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See our Focus on relatio nships on page 6. Non-Profit U.S. Postage Paid Waterville, ME 04901 j 1 Permit #39 I WMHB warned about on-air use of "inappropriate' music and language ihe female anatomy.Both t>J.s Were then By A**ufareft Sarasker h&vr<iwing profanity on the air. "NEWSEPITOR -"My impression was that we waee not going to take them off the nit/' said Johnston. H!e advised Cutter to warn the Harding and Two WMHB t>J.s, Afay D.J,* to use more appropriate language "Sffctffc were warned W»i t« W Campus Travel arranges partyplans. photo by Ari Druker S^tnnnd/ and to ehoosedliferent musk, *Musie that explicit a*wl inappropriate mw$i« or is i«appiop«ate could ptit the 3%CC Administration clamps down language o» Hie ait afte? Security officer license in jeopardy/'said Johnston. Ron Cutter cameacross tfceit show at* his The otlicev then went down to the <2tf rad|<K studio and advised the D.J.s that their on Suitcase Party travel plans ^Thf officer was driviag around: and material was inappropriate. Mine notv time. happened to come across WMHB <m the statioivaffiliatedp eople Wercfound in the By Andrea Erasker tadfoand wastathet Siirpriaed at what he NEWS EDITOR "We were really surprised when we got WMHB lounge an4 were asked fcy Cutter the notice because we thought it was saying hea?d/'7S&i<$John "|?rechette,a<"tirigdirect©? to leave, that it was our fault," said JenniferKadnar, ©/ Safely and Security, -"St has since been sefetted to Jay Conflict over the recent Suitcase Party's manager of Campus Travel. "We certainly ^Basically whatI did was take notes on Hermsea fgeneyal managerpf ihe §3at|onl grand prize trip to Florida aroseas scheduling don't pick the dates [for the trip]." what [the IXJ,sIsai d and &til the Dean on. and the executive boardssaid Frechette, p for the trip brought students back late the "It's unfortunate that this happened duty/ aid Cutter," I d*dVt f hUk it wa$ The Deans' office is waiting to see how Monday after the party,causing them to miss because I think students are aware when they appropriateto put that on the air," ihe station handles it." .. a full day of classes. go to the party that if they win the trip they'll The of ficercattedDear* o£ HousfagPauI "+W"eVeTnct as a board tWlc^ about'lt/* "We are an educational institution first miss Monday classes," said-Jon Yormak '93, Johnston So ask howhe should handle the 3aidJa9dnColdberger ^publicTelation& Seitzinger, '93 and foremost," said Janice dean of Student Association social chair and organizer incident "He heard what he thoughtwas ctor decided as aboard "We don t want to compete with dire iorWMHBL"We students. ' of the party. inappropriate music on theair and wanted actions. College social funds drawing people away to give thema warning about their "There was a two part concern," said ta know if tfocre was * policy that the The station s hoard has been unable to " Future planning should ' from academics. Director of Student Activities Tullio Nieman, statiottc^ajdbeshutdow/sddjohnston, arrange a meeting with the two but take intoconsiderationstudentschedulesand t>*3^ who wrote the letter to Campus Travel at the *lt was both the material they were JMssentthera the waroings."Prabably7'arjy insure that the trip not interfere with class request of Seitzinger. "One of the students play fag and the things that the DJ*s were time, she said. further infraction would result in who went on the trip's mom was not aware sayin^^ald^T^chette.Theson^theofficer suspension or expulsion/*1 said A letter to Campus Travel asked that for that the student had gone. Another concern heard made vulgar references to parts of future suitcase parties, reservations not be GoldbergerJP made that would conflict with students' class Suitcase continued on page 15 Stu-A proposes extra fee for clubs9 social life the college for the past few years for The College's argument is that any separate would target social life, but the clubs are all By David Holtzman outstanding debts. fee on the College's bill is liable to give other vital as well." STAFF WRITER "The amount of money the College is groups the impression that they, too, can One alternative plan preferred by Cotter giving us is going down, while thenumber of have an unchanging amount of money from was consolidating more organizations and clubs is going up," said Jorgensen. Stu-A now year to year. combiningstudententrepreneurgroups,such Lack of funding for new clubs and a recognizes and funds over 60 clubs, as "Does it make any sense?" asked Colby as Buck-A-Dog.Jorgensen said he did not see faltering social life on campus have caused opposed to around 40 in 1987. At the same President William Cotter. "Jtstays ata certain much money in this scheme. the Student Association to devise a plan for time, clubs receive just over $100,000 now, a level for three years, and it's frozen and can't "I didn't want to take away people's right directing tuition money straight into the decrease of some $10,000 from the total be cut. But the Student Association's money to private enterprise and I don't think we'll student activities fund, bypassing the allocation made in 1988. is competitive with all the other academic make much money that way," he said. The administration. A proposed additional eight dollars paid areas on campus. Why should there be a only recent example of consolidation he Dave Jorgensen '92, Stu-A treasurer, said by each Colby student would raise $11,000, referendum only on this small part of College mentioned occurred when two literary he favors holding an all-campus referendum enough to fund four more small clubs or activities when students have just as much magazines, the Review and the Pequod, asking the stud ents whether they want to enlarge the social budget according to interest in the library, club sports, the combined. The moved saved $2500, but there spend more money to fund student activities. Jorgensen. This fee, if approved by the fieldhouse, computers, etc.?" are few cases where such a move is feasible. "The beauty of la referendum] is that it's students, would appear on the bill each Cotteralso expressed concern that students "I thinkthey should exploreotheroptions student-controlled," said Jorgensen. Jason semester as part of a considerably larger might turn down the proposal, fearing they first, before they ask the students to pay more Sou\es'93,Stu-A presidentcatted theprospect "dedicated revenue" of funds which would cannot afford any more price increases. He money," said Shawn Gager '92. 'They should of a student vote on the question be allocated only for clubs or social life. said there were alternative money-raising dp more fundraising and other creative "revolutionary." It is extremely rare that the Jorgensen said the a mount might be $150, schemes that Stu-A could consider. things." student body can vofcedircctly on any matter, or perhapsmore per student, devoted en tirely "If I'm going to pay, I want to make sure Cotter said he was skeptical but would not rathcrthanthroughitselcetedrepresentatives. to these purposes. Col'by and Bates are the it's going to get results," said Carolyn trjrowout theidcaof the referendum without "Therearetwomajorproblems,currently," only N.E.S.C.A.C. schools which do not have Causwell '95. "What if wc pay it and then serious thought. His outlook for the fiscal Jorgensen said. "The College has decided a student activities fee. nothing changes?" situation next semester was grim, since large financial aid and faculty/staff compensation "Weget$143 rightnow Ifrom thoCollege] It is reasonable to worry that students numbers of students going off campus in the arc paramount, and some percentage budget per student, but wc don't have any control might not accept a special fee, said Jorgensen, spring would lower revenues considerably. cut is necessary to do this. For the next few over that," Jorgensen said. "We're seeking but he felt the number of student s in vol ved in There is no question, he said, that tuition will years there will be less money for clubs and some amount dedicated to student activities was so high that they had littlebasis rise again when the Board of Trustees meet in organizations." programming, lt would be just a slight for refusing to support the fee. April. The other problem, he said, is that the shift increase." "Students needtobc awareof all thethings Cotter also said revenue problems may toward more non-alcoholic programming is The College has already expressed its they do on campus," he said. "So many clubs force the College to say no to the student requiring "more expensive, quality" bands, displeasure with Stu-A's plan, as the crafters are important to a lot of people, like Colby activities fee even if it is approved by Q comedians, and DJ.'s. Stu-A has also been of the plan, Jorgensen, Soules, and Stu-A Emergency Response or tne Society of Black students required tomake$10/000 annual payments to Vice-President Karen Laidlcy '93, expected. and Hispanic Unity. Naturally this money Naked winter jogging? Spotlight News Briefs | Two Colby men ignored the cold weather and went lectures take shape running across campus in the nude one night, until they were Solid suggestions for implementation of the Lecture stopped by Security officers. Committee's proposal to carve out a period in the week to "I believe the two officers were by the Health Center and plan one major lecture have finally taken shape.