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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1999-2000 Student Newspapers 10-29-1999 College Voice Vol. 23 No. 7 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1999_2000 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 23 No. 7" (1999). 1999-2000. 7. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1999_2000/7 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 1999-2000 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. • OLLEGE PUBLISHED WEEKLYoren BY rae STUDENTS OPCONNCCT1ClIT !..LEOE VOLUME xxm • NUMBER 7 FRIDAY, OCfOBER 29,1999 CONNECfICUT COLLEGE, NEW LoNDON, cr HOMECOMING WEEKEND '99 Task Force to Examine Dean Makes One A.M. Pajama-Clad Dorm Visit Future of Holiday Parties Lack of Campus Homecoming Activities Causes Chaos in Cro, Dorms By CHRIS CIARMIELLO staff writer "Right now, if I had to By ROB KNAKE In an attempt to avoid the often choosebetween the way dangerous substance abuse that has managing editor characterized past Connecticut Col- things went last year, With Crozier-Williams College lege holiday parties, a student task and not having a party , Center packed to the hilt and out force has formed to discuss ways to of control last Saturday night, As- improve this year's events. at all, I'd go with not sistant Dean of Student Life Director of Residential Life Kristine Cyr Goodwin showed up Kristine Cyr Goodwin explained that having it at all." and took control. several students have come to her Kristine Cyr Goodwin expressing concern about the binge About 600 alumni descended Director of on campus this past weekend for drinking that has characterized past Homecoming, and with no event holiday parties. This binge drinking Residential Life scheduled for late night, the cam- has led to a1cobol poisoning, vomit- ing, vandalism, and regretted sex, pus bar was packed well over ca- The group's job is thus "to come up. Goodwin said. pacity with alums and students with a way to have fun and still make One member of the task force overflowing into the Oasis snack the event attractive enough for spon- shop area. explained that the stress of exams combined with the opportunity to sors to take responsibility for this Campus Safety Officer Patti night," the member said. party causes "people to ex\,lode," Duerrler called Goodwin, who was This is just the first part of a pro- the administrator on duty after Goodwin agreed, saying, ''This is the most stressful time of year. People cess, not a decision-making body, midnight, described the situation Goodwin noted. The group will take and asked for assistance. may already be down or depressed and we're pumping their bodies with the suggestions it makes and ap- According to reports, bar staff- proach possible sponsors with these ers were unable to check IDs and depressants. Does that make any . sense?" ideas. It will ultimately be the spon- were being insulted by patrons be- sors who decide if the changes are cause the supply of beer had run Past holiday party problems have caused groups to shy away from good enough to merit their support. out. Campus safety officers turned Last year, the party's planning and on the lights, shut off the music and sponsoring the event. "People don't booze and the crowd shifted to the want to sponsor this anymore," the SEE HOLIDAY PARTIES task force member said, citing a near snack shop area. A fight broke out PHaro BY TIM BARCO continued on page 5 but was quickly ended at which Alums and students celebtrate Homecoming in traditional style fatal incident of alcoholism last year. point Goodwin was called. which prompted her and a contingent roaming around campus late at night change some of our programming Senior Meghan Shippert says of campus safety officers to follow on a weekend. "Kristine's not a cam- so it would be of a more general Sabbaticals, Retirement Thke that when Goodwin arrived, she after. pus safety officer and we don't need appeal" to alumni with small chil- went on "a rampage" outside Cro, Goodwin and the officers dis- a mother, said Mueller, adding, "If I dren and others who aren't inter- stopping students from entering persed a floor party that broke out on want to stand in the hallway at two ested in a "beer bash." As far as the Ton on Govenunent Dept who had drinks in hand and mak- the second floor, took a quick recon- in the morning that's my right." late night Saturday incident, ing underage students pour out noiter of the other South Campus Tim Frankel '00, another second Germaine said she "regrets the ac- Students Concerned over Future of Law Courses their beers. dorms and returned to Harkness to floor resident, was not upset to see tion of a few caused such difficulty Goodwin says that she was just breakup the party which had erupted Goodwin. He says he had about for a large number." trying to have a calming effect on a second time. twenty people in his room when Most students see it the other By NATHAN MEE who will be seniors next year, will the situation. She described the In general, Goodwin said that she Goodwin knocked on the door and way around. Sophomore Sam staff writer not bave the opportunity to take the scene when she arrived as starting didn't receive much flack for her very politely asked them to stay out Freedman blamed the problems on courses they had planned on before to settle down; However, she says presence on Saturday night, other of the hall. "She was very non-ag- Saturday night on poor planning. With little waming, the Govern- they graduate, and certainly not with it was still chaos. "When I got than a little light joking about her gressive, 'you know you can't [have Said Freedman, ''Without anything ment Department at CC has been the professors they wanted. there," said Goodwin," there were outfit. She swears that her outfit, a floor party], come on.:" Frankel ex- to do, what did they expect would dealt a series of debilitating blows. Karen Diluro, Chair of the gov- tons of people milling around with which some students mistook as her plains that the reason that there were happen?" Three professors, all with specialties ernment department student advisory nothing to do," pajamas, was just her favorite pair of so many people on the floor partying As for Goodwin, she made it in American government or law, will' board, is upset because there seemed Goodwin asked students to get p1!'Ple sweat pants and a beige fleece was because there was simply noth- clear that she doesn't plan to incor- be absent from the faculty in the com- to be "no foresight" in the faculty rid of alcohol and extinguish ciga- which she admits didn't match Some ing to do and no where for the alumni l""'."te a late night tour of campus ing semesters. changes which came "all at once." rettes. She says within five min- students, however, where not happy' to go. into her weekend routine. In fact, ~ , Professor Wayne Swanson, a She a1so said that all of those leav- utes of showing up the crowd natu- to see her. Pat St.Germaine,associatedirec- said Goodwin. "I was dissapointed Conn professor since 1969 and cur- ing are excellent professors, and sbe rally shifted to the area outside the Mike Mueller '00, a second floor tor of alumni relations explains that that I had to come over but I would rently the acting head of the depart- is not confident that temporary re- College Center. At this point stu- Harkness resident, said that he absence of the usual Saturday night do anything to help out campus ment, will be retiring at the end of placements will be of the same cali- dents started yelling, "let's head doesn't think its Goodwin's job to be was a conscious decision. "We did safety; that's my job." the fall 1999 semester. ber. The department will be hiring south," and "party in Harkness," Professor William Frasure has someone full time on a two-year con- accepted the position of Dean of Na- tract to replace professor Frasure. tional and International Programs and Professor Swanson shares her A THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE FOR DRINKING? will be leading a SJITA (Study Away, views. "You're not going to get Teach Away) program in Vietnam someone like Frasure to come here during the spring semester of 2000. for a year or two," Swanson still sees I This means that he will not be teach- that in order to provide sufficiently UNH Brings Law to Campus with Arrests and Fines ing any courses on campus at Conn for the students. it is necessary to hire By ROB KNAKE pajamas acting like a cheer leader for the fall '99 semester, a fairly good administrator, and in his ten years in until fall 200 l. another professor on a one-year con- the temperance movement. number even for a school with 10,000 Professor Borrelli, who has post- tract to replace Professor Borrelli managing editor his position he has had to make 15 UNH's program centers around undergrads. calls to parents whose children have poned her sabbatical for two years, during her sabbatical. He feels that Think Conn is cracking down on two main means of coercing its stu- And if you are of age, don't think died from alcohol related incidents.