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Mltisisi«L*-c..™r* a SENI0R ^^S&SETTER SENOjOFF _THE Details >Jeatiiref -Page 3 CIRCLE *-'; ;?-.""-Page 6 Volume 46, Number 14 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. April 13,1995 Marist prepares for Greek Week brings wintry fun to '95 academic restructuring by JUSTIN SEREMET the proposal to the faculty." - Senior Editor The communications department, which is next in line in Marist's new According to Marist adminis­ structure, will divide radio, TV and trators, many members of faculty film into Media Arts,while should be prepared for big changes communications will include organi­ in the way their departments are zational communications, journalism structured. and public relations, according to It's all part of a plan that will Augustine Nolan, chairperson for make many of the current department communications and the arts. into separate and individual schools Music and fashion design would of concentration, starting by making fall under a different division all of the current division chairs into according to the new format, but deans. "In some departments, there would all. fall under new will be very little impact or change," Communications Dean Guy E. said Vice President of Academic Lometti. Affairs Marc vanderHeyden; '^while "This gives the faculty the chance in others it will be quite: a novelty. to concentrate on the curriculum in There will be much more emphasis their department," Nolan said. "It on deans being involved with outside doesn't mean that teachers can only agencies, with grant writing and teach in those specific departments recruitment." though." He cited examples of According to vanderHeyden, Professors Mary McComb and what this will mean is that faculty Richard Piatt of teachers that don't will be cut into smaller groups, limit themselves to just one area of Sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma finished first in last week's Greek Week competition, along allowing for more concentration communications. with fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon. within these particular fields. More specifically, vanderHeyden "The faculty is very much By MEREDITH KENNEDY myself." to shut down what was to be the pointed out an important significance Kristin Wengert, a sister in Kappa field day portion of the week, interested in establishing discipline Staff Editor identification in terms of depart­ of declaring departments as schools Lambda Psi, said she was just excited however things went on as planned, ments, making it easier for majors is the recognition factor. Last week, the Greek organi­ that her sorority won the talent Sansola said. association," he said. "A school is much likelier to be zations on campus were involved in contest. "We still went on with the events some friendly competition. "It's the fourth year, in a" row andonly^hadjqicwaceljone event, vanderHeyden noted that the recognized., on. -the .outside^" we've" "won," wengert'said. "Our" communications ..department, was vanderHeyden said." "A -school • Greek; Week is a week' where the"'chariot face," Sansola said. each'organization-competes -»rt theme was KLP-l.v." Kurtz said she thinks the snow once referred to as Arts and Letters, evokes tlie notion of. a dean and various events like a talent show, Out of the fraternities in the which made it more difficult for prominency around the country. made the day even better. various eating contests, a scavenger competition the winners, in order, "It was a lot of fun. It's usually s students to establish their identity More students will begin to look at hunt, and many others. within their major. us as a candidate for their college." were Sigma Phi Epsilon, first; Tau very competitive, but I think the Steve Sansola, director of College . snow made everyone much more laid "With the new format, English Illustrating his point, Activities and advisor to the Greek back," Kurtz said. majors will have and English vanderHeyden said that Lometti did organizations on campus, helped to The students seemed to Sansola said this year was the department, along with an English a study of over 200 schools of supervise and plan the week. enjoy it... / know I did. first year a sportsmanship award was chair and faculty, and so on and so communication in the U.S., and "The students seemed to enjoy added. All four sororities received forth. "You will find that there may Marist did not appear in the study, it," Sansola said. "I know I did." -Steve Sansola full credit for sportsmanship, as well be some differences in opinion. despite the fact that it has over 750 The eight competing teams were as, fraternities Tau Epsilon Phi and Some may find it too archaic, and students majoring in communications. broken up into two categories; Sigma Phi Epsilon. sometimes there becomes a difficulty "I would not be able to argue that fraternities and sororities. Epsilon Phi, second; Tau Kappa, establishing cross-interest (among "Phi Sigma Kappa and Tau it is for purely academic reasons," Out of the sororities competing Epsilon, third; Phi Sigma Kappa, Kappa Epsilon did not receive all of different departments). We'll have to vanderHeyden said, referring to the the winners, in order, were Sigma fourth. see." their sportsmanship points, but they new changes. "There's no doubt that Sigma Sigma, in first; Kappa Kappa Missing again from this year's did receive some," Sansola said. As it stands, the business a lot of organizing deals with Gamma, in second; Kappa Lambda Greek Week festivities was Alpha department is being reviewed by the marketing for the institution and cost Psi and Alpha Sigma Tau, tied for Phi Delta, because they have yet to Kurtz added she believes the Faculty Advisement Committee and efficiency. Those are two tough third. be recognized by the college. week helped to further unify the will soon be the first to be named a propositions and not everyone is in - Jen Kurtz, president of the Greek Kurtz said, the fraternity should Greek organizations. school, the School of Business and agreement on it." Council and sister in Sigma Sigma be attending next year's Greek Week. "The Greek Council has made a Administration. lot of strides in the last year," Kurtz Other departments that Sigma, said work began on planning "They have the support of every "We are reviewing all the the week back in November. sorority and fraternity on the campus said. "We won council of the year information and we decide upon vanderHeyden said he would like to this year and we have good see become schools are Information "As a whole the week went well," and the Greek Council has spent the what they (the department) wants," Kurtz said. "A lot of time was put last year trying to get them on the representatives, who work hard, and said Professor Ed O'Keefe, who and Sciences and Liberal Arts and we hope to gain even more strength Sciences. in by Steve, Kelly Martin, Frank campus," Kurtz said. ' works on the FAG "We then submit Besteiro (of Sigma Phi Epsilon) and The snow on Saturday threatened in the coming year." Marist sftidentis' fight to know LOOK ;sexual assault victims' privacy be­ tivities" to report these numbers to But she continued to say that INSIDE MEREDITH KENNEDY ing violated. the school,according to the same counselors and housing officials, i REVIEW 'Muriel's Wedding* Staff Writer A compromise was reached in article. including resident assistants and I -page 2 May of last year to rectify the risk, But Joe Leary, director of Safety directors, must report other crimes Marist College appears to be and was released as the Federal and Security, said this is not true. to security to update the distributed • Greenpeace reacts to racism ignoring important regulations of statistics. I . : -Page 3 . the Student Right to Know and • Fashion Dep't gears up Campus Security Act' "Crimes of sexual assault must be reported to They do not have to report the The Federal Student Right to security by the victim in order for it to be name of the victim, unless the vic­ • -page 3 Know and Campus Security Act is tim wants action taken against the a federal act that was put into ef­ assailant fect in 1992 and requires colleges reported in year-end statistics " Thought of the to publish reports about crime on , —Joe Leary, director of Safety and Security This includes sexual assault, their campuses. Husselman said. As required by the act, Marist "In the timely reports that are Week.. > releases an annual pamphlet with a Department of Education's final grimes of sexual assault," submitted in addition to the year- list of crimes and their occurrence regulations concerning the act Leary said, "must be reported to end report, counselors and housing It's always on the campus over the preceding The compromise, according to security by the victim in order for officials have to submit numbers on three years. the "Chronicle of Higher Educa­ it to be reported in the year-end how many people have come to funny 'til In Marist's last pamphlet listing tion," requires rape-crisis advisers statistics." them to report a crime. But names the required statistics, it stated that and other counselors to report to the Leary and Marist are wrong ac­ do not have to be used," Husselman someone gets there were no arrests, from 1991 school authorities the number, not cording to the Federal Department said. through 1994, for drug violations the names, of victims that had come of Education. hurt... weapons possession or alcohol vio­ to them over a given period of time. Paula Husselman, the Depart­ Although the act has been in lations. This time frame is determined ment of Education's specialist on effect for two years and the com­ then it's It also stated that within this time by the school.

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