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Proudly serving the college community since 1973 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Monday, December 4,2000 Volume 59 Number 10 Winning Academic Stockton's Breaking Out building heart evacuated Dan Grote The Argo At approximately 1:15 on Thursday, life in the academic buildings was inter- rupted by the sound of a fire alarm bell. The building was evacuated slowly as a confused Stockton populace walked outside. The police arrived and inspect- ed what was summed up by one officer Photo by Shaun Reilly on the scene as a smoking elevator Shannon Keelan and the rest of the men's and women's b-ball teams officially motor. "Nothing serious," the officer open big blue at the Osprey Madness Pep Rally last week. said. Despite the nature of the evacua- Lee Pickell tion, no fire personnel arrived on the The Argo scene. The mood was festive, the crowd was When the alarm sounded, students in loud, and it wasn't even a party in Housing upper G-Wing spent about two minutes I. The large, square behemoth of a building trying to figure out what to make of the known as Big Blue or The Osprey Nest ringing bell sounding off in the hallway, finally opened November 21 for a basket- until Student Development staff Photo by Shaun Reilly ball doubleheader against archrival Rowan informed the student workers that they Rich Coghan wins the judges votes by singing to University. needed to exit the building. One student Laura Laconte at Mr. Stockton Sweetheart. Mouse pads and foam fipgers were on hand was overheard saying, "It among the free trinkets given to the specta- sounds like the kind of fire alarm bell James Kummel tors. A new cheerleading team shined you'd hear in an elementary school." The Argo through in its first test to the home crowd. "I was studying in Upper G-Wing. I On Tuesday November 29 the ladies of People young and old were there to watch didn't leave the building till somebody Alpha Gamma Delta, staged their fifth annu- the new building open. told me to, I didn't smell any smoke, but al Mr. Stockton Sweetheart Contest which Stockton legends Carl Cochran had his I did look around to make sure," Malaya Photo by Shaun Reilly raised approximately $1000 for Absecon No. 11 retired and Valerie Brown had her Southern, a junior, said. G-Wing cafe- Family Services. (Big Blue continued on pg. 2) (Evacuated continued on page 4) All the elements of a gala event were pre- sent: men from Stockton ready to compete: girls acting as escorts and dressed to the Senate helps remember a fallen hero nines in elegant black evening gowns, a fes- tive crowd, and a good cause. Blythe Moore, the principal organizer of Jasmin Grasso outstanding hero of his class. ing out 1,300 blue and gold the event, performed an impressive feat by The Argo In his honor and in an effort to ribbons at the transforming A-wing lecture hall into a per- On Tuesday, November 20, end drunk driving fatalities Stockton/Rowan basketball formance area as well as keeping the pace of Stockton's Student Senate and accidents, the Hero games. was approached with more Campaign has been estab- The initiatives of the Hero (Sweetheart continued on page 3) than a college issue. On July lished. Campaign are as follows: to 22, 2000 the Elliot family lost The purpose of the cam- increase the use of designat- Auditions their twenty two-year-old son paign is to encourage people ed drivers whenever friends Ensign John R. Elliot due to to participate in designated go out, to have participants an accident involving a drunk driving programs throughout wear blue and gold ribbons being held for driver. Egg Harbor Township the state and the nation. After in honor of John and the residents Lisa and Rich Tuesday's meeting the Senate Naval Academy, and to have drun~k drjver on July 22> 2000 Hjs Kreischer visited the Senate to began to support the campaign family has founded the Hero SSTV soap speak about the inci- by hand- (Hero continued on page 4) Campaign in his memory. dent. Lisa and Jayson Adams Rich are friends of The Argo the Elliott family. Tuesday night at 8pm in upper N-Wing, At Tuesday's SSTV will be having open auditions for its stu- meeting the dent-produced soap opera, which will actually Senate heard the briefs 2 appear on local cable television. "We've had a story of the Elliot lot of offers from around the area," Greg family and then opinions 5 Dowles, SSTV station manager, said. Dowles began to take part features 6 is partially overseeing the soap opera project. in the Hero lifestyles 8 "We'll be on local channels in Atlantic and Campaign. At the calendar 12 Winter fashion showcase Basketball season tips off Camden Counties." Among the local channels U.S. Naval comics 13 See Lifestyle, page 9 Academy, John See Sports, page 16 was selected the sports 16 (Soap Opera continued on page 3) December 4, 2000 The Argo World and Nation Teens Turn Weekly Weather Report To Ecstasy Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday As Pot Use «S4. VL 1 Declines PartlQy cloudy an d Partly cloudy. Lows Partly cloudy and Partly cloudy. Matthew McGuire around 30. Highs windy. Highs near brisk. Lows around High 29 TMS Campus near 50. 40. 20. Highs in the low 24 Marijuana use decreased over upper 30s. the last three years among American teenagers, however, an increased use of the club-drug ecstasy shows drug use as a whole is not declining, according to a new study by the Partnership News Briefs for a Drug Free America. The study, released Monday, Nov. 27, polled 7,290 teenagers Boy Scout Troop Vows Florida halts vote, Bush claims victory between the ages 12 and 18 and in grades 7 through 12. The mar- To Defy Ban On Gays gin of error is plus or minus 1.5 Jeff Zeleny percent. Jennifer Levitz Monica Davey In 2000, about 40 percent of Knight-Ridder Tribune Chicago Tribune teens reported trying marijuana PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Boy TALLAHASSEE, Fla. at least once, down from 44 per- Scout Troop 28 sleeps outdoors in — Texas Gov. George W. cent in 1997. The study also winter and hikes Mount Bush declared himself found a drop in the number of Washington in sleet. But it might the winner of the presi- | teens who had used marijuana be facing its roughest venture yet: dential election Sunday within the last month, down from Bucking a Boy Scouts of America night after Florida offi- George W. Bush 24 percent in 1997 to 21 percent rule that bans gays. cials certified that the Democratic bastion. in 2000. Troop 28, of Providence, R.I., Republican candidate "The shifts we're seeing with has become the second scouting captured the state by 537 "How can we teach our piarijuana - which by and large chapter in the state to publicly say votes. But Vice President children that every vote represents the wjk of illicit drug it will ignore the national policy. A1 Gore and his counts if we are not will- use among kids - suggest good Some 21 people signed the letter Democratic supporters ing to make a good-faith things for the future," PDFA — a promise to defy the policy — vowed to contest the effort to count every president Richard D. Bonnette that was sent last week to the Florida results in court. vote?" Lieberman said in said in a statement. "With this Narragansett Council of Boy Laying claim to the Washington. "... It is in particular drug, we appear to be Scouts. Among those who signed White House, Bush our nation's interest that turning a very important corner. were parents, an Eagle Scout, and appealed to Gore to the winner in Florida is But as we turn one corner, trou- troop leaders, including the associ- reconsider his planned truly the person who got bling developments are coming ate dean of undergraduates at legal challenges for the the most votes." at us from other directions - Brown University. sake of the country and Gore planned to specifically with Ecstasy. While The troop joins six leaders of called on President address the nation the overall usage numbers are Cub Scout Pack 88, Providence, Clinton to help the Monday to outline his much lower for this drug, the who two weeks ago sent a similar Republicans begin the case for those legal chal- spike we're seeing demands our letter. Since the summer Supreme transition to a new lenges, a speech also attention." Court ruling upholding the Scout Republican administra- aimed at shoring up The drop in marijuana use policy, at least a dozen troops tion in Washington. Democratic support for occurred mostly between 1997 nationwide have also said they will "Tonight, after a count, the court contest to over- and 1999, as figures between ignore the Scout rule. The ban is a recount and yet another turn the Florida certifica- 1999 and 2000 stabilized. Use of not written outright, but is rooted in manual recount. Secretary tion. Even after the hand ecstasy, however, increased dur- a 1910 oath that says Scouts must [Dick] Cheney and I are recounts in Palm Beach ing the same time frame.About keep themselves "morally straight." honored and humbled to and Broward Counties, 10 percent of teens reported Like leaders of Pack 88, the lead- have won the state of Gore did not make up using ecstasy in 2000, twice the ers of Troop 28 believe the words Florida, which gives us enough votes to overcome number who reported using the "morally straight" are not related to the needed electoral votes Bush's lead in the state.