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E OOSTERrOICE - Ronald Reagan, W'Serving the College of Wooster since 1883383 V campaign speech, 1 980 Vol. CXXI, Issue XVI February 6, 2004 ResLife faces changes Strategic Plan to By Vanessa Lange be available. that even the smaller singles will Staff Writer The program plans to focus on get filled. Some people don't include more input the specific needs of seniors. need a lot of space: For them, it Next year, all rooms in Dorm programs could include is the privacy that is important." was a real strategic plan or an Armington and Stevenson Halls helpful information on job search-- , Marissa Bambrey '05, an By Danny George appeal to donors," said English will be converted into singles as es and interviews as well as stress applicant to the program, agreed. Chief Staff Writer Professor -- Nancy Grace, who part of the new Senior Housing relief strategies. The halls will Though she said she would cer- served on last semester's commit- Program. Stevenson, which is the also stay open over breaks, allow- tainly prefer to have one of the The College has reconfigured tee. "We wanted a plan we could hall currently in the worst repair, ing for seniors to stay and work on larger singles, she said that she its strategic planning process to take with pride to the Board of will receive an internal upgrade their Independent Studies. "We "would probably take one of the give students, faculty and admin- Trustees that spoke in a cohesive, this summer, similar to what are planning the dorms to have a smaller rooms if it came between istrative staff members greater coherent manner and presented a Armington received a few years very I.S.-center- ed environment," that and not having a single." representation in the drafting of its workable, manageable vision ... ago. The renovation will include said David M. Brown, director of Brown hinted at the possibility 2004-0- 8 Strategic Plan. to move us forward and make us new movable furniture, carpeting residential life and housing. of some of these smaller singles Last month, the faculty a better institution." being converted into study Advisory Committee working The faculty's vote led to the for- rooms, but he acknowledged that alongside President Hales on the mation of a new Advisory most of the rooms will need to be authorship of the Strategic Plan Committee composed of 21 repre- filled in order to have enough voted to restart the planning sentatives, nine faculty members spaces to house every student. process after concern was raised (including representatives from The Freshman Program, which that the document did not rigor- the library and PEC), nine mem- is currently located in Armington ously enough define an academic bers of the administrative staff and Stevenson Halls, will be mission for the College. and three students. Charged with - r-r-.- i. moved Douglass and Wagner "One of our functions was to be V- -- to J next year, which will mean more very critical, and we were not b first year students will live in sure to what extent the document See "Strategic" page 3 first year halls. To maintain the low resident-to-R- A ratio provid- ed by the small sections in New director takes Armington and Stevenson, the new freshman dorms will have two RAs on each hall. on Kauke challenge These changes will decrease the number of buildings to By Erin Cook development. His duties include Director ofhousing Dave Brown explains the housing changes to choose from for general room Staff Writer working and cultivating relation- students (Photo by Caroline Hotra). draw, but with the construction of ships with alumni, friends of the Bornhuetter Hall, there will be Appointed on Jan. 19, College, current and past parents, in the rooms and hallways and a Because of the decreased occu- around 30 to 40 more spaces Director of Development and helping to raise money for the new paint job on the walls. pancy and the all upper-cla- ss pop- from which to choose. Bradley L. Cors has already College, especially for the Residential Life and Housing ulation, the dorms will only have This past Monday, Residential hopes that these two dorms will be two or three resident assistants Life and Housing gave a presen- filled entirely by seniors, but if (RAs) per building tation regarding these changes in vacancies exist, juniors will have Armington and Stevenson are housing options. After the pres- "I am excited that I the opportunity to choose from separated into sections, each with entation, students were invited to will be meeting rooms in these buildings. eight rooms. Groups pf a maxi- ask questions about the changes. alumni and develop- The lounge areas in both mum of eight students will be able Students raised concerns over the ing relationships smaller singles in Stevenson and Armington and Stevenson will be to apply to live together in these with them . ." changed so that each will have a sections as a block. Armington as well as the applica- Dir. Development specific use. The members of the block will tion process for receiving a single of Ideas include an aerobicrelax- be able to decide amongst them- room. This year, all students who Bradley L. Cors ation room, a TV room, a game selves who will live in which wish to live in a single will need room and a study room similar to , room. Students can also apply to fill out a separate application. Photo Courtesy of OPI the Babcock dining hall. as individuals. Before general room draw, a sep- Additional improvements to the One concern is that each of arate room draw will be held just immersed himself in the Independent Minds Campaign buildings will include an updated these sections has two smaller for single rooms. College's Independent Minds and the new Kauke Challenge. kitchen and a possible printing rooms that are currently being Another recent development fundraising campaign. He. is starting to plan business release station, though no com- used as singles for freshmen. that will affect housing is the As the new Director of puter lab. 83 rooms in Armington "There is a high demand for sin- Development, Cors reports to "Development" 3 and 51 rooms in Stevenson will gles," saidtJsaid Brown. "We anticipate See "Changes" page 2 Sara L. Patton, vice president for See page News 2 Editors: Christopher Beck Justin L. Hart Asst. Editor: Elizabeth M. Miller News Briefs New housing options, regulations in 2004-0- 5 Deposit increase I Changes I Tirpstidp' sprtes invites students 1 The College has to change continued from p. its system of enrollment and revision of the Student security deposits this year in an Government Organization's to explore International program policy. Starting effort to simplify it. Under the (SGA) smoking Assistant Professor of History Dr. new system, there will be a one- next semester, it will be prohibit- Greg Shaya delivers a lecture in the time deposit of $350 for each ed to smoke in any of the Babcock Formal Lounge on Feb. 2. current student due by March College's residence halls or pro- The lecture, entitled "France and gram houses, including any stu- 15,2004. the U.S.: A History of Mutual Any current student who dent rooms, restrooms, stairwells, Understanding?" was the first in a does not pay the deposit by this or public areas. It is also prohibit- series of February Fireside Chats date will not be permitted to ed to smoke within a radius of 25 o sponsored by the International take part in arena registration or feet of any program house or res- Program and the Dean of Faculty room draw for the Fall 2004 idence hall. which will examine a variety of several reasons for semester. There are issues in international relations. new rules. The College will hold each the enactment of these This Mon., Feb. 9, at 9:30 p.m., students' deposit until he or she The primary rationale for the pol- Babcock will host an open house for graduates or withdraws from icy change is the prevention the students interested in the program. enrollment, at which time the health problems associated with Seen here are student Bill amount will be refunded to the second-han- d smoke. Meininger '07, Amanda Rose student after taking out payment The smoking ban is expected to McCreight '07 and Erin Barns '06 for any outstanding charges on remove a major fire hazard; (Photo by Sajal Sthapit). the account. smoking is listed as the third-mo- st Starting in the 2004-0- 5 aca- common cause of fires in demic year, only students who dormitories by the Federal some smokers reduce or even quit dict how all these changes will change in housing can cause a rip- are new or re-admit- ted to the Emergency Management Agency their tobacco use.