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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 9-24-1982 The Grizzly, September 24, 1982 Gina Daviso Ursinus College Georgeann Fusco Ursinus College Brian E. Kelley Ursinus College Maria Pettineo Ursinus College Michael Schlesinger Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Daviso, Gina; Fusco, Georgeann; Kelley, Brian E.; Pettineo, Maria; Schlesinger, Michael; Brown, Alison K.; Atreides, Martin; Romer, Perry; Lewis, Mark; Ziss, Jon; Mulligan, Mary; Graeff, Paul; Fenton, Leslie; Tuccillo, Adrianne; Morrison, Jean; Scheffler, Scott; and Nelligan, Luke, "The Grizzly, September 24, 1982" (1982). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 81. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/81 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact aprock@ursinus.edu. Authors Gina Daviso, Georgeann Fusco, Brian E. Kelley, Maria Pettineo, Michael Schlesinger, Alison K. Brown, Martin Atreides, Perry Romer, Mark Lewis, Jon Ziss, Mary Mulligan, Paul Graeff, Leslie Fenton, Adrianne Tuccillo, Jean Morrison, Scott cheffleS r, and Luke Nelligan This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/81 Volume V, Number II Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa. 19426 Friday, September 24, 1982 Crime Comes to Colleg.eville .... Attempted Assault on Main Street On Tuesday, October 21, an Ursin us outside lights and came outsider, causing grabbed her, and pulled her into a lawn Dean Kane said he feels this incident is a freshman was attacked on her way back to the assailant to flee. area. rarity, and suggests that students walking her dormitory at about 12:30 a.m. The 18-year-old student had been walk According to Houghton Kane, Dean of at night in pairs or groups have no cause Police said residents of 50S and 513 Main ing from a dormitory to Clamer Hall when a Student Life, this incident is the first of its for alarm. Kane also urges any student Street, hearing the struggle, turned on man jumped out from behind a bush, kind to take place at Ursinus in years. In hearing anything strange should take response, a printed composit of the suspect actions similar to those taken by the will be distributed in each dormitory, and residents of Keigwin Hall and 50S Main New Advising System the patrols of campus security and the Street. Collegeville police will be increased. For Freshmen Students Union Program Board by Georgeann Fusco '84 Dr. George Fago, Freshman Advising majors can be a stressful time because Coordinator, changed the Freshmen Ad students have to deal with their own vising Program this year in order to feelings and with their parents' feelings. If Projects VCR Movies facilitate the freshmen transition from high students do not commit themselves to a school to college and also to improve major at the beginning of the year then it student retention at Ursinus College. will be easier to make the transition into by Brian KeUey '85 Freshman year has been acknowledged another area of study. This semester, the Union Program a senior, is in charge of this aspect of the as a high stress year because the student The freshmen are being advised by a Board began regular showings of video program. must develop skills to succeed in this year. designated set of freshmen advisors who taped movies. The board recently pur The cost of the VCR was $600. The Freshmen mus.t cope with being separated have gone to workshops for academic chased a video cassette recorder, and has Program Board also joined a club that rents from parents for an extended period of advising, personal and vocational counsel attached it to the large screen television in video cassettes for $1 per day. There was time and must also cope with losing their ing, and study counseling. Advisors will the lounge of the College Union building. an initial fee of $47.50 to joih the club. high school friends and developing new periodically see their advisees in order to The board plans to show a different "The large screen TV and the VCR were friendships. They must learn to adapt to get the freshmen integrated into the movie every week, Monday through Thurs paid for by a surplus realized after the the academic environment of the college college community as smooth as possible day. The usual time slot is 7 to 9 p.m., but Hooters concert," Mr. Fegely said. and must develop a sense of personal and also to identify difficulties before they this is subject to change since the Program The board is planning to show a daily responsibility . become problems. Board has decided to consider other college matinee from 2 to 4 p.m. to give day This fall, the freshmen did not declare By guiding the freshmen more thorough programs as having greater priority. For students a chance to see the movies. Mr. majors upon e~trance to Ursinus; instead, ly, Ursinus College hopes to retain more example, movies will not be shown during Fegely expects this to begin next week. they will make this decision at the end of students because it is in the freshman year forums, or while college bowl matches are The movies playing over the next three the freshman year. Deciding to change that most students leave school. in session. weeks are "Breaking Away," "And Jus Mr. Charles Fegely, the Program tice for All," and "MASH." The movies Board's director, initiated the program in are listed on the Union college calendar. order to provide students with a chance to see a movie during the week. By having four shows a week, the board gives McNamara To students a good opportunity to tit a movie into their schedules. Mr. Fegely explain ed that "the purpose of the VCR is to Speak at supplement, not supplant, the weekend movie program." He was not surpirsed that the board Ursinus Gym voted to buy the machine after the large screen TV was damaged last year. Mr. Mark McNamara, #1 draft pick of the Fegely said that the board was willing to Philadelphia 76ers professiollal basketball install another expensive piece of equip team, will appear at Ursinus College's ment in order to fulfill the purpose of the Helfferich Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Union. According to Mr. Fegely, "the September 29. The public is invited to hear purpose of the Union is to provide McNamara. recreation to the overall student body." He The former University of California at added that the board did have the Berkely 7-footer will discuss the transition Maintenance Department secure the ma from college to professional athletics with chine. Ursinus' Health, Physical Education, and Operation of the recorder is up to Recreation Majors Club, who are sponsor Kevin Kunkle/The Grizzly members of the Program Board. Student ing the free event. The Ursinus engage "Let's keep It on the Deld, gUYIII ••• " Dean Kane speaks to members of Zeta Cbl and members are responsible for the selection ment will be McNamara's first Philadel Delta Mu Sigma after tbelr rambWlcliuu8 intramural football game on Tuesday. of the movies to be shown. Angie Eiswert. phia area public appearance this season. Page 2. The Grizzly, September 24, 1982 What? More New Faculty? What Is the most ridiculous thing you saw on your return to campus? New faculty are flourishing at Ursinus Fox lived in France for three years and in this semester. There are thirteen new Germany for five years. He spent all of his professors on campus and three who twenties in Europe. He says that Ursinus is moved from the night school to the day a "different atmosphere than Penn. It's school. This is the second in a series of smaller. I think people treat each other articles introducing the neophyte profes differently. It's more personal." He also sors. thinks that students majoring in a language New in the history department this should combine it with something else such semester is Dr. Hugh R. Clark. Clark as Political Science. That way, students received his undergraduate, Master's and could go into international relations. Doctorate degrees from the University of Finally, Mr. David Bradbury is a first Pennsylvania. Before coming to Ursinus, year professor at Ursinus. He received his Clark taught at Penn and Haverford undergraduate degree in speech from College. He has written one article about a Heidelberg College and holds a master's Tim Beadle port city on the Chinese south coast in the from West Virginia University. He is Math tenth century and is currently working on a currently working on his doctorate at Senlor book concerning the economic develop Temple University. Previously, Bradbury The way the drinks are set up around the ment of South China. taught at West Virginia University, Con corner in Wismer. Dr. Clark has travelled in Taiwan and cord College, Temple University, and has lived in Japan. Having lived and Bluefield State College. travelled through much of the Orient, Clark Bradbury worked in professional theatre speaks both fluent Japanese and Chinese. for two years in Philadelphia and Pitts The German department also has a burgh. The troupes he worked with are noviceprofessor in Mr. Stephen Fox. His Music Fair and the Pittsburgh Playhouse.