- response, we have instructed the room, they were not allowed to ication of the newly complete res- reports of the other committees." paign." that officers to touch base with the search a student's personal prop- idence hall, Bornhuetter Hall. "On Saturday ... the Board She said the steering com- Dean's staff member on duty prior erty. When he was told no such "The trustees were very happy comes back together as a whole mittee "monitors the progress ... to any search." policy exists, he said, "I'm not with the new residence hall, both and hears reports and takes any of the campaign." Brumbaugh was surprised to surprised by it but I don't neces- with the way it looks and feels and necessary action." One of the major projects the learn the College policy was not as sarily approve of it." with the satisfaction of the stu- "I staff the development com- campaign's funds will go to is the clear as he thought it was. "I "I just signed a paper that said dents ... living in it," Hales said. mittee and the steering committee renovation of Kauke Hall, which thought because the fridge was ours they were allowed to come into Patton also reported a positive for the campaign," said Patton. are expected to cost $1.8 million.
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