College Voice Vol. 11 No. 3

Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1987-1988 Student Newspapers 9-22-1987 College Voice Vol. 11 No. 3 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1987_1988 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 11 No. 3" (1987). 1987-1988. 5. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1987_1988/5 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1987-1988 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. THECO E VOICE Connecticut Colleg~. New London. CT 06320 september 22, 1'Jl17 Volume Xl, Number 3 AD FONTES Admissions Office Changes Site of its New Building are 14 full-time staff members. by Laura Graetzer to student admission associates, The College Voice and several work-study students. Matthews said that the idea for Due to the deteriorating the new building "was to save building conditions of the pre- some of the most attractive parts sent Admissions Office, con- of Woodworth House. the struction of a new building residential feeling, and the should begin this fall. The office smallness, in a space that would will be located behind Jane Ad- accommodate the increasing dams Dorm. just north of number of visitors and the in- Woodworth House. the current creasing amount of work." Admissions building, and should According to Matthews. the be ready for use by next spring new Admissions Office building Tony Sheridan. Director of HU1M1IResources or summer. will not only correct the present Claire Matthews. Dean of Ad- unhealthy and crowded condi- missions, believes that she and .tions, but it will also provide Sheridan's Letter Supports her staff cannot continue to func- better access for the handicap- tion in the present location. Ac- ped and create additional office Custodians' Claims space. She added that a rented cording to Matthews. "Wood- pie because of the high employ- candidate for a custodial job. worth House is old and its porch trailer will no longer have to by Fernando Espuelas-Asenjo ment rate in the area." Sheridan wrote to the can- is rorting.- there are only two serve as a back office. and Thorn Pozen He further said that there were didate. Sharon Thurston. thaI bathrooms, one of which is not Matthews believes that the The College Voice only four vacancies in the "There are no vancancies in that always functional; and the new facility will help to attract Last Wednesday. September custodial staff. instead of the department [Facilities Opera- rented trailer addition has an students as well as parents. "We 16. a group of custodians called seven claimed by the workers. tions Department] at the present unhealthy chill in the winter. want the Admissions building to a news conference in Park liv- In an article which appeared in time. " The custodians work for Moreover, the visitor waiting reflect the college's attitude ingroom to publicly complain the September 17 issue of The the Facilities Operations Depart- room does not comfortably hold about itself." she said. Mat- . about working conditions at the Day, J. veskov completely ment. a crowd." thews added that competing in- denied that the College is trying Tveskov said that the Matthews believes that the stitutions are also putting efforts College. Reporters from The Voice, to bring in an outside contracting energetic recruitment efforts of vast number of guests has long into the attractiveness of their The Day. and Channel 26 heard service. the College to fill four vacancies since outgrown the present admissions buildings. claims that the College has Tony Sheridan, the Co\\ege's has been going on ••Icr as \ong facility. She estimated that ap- ,'Matthews described the future refused to fin seven vacan- director of human resources, as 1 can rernerrroer.' . proximately 30.000 people visit building as having a "beautiful Although Tveskov said that cies in the custodial staff. The reiterated Tveskov's comments. the building throughout the year. design that will accommodate there are four vacancies in his workers think. that the College is He said that the College was Most of these visitors are pro- our needs." It will have many department, Thurston, a College trying to make them resign in "absolutely" trying to recruit spective students and their windows and several towers, yet food service employee for more order to replace them with an people to fill the positions open families who come for tours, in- it will not stand as tall as than a year. received a letter outside contracting firm. in the custodial staff, but Knowlton House. She reassured dated September 10. 1987. in terviews, open houses, and Peter Tveskov, the director of because of the high employment that the building would be built which Sheridan informed her group information sessions. This facilities operations for the Col- rate in the area, the effort was as inexpensively as possible and that there are "no vacancies" in past August, the number of pro- lege. flatly denied the worker's unsuccsessful. that new parking areas would the Facilities Operations Depart- spective students coming claim. He said that "there has However, information ac- ment, and was denied a job through Woodworth House was not be made. been an active hiring effort" to quired by The Voice from a Last year the AdmissionsOf- t 50 more than the previous fill the vacancies but "right now source in Fanning Hall, shows transfer. fice was tentatively planned to continued on page 6. August. we have a hard lime finding peo- that Sheridan refused to hire a In addition to the guests, there continued on page 6. Committee Formed to Fight Food Waste However, Connecticut Col- " by Lisa Broujos lege has a policy that it must ~ News Editor .§ abide by concerning the re- serving of its food. Matthew ".-t In an effort to save much of ~ Fay, Director of Dining Ser- ... the food that is wasted at each vices. said "It is my understan- ~ meal, a committee was formed ding that once something hits a (} to investigate the dining halls' student's tray, we cannot serve it ~ policy of throwing out food that anymore than a restaurant can is neither eaten nor touched. when it hits a customer's table:' Dr. Charles King Giving a Racism Awareness Workshop Last Night in Palmer Auditorium. The committee of SGA Fay said that giving away the members is chaired by Rob food that has left the care of the King Grapples Racism Hale. Class President of '88. dining halls would be "running and consists of Ed Medici, '88, a risk" that he doesn't feel com- almost filled the 1.200 seat King. through his "technique," Sam Capen. '89. and Lynne fortable making. He explained {See next week's Voice for full Palmer Auditorium, was con- forcibly forced people to rethink Tapper. '88. "I think it is .. that a chance of the food getting coverage of Dr. King's fronted with what King calls their feelings on racism. crime that [the kitchens] throw contaminated exists since the workshop on racism and race "the dynamics of white people "When we put this problem out good food when there are foods get exposed to different relations.] and black people in America." under the microscope of truth, hungry people." Hale said. telT!peratures when they leave Dr. Charles King gave an im- •'This may be the best night of we can see how really ugly The amount of returned food the refrigerators. "If the alter- passionate and moving racism your life, and I'm not kidding," racism is." he said. from the Senior Class picnic was native is possibly selling an awareness workshop this past King told his audience. The King urged the audience to what prompted Hale to form the adulterated product. you just Sunday In Palmer Auditorium. workshop dramatically il- "celebrate the difference" bet- committee. He stated that a lot don't do it," he said. The workshop audience, which l.ustrated the pain of racism as ween Americans of all races. of untouched food such as Fay believes that the underly- Issues In the Ninety's .......•..........•........•......................................•..................•..•..........•.•....•.......•........... Page 3 brownies that were wrapped and ing problem of the food waste is CONN. Looks tOJIle~~"', ~"'...... Page4 coleslaw that was covered, was really the overabundance of food Committee of the W........ .pt:...••••••••• 1........ Page 5 thrown away. that the students put on their Profile: President•....... ~t.•: ,~........ Page5 "Obviously there is a ton of plate but do not eat. He stated Robb Steps Down.. §!" 1.\.... ,- . Page 6 ~+ food being thrown out." he add- that students take too much of a Gwendolyn Brooks I:; ak .. ff... Page 7 ed. Hale and his committee want CoCo Beaux's ~-*on....... - .i.......... .. Page 7 certain food and then there is no --iT to find some way to give this way that the food can be re- wasted food to soup kitchens in :::.~.:.ed;~" :.;:~:!f: :..:::;.;; :..:..:::~:::..:: :::..:::::::.;::"1: continued on page 6. Camel CONNtempiations Page 11 New London. - Letters to the Editor Pro-Contra Game Article's Premise Unfounded To the Editor. Sandinistas to 're-Iocate' Mos- that opinion with relevant facts. quito indians. The article could not have been The article in last week's Voice Developing the argument fur- closer to the truth. In my ex- condemning the Contra game in ther, the author not only sup- perience. hordes of college Cro was an argument that ports this claim with factual students can be easily swayed to testifies to the sharp analytical evidence, he also refutes several a political issue by playing the skills of the discriminating col- competing points of view.

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