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E H TT RANSCRIPT The Oldest Continuously Published Student Newspaper in the Nation OhioOhio WesleyanWesleyan UniversityUniversity Delaware, OH Thursday, March 29, 2007 Volume 145 No. 8 Candidates race for WCSA Elmo, trolls and other furry friends Pres./V.P. contested while others run unopposed By Myra Blackburn to accommodate the needs of his in the [new student center] and to Staff Reporter residents. have food options. “As a Bashford Geo rep, I would Truman and Distad said they Sophomore Tricia DiFranco go around my hall each week. We want to improve the fi re safety and junior Joseph Yost are run- would ask fellow residents what on campus. They said each year, ning against juniors Nathan Tru- they thought was wrong with the liberal arts schools lose dorms to man and John Distad for WCSA hall and how we could improve fi res. president and vice president for it,” Truman said. “I would sub- “While we appreciate the near- the 2007-2008 academic year. mit my claims at the beginning of by location of the [fi re depart- Juniors Ben Owen and Mea- each meeting (this also proved my ment], we want it closer. We are gan Redding are running unop- attendance) and the papers would proposing we move the Delaware posed for treasurer and secretary, be sent to their respective com- [fi re department] to the Smith respectively. mittee heads.” [side of campus] this way, we will The elections will take place DiFranco said she enjoyed not lose,” Truman said. on Wednesday in HamWill from being on the body and wants to DiFranco and Yost said im- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Welch from pursue a position with more re- proving the parking and transpor- 5-9 p.m. sponsibility. The candidates have tation is important. She and Yost DiFranco is currently serv- four main points – the student plan to make sure that it’s more ing on WCSA’s committee as center, parking and transporta- convenient for students to bring Welch Geo rep. DiFranco said as tion, school spirit and increasing cars on campus, and establish a a Welch Geo rep she resolved any WCSA visibility - to improve the shuttle service so that students problems her residents had with OWU community. can go to Easton and Polaris Malls their dorms. She said she is also a “[Our] fi rst point is to increase during the weekend. member of the budget committee a strong community including “A lot of students do not have of WCSA. cultural awareness and provid- cars and do not get off campus Truman said the fi rst semes- ing students with the new student much, but these issues depend on ter of his freshman year, he was center where students can have a how important they are to other Photo by Lynne Albers Bashford Geo rep, but had to place to go,” DiFranco said. “Ham students on campus,” DiFranco Rowena Jones and Devon Walcott look at a sculpture at give up that position because he Will is a great place, but it’s not said. the Spring Art Show at Beeghly yesterday. The exhibit is moved to the Tree House. He said really a place where students can on display now through April. his duty as Bashford Geo Rep was go. We are hoping to have parties See Elections, p. 4 Tritton to speak at graduation Group creates By Aarti Jitender of pharmacology at Yale Univer- He said he’d always been ex- sity from 1975 to 1985. Tritton has tremely interested in the sciences Correspondent also published numerous articles, and coming to Ohio Wesleyan diversity award Thomas R. Tritton (’69), the reviews and books on cancer che- and having professors like Violet By Maygen Hall Lipscomb also explained that retiring president of Haverford motherapy, which is his specialty, Meek, who has since retired, fur- any student or faculty member, College and a cancer research according to the Ohio Wesleyan ther cultivated this interest. Staff Reporter of the campus community, can expert, will give this year’s com- news release. Tritton said he wasn’t sure The President’s Commission nominate any organization or in- mencement speech on May 13. In a phone interview, Tritton what message he wanted to im- on Racial and Cultural Diversity dividual, regardless of member- Tritton, who graduated from said he was extremely excited to part in his speech, adding that one (CRCD) is accepting nominations ship in the particular organization Ohio Wesleyan with a bachelor’s return and was looking forward to usually tries to say something in- for its fi rst annual Presidential in which you nominate. degree in chemistry and earned giving the speech. spiring that students will be able Award for Racial and Cultural Di- “It is important for OWU to his doctorate in biophysical “I didn’t even have to think to think about and not take too versity. acknowledge the people who have chemistry from Boston Univer- about it. I have a great affection much time. According to Debra Lipscomb, been, for a long time, doing the sity, has had an extensive career for Ohio Wesleyan,” he said. The fact that most people don’t co-chair of the CRCD and direc- right things [toward diversity],” in academia. Prior to his 10-year He said Ohio Wesleyan had a remember who their speaker tor of Upward Bound, the award explained Lipscomb. tenure at Haverford, Tritton was signifi cant impact on him. was is a lesson for speakers and will be given out to an individual According to the OWU homep- a professor of pharmacology from “It was the 1960s and Ohio introduces an element of humil- or campus organization that age, any individual who is inter- 1985 to 1997 and the vice-provost Wesleyan was a really exciting ity; Tritton added that he didn’t has worked to improve the state ested in nominating a person or from 1991 to 1997 at the Univer- place. Student movements were remember his own graduation of racial and cultural diversity campus organization must do so sity of Vermont. He was an as- very prominent and I took part in at OWU. She also said that the before Friday, April 13. The nomi- sistant and associate professor those activities.” See Tritton, p. 2 CRCD is made up of 20 members nation application can be accessed and that their fi rst meeting took through the OWU homepage link. place March 22. “I am happy that the uni- “[The award] is a positive way versity is fi nally acknowledging for the university to tangibly em- OWU to play host to prospectives brace diversity,” Lipscomb stated. See Award, p. 2 By Catie Coleman slightly each year, but we expect to Life to see what it truly was going Correspondent host between 200 to 225 prospec- to be like,” Kempton said. “I also tive students, plus their parents. wanted to begin meeting people. One of the toughest decisions This year there will be between I thought it was really a good ex- Alcohol a no go at ATO in life is, arguably, chocolate or 450 to 500 visitors on campus for perience. It reassured me that I vanilla? Meringue or angel food? those two days.” made the right decision to come Of equal importance is the dread- The Admissions Offi ce plans here.” Student Center won’t have bar soon ed college selection decision. several activities for prospective Kempton has also participated By Lori Haught She said that many legal and The best way to familiarize students, their parents and their in Slice since he’s been a student Managing Editor fi nancial obstacles must be over- one’s taste buds to a cake, or a hosts during the weekend. Some here, offering to host students sev- come. college, is to have a slice. That is of these include free movies at The eral times. “I think it’s great that In the future, when students “Though I personally believe precisely what the Admissions Of- Strand, a cookout and ice cream I can give back. It is really fun to visit The Hill they will still be fre- that this addition to the student fi ce plans to do with the upcom- social, talent show, concert, and talk and hang out with prospec- quenting fraternities for alcoholic center would be an advantageous ing prospective student visitation an information fair. A full list of tive students and encourage them beverages. feature, I believe that in all reality, program, “A Slice of College Life” events can be accessed from the to choose OWU,” says Kempton. There will be no bar in the new it is a long way off,” Byers said in (Slice). The program consists of OWU web site. The Admissions Offi ce is still student center, at least not for an e-mail interview. an optional overnight on Sunday, The experience for the pro- searching for current students to quite sometime. Administrators agree that if April 1 and a day of scheduled ac- spective students seems to be host prospectives for the week- The prospect of alcohol has not alcohol will be served at the stu- tivities on Monday, April 2. benefi cial. Senior Matt Kempton end. This year, they are offering been formally discussed with the dent center, it will be very far in OWU will be crowded with vis- says he had already decided to at- potential prizes for students who administration, according to se- the future. itors, potential students and their tend OWU when he came to Slice register for the program. These nior Colleen Byers, the co-chair of “In all of the planning and con- parents, said Laurie Patton, se- as a senior in high school, but that include pizza parties and iPod the Park Avenue Planning Com- versations about opening the cen- nior associate director of Admis- did not take away from his experi- shuffl es.