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Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID at Williamsburg, VA William and MaryPermit No. 26 NEWS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED FOR AND ABOUT THE FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY Volume XIX, Number 1 Wednesday, August 23,1989 Class of 1993 arrives Saturday Residence halls open Saturday to welcome the Mary Hall, sponsored by the Student Association; academic skills programs will be held in Phi Beta class of 1993, the class whose graduation year will a picnic at the Reves Center for International Kappa Memorial Hall Monday beginning at also mark the College's 300th anniversary. Studies for foreign students; and a social with a 10 a.m. Attendance at one is required. President Paul R. Verkuil, Student Association D.J. sponsored by the Student Association on the Orientation sessions to familiarize students President Tom Duetsch and Vice President for lawn outside Andrews Hall. with facilities at Swem Library and the Computer Timely Reminders Student Affairs Samuel Sadler will greet students Before classes start on Thursday, Aug. 31, stu¬ Center are also required. at a 1 p.m. session, Saturday afternoon for students dents will be hosted at a barbecue with advisers, and parents in William and Mary Hall. Incoming students are also required to attend Curtain going up and student affairs staff and their families on the "Choices" Tuesday afternoon, a session that will Mr. and Mrs. Verkuil will host a reception on Commons Lawn Wednesday. enhance students' awareness of the need to make An early response will insure a seat for the the front lawn of the Wren Building Saturday af¬ To top off the week, the Society of the Alumni conscious choices regarding responsible behav¬ William and Mary Theatre season which ternoon. The President's House will be open. will host an ice cream social at the Alumni House ior. It is designed to increase the student's fund of opens Oct. 6 with the musical "The Canter¬ There are several other social events planned Friday afternoon. information for making responsible decisions re¬ bury Tales." Faculty, student and staff sub¬ including an ice cream social for students and aca¬ The orientation program also includes several garding substance abuse and sexual activity, and scriptions are $10; regular subscriptions are demic advisers on the front lawn of William and required sessions for students. Three one-hour introduce key people who can assist in decision $16. Both subscription rates offer a healthy making. discount over individual admissions. For details, call the the office, ext. 4395. Going, going, almost gone The Concert Series is again headed for a sold-out season. According to the Concert Series office, there were only about 200 tick¬ ets left on Tuesday, and projections were that these would soon be gone. This year's schedule includes a return of the New York City Opera National Company. For details, call the Series Office in the Campus Center, ext. 4557. Tutors sought If you have two spare hours a week and a kind heart toward your fellow man/woman, the Rita Welsh Adult Skills Program would be happy to sign you up as a tutor. No previous New recreational facility (picture taken during construction). experience necessary. Please call the Center at ext. 4644 for details. Classes at the Center begin Sept. 11. New complex expands recreation facilities The $4.8 million recreation and teaching facil¬ 25-meter pool; machine and free weight rooms; An exercise trail that will be installed in the area The Blair library ity behind William and Mary Hall is being readied and support facilities, which include showers, around the building and adjacent Matoaka woods "Put & Take" paperback library on the for the opening of classes next week. The new locker rooms, offices and storage areas. It also will add another outdoor fitness unit to the com¬ second floor of James Blair is still active, and facility becomes part of an impressive sports includes a suite of restrooms that can be accessed plex, says Sadler. new users are invited. Bring three books for complex on the new campus, which includes from the outside without using the main entrance The new facility, added Sadler, also provides the shelves initially and then borrow and re¬ William and Mary Hall, the Busch tennis courts of the building. These will be available for players space for sports-related activities including the turn on a one-to-one basis at your leisure. and the playing fields beside them. on the nearby tennis courts and playing fields. training of student referees and officials. Student The new building, says W. Samuel Sadler, vice The weight rooms contain state-of-the-art sports clubs will be provided with storage in the president for student affairs, provides a dramatic equipment for both machine and free-weight new complex. A correction expansion in facilities available for recreational work. There is over $250,000 worth of equipment "We can all take pride in a building like this, sports and gives the campus a very important in the building. which fulfills a long-standing need to strengthen The story in the Aug. 9 issue stated that wellness and fitness complex. Swem Library is one of 20 repositories in A central elevator in the building and attention recreational sports," said Sadler. Henoted that last Virginia designated as a 1989 conservation The facility contains three gymnasiums; six to the needs of differently able persons makes the Continued on page 3. survey site in the first phase of a major conser¬ racquetball and two squash courts; an eight-lane. entire facility accessible to the handicapped. vation and preservation project. The headline on that story incorrectly listed the library as "one of 200 sites chosen." Our apologies. Private gifts to the College exceed record The College received a record $13,362,371 in success in attracting private support," said Ver¬ the country." private gifts during the 1988-89 fiscal year, a 32.7 kuil. "We are grateful for that support and confi¬ This year's $13 million total, which reflects percent increase over the previous year's dent that it will continue throughout the cam¬ gifts received from all sources for all purposes $10,066,394 and the highest total ever given in paign." from July 1,1988, through June 30,1989, showed one year, according to figures compiled by the "It is especially gratifying to see this kind of increases in every category. Office of University Advancement. enthusiasm so early in the campaign," said Ed¬ Alumni, parents and friends made gifts totaling President Paul Verkuil attributed the record to ward T. Allenby, vice president for university $9,438,664 in 1988-89, up from $6,704,430 the growing enthusiasm in support of the College's adv ancement. "We owe a great deal of our success previous year. Foundations contributed $150 million Campaign for the Fourth Century. to the dedication of volunteers, who have taken $1,646,153, compared with $1,479,689 in 1987- "There is no doubt that the momentum generated leadership positions in the campaign and will by the campaign has had a positive impact on our continue to boost our efforts in regions throughout Continued on page 6. -\ r ^ r Colonial Dames cite Labor Day closing Employee picnic See page 3. history doctoral candidate See page 3. See pages 4 and 5. K. J V J K Wednesday, August 23,1989 Zamora looks at Aquino presidency in the Philippines The following is excerpted from a talk by Mario dent Aquino's appeal to preserve a fragile democ¬ and U.S. counterpart George Schultz signed an Human rights issue: The Aquino government Zamora, professor of anthropology, to the Rotary racy through a sound economy, the U.S., Japan executive agreement in Washington, D.C., last has been urged by Amnesty International to im¬ Club of Williamsburg, Aug. 10. and 17 other nations as well as seven international October regarding the U.S. bases and other facili¬ prove its human rights record. Her administration organizations established the Multilateral Assis¬ ties in the Philippines. stands accused of many human rights violations, tance Initiative (MAI), or Mini-Marshall Plan, especially on the part of the military and its civil¬ I will focus on 10 important issues faced by The agreement covering 1990-91 provides an and pledged a total of $3.5 billion this year with a ian defense units. The Philippines has been rated President Aquino in 1988-89 and the various increase in compensation from $180 million a total of $14 billion over a four-year period. Ac¬ as being "among the top, if not the top, violator of measures taken to solve these problems. But be¬ year to $481 million a year for America's use of cording to Secretary of State James Baker who Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base and four human rights," The regime, however, is doing its fore I discuss these issues, let me give you a brief attended the Tokyo pledging meeting last July 3- background of the country and of Aquino's other smaller facilities in the Philippines. The best to investigate these accusations and bring 5, "Our purpose... is much more than strengthen¬ justice to the alleged victims. Certain urgent bills achievements to date. agreement provides for full control of the facilities ing economic reform in one country. It is also to by the Aquino government have been filed with the congress to correct or The Philippines is an island nation of some express intangible ways our commitment to the prevent human rights abuses. 58,091,000 (1986 estimate) people living in an Final Democratization Process—Local Elec¬ success of democracy ..