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10-21-1976 The rsinU us Weekly, October 21, 1976 Alan Stetler Ursinus College
Ann Weibezahl Ursinus College
Bonnie Dixon Ursinus College
Walter Bright Ursinus College
George Geist Ursinus College
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Recommended Citation Stetler, Alan; Weibezahl, Ann; Dixon, Bonnie; Bright, Walter; Geist, George; Chapman, Kamala R.; Wright, Keith; Dent, Stephanie; Whittaker, Donald R.; Saraco, Joseph; Schwartz, Andrew; Davies, Kevin; and Greenfield, Steven, "The rU sinus Weekly, October 21, 1976" (1976). Ursinus Weekly Newspaper. 60. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/60
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This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/60 The Ursinus olume LXXVI THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1976 Ursinus News In Brief MESSIAH CUT BACK IJ By ANN WEIBEZAHL In the past several years, an Ur er co:;t for two nights was possible Informed sources say that a nother Parsons Recovering sinus tradition has been estab due to a decrease in the number of possible reason for President Pet. lished: a two-night performance of professionals that would partici tit's decision is that the music de Dr. William Parsons underwent abdominal surgery Fri Handel's The Messiah by the Col pate in the program: one profes partment is knO\\'TI to have over day, October 15. Doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital operated lege Choir. However, this Decem sional vocal soloist instead of last spent its budget in ~e past. to remove four inches of colon and two inches of small intes· ber 10th, the only performance of year's four (there would be three P1 Nu Epsilon, the nationa l hon tines. the " Messiah" will be held, due to semi-professionals instead) and fif orary music fraternity on campui:, a decision made by President Pet. teen professional orchestra mem sent a letter to several Trustees Mrs. William Parsons anticipates that the Ursinus history lit, a decision to which many peo bers instead of last year's twenty. and other members of the admin professor will spend two weeks at Sacred Heart and two ad ple have responded, some quit.(' ve Revenue from ticket sales was ex istration, in<.'luding P resident Pet ditional weeks resting at home before returning to part time hemently. pected to be higher this year, be tit, expressing their distaste with teaching at thP Colleire. According to J eremy K. Ma rtin, cause the performances would be the decision. According to Samuel P resident of the Chora.l Or ganiZD held on F riday and Saturday S. Laucks, President of Pi ).l u Ep tions on campus, a letter was sent nights, as opposed to Thursday and silon, some Trustees wrote back to President Pettit at the end of F r iday nights last year. The house showing support for the position of Damage Fines Abolished September, expressing the choral would probably be filled both nights the choral officers. officers' wishes to continue the tra this year, whereas last year, Thurs As of now, The Messiah will on Ursinus students may receive more money back from their dition of two performances of The day night's performance did not ly be performed one night t his repair deposit at the end of this year. Since the beginning of Messiah, and detailing a proposed sell out. yenr, since even if the decision the fall semester, a new policy has been in effect which did budget wh ich they hoped would al President Pettit r eviewed the were to be changed, it would be too away with the method of paying a finp as well as the cost to low these performances to occur. proposed budget, nnd decided that late to alter the arra ngement s that repair broken property. The proposed budget f or this year it was too late t o rea pportion the have already been made, including called for $1760. for two nights budget, because ever ything must those involving the orchestra and The old policy required students to pay a fine equal to the and $1800. for one night. The low- go through the Budget Committee. soloists. cost of repair in addition to paying the cost of repair. The fine was considered a deterrent to further damages. The revision in the breakage policy was apparently Placement prompted by student protests. It was felt by many students that some charges were unappropriate, for if a party did not Meetings Set take the blame for the damage, the cost of repair was deduct ed from the student body's repair deposit. By BONNIE DIXON Dr. Cogger, P rofessor of Educa tion and Director of the Placement Offi ce, will meet wi th all Senior:; Young Democrats Revived on October 26th at 12:.30 P.M. in Wismer Auditorium to introduce A group of students, interested in the Presidential cam the va rious services that the paign of Jimmy Carter, met on Monday afternoon in Wismer. Placement Office has to offer. He The meeting was to re-organize the Young Democrats club of will explain the Placement Regis Ursinus. The group will be working voluntarily for the Car trat ion procedures. Campus Inter ter campaign mostly in publicity, as well as for other, local view plans, Civil Service opportun Democratic candidates. ities and Alumni Career Opportun ities. It will a lso service to help orient the seniors in using the Ca reer Resources Center located in Corson Hall. Included in the Civil Homecoming Planned These folk dancers were part of a German cultural group which visited Ursinus last week. Story and picture on Page 3. Service opportunities are both the Alumni of Ursinus College will return to the campus Sat s tate and the national level job op urday, 'October 23, for their annual fall Homecoming Day, portunities. which will f ea tu re the crowning of a homecoming queen dur The Alumni Career Counseling ing half-time ceremonies of an Ursinus-Swarthmore football Commuters Organize Committee (ACCC) is the biggest game. This year's candidates include Tyler Miller, represent By WALTER BRIGHT part of the Placement Office. In cluded in the ACCC are seventy ing Beta Sig, Barb Caprio, representing Demas, Carol Estes, The first officially recognized day Crellin, John Richards, Dave Roth, alumni of Ursinus College who representing Sig Rho, Judy Turner, representing APE, Diane student organization in many years Kim McFaden, and Helena Gian ha ve graduated and are currently Raczynski, representing Delta Pi, and Anne Helfferich, rep may soon represent the interests of sante have prepared a constitution employed in various fields and and are working to have the or resenting Zeta Chi. th11 <'Ommnting students at Ursin companies. These alumni involved ganization approved by the college. Also on the agenda are an alumnae hockey game, an alum us. Among the benefits for day in this program are willing to dis cuss their jobs and the responsi ni soccer game and a cross-country match with Swarthmore. students will be an increase in com bilities involved with them. They The Ursinus Bruins Club will award the Walker Trophy munication wi·th, and representa SAC Reports will be happy to discuss applica in post-game ceremonies to the outstanding Ursinus football tion in, some of the larger campus tion procedures with their compan player. organizations. The Ursinus College Student Ac ies and other companies. Approxi tivities Committee, under the di mately one hundred and twenty-one ThP Linda L. Mcintyre sports award will be presented and The purpose oi the newly pro rection of Chairperson Ruth R. contacts were made between the reunions will be held by the classes of 1936, 1941, 1946, 1961 posed day student organization is Harris, held its first meeting of the Fall of 1975 and June 1, 1976. The and 1966. to replace an old fraternity that at Placement Offire is open to alJ 1976-77 school year on Thursday, one time performed many of the Alumni and Students on campus Oct.ober 7 to discuss business and services that will be taken over by for their use. It is open the en Voter Registration Held plans for the upcoming year. Made tire year including the summer to the new organization. One objec up of various student leaders and help students find summer and full Thr: Ursinus College Republicans, in cooperation with the tive of the group is to get official representatives and several faculty time employment. Montgomery County College Republican Organization, direct recognition for day students in members, the S.A.C. allocates mon The office also conducts a follow ed a non-partisan voter registration drive on campus prior to such organizations as the U.S.G.A., ies to student organizations, as well up study in conjunction with the the October 4 deadline. The total of registrants approximat and the Women's Campus Council, Alumni ·Office on the graduating as reviewing plans. budgets and ed fifty, with the Republican registrants' number equalling the where they presently have no rep seniors to evaluate their success. requests brought before them. Results of this questionnaire are Independent and Democratic registrants combined. resentation. not available at the present time. Committee members include fac Since the day students comprise Dr. Cogger feels that this office ulty, students, and administrators. has been fairly successful in all a large part of the student body Along with requests from various areas and plans to be in the future. MBA Fair Planned (200 students), day students feel organizations for fall semester al To help prospective s.tudents learn more about how to get that it would be better for the locations, the treasurer's report an MBA, the Graduate Management Admission Council is school in general if they were bet was heard and Iris Polaski pre sented a statement on the financial It ter informed as to when and where BPonsoring a Graduate Management Admission Fair. will condition of the Ruby. She also CRISIS activities will be held. Another be held on November 4, 5 and 6, 1976, at the Roosevelt Hotel indicated that several capies of the near Grand Central Station in New York City. objective of this new organization 1976 yearbook are on sale in Bom INTERVENTION For the first time on the East Coast, admissions officers will be to work with the Central berger 09. from more than 70 graduate schools of business and manage Coordinating Committee to orient 884-2220 Any inquiries about the Student ment in the United States will be available to answer general incoming freshman day students Activities Committee should be di TELE-HELP questions about their institutions, and to provide specific in- to Ursinus. rected to Dean Ruth R. Harris, (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) A committee consisting of Sally Paisley Hall.
PAGE FOUR THE URSINUS WEEKLY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 197B Handwerk Soccer Drops Thre.e McGinnis Views By KEVIN DAVIES Dela ware Valley College, ,they were Replaces Fry upset by the score of four to three. Competing on Wednesday, Fri Tom Ruth, this year's captain, Bob Handwerk has moved into day and Saturday, the soccer team scored twice in the first haLf to NBA and Sixers '.failed to come up with a victory. the position of head hasketball give the Bears a two to nothing This year's ,team has been plagued By ANDREW SCHWAR'll the first time in six years. McGin coach for Ul1Sinus' Men's Basket lead. Del Val quicklY came back by ,both a tough opening schedule nis was sixth in the league in scor ball, replacing Warren Fry. He 'With ·twO' C1f their own to tie it be When professional basketball 'be and an injury list the size of the ing and rebounding, 23.0 points and fore the half. in the second half, gins regular season 'Play on Octo was the assistant coaclt for -the roster. On Wednesday they lost to 15 rebounds a game. He was sec Tim Ely and Greg Cuiran combined ber 22, four :beams and many stars team since 1959. tough Eastern University by the ond in steals with 2.57 a game. He to score Ursin us's third goal. As will play their first game in the score of 9-1. The ,team made a was second on the team in assists, T,he coach is a. native of Palmer Tim sent the ball across the goal National !Basketball Association. considerable effort for three quar and made All-League first team mouth, Greg crashed in and scored The four new teams were added as ton, Pa. He completed his under ters of the galIJle but then died in forward. the goal. Unfortunately, Del Val a result of the N.B.A.'s merger graduate work at Penn State Uni the end. On Friday they fought Despite all these accomplish came baach Man This year's team, consisting signed valid contracts with the think we could have possibly had a Coach Handwerk originally be ning. On Saturday's game in which mostly of underclassmen, has great .B.A. little bit 'better year. I would have Ursinus was picked as favorite over potential for the years to come. liked to have seen us get a little bit gan eoaching at East Lebanon Pro basketball followers are cur deeper in the playoffs. But, given High School. Ao£ter three years he ious about how well the ex-A.B.A. the people that we had and the time was employed iby 'Spring-Ford Sr. teams will perform in their new to do what we had to do I thought league. George McGinnis of the High 'School as a math teacher, X-Country we ended up with a pretty good Kang's Philadelphia 76ers is very knowl while coaching in cross-country, year." edgeable about the teams and play basketball, track and field. Hand ers from the A.B.A. since he per One of the people the 76ers didn't werk coached a.t East Lebanon and Splits formed brilliantly in the league for have last year was Caldwell Jones. at Spring"Ford, taking teams from Return four years. "I think three of the Caldwell was considered the A.B. A.'s premier shot blocker as he av both schools to .the state play-offs. By KEITH WRIGHT By STEVEN GREENFIELD teams will do extremely well," said George. "San Antonio, ew York eraged almost four a game. He al The Ursinus Varsity Cross Coun As assistant coach, he maintained Unknown to few, the Philadel and Denver will have winning rec so adds some desperately needed try team ran their record to 8-3 a 650/0 winning average since 1959. phia 76ers practiced in Helfferich scoring and rebounding punch to over the past week after a split ords. Two of them, maybe even all Hall the last two weeks. Working three, could possibly wind up with the center position. In the A.B.A. with Scranton and Kings on Satur he averaged 15.5 points and 13.1 harder than anyone was the vet a playoff spot." McGinnis was not day, October 16. Running on their rebounds a game. "I think this home course, the Bears soundly eran from orth Carolina, the 6 as optimistic about his fOl'lTler team, the Indiana Pacers. "Indiana year could be a totally different Bears Lose defeated King's College, who failed ft. 6 in. forward who, although is in a rebuilding year. They're a year for us," said George. "We to place a man in the top twenty, sidelined last year for all but 20 By JOE SARACO bout two or three players away and have the personnel and if we can 15-50 but narrowly lost to Scran games due to a knee injury, is at Ursinus lost its Mth football I think they need a center." keep every-body healthy and keep ton 36-23. Leading the !Bears lWere tempting a comeback. Billy Cun playing together as we have done game C1f the season Saturday, 28 The fans are also excited about Joe Figurelli (1st), 8 seconds off ningham could be the key ·to the during the exhibition season, I possible rivalries that may devel