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Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 9-26-1986 The Grizzly, September 26, 1986 Joseph F. Pirro Ursinus College Anthony Fiore Ursinus College Richard P. Richter Ursinus College Jill Theurer Ursinus College Lora L. Hart Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Pirro, Joseph F.; Fiore, Anthony; Richter, Richard P.; Theurer, Jill; Hart, Lora L.; Brown, Tom; Leskusky, Vince; D'Arcangelo, Maria; Salas, Angela M.; Adams, Kevin; and Everett, Frank, "The Grizzly, September 26, 1986" (1986). Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper. 169. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/169 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Joseph F. Pirro, Anthony Fiore, Richard P. Richter, Jill Theurer, Lora L. Hart, Tom Brown, Vince Leskusky, Maria D'Arcangelo, Angela M. Salas, Kevin Adams, and Frank Everett This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/169 Welcome Vol. 9 No.4 Collegeville, Pa. September 26, 1986 Parents! Mary Ann Unger's Temple is the gift of Muriel and Philip I. Berman Sophomores accept their bids today. Official pledging begins next Sunday night. Watch closely freshmen, it might be you next year. A nd besides, as the picture shows, pledging isn't all bad. Myrin "hires" $20,000 security guard By ANTHONY FIORE lations assistant Brian Scarborough, end of the walk-way locks in the OJ The Grizzly with no apparent fear of losing his closed position. Escape becomes The word on the streets is there's job to Model 1355's twin sensing impossible, and the suspect is a better chance of getting an Uzzie panels. These two electronic narcs checked for contraband materials. on a DC I 0 than sneaking a book are situated perpendicular to the Scarborough labeled such an expe­ o~t of the Myrin Library. I'd even plane ofthe exit doors, and spaced rience as a "good deterent." Kane Evaluates give smuggling drugs out of Turkey . to create a walk-way out of the Security at its finest for just the odds over pilfered material building. under $20,000 and library author­ gett.ing past the Tattle-Tape De- According to Scarborough, any ities hope to see a return on this tectlOn System Model 1355 Sensing item which hasn't been recorded investment when results are ob- Alcohol Policy U nit. That's the full nam,e of the as borrowed will set off a "beep~r" tained in the next annual inventory. Early this week, Dean of Stu­ "There seems no doubt but what new security system which library as it passes between the panels. At dent Life J. Houghton Kane sent a gatherings of any significant , size authorities hope will end the illegal the sound of the beeper, a metal Each year a section of the li­ letter to student organization rep­ during "regular hours" will result removal of Myrin's resources. brary's 145,000 volume collection resentatives who attended the in violations of college regulati­ "I think it's great," says circu- swing-gate which is installed at the is checked. This year, out of the opening meeting held to discuss ons,"he added. books acquired between 1979- the new regulations governing the According to Kane, another dif­ 1983, a total of 187 volumes were use of alcohol on campus. ficulty during the first few weeks missing. It costs the college $22 to In the letter, Kane assessed the involved the storage of an "empty" replace each book, and $10 to progress of the new regulations to keg on campus. Theoretically, he process each replacement. The ad­ date and wrote, "Looking at the wrote, the keg had been tapped, ministration feels that over the situation as an administrator, the the beer consumed elsewhere, but next five years the use of Model first few weeks of the semester the empty keg was brought into a 1355 will have decreased the have gone well." He added, "Since resident hall on campus and stored amount of missing materials, as noise levels are one significant key until it could be returned to the well as released money which can to the new regulations, it is gratify­ distributor. Kane wrote that this by used to purchase new resources. ing to see that, in the main, stu­ was an obvious enforcement prob­ It has been assured that the use dents are being more conscious of lem, raising serious questions as to of the new system is not in any way noise." whether or not the keg had been meant to impugn the character of tapped on or off campus. Even a the Ursin us student body. Mr. Kane said the Alpha Phi Epsilon small amount of beer in a keg Charles Jamison, the head of library toga party held in Reimert on would be a violation, he informed. circulations, maintains that this is Wednesday, Sept. 3 was intended "The only way to avoid suspicion an "honest campus, by and large," to be a test of whether a large and disciplinary action is to be sure and that Myrin's patrons do not group of people could gather and that no containers of alcohol larger consist solely of Ursin us' students. remain within the "regular hours" than one gallon are brought on Tattle-Tape is simply the first visible requirement allowing a normal campus," he said. sign of a three year renovation person in that residence hall to Kane intends to communicate made possible by a $750,000 grant. study. periodically through the year with By 1989 there will be both interior "While the officers of APEs and student organization representatives and exterior changes for the Myrin the RA on duty worked very hard in efforts of continuously evaluat­ Library. Hopefully, one will be an to control the noise, the event ing the new alcohol policy and its increase in the amount of books at simply was too noisy," Kane said. restrictions. Myrin has detection system installed. the students' disposal. Page 2 The Grizzly September 26, 1986 Senior Editor ..... ... ................... .... Joseph F. Pirro Editor . .. Greg Fraser Ne Editor. .. Liz Young Layout Editor .. .. ...... ...... .... .. .. Maryann Antennucci Photo Editor . .... .. ... Kathy Krohnert Ento,,,inment Edito, ... .. til ........... .Rita Walla", Sports Editor ........ .. ~ " ............ Jill Theurer Sports Photographer .. '... \\41 i .......... Tiffany Wood Business Manager .. ... .. ~~ .... .. .. Mario J. Spina Circulation Manager. .. Michael O'Malley Layout Artist ............... ..... ...... ... Tracy Patches Typesetter . .. .. .. ... .... .. ... ............ Jean Marie Kiss Typesetter. .. Peter Perreten Faculty Advisor ................................ J. L. Cobbs The Grizzly was founded in 1978, replacing the previous campus newspaper, The Ursinus Weekly. It is published by students twelve weeks each semester. The Grizzly is edited entirely by students and vjews expressed in the paper are not necessarily those held by the administration, faculty, or a consensus of the student body. The staff of The Grizzly invites opinions from the college community and will publish them as time and space permit. Going a It reminds me of the jungle where that "The Temple;' fits in gyms in the park in Dillsbury, PA. perfectly with the landscape, but Majestically There's always kids climbing all it's definitely not Ursinus College . Uttle Haywire over it. .Situated? This letter is not meant to insult Today is sorority bid day. After all the rushing, en­ Signed, the artist. I'm sure there is some- Sore Eyes couraging, worrying, and crying is put aside, the pledge Dear Editor: classes of 1986 will begin their antics this afternoon. Let's think about beautification. Besides aU the noisellconfusion, and embarrassment that There's a real problem with all •••••••••••••••••• pledging inv~riably brings, it's also supposed to bring unity these beer cans and bottles, right? • Only at Ursinus • • • • among the pledges and the sorority, right? Hopefully, this The college is fighting the physical • ••• does the cafeteria serve "Mex- • does happen. But what, exactly does pledging (guys pledg­ deterioration of the campus, and • ican Pizza." • ing, too) do to this campus? rightly so. • ••• was an entire dormitory complex • For those who wanted to pledge a sorority and didn't get Now let's think about the new bids-essentially those who were turned down for not piece of art on the College Union • built without resorting to wood. • socializing enough or whatever it is one does to get a lawn. It's ridiculously and outra­ • .•• is there reserved seating in the • bid-these next three weeks are torture. It's a hell some are geously out of place. Red and forced to endure, and endure with smiles on their faces. • cafeteria. • blue? It's totally out of the color •••••••••••••••••• There's bound to be unhappy people on campus. scheme of the campus. And what about the unity of the campus? Forget it. People get cross-rushed, are fought over and there is Frankly Speaking ht~1i?htL friction between groups. That's O.K. to an extent, but My "hey" echoes --------------------------~~~ who's there to curb the battle? Don't get me wrong. I'm a grand supporter of Greek life Dear Editor: on campus. In fact, I think it's the only way to have a decent "Was God created for heaven? WE'RE TR'iING social life here.

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