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College Voice Vol. 13 No. 10 Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1989-1990 Student Newspapers 11-7-1989 College Voice Vol. 13 No. 10 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1989_1990 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "College Voice Vol. 13 No. 10" (1989). 1989-1990. 4. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1989_1990/4 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1989-1990 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. E VOICE Volume XIII, Number 10 Ad Fontes November 7,1989 Removal Proposal Conn Loses Survives SGA ECAC Title Meeting Intact On Saturday, the Women'sSoccerteam • by Sarah Huntley lost by a score of 4 -3 The College Voice in the ECAC semi- finals to Trinity. The After approximately three hours of intense debate on Thursday, SGA game was decided on voted 16-15 to table the public impeachment and removal proposal initiated by John Maggiore, '91, house senator of Lazrus. penalty shots because Much of the debate and voting that did occur centered around amend- after regulation play ments. Some of these endeavored to change the proposal's fundamental basis of open hearings, while others only slightly attempted to alter and one overtime the Maggiore's proposal. score was tied. Trinity The longest period of debate hinged around the amendments proposed by Robert Shea, '91,juniorclass president, which would have changed the went on to win the hearings to closed sessions. Shea stressed the importance of the accused's ECAC Championship rights to confidentiality and stated that the only purpose of open hearings by defeating Bowdoin was to satisfy the public's curiosity. Rachel Mass, '90, house senator of Harkness, and Doriel Larrier, '90, on Sunday. house senator of Unity, asked questions regarding notification of an im- peachment and the subsequent filling of a dorm official's position. Shea replied that the dorm would not be notified of an impeachment, but merely told that the official was no longer able to serve in his/her position. Story on p.16 David Hymes, '92, house senator of Freeman, attempted to amend See Impeachment p.IO Features pA-5 byCr1llgTlm ...... The College Voice In the pasllWO academic years. female studenlS at Connecticut College have awaIceD10find strange men SllIIIdingintheir dormitory rooms. Neither woman wasphysicaDy aaacJred, but IuckcouId have easily worlced the otber way, producingascenario illwhich those men were C.O.O.L. sponsors rapist$or murderers 13therthan bmg\lla. InseVCllllsimilar incidents at colleges around the COUIIll'Y. Olber WQIIICIl bave not been as Halloween celebra- fort1lll3le. tion for New London USA Today reported Ibat ~ 65(} .. _red OIl <:oIIege children campuses in 1981l1l1dthat lbere"'~ iDcrease in campus crime from 198610 1981. A&E p.11-12 Crozier- Williams Tben:ceouiseiDseIious The Velvet Underground Frank Carrington, an attorney who Innovators who broke Renovations Progress runs a database on victim's rights new ground for today's cases...believes that the college may be performers sion of the Cro pool area into an a11- by Sarah Huntley in aparticularly vulnerable legal posi- The College Voice campus space. The creation of a glassed terrace cafe, the establish- tion should a serious crime occur here. Comics p.13 Renovations for the Crozier- ment of a post office area and the Williams Student Center are one renovations of the Conn Cave to step closer to reality as preliminary merge the bookstore and textbook also lead to a lreIld that IllllJbe lOc;ollegoi. In Sports p.14-16 plans near completion. annex are also being discussed. many cases. these vicIims ~~,...., suing colleges, Both the College Center Com- Hampton considers the renova- cllarginglbatnegligeJltseciPifFfQd III U lI.andbecauseof mittee and the College Center tions as crucial to the college's IawsconcemingalatMllorlts'!'IIJ't""ifpideasafeenviron- Contributions Committee are ac- image as it competes with similar _ for IeIIaIIIS. dJey arc ~ tively fmalizing respective plans to colleges. "Connecticut College Several schoo\S have already been SliPII by mulli-minion dollar present to the Board ofTrustees for needs this to meet the next level of awards and seuJemen" following ..... tIlIl cccur on their cam- approval in early December. excellence," he said. puses. He added that when academic COIII'CC)Ilr:q& wldl rtf living OIl campus, The College Center Committee, Colli.', il«liiIIli""" standards are the same, a prospec- such cases. chaired by Robert Hampton, dean couIdeasitYbe-"becauseiDilif,Wcrdsofoneexpertoo of the college, is responsible for tive student must find other guide- I!Iis colIego seems 10be "I:outliDIHIhiliI:y'- lines to form educated decisions. CarriDgtoIl, an attodey • ..-- a database OIl victim's supervising the development of FranIt He sees student life as an important adviseS OlIO lIlClIlwcaI activist renovation goals and plans. ~iIlllilScases and • Of1lle groups Currently, the highlights of the factor in this situation. caIIing fur lmproved IIlIf«Y on' ae I )1111.blItieves Ibat the college Men's soccer team According to Hampton, other may be iDa pIiltietdIitly ,e'-, tk Jeaat ptWilIoe should a serious sucessful against proposed plans include the building of an indoor swimming pool by the colleges are "investing in student crimeoel:tll'1lere. See Renovations p.? Eastern Connecticut athletic complex and the conver- VIEWPOINT Political Analogies Are Inappropriate in "CONN Food" Leiter to the Voice: I was dismayed to read Richard Powell's article, CONN Food lsn' t Fit For a Camel. While I do not dis- agree with his argument on the faults of the college dining system, Iam not in the slightest bit interested in his pointless political analogies. His name-dropping has absolutely nothing to do with the article, and it is obvious that he has a minimal grasp of the writings by the figures he throws about. Iam not included in the "many" who claim to share his absurd interpretation of the world, and Idon't appreciate his generalizations on the benefits of central planning or a free-market system. He is either a fool or a badly educated Government major. Sincerely, Chris Wallerstein, '91 THE COLLEGE VOICE James H. Gellert Publisher Lisa M. Allegretto Timothy O. Ziegler EdilOr-in-Chief(Newspaper) Editor -in-Chief (Magazine) Video Game Removal Was Merely Reyna Mastrosimone Jeanette McCulloch an Attempt to Educate Campus AssociaJ.e Publisher Managing Editor Brian T. Field Letter to the Voice: their opinions, Freedom of choice and freedom of 1 am writing in response to Eric Stem's article speech are closely related, Are they not equally impor- Sexism, Lies. and Video Games which appeared in the tant? October 24 edition of the College Voice. The article One of the goals of the Women' s Center is to is misfocused and denies the Women's Center the increase gender awareness, which is exactly what it was right to express its opinion. Eric Stem feels that the doing by requesting that what it deemed an offensive video game" Double Dragon" was needlessly re- video game be removed. The fact is that women are moved from Cro, that the complaints of sexism raised portrayed in less than complimentary fashion in by the women's center were not grounds for removal "Double Dragon." Stem does have a point questioning of the game, and that Connecticut College students who has the right to decide what other people are should be educated enough to make iheir own deter- exposed to. What what we have to remember, though, minalion of the game's sexism. This mayor may not is that here at Connecticut College we want to foster an be true. Stem follows his statement with an immature open-minded environment that educates one racially, attack on the Women's Center's rather than focusing sexually, and intellectually. This means we have con- his complaint at the administrative departments who trol over our campus and the power to decide what kinds removed the game. The Women's Center voiced an of messages we want our fellow students to receive. I opinion, it was deemed legitimate by the adrninistra- think pan of the problem here is that sexism in our tion, and action was taken. lfStern disagrees with that society is not considered as important or detrimental as action. his criticism should be focused on those who other social issues such as racism. If "Double Dragon" removed the game, not those who voided an opinion. belittled racial minorities, Ido not think there would Ridiculing and belittling the Women's Center have been as much criticism over the removal of the Michael Sandner through obnoxious comparisons to fictitious and/or game. Photography Editor(NewUJOper} recreational groups may have seemed like a humor- Overall, Ithink that criticizing and ridiculing the ous way to make a point, but in reality his hostility is n..CeDoc·y-..··_p..c. ...... ~ ~4E.··__ia"'"Q_.~s.dooal.~. Women's Center for educating the campus on sexist .- -- •• -1IIilobIo_T~ .-.-ilf- io..-w.k-Ibo- ~-.n.. f... -- .. ~.Hllp •• r -.--~ IboV ....tI-poNiIbod- misfocused . issued is inappropriate. Because sexism exists on so ..,.111._ Il0o--,. Tbodod.& W 5.al,..._doo ...",-.aoc-. Ibo ol ~ .. .. ~o(..,_ 'llf •• _._ odif • Stern argues, in essence, that removal of the many levels, it isa difficult problem to approach. While ...,._ An __ ... ."... ioc:Iodo.~_t. or-- ___ _"' .. ~v-..; .....-_ .... ,... ..._ ollbo. _cIo_ game denied students their freedom of choice. At the Iam not accusing anyone of intentionally fostering a ~ ol .. ,... same time he is denying that special interest or any sexist attitude, it is important that everyone be educated Founded 1976 other groups on campus should be allowed to express of even the subtlest prejudice in our society.
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