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The Grizzly, November 12, 1991
Eric Foellmer Ursinus College
Megan Mendte Ursinus College
Erika Compton Ursinus College
Judd Woytek Ursinus College
Charles Washington Ursinus College
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Recommended Citation Foellmer, Eric; Mendte, Megan; Compton, Erika; Woytek, Judd; Washington, Charles; Wilusz, Tom; Kushwara, Dana; White, Kristin; Omana, Julio; Van, Dave; Bleickardt, Eric; Pandya, Naimish; Donecker, Gar; Moore, Erik; Miller, Melisa; Richter, Richard P.; Grubb, Steven; Rubin, Harley David; Baccino, Nick; Warner, Dawn; Wagner, Kris; Zobel, Laura; Erfle, Claire A.; Brown, Jeff; Lecrone, Laura; Ronning, John; Hess, Ronald E.; and Oboler, Regina, "The Grizzly, November 12, 1991" (1991). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 283. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/283
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Pl' l.J li.~hing the tnlth from good motives and for jwtifiable ends Volume 23 Number 7 -A lexan der Hamilton Evaluations Show Drop in Pledge Grades Voters Choose Wofford BY MEGAN MENDTE News Editor BY ERIKA COMPTON Pledging is over, but the Faculty Evaluations of News Editor semester is not and many new Pledges Academic Performance sorority sisters are now struggling (2 = improved; 1 = unchanged; On Tuesday, November 5, the to bring up their grades. 0= deteriorated) people of Pennsylvania voted for In order to keep an eye on their choices to fill the offices of United States Senate, Mayor of pledges grades during the mont!. 1990 19J1 long pledging activities, teachers Philadelphia, and United States House of Representatives from the were required to fill out an Alpha Sigma Nu .73 .66 evaluation sheet on each pledge in 2nd District. their class. They gave the pledges Kappa Delta Kappa .79 .62 Probably the most talked about a "2" if their grades improved race was the one for United Stat c~ during pledging, a "1" if they Omega Chi .66 .43 Senate. Due to the unfortunate stayed the same, and a "0" if they death of John Heinz in April, democrat Harris Wofford was went down. This year's pledge Phi Alpha Psi .89 .74 grades were consistently lower per appointed to fill his vacancy. Last sorority than last year's. Although Tau Sigma Gamma .74 .67 week, republican Dick Thornburgh this causes concern within the ran against Wofford, with Wofford administration, it should have little receiving 55% of the votes. He is impact on the regulations placed Pennsylvania's first elected democratic senator in a on next year's pledging activities. Grade Point Average of generation. "We also evaluate the pledges Pledges by Sorority Wofford centered his campaign performance for the entire 1990 semester," said Dean Kane, "And in support of a national health although initial pledge month care plan, sending a message to President Bush that he is grades are down, grace point Alpha Sigma Nu 2.63 2.44 averages per sorority usually come "vulnerable on domestic matters." He also believed in the extension close or equal to the semester Kappa Delta Kappa 2.90 2.78 before pledging. Therefore, the of unemployment benefits. Wofford received much support grades during pledging haven't Omega Chi 2.49 2.49 been low enough to hurt the entire from suburban Philadelphia. He Harris Wofford speaks to the press after aimed sentiment against the rich, sclT.ester. Phi Alpha Psi 2.69 2.46 winning 55% of the vote to become The pledges attribute this to the and changed the usual democratic message from one of compassion Pennsylvania's first Democratic senator in a mandatory library hours they Tau Sigma Gamma 2.80 2.67 attend during pledging. 1"hree for the poor to one of meeting the generation. hours a night was plenty for me," needs of the burdened middle class. said Lynn Cunnane, "I seemed to Differences was that the black clergy saw his whom voted. Eight people chose get more done during pledging Many voters got the impression that Thornburgh was taking them as untrustworthy. He was also a Thornburgh, while four voted for than I usually did. It f()rCF~d me to Alpha Sigma Nu -.19 career politician with no election Wofford. Next time you start to organize my time better than I for granted, and they didn't like the negative attacks and win in ten years. However, Rendell complain about "the way things would on my own." Kappa Delta Kappa -.12 had incredible fund raisers. He campaigning on Wofford. Voters are," stop! If people would vote Faculty evaluations will be taken raised $4.5 million, with $1.6 liked Wofford's "common touch'" instead of being so apathetic, again at the end of the semester to Omega Chi -0- million being spent on fall "things" could change. and thought of him as "the kind of examine the overall grade point television advertising. guy who would sit down beside averages for the 1991 pledges as Phi Alpha Psi -.23 Also in Philadelphia was the them and talk ... and listen." compared to their Spring semester vote for who would join the In the race for Mayor of U.S. SENATE grades. Tau Sigma Gamma -.13 United States House of Philadelphia, democrat Ed Rendell Representatives from the second (D) H. Wofford 55% won by a landslide over republican District. Democrat Luclen (R) D. Thornburgh 45% Joe Egan. Rendell received 68% Blackwell defeated aU his other of the votes, becoming SAC Changes to AFAC opponents: N. Smith-Bulford(R), Philadelphia's 127th mayor. His Chaka Fattah(O), and John act as chair of the committee. Other first and continuing challenge will BY A. JUDD WOYI'EK White(O). Blackwell, a former city members will include the U.S.GA. be to bring the city out of debt. MAYOR Associale Editor councilman, and 26th black House President, one member from each Since Rendell received such a (D) Ed Rendell 68% class, a Campus Activities Board member, said the race was not The faculty voted in approval of the large number of votes, it is (R) Joe Egan 32% (CAB) representative, and an based on issues. He depended on U.s.GA.'s Activity Pee Allocation imperative that he begin to turn Organization of Commuting Students what is called The Big Lever. It is Committee (APAC) proposal this last the city around immediately. (OCS) representative. The student Wednesday. The propoul will bring an the endorsement by the representalives from the four classes Rendell stated, "It was a long, end to the current Student Activities Democratic City committee in will be elected in U.S.G.A. run long, long, long road to get here!" U.S. HOUSE - 2nd DISTRICT Committee (SAC) which allocates the which he gets one vote each time campus-wide eleclioll5 in their After Egan conceded the race, he ..went activity fee to olPnizatioll5 on someone votes the straight (D) Lucien Blackwell 39% freshman and junior years and will said to his supporters, "I want to campUi and allo approved new group's Democratic ticket. (R) N. Smith-Bulford 5% serve two year terms. Por next year, all tell the people of Philadelphia that COIIItitutiODS. Although this was an important (0) Chaka Fattah 28% classes will have elections in the Spring we have to get behind Ed The new committee will see election, many people on the (0) John White 27% of this year. The Dean of Student Life Rendell." membciship change and a guideline Ursinus campus failed to vote. I and three raculty/staff members Before the election, Rendell daange. Under APAC, the student spoke to 45 people on campus, 12 faced two serious problems. One, ntation on the committee will See AFAC on po, 3 g ·p.a.e.2____ .Th __e.G.nz.·.Z.IY ______---1'fevvs------____ ~N.ov.e.m.~.r.u__ ,.19_9_1 Tri-Lambda SPORTSTUFF & COMICS Meets BY TOM WlLUSZ 130 W. Main Street Featun!s Editor Trappe Shopping Center Global Perspectives On Wednesday, November 16, the Tri-Lambda Life-Long BY DANA KUSHWARA"" 489-3969 Learners met to hear Miss Donna Asst. Al1s and Entel1ainment Editor Van Dusen speak on "Characterizing Verbal World Subscription Service Aggression". Miss Van Dusen is a professor who has been studying 10% discount for six the field of verbal aggressiOn, her In Rome, Bush addressed a summit meeting of the North Atlantic or more issues on comics. special interest being "Discourse Treaty Organization to make sure the United States keeps the Analysis", the study of the layered confidence of the Western European countries it defends. Bush stated meanings involved in any dialogue. to the NATO members, "if you don't need us any longer, say so." The 10% discount Miss Van Dusen divided her response was that the European countries still want NATO to exist and. discussion into three parts: a for the U.S. to lead it but not dominate it. With college LD. definition of verbal aggression, The Canadian House of Commons voted by 189-14 to ban the import delineation of its effects, and of possession of military-style assault weapons, require a 28-day waiting C· 1 l' f methods for recognizing it. period for purchase of guns, stiffer prison sentences for illegal arrying comp ete Ine 0 Verbal aggression is defined, she possession of weapons, and restrict gun purchases to people at least 18 baseball cards & sports memorabilia. said, as "a message 'Which attacks years old. Justice Minister Kim Campbell said this bill reflected the self-concept of the receiver in Canada's "own firearms culture" and stated that it is less violent than order to deliver psychological the United States. .------a-I.----1-~------pain," although she stressed that On Thursday November 7, thousands of people gathered in front of 'verbal... aggression is often the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, U.S.S.R. The main reason was to 'l£ ~ unintentional, and that there is a tell the world that Lenin's revolution is no longer worth celebrating. real difference between verbal That day marked the 74th anniversary of the Bolshevik take over of the aggression and iriendly banter Winter Palace and the RusSian Revolution. (although the one is often _ disguised as the other, maJUng National .. r ~ identification of such abuse ' ~en !:)rl; 1.1 _M' R harder). Essentially, any statement that portrays the listener in a Congress sent l~gisJatioo to President Bush that would lift a ban on - . oag-leoUSEl -- negative light is verbal aggression. abortion counsetit:g at federally fmaIlced family planning clinics. Van Dusen's study is important Sources say a veto by Bush is threatened and most likely. The lifting of h because of the serious negative this ban is part of the $205 billion budget increase in health, education results of verbal aggresSion. Aside and labor programs for the fiscal year. The ban originally started in r:---~------, from hurt feelings, even 1988 during the Reagan administration and was retained by Bush. I $1.00 off , ', unintentional abuse of this sort is The Center for Disease Control reported that the U.S. smoking rate I / . S k - h h often a cause of broken marriages, had fallen a percentage point down to 28 percent. It was stated that I any 1 2 HoagIe or tea WIt tel claims of sexual harassment, and smoking is significantly higher among people with bad marriages, the .' purchase of a fountain soda! " even ph.ysical violence. It is Van least educated smoke the most, and those who do smoke are slarting at Dusen's hope that through study younger ages. '------we can learn to reeognize and Senate Democrats proposed a third plan in the effort to help the At. 29 & Main Street refrain from verbal aggression, and jobless. This plan would extend payments to those whose benefits identify what it is that makes already expired. The plan would also give the President three options Collegeville Shopping Center certain people especially abusive. for fmancing the $5.6 billion estimated to cover the costs. One option is Collegeville, PA The post-speech discussion to declare an emergency and borrow the funds. Another is to collect centered upon the recent Clarence $2.5 billion from delinquent student loans and slightly increase the 454 1 091 Thomas hearings, and the very federal unemployment tax. The last option would take $3.6 billion from - abusive nature of them. Miss Van foreign aid spending. Dusen noted that the Senate Magic Johnson announced on Thursday November 7th that he has CALL AHEAD YOUR ORDER WILL BE WAITING committee was very aggressivt; contracted the AIDS virus and has retired from the Los Angeles particularly towards Anita Hill Lakers. In his speech he said "I'm going to miss playing. I will become and identified thIs a:s the reason so a spokesman for the HIV virus because I want young people to realize FREE DELIVERY many of the discussion member! they should practice safe sex. Sometimes we're a little naive about it. • ______.. had found Senators Specter and You think it could never happen to you." Helms (for example) so offensive. Thomas too, it was noted, hac Community Do you know been very verbally aggressive, and what alcohol does had used that to put the Senators to ybur body? in uncomfortably defensive The University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital has started a new positions. Miss Van Dusen closed animal bloodmobile. The mobile is used to travel to various kennels in discussion by examining various the area where they collect blood donations for their work in veterinary personal examples of verbal transfusion medicine. Around 600 dogs are used regularly to supply the aggression. blood needed for the three to five transfusions performed daily with Tri-Lambda's next meeting will donated blood. POSTER SESSION be on November 13, with a A 30 year old Bensalem resident was killed on Thursday when a fue ALCOHOL AWARENESS discussion on Reader Response. engulff.d the engine of his car in the Fiesta Motor Lodge parking lot in Willow Grove. Reminder: Grizzly Rising requests for fmancial aid are being reported by colleges across meetings are on Monday the region. At West Chester University the numbers rose by 1000 from November 14th to 22nd nights at 8:30 p.m. in the 1990 to 1991 and at Drexel University thousands of students receive $32 11:30 - 1pm million in loans and grants. Laura Knapp, assistant director for policy Wismer Student Publications Sponsored Ill" analysis at the College board in Washington, stated the factor largely -D." •••go_ Room (3rd floor responsible for the surge requests is an economy that is about as soft as Well ..... Intern Bomberger Hall, Myrin a Nerf ball. , ' \ ...... , , .. JJb(IJIY. ~ldeJ~ .~~.:...:. ~~.~ iiiiNo.v.eiiimiiibe.r.l.2.,1.9.9.1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii N ews iiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~.Th.e.G.r.izziiiiiiIYiiiiiiiiiiiiP.a.g.eiiiii3 -Salk to Speak on Founders' Day Haley Visits AFAC con'd. from p. 1 appointed by President Richter will FROM COLLEGE Ursinus Board of Directors, his continues to assist international Nearby finish out the group. There is a drop COMMUNICATIONS wife, Florence S. Thomas, and his health agencies in encouraging in the number of faculty Special to The Grizzly sister, Lucille V. Thomas, long developing countries to establish representatives from six to four and an increase of one student. The new ratio standing and faithful friends of immunization programs against High School of 2:1 in favor of the students will give Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the Ursinus. The building houses the polio and other infectious diseases. the students more control of the world's fIrst successful polio Ursinus biology and psychology In 1986, Dr. Salk initiated work on BY CHARLES WASHINGTON committee and where funds are sent. vaccine, and more recently leader departments. a vaccine against the HIV virus Special to The Gn'zzly For the remainder of the 1991-1992 of efforts to create an effective This Founders Day incidentally and AIDS, work which continues school year, the committee will AIDS vaccine, will speak at the also marks the centennial of today in collaboration with several On Friday, November 7, examine the new procedures and set annual Ursinus College Founders Bomberger Memorial Hall, site of research groups around the world. students from Ursinus College new guidelines for committee Day Convocation at 2:30 P.M., on the day's formalities. The hall was Hayashi, who received his Ph.D. were invited to attend a speaking operation for next year. Proposed are stricter guidelines for allocation of Sunday, November 17, in the named for the College's founding from the University of Missouri appearance by world-renowned funds and strict record keeping on the College's Bomberger Hall presideRt, John Henry Augustus after graduating from Ursinus, author Alex Haley at North Penn Auditorium. Bomberger. J.HA. Bomberger IV taught zoology at Missouri and part of the organizations that receive High School. Haley, most notably funds. The possibility of relocating Salk, who last June vowed that of Atlanta, Ga., a direct then at Columbia University, remembered for his two books, student organization accounts off he would inject himself with his descendent of the founder, is where he served as chairman of The Autobiography of Malcolm X campus is being looked at due to the experimental AIDS vaccine before expected to attend the the zoology department from 1963 and Roots, began the evening by complicated system which the College the end of this year, will talk about commemoration. to 1967. Subsequently, he was recognizing a nine year-old boy, Business Office uses for accounts. world health issues on a day when Salk, 77, a native of New York chair of zoology at the Illinois with whom he had corresponded The new committee will not have Ursinus plans to recognize the City, holds his undergraduate Institute of Technology from 1967 but had never met. The young the responsibility of reviewing sciences in general. The public is degree from the City College of to 1979 and a senior scientist at man was brought on stage and constitutions for changes. The revision invited to attend the ceremony, New York and his M.D. from the the Papanicolaou Cancer Research introduced to the audience. period will take place in the U.S.GA All new groups will submit their but is advised to arrive early New York University College of Institute from 1989 to 1985. He is This led to the topic of Haley's constitutions to U.S.GA. and revisions because seating is limited. A Medicine. In the 1940s he helped the editor of two books on cell speech, which was, interestingly, closed-circuit television will be set develop a noninfectious of "killed biology and the author of about will be made. The constitutions will 'The Importance of Interaction then be sent to AFAC for final up in a room adjacent to the virus" vaccine against influenza at 100 research papers in his field. A Between Children and Their approval and to be sent to the faculty. auditorium so that any overflow the University of Michigan. In former Fulbright and Guggenheim Grandparents." He stated that The constitutions must still pass crowd will be able to see and hear 1947, he became director of the fellow, Hayashi is currently an such relationships reinforce the through AFAC because the faculty Salk speak. Virus Research Laboratory at the emeritus trustee of the Marine idea of oral history in America. must receive constitutions through a During the convocation, which University of Pittsburgh, where he Biological Laboratory. He told the crowd how his campus committee, not from a student IWitionally is also the College's continued his research on Professor Takats, a resident of relationship with his grandparents, group. mid-year commencement, Ursinus influenza and began studies on Philadelphia, has been a member especially his grandmother, All requests for block allocations (made for the entire school year) will 'msident PP. Richter will confer poliomyelitis. It was this research of the Ursinus faculty since 1969, influenced his life and helped him always be considered in the Spring honorary doctors of science that led to the development of and was named chair of the' along the path of his successful degrees upon both Salk and Dr. another "killed virus" vaccine-the College's physics department before school lets out. This will career. He also gave a brief life alleviate the rush of requests in the Teru Hayashi, Ursinus 1938, a cell fIrst effective vaccine against polio, following the retirement of Dr. history as well as a summarized beginning of the fall semester. A physiologist and specialist in a dreaded disease which was Evan S. Snyder last summer. She version of the Roots story. notice will be sent to all organizations muscle proteins. Richter also will killing and crippling thousands of will be the second member of the After the speech, Haley held a reminding them of the new procedure. formally install Ursinus Physics children a year prior to its faculty to hold the Clamer Chair question-and-answer session. He Special allocation requests can be Department Chair Dr. Martha C. development. This vaccine was of Physics, following Snyder in that said that the controversy made at any time throughout the year. Takats in the Clamer Chair of licensed for public use in 1955. honor. In recent years her research surrounding the production of the Request forms may be picked up in Physics. Twenty-six students from After this, Salk's research turned has centered on the use of movie, 'The Autobiography of the Student Activities Office and must the College's day and evening to cancer and autoimmune interactive computer software in Malcolm X; his second book to be returned the Friday before the request is to be considered. Student divisions will receive their diseases. In 1960 he founded The the teaching of physics. A Phi Beta have been made into a movie, is a groups then come before the associate's of bachelors degrees on Salk Institute for Biological Kappa graduate of Wellesley "bunch of nonsense." He felt that committee, which meets every week, to I Pounders Day as well. Studies. Today the institute is at College, she holds a master's the people who were disputing the present their request. The committee An hour before the convocation, the forefront of research in degree from the University of movie's production have discusses the request and votes on it. there will be a ribbon-cutting genetics, immunology and the Wisconsin and a Ph.D. from the misdirected their energies. He Student groups then receive a letter of ceremony at the Ursinus Life study of the human brain. Dr. University of Pennsylvania. also revealed that he has another approval or denial of funds. Science Building, which since last Salk, the institute's director until Ursinus has long held a book, entitled Henning, about life The new committee should put May has undergone a major 1975, currently holds the title reputation for excellence in the in the small town in which he grew students in greater control of the complete renovation that includes founding director. sciences. It is especially well-known up, coming out shortly. student activity fee fund and give the U.S.GA. a more prominent position I new addition and the upgrading From 1963 until 1984, he for preparing students for medical The evening ended by Haley on campus. The AFAC goes into effect laboratories, classrooms and conducted research aimed at school. Ninety percent of its or signing copies of his books (which immediately with the first meeting of understanding and manipulating graduates who apply to medical, facuIty offIces. Then, during the were on sale for $6). It was truly the new committee being this COnvocation itself, the building will the immune system and its bearing dental and veterinary schools gain an interesting and exciting event to Wednesday at noon. Members be rededicated and renamed on the control of autoimmune and acceptance at those institutions. hear and see, arguably, one of the currently on SAC will be retained for Thomas Hall in honor of L. G. neoplastic diseases, such as most eloquent and creative the remainder of the year as to avoid Lee Thomas, a life member of the multiple sclerosis and cancer. He speakers of our time. complications.
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Inc. an:S VISA 1n~"'lIonal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~m~~~~~~~~~~N~~~~:·-o!i ..~~~~, 1"%Q~R~~HE~B Page 4 The Grizzly November U, 1991 ~RH~~~~~~~~~~Features·~~~~~~~~~fJ~~aal i 'i ...... ~ Sgt. Grizz ...... This Week Nothing But the Bear Facts" .. Horoscopes ...... * In THE COLLEGEVILLE AREA DOES NOT HAVE 911 EMERGENCY BY SIOUXSIE SERVICE. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY CALL THE Grizzly Astralogist U. C. History URSINUS COLLEGE SECURITY DEPARTMENT AT 489-2737 BY KRISTIN WHITE AND/OR THE COLLEGEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 489- ARIES-You know what you really want from life-don't waste your 9332. THESE NUMBERS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!! THE time on things you don't care about. Just be patient enough to wait for Of The Grizzly SECURITY DEPARTMENT HAS F-R-E-E STICKERS WITH THE things you want. EMERGENCY NUMBERS PRINTED ON THEM FOR YOUR TAURUS-Don't be so selfish-you aren't alone in this world and your As the fall sports season draws ~~7 . OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED AT REIMERT HALL, actions affect those around you. to a close, you may wish to look GEMINI-Don't lose touch with the past and the people in your life back at the team records for the they have so much to offer you. year. Why not take it a step 01 November 1991 at 1:30 P.M., Security responds to a house on Main CANCER-The scope on the romantic horizon is bright, be open further anJ look at the fall sports Street after being advised of an incident that took place on the 21st of enough to embrace the opportunities. for, say, this century? October 1991. According to the complaints, unknown person(s) forcibly LEO-You may not have found what you're looking for yet, but that Approximately two decades ago, entered into the room between 3:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. and removed doesn't mean you should stop looking. in 1972 this week, the men's cro. items from the room. The incident is still under investigation. VIRGO-Many opportunities are awaiting you-just don't rush them! country team placed third at the LIBRA-Is it time for changes in your life? Take time to reevaluate MAC meet, ftnishing the season at 11 wins and 3 losses. IF A ROOM DETECTOR ALARM SOUNDS AND IT IS your needs and desires. ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THERE IS NO FIRE, SCORPIO-Don't waste time regretting events in the past-just take The field hockey team had a IMMEDIATELY CALL SECURITY TO HAVE THE ROOM time to enjoy the present. great week in 1962 when they swept the honors at the CHECKED. WHEN A "GENERAL" ALARM IS SOUNDING A SAGITfARIUS-Have you found what you're looking for? Are you TOTAL EVACUATION OF THE BUILDING IS REQUIRED 'AS sure? Swathmore All-College Classics game. Ursinus had four ftrst all WELL AS NOTIFICATION TO SECURITY. ANYONE FOUND NOT CAPRICORN-Take a vacation from the daily b.s. of life and escape ADHERING TO THIS POLICY WILL BE REPORTED TO THE either alone or with a friend 'cause you need a break! college players chosen for that game. Also in 1962 this week, the OFFICE OF RESIDENCE LIFE FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION!!!! AQUARIUS-This past weekend was wonderful-keep up the trend! soccer team ftnished with a record PISCES-You play hard and work hard-relax a little and find a 03 November 1991 at 11:27 P.M., Security responds to Reimert after being balance. of 4-5-1 and the football team with advised of four unregistered guests at this location causing a problem. The a record of 2-5. subjects were taken to the Security Office for questioning and then This week in 1952, both the escorted off campus by Security. football and soccer teams won their games. The football team Q.t November 1991 at 9:10, A.M ., Security responds to Myrin Library and crushed F&M with a 68-19 victory Icarns that two posters had been taken over the weekend. The posters Greek Notes while the soccer team won 2-0 were removed from the framing and can be easily identified. If anyone has against laSalle. The field hockey seen the unusual posters titled "Where the Wild Things Are," call Brain team lost 2-5 to Temple bringing Me Cullough at ext. 2482. All information will be kept confidential. their record to 2-1-1. In 1942 this week, the football URSINUS COLLEGE SECURITY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES team lost the Homecoming game ESCORTS TO STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY WHOSE to Gettysburg 0-12; however, both Alpha Phi Omega will be having a dated party on the l6th of soccer and field hockey won with CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRES THEM TO TRAVEL ALONE ON November. Attendees must R.S.V.P. by the 13th, CAMPUS, IN ISOLATED AREAS, AFTER DARK, DURING TIMES scores of 3-1 over Lafayette and Delta Mu Sigma will be having a dated party on November 20th. Temple. OF LOW ACTIVITY ON CAMPUS OR WHENEVER THERE IS Invitations will be sent out. CONCERN FOR ONE'S PERSONAL SAFETY. BECAUSE OF THE This week in 1932, the Ursinus VARIOUS PATROL FUNCTIONS, IT MAY RESULT INA WAITING men's cross-country team lost the (Greek Notes will be a weekly feature of The Grizzly. Submissions Eastern Pennsylvania PERIOD FOR ESCORT SERVICE. PLEASE CALL AHEAD SO should be brought to the Publications Office on Bomberger 3, or to THERE IS NO INCONVENIENCE TO YOU. THE DEPARTMENT Championships to F&M by only Tom Wilusz in Reimert 303. Submissions must be received by 3:00pm two points, with a fmal score of: ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO USE THIS SERVICE. CALL 489- on the Sunday of the week they are to be printed.) 2737 FOR AN ESC;:ORT, WE ARE ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY!!! F&M-33 Ursinus-35 and [ ~~l~l~l~l~I~Ia. Dickinson-52. Both the football and soccer teams beat Swathmore. And during the early half of the Environmental Corner century in 1902 this week, the Ursinus football team beat F&M BY KRISTIN WHITE Lately, however, human beings the amount of CO2 in our in our atmosphere, can be deadly with a 16-0 victory. After the Of The Grizzly have been altering the earth's atmosph~re by 25%. CO2 when formed at ground level. game, a Collegeville fan, Mr. Released from motor vehicles, atmosphere, thus changing our emissioll occurs when fossil fuels Frank Gristock, sponsored a It seems that everything we do global climate. The earth's such as coal, oil, and natural power plants, and oil refmeries, banquet for the players and ozone contributes to much of our anymore has a detrimental effect temperature grows warmer as we gasses are burned or during the coaches. on our environment. While continue to emit more and more destruction of forests, which ground-based pollution. people constantly push to save our of the greenhouse gasses into the release CO2 when burned or cut And, to leave you with a couple earth, save our oceans, and save atmosphere. If we continue at our down. of facts: • "If every commuter car carried the wildlife (not that this is bad), present rate, our pleasant, We also regularly emit lAIR $500 ... $1000 ... $1500 more emphasis goes into saving comfortable climate will become a chlorofluorocarbins (CFCs) into just one more passenger, we'd things with no emphasis on why. thing of the past. our atmosphere. 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BY ERIC BLEICKARDT Would you be calm and placid/if painting, 'The Alchemist." Universal Solvent. by President Richter's unveiling of Science Editor you were full of formic acid?" During the celebration, Dr. 3. With the discovery of the the print of N. C. Wyc::th's painting Students, faculty and Hess, professor of Organic great Elixir, one would have the on the third floor of Pfahler. The 'The ant has made himself administration gathered in Pfahler Chemistry, entertained an knowledge, the secret, and the original painting was illustrious/through constant Hall last Friday afternoon to audience with poetry readings such remedy for correcting all maladies. commissioned by the Hercules industry industrious. ISo what? witness the unveiling of the Wy~~h as this one by Ogden Nash. The This would include transforming Company for promotional unveiling capped off National sick gold into healthy, happy gold, purposes in the 1930's. After the Chemistry Week, a week dedicated as well as the maladies of old age painting was uncovered, and the to awareness and education in the into youth and healthiness. The hand-shaking and flashing camera beauty and significance of the Elixir of Life would be capable of bulbs had subsided, tea and "Central Science," Chemistry. transforming both animate and cookies were served. Roger P. Staiger, Professor inanimate forms. The celebration was well Emeritus, addressed the crowd The alchemists believed in attended by most of the chemistry with an insight into the imagery keeping their discoveries from and biology professors. Former used in alchemy. Dr. Staiger "unworthy, ignorant or scornful professors such as Dr. Staiger and outlined the three basic principles people," which branded them as Mrs. Shaw attended. Several of Alchemical Philosophy. wizards or sorcerers. Today the students as well as administration 1. Lead was considered to be philosophy of chemistry has came out to the festivities. The sick Gold. For the transmutation changed completely to an college community supported and of Lead into Gold, a healing elixir expanded awareness. National enjoyed this auspicious occasion, needed to be discovered. Chemistry Week was testimony of honoring both the predecessors of 2. The discovery of the healing this new philosophy. alchemy and the present elixir would involve fmding the Dr. Staiger'S talk was followed practitioners of chemistry. Philosopher's Stone and/or the
N.C. Wyeth's The Alchemist. Changing Life's Blueprints
such as sickle-cell anemia and Tay they don't possess. They can give segregated and treated morally BY NAIMISH PANDYA This remarkable technology is Sach's diseases, but researches their children height, intelligence, wrong. Obtaining such knowledge, Science Editor possibly the terminator to all deadly diseases. Gene therapy believe that it could also stop looks, etc. This can cause drastic will give government and insurance cancer and AIDS. This technology social changes and produce a companies too much power. A four year old girl slept quietly goes to the source of all illnesses, could possibly wipe out all perfect race. How then can a on her hospital bed as she received by alternating the genes, which are So as we head into the twenty diseases. Also, currently there is a "natural" human, born without the serum through an IV tube. the blueprints of life and fIrst century, we, the new project running calleo the Human human manipulations, compete Although she did not realize it, determine the characteristics of generation, must make some Genome Project in which scientists with the genetically tampered history was being made as she lay everything that exists, from serious decisions. Should we want to map all of the genes in the product. This can wipeout the motionless. This girl suffered from microscopic viruses to human pursue gene therapy and the human body. With such human race as we know it. 8 severe ADA deficiency beings. Gene therapy appears Human Genome Project, which knowledge, doctors will be able to Although this seems very drastic, &yndrome. In a healthy person, simple superfIcially but involves could possibly be the only answer identify the source of diseases and there are even immediate practical there is a protein called ADA many complex ideas. A portion of to deadly diseases such as cancer, stop them before they even occur. problems that this potent therapy which breaks down toxic the body's cells are fIrst removed. AIDS, and inherited diseases? However, what are the will cause. For example, health 4Xlmpounds in the body. This little Then mutated genes are removed However, along with the benefIts, consequences of this new-found insurance companies would girl did not have adequate and replaced by healthy genes. there are significant problems that technology? It raises many ethical discriminate against people who amounts of that protein and her After the cells grow with the nCW this technology offers, such as questions that must be answered have a risk of developing a immune system could not keep up gene incorporated in them, they gene ic discrimination and the before we proceed practicing it on terminating disease. This 'llith the lo:;ci:; compound buildup. are placed back into the body, possioility of the destruction of our a usual basis. With the control of discrimination, based on a person's Doctors tried many modes of where hopefully they will operate human race and the development genes, parents will not only be gene, would be even more tteatment. but all failed. Now she normally and cure the patient. of a "perfect" race. The decision able to produce healthy children, menacing than racial just one last hope: Gene This sounds astonishing. It can lies in the hanJs of the our but they might also want to endow discrimination. Anyone can be generation. cure not only inherited diseases, their children with many traits that The Grizzly Page 8 0 . . November 12, 1991 rT=h=e======c======PIDIODS======Grizzly {Z) BvsrnVEN:~e Tr~~~~~u,~~~ ~~~~:.~atwill 1b~~ Opinions Editor insurance and, as of now, no one Mr. Wofford show the middle-class Editor In Chief Eric Foellmer has suggested how to pay the at election time. Associate Editor A. Judd Woytek For the Hrst time in thirty years, substantial price tag that would Finally, Mr. Wofford promises Business Manager Chris Heinzinger Pennsylvanians chose a liberal accompany a health care bill. jobs for Pennsylvanians by not Advertising Manager Adam Saget democrat over a republican in a Partial health care programs allowing the Mexican Trade News Editors Megan Mendte senatorial election. Shockingly, have posed substantial problems in Agreement to be passed by the Erika Compton Harris Wl)fford trounced Dick the past. If we look at Senate. Any student of Features Editor Tom Wilusz Thornburgh by over ten Pennsylvania and New Jersey international politics would tell Arts and Entertainment Editor Sara Jacobson percentage points in the fmal vote HMO's as examples we can see you that in the coming age of Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor Dana Kushwara tally. While the message should some of the problems with partial economic competition, trading Sports Editor Laura Zobel be clear to George Bush that he health care. Second-rate doctors, blocs will be essential. By Assistant Sports Editor Harley David Rubin has angered the middle class, second-rate treatment, and long negotiating the trading agreements Opinions Editor Steven Grubb Harris Wofford's re-election lines to wait in have been the with Canada and Mexico, the Assistant Opinions Editor Ellen Sylvester chances seem more in danger than charges leveled at some of these United States only strengthens its Science Editors Eric Bleickardt the President's. plans. With the problems partial competitiveness with the emerging Naimish Pandya Mr. Wofford ran a campaign health care has been having, it European bloc by becoming Photography Editors Peter Senescu appealing primarily to middle-class appears national health care is an stronger as a coalition of North Kristen Schwarz Pennsylvanians. He set three lofty all or nothing proposition. American economic partners. To Climpus Circulation Manager John Petko goals for his abbreviated senatorial Lawmakers must either regulate say the Mexican free trade Computer Consultant Erik Moore term: national health care the entire Held of medicine, agreement will cost Pennsylvania Typists Gar Donecker insurance, a middle-class tax break, affecting health care costs, doctors' jobs may play in Pittsburgh, but Dheeraj Taranath and the defeat of the Mexican salaries, ami pharmaceutical practically it is not good policy. Proofreader Tom Epler American trade agreement. As company's proHts, or stick with the Furthermore, the trade agreement Faculty Adviser Mrs. Jane Agostinelli Dick Thornburgh found out, these private health insurance policy will probably be approved. issues, if made knowledge to the currently in use. Couple this with If Mr. Wofford can be Staff Members: Nick Baccino, John Brobyn, Jeff Brown, Patti Bunt, public, will garner votes. But a President who wJl probably veto instrumental in carrying out his Pepe Byrmon, Steve Choi, Tom Epler, Claire Ertle, Amy Flemming, when Harris Wofforu's term ends any national health care proposal campaign promises, something all Bob Gonnella, Dan Greene, Rebecca Heyl, Katie Jones, Laura and he seeks re-election, what will and Mr. Wofford will probably not Pennsylvanians should hope he Lecrone, Sharon Long, Lisa Louka, Blu Matsell, Melisa Miller, Casey he have to show his constituents? have much to show his does, he will have earned the Neal, Christ in Outwin, Annette Rawls, Satsuki Scoville, Dennis Short, It has been said if you have the constituents in the next election. reputation of a successful senator Alexis Smith, Siouxsie, Dheeraj Taranath, Kris Wagner, Dawn Warner, right to an attorney in this country, The tax break for the middle- and will have gained the Dave Weiss, Kristin White, Mark W]heims, Elaine Zelley. you should have the right to a class also had wide appeal to admiration of millions. But doctor. It is an admirable goal. voters. But with a deHcit practically speaking, Mr. Wofford Any omission in the staff box is an ulli,!tentional Editors error. Our The fact that millions of numbering in the hundreds of has a difHcult task in implementing sincere apologies. Americans cannot afford health billions of dollars, the practicality his policy. The next election may care should be on the conscience of a: tax-cut comes into question. be a tough road for Harris The Grizzly was founded in 1978, replacing the previous campus of every lawmaker in Washington. A choice must be made. Is it Wofford if he has nothing to show newspaper, The Ursinus Weekly. The Grizzly is published and edited And after Mr. Wofford's election, better for the United States to cut hiss constituents. The trouble with entirely by stude.'lts, and the views expressed in the paper are not Congress began to closely consider taxes and incur an even larger Mr. Wofford is that his ideas make necessarily those held by the administ"ation, faculty, or a consensus of taking care of the 30 to 40 million deHcit? Or is it better for the for good campaign speeches but the student body. without health care. citizens to have more money in will they translate into productive The measures considered, their pockets? At this time, the policy? To further the intellectual atmosphere and bring about positive change however, seem to be half-answers deHcit would seem to be a much on the Ursinus campus, the expression of opinion is vital. The opinions section of The Grizzly is an Or!t' fotum for the necessary expression of opinion from all facets of the college community. Opinions on campus, local, national and international issues are The Black Hole of Greek Life encouraged to attract discussion and guarantee a wide range of responses. BY A. JUDD WOYfEK the togetherness of the group and goal of "brotherhood" could not be It is preferred that opinion pieces be 200 to 400 words, typed and double Associate Editor that most of the activities are accomplished through different spaced. Alticles received by Thursday can be printed in the next actually fun to do. He looked back means, such as a retreat or Tuesday's issue of The Grizzly. Submissions can be delivered to the A few weeks ago, I was in one to his pledging days and realized through a "trust" workshop run by student publications room on the 3rd floor of Bomberger. of my moods of playing devil's that he would love to go through it a professional. He told me that he advocate with my friends. I do this ar -un if he had the chance. He does believe these things could SEG & ERS every so often to evoke opinions wid that it may not have all been work, but that many of the and reactions from people (since fun at the time, but overall it was fraternities and sororities have EDITORIAL most people on this campus can't a great experience. long traditions centering around seem to give opinions on their We went on to discuss whether pledging. He said that they follow Earvin "Magic" Johnson's shocking revelation that he had tested own). On this particular day, I was fraternities and sororities follow the rule of, "I had to do it when I HIV positive is truly a tragedy. For a man that positively affected interested in one subject: greek life the guidelines set up by the school pledged, so now you have to do billions with his athletic prowess and decent conduct on and off the at Ursinus. This issue has been for pledging and how closely it." Being the anti-pledging voice court, his contraction of the fatal AIDS virus will affect people in an fueled even more by the recent pledging activities adhere to the that I am, I still argued that rolling entirely different way. As should be expected from this class Campus Life Committee meeting, Pennsylvania Anti-Hazing laws. He in the mud, putting vaseline in my individual, he will use his unfortunate circumstance to help others. which unfortunately I could not told me that most greek hair, and dousing myself with With the same vigor with which he dunked basketballs and assisted attend, but never fear, our astute organizations follow the rules molasses would not make me feel his teammates, he will put out the message that NONE of us are Features editor has voiced his while on the campus, but when any closer to anyone who was invincible. One regretful sexual or drug-related experience is all it opinion on that meeting for you they go off campus for pledging going through it with me. It would takes. elsewhere in the Opinions section. activities, the rules change. I asked only make me realize that I am as Whether Magic was a homosexual, cheated on his wife or used an I began my quest for him if he wasn't afraid that stupid as they are. unclean needle does not matter now. What does' matter is that we all information into greek life by something could happen to one of We then moved to the subject realize, especially while we are young and vibrant, it only takes one engaging in a half hour debate the pledges during some of their of sleep deprivation. The Student slip-up and our lives can come to an abrupt end. Magic Johnson is with a senior fraternity member pledging activities. He said that his Life Office keeps close tabs on only one of millions to contract the AIDS virus. But what sets him (who I shall leave anonymous). We fraternity is extremely "safety pledges who fall asleep in class or apart from the others s til t as a heroic public figure, he shows us discussed the concepts of pledging conscious" and would never make miss classes due to the lack of that EVERYONE is subje., to this dreaded disease. If a vibrant as many of the sorority pledges a pledge do anything that would sleep. My greek friend told me personality with exceptional athletic talents can contract AIDS, so can walked in through the doors of endanger that person's life or that the reasoning behind keeping the intelligent college student. Remember that! Wismer in their fmal week of cause them any serious harm. See Black Hole page 10 "bonding." This wise old friend of I, of course, asked why the same SEG mine tOI.d ~e. Jh~t pled~ng builds ~~=~=m=~=r=u=,=~=91~~~~~~=~pinions/~etters~~~~~Th~e=G~=·~~~=p~~~e=9~ Adopt a Face Off: Pros and Cons of GALA ' Flower Bed
Dear Editor, Friends: lives, rclativel~' free from social reveal who they are. All the To The Grizzly: stigma. anonymity ~ want is not to have A group of anonymous There seem to be a number of their phone numbers published to With all of the plantings that misconceptions abroad on campus homosexuals (GAlA) recently The Oct. 22 Grizzly article raises all and sundry. It's difficult for me have been done over the past about the newly formed Gay and to see how anyone can deny that several months, the campus is circulated a letter soliciting faculty the issue of whether there is a Lesbian Alliance, and your members to serve as contacts for "need for GAlA on this campus." in the case of this particular undoubtedly more beautiful today October 22 article did little to students who wish to get in touch The other group having its organization there is a unique than ever before. Unfortunately, correct them. with the group. 1. would consider it constitution reviewed at the Oct. potential for harassment. Much when flowers, shrubs, and trees are planted, weeds always follow extremely cruel to a student with 16th SAC meeting was the intolerance is demonstrated even I'm proud to be the faculty closely. Recently one staff homosexual inclinations to put him Skydiving Club. Is there a need on in quotes in the article: "I am in contact with a group that is advisor to this group. Those who against homosexuality"; "It offl!nds member, while admiring the flower campus for a Skydiving Club? I'd going to tell him or her: (1) that know me know my interest in me. ..! do not approve of l~e public beds between Olin and cultural diversity, in celebrating venture to guess that there are he or she was born that way and organization such as GALA." Bomberger, wa.5 inspired to should accept it as their 'tot in life; rather than merely tolerating the more gay people on campus than suggest an idea whose time, in my (2) that the disgust and revulsion differences among us, and in trying potential skydivers. A member of opinion, has come. which normal, healthy people have to create a society in which each the Ursinus Hillel pointed out to The authOr of your article finds individual can freely seek to me that the same question could problematic "how the club was Why doesn't Ursinus follow the for homosexual acts is a mental lead of the Pennsylvania illness called "homophobia;" (3) achieve her or his own individual be raised about the Hillel, which going to be an active part of the potential. Society as a whole has serves a very small portion of the Ursinus community, but remain Department of Transportation and that gay culture is wonderful and implement an "adopt a flower bed" exciting (I wonder which part they come a long way toward reaching community. However, in each of anonymous." Part of the answer is a state in which gender, racial and these organizations, the group of that no-one is talking about program modeled after the "adopt mean - living with one disease a highway" program that has ethnic discrimination are people directly involved certainly complete anonymity for all after another and dying young? - become increasingly popular in this unacceptable. Prejudice and sees the "need" for theijl, and it members. The club will be an having someone's fist up your state? Individuals, departments, discriInination on the basis of seems to me that whether they active part of the community by rectum? - masturbation through a clubs, societies, classes, Greek sexuai preference, however, are serve directly the needs of other sponsoring speakers, workshops hole in the wall with thousands of ' organizations, etc. could be invited still largely tolerated. Though students is entirely beside the and other awareness events. They anonymous partners? - urinating in to participate in such a program. your partner's mouth and then pe~fect statistics are unavailable, point. also plan to make trips to off the best available ones indicate campus events, on which other Small signs identifying the nanle(s) letting him take his turn? - of the individual(s) or organization that as many as one in 10-15 The other issue that seems to students will be welcome to come C)Cc:hanging feces to eat? All these responsible for a given area could individuals is gay. In previous cause some people concern is along. are regular features of gay be posted in a tasteful fashion. culture). generations, most of these people confidentiality. The article reports I have a counter-offer to found it necessary to conceal their that "GALA. members want to be Certainly the Maintenance students who may have sexual preferences; many still do. anonymous." This is not exactly the SAC, it is reported, is "debating Department for reasons of person homosexual leanings: I will be case. After all, the members of the as to whether the campus will power cannot afford to assign such happy to put you in contact with a Some of my personal interest in executive committee who attended benefit from the organization." work to its staff. FurthermoIe, group (run by ex-homosexuals) this issue began because of my the SAC meeting were making no (Does every organization have to keeping the campus clean and that can help you avoid that short uncle, who was gay. In his attempt to maintain anonymity. argue that it will provide benefits attractive is the responsibility of and miserable lifestyle. My offer, generation, outside of "Bc.hemian" What is true is that GALA has to the entire campus?) I would the entire college community. If of course, is based on the circles, there was no question of established a mechanism whereby make the assumption that gay you want to be a part of this most conviction that homosexuality is an tolerance for this preference. He gay students who prefer to remain students represent a portion of the worthwhile effort to keep our unhealthy perversion. If GALA found it hard to accept his own "in the closet" can become community at least as substantial campus lovely, please stop by my and its promoters want to deny sexuality as normal, and wa~ in involved with the organization. For as other special interests office (Pfahler 307) at your earliest that there is such a thing as sexual constant inner conflict. He neither GALA to accomplish its represc:;nted in other student convenience. organizations. These students will perversion, then they should be married nor had a long-term gay objectives, this is absolutely I hope you will give this benefit directly. Beyond this, I sure to also open up their group to relationship; he was a very lonely necessary. People who need peer proposal serious consideration. It believe that students will those who are interested in sex man. TI,e existence of a support counseling about their sexuality ru! will work! benefit from any organization that with children, sex with the dead, structure of the kind GALA must be able to contact a make efforts toward increasing and sex with sheep and dogs. proposes to provide could have supportive peer group without Ronald Hess appreciation of diversity. made all the difference in my being required to make their Professor of Chemistry Sincerely, uncle's life. I intend to do anything idcntitie~ known to everyone. At Sincerely, John Ronning I can to change the social climate present, the organization officers Gina Oboler Physics Dept. 50 that others can lead happier are all out and perfectly willing to ATTENTION!
Campus Memo Six Ursinus students are currently Joyce Henry not only directed studying at Tohoku Gakuin BY RICHARD P. mCHTER from Russia nineleen years ago, I urge every last student on an intense performance but also University in Sendai, Japan. They President 01 the College organized the exhibition. He spoke campus to take the time to see rendered a memorable Rebecca have notified the school that they PERSONAL INTEGRITY: Last movingly at the opening reception Keepers of the Flame and to read Nurse onstage. miss Ursinus, and would greatl) week the fme and performing arts on November 8 about his personal the exhibition catalog. The audience saw students and apprec~ate hearing from some of on campus afforded us two sense of obligation to the artist Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 faculty in a common artistic effort. their friends from home. If you memorable insights into the friends who remaineJ behind the seems remote from our twentieth We appreciated the reappearance know any of these students, please meaning of personal integrity. Iron Curtain after he came to the century notions about the "female" of our colleagues, Dr. Schroeder, take the time to drop them a line. The Derman Museum of Art US. By organizing the show, he of personal integrity. But in The Dr. DeCatur, Dr. Fago, Mr. Letters should be addressed as opened Keepers of the Flame. has allowed Americans to see the Crucible, it gave playwright Arthur Strunk, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Apple, follows: And proTheatre of Ursinus artistic resal~s of personal integrity Miller an appropriate selting in along ~th Dr. Henry. Joyce College, with a cast of students in the USSR before glasnost. which to address the threat of Henry's often-proven skill in Student Name and faculty, presented Arthur The paintings are full of color, official thought control in the US casting veteran actors side by side Room" (see below) Izumi House Miller's The CruCIble. variety, and energy. Walking during the anti-communist hysteria with student actors again had its 25-16 Eiwa-Dai, Izumi-Ku Both in different ways and in around B.;rman from canvas to of the 1950s. effect. Sendai 981-31 different artistic forms celebrated canvas, one cannot escape the Playgoers waiting in line for a Personal integrity often seems Japan the integrity of the individual in sense of change sweeping the ticket in the Ritter Center lobby like small flame in the face of Room" the face of official thought control. world. When the show was got a ftrst-hand reminder of the large political forces. And yet it Shannon Cleary 203 ~ers presents 70 paintings by conceived, the authorities in the parallel between colonial and post survives and prevails-as our two Patricia Gilbert 202 artists in Leningrad who kept their USSR still considered the artists World War II America. We saw shows on campus have told us so Nikki Plante 205 integrity as artists by painting outcasts. Since the fall of the on a tv screen in black and white well. They both lead us to believe Michele Winter 201 underground during the repressive Soviet system, they are free in the "witch hunt" hearings that, in the end, personal integrity Richard Tare 102 years of Soviet rule. their own country to express conducted in Washington by is. political integrity. Michael Vanim 101 Mark Migdal, who emigrated themsolves as they wish. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Page 10 The Grizzly 0 . . November U, 1991 ======plnlons======~======~ IFC and "The Illusion of Good Faith" :lcademic nightmare could cause liberal arts institution? If the and challenged Dean Kane to Dean Kane's plans-but even so, such debate, such fcar in every intangibles don't count for :iny pJa!1s made by the chair of the DV TOM WILUSZ come out and say what his plans faculty lIIember on campus? A anything here, then why waste our 'Features Editor really were for 1992 pledging-and CLC and shflrcd with even one GPA drop of 1.0, a full lelter time with an art museum, or Pro I will confess that Hector was very member constitutes a discussion, a On Tuesday the 5th, I joined my grade? A half-letter grade? How Theatre, or the forums? cynical in this statement, but he discussion that was hidden from IFC representative, the treasurer, about a sixth of a letter gradl!, a But I am not writing 10 defend was also eloquent and his cynicism us, even when we specifically asked and the president of my fraternity .167? NO. Dean Kane called the pledging. Why defend pledging proved well-founded-the Dean about it. Did Dean Kane apologize and attended a special meeting of fraternity system "a threat to the when it is so obvious that Dean said point-blank that he had no for lying to his student body? Did the Inter-Fraternity Council. The academic mission of Ursinus" Kane and the Committee have plans yet for 1992, that the the Committee members admit topic was pledging, 1992. We were because in 1991 the average male made up th,~ir minds on the topic? Committee had not even discussed their error? I will admit that I am there, according to Dean Kane, to freshman pledge's GPA {fvr one After the IFC spent a full ten the issue. He was fully supported surprised and disappointed that discuss "the problem" of pledging semester only, mind you, ;~0~ minutes bringing to light statistical by the Committee in this; Dr. they did not. The moral is simple and to offer solutions as tv how to overall) dropped .14. That is a discrepancies in the Dean's Eaton went so far as to jestingly there is no debating with improve it. I will confess that I drop, for example, from a C to a argument (every one of which the call Hector "paranoid" for thinking administration. expected a one-sided debate, with C. More importantly, every single Dean admitted to be completely that plans were made behind our That Dean Kane could conduct administration holding all the fraternity impro';cd its academic valid), Dr. Lobue claimed that we backs. Of course, we were assured, a meeting in this manner should cards. What I didn't expect was record between 1989 and 1991; six had yet to "contest the numbers." any decisions about '92 would be be an insult to every student on this mockery of a debate and out of the eight improved between When we pointed out that the Sig made with our knowledge; of campus, but the problem he has blatant insult to all who attended. 1990 and '91. The 1991 Fn' ~ ernity Rho pledges had ill fact improved course, our suggestions mattered; created is purely Greek. The (To be iair, there were members Pledging Rules (paragraph 4) state their GPA's, he replied, "No, they of course, the IFC meetings were administration has made it quite of the Committee present who that 'The effects of pledging upon didn't. The(e were no conducted in good faith and not as clear that fraternities and sororities were there in good faith, and I'd academic work during 1990 has improvements." If they weren't "token" forums. Again, it was are the sole objects of their hate to lump them in with the'rest. been evaluated for each fraternity. prepared to accept their own stressed that the Committee had attentions. There had been no In particular, Todd McKinney and Improvement is required during statistical evidence, what would not even discussed pledging. movement in administration to Rob Kester stayed on the 1991." If every fraternity has they listen to? When it was Not sixty seconds later, Dr. study the effects of other sidelines, carefully noting wh~t was improved, and G P A drops are so pointed out that faculty Goetz turned to Dean Kane and extracurricular activities on grades. said on both sides; and Anjie infmitesimal, why the renewed call evaluations of pledges had no said, "Have you mentioned your And when this was brought up in Mason and Bonnie Gilmour to arms by Dean Kane and the correlation with . their actual idea for moving pledging to start meeting, the Dean sidestepped the maintained (appreciated) CLC? academic performance, artd before winter break?" issue by claiming that the faculty medi:;torial roles. This letter: then, The answer they gave is that "It showed a d.;:fmite anti-Greek bias And so the already tenuous of this school don't care about is about the rest.) is expected that attendance, on the part of Ursinus faculty, the illusion of a meaningful IFC, of those activities, only about The Dean's "problem" with preparation, class participation, Commiuee agreed-then went on discussion in "good faith," of an pledging. Poor Dean Kane, slave . pledging was one of grades; and grades will no~ suffer during to state that these same honest administration was to the whims of some impersOnal namely, the documented dip in pledging" (1991 F.P. lZules) Let us evaluations were an important pan shattered. Dean Kane flashed by and unblamable group known 811 . GPA experienced by pledges in for the time being ignore the of the decisions-making process Dr. Goetz a "Shhh" look, then "the faculty." It is unfortunate that their pledging semester. A wealth effec:ts of other extracurricular regardless. reiterated his claim: the his unwillingness to meet with us of data was supplied to us, and activities on academics and But what infuriated me most Committee had not even discussed in good faith dooms any hopes of yes, it indicated a general drop in concentrate on this statement. Are about the meeting were the the issue. Apparently,. I suppose~ unity between Ursinus and ·. its. a pleage's grades. A dreadful drop. grades all that matter here? Is this bart!face'd lies that we were told. Dr. Goetz must have received Greeks. A marked drop. What sort of a correspondence course or :; When Hector Rodriguez came out some te4!pathic JTlessage ab.::.;:t
agreed to allow both sexes to swimmer to hear his wise opinions opinionated conversation here at opinions. I want to know what pledge us. We also agreed that Ursinus. So just think about what Black Hole on the subject. He was vehemently Ursinus students rC:l!ly think. Wh~' there would be no formal I have rambled on about in the opposed to the idea of forming a did you pledge? What did you get pledging, but only the requirement preceding paragraphs. Why does Continued from p. 8 "swimmer frat" for a number of out of it? Or, why didn't you of having swam on the team for at everything revolve around the reasons. He told me that he chose pledge? Why not? We seriously the pledges up late at night is to least a year. We would do service Greek system here? Have we let not to pledge a frat because he felt need a change in the social make them more subservient to projects in the community ourselves fall into a rut that we that it wasn't for him. If he had atmosphere at Ursinus. How can the pledgemaster or including the annual swimming cannot escape from? Is it good or wanted to pledge, he would have. we accomplish this? pledgemistress. He said that Special Olympics which the team is it bad? There are many He did not understand why we Take the time to wrire a pledges would not be as willing to helped run last year. Dean Kane arguments on both sides of the would have to form (! frat of our response. It won't kill you to voice do all the things they do if they would love us! own to fit in with the campus. issue. I'd like to hear your your opini'Jns. were totally coherent and wide As I was discussing this proposal "Why does everythil1g have to awake. I asked him what he with my teammates, one of my center around frats?" he asked. He thought about the harm that this residents passed by my door and said that by forming a swimmer does to the pledges physically and stopped when he heard what we frat, we would be falling in with mentally ill the classroom. He said were discussing. He tried not to be the rest of Ursinus students who he did not see any real harm being too obvious as he listened in, but think l!1at the only way they can done. I knew I had captured his interest. have a social life is through a frat. I had exhausted my friend's He, of course, is in a fraternity and I argued with him saying that if opinions and I had to get to class, probably thought we were crazy to we were a frat, we could have SPECIALS FOR THE WEEK: lJut I picked up the subject later be thinking of starting a new one. dinner dances, dated parties, chal evening. I thought it quaint It would certainly offend all the Reimert parties, and we could Wed., Nov. 13-- that Katie Jones listed the swim frats that currently exist. wear letters! He was appalled. He Turkey Club $2.00 team along with the frats and I thought back to the days of told me to think about why I Tburs_, Nov_ 14- sororities in her article titled Alpha Chi Epsilon. They had a didn't pledge. He gave me many Zackburgcr $1-45 Fri., Nov. 15-- "Dining Turf' in the October 22 similar dream of a frat that good reasons which I said all Hot Ham &: Cheese $1.75 issue. I took advantage of her admitted both males and females played a part in my own decision. Moo.., Nov. 18-- comments and presented the idea and did not have any formal He also told me that we could do Italian Hoagie $2-SO to my fellow teammates that we pledging, Unfortunately, they have all of those things if we wanteu to Tuc-, Nov. 19-- should form a fraternity. Two of dwindled down to only a few without Greek letters on our chest. Steak Sandwich my associates were very members who are not concerned Who could stop us from throwing w/sm.~ $135 enthusiastic about the idea. We with keeping the fraternity on the a dinner dance? We hung up had a hard time deciding whether top of the charts. I have talked agreeing that forming a swimmer to call ourselves Mu Epsilon Rho with one of ' the remaining fraternity would be a stupid, or Mu Epsilon Lambda (the members and he has told me that useless idea. second choice would look more AXE will be non-existent within a So what is the point of this like MER when turned to Greek year or two. article? I am not really sure letters). But back to the matter at hand. myself. I guess it is to brinr. .. ., We discussed . the possible called up another fellow some topics for debate, We all charter for our fraternity and know that we could use some The Grizzly Page 11 November 12, 1991 S ******************** ports ~ Harley's Haven *****************Nick's NFL Notes
BY HARLEY DAVID RUBIN Pat ricks-Ewing and Riley; my at least three or four more games. BY NICK BACCINO with culminated with a 16-yard Assistant Spons Editor Sixers have two All-Stars in Many people come up to me Of The Grizzly scoring catch by Keith Jackson. Barkley and Hawkins; the Magic (believe it or not!) and try to Philadelphia got the ball back and I Hey, sports fans, L.well, you and the Heat are u{rand-coming answer the C.H.O.C.R./Cheers The Philadelphia Eagles, behind on the first play, McMahon hit know. Before I get into the really young expansion teams; and the Question. Well, I negotiated with an impressive perfonnance by Fred Barnett on a 70-yard bomb fun stuff, I feel it incumbent upon Bullets and the Nets could be the my editor-in-chief/RA./mentor quarterback Jim McMahon, staged for a touchdown. After an Eagles' me that I discuss the situation with dark-horses in the race. I still and he has allowed me a small an incredible comeback and field goal, Kosar capped the frrst Magic Johnson. As most people think the Sixers have enough part of the Grizzly budget in order defeated the Cleveland Browns 32- half scoring with a 25-yard know by now, Magic announced in depth to go far, but they need a to entice my readers into 30 in NFL action Sunday. touchdown toss to Reggie a press conference last week that healthy Charles Shackelford and answering the Question in the The Eagles fell behind early and Langhorne. Cleveland led at he tested positive for the HIV Manute Bol in order to win. written fonn. So, if you know the at one point trailed 23-0. The halftime 30-17. virus, which is a precursor to the How about those Flyers? Even answer to the new Question, write Browns took the opening The Eagles had drives of 60, 89, full-blown AIDS disease. This if they are the worst power-play down the correct answer and give possession 37 yards tv the Eagles' and 79 yards at the beginning of does not mean he is going to die team in history, they're just under it to either me or drop it off 33 yard-line, with all but four yards the second half, all of which instantly, or that people should .sOO. In some years, that's good outside the Publications Room on coming on four Philadelphia resulted in Roger Ruzek field avoid him. Although he is unable enough to earn a playoff berth. top of Bomberger. A CASH penalties. Kicker Matt Stover then goals. With the Eagles trailing 30- to continue playing professional They still need to step up the PRIZE will be awarded to the converted a 50-yard field goal to 26, the game changed on one play. basketball ( one-on-one is still offense a bit, since the defense is person whose answer we pick out put Cleveland on the scoreboard. The Eagles punted the ball to possible) due to the strenuous fme and the goaltending has been of the hat. Anyway, here's last On the Eagles' third play of the Cleveland returned Webster physicality of the game, Magic can excellent (Ron Hextall is, dare I week's answer: Sam enjoyed the game, McMahon threw an Slaughter. He fielded the ball at still live a happy and fulfilling life. say, healthy?). The Patrick Boston Pops because when he interception to Eric Turner, who his own two-yard line. Running" I applaud his honesty and his Division is a tough one, and it will went with Diane the 1812 returned it 42 yards for a laterally, he was hit by the Eagles' courage in announcing this to the be difficult for the Flyers to make Overture was being played and he touchdown. The Browns got the Robert Drummond and fumbled world, and hope that something so any kind of move upwards in the liked the cannons. And heeeeere's ball back and made it 16-0 when the ball. The Eagles recovered and homble can turn into something standings unless the rumors of this week's C.H.O.C.R./Cheers Bernie Kosar connected with three plays later scored when Cash Prize Question of the Week: fullback Leroy Hoard on a 65-yard good. I know that Magic will Paul Coffey coming from Calvin Williams caught a 6-yard Remember the "friend" of Coach's touchdown pass. The extra point devote his time not only in helping Pittsburgh are true. pass from McMahon. The extra who was swindling him out of his was no good. Cleveland then others with the condition, but to THE EAGLES WIN! When point was blocked, but the savings by playing cards with him? extended its lead to 23-0 when educate our society on the subjects was the last time you saw that?· It Philadelphia defense held and the What did they call this "friend" in Kosar threw an 1S-yard fade pass of AIDS and safe sex. After only took four straight losses to Eagles held on for their biggest Philadelphia and what was the to Webster Slaughter for a score watohing him on "The Arsenio wake up the Birds from their comebacklsirule 1959. reason? If you know this, write it early in the second quarter. Hall Show" a few nights back, it slumber and kick the living crap For tpe Eagles, Barnett and down, and give in the correct The Eagles began their heroics scems that Magic is ready to dish out of the Giants. Oh, how the rookie James Joseph had personal answer, you will not unly earn a with an eight-play, BO-yard drive off the biggest assist of his life. mighty have fallen. Just last year, career.J !Jesh
BY CLAIRE ANN ERFLE Arroliga and Center Back Stacey Of The Grizzly Zeller did very well and allowed us to get confidence," Gros said. The girls played the fmal game Coach also noted, 'Toni [Wenger) of their hockey season at home was the one they feared the most. last Tuesday. They faced West She's dangerous on the field-as in Chester University on a bitter intimidating. " cold, but surmy afternoon. The Emotions rang high in this, the Lady Bears fought hard through senior's last hockey game at two halves and an overtime in a Ursinus. Gros said at practice the very exciting and competitive day before the team agreed to go game, yet the fmal score remained out and give it their all. At the end 0-0. of the game against West Chester Coach Vonnie Gros she conftrmed, "And we did." complemented the girls on having "I can't put into words my a "very, very strong team effort." feelings for the seniors," said In the first half West Chester Coach Gros, 'They've been here seemed to have taken control. the three years I have--it's like we Coach Gros added, "A few of went through Ursinus together! times we lost our composure and The most important thing is they rushed a couple opportunities had fun doing it. And today, the where we might have had the enthusiasm was contagious." goaL" At the half the Lady Bears The hockey team finished their prepared themselves, perhaps Senior Jenn Harpel moves the ball up field 1991 season with a record of 8-7-3. mentally, and made it their game Congratulations, girls on a great throughout the second half and in a 0-0 tie against West Chester University. season: into overtime. "Goalie Hope
Lady Angelos to Coach 'Mers Submerge Swimmers BY JEFF BROWN Mike Baganski, Willy Simpson, at Local High School Of The Grizzly and Jeff Brown put in fme races in Defeat the 50 free, while Fred Brown and BY DAVE CALDWELL Stoflc:o won 580 games at A cold, cloudy Saturday greeted Judd Woytek both took 2nd place Dickinson From the Philadelphia Inquirer Plymouth-Whitemarsh and nearly the men's swimming team as they in the 200 1M and 200 Fly. 700 games in his 38-year coaching AI Angelos said yesterday that boarded the Hagey Tours bus for Steve Grubb easily took 1st BY LAURA LECRONE career. And Angelos, a star guard Plymouth-Whitemarsh hired him their season opener against place in the 500 free, while Jeff Of The Grizzly who played for Stoflc:o, was Dickinson College. The meet Andrews won a difficult battle for to continue a winning basketball certainly influenced by him. started well when the 400 medley 2nd place. "Iron" Mike Baganski This Saturday the Ursinus tradition, not to fill Hank Stofko's Angelos does not plan to make relay team of Toby Blanck, Mike swam against tough competition Women's Swimming Team was shoes. a lot of changes in the program. "I don't expect to fill them, and Baganski, Judd Woytek, and Fred for a 2nd place in the 200 breast, away taking on Dickinson. The But Angelos also said that he I hope people don't expect me to Brown took flIst place with a time followed by another 2nd place, this win was especially sweet because would not try to be a Hank Stofko of 3:52. After this, however, flIst time for the relay team of Foust, of the competitive races turned in fill them," Angelos said. clone. place finishes would prove to be Andrews, Simpson, and Grubb. by both teams. Ursinus flIsts Angelos, 33, was named "His theories are my theories: yesterday to succeed the legendary few and far between. Despite strong performances by include: the 400 yd. medley relay, Angelos said, "with my own The 1000 free saw Steve Grubb, all the Ursinus swimmers, the featuring: Ellen Disney, Lisa Stoflc:o, who resigned last month philosophies and belieft Jeff Andrews and Bob Gormella larger Dickinson team prevailed, (Okie) Wessner, Bridget Cauley, after 32 years as the Colonial's basketball coach. Angelos is a 1976 intertwined in there." take 1st, 3rd, and 6th places, 74-110. The mens next meet will and Senta Bamberger; the 50 yd. Plymouth-Whitemarsh alurrmus Angelos compiled an 84-73 followed by strong showings in the be against Washington College on freestyle: Jerm Derstine; the 200 who was to be an assistant coach record during his tenure 200 free by Chris Faust and Toby Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 individual medley: Bridget Cauley; at at Philadelphia Textile this season Ursinus, but resigned after Blanck. P.M. in Helfferich Hall. The 100 freestyle: Jenn Derstine; tlHl Golden Bears fmished 11-14 the 200 back stroke: Ellen Disney; after serving as head coach at during the 1990-1991 season. Ho the 200 butterfly: Lisa Wessner; Ursinus College for six years. then took a job as an assistant the 1000 yd. freestyle: Denise Angelos, an assistant to the vice at president at Prudential Securities Textile under his college coa Schildt also turned in the team's Herb Magee. SPORTS five second places. These flIst and in Bryn Mawr, was selected over five other coaches who were Even he was taking a step second places were accompanied interviewed, athletic director from the college ranks, by four third places and three Charles Forster said. Because said he was interested in hours of cheering and support. because it was at his alma The Bears hit the water on Wed. Stoflc:o resigned only five weeks BEAT before the [lIst day of basketball and with a program that was 13 Nov. at home against practice, Forster accepted only of the most tradition-bound Washington College. The meet District 1. begins at 6:30 P.M. come out and nine applications for the position. 'The opportunity to support the team! "Had the position opened earlier Wednesday, November 13 than it did, the interest level would Hank Stoflc:o, who was Swimming v. Washington College have been overwhelming," Forster and the person who said. greatest impact on my life~otMlJ Home 6:30 p.m. Among the serious contenders than my father and gralJUllratl~1 for the position were Stoflc:o's was important to me," assistant, George Wadlin, and his said. "It's a program Saturday, November 16 junior-varsity coach, Jeff Bill. winning tradition, and it's Cross Country at NCAA Regional Angelos intends to keep both on homecoming for me. It's also his staff. tremendous feeling to be Championships 11:00 a.m. Of Angelos, Forster said, "We 'There are some Football at Dickinson 1:30 p.m. feel that he's the best qualified to jobs where the level is continue the P-W tradition of same as some colleges, and I winning with class." P-W is one of those programs.